The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-06-12
TALES On THE BORDERS.
ift0aLECTIuNS or BTRNs.

CHATTER fi-
70 ai.-'.-s tHv. we Hraat together.
r-.. -l- y.ur haHd--us -rieni and bratheri
h hi-ht breeze hal risen AZ thc sun sur X,
..l uHr .ur- With at hcr sails sgt, came
g.r ,ng iha Shore She had nearly
ml he H,'e Bay in lont 81 the cave,
ali 1.. c.1r rvueu from aooTe, 10 tie num-
H.r ~ perhaps twenty, s1j descended 10
i.. u..s1. HA.n, ali If q sudden, after Q
t .le. and Q iriei hall minute Of
.4- .H.u among thc crew, she wore round
s.-5 QUITO aga. lurnad y5the south,
anl wa quarerrrcl vessel shooting ont
un heA.al one of lhc rocky hra lands,
a.l the1 bearing down i0 3 ing tack 1u thc
-HH-t'cr. "Ine .huss are upon uS." said
uH. 40 lHe c.rrtrym.H, whose er.s had
nrI I'D u. am. direction -''we shall
h.v. r0 sport te.u-ht.n Afc stood lining
..a aca il anxious c-riu-itr, thc breeze
ra-aeued as the evening fi', aad the luE-
.r. ~he lsseued to our si.at. went lean
u- Hsl The uam in p 'uu. bright iur-
I.v, a', catching tHc last -4t # evening,
-h.a. hk. she m Eg waF amid the blue.
t.ea Iua'V we could -.r thc fash, and
H,ar tra booming 40 @ auu Enm tre other
.e hut U.a r-.. f.i chick anl dark,
w.ye l0l began t1 hsh against tae
0, .rHwa.s .y.ry tcaN|ur sound ~ a
continuous r.a.i.- aui gv ry .rre of botu
..e t.ee aus Jaa ulss- disappeared The
parity i., un. ana was ] f standing alone
.a ... 1 e., Utue reerer home, bat in
F.I" 90 tr respect iu quite the same clr-
u..-.a. MI a- w..n -aHded tv mv American
..N- Uu .la ut.i rlat of tOnuauzht
.t...H.l0. Fruat's freaks A" / txclaim-
"hu -. w.I .he ran aa longer surprise
n..'
a uaa stepped out in Che darkness as
-, from beside one of the rocks; % was
l. JaseH t.lrHs' mF acluail lauc of Che
.ar., E... MI trt ev ming
.i h.ee waited, Mr Lindsay" ho sid,
"H - W..- SOME Jt tat country folks
.r.- uul l-,a t u,s 0f titir 0wu tD l1-
te Fau ra, u Eat H,t have br8aght yog
along t. -uem. But ! ann afraid you must
iasl be content 90 pass the night witt ne.
cam Ege goa share If MY bed aqd my
tur d. fleugh bothti an - ore. nee lmany
ap.l.. .ss made sal.ah.e anAnos--
Judgments anI Wa a.cenrrA the cliff tege-
t.er "l aTu, when at home my parenls, 7"
.al my companion, ''iu tLe inland parish
#. Torta'fn Bot, ilr tle last two months,
I hava at,. lel school here, and lodge with
atA ftsN H''af+nNr "
rF, as harvest I, ias. approaching, !
Hs a mr atHar'
"AnI z" replied "-aaI have the pleas
rre m anyirg lau in at least the
earlH lu ot F0lr journey, oa my way 70
'.rn.. whore my mother >t.ll lives"
No reached the village, and entered a
...s cottage, tlat presented its gable to the
street. and us side 60 one OF the narrower
...-
"l mls. aa5'aca you t0 ny landlady,"
H rtuHa .nn, "hn excellent, kind
tt ol Woman, with "A fund ~ honest
Scotch prag aul -ar-Hi good sense in her
alu.-..ioa, ati with tHe m9rher as strong
h.r hear. as er.r though she lost the
lest a. LI c4Hlr,u more dian twenty years
g1"
Nl taHd ,he good woman sitting beside
small Ua. rery claeriu' tire. THO hearth
Hs rea r swept, ana / l1or newly sand
wv. directly fronting hgr, there was an
.a.ir. which seemed "a have been
|aW. .ls lacl in Che expectation Of some
#.. tiI ID.
"1onare ea.r to 'oavn mc, R bert, my
.sI.. aail I.c vg.au, "ah' ! kenna how
-ai v.r za. an Hitn1ut YoU; have almost
forgotten, ='n va1 came Jo live with me,
t.nt tay uait.er children aor husband "
0n e-ur mf, sle stopped -eort.
"8o acquaintance" said my companion,
"wlem have made bold to bring with me
f1r t.c rgl'. bat you must not put your
f lo any trouble, mother. he Is, ] dare
ar, as mGeh accustomed @ plain fare as
Hrs.f Ouv however. we must get an
a.luaaaI pIHt of HlN nom the ciychaa /.
vuat tr.r tHsl ls mg iast evening With you,
4.4 was to be merry one al any rate.''
Tte wca.H booked me iull ia the face.
"AsftUew Lindsay l' sic exclaimed
"eaa F.u base forgotten s. ur poor Old aunt
M-rlr.. Z gra-pad h-r band.
"Dar--t ault, this ~ surely most uneX-
n.cI-d HOW could ! have 40 much AZ
-f,.r yvu Wars within a hQndrtd miles
W. ue Mutual congratulati0n ensucd
"lIiss she said, turning 70 my com
pali1r, "is the nephew have 80 often told
r.1 ab.ut, aud SO often wished to bring you
a.Il-. l wtu. he y, ilhs yourself, q
gf,.t Iarler aal a great thiHkef, and there
Is r0 road taat Yonr proud, kindly heart
,.au. ta Jealous of hln, ior ire has been
gcr guite as poor, ana may be the poorer
.i t.e tyo.' After sun more oF erecting
aud CoagratulauoH, the young man rose.
"Ihe night is dark, motaer," he said,
sand the road to the clachan a rough one;
besides sou and yuur kinsmaa vii have
much ta sav to one another shall lust
,hp out 70 THE Clachan f1r you; ana Won
saal b1tl tal me on your return whether !
am uot prune Judge OF ale"
"The biudast heart, Matthew, that ever
iF a3 my relative, as be left the
.aasa: even since he came to kifk0swald. he
H.s n.an hllu -0n and daughter to me, ard
,.7i tgl twice q widow when he goes
away"
"l am mistaken, aunt" said, 'if hc be
noi the strongest minded rlan ever saw
BE AS Ircd be- stands higb among the aris-
focacy oi nature, whateyec may be thought
Of him ia Bukoswold There is a robust
ness u intellect, JOINED 20 an overmastering
force of character, about him, which | have
aever vet seen cqualed, though have been
intimate with al least ore very superior
mind, and with hundreds Of the class who
pass for men Of talent ! have been think
ing ever since ! met with him, Of the vii.
ham Tells and :, ,.,.- n Nallaces Of history
men who in those times Of trouble which
unGx the foundations Of society, step out
from their obscuiity to rule the destiny Of
rati1ns."
~ was III about 4 month ago. said my
reiauve-"s0 very III that | thought was
Go have done with the world altogether; and
Robert was both nurse and physician TO me
he kindlcd my fire, too, every morning
and sat up beside NE sometimes for the
fgreater part Of the night What wonder
should love him as my cvn childY Had