New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-01
NE. THURSDAY, OCTOBER /, 1868.

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we're achinq the banquet, tables. already gliterng
with their load of silver for The wedding ieast-to
the servants donnitOres mp IN the fourth story Ian
terms cleaned through the trees, ana sometimes Il
FAINT voice, sharp Win something ofc 'hah "hAic'!'
crled
"Gleneorai GleneOrav -,
exclaimed Alexander Buccicugh. stopping m ms
breakneck pace TO stare blinkiy around certainly
expected 10 tind her returned -. u, ,ros.
Oh Aexanderp sObbed FlOrlce, losing All pres
ence of mind and wrnging her bands hysteilJaliy,
You must have inklmg, of where she might nave
gone. What did she say when You parted ,ooa,
Glcnne's not child to turn frantic apout, IL sue
doesn't report herself every half hour. And ne,
eIorev-looL ing nc his watch" we make as nluch
fnss NJ if sbo were gone three days, and she mas
only been gone half an hour" ....,, ,,o,;no
Florice dried her tears. Really they were inaKng
too much ont Of y riiie. Why need jessie Bu1-
cIeugh and the other girls shout her name through
the woods in that unseemly way 1.-The night before
The wedding. too. when all should be quiet ana
They aseen d.d the steps and stood in the dark pas
sage almost laughing ut the CONFUSION:
Little mOnsie NOS trapped ycb ,iIeu Ai'''',ii
cheerilv - Mrs. Ellathorne came down stahs-'ai
. Not ,Lel and must say, Alexander. that tins IS
a very ,dculous indeed, an maccouhtape' puslle i
Sizes not in the house; she's not IN the GROUNDS:
and as Vonve AGAIN returned without her, she not
AZ nurse McGowan's. Very unaccountable Alex
don't think there's any real cause for your
alarm said Alexander IN voice That treIn0ied
little "You know the captain has not yet returned;
PERHAPS she went to meet him; she SAID something
about il when were talking IA the lane; ,.
Nonsense GlencOra would never allow herseii 10
be seen publicly Just now beside she had no COM
"Oh. ] wish guardie was well at home" sighed
Florice going 20 lean dsmally TO the stl open VIM
dow Presently She TUNED round ana looked s, il.3
the room. Il wish you'd get the girls called m
SAID she. they're making an awful disturbance cry
ing over the place that way"
Trimming feet now sounded and voices eager and
nd
few open and two of the bridesmaids appeared. But
no one had seen Glencora
They waited and rs cOnjecturng dld not seem 10
improve their spirits they waited IN silence.
Presently the glit of light wheels sounded on the
walk 80 suddenly near. that they all started as II
'"ILSt's the captain said Mrs Ellathome rising.
"aud GlencOra, of course Alexander rushed down
the stems 4 cab was drawn up before the door; two
men were standing by the steps. one. the captain.
counting money, the other the cabnan, holding out
his hand for the iafe.
You needn't wait at your stand for me to-mor-
row" cried Captain Drnmmonds CHEEKY voice. rs the
cabmau Iuounted his box. III be better employed
hy this time Tomorrow evening hope, ha! ma!
Goodnight, cabby."
anaer cold lips the empty carriage wheeled roma
and disappeared. -,
Oh good evening 10 you, Buccleugh. Here WIN
tile girls but of course You are. rs a bridegroom
should be- What's that. GlencOra not WITH me!
OF conrse not Why. Buccleugh-good heavens;
Alexander what the matter" Captain DTunmohd
soued sailor of thirty man every men OF MN;
YOU might be sure. His bright blue eyes traVelg5u
from face ia face asTonlsnmeni; matter ohOhBh'
be conll see that. .
"Glencora has not been since half-past five,
said Mrs Ellathorne, at last;
"psappearedl Impossblew cried the captain.
knitting his bioWs at the mention OF the lnfor-
Not that captain" spoke mp Alexander. broad
glow on his face: not disGppedred III the way NOn
take it. Nobody distrusts my girl We fear some
What accident p demanded the captain, bluntly.
Q" Did she leave thc house alone Z"
Buccough wiped bis damp forehead, signing
heaayyily h.,oet rho house with me Iasked
her ont Just for u word ~ the lane she had not even
"A bonnet on her head When we came 10 the wicket
gate of the grove between the lands. sue mace
wagcr-'twas only q silly little bet with me-that
she'd be home first rs she was i'll hurry about some
sewing and She objected 10 my staying all the
evening alone at Donbun She was to 20 one way
the other We parted az the little gate, and in five
minutes had reached here; but We nave not seen
Which way did she go--by the canal !"
No indeed she went by the private path just in
,ide tie hedge through the high garden, parallel
with the lauc. | walked down by the canal because
was longer Than her way. Why, she hadn't three
minutes walk between her and the parlor window
.You say she had no bonnet on. She couldn't
have gone ~ see her muse
NO no auarlie we looked there" sobbed Florce
"Slc lad bonnet on. What am thinking of
said Alexander. Il was remembering little lace
al IrnbMuI gate. before turned 70 come back 10
the little wicket her maid came along the lane with
q bonnet and cloak for her. saving that Mrs. lila
thorno had sent them Does she know nothing about
Glcucora after left her =
Accordingly. the ladys maid was called mp ana
closely questioned by the captain but not the slight
ct information was ELECTED from her. Then ali the
servants of the household were summoned and
questioned in turn, but with no better success, and
af last the captain led Alexander aside and the two
went together and quietly gave orders that the
canal should be dragged.
Iust 1T this time their attention was attracted by
Il singular sOand. First a clink clink, cink, adown
t4e silent lane. coming closer-then, as the sound
became distinct mingled with il u regular snort and
rrsp.rug PAM: then a light, bounding tread, then,
tlp ewes assisting the ears, little cloud OF dust
would Lave loomed. rolling along the middle of the
road then TWO red eyes, and then Just as the iron
gate was reached, two White paws might he as
oerncd tearing beneath the non bars IN eager hurry
ANA az last with louder snort, the tawny figure
spiang aside Ia zap in the holly hedge best known
10 doghood wrigpcd through, and with long leaps
slrarp mp "a Lady Bank
NH. proved 10 be Glencora's deer-hound. Ossian
wet weary and savage from some cause only appar-
cut 10 Limsclf. cou.slug home 10 his kennel.
They Lad him IN the kitchen IN moment and pro-
ceedcd to examine BIN critically.
"Thole's been worse than an accident happened.
fear" exclaimed the captain, drawing long
breath after closely inspecting the dog. " That dog
Las been swimming for his life-not in the canal,
bat i. tho sea- The water on him IS sea-bI1ne, the
weeds on him are sea-gasS. Hes followed them
pretty distance before they threw HIM IN the tide.
Then reckoning Alexander to follow HIM, he
called th- dog aud they proceeded TO the stables,
where they ordered u gig and fleet horse jumped
m, taking the dog with them, and set OF for Gran
ton Pier
They drove and they walked they retraced aud
visited they covered poor OsSan's head until he
nearly Bit; and they mudded poor Ossians brains
until Ossian did not know who he was. why he was.
on where he was Then they drove the three miles
down 10 Portobello. and set him on the sands, and
retired after throwing to him one of Glenc0ras little
Gloves tor company.
Ossiau looked about. ran hther and tbithor. shook
himself aiG eapcr,d little then discovered he was
alone. lowl,d dtsmay. returned TO the glove,
- 4 up and finally started "A