TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 1002.
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CHAPTER XI,.
OrettaatlosL.
'At tnsy well be supposed, John had much
on bli mlod durlog the,, daft of suspense.
He rode hit hone everywhere, qutttloned,
cross-questioned, followed fajee cluet till
they tailed eft Into nothing or ended la
absolute culs-de-sae. Dot nothing came of
It. The (IrU had, to far at their friends'
knowledge was concerned, ebtolutely dtstp
peared. Tat old David Glendennlng would
hare no communication mad to tba au
thority. Neither waa their father' heart
titter sgalnst them. He took no aeeount
of anything. He would atlck at nothing.
He was their father and he would love
them to the end.
"It only I could tell them a I wad he
happy," he tald, "hut I'm thlnkln' the ken
it eepsclally Fairlla."
He stood on the top of tbt watch tower
with tb fatted calf bleating In the wood
yard beneath, and he looked across that
great and terrible wldernest, on the other
side of which are -sins of crimson and
carlet and pleasures like to the purple of
Tyre, and great famines and twine troughs '
and prodigals returning and unreturnlng.
All the tame. It waa weary time for
all concerned. Meantime Rupert's foot grew
quickly better, and ha plunged mora and
mora fleeply Ijjto such dissipations as th
country and the neighboring towns af
forded Oraaslonatly Rupert would be a couple of
dare from heme, and once it wat the after-
Boon of the third day before he returned.
On this occasion Gregory Olendoawyn bad.
grown fretfully anxious. He could not stay
Indoors, but with a gun over his shoulder,
though it was tba middle of July, haunted
the edges on the plantations and rugged
point from which he could obtain a view
of the varloua roada leading west and north
from Castle Oower.
To John, however, hla manner waa com
pletely altered. He waa unwearledly kind
to his younger son and hit Influence, to
gether with Dr. Augustus Caesar's good
offlcea, aoon smoothed all difficulties out
of the way of John't settlement. The day
of the ordination was fixed and John en
gaged with what teal be could muster in
the preparation of hit trial discourse!.
Tub eight before the ordination Gregory
Gleneoqwyn. sept for his younger eon to
hla atudy and upon his entrance Invited
him to. take a chair.
"I have a hard thing to open to you.
John," be said. "It Is difficult at any time
for a fotfce 4 huuiUe himself to hit ton
peculiarly hard In my eaae, In that I am
conscious that many times and for long
period I have been far from doing you
Justice."
"If ever that hat been to, father," tald
John, "I have forgotten It."
The proud old man silently bowed hit
bead and then relapsed Into to prolonged
a tUeaca that John watched blm with torn
anxiety.
"The matter it this," ho tald at length.
"Tou tald when we tpoke together that
when you entered upon the living which I
have taken torn paint to aecure and keep
open for you, you would expect me, through
a lawyer, to make count and reckoning
with you for your mother'! fortune, prin
cipal and Interest. Now, I do not conceal
from you (hat this, though not, of course,
impossible, would at the present moment
be exceedingly embarrassing to me. Tou
will remember that the car and handling
of it waa left entirely to m. I had full
power to employ It as I thought best Now,
a few Meatus ago there eame a auddaa
and overwhelming call vjxra me a call
which required to be met at once If the
honor of our house wat to be preserved.
At th moment there was only one fund
upon which I could draw.
"I admit that I sunk a portion of that
fortune which should have been yours to
avort the threatened disgrace your dis
grace as well at mine. Now, what I ask of
you Is that you Should allow the money
which t have expended to remain at a first
charge upon the estate, I am advised that
auch a course la perfeotly legal. Yau wll
receive your Income aa certainly and at
at high an interest at en any other security,
and you will have the satisfaction of having
lifted a great load of eorrow from your
father's heart"
John Glendonwyn. without a moment's
hesitation, took hit father'a hand.
"Agreed!" he tald. "I will do all you
with In the matter. I have neither wish
nor need to take the capital of my mother's
fortune out of your bands.
"And as to the Interest that shall be
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"The deeds are here," said the father,
mindful of the motto who advises strik
ing bf-e the cooling of the Iron. "Mr.
M. Crotty has drawn them up. Tbs mat
ter has his approval and sanction. I as
sure you there Is nothing unfair or un
derhand In the arrangement. Shall I ring
th bell for Orierson and faithful to wit
ness the papers for us. There are duplicate
agreements which shall remain, the one la
your possession and the other la mips."
At the conclusion, aa Grlerson went out
and John Glendonwyn was putting the docu
ment in bis pocket. Rupert entered, and
the slightest glance of Intelligence passed
between him and hla father a lift of the
eyebrows, an Inclination of the head ques
tion asked and answered, with a simple
hearted third party busily signing papers
and none th wiser.
The ordination passed over without any
bitch. All went amoothly.
There was, however, on Jarring pot
la the proceedings of the day. At th close
of th sojemn ordination aerviee, when th
assembled presbytery was shaking hand
with the newly ordained minister of the
Kirk of Scotland, now their friend and
brother, two white-haired old men belong
ing to the congregation, Adam Gilchrist ot
Arblgland and Ephralm Gray of Chryston,
cam forward., Th first asmed held a
paper in bis band which he asked permis
sion of the reverend presbytery to read.
"Some high-flying nonsense about non
intrusion," murmured Gregory Glendonwyn,
who knew th man. But Dr. Caesar, on hit
own ground of th Church courts, feared no
man allv, and courteously made way for
th two delegates to ascend to the little
fenced squar ot th elders seat, round
which th presbytery wer grouped.
"We will gladly hear you on any matter
touching the Justice and legality of tie ac
tion upon which we are engaged," h said.
Then Adam Gilchrist, In tfce name of
those wco had signed the paper and ad
hered to him, declared that, wbll protest
ing against the right of any man to present
another .to the charge of a congregation of
Christian people, they wished to add that
they had no objoctlon of any tort tq the
young man who had thl day been settled
among them.
Then he put the paper in John's hands.
This waa one of the all too numerous
signs that It was blowing up for the atorm,
and though the presbytery of Gower was, by
a very large majority, moderate, there were
men In certain of its constituent parishes
who would not either bo Intimidated or
silenced
On the Sabbath which followed tba day
of ordination Dr. Augustus Caesar preached
In th parish of Oower and, according to
custom, Introduced hla young friend, John
Glendonwyn, to the people. His daughter
accompanied bim, bis wife being, ot course,
too delicate to bear the fatlgu. So It
chanced that during the service of Intro
duction John and Veronica sat side by eld
in th manes seat an event which was uni
versally held to bav la It something
notably prophetic.
Thst night John slept In bis own mans.
Thera was UUto fursltur In it. for his
fsther, though most kindly affected to him
and full of .premise, had as yet paid him
no portion of the arrears of bis fortune.
Moreover, he could bop to receive no sti
pend for a considerable tiras. So a kitchen
with lu necessary utensils, a little) bed
room for Babby Lockhart, his old nurse
(who had Insisted n coming to th mans
to "attend to her bairn, noo he had frown
into a brew minister ' the gospel"), a
bedroom tor himself furnished with wash
stand and camp bed, and a study, in which
Will Glendennlng had put up aome book
shelves, and a plain kitchen table of deal
to writs ou, formed all ths furnished rooms
which Gower mans waa deatlnsd to con
tain tor many a day. ' The packing boxes
In wMca John's books arrived from Edin
burgh were pressed for additions seals.
ons of which ths young minister helped
himself to whenever he bad a visitor.
His father bad Indeed offered him a com
plete 'plenishing" from the wide chamber!
ot Castle Gower, but John wss Arm In the
faith of "doing for himself," and felt htm.
sell happier as hs lay down that night in
at, bars apartment with the start looking
in, through ths bllndlees windows than he
bad been sines ths strange disappearance
of liuie Fairll and bar sister Kale,
John Glendonwyn did not begin his minis
try with any remarkable manifestation of
power, but he gradually gavs proof of a
conscientious readies 4 do ths best that
In him lay for hla people. His pulpit work
was excellent and profitable from th first.
Freshly ackaowUdglng his laexpsrieace
to his congregation, be) hegaa to restudy
with them the plsin gospel teachings In a
series ef discourses whtoa was long numer
able in Gewer. Tfceee might be called
direct searching for ths word ef truth, and
to a eoagregatloa sated with half-held
platitudes and spartous commonplaces
their aw minister's earnest, sirrauoua
reachtag cut after higher thlags same al
most wHa the fores ef a rewelatloa.
In this fashion Jeha Gteodoawya woa
a folk for himself in ths parish of Oower.
Nor was It ealy oa Sabbaths that be did
hie work. Soon there wee net one hearth
from north to south where be was net wet
conn. His strap! kladillness and sym
pathy took them by th heart In one so
4oung. "Grave beyond bis years." they
galled blm. But thoae sparkling of humor,
too, were not wanting, without which no
maa ought U be a minister. A ft grv-
-
tty, tender and pensive, waa the not of
John Glendonwyn't early ministry in Gower
and the dar when he exercised It are still
unforgotten upon Solway side.
"No, an easy maa In turn,' tald on of
bit heritors.
"I wud Ilk to see blm malr blythesome,"
said an elder; "to my mind he is ower
sober for so young a man."
But when these praiseful comraentings
cam to his ears th young minister was
abased nd ashamed, knowing that his grav
ity waa but the burden of 'care which he
carried since the dlfsppearanc of Kae
and Fairlle Glendennlng. together with the
knowledge that his brother waa la some
way privy to the matter.
John went little to Castl Oower, but his
fi.ther cam over often and sat In the
single armchair, staring In the long gapj
of alienee at th oarpetless floor ot the
study. He did not. however, again repeat
his offer of furnlshlna th manre, nor had
he paid any of th Interest du to John
on his mother's property.
(Th narrative as given by the first nar
rator, which the edlUr has hitherto founded
upon, now approaches an event so strange
In itself, and so far-reaching In Us con-
"THB FERRY H0U8B RESTED CURIOUSLY LONESOME. AVOIDED BY DECENT
FORBIDDING IN EXTERNAL ASPECT."
sequenoes, that he has evidently taken more ;
than ordinary pains to obtain facts cor
rectly snd In sn exaet term. More than
one original narrative le appended to th
history connected with the events of this
period, and In particular John Glendonwyn
himself has been Induced to tell the story ot
the nljht of the 18th of November, IMS, In
his own words).
CHAPTER XIII.
The Cload-Urcaklns.
(Being John Glendonwyn's first narra
tive.) I am asked in the Interests of those who
shall come after me to put on record all
that I know of the grievous and terrible
events of that evening ever memorable to
me, and I trust not to be forgotten by my
descendants, the day ef November 18. ot
the year 1842.
It was well nigh six months since that
other day, when, In the city ot Edinburgh,
I had been Informed of the complete die
appearance of my dear Fairlle Glerdenntng,
together with that of her sister, Kate,
whose fate seemed to be mixed with hers
In common mystery.
During those months I judge that no
young man had grown older morn quickly
than I.
God was busy, Indeed, with nae In these
day, and I went about my business with
I an unaeen band heavy on my tplrtt.
But on the Sabbath day, being the rrtn
of November, my spirit teemed at last to
have broken its way out Into a peace to
which it had long been a etranger. Walk
leg, as my custom wat, in the kirk yard
In the early morning, I watched the tun
rite out of a black bank or clouds, which,
however, presently dispersed and vanished,
leaving the blonde ttubble fields whd:e with
early rime, the turnips paled a littli from
their deep tea-green, and tuch an lnde
ecrlbeble crisp luxury of breathing In th
air that I gave thanks to Ood, anil took
courage.
I had chosen tor my text that day th
words of the psalmist, "My meditation of
him shall be sweet." And for the first
time In the parish of Gower I spoke with,
out note.
It wss strange to me. Ignorant as yet
that In the smallest degree I possessed that
gift of speech which movee folks' hearts, to
note the hush which fell on tne eongrega-
( Hon, to mara now, iiowjj ui
1 themtelvea. they bent forward in their
seats, snd now aa onen ae iui ip"r
paused they leaned back with a universal
sigh which was to me ss unexpected ss It
waa memorable and Impressive.
I had gone down into the vestry and was
there setting my papers In prder before go
ing up to the manse (where, as I knew, old
Babby Lockhart' would be laying out a
frugal meal), when I heard a knock come to
the door no Infrequent thing In a Scots
pariah In which Is geperally some pssslng
Samaritan urgent to pour on into in
wounds mads by a man's own conscious
failures
But when I called. "Corns In," It was to
nr sr. eat sstonUhment that Duncan Orier
son, our old butler at CsstU Gower. entered
with bis well-accustomed gesture of saluta
tion, a movsment full at ones of dignity
sad respect.
I held out my hand to blm and bs took It
cordially, then tor a moment he did not
speak In answer to my greeting, but stood
holding my hand with a kind of wonder on
his face.
"Whence cam yT" b said; "surely
never out o" the mirk pit o' th auld Glen-
donwyoa. Or else with a great deliverance
have these .things been made plain to you
from oa high. Ylocs oa a day has 1 been
fesred that the auld black malignant blood
waa la ys. 1 has served the Olepdonwyns
flve-aod-nfty yeara and seen 111 dsy and
guld day In th house of Csstls Gower, but
never yla that tbocht bis msdltstion
sweet!"
1 bad th old suan sit down ana tell mi
hit errand at bts leisure. But Duncan only
shook his head silently snd appeared to
meditate on something that he could scarce
bring himself to utter. At last he took his
courage in his hand and began.
"Malster John," he ald, "things are sore
wrong at Castl Qewer."
"How, then,. Duncan ?' I said. "Is my
father wotwe In health or Is there a quarrel
betwixt him and Rupert t"
For, Indeed, at that time 1 was never
don thinking of my brother. He bad been
growing wilder and ever wilder. Many a
night had I heard the galloping of his hers
Bravo a be passed the manse, riding home
from Drum for n or other of his haunts. He
would sead a view hallo up to my window
If he saw a light, calling en m for a hypo
critical dog to com down and give blm a
Stirrup tup. One or twice I did go down
to speak with him, but to little pur
pose that on en cession he lashed me
across the faee with his riding whip, so that
I carried th mark with m to th pulpit
tor three several Sabbath days.
"Malster Rupert," cried Duncan Orierson,
growing instantly violently agitated, "ra,
there la use quarrel betwixt Malster Rupert
and tba laird. I would to Ood there were
are, evau It It wer to th shedding of
blood."
"Sit down, Grlerson, and tell me what
you mesa." I bade him.
"I cannot sit, sir," said the old man,
standing before me, all trembling, "and
that's God's truth, as muckle ss what ye
preached to us this day fras the pulpit.
But I eouldna bids to see things gaun on
as they are dola' wlthoot speakln'. And
th Lord, wha sses th heart, pardon me
gin I baa duns wrang.
"To be plain, then. I think there Is a
conspiracy between my malster, Gregory
Glendonwyn, and his son! And, auld as I
am, and great sinner as I ha been, I
caooft stand still snd see th Innooent suf
fer for the guilty."
"The Innocent suffering?" 1 cried. "A
conspiracy to do them wrong? What do
vou mean. Orierson? Surely you do not
speak of your master?"
"Deed am I that, sir-neven of Gregory
Glendonwyn, whom I have served for fifty-
five year and never kenned to do the thing
that was dishonorable. Hard he hai aye
been, hard with men. hard with the mlther
that brought ye Into tho world, and
specially hard wl you. hla son, that might
have been to him for a pride and a glori
fying." "Ah, Grlerson," said I, clapp'ng him on
the shoulder, "you were ever over-partial
to me. Do not be afraid. In the long run
my father will not do me sn Injustice."
But the old man held up hit handt to
ttop me.
"No, no," he cried, "that I know. alto, or
at least something of It. But if all the
money In the world were at stake It would
not make this Hhame the less. It It in
the matter of (be dissppearance of the
Isnes. Kate and Fairlle Glendennlng, that
I have come to you."
I do not disguise that I had to lay my
hand on the window sill to steady myself
before I could take in his words.
"Well what of them?" I said, at last
'Speak out, man, make baste!''
Malster John," said Duncan Grlerson,
bending down his white bead like a roan
ashamed and overcome, "I can bear it no
longer. That's the fact. The nlcht that
they were lost It waa my band that yoked
the horses. It waa me that gled the letter
inttl the lassie's hand st the schule. It
was ms, Duncan Grlerson, that trysted wl'
Kat GleodeaalBg ahlnt her falther'a wood
yaird "
And where are the girls T" I cried ea-
a
"Nay. that I ken no more than vou
though I hae a guess," be answered. In
finitely to my disappointment. "My work
was duns when I gaed the reins up Into the
bands o' him that was to drive at the cross
roads of Bennangower."
"And who drove? Waa It my brother?"
cried. "I never believed greatly la his
lameness."
The old butler shook his head.
"Into whose hands, then? Tell me
quickly!" I almost shouted.
"Into the hands of Gregory Glendonwyn,
your father!" groaned the old butler, snd
dropped into the chair which I bad set tor
him st bis first entering.
It wss thus I became awars of the
strsnge domestic event which shapes all
my history, which has caused me to write
thl for the information of the excellent
man who, at my request and that of other
ot my family, has spent so much time In
putting together the materials which my
self and others have intrusted to him.
But to return to Duncan Orierson.
The old men sst and sobbed because of
ths breaking of his faith In the man who
all hla life long had been ae aa idol to
bim.
"God forgle me!" he moaned. "I kenned
ne more than th dead that go down to
silence whst I was doing. Saunders Greg,
ths coachman, had been sent to Drumfern
on soms message for young Malster Rupert,
and when the carriage was wsnted in a
hurry I bethocht me thst It was some
matter o doctors or medicine that was
wsnted sae prompt. For ya maun ken
thst Englishman Warner, the new Kitgour
doctor. Is never oot & the place. He Is
bsnd-fsst wt Mslster Rupert, and I hae
beard soms gys queer talks atween blm
and the laird, too.
"Then, on the next day, began the dlrgte
wer a' the paroch 'Maister John him
that waa to be the minister has wiled
away Dawld Glendennin's lass, and her
sister hss gaea wl' her for company!' Then
cam' the auld maa himself to Castle Gower
ready to break dooa the auld waa'a. But
ay tna1iJ Uregory ordwsd me to ta' blin
ben to th parlor wham Ttopert was lytn
wt' the doctor attendln' him and Indeed
this muckle Is true, he badna moved tra
th week afore.
"A' this time Malster Rupert had said
but little, but while lauched and whiles
written what letters tne malster bad him
malst of them that I saw to a Miss Cars
law up aboot Greenoeh, a rich leddy, that
Gregory Glendonwyn was awfu' pressn on
Malster Rupert to malrry. Indeed, I often
heard them at it ding-dingln' till vry
minute I expeetlt to hear tbs soond o'
the candlesticks fleeln' at Malster Rupert's
held. For your fslther was ever a quick
man In hla tempers and 111 to withstand.
"But after yae nlcht when Tammas
Falthfull and me waited ootside the door
ready to gang in, thiukln' every minute
that there wad be bluldshed atween themi
there waa nae malr word o' Miss Carslaw
for a while. Malster Rupert gat bis ankle
ban broken, and attar that tba man
Warner waa never oot o' the boose noo
closeted wt' th laird and noo colloquln' wl
Malster Rupert In the parlor. The young
man lay on his sofa and lauched malstly,
as if a' the 111 be had brocht on Innocent
lasses and on his aln hoosa had been but a
the cream o' a Jest to bim.
"Weel, Malster John, It wasna lang afore
th laird and Malster Rupert and th doc
tor atween them had persuaded the auld
man, Davvid Glendennlng, dozoned and
stupid wl' grief as be was, that It could be
no lther than you that had rlnned aft wl'
his lasses. They had a letter or twa oa
yours that they had gotten I ken na how.
But they had them or made them, and sas
they sent auld Davvid art to Edinburgh to
find ye, and by the time that he came back
they had time to cover a' their tracks, sa
that nane wad ken whaur the lasses had
gane unto this day.
"The laird, too, gaed awa' for three
days. And when be cam' ham a weary
-man he Was aged and lookln' malst ready
TRAVELERS,
BEETLE-BROWED, AND
for the grave. But Malstei ftupert hs
never cared a Jot Lord I declare it gles
me the cauld graVeysird creeps Julst to besr
htm whiles wl' that satt-spoken squint
eyed doctor but malr aften by btmscl'
lauchln, lauchln' and ill-done deeds, or
maybes the green grass ower them by this
time for ocht I ken.
"But what Iwant ye to do Is Julst this
an ye will ta' the word 0' an auld servant
against your aln kith and kin.
"Tak' your beast wl' ye, and when ye
are off the ground o' Ephralm Grey, turn
your horses' heed and ride straight and
canny tor the change-boose at the Ferry o'
the. Slake. Rupert, your britber, gaed awa'
this morn In' early. Your fall her rade aft
yestereen, and I heard the yln tell the
'tlther that tbey were to meet 'to tet things
finally to rlchte st the Change-haose o' the
Corse o' Slakes.' Dootless thers's some
will be on tba watch for you, sir. And I
ken this that your faither's main fear Is
that you, Maister John, will get on the
track o' the lasses.
"'We must keep an eye upon John!' I
heard Gregory Glendonwyn say.
"But Rupert cries, "Nonsense Sir In
noprnclo Is all for his parish and good works
now. Ws have nothing to fear from htm!"
" 'Do not be so sure John haa mora wit
than you credit blm with!' says the laird,
shaking his bead.
" "A g for bis wit! cries Mastsr Ru
pert; 'the cream ot the thing is that bis
money will tide us over till till '
"Till I have put right what you put so
far wrong, my poor foolish lad!' answers
th laird- And be looks fondly st bim, as
he never did a' bis life at you."
Now I own that it was bard for me to
be told by a servant bow my own father
' ,var hata.fi mA AnH lnvAil mv hrnthar vmt
, ... u.j '
I minded it not long. For I bad many
things to do other than brooding upon the
chilly affections ot my kinsfolk, be they
ever so coldrlfe.
"Well, Grlerson." I made answer. "I will
go come what will of it. And I shall de
mand to be told where the girls are. But
I will not reveal the source of my informa
tion, nor yet compromise you, old friend.
Do not be sfrsld. I can bring them to book
without that."
So, somewhat comforted, Grlesou took
his way through among tbs tombstones and
so out upon ths white rosd, leaving me to
digest as best I might one of the strangest
commentaries ever made upon a discourse
preached from the text. "My meditation of
Him shall be sweet"
And I wondered if David, the psalmist,
ever sang these word after the matter ot
Uriah the Hittite. And If the aweetness ot
the meditation were not In a moment made
bitter by the thought ot the man wbom be
had set In the forefront of the battle where
it was hottest upon Rsbboth Amman, So st
least was It gall and wormwood to me to
think that through me sorrow snd shame
had come to the house of David Glenden
nlng. CHAPTER XIV.
On the (one of Slakes.
(Being John Glendonwyn's Narrative Con
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to public advertisement, I conducted that
night In the Chryston barn, there remains
to me no more than a hats ot facet, and
tba memory of a man tpeaklng many words
mechanically, ths meaning of which bs
scarce knew.
I stood ready for the attempt when I
rose to presch. For I had ridden my horse,
Peden the Prophet, Over, and stabled him in
the Chryston stables, where bs wss st tbs
time luxuriating In his feed of corn snd
ruminating on Jogging comfortably horns
with me to the msnse.
It wss strange, rough shod riding over the
fscs of ths moorland, as Peden picked his
wsy among the water-worn stones, Orion
beginning to slant up out of the eaat and
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the Pleiad wlspeJ together In the xenlth.
I had many mingled thought of bitter and
tweet, of my father and brother, who had
tet a mart for myself snd done Injustice
to Fatrlie Qlendcnnlng. Tet when I thought
of her there came tuch a gush of tweet
into the bitter that It seemed that I was
none other than a knight going forth with
sword and lanes to bring back his well
beloved out of captivity.
It wat, I think, somewhere about an hour
after midnight that I discerned across the
waste over which I had been riding steadily
a glimmering, uncertain light. Which I took
to be none other than that from the lone
some little ale house on the Corse ot
Slakes, whither I wss bound.
The Ferry house rested curiously lone,
some, avoided by decent travelers, beetle
browed snd forbidding in external aspect
and infeliK In repute like some evil woman,
old, lmbittered and no longer able to spread
her nets In ths sight ot sny bird, but ever
brooding on the days when nets were full
and green-goose cstcblng wss an easy trade.
Bo the place apeared to me, as I urged
Peden forwsrd toward tbs light. A fine
new highway Indeed pasted in front ot the
house, carrying strslght forward between H
snd the sea, but I was spproachlng the
Ferry house from the moor behind, and In
that direction the windows are but little
raised above the moss.
There was no soul moving anywhere, yet
when I found the stable, lo! there was a
beast already there, champing at his man
ner. Then, by dint of groping, I found a
feed of oats la ths corn chest, which I
gsvs to Peden. For I knew not what
was before me, nor what strange ways I
might need to traverse ere the morning.
Thl business finished, to be yet more
forehanded. I turned the key of the stable
and put It In my pocket.
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awung back and forth, as If the owner
had crossed his legs and waa sitting very
much at his ease.
But the more looked, acting the spy
for Fairlte's sake, as I would not havs don
tor sny other cause, the more d d I becomo
convinced that my brother, Rupert, was
within. The swinging boot wss a small
and varnished one. and I could think ot no
other save Ruoert who would be likely to
carry such a cavalisr accountrement to the
Corse ot Slakes.
At that moment a horse neighing from
the stable, caused the varnished boot to
disappear as If in ths direction of the
door. I recognized the sound also, being
quick to distinguish the characterlstlo
noises of animals. Ths neigh was obvi
ously my brother's black Bravo making
acquaintancs with the dappled patriarch
ot Olenluce, my good Peden, the Prophet.
After that there waa no longer any doubt
about th matter. Orierson had not been
mistaken.
Opening the outer door of the hut and
bending my head I passed into the smoky
Interior. An old woman sprang to her
feet with more agility than a mlshspea back
and features wrinkled and smoke-dried
might bsvs betokened.
"Eh. Malster Gregory," sbs cried, "what't
brocht ye back already trae Hamlsb't and
preserve us a' what' corns o' the"
But before she hsd time to finish her
sentence upon which se much depended-r-she
hsd recognised from my height and
appearance that I could not be Gregory
Glendonwyn.
"A minister!" aba cried, "and what, rev
erend sir, mlcht ye be seekln at th chant
hoose o' the Corse o' Slakes this flsbbalh
nlcht?"
I had, bowsvsr, no wish to wsste time
upon her, so J did not answer, but pushed
on In the direction of the 'ben room,' oc
cupied by the wearer ot the varnished rid
ing boots.
Tba old womsn, for -all ber infirmities,
was at tbs door before me.
"Na," she cried, "in there ye shallna
gang till ys bse telled m your errand T"
But I put ber sslde with as llttla fore
as wss possible, considering that sbs clung
to me rather Ilk a cat with nine Uvea
than a woman well past ths thraa.scors and
ten, sa ber appearance advertised bsr to bs.
"I am seeking my brother etand aside!"
I said, briefly.
Bo I opened the door, and there before
me, pitying a tuna to blmself upon a smsll
sad dainty flute, was my brother, Rupert
Glendopwyn.
(To Be Continued.)
It an ordeaj which all
women approach with
.indescribable fear, for
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