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THE O FATTA DAILV TJ'EE : STXDAY , PECEUBET ? 31 , 1890. uiw Jttitlior of "The Stlcldt Minister , " "The Raiders , " "The Lilnc Sun-llonnct , " "Cleg Kelly , " "The Hcd Axe , " Etc. COPYRIGHT. 1833. UNDER TUB NAME OF "LtTTLD ANNA MARK. " DY R. S. CROOKETT. ( Copyright. ISOfl. bv S II. Crockett. ) C'lIAl'TUH VII. Torolillulil I'liniTlll. 7 * WHS 12 of the clock on the night of the Sabbath , the ilay of the discovery of the murder , when , Ijlng asleep In a llttlo trundle- licJ In the lioiisi. of Umphray Spurn ny , I nwoko with a great commotion without pounding In my car. My mother was In the Kicnt bed near me. She had como from the lodge Yt'tt In the company of Umphrny Hpurwny nnd hl folk. Kor the Kngllsh- innn JuilKOd It iinsafo to leave her In that Icnoly and defcnsclosH house nt the mercy of a wild bi-nst run mad. like her husband , 1'hillp Stunsficld. My mother would Iiuvo Klnjod on at the lodge , bolng , though a llttlo Miimnn , still bravo enough In i-plrit , In .spite nf having been broken down In health with her troubles. Hut both the minister ami Mr. Spurwny flinched and prajcd upon her to como away for my sake , urging Intently that there \m no saying of what Iniquity lior husband might not bo guilty In his pres ent Ktulo of anger anil drunken fury. So It WHH arranged that for a time she phould como to the mlllhou.se , sitting HO pleasantly by the weir , whoso water drives the great water wheels. Umphrny Spurn ay * lopt In a llttlo box-llko office In the mill H- nelf , having given up his own chamber to the m'.nlHtar. My mother and I lay. as I have nalil , In the KUCfct chamber. And I was never better pleased than to exchange the holemn-mnollliig , emptily resounding great house and the lonely , dark llttlo lo < lgo Yctt , hidden among the trees , for such an abiding place. It wan cheerful beyond worda. AH < lay long the hum and click of the shuttles never ceased. The creaking noise of many lieamB , all moving In unis'on , was music in jny care > gladsome as the bound of many Jarka singing above a spring meadow. Then at night there was the song of the rlvur over the weir and the splas > h of the water tumbling from the wooden mill lade or trough Into the black pool beneath the great wheel. I could never get enough of thcsu thingH and I shall always connect the Hist perfect happiness of my life with the humming weaving rooms and the spla.shlng waters about the Miln house of Umphray Spurway , the Englishman. Hut at midnight a noise of stirring about the houao woKe mo In the place which , though already a great fellow , I lay very well content in the little trundle , with my inother above mo In her own bed. I know not very well why 1 awaked , If It were not that my n-other put an arm down to assure herself of my presence. Kor a woman out- laged and despised by the husband of her jouth may lie and see the moiulng como in with nnshut eye , or a high mystic ( llko Mr. James \Vellvvood of Tlndergarth ) may in llko manner wander all night .sleepless upon the banks of Ulnl , plucking an apple here and there. Hut a boy's thoughts are not thus absorbed In the hours of repose. He will sleep through a cannonade or an earthquake. That Is for ordinary. Hut at ill events my mother awoke me , and a mo ment after 1 found mjHelf on my feet lookIng - Ing out of the window. There was a dancing of lights shown In the valley beyond the Ksk water , and distant voices which came inejularly ; up to us. being almost drowned by the splash and lear of the weir. Hut neater , indeed under my very window , 1 baw that which made mo pull on my hrccches with haste and diligence. Umphray Sj-uiv.ay was ordering his llttlo force of weavers once more Into marching array , and t'ui minister. Mr. Hell , was standing ready as it were to accompany them. I had not all my clothes rightly on when I rai down stalls , crjlng to my mother that I would not bo long , and to uiy present borrow disobeying her command to come- quietly back to bed. For indeed I was never used to minding my mother much nor she to .Insisting upon strict obedience. But so boon .is .Mr. Spurway saw me he ordered me back , and oven HO I must perfoice have gone. Kor It Is a different thing to disobey Umph ray Spurway , and one that I for one would not have ventured upon , lint , recollecting hlwwolf , ho said , speaking as If In a kind of muse , "It will do him good. Ills eye may > ut long after the Sodom apple. Let him como and t co how bitter It may bo In the belly ! " And after that ho took no moro notice of mo , hut divided his party Into two. One section ho save Into the hand of William Hovvman , bidding him keep watch at the illla house and mount guard to keep both my mdthur and the piopcity of his master fiom harm during his abs-ence. Ami William Dnwmun obeyed , though I < laro .say ho desired as greatly as I had done to accompany us. Then Umphray Spurway wived ( l jjaml toward tlm window v\horo my inothor lay. For ho was always by ordinary taken up about her , nnd , If ho had only to conduct her amr a muddy road , ho took < are of lior as If she had been so much liruaknlilo glasf that might fall asunder pro ho could bring her to the further side Hut thin at the time I set down an an HnglUh custom and esolvcd never to practice , ob serving that It drew the o > es of men , mak- A Nnn-mtONicating Malt l\tract that is especially Rejoin- merivkd for Weak Nerves , Indigestion BLATZ MALHIVINE BUILDS UP A DEPLETED SYSTEM. IIAVK vov I\LK : \ rmr.n ir > - ALL DRUGGISTS - Prepared by VAL. BLATZ BREWING CO. MM.Ul KKH , s , V. Douglas St. , Tel. 1081. Ins tlicm smllo and wink to each other prl- vntoly. So wo marched two by two down the llt tlo loanltiB and lo ! llko the rubbing of a wet palm over a school bairn's Blate , the kindly Klow of the watch llRhtn at the .Mlln house was blotted out , and the singing nolso of the weir ceased as If a door had been shut between us and the downrush of the water. "Philip , lad , said Umphrny Spurway , "I have brought you out this night that yo may be a witness of a strange transaction one that yo will never forget , one thp ( rightly considered and thought on ) will be a hni'gart to fright yo from cvlldolng mcro than the devil and the ten commandments. " We went down the waterside to the fords of Cak , marching silently. And , as we went Mr. James Hell would have Improved the occasion with sundry remarks upon the fate of winners nnd the certainty with which their sins found them out , but Umphray Spurway ( a llttlo roughly , as I thought ) hade him keep the wlad In the bladder agnlnBt the Sabbath day. To which the minister answered nothing. Anon we catno to the ford across Ksk water and here It was no pleasant road wo had to travel. Kor the floods were out , ami what with the melting of the snow and the great pieces of Ice floating by In the swirl of the shallows It took the men some of them above the Knee and , Indeed , to the waist , as often as they slipped from the stepping stones. As for Mr. Hell , ho was wet breast high by falling from the great center one , and , indeed , was well- nigh wholly swept away , the strength of the ford at that place warring against the stones Dut while struggling thus In the water he had this expression , "Lord , I am about Thy work ! I look to Theo to bring ho through. " And It really seemed as If the waters slacked and became less Impassable. As for mo I was neither wet nor weary , for Umphray Spurway caught me up on the verge of the black Interspace and carried mo right slckorly on his shoulder to the other side , going as easily as If 1 had been no more than a pound weight avoirdupois. I'rescntly wo were passed the peril of the waters , and the minister returning thanks. Umphray Spurway put his hand on his shoulder nnd said : "Sir , I humbly crave your pardon for my uncivil words. I spoke as a rude man , for which I am heartily sorry. " And Mr. Bell answered that he thought no mere about the matter. For which I thought the better of him. Hut all this was soon forgot when -we came to where the klrktown of Morchnm lies low beneath the kirk thereof. For we saw- lights dancing here and there not Ian- thorns with dip candles In them alone , such as the men use at the stables , or the maidens at the milking of the cows , but great torches of tar and rosin knots , mak ing a red trail of fire above on the dark and cloudy sky. \s wo came nearer wo heard also the crying of voices and the trampling of many shod feet. So wo went fast that those that were wetted at the ford might take no hurt. Then as wo proceeded at the swaying tiot of the Irish harvester we came on a man running as eagerly as ourselves , but In a con trary direction. Him Umphra > Spurway called upon to halt and , when he did not , tripped him up Incontinent , being of a country where the/ are skilled In such ploys. Thereifter Spurway stclled tho-man up on his feet and said to him. "Ah , William Uobson , 'tis jou ! Wither away bo fast I pi ay you at this hour of the morning ? What goes forwaid with so great a concourse of folk at the kirk of Moreham ? " Then the man , being held fast on both sides nnd seeing no remedy , told us how Philip Stansfield had given orders for the burial of his father that night fecrctly In the Kirk yard of Moreham , which was more re tired than that of Now Mllns , and In which also was the family burying place of the Stansflelds "For , " cried the man , "ho had gone about swearing that whether his father were mur dered by the Englishman or whether he made away with himself , ho died a dog's death , and should bo burled llko a dog out of the house that was now his ! " And so fiercely did he speak that no man dared to counter him by word or look. For , as William Uobson testified , over slm-o the finding of his father , Philip Stansflold hid been wild and dlsoidercd , threatening any with death that withstood him In the small est trifle. "Life life , " ho would cry ; "at long and last I have como Into my heritage of new life. I that was yesterevo a llckpot lacquey and a whipped cur am now become the mas ter of all. And on the heads of them that flouted mo I will clean the in Ire fiom my shoon1" "Wo will go down and see what Is to he seen ! " said Umphray Spurway. " 1 set Wil liam Hobbon In the midst that ho may not escape and follow mo quietly , as I liado you at llrst. " So , falling Into the train ( hut yet keeping carefully In the dark behind ) wo followed the ilotoius concourse on Its way up to the kirk of Mnrcbam. I remember asvo mounted the slope seeing the beard uf the englishman glow red as lire In the light of the to-sHlng pltch-plno knots ahead of us. Then , when they slowed to go up the final uhccnt , wo took behind the whin bushes , and , bending our heads , wo hid our- bi'hcn at the back of the kirk dyke beforu they entered. Ami a gruesome sight It wa ? that wo looked upon from that coign of van tage Two women went dancing and elngliij ilbi.ld songs , mixed with psalm tunes. Thes had torches In their hands , and wuuld often ouip to swear If ono scattered tar on the i-ther as they waved their firebrands in the ah And oncu I thought that they wouU uriainly fall HKo furies ono on the other The wilder of the two vviw that same buxom blivAflllml , Janet Mark , whom I had seen at i lie thanso house with Philip Staiistleld. Tlu > other I knew not at that time Then came thu corpse of my grandfather , whlio-shected and coiilnlesB. burne upjn the shoulders of half a dozen men , thus mishan dled iind abusi < d , looking nt least twice the length of an ordinary man. I mind clear a * the i > tu ) in my hand that my poor grand father's swathed bead affrighted me more than all , for It was nut stiff , but rathur waggling this way and that , from side t < > sldo like a twig with a broken tcp a memory for a grown man to carry with him to his grave , let alone a hallllng boy such as I was. was.And And a thousand tlnifH since when I have c'l-pt alone ( nay , even now , after I have been In strange places for years , and t > u- rountcred nmii ) lamentable haps and in IK tup * } I could nUh that I had uevcr eoea that gray unstnblo hall which looked at me that night over the imoulder of the dell's tnllor. This uiiHcemly procession eamo Into thp klrkyard with levity nnd jest , ntumblln < ; over gravtutonrs , the most part of them being well touched with strong drink. The six bearers In especial went forward ourslni ; and swearing , like turn not In love with their work , who would have out their anger upon the very stones beneath their feet. Presently they t-ame to an open grave , where vvn a man still busily piling up the red earth along the sides , a lanthorn shin ing down from the grave head upon his bare hairy arms and beswoated brow. This opening was not made In the walled family vault of the SlnnsfloIi'H , hut ralher In the sunny corner where the pcoi folk lie. And this by epeclitl order of the di-nil man's son. Philip Stanslleld walked besldo the body , not robustly and noisily llko the others , but rather dull and sullen , llko a devil from boll whoso leave of absence Is almost oxplrod. So when I bo two woman stood near the gravi > , and with their feet detached ponio of the mold back again Into the jawnlng deep , ho turned upon them , condemning their smils to black perdition forever and threatening to kill tbem If they stood not where ho had ordered thorn , without mov ing so much as a llttlo fK.gor. Then he bide the gravcdlgger , Saul Mark , to eomu out of the hole he had made for n la/y good-for-nothing , swearing that It wa.s deep enough for all It had to keep from the crows , and called to the six bearers to "cast In the can Ion and be brisk. " Hut thr ! men. Ignorant cottiers and ditchers about the great house , had vet hearts kindlier for the poor clay than their master Tor very gently they lowered the poor harried body till It rc.sted on a beJ of Kindled toll. Hut at the grave foot Philip Stansflelil ntood silent , with hln arms folded , nnd at the head the two 111 womci. spat upon the face of the noble dead nnd cursed him with voices llko to the croaking of ravens. "Cover up ! " crlod Philip Stansfleld , ab ruptly , waving his hand ti > the bearers and Saul Mark , the grave digger. And they would hav * done It too hastily , like men In fear of their lives , tome with spades anil shovels and 4,01110 with nothing better than a piece of ancient coffin and lldplates , and soiiio with their naked handfc. But at that moment t'mphiay Spurway stepped over the kirk tlyko and commanded them to stop. "I charge > ou In the king's name to mind what > o mo about. For this Is a hanging matter for all of you to bury one concernIng - Ing whose death there Is grave suspicion of black murder having been committed. " "What have yo to do with how I dispose of my father' " cried Philip Stnnsnclil. "Hng- llah dog , net to your kennel. Ye will hear enough of murder or all be bygano yet ! " "Liko and very like. " bald Umphray Spur- vvnv , composedly. "I speak not to jou , Philip Stanfiflclil. I know better. But I warn these men whom yo would lead Into treason. Hear , Saul Mark , and } ou that are with him , I promise you 1 will make such a mutiny that the parliament of the estates and the king's > high majesty shall hear of It , If yo put away this man's corpse without either flscal's examination or color of crow nor law. " But nt that the young man , Philip Stalls- field , Unshed a paper before his eyea with an iwoleiit gesture. "Theie what think yo of that ? " ho cried "Thero Is an order fiom Sir James Ual- rymplo of Stair to bury the body immedi ately' ' " Umphray Spurwny took it , and , calling for a lauthorn , perused It , looking well and long at the signature. Bin , thai gh ho shook his head and doubted , ho cuiild make nothing of It , and so , much dashed iu spirit nnd astonished , there re mained nothing for us but to retire and butake ourselves homeward. And as wo went the two women laughed and waved their torches over the grave which the bcirtTH were now fat > t lining up uiitjei the direction of Saul Mark. Hut Philip Stansfield blood silent with folded aims at the grave's foot , watching the clods sn.Itlng the face of the dead. fii\i > Tiii : vii. Tin * < ; rn > -i : > < -il .linn. It was ouzo moro In the midmost deeps of the night. Two restless , expectant days had como nnd gone , when a second time I was waked out of my first sleep hy a knoiklng at our chamber door. My mother tnld In n pitiful voice that she desired to know who was there- . Whereto Umphray Spuiway answered that ho must have me as a witness to tell what I know. For that a gu-at man from iMInbuigh who had come to Morohnm to makepeiiulsltlon | Into all the circumstances of the killing. "Alas , when will all this cease and we live again In nulcf" bald my mother , sadly klbslng me. "But take him. Only bring the lad bark to mo safe ! " "With my own llfo ! " cried Umphray Spur- way from without thu door. "He sure nf It , madam. " At this my mother arose and helped to nnay me , which I suffered gladly enough. Tboro was nothing but night alarms at this time , and , though my heart beat , the turmoil and the strangeness made It nil mightily taking to a boy of my ago and dis positions. A the stair's foot I found a party of four assembled , eagerly scrutinizing a paper with th" aid of a dark lanthorn. Presently I gathered Irom their talk that this was an order from the privy council for raising and examining the body of1 Sir Jnmrs. Further , that the nno prndurrd at t'u lit at burial had been forged. Three of the four werp chlrurgcons , or ( as they hesan to be called ) surgeons. The fourth was a man thp llko of whom for native dignity I had never Been not of outstanding stature or greatly nntlreable hut of a quiet port and with such a pair of eyes , forthlooklug ejea. as I had never seen In any countennni'o Then all of us wont to Morohnm kirk , but not thl.s tlmo by the ford there helm ; , said the leader , no oc- raslon for hurry o wo took n cast about nnd passed over hy Moreham Brig , under which I could sc-o the black water flowing fast In the snow-bound narrows of the linn as we turned the corner , und so came In duo time to the Kirk Volt. Heio , to m ; mingled trepidation and Joy. were real king's boldlcrs keeping guard. I could eeo the Kt.ir-nhlno rlltUr faint on their bavonets no brighter at the brightest than print --gcii r > tUo light of Blow-norms and the sight gave me a curious prideful fooling In mj throat The grave la j > oor mane ucro was already empty , the loosely compacted earth helnp again turned up rod , while n sentry Moo > ' over It , for what purpose 1 know not. Wo were admitted to ( he kirk nnd there upon the backs of three high trestles nt the head end of the aisle lay the holy upon r bier. Candles were standing nbout fixed end : In a dab of Its own grease on sconsos sol against thewall. . A second guard of soldiers stood between the chlrurgeotis nnd the others who stood waiting the ovent. I shiv ered nn I watched , and the prideful fecllnp within mo died utterly away. The men busied themselves with knives and vialc nbout the bodj- . The only sound was that ol tholr feet and their low whispering one tc the other. H was fully nn hour afterward and nlgli the breaking of the morning when one ol the chlrurgeons looked down nnd beckoncil the KMJ-eyed man , who , meantime , had been busily nnd quietly looking over papers which ho hntl brought with him bound with bright- colored tape Into a shcnf He went Immediately within the cordon , The er > f chlrurgecn whispered something In his ear. Ho held up hH hand , and to ! n t the signal nn officer sprang along the a'lslo nnd was out of the door llko a shot. Then every ono waited wore wearily than before , save nnd except the gray-ejod man , who npaln burled himself deep In his papers The chlrurgeons covered up the poor har ried , hurled body , and 1 wan glad of that. Thus dismally enough we waited , ns I say , hearing nothing but the droop of largo mist drops as they formed on the leafless twlgc nnd splashed h regularly on Iho roof , anil the wlsp-vvlsp of the doctors cleansing their hoi rid toolH , breathing on them nnd looking at them close to the light. Then all suddenly wo heard on the kirk brae the ordered tramp of feet coming nearer , nnd presently the rattle of arms giouuded without. There was n hoarse birk of command ami Umphrny Spurway opened the donr at n sign from the quiet , grav-uycd mini. Ho btmply looked up from his papers , nodded , and so dropped his head again to his task. So theie , In the dim gleaming of the morn ing , we sn\v a company of his majesty's foot guards standing at attention across Iho path , looking spruce and brave In the gray light from the cast. Another word of com mand nnd they separated , wheeling right and left with midden clash of accoutrement , nnd lo1 there , between the open leaves of the door , with an armed soldier on either stda of him , stood Philip Stansfield , my father. Then , In the little kirk of Moreham , and within the walls of the harled masonry , befell - fell a hceno to wring a heart of stone. There was no pltifulness of appeal about the expression or attitude of 1'hlllp Stans flold. He etood daikly silent , blackly hand some ES ever , and , save that his complexion WJK mottled all over with patches of grayish white amid Its tan , he Icoked much ns 1 hail seen him In the change house. Hut behind him were the two buxom women , Janet Mark and the other whosi : name I did not then know , their rosy checks turned ghastly white nun the svrong drink dead within them. 1'hlllp Stansfield stooil forward and apart -with a certain pridefulness - no-ss , a black and bitter scorn lowering or Ms brow. Hut the two women kept weepinj and bewailing their fate , wringing theli hands and calling heaven to witness thai they were wholly Innocent of all evl ! Intent. To the several corners of Janet Mark' ; apron there clung a child , the first balnp that llttlo Anna whom we last saw on thi klrkjard wall at New Mlln between us anil the stars. At the other sldo a boy a yoii or two younger. When first I sot eyes upor the bairn I got a start. He had exactly the face I was accustomed to see In the glass when I was sent to comb my hair the same broad brow , hooky nose , the black halt worn short and coming to a sort of widow's peak In front. When I first saw him I vvae In a fiet that I might te allowed to play with him , but after a while I began to think that I might not llko it so well. Moreham kirk , 33 1 remember It that morning , was Indeed a ghastly and unholy sight. The chill , yellowish light was com ing reluctantly from the eawt , mingled with the blue river mista Into a kind of unwhole some greenness like that of a dead man's faceTho The candles on the llttlo platform by the swathed corpse began to burn low , gutter ing In their sockets , and draping side- uniogarded. The white wrapping sheets nnd the earth-stained mort-cloths , the chlr- urgeon.s abhorred Instruments of probing anil bc'soon ' , above all the swathed formlessneg1- on the bier what wonder that I ciied out and besought Umphray Spurway to take mt away ! Hut the nngllshman , on the contrary , pill an arm around my neck and patted me on the shoulder , lifting me on a stool and as suring mo that shortly I should be needed , 1 wondered what they waited for In the growing light. Save the gray-eyed , keen- faced man , all in the kirk , chlrurgeons nml all , were blue with cold. Many of them wore , indeed , shaking llko leaves caught on gcssamer cobwebs on an autumn morning , then nt a sign the two gaurd.smen , who stocd gripping Philip Stansfleld by the wrist , brought him qulto to the front beside the face of the dead , and at the same moment the gray-eyed man turned Into the precen tor's deck with his papers In his hand an I thought , Juat like a minister about to dls- pen'O ) the elements on saciument Sunday. "I demand to know why I nm brought horc ? " cried the prisoner In a deep voice. "You lmll answer for this , whoever jou may he. I would advise you that I know the law. Whatever be the charge against me , I cannot bo' tried here without sum mons or wnrramllce. " "You are not to bo tried , " said the man with the gray oye.s , looking directly ut the prlsrucr for the first time. "At whoso Instance , then , am I appre hended nnd hold for examination ? " "That you will know soci enough. " "I demand to know now. I see not here either procurator fiscal or porteoua roll. If I am well advised , only the next of kin to the dead man or his majesty's advocate In person can proseculo on a capital charge. I mj-sclt nm next of kin " "And I have the honor to bo his majestj's advocate ! " Enid the gray-eyed man , nodding over the black oak desk like an eagle upon a mountain pciak before ho launches himself upon the quarry In tbo v ale. ale.The The women set up a shrill cry of utmost feai , nnd Philip Statibficlil started forward aa If to break through hta guards , and all In that llttlo kirk could hear his teeth grind convulsively together. But In an Instant ho had completely lecovered himself. "I charge Umphray Spurwaj' , cloth weaver , and John Dell , minister , with the murder of m/ father , Sir James Stansfield ! " ho crlod , turning him nbout to where wo stood. ' Those two wure the last seen In his com * pan.v. They alone knew that on the day of the deed ho carried a great sum about v. ith him , being the routs and malls of all hlo Now Mllns property. They alone made l.lm drunk In Iho change house of Jnme.i llrjilbon , as with mine cjcs I eav and can prove to many witnesses. Then , accompany ing him home , they murdered him at his own fireside at dead of night and cast him Into Iho river ! " The king's advocate , whom I now know to have been Sir James Oalrjmple of Stair , llgtcncd to the joung man's harangue with his head n little to the side. "Hnough of this ! You observe no proba- h'.litj or even uniformity In > our actua tions , " ho niiHwored , sharply. " 1 charge jou. Pl'lllp Stansfleld , with those two women , jour accomplice * , us art and pail In tu c'ucl murder of jour father , sir James Ktuntflflil of N'cw Milns Anil now I w1 ! proip.d to make recognition with regard lo th" fat tii ' At this thu two vtw" ( it up and loud ami desolate wailing , but as before. Phllli Stnnsfiold grlmlv commanded himself , tc thiil , villain ns he was , 1 could not refu i him a certain admiration. The lord advocate turned to the women. "Ho ellent , " he said. "I urge jou tc confess the truth ns jou value your lives I call you not guilty , ns this man Is guilty 1 offer jou th < j rhaneo to speak now. " "Wo are Innocent wo ken nothing of UK matter ! " they crletl. "Then , " sold the advocate sharply , "then retrains nothing 'or mo lo do but to niovc the deed out of t : o mouths of your ovvt ! Innocent children. " All this while ho was making a now polnl to his pen , doing It with n small knife , dillcatcly and well , so that 1 admired grcntlj to see his fiklll nnd dexterity. At the first word of their children the twe women set up n crying louder and more heartrending limn before. "Cruel cruel , " they said , "to gao out balrno testify against us. They ken noth ing' ' " Then there came a surprise upon mo quid ns a stroke from behind , I heard n name cnllcd which nt first I did not recognize n ! my own. "I call upon Philip StnuHficId , the younger to stand forward ! " It was the voice of the king's advocate , and scarcely were the words uttered than t'n phray Spurwny pushed mo up the alslr nnd , the guards making way , 1 came Into the Ilttlr open space where was a footstool , on which I stood , and , forgetting all else In the kirk , looked tremblingly up nt the grnj-ejed man As ho turned his countenance upon me his votco seemed to change and become extraordinarily caressing and his oycs had such a light of kindliness In thorn that at that moment I could have told him anything h" desired. That , they say , was the secret of hi ? powor. Ho could wile the truth out of a reluctant witness with a volco caressing as that of a turtle" dove. "Llttlo man. ' ho said , speaking llko one wl-o has children of hlo own , "I want jou to tell 1110 all that took place after you were laid to sleep In the blue chamber ol the house of Now Mllns. " 1 began to tell the story as well BH I could , the advocate prompting mo with ci'tining questions. But at each answer the dark-faced man between the guards Fcomeil to approach nearer to my back. Thougli my head was turned away from him 1 seemed to HOC the dagger In his hand , the very gleaming blade which I had seen him cleanse upon the page of Baxter , his Salnt'f Host , In my grandfather's chamber. " 1 cannot speak mole unlosb that man Is kept further away , " I cried out. and at n sign from the advocate they took him bacli to a place near the door where the rest nl the king's guards stood ranked In the ordei of their company. "Fear nothing , llttlo man , you will nevci bo molested for aught jou may say horc toll all without fear ! " said my loid advocate smiling encouragement down upon me. So with llttlo catches of the breath am1 occasional forgcttlngs of the simplest woids 1 told all that I had scon through the pane and afterward by the haunted brig. And a1 I spoke my volco appeared to bo soundlnf on and on eternally through a kind oi tingling silence. "You recognize this prisoner as the mar whom you saw In the chamber of Sir Jnmc : Stansflold ? " I turned to look at Philip Stansflcld. III < eyes met mine with such a tenlble looli In them that my heart failed me com pletely. I fell to the ground and for n time know no more. When I came to myself the lad with the features like those I had seen In the mlrroi was taking his turn upon the footstool , ami the advocate was crobs-questlonlng him with the same winning klndllncra he had used K me. "My name Is Jamie Johnston , " he bald , clasping his hands as If in prayer nt the kirk. "I live with my mother. I wat lying across the foot of the bed In the kitchen on the nicht when the laird died at the big house. I heard my mlther and Jane ! Mark came In late , and they cam' ewer to the bed to see If I was sleepln' . So I stceklt my e'en and made pietenae. " "Then , as I lay thus , I heard my mither say that 'Ye-kcn-Wln' had dune the deed nt last , and that ho had a safe plan to nlll\ the guilt on Umphraj Spurway. "To which Janet Mark answered that before - fore the monow's morn Philip StniisfielO would bo lord o' a' , frao Moreham Kirk Yett to the High Stone Hlg and that she should be the leddy o' It. " 'Aye. ' said my mlther , 'he promised evei to ride in the ekirts o' them that had scorned and lightlied him , and swore that they wore to hao great rewards that helped him with tha body to the wateisidu , so that It might appear that It had boon cast In near by the dwelling of Umphray Spur- vvoj- . " vvojAs As the lad spoke his mother did not cease to reproach him , saying that she had ever been kind to him , and that she never thought that ho would thus svvcni away her llfo before the klng'a olllcers Whereat , greatly moved , the lad leaped down from tl'o stool nnd went and kneeli" ] down before his mother , beseeching her to speak the tiuth and that the kind man would bo forbearing with them all. But , being hardened , she- struck nt him with her clenched hand nnd would have fallen upon him and beaten him on the spot , but that thn gaurds would not permit It. Yet more piteous It was when llttlo Anna , the daughter of the 111 woman with the fair countenance , Janet Mark , was called on to stand on the stool. She 1-ad n soldier's red coat over her night apparel , the aimn Happing loosely at her side , and a curly tangle - glo of short locks appearing to climb over the high military collar and escape In nn in- tilcate Ilecco down her back. "Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings ! " said the minister aloud , ns she stool on the htool. But as ho spoke In his pulpit volco nobody took any notice cf him "Dlnnn hurt my mlther. braw mannlo , " she cried before ever a question had boon asked , gnat tears , big as cherry slonos , running fast doivn her face nnd falling like raindrops on the bosom of her night rail " 0 , dlmia vex. my minnle. She has been a kind mlther to mo. " Tor the strange thing Is that though the woman was such an ovll wretch she had not hocn 111 to the bairn , who loved her , nnd that gicntly. "Do not bo afraid , " said my lord advocate , kindly. "Your mother's llfo shall not fen taken because of you Toll all you know , and I premise jou yon may help jour mother most of all by speaking the truth. Try ami mind all she tald on the night when she COTOO late nnil jour father , Saul Mark , spoke harshly to her. " Then , in little , piteous gulps of speech , the bairn told her tale how that she had waked with the nolso nf her father and mother quarreling and calling pach other 111 names although ( poor llttlo maiden ) that was no uncommon event In her house "My minnlo said that faither was to cease his brawling , for that they would soon lu nch If ho but held his tongue All was done and well done , but not hy her Then tiny spoke so low that I could not heir , hut after that minnlo said that she would jet bo a lady riding In her larrlago , and I wondered If 1 would get pitting beside the coachman Tht'-n shw told how Hlm-That-Dld-lt guarded the door with drawn aword and tn n It I pistols till she would bring back help tj wove the corpse And that mj father mu-t come .may that instant. "Then cn > father i ailed hoi H i . thun before 'murderosi. ' 'tiditons- . anl other v\ordb Scaring mon icrril U thun before 'hui lit uuuld . I moi - * m > tin tt tu fcucb a pli > > and that the mua bdui ; to the III placp her nln gate So my minnlo K ed awa' oot ngnln nml 1 lay nwako and slinking In my boil n' that nleht , envinc ptnyora for my inlnnle ! " At this Uniphrny Spurwny would havi' srokon , but my lc.nl ndve > wie ( slopped him ami the next moment , with n Ahrlek tiuit rang through the kirk Janet Mark crlod out. "H ID true' H la true ! 1 contt".s. Take me away ! " Ami to foil forward , doubled , limp , mid soft over the scat back llko n twisted sheet that Is wrung out of a washing on the green Then the other woman cried out also "My lord , my lord , tay It Is not unto death nnd 1 , too , will confess nil 0 , uny that it Is not unto death' " Hut the gwy-ejod tnnn in the precentor's desk only put his pen between his teeth nnd rising to his feet began to bundle up hla papers. "Tnko Uieiu away ! " ho said , briefly , hut even ns the soldiers shouldered their arm.s with n sharp , unanimous movement , n thought seemed to strike him. " 1'lrst let the chief prisoner touch the body of the murdered man. " he said , "It Is legal and customary , even If there bp In It llttlo clllrney " And In n moment , hearing the words , the sullen scorn of the young man was broken up. " 1 will nnt " ho cried , "yo shall not force mo I will not touch my father's body. " Ami ho fought ngnlnst his captors n thov strove to take him up to where the body Iny It took four strong men to bring him to the plaio. lighting every Inch like a wildcat , his face like no face 1 hnvo over soon , distorted out of recognition with passion nnd auget. "I will not touch It ! I will not tomli It" ' ho cried Sir James Dnlrymplo stood grimly , wntili- Ing , almost with a amlle on his thin lips "It Is enough , " ho said ; "hK behavior speaks moio loudly of his guilt than if blood had flowed from forty wounds at hih toiuh Take him away " The guaid clashed out with tholr prison era In five ticks of the clock the little kirk was empty of all save the dead bodj of mv giandfather , which at last was to bo laid to Its final rest without further dis- tutbunco. I could hoar the crying of the women as Janet Mark tried to look back lo whore , on the highest part of the Klik brae. Ut-.phray Spin way stood with little Anna Mark holding tightly to his handnd 1 could see the llguio of Philip Stansllold taller than anj of the guards bj u head , cut black against the brightening sky or morn And little Anna Mark had gotten over ho. fcara and now smiled down nt the advocau "It Is pretty , so pretty ! " she said ' See the coats of the boldlers red. just llko mine And look at the sparkling of their swords bonny , bonny ! " And she waved her hand prcltlly , as u child does to a pageant that passes below on the stioct with music and banners , while the soldlcis marchtd her mother out of her sight. But I think it brought the water to the ojrs of all that saw it , to watch the mothei looking back and ever back at her child- ami the Innorcnt bairn smiling and becking and waving her little hand. And oven ns wo stood bo the sun rose and It was the new day. ( To Bo Continued ) itllttUlcirn Ainlrn Mil \ p. The best salvp in the world for cuts , tr'ilses. sores , ulcers , salt rheum , fever oics , tetter , chappen hands , rhllblalnj. corns a > id all skin eruptions , and posl'lvely cures piles , or i-o pay required. It Is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Pi Ice 25 cents per box. Tor sle by Kuhn fo s m ! ! < | Current Coin. In Kuropo the smallest coin now curient and the one having the least value Is the Greek leptrn. The lepton Is , according to the decimal monetary sj-stem , current in all countries belonging to the Latin union. Some Idea of this valuable little disk of ooppor may be gathered fiom the fact that the lop- ten is the one-hundredth part of a drachma The Greek drachma usually passed for the same value that a fiauc piece docs ; that it , it is about equal to " 0 ce/its of our money. "Iliavo liooii uMng t'AM AJIIVrs for Insu nu itu wbi h I liave bicn .iflHctod for o\r r tHOI ivr uml I c in saj tb.it discards have im < n an rn 'lon-iief ' tli inanvcuhci reme dy 1 have i vcr ti ml j ii.ili cr-itninlj iccom- mcii I t'liMii i , nn f in il hi > ] a'l ' tliov are represented THUS C.ILLAIID Llgm , 111 Ploasnnt I'alainblo I'otcut Taste Oonrt. Do Good Mover filrl.011 VV rak.-n ur Grlpp lOc Slc.SUc. . . . CURE CONSTIPATION. . . . DlfrlliiB llrnird ; ( nmjnn , . ( l.lrarn. ilonlrnl. Xr lurk , 515 nMnml Kinrnntpcrt by nlldniK- Kifttstu t I'It ' i : Tobacco Habit" frlysfcrious Disappearance. mill , l > ltl > Mnit. Cii-iiimn , 2C yours old , Mimll amillslil HKiinllKht < umplo.slou anil li.ilt. S" iking llttliKiiKlMi , dluip- lioari il nn Jnnmiv iltli or null , 1s' ) 1 , frmn the ti.ilu lit or nun t'oum II HlufN , Iowa , vi hllion i null'nun Now Ymk to H.in I'raiirl"i o , via llnKrli - , I hluiKO and N'orth- wosiiMi. rnliiii Pacific and Kiiutbcin I'a- illlr H illnmil" Anvimi' who muy know of sulil iMII , l > llissMil , ilc-ml or ullvo. iiiultr hln realer or an its umi'd ii.uiu' , ix oniuoilv tcUK Hloil lor the inKo of liiimniiliv to i oininunii nt > to the ollli'e ot thl.i iiowhpuprr , 01 to - " \z Ki-iip sr 'Ht llroiiM n , v \ . A Hilltalili row-aid clvcn 1C i nminuiilratlon lomN tu the vvhoroaboutH ofs.ilil iilll : , I'Jti'iMtil : ; A hui rowing mother IU-KH In r KOI , If ht Is allvo , lo fonimiinli nto with her Ml'SIC AT YOUn OWN HOME The In- vcfitmcnt you can make and one that will give most pleasure to your family Is to buj a ( iit VIMIOI-IIOM : . It Is a wonderful munlr.il maihlno it brings to jour own flrchido the most fn- moUH muMilans and slngcm In the country and makco them perform for jour benefit For tale I y Columbia Graplioplione Co , , 15151 I'arnain St. J. A .Most Kcmnrhaltto Itemed ? ' 1 hut Quickly Kcstiu-es Lost Vigor lo MUII. A Fro-8 Trial PuckiiKO Sent By Mull To All Who Write. Frao IrlU package nt a. most remarkable romeOv are btinu nuillo.1 lo nil who write the State Medical Institute. They cured so siany men who had buttled for jours agalimt the mental .viut | ih } lt il unfit i Ing or lost manhocil thm Jir liistuutn has divided to OUtr buto fee trial piu-kagts ! o nil who write , H Is a home lieainunt nnd nil men who suffer with HIIJ fi > im of sexual weak- tH'Ss resulting from jouthful folly , premature ture- loss of strength tiiul memory , wealt buck , vnrlcooele or umiuliulou of parts can now cure themselves at home. The remoilv hint . lid ull.irly Kratcful ef fort of uniinth nnd BIHIIIS to ait direct to tho. ill-sired location. giving sttt'iigth and dt-vplopment Just wheio It Is needou It nire.s all the ' 11s and troubles that coma from je.irx of mlsum of the natural fum- MOIIB uml lias bnpn an nl < Hutute success In all cases. A request to the State Mt'dliul Institute. 3W KUktiiin iiulldlng , PtVujno , 1ml , stating that > uu dis'ro one of their free trial pnchimes will be compiled wltn piomptly. The Insiltulo. l < ties urns of iem him ; that iroat i Inis of men who arc unnb'o. ' to leave homr to no treated und the frto sample will tnablo them to sec how easy It Is to be tut oil of sexual weuknesj when the iiiopor itmodivs jre cintiloyed. The Initltutc mnkfH no loslrlctiuns Any mint who wilt PS will br sent a free sam ple , rarrfullj sealc.1 In u plain pickaKf , so that Us re ( pent moil have no fe.ir of em- bariasimrni 01 publ'i ' l > Headers are re quested to write without delay. lines to bti'lno'.H mi 11 nnoo u month tml mirk's SUKKOS- iInn- ' for the bottor- tin nt of bus no1- ' ' . I1 < only BO e-'iiis u " " \rill IHIVV. 01 ' I it I II lu > $1 n voar U v nr n W'loalci or , i\ I i V.I Si nsr Co , THEW1E W1E OF On Lard , on Ham , on Bacon is a guarantee of purify , ( Iliicti o , Knti.siiH City , Omulia , St. Louis , St. Joseph , St. Paul , it's a FactX ( iintlomon. Avid- uiblo ecltntltlo ills- cov crjh a * b c t u nrnik1. Hi ml our ( n i ) liooklilcli will ox- | iliun to jou Him Ktrlctiire nf the ur < thru run bo dlsMihul nnd inrniu- nrtitlv uiirtd Hun obstruct Inn In the iirino puixnei , i lilarpptilt nf tlm ami iInililiT , can bu in rln'ilj curtd. 1 1 o w t li c in o R t fcuro nnd cliroiiia rni's of iiruthrnl AND PROSTATIC DISEASE cnn bo porimni'iitly re mcmd bv our now mi thnil. llnxvoiiru mill , 13 ii-iilnt Imim , M in tit ; wil'i- nut piilu or dun f r , vulliout Mii tcnl njnr ition or failure ; vvltlmut l -s en lime frmn bii < hus > . Our iiii-llioil runs where nil otlii r trr.itmcnts li.no fnlli it I Ihiu-iinils tostlfv to this ( MCI. 'Jlicn vvhv Ftitiinit to painful niiorntloiis by the fiirgronN knlfi1 , wlilcli liner cure , uliin jniic.ui i.i lh nliiniii enrh a valiinblu ri'ini'ili ? Don't il < lav , but Kind .it mire for our book , p\\- \ Inc fnrmiila nf n ni < > ih nml iiionN. iimili il ( i-onloil ) 1 . .VitilnAM MMt C'lir.llICAl , CO. , leO ' I'll ! ' f I l ) Hl"f , 1 ? , . . IM ' 'V. HAM'S Cough SV3eclicine , 1,1 kii I'neln Sam s Country , IK The Best In the World PREVENTS CROUP QBo at all Oruo Storoo. u UA uw QJr FlLEttiEtt sufttrtne' from nervoun debility , vail cocelo , Hemlnal vveaknra iot man- mood. Giniimlonn .nd unnatural dla- chari-es .aun d by errorx of jouncor dm * , which , If not ril.ined by medi cal treatment , ! deplorable on mind and bodv l 0 NOT MlltllY wh n uffrrlnf. ( on thin loads to Ions of memory , luas of pplrlta , bashru naM in uoilety , paliiH In unmll of back fright- tul dreamu , dark rinri around the fyev , plmi > I- or brtalr iij : out on faxo ; or boiljrirml for < ur Kymplom blank Vo can i urn SUN unJ 'oppL-lilly do we Codre old and trkd eaten ao we charirs noililnrf for advice nu nlvo you a wr t- ton Kuurantar to cure Ui * worst oas on record Not only are th < weak or- cans rcHiorci ) but * li IJSBII drtlriH > nd dUfliarK i stopped Srnd 2o Btsrnp and question blank lo Dcpt , U , iti.oon i-oiioN , First , Hecond or tfrtlury ( OBrig NDVwH TAIIL. No deter don' froiS TL" ? WnWrhe u * for particulars. JJnpl U llnhn' . I'linrninrr. Omnlia , l lli n ml irariKini sin , a 'hi'v J M &j
