Mortar Maiden March 2006

<BODY BACKGROUND="spoon_and_blade_i000005.gif" TEXT=#000000 LINK=#FF8040 VLINK=#FF8000 BGCOLOR=#C0C0C0 > <BASE TARGET="_top"> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:25pt;'><B>Maiden of the Month March 2006 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:22pt;'><B> Maisie MacRae </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:22pt;'><B><IMG SRC="spoon_and_blade_i00007e.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=298 HEIGHT=487 > </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:16pt;'>This enchanting beauty originates from Kintail. She left home after her betrothed was killed by the English as a possible Jacobite. Upon arriving in the colonies she started looking for a new life. </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:16pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:16pt;'><IMG SRC="spoon_and_blade_i00007f.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=253 HEIGHT=369 >.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:16pt;'>A clever lass, she has managed to keep the more ungentlemanly suitors from pursuing her. She has also managed to keep the local English regulars from discovering who she is.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:16pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:16pt;'><IMG SRC="spoon_and_blade_i000080.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=502 HEIGHT=280 > </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:16pt;'>If you are so lucky as to catch a smile from such a charming lass, you would smile for the rest of your days. Her beauty is only matched by her grace.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s7 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:16pt;'> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">var site="s19spoonandblade";var g_frames=true; </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2" src="http://s19.sitemeter.com/js/counter.js?site=s19spoonandblade"> </script> <noscript> <a href="http://s19.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=s19spoonandblade" target="_top"> <img src="http://s19.sitemeter.com/meter.asp?site=s19spoonandblade" alt="Site Meter" border=0></a> </noscript>    </B></FONT></DIV>