THE CmAHA bATLT BEE : SUNDAY , JULY -t , 180S.
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( Copyright , 1S35 , by 8. n. Crookett. )
II CHAPTER. XXV. Concluded.
It was about the third hour of the after
noon and wo had not begun to wax weary ,
when away on the hillside wo heard the
Bound of cheering. Wo looked about us to
ee what might bo the cause. There caino
ono riding slowly down upon a much tired
liorsa between the ranks of the companies
a great man In a foreign coat and hat , whom
at the first glint my mother knew for my
brother Sandy.
As he came the roar of greeting swelled
nnd lifted. I declare I was proud of him.
Ilobert Hamilton had no such greeting. I
had not thought that our Sandy was po great
a man. And I forgave him for lloutlng
me.
"Mother , " I said , "that Is our Sandy they
are cheering ! "
"Think yo I kenned not that ? Whaur has
lie come frae ? " she said. "I wonder If Jean
Hamilton kens ? "
It was like my mother to think flrat of
others ; but In a little she itald :
"I trust I am not overproud that my bairn
is honored. "
And Indeed It made us all proud that
Sandy was so greatly thought of. So ho
also took ) tils place on the Session Stone and
made another young head among the gray-
bsards. Soon he was called upon to speak ,
and In his great voice lie began to tell of his
message from the kirks of Holland , and to
commend patience and faithfulness. They say
that every man that stood to arms among
the Seven Thousand heard him that day , and
> hal oven the watchers upon the tops heard
many blesocd words and expressions that the
light winds blew them In wafts. Saving
Richard : Cameron's alone , there was no such
voice as Sandy's heard In Scotland during
Ills time.
Then Robert Hamilton rose and spoke ,
counselling that nlnco there were s6 many
present they should once more and Imme
diately fall to arms.
Uut ono of the most venerable men thcro
present rose and said :
"Robin , yo arc but ono of the Council of
Twelve , and ye know that our decision Is to
wait the man and the "hour. It boaeems you ,
then , cither to * peak within the. order of the
eocloty cr to bo silent. "
Last of all the young man rose , him of the
pale , countenance and clustering hair.
"It Is young Mr. James Ilenwlck , who Is
going abroad to study and be ordained al
In the Low Countries , " said ono near
to mo.
The lad's voice was sweet and thrilling ,
persuasive beyond belief , and coming after
the mighty roaring of the Dull of EarUloun
( so they called Sandy ) and the rasping
shriek of Robert Hamilton , It had a grca
effect upon me. There came n sough from
the people us his words ran over them like a
eoothlng and fanning wind blowing among
the trees of the wood.
So the day passed and the gladness of Uio
people Increased , till some of us felt that I
was llko the golden gates of heaven just to
bo there , for the passion of a multitude o
folk with ono heart's doslro thrflllng to the
ono word and the- one hope had taken holi
on us. The like was never seen upon the
wild mountains of the south.
Then , as though to recill us to earth , fron
the green meads of the Mlnncch si Jo there
r
r
,
? * -y
A Brt'at W clc-n-vlihHl man sprang up.
came ono rumiliiK to pass the word that the
cuemy w In sight. Two compinlea of Stra-
cUan'i dragoons with ClivorLoiuo'g levies
wore riding from Starlton as fast as their
horses could carry them. Whereat without I
II
liaite and with due solemnity the great and I
dealrablo General Meeting of Ihu United 1
Sscletloi at Sballcch-ln-Mlnnocu wat brought 1t t
1I
to an end.
The women and aged men were set btliLnJ I
the companies , and such as could reach home 1
\\lthout pitting the troopers' Una of inarch 1
were set upon their w y. But when once we 5
found ourselves without the line of the cm-
pinlos which stretched across from the black
downthrow of rocks upon Cralgfacle to th
Ills of the Shalloch Hill , my mother would gc
116 further.
"Na , " ihe said , "gang your ways doon.
Tills li tbe place for Kato and MaUle and m
auld wife tike me. but It stnll never bo aild
that "William Gordon's wife grudged both hei
soflj to the work of the Lord ! "
9 , Wat and I wont our ways down to where
Study stood as cbcscn leader ct the army ol
the Seven Thousand. He paid , Indeed , bui
little a'ttoallon to ui , giving ui no more , thar
a neil , \mt felting us upon errand * for him.
"Will yo fight ? " sild I , wheu I got a qulei
moment of him.
"Alas ! " bo said , "there Is no such gooi
bcpe. Had I nottho mfstage of the Prlnci
to abide and wait , I would even now strike i
blow. As tt Is wo must jutt stand to nui
arms , I would to God It were otherwise ! "
Tne companies of mounted koldler * raplJIj
approached to the nuinbar cf ptrliapt 300
But I think they were daunted vrlirn from , i
knoll below the house of the Shilloch the ;
first saw the great and Imposing army. The ]
say there were over S.OOO under nrrm th'a
day.
day."The
"The Seven Thousand will lurely Uy Join
Graham tb dtjrl" said a man at my elbow
Rut CliY rUou o wat not a man eaillj
feared ,
Leaving his men , ho rode forward aloni
with but a trumpeter. Ho Uld a wuiti
handkerchief In his hand , and waved It a :
lie rode toward u * upon hU rear bane ,
eaw the trumpeter lad look about him man
than once. t It he wished himself well O'J
of It. Uut Colonel Graliam rode straight a
the center of our array fis If It had been his
jwn. Sandy went out to meet him.
"Will yo surrender and lay down your
rnis ? " cried Clavers as ho came near. Sines
hen I have never denied the creature cour-
ge , for all his cruelty.
There came a gust of laughter from the
nearer companies of our array when they
icard hU words. But 'Sandy checked the noise
with his hand.
"Surrender ! " he said , "It U you , John
Jraham , that may talk of surrender this day.
Wo have no rebels. We but stand to our arms
n defense of our covenant rights. "
"Keep that Whlgglsh , girbago for the
> rayer meeting , Eirlsloun ! " said Claver-
louso. "I know you too well , Sandy Gordon ,
lo you mind the long wood of Ualr.Me by the
Wen Water ? "
What ho meant I cannot tell , but I think
ils words daunted Sandy for a moment. Fern
n hU old unsanctlned-days they had bean
comrades , being of an age and student lads
logother at St. Andrews , and both equally
teen of the play upon the green. Though
over since Sandy married Jean Hamilton he
liad turned him to new courses.
So having obtained Ho 'satisfaction , Claver-
liouso rode slowly back to the dragoons. Then
without a word , save the shout of command ,
ho led them forward over the moor toward us.
"Bless my soul and body , " tald Wat , "is
the Heather Cat going to charge an army In
position ? " And Indeed It looked llko It.
But as he cime toward us , from the front
rank where Sandy stood with a great broad
sword bare In his hand and his horse brisk as
though It had just been led from Its stall ,
came my brother's great voice.
"It yo sot a horse's hoof over that burn , ye
shall receive our flro. Men , make reidy ! "
Right up to the burn bank rode Clavers
and his trcop and there halted. For a long
minutes he looked at us mighty contemptu
ously , then ho snapped his lingers at us.
"That for ye ! " ho cried. "Ye stand the
day. Yo shall be scattered the morn. I ken
yo brawly. Among a' your testlmonlea there
Is not one which any three of ye would read
over nnd not fall cut about. This day ye
are on the brae face. The morn ye'll be at
the dyke back , with mi ounce or two of hla
majesty's excellent lead In ye. God save t'ne
king ! "
And with that bo waved his hand , cried to
hta men , and rode off like the steevo and
dour persecutor that he was.
In the late- evening wo took my mother and
Kate back again over the hill. My mother
was very weary so weary that at the house
of Tonskeen we left her wltli the decent man
and wife that abode there , with Kato to bear
her company. She was not used to the life
on the hills , and BO could dec.no . further. It
was just gray day when we took the short
way down the face of the galry that sets Its
rocky brow over the dcsolato moor of Ma-
caterlck. Being uncumhered with women
folk , wo now came down the nearest way ,
that wlilch leadti by the strange reeky "hol
low , steep on every side , named the Maiden's
Bed. So we fled westward.
As wo looked the sun began to rise over
the range of hills , and the tide of light came
in upon us , gladdening our hearts. Wat was
not so brisk as I , for he had left Kafe behind
and thcugh young men in times of danger
have perforce to think of their skins first
and of their maids after , yet It makes not
the foot move so light when It must step out
away from Uio beloved.
But all the same It was a bright mornIng -
Ing when we clambered down the Bleep side
of the hill that looks toward Macaterlck.
The feathery face of rock that overlooks the
levels of Mncatcrick , and the burn that
flows from It by links and shallows Into
Loch Doon , were bright with the morning
sun upon them. But there at last was the
cave-face mouth bidden under the boskage
of the leaves.
I ran on before Wat. outstripping him , al
beit that for ordinary he was more supple
than I , so great was my deslro to see Malale
Lennox , and assure my alt that all had gone
well with her father. I had not thought but
that she would be sitting safely within , with
the cave garnlahed with fresh leaves , like
n bower , and her father watching hei
through his bushy eyebrows.
Smiling , I lifted the curtain of birch leaves
Great God of heaven ! The cave was whollj
empty aa I slid down Into It ! Matsle and
her father ImJ vanished !
I stood as one amazed. There was no life
or thought or soul In me. I stood as ont
stands at the threshold of his homo , before
whom the gulf suddenly yawns fathomless
Wat came down , and together we looked
all about , but saw no signs of a struggle , nc
footprints/ save on a moas-hag a hundred
yards from the door fhe print of a horae's
foot , where to our knowledge no horse had
lecn for a month past. But It was enough
Many or few , we know that It was by a trav >
ellng party of dragoons that Anton Lenno.i
and his daughter bad been captured.
Now that which follows Is the telling ol
Toskrle Tarn , who Is , now a gardener at Af-
ton , but tn the old days , and In the worldlj
delight of soldiering , had ridden with Claven
iml Lag In the tumultuous times. Tain Is i
long , loose-jointed loon , forever crying abau
rheumatism , but a truthteller , as John Gra
ham taught him to ba , and one that his wlti
has In subjectlpp. Tl\ero , Is the root of tin
old man | u Tarn , yet , for though an eldei
now , outlines have I come on him around i
corner using must unconventional language ti
his underlings. But ho Is a good servant
and there Is no service In being over glei
In the hearing with such. Bealiks , big wlf
clourj him soundly enough when there I
need.
Somewhat thus Tarn told hi ? tale , a trlfl
unwilling at first , but warming with recol
lection at he proceeded :
"Aweel. Sir William , gin ye Insist. N
that I like to be e&akln' aboot thae days
but If ye Inform mo'that It U a * to be writ
ten doou , I'll tell , yc , word for word. Weel
after the Convont'lcie'cr * had outfaced ua a
the Shalloch-on-Mlnnoeh , Clavera and Doug
las rode south to the Mlnnoc.li Brig that look
to Loch Trool.
" 'There's a dour pack o' whlgs up tha
glen , ' says Clavens.-w'.Tblnk ye will turn an
tteer them ? ' " ' . { {
" 'They will jufstW hiving hame frae th
conventicle. We shall catch them aa the
run , ' Douglas nia.dorvaqsw r.
"So without a : wbrd'more , slack rein an
go-as-you-please , wt.rode up to Gl n Tree
It was a bonny nlgbv and a bonny place , bti
the track was 111 la keep , and we rode lost
and sca'tp--ig. ' Douglas was fair foamln
with the affront Df VAcL' haJlocb , and vowei
as lie had often vo\jfTl \ ( > afgre , that he woul
no more spare hllteqr hair ol the accursc
breed , i 1.
"At the CaJdQns , a 'bit ct a farmhouse on
rig among trees atstn&t foot of 'Loch Tree
Gib Macaterlck and I wrro scouting by tli
loch , when suddenly , without warning , *
came on a llttlo crowd of men all prayln
Oil their Itneej behind n dyke back. The
r.-ero io busy with tbe tuppllcallona th :
they did uot nctlca uu. and we , that lookc
for promotion aver the "head of the buslnes
covered them \vlth our musketa and railed I
them to surrender for traitors and rebel
DUX In a trice they were over tlu dyke an
at us like wild cat . gripping our horse * m
tumbling ui off. They got Gib , but I tbi
vat suppler managed to jook off among tl
young oak tree * and run \\hat I was fit bac
to the troop.
"Doug.as waa In command , for Clayera h :
rICden on , Ho waa a wild man \\hen I to !
him that the retell bad gotten Ulb Mi
cuterlcic ,
" 'Curse you anil him both ! ' he crle
Do I command a set of porrldga-atuffe. .
baggy Lnavv * tiiat fall c their homes vrliqi
oror they see a whig tylto skartln * for fleas ?
I'll tan Gib's hide for Silm and yours , too , my
man , when we come to the post. Ye shall
rldo the timber horsei with a bit musket at
your heels to learn yet to sit your beast. ' i
"Whereat he cried to wheel about , and wo i
went down the Caldons road. The farm Bite
four square , compact with office houses and I
mailings. There are little three-cornered
wickets In-tho walls. As we came to the
foot of the rae we found Gib Macaterlck
Melted up agalntt the dyke , with his hands
bound and a paper In his teeth a printed
copy of the covenant. lie was quite safe
and sound , and his heart ticking away Intldo
his a < good as new. But when we loosed him
he cnuld do nothing but curse and splutter.
" 'Thou foul-mouthed whig,1 cried Douglas ,
hast thou been taking the covenant ? Hflve
him out and shoot him ! '
"Hut Gib rose and made an end of the cov
enant by setting his foot upon It nnd cnnh-
Ing It Into the sod , Then we moved forward ,
carefully thinking that the enemy would
never stand against a troop , but would at
once scatter to the hill , which rises steep
and black at the gavel end of the house.
"Hut when we came within sight of the
house halt a dozen muskets cracked , and
more than one of our company cried out with
the pain of being hit. Indeed , the second
volley tumbled more than one from his sad
dle , and 'let their horses break ranks and
run back jingling accoutrements.
"So Colonel Douglas dismounted half his
men , and sent the better part of a troop ,
under the Cornet of the same name , round to
the high side of the farm to take the Con-
ventlclera tn flank , which with all success
they did , and came down at the charge upon
the steadings , capturing half a dozen , mostly
lads , that were there with muskets In their
hands. But there was one that threw him
self Into the lake and swam under water for
It , and though our soldiers shot off a power
of powder after him we could get no satis
faction that he had been hit. AVe heard
that ho was a Carsphalrn man , and that the
name of htm was Kogcr Dunn.
"So Douglas ordered a dismounted file to
lead the young lads out Into the dell a quarter
of a mile from the house , where the noise of
the shootings would not annoy him at his re
freshment. So the Cornet took them out ,
well pleased , for It was a job thatmilted
_ ilm better than-flghtlng. and there In a llttla
green hollow he speedily laid the six In a
ow.
" 'So perish all his majesty's rebels' ' ' mid
Colonel Douglas as he rode past , bung" full
f brandy and good mutton ham.
" 'That's as bonny a kill o' Whlgs as we
liao gotten for mony a day. Rothes will bn
iileased with this day's work , ' said the Cor
; net.
'It ' was growing dark by the tlmo that we
drew up from the lech , and It was 111 getting
guide. No ono of us had ever seen the
country , and there Is no wilder In " all the
south , as I have cause to know. But"-we bad
not got to any conclusion when orie'tSmo run
ning with the news that he saw a light. So
. wo * spurred on as briskly as we dared , not
knowing but that we might again hear the
whistle of musket balls about our cars.
"It was the llttlo farm of Ejconquhan , and
only old Sandy Glllesplo and his wife were
at home , the lads , no doubt , being at the
conventicle , or It may be among those who
liad fought with us In the yard of the Cal-
doni and now lay quiet enough down In the
copse-wood at the loch foot.
"Sandy Glllesplo of Esconquhan was a
shrewd old fox enough and answered all
Douglas' questions with great apparent readi
ness.
" 'Hae you a blblo ? ' askeJ the colonel.
" 'Aye , ' said Sandy , 'but It's gye and
, stoury , reek It doon , good wife ! I mlsdoot I
dlnna read It ns often as I should like
yoursel' , Colonel. '
"BIddably , the wife , reached It down out
of the little black hole over the mantel shelf ,
and the colonel laughed.
It Is Indeed brave and dusty. Man , I
, sco you are no a right whig. I doubt that
bit book dlsna get hard wark ! '
. "Douglas * refreshment bad made him more
easy to deal with.
" 'Nevertheless , ' he continued , 'fettle on
your blue bonnet and put us on the road to
longlll , at the loch-head , for there Is a great
whlgamore there of the name of Macmlllan ,
and he's no get aft so easy , I warrant his
bible Is well thumbed ! '
I canna rln wl' ye on slccan a nlcht , and
deed the road's no canny. But you red
coats fear neither God nor do'll1 ! said Sandy
Glllesple readily.
" 'Out on you , gangrel , GIo ye canna rln
yo shall ride. Pu' the auld wretqli"up aulnt
ye , ' said Douglas , ready to be angr'p.as . soon
as ho was crossed , like all men In'liquor. '
"And so be went over the hillside very
carefully , such a road as beast was never
set to gang before.
" 'Keep doon the swearln' as muckle's ye
can , * ordered Sergeant Murphy. 'Lord , but
tlili la heart breaking ! '
"Sandy Glllesple , canny man , tried to dis
suade him from going to Bonglll ( hat night ,
which only made Douglas tbe more deter
mined , thinking that there was something or
somebody that be might light on there and
get credit to himself ,
Gin the road be as door , crooked and
coine as the Cameranlan's rosd to heaven ,
I'll gang that road this night ! ' said Clavers ,
who wan pleased with the death of the tlx
Whigs'at Caldona , though vexed that he had
not been at the ehooting himself.
"We were no more than clear of the loch
aide path when Douglas bad old Sandy tun :
hla plpei to help the men along the eatler
road nlth a song.
'A whIg's tang or a klngsman's sang ? '
asked the auld ted blithely.
" 'Hoot. a. caveller toug what netd hae
we to tak' the book here ? ' cried Dauglaa
loudly.
" 'Malr need nor Inclination ! ' fald Claver-
house icornfully , who was riding beside them.
"Sandy Gllleple , who was an exceedingly
farraeelng old worthy , pretended that 'h ? was
loath to sing , whereat Douglas ordered him
with an oath to olng at the peril of his life.
"So the old man struck up In a high piping
voice , but none to 111 In tune :
"Our thistles flourished fresh nnd fair.
And bonny bloomed our roses ,
But Whig * cam' like n frost In June ,
And withered a' oor posies ,
"As be went on the old man's voice grew
louder , and In a little half tbe command waa
ig cantlly shouting the long , wlilch Indeed goe-i
very well to march to.
" 'And ther's Bonglll , ' cried Gabriel , sud
denly stopping and dropping off hU horae.
'an' guide 'en to ye ! '
to "And with that the old fellow f lid off among
the brushwood and copse , and we saw no more
of him , which wai perhaps as well for him
"When we went Into the little house of
Bonglll we found an open door both back
and trout. Peats were blazing on the btarth
Great dlahrs of porridge sat on a table.
Chalra and etooli were overturned , and blblei
and leiUmenta lay everywhere.
" 'Curse the old dog. He has sung them a'
to tbe hill , ' cried Douglas. 'Hava him out
and ihoot him , '
"But Gabriel waa not to be seen. Only
from tha blllildt. a voice thi am thit had
'Ana' WUlgt , Awa , ' gave u * 'Bonny
Davla Leslie. " and then cried In mockery
three times 'Good night' ' '
"So the night being pit mirk and the hill
unknown , we took up our abode at Bonglll
for the night. Sitting In the hole of the
peat stack we found a strange object , a
craty nstural , shap l s and Ill-looking.
"But some of the men who had seen hta
mother knew him for the Idiot son of Corps-
llcht Kate , the informer , of the Shlel of the
Star. Douglas questioned him , for some
times these naturals have much shrewd wit ,
" 'How came ye to be here ? '
" 'Weel , ye see , the way o't Is this '
" 'Make a short story of It , If yo dlnna
want a bit o' lead through ye. '
" 'A blaw of tobacco wad lit Gash Gabriel
better grand man In.Urn reld coatle ! ' said
the natural cunnlnply.i 'I.cini to the Bonglll
1' the gloamln' an' fnltt' the mistress wad
hae gl'cn me u bed , Ibat- there was a horse
In It already ! ' 11'
"So , being unable tot make anything of him ,
Doughs let him go 'back ' to Ills- dry peat
coom. alv M
"The next morning'was"brlght ' and bonny ,
as the others had been' , for the summer of
this year was most favorable to our purpose ,
by the blessing of the' iRMI , ns Lag used to
say In his cups , so'l'irit ' the track along
the sldo of Curleywco' ' lo1- Loch Dee was as
dry as a bone. Wheh1 wtt came to the ford
of the Cooran we Baw'"a party coming down
to meet us with 'prisoners riding In the
midst. There was on old'man with his feel
tied together under ilie' horse's belly. Ho
swayed from side to sMo'so that two troopers
"
had to help him , ono "on either sldo , to keep
his seat. Tills they dfd roughly enough.
The other prisoner was a young lass with a
still , sweet face , but'with something com
mandlng about It also saving your pres
cnce , sir. She was Indeed a bonny picture ,
and my heart was wao for her.
"Mardrochat lias done It to rlchts this
time. He has gotten the auld ted o' the
Dunsrae , Anton Lennox , and * hl dochter at
the same catch. That will be no less than
a hundred reward , sterling money !
"Whereat Douglas cursed and said that a
hundred was too much for any renegade dog
such ns Cannon of Mardrochat , and that he
could assuredly dock him of the half of It.
"So that day we mardied to New Gallo-
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AS HC CAME THE ROAH OP GREETING SWELLED AND LIFTED.
way. and the next to Mennyhlve , on the road
by the Entcrkln to Edinburgh. "
This Is the end of th * Toskrle Tarn's story
as he told It to mo > Invthe garden house of
Hafton. - ' > * ' ' " '
CHAPTER 'XXVI.
When Wat and I fcjlin.d'/the ' / cave empty we
'
est no time In searcmne'tho hill for traces
of the lost opes. , Dut a little to the right'of
he entrance to the ca > ; e tjie whole was made
plain to us. Hero we , found the bent and
leather trampled arid Abundant stains of
recent blood , as though icno had been slain
hero and his body carried away. AUo 1
'ound ' a silken snood anditho color of It was
ilue. It was not the'bua , for that Is worn
ly most of the maids fn Scotland , but when I
ook It to mo I knew'toUta as seeing that It
tad bound abSut the * hair1 of Malslo Lennox.
Though when Wat asUcd of mo ( who , being a
over , might have known bettor ) how I knew
t for hers , I could not 'tell ' him. Uut It Is
rue that all the samoiJuiow It I did.
So we followed down the trail , finding now
a shred of cleathlng and here the broken bits
of a tobacco pipe such , as soldiers use , small
and black , till we had rounded the hill that
ooks Into the valley of the Cooran. Here at
be crossing of the burn , where It was small
est , we .found Anton Lennox's broad blue
jonnet.
It was enough. Soon wo wore scouring the
illltops as fast as our legs could move under
us. Wo traveled southward , and twice during
the day wo caught sight of troops of dragoons
moving slowly over the heather and picking
heir way among the hags , quartering the
and as for the sport of man-shooting as they
went. Once they raised , as It had been a poor
maukln , a lad that ran from them , and we
could see the eoldlers running their horses
and firing off white puffs of powder. It was
a long time ere the musket cracks came to us
.hat must have sounded so near and terrible
to the poor fugitive. Dut they hit him not ,
and for that tlmo ho wan off scot free. So
presently we saw them come back , Jeered at
iy their comrades like dogs ( hat have mlssc *
.ho quarry and slunk home with their tails
between their legs.
nut neither one of our fugitives was among
them. So we held fait and snell to the east
ward , passing along the skirts of the Mlllyea
and keeping to the heights above the track
from the Glenkens to the Water of Crce. It
was near to the Infall of the road from Loch
Die that we first got sight of those wo
sought. It was not a large company that
had them In charge , and they marched not at
all orderly , so that wo Judged It to be one
of the Annandale levies of the Johnstone , or
g's Dumfries troop of renegades.
Dut In the midst , \ve marked quite clearly ,
they had two prisoners , great tall men , one
with some white thing about bis head , and In
the rear they had six or seven other men.
mostly on foot.yComing nearer , we could
also see a figure as of a young maid upon a
horse. Then I knew that the dear lass I had
watched so long was at the mercy of the
rudest of the enemy.
We were thus scouring along the moor ,
keeping a wary eye upon the troop and their
poor prisoners , when Wat's foot took the
edge of a moej-hag , where the ground was
soft. As It pressed the toll downward we
heard a sudden cry , nnd a great wild black-
a-vlsed man sprang up with a drawn sword
In his hand , and drawing a pistol ran at us.
We were to taken aback at the assault that
we could scarcely put ourselver to the de
fence , nut ere the man came near he * a\v
that we were dressed like men of the hills ,
He stopped and looked at us , his wcaponi
being yet pointed our way.
"Ye are of the people ! " he said sternly.
"Ay , " said we , for I think Clavers hlmtell
had owned as much , being taken unaware
and unable to get at his weapons.
"I thought I saw ye at the general meet
ing , " he said. i
"We were there , " we. replied ; "we are twc
of the Glenkens Gordons , ' '
"And I am unworthy outcast James Mac
Michael. " , , ,
Then we knew that , , this was he who foi
the murder of the curate of Carsphalrn ( ;
mightily foollih and , ( lUtet man ) was ex
pelled and excornmunjcajed by the Unltec
Societies , which , though , they could threatei
private war to Impreta-tU ? enemies with fear
liked but 111 to ba takeniiat their word.
"I will come with jrou for company , " hi
said , taking his bonnei , out of the moss banl
Into which Watt's fopl bd pressed It.
Now , we wanted nol his company , but be
eauw we knew not feme In the matter o
Peter Pearson ) what tbe .manner of tha mat
waa. the time Vent ruat In which we couh
have told him that his , room was more t
m than his company iSo , moil ungraciously
we permitted him to itofri * . Soon , however
we saw that h * k"ew far wore than we. Ou
ik U In the lull lore \io to hl but as thi
bairn' * to that of the regsnt of a colUge.
"Tbe luni thit we ice yuuder U but tbi
offpconrlng * of half n dozen troops , and
chance riders that Cannon of Mardrochat
has gathered. The 111 loon hlmscr Is not
with them. Ho Is lying watching about some
dyke back. Ah , would that I could get my
musket on him. "
So we hasted along the way , keeping to
the hills In order to reach the Clachan of St ,
John's town before Uiem. Wo went cau
tiously , Illack MacMlchacl leading , often run
ning with his head as low as a dog , and
taking advantage of every cover as he went.
Nor had wo gone far when we had proof , If
wo wanted such , of the desperate character
of the man In whoso company wo were. Wo
were passing through H little clench on the
Helm of Ken and making down to the water
side. Already we could see I'.ie stream glanc
ing llko silver for clearness beneath us. All
of an Instant wo saw Illack MacMlchael fall
prostrate and motionless among the rocks at
the Nldo of the clench. Ho lay motionless
for a moment or two. Then , without warn
ing , he let his piece off with n great bang
that waked all the birds In that silent place ,
and went to our hearts also with a sound
llko pain. For though Wat and I had both
ilono men tn death , It had been In battle , or
face to face when blade crosses blade and
the eye meets eye , nnd our foes had an equal
chance with us. Wo had not been used to
clapping nt a dyke back and taking sighting
shots at our foes.
( ToM \ > Continued. )
ODD FAOIS ABOUT BALDNESS
Some New htorlcn About Men \tltli Shining
I'ntcn ,
A French doctor , who has been studying
the subject for miny years , says that out of
109 people from 20 to 30 years of age. taken
at hazard , twenty-seven will be found to be
bald.
bald.Women
Women conceal such a deficiency with great
cleverness and are not often detected , but
while the loss of hair Is not ns prevalent
among them as among men , yet If the pro
portion of the fair sex whose heads are aa
smooth as door knobs could bo accurately
learned the results would undoubtedly be
startling.
Hetween the ages of 30 and 40 the percent
age of bald heads rises to 47.
The critical period , however , Is between
40 and CO years. Out of 100 chance subjects
but twenty-live had a falny good growth
of hair , while- the other seventy-five were al
most entirely destitute of capillary covering.
When the 60th year Is past , this French doctor -
tor asserts , It Is rare to find a man who hay
hair enough on the top of his head to make
a parting possible.
U Is consoling to know , says the New York
World , that this aflllctlon Is an almost cer
tain sign of Intellectual activity , for brain
workers are most liable to it. On the other
hand , poplo of the laboring classes , who
gain their bread with their hands , are gen
erally exempt from baldness until they have
passed beyond the CO-year mark. Why tht
average worklngman , who takes no partic
ular care of his head thatch , should be able
to preserve It longer than , the man who
spends much time in having It brushed and
shampooed Is a mystery not yet explained.
Among horses It has been remarked that
the mans of the thoroughbred Is thinner
than that which ornaments the neck of his
humbler brother who drags a dray or a
horsecar.
Another curious thing Is that a strong
growth of hair Is generally Indicative of
longevity. Moat centenarians have extraor
dinary beads of hair. There Is no rule with
out Its exception , however. Bismarck Is an
octogenarian of wonderful vitality , but al
most utterly bald. For some years Euro
pean caricaturists have been exaggerating
and making fun of the three hairs which be
has left. This did not deter an enthusiastic
admirer of his an American who had been
much Interested In the reading of the Iron
chancellor's birthday fetes , not long ago
from writing him for n lock of hU hair ,
which ho said ho would hand down as a
precious reltyj.to his heirs. In due tlmo his
letter came ' /back / with Prince nismarck's
marginal notaHoa : "Entirely Impossible. "
In London there Is a bildheaded club , every
member of which must have n smooth and
shiny pate. Ono of their favorite amuse
ments Is to attend In a body music halls and
theaters were the ballet Is a feature. The
attention of the audience , however. Is always
riveted on the array of bald heads as their
owners file down the aisle nnd seat them-
.selves In the front rows , and throughout the
performance they receive more or less notice
In' the way of friendly remarks from the gal
lery.Not
Not many yeais ago there was a Parisian
wit and boulevardler named Slraudln , who
wouli ) have been eligible to the presidency
of the London club , for hts head was abso
lutely destitute of hair. One hot day he
was sitting bireheaded at one of the tables
out of doors on the boulevard , with a num
ber of frlenJs about. He noticed a hair on
his coatsleovo and carefully picked It up and
placed It on top of his head amid the laugh
ter of his 'companions. Suddenly he began
to mop his face with his handkerchief and
show every sign of excessive heat.
"Dleu ! How warm I nm , " ho exclaimed
exhaustedly a couple of times , then the rea
son for It occurred to him , and ho cried as ho
raised his band to his head :
"Ah ! I know what makes mo so warm. It's
my hair , " and he carefully removeJ It and
placed It on the table as he would a wig.
The "Union Labor League of Western Penn
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cently. Forty local unions ore affiliated with
W. J. Smith of the Flint Glass Workers , as
president. The objects of the league are to
establish an eight-hour day , Increase the
price of labor and to make Plttsburg the
headquarters of all national labor organiza
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