The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-07-11
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offered to his farming skill. Moreover there
is never lack of hospitality among The
CeIts, and Tam made his young friend vel
come to the best his house afforded so lone
. as he liked to stay.
t Neil was fair haired, blue.oyed man.
(; tall and ight-limbed, but with the muscles
and snews of prize fighter. He had beer
at the High School in Edingburgh, was
well up in modern topics, and able to hold
forth upon subjects which rarely reached the
ears of the inhabitants of the Braes, except
3; when the shooting season brought down the
great folk, and the great folk brought their
servants; then politics. parliaments and the
court were Familiarity discussed in every
Smelling.
Neil was no idler, either in work or play
or love. Everything he set his hand to he
did in a manner, we are told, is sure to sue.
lceed. So no wonder that falling i'll love,
as he did at once he reused what poor
Duncan had watched and waited fer in vain
and waking up the sleeping heart, brought
the love-lght into the sweet hazel eyes, that
softened and dropped now as they had new
er done before any man's gaze. There was
40 question Of love-speech between the two,
and yet, before the. summer came, Helen
had found out what different place love
could make the world. There had never
been such heather on the hills, or bracken
and wild roses on the braes, as now bloomed;
the love filter was acting, and nature took
tone as it always does, from the heart
GLOW bonnie you're growing, Nelly, |"
said Tam one day, as Helen came running
up the grass, her bair escaping from her
sky-bue snood, the gay cotton short gown
coming half way down the striped linsey
petticoat, which was just short enough to
show her neatly clad feet ard shapely ankles
coquettishly arrayed III bright stockings,
with deliberately embroid'rd clocks. ''What's
come to the Iassie, wife? She's breakin' the
hearts O half the lads in the place There's
| Duncan, pur lad, 6ent smile he'll gle now,
but gangs as dour-'
"Wheesht father!" cried Helen, shutting
his mouth with rosy little palm. ''Here's
Duncan comm"
As she spoke Duncan stalked up to the
door. 1t was easy to see that something
had gone against the grain; the expression
OF his face, the tone of his voice, his Very
gait was changed; his clothes were thrown
on with careessuess unlike former days,
and his eyes, restless aud b0odshOt, turned
unelsly to Helen, as he made some com
mon place remark to her father concerning
the weather.
Heens color deepened. Something in !
the mans eyes struck like a knife to her
heart, and lay there ranking, making the +,
hot blood spring to her face, aud the hand
that had been on her fathers mouth clench
fiercely as if to beat back some burst OF an
gering indignation. But the flush faded
the next moment, aud a shudder shook her
from head to feot, for Mel came in from the
hill, and as he turned the corner of the
hedge, and Duncan's eyes fell upon him,
helen saw the thick black brows drawn |
passionately together the big veins start
like knotted cords, and the strong teeth set
hard in the neither lip. She saw this and
even then her hesrt sank with an underlined
fear; but it was not until some days after
ward, when the braes were ringing with the
mysterious disappearance OF Mel Lesl lie,
that the full significance of that look was
revealed to her
Many aud various were the reports circu
lated, until by the expiration of four days
they all settled down into one strong judg
nent against Mica judgment which Hell |
ems outburst of grief and pale stricken face
unwittingly strengthened; and it was firmly
believed that Mel, having won her love,
had grown tired of her, and, to rid himself
of her and his debt of gratitude to her ia
ther at once, had made moonlight Hitting |
Duncan openly took little part in all that
was said, so much so, that those busy PEG
pie who are always, i'll all ranks, looking at
ter their neighbors affairs began to hold
him up as an example of unsolhsh generesi'
ty. There was one. however, to whom his
silence had a different Specification, and
that was Helen, who, from the day the
alarm was given, had remembered that at
ternoon when she saw, as plainly as if writ
ten in black and white, the hatred unto
death stamped in Duncan's face, and a hor
rible suspicion and dread filled her mind,
harder to bear than all the cruel things
raised against Niel's character There was
one small ray of comfort left: coIley dog
she had given Mel had disappeared the
same day be was missed. He must be alive
if Moss was with him; and if he had run
away, az the people said, he would scarcely |
take such a continual sting to his conscience
as the faithful dog must be. &c. in spite Of
the deadly fears that would overwhelsn her,
Helen held fast by hope hiding her anxiety /
as best she could by getting away amongst
the bills, and wandering about where sue
would meet no one to pity Or condole her
The fifth day came; it was busy time, |
too, for they were gathering the tiocks OIL |
the hills previous to the shooting season,
and so it came about that Helen fell in with
flock in lonely pass on the road to Ben
Lodi, and eager to escape the shepherds, she
scrambled up the banks and hid herself
among the whius
Down the pass came the sheep filling the
air with their voices, stopping now and then
to snatch mouthful of heather. Presently
glanCing away to the'hill-side Helen ght
sight of dog bounding down over scaur
and bush; but not until 1t was nearer and
diverted by the sounds in the glen, had
turned aside and taken its stand upon d
rock along the foot of which the sheep
we're passing, did she recognize her old col
ley, the very Moss she had given Mel
| Helen's heart lept to her mouth as she leant
forward to watch the dog, who, falling into
his old trade, stood yelpng and howiing
over the flock, waking every echo in the
pass and rousing perfect storm of bleat-
ing
Helen tried to whistle, but her lips were
shaking and dry Then she called him by
name. The dog came rushing up to her,
and was soon whining at her side, licking
her hands and face. AS soon as she could
see anything clearly through the tears that
were binding her, she saw that blue rib
bon was tied around Moss's neck, nearly
hidden among the thick wool Helen rec
ognized the ribbon it had once been hers;
and she knew no hand but Neirs could
have tied it there, and-but suddenly she
ceased thinking She had unfastened the
, string, and found little bit Of white calico,
and read on it written in blood the word;
/ ''HeJpi RsiUsr'S CrGg."
e Helen cannot tell to this day how she
4 got home; but in little more than half an
+; hour the clachon was deserted, and the