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y 2V iXLa. BfifcCtSh. 1.1 5 e iftoru :a t!i Ucaj, i.We a tiy lu tfin Like a btat 'Hit , rlivar-l .c si or, Ihfe wild iia.ot i i. . :..?; - breast, 1'orliuoj ait' u, re Xi. . .-. 'I fcno-v :.t sri j .t t. uiu-i wn a A cry, Lii; en.: i . it u ; a: p.af : for it hnntr- i.o pr:ei litu !i i .and relief, Aad t: is nt tu lied wl:it bi gt. Jthr.s h'!rt"p'fisn;e J.!; T"tr ntncasars: It bn tlirtUo.: with lore's i-! v a; It has lioij'., ana heilt.1, end youth' raro te Ith O rich it this heart of mine! Tet 1 not (!!! it i- s lid .it.-' na !, Uiea billow 1 fore 1 Ur-Aits; An lilt icaiclcs p.i n l cone ;Ur.n Tala, 1 Slao It knows sot only It aclic;. . t tone b like tht wares of the sea, . That Wreck from coutroi, nd b.t, AnddMh,nd lutige1, and hurry, and plunge A&i d! at tha grey rorks' foot. if wtarlea vf lite, and It siekeus of strife ; Aid It tlrei of rest. a, I know rxt why it should ache and cry Till traubleiome heart at best. SWaot usderstood, I thmk 'tis a rood Aai6od-llke dlaeonteut. B tfciaft from the oul that oug for It 1k,toree from which it waa sent. ln surge, O breast' with thy wild iturost vOry, fceart! lite a child at niirlit (.fill Ifceaayatle shore of tho Kvermore, sull Java on tha soul's clad siirlu. f' I f gS BEGALIA OF SCOTLAND. Il wm ft damp, lowery morning in iYearl630. The mists h:ul ,ettled stats and heavy over the Scottish hill; ttwl.froKi the numerous lochs still LAmted upward a wet, murky fog-bank. Vhlcfc was as distressing to the eve as fi was disagreeable to the skin. From overhanging rock, almost inncoessi- t ftk.br the deep and ragged ravine that ram through it, the castle of Dunottar H scarcely visible ; but as jJic morn- tif dvauoed the sun lighted the hiir'i- 'sW-towors, and gradually clearing oil" ;.IM Bftlpta, it sliowed t ho whole of the Jalf , fortress standing- in lis naked robfhnes8 over the sea. Thi- strong Td impregnable castle was t ho prldo f Kincardineshire, being tho herodita- 2, fortresa of tho Earls Marischel, and ring proved its capabilities of de fense umler John Ogilvy, of Bunas, Who still held his post as governor. .On the morning of which we pe.ik, bad the thick Tog cleared soonor, Oil Ty might have been seen cautiously looking out from the door that openoii li the landward side, as if eagerly ex pecting some one. The anxious ex prt'&iion on ihe governor's face gave luay to cheoriuliiu"S as ho beheld a horVc slowly wimling around the hic of tho rock, lie It i-tily descended the kill, and on arriving at the bottom he cauerly greeted a lidy, whom he help cd to dismount,, mid acenmpanird her to'Cho aiotle. An hour elapsed before they again rcapnearod. In fact, so Wann and frkn ily was the recoiition trhich tho governor and Mis. Ogilvy gave tho lady, that sihe linL-icd longer than she intended. A tabic h id been ftlrvady api-cad with the biuntiful ro taniua of a icd Scucli brcikfasr, in which fialu g-i mo and fovvl were con Ipicuou", and $h.ch tin yui-t was urged to p-Vt'Liku of, with niach of j to?pitali y. , ."Jfohu Ojilvy. yovorror f Dunotffir, IJrisdTiin, Ufd-;hoi,Liei.vi, middlo. t sjgjfedinin, wUo stvoj: :1 i.n-k. d 'ea- ' Can;, and .nntsct 1 ,'it b v, wliioh , kit wlfe'calk-leuburj, inv i.e cermed I -Krs. Ogilry was a p.e: y httle wo- mc ...VlUl.. 1.10; iii'ia ee5 ri rr. "SiKisome c m. x.j i, and .Tfltn'.ttiaJ;. fcC'jme-I ouly m:ide for mAn nf&3. " . t-t Tno.tlsltor, "whom they called Mr. Tvas a noble lady, tali and Unrest. i ia&& jritk wi icUllectual expievh.ii on hrr handsome fare that intopif-l tht itoholdcr at fir3t sight, and VMiirb :i fuller jicqii.niiirure did no; uiMi'iomm. net i.nian nning tin.s ll'U-d chise to licr form, and hat fini,d -t' the .tun- matfrial. with Ion; pitmii's worn r.iri'fully at tin side, fir 1 1 lie lonir cmi- .f lariau rib bons liiiflting over i 'n- hiuldirs, was a g:ib in which slip lokid epCfi-Uy .. ,.ii .l!. Graiig-M- wvij the wite of the niiu.strr of Iveuidll" t lutu who-c large leMt bc-poke him nr. ofOutl'a noble men. Three years be! ore he had woo ed and won the daughter of a i-V-ottish li"ni; and ahliousrli born to wctith and iionors, Alice Glenburu had glad ly siiHi-cd the lowly parsonage, & sweet home, blest with Fergus Granger lu e. Not even the blockade of the En glish had prevotneil the almost daily visit of the minister or Mrs. Granger; and lruquoiitly the latter would take over large bundles of work und stay until her sewing was completed. Once or twice the general caused the inspection of the lady's pretty covered work basket, laughingly declaring that he only did it for the pleasure of assisting her to mount her steed a shaggy Shetland pony, not remarks. bliMbr his beauty, but are-footed and vigorous. After this she fearlessly carried her basket, which was a large one, and innumerable packages, of ev ery shape, and no search was made and no questions asked. This day the lady had stopped a usual at tho Kuglish encampment, and the giuierul himclf had agisted her to dismount lor a few moments, and to remount. General Monk was a thorough Rn glishman, polito and court 1" iu his manners, particularly to ladles. The minister's wife had made quite an im pression on his mind, from her uni form cheerfulness, her line horseman sliip, and her lady like demeanor. On this morning the general had asked her where her usual bundle of work was, and received for an answer that she had left it tho day before, and was now coming to tho castlo for it. When, an hour or two after, he saw her icturn with a large bundle, he smiled and pointed to it as she passed. She a "o smiled, and, touching- the luillit !' lint' l'lillll(r.slirL tn lior nnnv'g bu-k, she galloped ofl', Inwardly re Joicng in a fortunate escape. Jf.iurc goes a pretty woman, said the general to an oflicor. " that the reason you did not i search the big package which she car ricu? Metl. inks I have seen a peasant v.xunn undergo a closer scrutiny from . our men than this fair lady was sub j -cied to." -Doubtless. You know, May wood, that I cannot resist the sirens. I be lieve tint I should absolutely abaudon th s did a pretty woman ask me to." "I do not doubt it in the least, and if tho minit-tor's wife was aware of this she would probably ask vou." Tho lady by this time was far off among tho hills, and, as she reappear ed after bemg invisible for a while, they could see her looking back to wards the encampmout, ana then urg ing her steod into a quicker pace, ihe was lost from thoir eight. "The minister of Klunoff must be a hippy man," eighed Col. Wilmer. "iat countenance must shed a bright light over a dreary Scottish manse among these wild hills. But, general, when do you raise this siege? Are you not, tued of holding watch over thee dogged Scotch Presbyterians with their sour faces, aud lousr, lank bo,iesi"' "Not a bit of it, colonel ; I rather aiuoy thea voxatiou ; and yon see that ii is not a Sie-e that necessarily in volves suffering, nnd tliat I am only ceftii!-.r to inaKe that stout old gover nor deliver up his castle, with perfect liberty to take himself out of the way as soon as he capitulates, even yonr soft heart cannot see auv great amount of cruelty. But if Mac" Counuill Dhu should gft into sur baud, it wtolt I -he fomenting to boait of." ''But this castlo what i Uks idea ot ronquering thii?' "For the treasure which is doubt le concealed beneath its arches. Then too, the tegaliu. which ihe.-e Scotch men alue as they do their purport to heaven! and which we hum obtain, peaceably if they will, but forcibly if we mihl; it winild be a feather iu our Kuglih cups if we could but get it." The iege continued. The castle was guariied on every side. The ministers wife vva. after a lew days, forbidden to visit the castle without a seaich of her persuu, u that no food should be conveyed, even in small quantities, to the inmates. The tact v;as that Mrs. Granger had already carried to ner friend? such pro virions svs could be condensed int 3mall quantities. Her capacious pock- ets hidden in the folds of her tartan dres, had held bottles of wines pack fei $-nPOrtable iouIJ and ba of' "-" "''"cu5Ss: 7cl7 wiiicsuc un passed the English camp. But now she must discontinue this, or submit to be searched, which she would not. Bay by day the defence grew weak, er, for now the provisions were de creasing. There wasadesperatestrug' gle in the heart of Ogi Ivy. Had it been i for himself alonejie would not have re- pined ; but those precious lives those lives for which he would have wil lingly died for thesehemustdowhat his "bra Ye soul revolted at; aud he at last, wrote the articles of capitulation, which were accepted. Accepted but never fulfilled by tlie treaohorous Sothron for no treasure, no precious and coveted regalia were found; and for this Ogilvy and Jii.s wife were imprisoned and even tor tured, to make them discover where it was concealed. Nor did the minister and his wife escape from their indig nities. The packages were remem bered ; aud furious at the idea of be ing outwitted by a woman Mrs. Gran ger was subjected to a series of perse cutions, which no spirit of less courage and composure than her'a could have endured. "The minister's wife foiled you, gen eral," said Wilmer. "Foiled met By St. George, I think she mther fooled me! Who would have thought that free and courteous bearing could conceal so much decep tion. But they are all alike; aud all deceptive.1 "Ah! general. I say not io. My little Mary is innocence itself." "But tills lofty lookta; parsonneu, she shall be punished." And so she was, and her friends with her. It was agony to Alice to see her husband dealt with by the fierce soldiery, but her couragooiu spirit was cheered by the patient man ner in which he bore it Released from temporary imprison ment, the friends gladly clustered once more about the ample chimney of the manse. Tidings still continued to reach their ears of cruelties practiced upon the Moss troopers. As yet the regalia had not been dis covered, although numerous persons claimed to know the placa of conceal ment. Some believed it had been car ried abroad by Sir John Keith. Oth- era that they were yet hiddeu In some secret place in the castle. The minister's family had assembled around the broad hearth one dull No vember afternoon, and with them the ex-governor of Dunotlar, his wife aud littleFlora. Mrs. Gi-angerwas telling of her numerous interviews with tho general, ana r lore, listening, open mouthed to the conversation. "What was it that you were guard ing?" asked the child. Mr. Granger got up and looked out of the window. No one was in fight, and a rain had commenced. We shall have no visitors to-day, Alice. Let us go show Flora what you brought from the castle." There was a general bustling for cloaks and hats, and they followed Mr. Qruign. Th8yprovsdd t tbtkirk, ! md thioitsh lb" ail. ti the pulpit, where the minister lifted a trap-door, int;eiiii)iiiv . i-m'n'd, where .it a heavy Oaken I'milinnl. I j rioniV ilne fjijs upeued wide, a? the miuUter, unwrapping the -oft i lent her covering-, revealed the shining j eiovvtt. -cejiiiv ami sword Scotland's j rojal rcilia. i The Hth of May, lt'i0. saw the res toration .' the Stuurr-in Charles II. Flow wa- now a woman, betrothed to one declined to hold a high place. Her father had been created a baronet In Charle-. and received many marks of kingly favor. Historian? have sometimes written as though the minister of Kinneffdid not receiB L'.e meed that he and his tlPIfJli. tVlfi lii.si-rcul tint oil m.rvli- . ,. .. -,. ..! , win. 4i an vi- llbllitV. tho nintitv Imti.irj n" h im;rr did not suit this humble minister of the gospel. A pen-ion was granted them. wlii:-h nifuvil tliPir anxiety. and. adduil to this, wa, the memory of imviug pa-Mirveil. in troublous timei, j the royal re"ulia. ' -. He Got Something- Frisky. "Got something frisky?" he asked, as he wallceil into the stable and called for a saddle hor-e, "bomethin- that ' fj1 Prance n.VJ.u'! l !ivelJ and wake a iciiow oiiioi nis lettiargy. l used to ride Hit- trick mule in a circus, and I re:ko I can back anything that wean hair." They brought him out a calico-colored bea?t with it vicious eye, and he mounic.l il. Before he had gone two blix-k th; animal bnntmL crashed through a. high board fence and ( plunged iniu a cellar, tossing his rider over the top ot an adjacent woodshed aud landing him mi ihe ragged edge of a lawu-miiwer. They bore him I home, straightened him out, and three . surgeons called iu and reduced his dis locations and plaaicied him up with raw bear. A tew weeks later he called I at the rftable and iid if they had a gentle saw-horm with an atl'eciionate j disposition-a bridle with a curb-bit aud martingales, aud a saddle with L two horns and a crupper to it, he be- lie'ved he would go up iu the haymow . aud gallop around a little, where it wa? sou, and it wouldn't hurt him if he went to leep aud fell oil. us he did ' tne otlior day .LBalttnioiv Bulletin A Wooden Watch. A NorthCarolina !at.ei The. Abing don Standard, has !.. following: "Some time aio ilr- K. A ."nln. ;:,. of Johnson Brother-. jeweler-., of this' place, made a plain, opcn-fice. wooden watch that atlr-..ctcd a great deal of attention, but wa- subsequently eclipsed by Mr. Doroit, of Bristol, iu a watch somewhat moie elaborate iu design. Not to be on tdone, Mr. John son put to work on another watch, aud has turned out a hauihomrilmi. i ble-caw; stein-wijnlei and stem-setter, I every piece of which. -ave the main auu nair spring- and crystal, are of wood and mad-.- fni.ely by his own baud. Kven tne SjM-iiurs to the cases are mode of wood. Ii keep splendid lime, and is -tiihViciiily strong to be used as a po. ket liuie-'keoper. It is of ordinary i7t . h.i.J when ornamented, as he ex p. ci- to o, u will be a hand some tnb.iic to Jus skill aud uity. ingeu- A witness iu .t . as at Nashville was asked wild !n. he had much exper ience in und !.ne, the i.-ost of feedinc a cow, to ttii-cli he reolieil.-"Mv , father befoi e m i.rut a uati v. 1 hav j had a tv.tt fie it oi epcneuce iu buy flug, sellin.-r and keeping cattle, as , mail and boj . in the dairf business for j fllty yti-. I tiiini. my "jon experi ence u.is' i'..ditieJ me to know . u.h as any m.u can thb con of keeping and ftedii: rattb." "Well," broke in theattome. impntifiith-, "tell me the cost ot kceii- a cow." "Well, 9ir, my eA-ier.cn'-c. utter litty years in the business, is tiiat it coats well it depends entirely on how much you fetd the cow." J . t
