The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-01-02

further r.ye ! .hrill call on 1 whale sus.
pended from his meek. Hethep turn "a With
kis drawn sword npon the hunter. for. To dc
man. The sword of the hunter VAS shcrt
one. but IN the two minutey contest which
ensued. the outlaw found that he had 70 do
with 4 master of fence. One Of Elliot's fol.
lowers. who had heard the call. came up al
the moment. and the stranger. who saw him
approachinr. almost gave m lis life q lost
II order 1o defend himself 10 the last. he
CHANGED his nosition g far as 70 get his back
to one Of the strong conae bushes. Scarcely
had the outlaws follower interposed q sin.
Gle blow. when 4 strong arm leyeled him IA
the earth from behind with cudrel, The out
law turned half round At the unforseen stroke
which deprive ed him OF his assistant. and. or
seeing whence the aid came. bounded into
the copse from which he had issued. and
was out of sight in an instant, The hunter,
whose blood was heated with the encounter,
would have pursued him. but his preserve
detained him almost by force, SIT wad be
madness. sir. TO pursue him. ken him,
as we'll az this man living senseless at oui,
feet. in spite o, their disruises. They are
a part o. q gang. and their companiods will
not Be, far oif. Let US auit shis place, sir.
as fast as we can.'' s's's, -. -
The stranger saw the propriety Of follow
ing this advice, and the two rapidly left the
SPOT, where the outlaws follower still lay
without signs Of life.
Tho nearest and safest refuge to which
Edward Burnet. Who was the strangers de-
liyerer. could conduct the gentleman. was
IL II ~
the stranger INQUIRED into the name and cir
cumstances of his companion, and assured
him that the service he had done would not
be forgotten. He also learned on whom
Burnetss suspicious fell as the authors Of
the outrage-suspicions which he concured
with Edward in thinking ii. would be I'M
proper to mention without further confrma-
ton. On reaching the niller's house. and
detailing what had occurred. old Andrew
congratulated the stranger on his escape.
and praised Edward for his maplines. aIt
mauIl hac been some o. the same forest gang
that cleared the Dawick burn the other
night,'' said the miller. speaking Of the per-
petrators Of the attack. 0Within this year
or twa, they seem niver to be ont o. Tweed.
dalc single nipht-deil be in their skins .,
Mary Tod also praised her lover !: but her
praises were confined to kind and admirinc
looks. which smoke her meaning. however.
SO openly. that the stranger read them ev;.
IDENTIFY with as mnch ease as the object Of
them did. The miller nressaa tha sfranoer
to remain at the mill ali night: but his VS.
;tor declined thn k;nd ofFor and only ron,ast-
ed the protection Of some Of Andrews stur-
DIV assistants in the mill as far as the town
Of Preebles, This was readily Granted.
though the miller would have been better
nleased had the visitor STAYED. The trntb
IS, that Andrew was not a little curious to
know who the STRANGER MIGHT he. b,,t cor.
tain dignity in the 1at,er,s demeanor. and
the richness Of his annorel, strnck the miller
with an unde6pable feel;nS Of resnect. and
nloced a guord on his l;ns The stranger
reouested Edward also 70 accomnanv him
to the burgh town-a request which was at
once assented to. by the young man, but
which the hunter read in Mary,s couptenance
to be not at nil agreeable to her, The mil
ler's fair daughter probably thought that
her lover had faced enough Of danger and
shown enough Of aanliness for one day.-
But the stranger had a certain nurnose to
serve. and. in DISREGARD of the damseI,s nm :
easiness, not only took Edward with him,
but detained him all night. ns the miller:s
men renorted. who had been dismissed hy
the stranger. With 4 handsome ercmuneration,
a short way from the town Of Preebles. and
who carried message from Edward to his
mother. to preyent any anxiety ON his nc.
count.
But neither was Mary Tod nor anv other
person left long in wonder or uneasiness on
this subject. 1t an enrly hour on the fol.
loving dav Marty If borseman ahove twen.
tv in number. halted for n short time nj the
mill Of Kirkton. on their way nm tbe Vale ot
Manor, At their head rode the stranger Of
the preceding day. and by his side Mary Tod
observed her lover on foot. acting. annarent.
ly, as guide to the party. While the stran.
ger conversed with the miller, Edward took
the opportunity of stealing for moment
ious Mary what was going on, and why he
had been detained all night from his home,
The miller's daughter was surprised at the
hope and JOY which sparkled in her lovers
countenance, but his explanation Of the
cause speedily raised sympathetic emotions
in her own breast. sit is the young King,
Mary-Darnley, himself, that was attacked
yestereen; and if am right in thinking, as
l took an oath to the best of my belief last
night at Smith6eld Castle, that it was Will
Elliot that played the villain trick, am a
made man, Mary. The farm o. Castlehill,
which YOU ken is the kings land, will be
mine. Nae fears o. Andrew refusing his
consent then, my ain Mary, and will be the
happiest man alive, VII the best wife in
Tweeddale. But they are moving on to
rummage the reiying villains keep, sac
mann away 70 iead them. ana IN minute
OF TWO, eeiore tne mil!er's daughter could
recover IRON her surprise SO iar as 70 get a
womans Ie iook at tne gallant ana prheeiy
iorm OF Darhiey, the party nad moved on
TO their destination. a. s. sas
1t is unnecessary to detail all that passed
at the examination of the keep of Castlehill.
The outlaw himself, conscious in oil likeli-
hood Of having been known to Burnet at the
time of his assault on Darnley, had abscond-
ed; nor was he ever taken, or heard of again
in the Vale, of Manor. Full evidence, how
ever, of his guilt was found, for the poor
wretch who had joined him in the previous
days attack, had crawled home on recover
ing his senses, and was discovered on his
pallet in state Of great suffering. lie made
a confession Of the whole affair, and reveal
ed as much of other deeds as sufhced to ban
ish the rest of Elliot's followers from the