Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-03

in church.
g You see Annie, !" her friends contributed " The
days preaching is kind Of trial TO see if the folk
care Tor good doctrine and if hey come, we hear
tell that Mr.. Cameron will preach there like other
Sabbath Sac, come ava, like good Iassie.-
Marian can weeI spare you for time"
Maybe she can spare me The day." Annie an.
sweFed, " ior Alick is down by yonder the now
sac she will no. be wearyin for want Of me. Just
bide minute ill see"
And away she flew TO make the proposal TO
Marian She gave her unqualified appreciation TO
Annles gons; but shadow passed over Alexis
face, even while he volunteered prom ise 10 re-.
main with Marian during he sisters absence. and
added, with laugh, which somehow rad lille
ml'th in H. that he had just been telling Ma,ian lha,
he thought he must sci on lhe keue himself the
night If he was to gel his tea with them, for Annie
seemed TO have forgotten them altogether.
Oh,no I'll sort the keale }" Annie said nervously
as she Iiiied ii from the crook, and proceeded to
ilil 1t with water al The well but Alick look i, from
her saying at The same ,imethat it would sci her
better II she gaed to her ain room, and made her.
self Draw for The preaching"
The touch OF bilemess in his tone as ne said
this, brought The tears 10 Annie's eyes. He lille
guessed how willingly she would have given IN
| The preaching, anything 10 spend an hour his com
pany, if 1t had been right; but she felt that it was
not SO for either of their sakes, so she brushed
away her tears smoothed her glossy hair, put silk
handkerchief he had'gven her round herneck and
having seen that Marian had everything she reouir.
ahI hat har tbar
char, she hurried 10 join her friends.
1t was lovely september evening The leaves
were bright with The tins OF early autumn The
apple trees for which Ciydesdaie is famous. laden
with golden fiuil, hung emplingy over The orchard
walls; and the hgh-road, passing through gently
nndniatln9 country abouded in charming peeps of
the ever.ilowing Clyde. whose varied banks some
times rich in wood, sometimes hemmed in hv
msssive rocks, and sometimes skiIed By gently
sioping ana extensive meadows, comprise some
OF The iaife't river scenery in Scotland. Annie
however, walked forward with heavy heart-
What was II 10 her that The sky was bright, and The
sun brilliant! Iha the soil aeecy clouds p ed them
selves up in fantastic forms round the horizon, and
that all nature seemed happy and Joyous There
was an oppression on her spirits she could not
shake OLA feeling shat some crises of her fate
was al hand whch she had no power 10 avert, bu,
whose consequence would take the life from her
hea't, the glory ifom her sun and sky Ack had
spoken 10 her as he had never done before, as if
he thought that others might have more influence
over her than he had as if she could care for AIRY
one thing or person to fx her thoughts on the place
10 which she was going, and for what purpose
Ailcks voice rang in her ear-Acx's sad disap
poInimenl look haunted her memory; and she
reached her destination long before she regained
her composure.
The CamPGsId was a small holme washed by
the Ne'han Water which, making a sudden whirl
al that point, surrounded it on three sides while the
fourth was bounded by a wood bill. which separar
ed II from The ruined Castle of Cyaignethan. l.
was tradition in the county that The spot had
been camp OF The Covenaniers, ia the davs OF
Claverhouse, and that a bando Royalisls had been
defeated there before egreat; battle OF BolhweIl
Brlgg. The people otlhe district still point our the
path by which the Covcnaners gained the Hill Iha,
commanded CrageIhan Castle: and aege that, !
Tor time al least lhe Royaiiss were in their hands
AT all events, the place is so connected in their
minds with tie. days Of the Covenant, iha, it is
iaVore site for field preaching; and nothing can
be more picturesque than The scene it presents un
der such an aSpeci. The steep hillside, the mur
mnrlns waerthe soft thymv turf The crowd of
listeners, ~ every alliude of earnest attention hang
ing on The eloq1ent words of rhepreacher take one
back TO lhe old lines when, in caves and dells and
bleak moorsides, the stern men of The Solemn
League and Covenant listened TO the truth at the |
risk of their own lives, and those of their neares,
aud dearest. Just such a-pfeacher as might have
led these warlike and determined men as Mr.. |
Cameron, OF Camhns. lie was old in years, with !
silver hair and wrinked brow; bnt he had clear,
penetrating eye, and tia look of power, mingled |
with genfiene>s, that nucomPromisng love of right |
and lrn'h, which strike conviction 10 every heart |
and rouse mems sonls 10 do or die
A any other time Annie Livingston wonli have |
listened 10 the preacher with a kind!ing eve and |
glowing cheek, bn to-day she sat there, pale and |
cold, struggling 70 Qn-Il Ihe empier hal whispered
10 her to orsake her natural duties for The love OF
one who was becoming dearer 10 her than all the |
world beside. She tiya her eyes on the minister
she endeaVoled 10 Iilow his wor,l, but The PRAYER
tell unheeded on her ear and when the luII swell |
OF The psam preceding HE sermon rose inio the
air, her voice, generally the cearest, and sweetest
Of he congregation, qniveGed and was silent. Bat
the music was not wholly without Influence on her
tortured heart; and when hey resumed heir places
to give ear to The sermon her spirits fell more al,
tuned TO the duties OF the hour
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