Roderick MacKenzie Roderick MacKenzie spent some time in his younger years in , working with his brother-in-law at carpenter work. He did not take carpenter train¬ ing like my father, but like many other young men going to , he bought a hammer and saw and became a very good carpenter. Roddie was a first cousin of my father and they looked so much alike, that when my father wore a red mous¬ tache, people who did not know them too well mistook one for the other. They used to laugh about people they did not know speaking to them in such a familiar tone. When my father was in the west, Roderick shingled the roof of my father's house. I used to wonder at him driving nails with the left hand. Our families used to visit quite often. Alvin and I were about the same age, he being one year older, and we were in the same class in school during the last few years when I got into a higher class. That class included my sister Colomene, who many people thought was my twin as she was only 11 months older than I. Roddie was great for singing Gaelic songs, playing the fiddle and the Jew's harp. A lot of his good stories were told in Gaelic. When I was young and there would come a nice, clear, frosty night my parents would say, "A good night for Roddie MacKenzie to come." His wife was a MacNeill from Hopefield . I ate many meals at their home, 75