The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-07-11
KENOsHA WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, JULY H. 1867

fore be could get the faithful dog to eaV
hun and bear some tidihgs that might say
him."
Such was the account Mel gave, an
such was the story that met Duncan as !
came home from Callander, whittier he ha
gone early in the day
Time passed on, and the shooting seaso
brought many visitor to Tams cottage
for Neil's story was the romance of the yea
He was still unable to walk, but his heaIt
was all right and the doctors said he NIGH
get strong again in time Neil never com
planned, nor could he with such nurse a
Helen Auttering sround him, propping hit
up with fragrant pillows stuffed With fresh
gathered beatheE aud bracken. gathered toe
by the little hands that were so strong an
ready with their labor of love. 1t was or
y when pain kept him. restless at nigh
that the thought of being a cripple for lif
crushed him and brought out all the train
ing given by good mother, and til
staunch-reigious feeling inherent in ever
Scottish heart, the spirit that gave tn
world what Alexander Peden called 9Th
praying folk, " who carried their reigio
triumphantly through those terrible day
when bloody scaffold was thought goo
shelter
1t was nearly month since the day Nei
had been carried home from the Crag. =
Night had just come, still, warm, and al
most twilight. Tam was smoking his pip
preparatory to his early bedtime, the women
folk were knitting, and Neil, lying upon ;
couch the aird's sister had sent him wa
reading Rob Roy" aloud, much to Tam
perplexitv, who interrupted many timel
With denunciations against the text Sud
deuy TIE open doorway darkened, and Dun
Can stood in the entry
''Welcome, lad cried Tam. "Yert
jest in time to hear the havers the bnh
folk pit in prent ABBOTT the McGregors =
Read that again, Neil, that whar lie says
But Duncan interrupted him.
81 didna cross the door to hear less read
| cam to speak ABBOTT lee, to tell ye''- anc
his voice grew louder and hoarser as he
spoke-''t to tell ye that ale ye liked wee
is a leer We're a friens here be said,
in different voice looking round.
Gay, ay, man Sit doom, said Tam,
taking his pipe out of his mouth AND tSrn
ing to have better look at Duncan =
Why, what aiIs We maI,?'
'Mickie ais me. Tam MGregor, and
cam on grousome errapd. hae come
TO tax ava yere faith in man for evernair,
and to shame hypocrite wi the fair truth. "
Helen laid down her knitting and drew
nearer Mel; Tam glanced at him too Neil's
face was crimson, and his eyes, all diIated
and eager; stared up at the great wild look
ing man, gloweriug down upon him, who
went on speaking
Neil says he slippet doom the Crag.
lie didne slip. An enemy"
Stop him, Helen J" shouted Mel, trying
10 get up, but failing he pushed the girl
toward Duncan. Stop him, for Gods sake!
The lads mad. He doesn't know what he's
saying Don't listen to him, Tam He's a
Tue fellow, and you all hear me say it
Duncan man, shake hands with me, and do
90 quietly away, and let well alone"
Duncan's answer was to drop down upon
lis knees by Neil's side, and covering his
ace with his hands, and sob alold
INA, na, Neil, Gamma let alane
naun tell them. Let me bide, lad it's the
ittest place. And whan hae your forgive
less, I'll gang on my knees to the Almighty;
out Gamma ask Him till | hae confessed
ny sim
"WelI, let me tell it Duscan, said Neil,
gently laying bis hand upon the kneeling
mans shoulder.
''No!" cried the other sternly ''rll no
get the warst Tam and Helen | am
murderer, or as bad, for had the thocht
n my heart to take his life Neil cut me
'ot wi, you, Nelly. Mad wi jealousy, /
said we'd gaug to the Relver's Crag, and
light and the best man shall win ye Neil
yad hardly gang till telt him I'd ca him
through the country side for coward, and
hen he went. But whan got to the TOP
) the Crag, the diel got possession O. me-
md catchin' him unaware | hurled him
'wer, thinking deed men tell nae tales. |
never thocht O. the colley Whan | heerd
ell he wuz fund, was like to gang mad.
Every fut thocht was polls; but when
he days passed, and Mel never fault, it
vas war than a. The hot burnin' Goals
we're heaped on my heed, burnin' and
motherip' i the brain till this cleaning the
hocht cam to make clean breest, and
hen gang AVA where I'd never see a ken
ned face till the day O Judgment. Oh
Neil man We ken wlIat my heart loving her
s; but even you Gamma tell what my heart
was, and how neither bluid nor damnation
we're only worth if could only ht' won her
iere Ye Gamma fargie me, N-Ily lass for
lac made him cripple but just say, Dun
,an Iii ask the Lord to forgie ye, aud I'll
gang ava content,
Tam was the last to hold out the hand of
but he, too, did so at last, and
then Duncan went away
Upon the top of the bank he turned and,
cap in hand stood looking at the cottage
''Puir lad hiss prayin, may be " thought
Mrs M'Gregor, who had followed her old
tnvorite to the door.
Two years afterward, aud few weeks
after Neil and Helen were married, letter
came to the former, "a letter written by "A
of Duncau's, aud theu they knew
for the first time that he had enlisted, and
going to India with one Of the gallant regi-
nents afterward nickuamed Sir Collins
petticoats,' the poor, broken hearted lad
had found the death he coveted before the
wallis of Lucknow, and was lying mortaily
wounded in the hospital where he dictated
his first and last letter to Neil, bidding him
good bye, aud telling him to let the B4Iqui-
bidder folk know the true story Of the Rel
ver's Crag. Euery Saturday.
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Eg- The Michigan SoutheEu railroad, t.
fill ''sinkhole" of forty rods under its tracI
in Northern indiana has dumped in two
acres Of earth, averaging ten feet 10 depth
three acres of timber and brushwood; til,
ditchiugs and scrapings of fifty miles 0
railroad track for about eight years past
the old ties of about one hundred miles o
repair track, about three Thousand Carload
Of gravel, besides the forty rods Of embark
ment, from four to six feet high, that WA
made before the sinking occurred. Tn,
work OF filling seems now to have been ac
complished.
rs In response to a despatch stating tina
work on the Pacific Railroad would hav,
to be abandoned unless better protectio.
is afforded against the indians, the Presi
dent of the ROAD saws.