10 TTTE OMAHA PATLY HBE : STXDAY , .1A1TFA-RY 11 , 1000 ,
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COPYRIGHT. 1S98. UNDEIl THE NAME OF "LITTLE ANNA MARK. " DY n. S. OUOCKETT.
t of I'rovlon * Inntnlliiiriili ,
Sir James HlunslleM of Now MlliiM , ti
company with his grandson , young Philip
mci'tH In iin Inn house his son , Philip
and his son'x paramour , JiLiiot Murk
They qmirrcl Hlr James HOPS homo , taklni
along Ills grandson. That night ho I :
murdered by his dissolute sou and Jinn-
Mark. They tukc Ills body outside am
lay It upon mi Ice-Mop , In the effort t <
fnsttn the crime upon other shoulder. "
Hut the boy , Philip , has wltnosed thi
crime IIP tolls his grandfather's chic
tenant , Umplmiy Spurwiiy , and Hpurwnj
HiioeoedH In having the real murderei
lirougbt to Justice. Ho In sentenced to IK
liangod. his \vomnn nceompllcc to In
trnnrporlpil. Mysteriously I'hlllp Stanslioh
oHrapos the gallows , seeks out hla wife
llmls her In the company of Spurway , am
trios to murder her , but does nut < iult <
Hucrood. She Is taken uwny to Aborealn
for cure. leuvliii ; her son , young I'hlllp. It
clmrpe of Spurway and In the compnnv m
little Anna Murk , from whom ho learn. '
that In some ways girls arc- worth qulti
us much ita boys.
( Copyright. 1S09 , by S. It. Croclcett. )
C'llAI'TKII XII.
'I'lii * ( iriMit KnullNli DrovliiK.
Uut of I'hlllp Stansllold , the murilcrer o
his father , the almost assatsin of his wife
not hilt nor hair wns seen In all the country'
side. Bands of men went , twenty together
scouring the'wllil places , boating the woods
quartering the niulrs with bloodhounds am
scent dogs. All , was In vain. Not a foot'
print , not a shred of clothing on a thorn
Only some few of the searchers would COUK
back whispering undur their breath of t
mocking laugh .which they had heard (01 (
thought they heard ) . It seemed to ham
about the skirts of the party as the nigh
came on , and they turned wearily home'
ward. But It might have beeu no more thai
u blinking cue-owl searching for Held mlci
In the early twilight.
Only those who have known what U li
to have a red-hand murderer at large It
their very neighborhood can conceive tin
agony of fear that seized on the whob
countryside. Umphray Spurway was the 0111
man who kept ula head , and even ho shranl
Into himself , his flno robust body waxlm
thin and his rosy checks falling slack am
wrinkled.
It was curious that , though the cause o
all the panic was the man who gave mi
being , I felt no Interest In the affair sav <
I hoped they would ooon catch and hunt
him. Uut I enjoyed the mounting of UK
guards , th * passwords , t'io ' glancing muskci
barrels of tire brave \vcavers , the red coat !
of the soldiers whom the government sen
from Edinburgh to seize the murderer.
Every morning a new tale ran from HI
to lip. Every evening a fresh alarm clrcu.
lated from .gable window to gable window
Women shrieked and fainted. Several chil
dren appeared untlmccusly in the world. y\ \
l carrier was found clubbed , his cart am
, pockets rilled on the Edinburgh high road
within a mile of the city lights. Evcrj
family In the country put up fresh bolts
and bars. Poor folk barricaded their dcoi
with heavy furniture , and filled up tl\eh \
,
windows at nightfall with slabs of whin-
stone from the nearest rock. face.
At last they took my mother away In n
litter , borne on the shoulders of men all
the fifteen miles of the plain road to the
town of Aborcalrn , whcro there was an hos
pital equipped with phy lclana of great skill
I wns not permitted to go with the party ,
which , In the first Instance consisted ol
Umphray Spurway's weavers , with hlmsell
walking on one side of the litter , and Calct
Cllnkaborry on the other. The old Quakei
refused to bo separated from his "little
maid , " even for a moment , and so fierce
wcro his denunciations of woo and desola
tion upon all who withstood him that he
gained his point.
So I was left at the mill house with little
Anna Mark , under the governance of WHllair
Howman , which was Just as good as none
at all.
I wonder If I can convey any Idea or whal
llttlo Anna Mark was then , when I first
knew her In the mill house of Moreluim.
VThe witch-child. " the Ill-affected called
her , and , Indeed , there was something not
quite of this world about her. She had n
1 far-off look of her gypsy father , Saul Mark ,
nothing whatever of her mother except her
dazzling teeth. All clso was her own no
child In the village or among the weaver
lasses at the mlln cottages In the least to
bo compared to her. She was slender and
tall for her age , quick and lit ho In every
movement as a wild thing of the woods.
Her eyes would follow any one with whom
who was not well acquainted with the light-
1 nlng suspicion of a caged squirrel. This shy
| -wlldwood look afterward left her , the bright
glancing of her eyes never.
' Her hair , as I have said , rain In a ripple
of brown crisps and curls over her shoulders
and down her back , but oven as a child
Bho had a fashion of her own of packing It
on top of her head out of the way , when
1 any childish scheme requiring agility was
on hand.
Now , I , Philip Stansfleld. the younger ,
thought well of myself then as now. What-
J ever I did I tried hard to do better than
any one else. And yet. 1 admit that there
? , was nothing , running , cllmblnc , Jumping ,
standing on one's head , on one's hands , mak
ing faces , lighting with flats , shooting at a
mark with the bow and arrow , playing at
quoih' , tops , marbles , tlc-tac-toe , Jacks ,
knucklo-boncs It was all the same. I might
bo good at them , but Anna Mark was bet
ter.
For n while I had the better In learning ,
day by day she overhauled me , spurred on
\Vlth the ambition of beating me. The books
of thi > old and now testaments were a strong-
Jiold for a long while , because roe did not
BOP the necessity for getting them by heart.
Ilut ono morning she puzzled mo with Ec-
elcBliiEtr.s , and then when she went on to
offer the hooka of the Apocrypha , either
forth or IJack , Just as I liked , I rose In wrath
and called her a Papist , which was the direst
term of reproach Known .to mo ,
"Papist or no , " fibo answered hack , "I
can beat you at the books of the bible. "
I did not care , of course , even If the alle
gation had been truo. Tor a boy , being
manifestly superior In all points to a girl ,
docs not need to make good his superiority
in particular Instances. „
I had , however , one stronghold that could
not bo assailed. Anna Mark could not throw
jx stone as well as 1 this not for want of
trying. I remember that once I camu on
her weeping at a dyke-back , and upon iny
asking what the matter was she sobbcsl out ,
"I have tried to throw stones like you till
my nrrn Is near broke with trying and I
cannot do It ft bit hotter ! "
"Never mind,1' I said , as kindly as I could ,
for I hated to eeo her cry , "wo will try a
1
race to the end of the mill-lade , and you
can beat at that ! "
"I don't care for running. 1 wanted tei
beat you at stono-throwlng ! " she sobbed.
Yet there came a tlmo when I had a
surprise sprung upon mo. It was on thu
day when Umphray Spurway brought home
his "winter beasts. " These wcro rough and
shaggy highland cattle from the gnat
droves that with an army of retainers
passed every year southward Into England.
They went south mostly about thu end
of harvest , whether the year were early or
late. The lowland farmers bought them ,
fattened them on the aftermath of the
hay and on the stubbles of the corn-
presently turning them out on the moors
till the snow camp , and then killing , saltIng -
Ing and setting them apart an "marts" for
winter consumption.
Umphray Spurway bought many of these ,
for , being no Englishman , he loved llesh
meat , and believed that his weaver folk
worked better on It than on porridge three
times a day.
So this buying of the "mart" cattle waa
a great event with us , and as my mother ,
though recovered of her wound and now
lodging In her own hired house In Abarcalrn ,
wns still weak , I remained ( to rny Joy ) at
the Mlln house. I had looked forward to
the English droving as ono great
opportunity of proving my superiority tc
llttlo Anna Mark. And to this day I can
remember the shame , merging Into a kind
of reluctant admiration , mingled with hope
lessness , with which I viewed her per
formances. For some months , indeed , she
had made frequent absences from home dur
ing the afternoons , and this without giving
any explanation of where she had been ,
though I pleaded hard to know.
Upon the great day wo went out as soon
as It was light to cheese and bring home
our bunch of wild , rebellious highland
cattle. U wns to the "Tinklers Slap" that
wo went , a wild place among the hills to the
west , through which the drove road picked
a perilous passage , and Umphray took wltli
him a score of his weavers , armed. For
ho carried money , and the cattle dealers
were" quite as wild as the cattle they brought
with them. At least , It was as well to err
on the safe side.
Wo marched merrily and fast , yet not
so fast but that Anna and I played about
the company , running round and round like
the collie dogs themselves , gripping , grap
pling and rolling over each other , Just as
they did , while Umphray watched us In
dulgently and yet carefully , lest I should
hurt the girl.
So little did ho know ! Ho ought Tathor
to have been careful that she did mo
no harm , for a greater llttlo tiger cat never
was.
was.And now I como to my surprise.
For as Umphray Spurwaywith his hand
on his pistol hilt , chose out and paid for
each wild steer or Heck-mouthed bull It
was the duty of his party to meet the beast
as It was scourged from the drove by the
half-naked kerns of the hills who swarmed
all around. Then , having put a distance be
tween the chosen and his companions , the
aim of us all wns to head him away to the
eastward , HO that ho might not double and
rejoin the herd by speed of foot. This was
usually accomplished by stones and goads ,
the men using goads and the light Infantry
pebbles.
It was wild work at times Indeed at
most times.
For the Tinklers' Slap Is a deep defile ,
which leads Into the heart of the hills ,
High above the heather bends Us black
brows to look over. Dell heather and bent
diversifies delicately the middle slopes. All
the bottom Is smooth and green , save where ,
In a tunnel of bracken and queen-of-the-
meadow , a certain trickle of n streamlet
gurglcfl and lisps In an emorant gloom.
But upon this noble morning of late Sep
tember the Tinklers' Slap looked not thus ,
still and lovely , with only an eagle soaring
above It , lost In the sky. Down It surged
a vast horn-tossing herd of cattle , with
their noses In the air. All red and black
they were , like the ragged tartans of many
of the drivers ( for they wcro of the broken
clans , and mostly MacGregors. though some
of them called themselves Campbell , who
wore the worst of all.
This parti-colored tide flowed down the
bottom of the glen like a river In full flood.
Only In the little eddy of Hunter's Tryst ,
near the bottom , where Umphrey Spurway
waited , was there n sort of backwater. Into
this the drovers swept a score or two of
cattle at a tlmo. some of which Umphray
Spurwny approved. At other times ho would
have none of them , but pointed out a beast
In the throng as It surged thundering past.
Whereat ono of the men on llttlo shaggy
ponies would plunge , at danger of life and
limb , Into the tumult of the tide-race and
guide the animal out , and so bring it , bl-
lowlng with rage and fear , to the appointed
titmice.
It was strange to observe at the summit
of the Slap , directly above us , the cattle
appearing like n forest of branching horna ,
standing a moment to overlook the valley ,
with heads up and eyes dilated , and then
urged 1y those behind , surging forward
again , while the noise of their mighty roarIng -
Ing came to us In the llttlo vale of the
Hunter's Tryst like the triumphing of an
angry sea that has broken bars and doors.
It was the first time I had seen the great
English droving , and n flno eight It was fo >
man or boy to see.
Anna Mark and I ran forward to be read >
to receive first "mart. " Anna hud boon
given a stout pointed "kent , " or oaken stair ,
to use as a goad. With this and her natlv *
agility she completely outran me. But llttlo
I cared for that , for was not the stone-
throwing at hand. As I ran I did not oh-
servo that Anna had a bag of pebbles
fastened to her waist oven as I had myself.
She kept close to Saunders MacMlllan , a
big herder from the rough mountains whom
Umphray employed to watch the sheep h *
pastured on the easterly hills , according to
his agreement with Sir James , my grand
father , when ho came first to the country.
The first beast Is always the worst to put
on the homo road. For ho has as yet no
companions and he tunii and twists , doubles
and trebles , with feints and stratagems as
well as straight charges , tall up and horns
down. As Ill-luck would have It , ho cams
straight at roe.
"Out of the way , boy ! " cried Ornphray
Spurway. whoso eyes were everywhere. But
I wanted to distinguish myself and Blood
straight In the beast's way as he rtodgert
to get back 1o the herd. The .bull came
head down , and Just as I was firing a round
pebble at his forehead down I tripped over a
btone. I felt hot breath blow upon me , ants
looked to be trampled to death. But though I
lit the callop bo almost mlsstxl me , 0110 cloot
alone grazing the calf of my leg , and as It
happened turning It many colors In a day
or two.
There was now no ono between the brute
and the herd , and the Highland kerns had
already set up a triumphant yell at 0111
stupidity.
But In the critical moment , there. In front
lllckored little Anna 'Mark , n "kcnt" short
ened in her hand. One blow across the
nose. Ho uwcrvH. A poke In the shnuldcr !
Ho turned. Anna dropped the kcnt , mid
with her right hand she selected a stone
from the wallet at her waist , and with a
sharp "clip" Jerked It from her hip after
the manner of shepherds. It How straight
and took the "mart" on the hip. Another
anil yet another , each as truly nlmcd , suc
ceeded. The beast turned no more , but
with Anna behind It , an 1 Ssundcra Mac
Mlllan and half a dozen weavers In chase
took a straight line through the llttlo green
hope _ _ of the Tryst for the vale of More-
ham.
ham.Then
Then Indeed , there was a nolso to speak
about-and I , sitting up dazed and stuplHed ,
heard the HIghlandmon shouting to Um
phray Spurway , "Who Is the'lassie ? "
"Tho lassie , " shouted another contemptu
ously , as ho dressed the herd on the left
flank , 'Yon's nae lassie ! Yon's a klltlo lad
a son o' Donald Olg's , I'm thlnkln' by hla
lang legs ! "
For llttlo Anna Mark's high-killed petti
coats had misled him , and Indeed , not with
out eomo reason. For her hair was tied
In a red kerchief after n mariner that she
had doubtless learned from her father , and
for the rest she waa dressed much like one
of their limber hs-sllps who scampered anil
climbed and yelled alongside the drove.
Th'ls was u great blow to me , and It war
an hour or two before I could make anj
headway to get over It.
It was not Jealousy eo much as that sh
had not told mo what she was doing , but
had gone secretly to that great lout Saun-
dcrs MacMlllan , an coarse and claniporsome
a lump as any of that name. And In Gallo
way that Is saying no little.
"I wanted to surprise you that Is why
I did not tell you , " she said afterward , as
she ran alongside when once the homeward
column was In good going order and out ot
the disturbance caused by the routing of the
herd.
I said nothing. I was not ready to
make up.
"Of course , " she said softly ( for sin
could speak very gently when It liked her ,
which wns not often. ) "I cannot throw
as well as you , nor flourish my arm ah nil
over my head. It Is not the same thing. "
'You hit the beast and turned It , after it
had knocked mo over ! " I replied , gloomily.
"But see , " she cried , "I can raits as well ! "
she persisted.
"Let me see then ! " said I.
A bullock at this moment turned and
tried a last bolt.
"Turn him turn him , witch Wean ! "
cried Bowie Fleemlster , the only Mnroham
man In the company , and a man who having
laffilo bairns of his own , hated Anna Mark's
favor with his employer.
Then the girl , with her eyes full on th
charging bullock , "benched" n pebble ,
which Indeed mlesed the nr. mai , but'bj
strange c'hanco took Bowie Fleemlster on
the elbow Joint !
"Ye hao broke my funny-bane , ye
lllchtorsomo wisp o' brlnmtane , " he crlfd ,
dancing to and fro , and nursing his elbow
In the palm of his other hand. "I'll hao
yo discerned for n manifest witch as your
mlthor wcs afore yo ! "
"You see , now ! " said Anna , calmly , with
her eyes cast down. "I can miss. 1 missed
tho. bullock by as much as twenty yards ! "
Yet somehow the Instance was to mo not
wholly convincing.
Bowie Fleemlster made his complaint to
Umphray Spurway before the pain had
wholly died out of bis tingling finger tlfs.
"Yon Ill-set randy has broiicn my shuttl-
alrm1' a stone , " ho Bald , trucu
lently. "I'll never work malr ! I want
her banished out o' the country like her
mlther. There will never be peace In the
mill till she bo gane. " /
"O , yes , there will , " retorted Umphr&y
Spurway , significantly , riding a llttlo nearer
lo Bowie , who shrank away from him.
Then , bending a little from hit horde and
clenching his bare flat , the mlln-rr.iistor held
It to Bowlo'g nootrllB. "Yea , " ho addrd ,
"there will be peace In Umphray Spurway's
mill .14 long n < t that Imnfl wags nt the end
f ihlf ri > ; ht JIM ! "
And Howie I'lremlstcr. the color of tow.
shrunk silll further between hi * O\MI
fchonldors.
ClIAl'TKn XIII ,
Tlip X < MV Dominic.
Bill there wns a sweeter , wlnsoiptr slda
lo ilitU * Anna Mark than this. Whno Mio
got It from I know nnt rrom her Maker , I
ONfioct. Nor , though I have known hpr all
the yemrs that have como and gone since
those days In Uhiphray Spiirwny's mill
house , have I ever troubled my head on the
subject.
Anna could not bo called n very pretty
child , perhaps. Her face was always
browned by the sum nnd till she was well
Into her teens an even tint of freckles was
spread over her brow nnd checks , reaching
well tip on her brotv nnd down behind her
cars.
But no man could pa s her on the road
without turning lo look. Most women also ,
If only to say : "There It something not
canny about that lassle-balrn ! " But when
Anna looked directly nt you , It seemed that
you saw n spark of fire kindled fur down In
her oyes. And when she- smiled , why , it
wns suddenly summer outside , nnd a blue
tiny. The herds on the hills would wait
hours lo have her company up to the lone-
I Koine glens nnd out on the great Howes of
heather. The grimy smiths in tno "smlddy"
In the villages , hammering at their horse
"cackars" would drop rasp and plnc-hprs
and run to the door at the words : "Here
comes Anna ! " And long after she was
past they could bo jccn looking out after
her , sheltering their eyes underneath grimy
ptilms , as nho tripped up the street with
Umphray Spurway. j
But mothers , Jealous for their own chll- <
dron , would call them In ostentatiously , lest
they should bo ciishunored with the fas'lmi-
tlon of the wltch-'balrn's spell. Every deuce
well born hie'slo In Morcham and Now Mllns '
was forbidden to play with little Anna
Mark , and also encouraged to call names
after her to keep her mindful ot her condi-
THEN HE COUNTED , SLOWLY , "ONE ! "
tlon. Usually , however , they only tried
this once. Then on the following day their
mothers would como In deputations tn
Umphrny Spurway , praying him to send the
llttlo wildcat away.
But the Engllsbman , caring no more for
women than for the Idle clashes of the vil
lagers , drove them out of his presence with
out more ceremony than If his own mill
gates had been Invaded by a tall-wagging ,
loud-clacking Hock of geese from the com
mon.
She had cast a glamor over him. That
was evident. And the gossips took coun
sel together to rid him of this spell and
themselves ot a pest and 'possible ' rival of
their own. growing daughters.
I well remember the day of the prize
giving at Dominie Nathan Tawse's school.
I had begged BO hard to bo allowed to
stay with Umphray , and the Englishman
had used such arguments to my mother to
make her consent that I was allowed to
bldo through the week at the mill house.
But on Saturdays Umphray himself took mo
down to my mother's house In the town of
Abercalrn , where I stayed till Monday , on
which morning Caleb Cllckaberry convoyed
mo back half way to the place called Hill
o' the Cock , where William Bowman met
us and relieved him of his charge.
When Umphray Spurway took mo to my
mother's he never stayed long , Bitting only
to drink n cup of tea , and make his compli
ments on how well she was looking , his
eyes mcstly upon the floor the while , up
lifted to my mother only when she was or
dering the tea bowls with her back to user
or spooning the 'black China herb Into the
bottom of each.
I remember once saying to my mother :
"Why docs Umphray never look nt you ?
Is ho angry with you , or are you angry
with him ? "
Her cheeic paled and then flushed again.
I know I was hurting her nnd yet I kept on ,
"I do not know whether ho Is angry with
me , " she replied , "I am not nngry with
him ! "
And immediately she Bent mo forth to
play on the < may with the town lads of my
own ago. Kor she had a notion that I might
grow maidenish by associating 'Kith llttlo
Anna Mark ! How far this was from the
truth I have already Indicated In this his
tory. I fought a good fight Lohlnd the
butcher eheds with Allan Kemp , Mr. Small-
trash's 'prentice , and heat him by dodging
blows an Anna Mark did mine , avid then , In
the nick of time , planting my left on his
chin , after a feint nt his ureast , n thing I
had learned the trick of from her.
Hut when I was In Abercalrn my mother
thought that euch plays made mo manly ,
and took no notice when I came homo
marked on Saturday night , though nho did
not let mo wander far on the Sabbath days
except to visit at the inlnlster'B , Mr. Nlcol
Altkln with whosii son Jock I have fought
a many as seven rounds during service In
the wlndowloEs cornet by the aide of the
vestry while his father wns developing
overhead his seventhly In the application of
the "Gospel ( jf Peace to the Christian
Homo. "
So , unlike many Scottish bairns , I ever
appreciated and enjoyed my Sabbath privi
leges and Hpoclally where It was my lot to
sit in the kirk.
And now I come to that which rent mo
finally and without reprieve to the grammar
school at Abercalrn.
My Uncle John , the falcon-benked Edin
burgh lawyer , had for a little taken It
Koroly to heart that bla precious Instrument
being only of effect whun , In cue of my
fnthor'n dtnlh In hail no control o\cr m
or oor the cstat. . . 'llm latter , however , h
managed In 501110 tori m retain as well a
the power nt th great houxo by n well
devlspd system of subservience to the w | ]
of ray grandmother , the old l > Bvly Stnns
field.
field.This
This , ns he una not n man to squando
my undo was permitted to retain by I'm
phray Spurwny nnd John Hell , though the
Informed him that ho must In no cas'e cot :
sldcr himself as my curator bonts.
U happened that about this time when
was shooting up Into n great lmn | > of n lai
and Anna Mark growing over lighter
stralghter , wlnsomer , that the old domlnl
of Moreham died ono hitter Maroii day. II
was observed to laan long against th
wall of his little school , but ns that was hi
ordinary tn the act of prayer , none look an ;
notice till he had been more than an lion
In that posture. Then one John Dallas , :
smith , went and clapped him klndiy on tin
shoulder to tell him that the bairns wen
waiting for their scripture. Hut lie foutu
the old man dead on his feet , with his tore
head against the cold whlnutotio of Vho gabl
end.
end.It
It became necessary to fill lila place , an
as Mr. John SlatisHcId was now fco furwatv
In matters of the llrk. ; nti.l o grent wltl
my grandmother nnd Mr. Hell also , I
chanced that the choosing of who shouli
succeed the dead man was left In his hatide
And late ono night ho brmight ono froi
Edinburgh to ho the new dominie.
Ho WIIH n tinin far beneath the countr ;
standard of height , and as ho stofi.l at tin
master's desk , u small , lean , swtirthy man
his eyes very close together , and liltt hand ,
corded and hairy on the lucks , ho lookei
quite unable to cope with the urchins of tin
ordinary classes , nnd when the folk remem
bercd the burly plow lads nud young light
Ing cocks of farmers' sons who would hi
there In the v. Inter , they smiled wit !
significance , and said , "Ood help him. "
But In the meanwhile ho did well enough
Bernard lltngrosto was his name , and hi
entered on all the ofllcos and emolument !
ot the old dominie without opposition 01
comment. Ho had store of Latin that wa :
nbovo cavil , and to a "humanity man , " a :
ho was called , the folk of a Scottish parlsl
would forgive almost anything. Mr. Bel'
had examined the new dominie , It was said
and found him wondrously well equipped
Now this Is what happened , as I had long
after from Mr. John Bell himself , when he
had risen to bo regent of the college , nnd a
Croat man.
The minister had a physician's prescrip
tion , writ by a learned man whom ho had
known at the college of Edinburgh. It waa
made out In the English tongue , GO that the
unlearned could understand It , but of late
Mr. Bell had found no benefit from using It.
So ho was sending It , with a letter , to one
Samuel I'atcrson , In the Lawnmarket o :
Edinburgh , who was the main potlcary aim
herb doctor In the city. With this paper In
his hand the minister one day entered th *
school of Mr. Hlngrose , In a kind of maze.
"Dominie Illngrose , I have a sore trouble
on me , " he said. "I am oven like St. Paul.
The thorn In the flesh doth sore wound me.
What think you of this prescription , which
the learned Dr. Conradlus of Uiisala gave
me ? "
The new dominie took the paper In the
shaking hand which made many think him
weak whenever the weather was moist and
warm with a south or west wind his hands
were wont to shake so that he could not
hold a book to read It aright. At first this
was set down to drink , but after , when It
was seen what a temperate man was Mr.
Bernard Rlngrose , It wns discovered to be
in Intermitting or tertian ague , gotten from
his life In strange lands. So now his hand
shook as ho took the paper from Mr. Bell ,
very careless like , and glanced at It.
"You have not been able to have this made
up to your mind , minister ? " he said , very
high and clear.
"No , " said Mr. Bell , "seemingly the virtue
Is gene out of It. I am worse troubled than
over. "
"These nro vulgar names , sir , " said the
dominie , "and" when such are used often
times commoner growths arc foisted on the
unwary. Permit me to write the prescrip
tion In the Latin tongue , with the proper
signs and quantities , and you will flnd that
the virtue will quickly return. "
So ho took a pen In hand and wrote rapIdly -
Idly , muttering to himself :
"Instead of tutRane II will write agnus
caStns ; instead of house leek , a common
misnomer , 'I ' will write slngrene. "
And so In a thrlco , with a quick dash of
learuod signs scattered athwart the paper ,
ho handed the prescription back to the min
ister , who was so greatly Impressed that
If the domtnlo had itold him to ca't ' the paper
It would have benefited him ns greatly.
At least , when the medicine was brought
back from the apothecary In Edinburgh
Mr. Bell went everywhere tolling of the
sroat skill and prowess of the new dominie
In the Latin I'.onfjuc.
'Likewise ' the people of iMoreham need not
have troubled about his ability to cope with
my offenders in his school. U came speedily
lo a crisis. Allan Allison It was who re-
tused ono day to leave his place , nnd , being
i great fcilow ot well-nigh 20 years nnd a
known fighter , told the master to como and
take him out of the bench If he wished and
ivas able. Whereat , without ) a waste of a
ivord , the dominie made a spring , sudden
Hid fierce as that af a cat after a bird.
; Io used no entreaties. Ho made no apology.
Ho simply flew at 'Allan Allison's throat
ind .ho next moment 'Allan wns lying on
; ho floor with Hho dominlo erect over him ,
ils phod heel uplifted nbovo the rebel's
'aco and threatening to stamp the life out
) f him.
Verily thero'was order In the school house
it iMorchnm all the days of Bernard Ulng-
ese , which , however , wcro not to bo
nany.
For about this tlmo the nolso of 'terrible '
jroaklngs of houses and bloody murders
lone upon tholr owners ( It was said by
iinugglers ) run with a mighty bruit through
ill Scotland south of the Tny. Strong inorv
vent In fear , women shrieked nt the cry
if a bird and bairns swarfed It loft alone ,
list as In the days when Philip Stansflcld
vns first lost In the woods.
CHAl'TP.II XIV.
The IJyt-H ! li-liliiil tinCauro. .
That which I am now going to toll haji-
icned at the November term , when Umphray
ipurway , ns wns his wont , had given per-
nlsslon to most of his folk to go visit
heir friends whcro they would , and ho
ilmself had gene with a sufficient number
o carry to the seaport of lAbercalrn oil the
weeds and webs of broadcloth ho had
nnMufactiired during the past six months ,
lo departed on 'Monday with the first gray
Ighb. On Friday night ho was to return
dth all his money and ono or two riding
flth him In company. The rest , with a
non'th'a wage burning a hole In their
lockets , abode In the to.vn lUclf or tailed
ft at various change houses along the way.
Inthe mllti house abode only Will Bow-
ian , little Anna Mark and myself. There
, as no weaving done all that day , and In
lie great sheds with the hugo bolted doom
nd barricaded windowB we three played
t "tig" and "hi spy" an.l other games to
hllo away the time. For when his master
: as absent Will Bowmnn waa every whit
s boyish and balrnly as we.
The twilight fell early , bringing a light ,
Iftlng snow with It , which , however , hardly
llltcned the roads. It was bitter cold nol-
UtiEtandlng , and In the mlln house wo built
p the > Urea , and In the great weaving sheds
Ibo Will Bowman built up a pllt > of boughs
nd roots on the dogs of the firegrate , chiefly
mt wo might see to play with pleasant
ruckle and dance of the licking llamcs. See
o raced and shouted , little Anna the wildcat
ud quickest of the three.
Uut Uwpbray Spurway delayed bli com-
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We lisvvii two stores 140 * Douglas and 221 South 16th Street.
ng so that It was pretty dark , or rather wel
nto the gray dusk when wo heard the sonn :
of wheels without , and , as It were , tin
hullllng of feet , as of men moving a heavj
voight.
Will Bowman ran out and a voice frca
he horse's head bade him open the doors
of the mill , for hero was a cape of flm
orelgn yarns which Umphray Spi'-way hat
cnt them from Abercalrn to deliver.
"I open the doors at no man's bidding , '
said Will , "till I see my master's hand o
vrltc. " Then the leader of the carriers
hrust a paper under his nose.
"There , then , " ho said , "If you can read !
! can't. "
"Well , " said Will , after considering the
laper , "wait till I get -some of the weavei
ads to help In with the case ! " And so al
ho word he ran to the back of the house
door and blew three blasts upon the horn
Now It chanced that Eome of the weavers
lad slept all day and were only now arous-
ng themselves to wash and make ready tc
go again to the changehouse. So a dozen 01
nero came drowsily enough at the sum
mons. Then the great doors were unclosed
and the huge package brought In.
It had a foreign appearance , hut nothing
much out ot the common In Umphray Spur-
vay's mill , being done up in sacking with
urlous marks stamped upon It In tnr or
omo sticky kind of Ink. It was not
particularly heavy , for four of the weavers
arrlcd It In between them.
"It can sit there till our master returns , "
aid Will Howman , eager to get rid of the
ntruders , for the road carters had no good
lame.
"Content ! " said the chief of the Abcrcalrn
arricrs , "then do you give us our discharge ,
a glass of spirit apiece , and let us bo go
ng , for we have- far to travel tonight while
ou bldo safe by the fireside. "
So Will hade the weavers wait till head
ad written a receipt specifying the
larks upcn the cape. In the incanwhllo
10 ordered Anna to supply a glnss of raw
ountry spirit to each of the men , which
hey took with n muttered salutation ,
'hey wcro tall men , and art soon as the
vravera appeared they utterly refused to
omo within the lighted weaving shed , urg-
ng that they could not leave their horses ,
o Anna carried the spirit out on the high
ly.
In a little while Will Howman hoard the
atllo of their holies' foot on the hard-
alcn road , aid looking cut we saw the cart
umbllng away Into the frost-bitten air of
Ight thri.ugh n kind of cloud which was
10 steam of the IIOMCS.
The weavers dispersed quickly , mostly to
neak away to the change house lit the
lamlets of Now Mllns and Morcham , r.oinc ;
f the younger lo court their joes In byres
nd b.irn cndu , ono or two merely to go
lack aBtiln t'1 sleep.
So wo three were left alone In the great
Mlln house with the newly-nrrlved packing
case. U Blood In the corner across the
niifilo of the woavlng rhed with Its plain
bioad side to the blinking Hrc. Will How-
nmn replenished the dogs with a new load
of woud , nnd wo went on with our game.
Uut sJiiuhow the liplrlt Bcenied gene out
of the hldp-and-Eci'k. Kor a wo ran and
hid a dodglnt' shadow to our Imagination ! *
bccmcd lo run beside us , overleaping the
looms and evading the eye , as It were , by a
bale Inch when wo looked over our shoul
ders. Once Anna , to dcclvo us , hid In the
llttlo dtifiliy triangle behind the packing
case.
case.Wo two wcro going about to find her , for
I had already captured Will Howman , when
nil of a Kiiililcii she gave a wild scream and
came running to u , crying that the c , 3u .
wns alive. |
"Nonsense , llttlo one , " cried out Will |
srfatly nmiucd. "Some yarn IB alive
enough when It comes hero both with
'high-Jumpers' ' and 'slowbelllo , ' but this ,
is the fluent Spanish wool , white as milk , ,
flue as a wlip of silk and very expensive.
Hut Anna only clutched my nn and
Canted : "I'hlllp , I heard something move ,
within. I heard It ! " j
"Tush ! " said Will Howman , "let us go ,
o supper ! Forget It. Anna. You had been
unnlng too fast , and you heard your own
icart beating. So have 1 many a tlmo ! "
" .N'ay , I beard that , toot I wax not mis
she made answer , earnestly. And
so , to convince her , Will got a lanthorn
nnd , walking hand In hand , with little Anna
In the midst , wo approached the packing
case , which , being set on end , towered
nbovo my head , though tall Will Bowman
could sec on to the top ot It.
We examined the thing minutely , back
and side and front. It was evidently of
some light wood nnd well packed , for whoa
tilted and let down violently on the floor
the contents made no noise. Will Bowman
tapped It all about with a hammer and
found it all of wood on every side , with
many bored air holes and In front a square
of a common yellow gauze , wide-meshed
and coarse , covered with n larger hole.
That was done Will said , for ventilation ,
and was common in all their foreign con
signments.
After all was carefully gene over Will
bade us hold our breath and listen. W
did so , but save for the stirrings wllbln ua
and the crackling of the logs on the hearth ,
all was silent , Inanimate , dead.
"Well , arc you content , llttlo woman ? "
said Will , patting Anna on the head. But
she went out with her face turned over
her shoulder , looking back nt the thing
which had frightened her.
In the house place of the private dwell
ing there wns a sense of comfort and safety
which even I felt strongly , It was good
to bo rid of the case in the dusky corner
of the weaving room , yet I could not get
llttlo Anna's shriek out of my mind. It
wns BO midden and so unlike her.
"I thought I heard my father whisper , "
she explained more than once In an nwed
voice. "So I cried out ! "
And In spite of the foolishness of It , the
saying stuck to mo. Wo had supper , beef
cold , cut thin , on wooden platters , wheatcn ? l
'
bread nnd plenty of home-browed ale. That '
Is , Umphray only allowed us one mug apleca
when he was at home , and to that wo now
confined ourselves. Only Will nnd I treated
ouraelvtH to a somewhat larger size In
tankards.
So In a llttlo the homo brewed gave mn
courage and it came Into my head thatI
was In good case to go nlono Into the
weaving room , where 'the box stood to show
Anna that I cared nothing about the mat
ter , and that I was as brave ns any Will
Uownian could be , though ho had marched
with Umphray Spurwny'B mllltlu ,
So 1 betook mo alone Into the great shed
nnd my Bplrlt revived when I thought what
Anna would think of me. The case stood
In the corner , Btlll nnd plain sheeted. Him
many another that had como to the mills
of Umphray Spurway.
1 throw some loss on the fire and sllrred
the others with my too BO that a bright
flame Bprnirg up. 'More ' and more I throw
on In sheer Idleness till I could no longer
bear the heat. Then I looked nlxmt for
something to shield my face , but saw noth
ing on OKI mantel board Bavu some tallow
dips and a llttlo cracked handglass , Ix.'fnro
which 'the mill lasses were wont < o order
their cnoods and part their hair nt the bout
of nnnii.
Tills , without thought , I took 1n > hand and
held hutwcun im > and the lire. The pine
branches burnt clear anil high and rill itha
great blmdowy place of beams and cross
threads , carders and spindles glinted light.
The flames danced on the floor and gllifrod
upon the walls , losing themselves nmong
I ho evasive nlMdnvts between the crosa-
IjtiunH and the dusky roof.
I felt curiously at case and It was with a
kind of exultation that 1 bethought mo of
Will , In the lighted parlor , 'miking ' to Anna
Mark. J was no more than n lx > y , as Will
jften said , yet J wan not afraid to sit there '
n the dusk , with that great ghostly cam
> tarlng .it my back out of the dusk.
( Involuntarily 'I ' happened to look nt the
eduction of It In the hand mirror. 'My
it-art fluttered like u bird which has dreamed
tself free brought suddenly up against
ho wires of n cage.
I HUW in thu Ktrnni ; firelight the leaping
lames gleam rod on a pair of eyes that \
matched me utoadlly through 'the thick ycl- i
ow gauze on the front of the packing ca6 , J
( To bo Continued. )