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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEi SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1002.
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(Copyright. 1801, by 8. a Crockett)
CHAPTER XXVII Continued.
It was to Falrlie a bard and cruel ques
tion. And Jofan Mid nothing to help her.
He only stood silent amid David Glenden
nlng's torrent of words tongue-tied, stock
till, impotent.
Oh, If be would but epeak, thought Fat rile
why doea be not apeak T
And It John Glendoawya had not been
John the Unready all hla life he might have
ended his courtship then or so at least
Falrlie thought. But be stood dumb, with
out a look or even a gesture after the first
Impulse toward her.
"After all, things are changed now with
Blm " (Falrlie pretended to herself that
she thought). "He Is like the other now
that be considers himself the heir. I will
only spoil his prospects, he thinks, as well
la the parish as with his father."
And a curious light glowed In the blue
yea. The shoulders straightened up with
a swift anger.
"If ha wants me he must woo me other
wise than that," she thought, casting up
her proud Uttlo bead.
And aloud she said:, "I will stay with my
father."
Now John Olendonwyn was sore driven
that day. He had ridden far for the sake
of this girl, without rest or sleep or food
or thought of aelf. He had seen his brother
dip In his arms, taken him home and left
hla father there like a man stricken down
la his strength. But John felt that It was
aelther the time nor the place to state his
Objections to the unfair dealing of David
Olendennlng. He only lifted his hat and
was turning away, gently and madly, when
Falrlie, taking her father by the wrist, sud
denly and stroDgly set his arm aside from
tha doorpost.
"John," she called out In her clear, low
voice, "I would like to shake bands with
you, John!"
And bravely and simply, before her father
and brothers, she shook hands with John
Olendonwyn. Then she went in and shut
tha door.
CHAPTER XXYIH.
The PartlBK of tha Ways,
The door of the Flower Cot being thus
shut against him, and Indeed against all
tha world. It was with Infinite etrnestness
that John went bark to bis duties In the
parish of Oower. Death had touched him,
too, on the aboulder that night la the
Green Dook and, though tha bony fingers
had slipped snide, John Olcndonwyn stood
ever after In a new relation to tha Things-whlch-do-not-yet-Appear.
"Two women shall ba grinding at the
mill tha one shall ba taken and tha other
left" o the stern message rang all day
In his heart. The countryside talk which
dealt ao freely with the last days of
Rupert, his brother, his strange death and
the return of Kate and Falrlie Olendennlng
to their home failed to reach him. The
little light la the little manse window was
now seldom extinguished. Ha grew ao dili
gent In visitation that there was In tha
parish no plowman's sick bairn that he had
not visited twloa In the week.
And poor, struggling farm folk and
yearly tenants who had long feared the
hand of Gregory Olendonwyn and antici
pated with double fear tha Incoming of
spendthrift Rupert ' had hope ' opened to
them with the thought that this slender,
blna-ayed young minister of theirs was to
ba tha greatest landlord In the countryside.
But this appeared to add nothing to John
Otsndonwyn's consequence or In any way
to alter the rigid simplicity of his life.
After the funeral of hJa brother (which
Gregory Glendonwyn carried out upon a
scale of expense which was entirely with
out parallel In the district) it had been
generally understood that tha minister
would return to Castle Gower. It was even
rumored that ha would resign the pastoral
Charge of his psrlsb.
John Glendonwyn did neither, lie went
quietly bark to the manse and from that
as a headquarters continued his ministra
tions as before. Indeed, It was only tbus
that he could live with comfort. His father
and ha were of entirely opposite sentiments
upon all tha great problems of church and
state. Mora and mora since his son Rupert
died and his mind had been eased of the
fear of tha Oleodennlng complication (John
now being heir to the estate and tha mat
ter of the trust money having been ar
ranged by John's readiness to yield bis
fortune to his father without a quest:
being asked or answered). Oregory Olen
donwyn had thrown himself with vigor and
bitterness Into the political aspects of tha
great controversy.
He waa, of course, by virtue of hla posi
tion, the leading elder In tha pariah of
Oower, though during the Incumbency of
Rev. Gilbert Albllns he hid mostly at
tended the church of Kllgour, where Dr.
Caeaar's preaching and opinions were mora
ta his taste.
It was la this way. Indeed, that father
and son first came across each other In
public life. Since Rupert's death Gregory
had treated John In every respect as tha
heir of Castle Oower, and on several oc
casions ha had even ridden ever to ask
his advlca with regard to tha cutting af
treea or the putting In of new planta
tions. "You ara to ba tha laird some day," ha
would say, "and srnfe you have put a large
stake Into tha estate and Indeed were the
sole means of rescuing It from tha results
of my poor boy's folly It la right that
yea should be consulted upon all matters
which will affect Its Value In tha future."
And John Glendonwyn gave to his father
tha same grave, calm attention ba never
denied to any of his parishioners. Ha con
sidered the problems of wood forestry and
tha rebuilding of farmstead logs with the
same equal mind which be devoted to the
question whether Betty ealvlaos's kailyard
should, as a paying speculation, contain
most cabbages or potatoes.
But between father and soa thera waa
ae real confidence, no Intimacy, no fellow
ship. However. John still dined at tha castle
regularly onca a week and listened to hla
father's talk concerning tha manifold die
eases of the body politic, abstaining care
fully all the while from any expression of
als owa opinion. It was one of tha moat
cherished of Mr Oleadonwyn's beliefs that
1 whatever he undertook ha could carry
Uureugh. And la general hla success waa
'not Ineeaameasurste with this useful article
kef faith.
I Mr. Oleadonwyn had. never liked his
younger soa, nor Indeed had ha aver con
sidered him at all, save as an unmitigated
nuisance aad as dividing ths Inheritance
with Rupert. Mora than aver of lata bis
assy readlrtesa to part with hla maternal
fortune bad gained him bis father's cos-
tempt. And It asvsr struck Mr. Olea
deewya that ta any matter, ecclesiastical ar
alvll, John, would dUobey him or after any
apposltloa to him la ths parish which he
looked upon as bis owa.
It hla soa Joha bad aaoaey which could
vmous Ua aetata frus ruia It was a father's
right, nay, his bounden duty, to use that
money, as It were, in trust for the family.
If his son objected he wss no true Glen
donwyn. If he did not, he was a fool. He,
Oregory Olendonwyn, had made his second
soa minister of tha parish of Oower. It
was his duty therefore first of all to pro
mote tha worship of Olendonwyn with the
bounds, to preach the gospel of "Great Is
Olendonwyn of Castle Oower" In season and
out. For this purpose he had been or
dained, made a member of the various
presbyteries, synods snd assemblies of the
kirk. Now, ba It understood, there was a
party In the church which wished to lessen
and even overturn the right of the prin
cipal landlord of a parish to choose the
minister of that parish. The exercise of
this right represented sterling coin of ths
realm. One day John Olendonwyn himself,
as heir, might be called upon to exercise
that right, over against an equivalent In
hard cash. Now, no man robs his own
pocket, but nourishes snd cherishes It.
Ha la accounted Insane If be does not.
Small wonder then that John Glendonwyn,
who had grown Into more serious and
spiritual thoughts during the lonely days
In the manse, should find himself In some
what scanty sympathy with the great Glen
donwyn creed. He could not accept Its
thirty-nine articles, which in fact consisted
of the motto of the family repeated thlrty-
I nine times.
Oregory Glendonwyn's otate of mind may
be imagined when at the close of a great
meeting In Kllgour, summoned to support
the government In Its refusal to grant ths
exorbitant demands of the evangelical
party In the church, John Olendonwyn, be
ing called upon to speak to the question,
delivered a strong, determinate, but quietly
worded declaration of his adherence to the
most ancient and inviolable of the privi
leges of any church, the right to ba su
preme in spiritual things within Its own
borders.
As the first words of this Incredible se
dition fell on Gregory Glendonwyn's ears
hs started and began to- listen incredu
lously, as if not able to credit the evldenca
of his senses. Then before John had pro
ceeded far with his speech his father
started to his feet, crying loud enough to
ba heard to the limits of the ball: "Ha
Is mad! He Is mad! Sit down, sir! You
have no right to speak here! Sit down!
John waited patiently till his father had
"AYE, MASTER JOHN. AN'
exhausted himself and then tranquilly re
sumed bis argument.
'I waa Invited here," be said, "at least
I understood the matter, for the pur
pose of expressing my opinions on the sub
ject under discussion. And I do not mean
to leave the hall till I have done ao. Am I
within my rights. Mr. Chairman?"
With Infinite dignity and grace Dr. Au
gustus Caesar Intimated that his young
friend stood perfectly within his rights In
fully expressing his views.
Then It that be so," cried Mr. Olen
donwyn, bouncing violently from bis seat,
"I tor one will not sit still snd listen ta
a pack of treasonable rubbish from ths Hps
at an Ignorant time-serving fool with whom
I desire no further dealings In publle or
private!"
And so saying he hurriedly left the meet
ing and, ordering hla horse, drove directly
home. John waa still spesklng when the
rumble of tba Castle Oower carriage,' paea
Ing tha hall door, announced to blm thai
ha would have the pleasure of walking
homeward through the snowdrifts to bis
lonely manse Instead of sharing the soft
Interior cushions with hla father.
But It Is probable that the young man
cared mora tor tha approving nod ha re
ceived from Veronica Caesar, who had
brought down her father to tha meeting, as
sbs said, "packed la oottoa wool" snd was
now In waiting to repack him and take him
back to bla boms when all was done.
"I do not In the leaat agree with you.
Joha," said Veronica, shaking bla by the
hand. "Of eourae I came here to cry,
'Well done, our side!' as any right-minded
daughter ought. And more than that, after
all, tha ministers who are so bold agalaat
ths government have taken the stipend and
must stand by the agreement, even though
some of the clauses are a trifle tightly
drawn and have not been very strictly
enforced for soms time. And I think the
government quite right to take tta pound
of flesh when It Is la need of butcher
meat and. well it does not matter what
else. All the same, I am proud of you,
John, tar more glad than It you had aald
a hundred dittoes' to your fsther. Stand
to It. lad. an at any time you want her,
count on Verof lea Caesar to stand by you I"
Joha walked) back ta tbe masse at Kll
gour rirjDr. Caesar aad bis daughter that
night a:4 not la word af dispraise eaoaped
tha llpsiof ta grant eld moderate. But,
oa the houtrafry, be complimented Jobs
with thtf utmet warmth and good bumot
upon huppere.
All naVsetufa, of course, be sail, "par.
don ma for saying ao John Glendonwyn
but clearly put and full of enthusiasm
the effervescence of youth, . perfectly
natural and a thousand times better and
more hopeful than tba utterances of many
Oalllos!"
"Ah, I used to ba something of a Gal
lto, too," said John, blushing, "but but
many things have been casting up my
position as well as I could. I must do
what I can." J
Veronica pressed his arm a little In
the darkneas. She understood him to mean
In connection with his brother Rupert
Glendonwyn's death at the Green Dook.
"Won't you come in, John and bide all
night at the manse?" ssld tha charitable
old Christian, as strong In his hospitality
as ha was stout In bis Erastlsntsm. "Come
your wars in and over a bowl of good
Talllsker, If I do not convince yon that
you are wrong why, you can convince me.
You will have tha greater glory. I am
entirely open to conviction. But I would
like to sea tha man that could convince
me!"
But John was too sad of heart to have
any desire for the large hospitalities of
Kllgour Manoe, and though Veronica sec
onded her father's Invitation with a warmth
quite unusual with her, he stesdlly re
fused, urging tba work that he had to do
In tha morning in the upper part of his
wide parish.
"Well, well, lad," said tha doctor, "have
it e'en as ye ssy. I daresay ya wad ilka
to mak' it up with your falther. But listen
to me;, I have not kenned Oregory Glen
donwyn these fifty years without kenning
that the best way to please him ia Just to
thwart him, and stand up to him, and
browbeat htm, and defy him. All which, my
boy, the Lord o" battles gl'a ya tha grace
to perform. Guld nlcht!"
Veronica shook John's hand silently, with
only the least little sigh, perhaps for aa
old companion carrying a saddened heart
and grave eyes into the darkness. She
bad thought that for tonight, when all the
bairns were In bed, he and aha might have
had soma talk about aid things and new.
For, though she never allowed It to herself,
Veronica had but few pleasures In life, and
those inclined to duty's flavor, somewhat
medicinal and stern.
When John wheeled so sharply at tha
manse door he turned up tha collar of hla
coat, sunk his hands fathoms deep In hla
IT PLEASE TOU. I HAVE LEFT THE
pockets and set out heel-and-toe at a good
warming four-mile gait for where Babby
Lockhsrt was atttlng up for him, with the
Identical rlce-aad-mllk he bad been fond
of aa a child simmering on the hob. For
Babby. though willing to render up her life
for her "bairn," did not believe la "pam
perln' " him up with any funeral baked
meats, but on the contrary, kept blm lean
and meager upon ascetic nursery dietary
as wholesome and flavorless as Veronica's
pleasures.
Nevertheless be bad time to pause a
while in the shadow of a wood, and look
Up long at a window lu the detenced bouae
of Boatcroft. that Flower Cot to which
there never now gathered as of yore the
blythe groups of young wooers In the
gloaming. For, Indeed. In thess dark
latter days none were allowed to enter
save only David and his three boys, the
proper litter of the Old Grey Wolf.
John Olendonwyn stood long In tbe shade
of the flrwood before he strode away de
terminedly la the direction of bis manse,
with tbe air of one putting Impossible
things behind him, where, with his books
and his sermon writing, his light burned
long and long through the bleak and bitter
hours of tbe morning.
CHAPTER XXIX.
Tha Settle. l's af tha Bla Bsaier,
Joha Olendonwyn bad counted tbe cost
ere be Joined that memorable array which
streamed out of BL Andrew's kirk la Edin
burgh town on the lfth day of May la the
year. He kaew that ba must ba eootent
to give up much, though even then he did
not yet know tha full extent af bla self
sacrifice. Joha was not a member af tba famous
assembly, but be bad Journeyed to the city
to eee tba things which should ba brought
to paas there. He found a' bed at bis old
lodgings at David Deea'a bouses, ths
identical room la which ha bad found David
Olendennlng oa bis return from Craig
miliar tbat soell-blowtng day at April, aad
In It ba waa now to receive a very different
vUltor, Dr. Augustus Caesar.
"Joha." said tba church leader, "you ao
not well that I should Bad you hare. You
ara a young maa and you should ba with
the young. You are not of our camp In
deed, but why among year ewa la thera ao
tsat among tba tbouaaada of lereel that
holds mates for Joha OleadoowyaT"
"Ah. doctor aald John, "It la mora than
kind to come to sea me I knew bow many
tenta there art where you ara missed to
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"Well well," said Dr. Caesar, "perhaps
I may look In at a mess or two tonight yet.
But alt down, lad. I have known you and
yours so long, John, tbat I can't let you
go like this. Are you really bent on leav
ing us?"
John ehook his head wistfully.
"I see no other way out of it," be said.
"Some men lie made one way soma an-
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other. I wish I could think aa you do,
doctorl But It has grown on me during
all these months. My light la but a rush
light at best I am a sad long way from
the sun, but I must follow such light as
I have."
"Doubtless, doubtless," said Doctor
Caesar, "but be aura that It Is no will-o'-the
wisp you are following Into a quagmire.
First of all, how do you like your com
pany?" Joha smiled ss he looked round the bare
Edinburgh lodging. He .saw on the walls
portraits of tbe tombstones of tbe land
lady's relative, unto seventeen generations,
a worn green tablecloth on ths table plenti
fully ornamented with Ink splotches (John
recognised aoma tbat he had made himself),
a ahlny haircloth sofa, with one eprlng
broken In so cunning a place that however
you lay upon It the broken part took you
squarely In the small of the back.
"You are all my company." ba answered,
smiling sadly, "and I hope you do not ob
ject to the excellence of that There are
few so fsvored."
"I mean the men with whom you will
ba brought Into connection and contact not
the leaders I do not mean the leaders,
who are men of family and standing like
oursslves. You in the country will see but
little of them when once they have got you
ta follow them save, that le. in the way ot
raising money for tbelr scbemea. But ths
country ministers ot ths Gilbert Albllns
stamp'
"I bava aot let thess considerations ef
fect me." said John. "Indeed, I have not
thought of them. I shall have my work
aad tha people who adhere to me If any
aucb there be. For I have not put a ques
tion to any man. woman or child within
ths parish of Oower."
The doctor held out bis band silently.
"Bye the bye," be went on, after a pause,
"have you seen snythlng of our friend, your
predeeereor, OUbert Albllns? He waa great,
I heard, at the convention laat November
yet I have not sen htm or heard ot him In
the city."
"He may artlve yet." said John, "per
haps tbe coach has broken down on tbs
way."
"It is Just possible," said the doctor,
sagely. "I coaeeive it Is Just possible.
Benbushel la a good stipend and Gilbert
wrote me recently that he waa euro of aa
augmentation of eight chaldere In the au
turns which does not look much Ilka sac
rificing all for principle. "
"On the pain queetion my mlad Is clear."
aald John Glendoowyn; "whosoever stays, I
must go. But there la aa great sacrifice for
of
I
me. I have a private Income, tha prospect
of more at my father's death (may he live
a thousand years!) I am a .bachelor and
likely to remain one. There are many who
have been many years In their homes, who
have long enjoyed large Incomes, who have
families to educate will they stand by
their principles tomorrow?"
The doctor half closed his eyes, medi
tatively, aa if he saw unseen things. "I
have heard a great deal of talk, on my own
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side of the house, as to that." he said
" 'There will be fifty.' says one. 'There
will not be twenty,' says another. 'Only
such as tbe deeply compromised or have
chapels of eaas la the large cities,' cries a
third. I have heard the number of min
isters who will leave their manaes and en
dowments put aa low aa the tea righteous
men whom Abraham vainly desiderated In
Sodom and still there was doubt whether
or no they would bs fodnd. I have never
held these Ignoble opinions."
Dr. Augustus Caesar paused again and
something nobis welled up from bis heart
and ahowed In bis countenance.
"No I think better of my country," be
cried. "I may believe you are wrong-
beaded, enthusiastic. Incapable of looking
at both sides of a question. But what you
have said you will stick to. 1 think the
work ot tomorrow will surprise all tbe
world. Gad, sometimes I wlah I could think
differently and that I had been coming
with yout But at any rate I came to tell
you that whatever doors are shut to you,
there will always be one where you will find
a welcome waiting and that Is at tbe
Manse of Kllgour. Veronica also bsde me
say ao on her account. That Is, supposing
that heaven does not send you some incre
ment of common sense before the morning."
On the next dsy Jobn stood waiting out
side St. Andrew's kirk among the thou
sands who lined the wide, breesy trough of
George street. Clear, tresh and cool, a
pesrl of a day it waa, ths white clouds
blowing high over domed 8t George's at
the street's end. Then down every north
looking vista lot the green fields, the In
tense indigo strip of tha sea and the dim
blue hills of Fife gracious in the dlstancs.
Across there, too, folk were waiting with
esger hearts, straining eyes aad ears tor
tbe hoisting of the ancient banner of
spiritual Independence for tha trumpet
from tbe walls proclaiming "Come ye out
of her!" Indeed, all Scotland, north and
south, waited breathleaa tor tba Issue.
"They are long! What can keep them?
"Nonsense, don't tall me! They will not
come at all! Catch a minister sign In a
awsy bis stipend!" "It will all end la
talk!" "Twenty at most--" "Well, thirty!"
So ran the talk and gossip along cause
way and pavement
There were tbe shrewd lawyers there
of tbe two Scottish types, the grsy aad
formal, keen-eyed aad gravely courteous)
snd tbe Jovial, openly facetious, stormlly.
Jocular. Ail tba world waa oat ta sea.
criD
These knew but little as little as the
ragged urchins who pressed as closely as
about a circus procession. Equally Ignor
ant were the buay tradesmen who bad
snatched a hour's holiday to watch the
event But there was others, some like
John country ministers, who had no place
within, but waited patient and silent to
take part In tbe last act ot thst triumphant
surrender which had cost them so many
anxious thoughts.
And thers, mors moving than aught
elae for those with eyes to see, dotted
here and there among the throng, quite
recognisable by their anxious looks and
pale faces, stood certain women, also of
the graver sort on whom that day's work
would fall Infinitely more heavily than
even on the men who stood In the battle
front Tbeae were the wives ot the seced
ing ministers, the outed mistresses of
manses, women and mothers whose well
accustomed places should know them no
more. But no tear fell while the great
concourse stood waiting, or at least none
which waa not instantly brushed away by
the band of faith as if U had been a mat
ter of shame. . . . :
Suddenly a hush, a murmur, a vast elec
tric throb! An actual sob seemed to run
swiftly Insurgent through the mighty
throng. The universal heart moved re
sponsive. "They are coming!" "Here they comet"
"Ah, look! Hats off there!"
There was no shouting, no cheering as
for a greet deed done, but Instead only
silence and awe and reverence. Yes, there
they were descending the steps. Welsh
and Chalmers and Gordon all abreast, be
hind them, file after file, row upon row till
the procession, a black band, solid and far
reaching, undulated away Into the dim dis
tance toward Tanfleld,
John Olendonwyn waited almost till the
end and then fell in beside an old college
companion, still cburchless, who only said:
"Hello, Olendonwyn, what are you doing
here? You uaed to be on the other side."
"Ah," asld John Olendonwyn grimly,
"even Laxarus may come forth."
And at that moment, standing close to
the procession as It streamed down the hill,
his eyes met those of Veronica Caesar. She
did not speak, but she gave him a quick
nod which said, "I am proud of you, John!"
Ah, if John had known all that was In
ths girl's heart but no. It could not be.
John had bestowed all his heart on Falrlie
Olendennlng, and what would It have algnl
tied save to give him pain, that there on there is no hump In his tall coat pocket,
ths plain Edinburgh flags waa a girl who So much against. On tha other hand ha
would gladly have gone Into the wilder-1 has taken his red handkerchief out ot hla
neee wit him not scorning fleshpots in- Sabbath bat and wiped his brow. Tbat
deed, but well able to conjure them out of I means kirk all the world over. In a mo
the very weeds and nettles by the wayside. ment more they would know, and in this
Like many another Veronica had been
such goods friends with John all her life
that she did not want to marry htm till
there was danger of hts marrying some
body else. But let us not anticipate. That
part of the tale Is not yet
ease e e
Few of the outgoing ministers had so
simple a row to hoe as John Olendonwyn.
Or, at least, so It seemed to him at first.
j Afterwards, Indeed, be ssw reason
to
modify hts opinion.
"Ha had few movables In tbe manse. It
would be easy to find a cottsge to bold his
books, bis campbed and old Babby, Ha
would preach In tha schoolroom. His per
sonal wants were few and it the people
wished him be would remain among them.
But la those arrangements he found that
he had reckoned without his father. Mr.
Glendonwyn waa furious with wrath his
only eon, bis heir a dissenter In bis owa
parish. He to abandon the church to which
his father bad presented him, of which hs
himself would one day be the patron. Small
wonder that bitter anger flamed In Gregory
Glendonwyn's heart and blossomed not sel
dom in red eruptive fury upon his lips. -
He denied his son the uss at any cottage
upon his estates of Oower. Ee sent Factor
Halllday to warn all who should frsquent
schlsmatie meetings that by so doing they
would not only forfeit tbelr landlord's favor,
but la all asses of yearly lease tbelr hold
ings also. - A still severer penslty was to
befall all who should entertain, encourage
or support ths new dlssentlpg ministry, the
only one Indeed who bed ever dared to set
foot within the rlrglnly Erastlcal parish of
Oower.
"It s like the auld covenantln' times."
said Anton McMillan. Cameronlan herd
upon Bennangower.
"Aye but wltboot pootber and ball."
retorted another, less favorably imprsssed
with the new system of things.
Anton eyed the speaker severely.
"What bens a mere mender o' tbe lalrd'e
flunkies' breeks aboot pootber an' ball?"
ba Inquired with bitter Irony, and tbe critic
being on his way to Caetls Oower at tbat
moment for the purpose thus pithily put by
Anton, "msybes if ys wsre the laird's soa
ya mtcbt think that ya were getttn' poo that
an' ball eneuoh, to mlas a' that braw lalrd
shlp and Castle Oower Itsel', ta leave ahlnt
ye the beartaome maaaa an' ao bae where to
eet your fit or lay your held la a' the parish
that waa aa guld ss your ala maybe ye wad
think that nocbt? Weel, gin ye think aae,
come up for yae winter season ta Bennan
gower wf auld Anton, and ya will learn
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And whistling on his dogs, auld Anton of
Bennangower rebuked them for behavior
unbecoming responsible coolies on tbelr
own hillside, and at rode away up over tbe
heather at his Invariable pace of three
miles in the hour, up hill and down dale.
But when Anton had looked hia sheep,
taken his supper in his lonely herd's bouse
under the solemn lee of Bennanbrack, he
Indulged In an operation which considerably
astonished his observant dog.
One night in tbe week their tenor of life
was altered. At 6 of tha clock they were
all put out without mercy or aegrotat al
lowedno place under table or beneath
beds for ons ot them. The yard waa their
portion while Anton "cleaned himself up."
He could not be "taigled wl' messsu dowgs
gurr-wurrln' aboot his feet" when engaged
In such an occupation, the next thing to a
religious function.
At any rate, on this particular even
ing the dogs withdrew promptly at the
production of the strop and rasor, with
a dim Idea that If clean-up-Saturday
nights were to occur at such short Intervals
life would hardly be worth living. They
must seek another service and a master
of more fixed habits as to personal clean
liness. But, though this was not Saturday
bight, Anton "cleaned up" with tnoro
than usual fervor, so that a pink flush
began to overspread all hia visible flesh,
and even appeared .to invade the gray
tangle of his locks.
For Anton McMillan, herd on Breanan
gower, Camcronlan and practical Chris
tian, bad a work on hand which must be
done ere be could rest sound In his bed.
When Anton appeared In the little yard
there were bis collies Tod and Tyke.
"Is he going to the kirk or is he not
going to the kirk?" Tyke and Tod cocked
tbelr wise heads and thought. You can
easily see a good collie think. No pro
fessor does it more obviously when asksd
a question In class. He has no bible, for
way. There Is a little gate where, on Sun-
days, he always turns round and shakes
hla stick at them. It he takes ao notice
they will be after him In a moment,
tumbling over each other and barking,
scouring the hillside for sheer Joy of liv
ing, erected tails, cocked ears and play
fully snspplng Jaws all because It is not
yet the precise and playless Babbatb day
of .their native land.
Wicked dogs! Unnatural collies! Slink
back there! For your mastar has paused
at the gate and shaken bis stick at you.
CHAPTER XXX,
The Herd's House of Beaaaaswtr,
Anton McMillan, herd on Bennangower,
was, however, not going to tbe kirk at thst
untimely hour. But be was going ta tbe
manse, that is, tbs manse of Oower. to be
vacated on the morrow by its lata tenants,
John Olendonwyn, ex-minister of tbe kirk
of Scotland, and bla faithful servant nurse
and dictator, Mistress Babby Lockhart
The herd found the minister with bla
knees on a stubborn boa of books, eordlag
it with all his might, while Babby stood ta
the background. Inveighing against ths
folly, ths Improvidence, nay, tha sinfulness
even of having so many books.
To these two, " finding an open door, a
trunk-strewn hallway, and aa reply to ta
his repeated knocking!. . enter the herd of
Bennangower.
"Well, Anton, ' cried tbe minister, gen
uinely astonished, "what brings you eft tha
hill so early? Surely you have not left the
lambs by themselves for so long, with only
their mothers to look after them?"
For Anton's evident care of bla flock bad
become a byword In the district.
"Aye, Malster John, an' it please you, I
bae left the lambs for tbe nlcht. I bae a
message I maun deliver!"
"From your master?" questioned Joha
with some additional surprise. For Abra
ham Habbleabaw of Bennaagowsr was aa
absentee a large farmer residing In another
parish and rsrely occupying the fa nas lead
ing of Bennangower, which ba uaed mostly
for storing odd parts ot tarn implemeata
and sbeepdlp save only one cupboard In a
locked room, la which were many bottles,
glasses and apparatus wherewith hot water
might be obtained by the addltloa of fire ta
a cunning stove. Two chairs aad a tin of
biscuits from OUlone's were the only other
furniture af Abraham HebbleehaVa private
apartment at Beaaaagower.
Ta ba CoatlnuaO.)
