The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-08-14

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and the brides maid, walked out among the
glades Of Craigieburn wood, . spot rendered
classic by the Immortal Burns. Philips had
| gathered some of the wild flowers that
! sprang up among their feet-the pale prim.
rose, the fair anemone, and the blue bells q
ScOtland-snd wove them into q garland.
As ne vas placing them on Marion's brow,
aud shading back the long haxen tresses
that hung across her cheek, he said gAiIy-
There wants but . broad water hy to
place in the centre Of thy forehead, my sweet
Marion for where should the fairest f1wsf
OF the valley be, but on the brow of its
queen Come with me, jamie, and in bali
an hour We will bring the fairest that floats
on Loeb Skene. So, kissing the cheek Of
bis bride, Philips and bis brother set on up
the hill with the speed Of the mountain deer.
They arrived at the foot of the waterfall,
painting, and excited with their exertiOns.
BY climbing up the rocks close to the stream
the distance TO the lOch is considerably
shortened; and Philips, who had often
ciaubered to the top OF the Bitch Craiz, a
high cliff On the Manor Water, proposed 20
his brother that they should speed the
height" The other, = supple, agile lad, M
stsntly consented. "Gle me your plaid,
then, Jamie, my man-it will maybe fash
ye," said Philips, "and gang We first, AMI
keep weel to the hillside" Accordingly the
boy gave his brother the pl,id and began
the ascent. While Pnilips was knottinS his
brothers plaid round his body, above his
own, . fox peeped out Of his hole half way
up the cliff, and thinking fight advisable,
dropped down the precipice Laughing till
the very echoes rang, Philips followed his
hr0fhar NnnGAanf in his arv,l ~
ed with firm step till he was within few
yards Of the summit. James was now on
the top of the precipice, and looking down
on his brother, and not knowing the cause
OF his mirth, exclaimedI' DAursay, Gallant,
ye're fey" ("Fey," is Scottish word, ex-
pressive of that unaccountable and violent
mirth which is su ,posed frequently to por-
tent sudden death.-ED.) III q moment the
memory Of his last nighes vision rushed on
Philips Grey's mind, his eyes became dim,
his limbs powerless, be droppsi of the very
edge Of the giddy precip'ce, and his form
was lost in the sck gull beloR. For few
moments James felt q sickness Of heart
which rendered him almost insensble, and
sank down on the grass lest he should fall
over the ciiif. At length, gathering strength
from very terror, he advanced to the edge Of
the cataract and gazed downwar Is. There,
about twO-thris down the fall, he could
perceive the remains Of bis brother, mangleG
and mutilatei; the bIdy beirg firmly we1g-
ed between two projecting poiuts u rock.
whereon the descending water streamed,
while the bleeding head hung dangling, and
almost separated from the body-and, turned
upwards, discovered to the horrif.i boy the
starting eyebals Of his brother, already fixed
in dea b, and che teeth clenched in the Bit
ter agony which had tortured his passing
spirit.
Ii is scarcely necessary to detail the con-
of this cruel accident. Assisi ance
was procured, and the nangled body con
veyed to the house OF Marion's father,
whence, few short hours agp, the young
shepherd ha ! issued in vgor a ID happiness.
When the widowed BRIDE saw James Grey
return with horror painted on his features,
she seemed Instantly to divine the iul ex-
tent Of her misfprtu uIe; sle sank down on
the grass with the unfinished garland Of her
dead lover in her hand, and n this state wa$b
carried home. For two days she passed
from one tt to another but on the night OF
the. second Day she sank into deep sleep.
That night James Grey was watching the
Corpse Vi uls OrOtner tne COMO was placed
on the very bel where they had slept two
nights ago. Tue plate gleamei from the
shadowy recess, and the words" Philips
Grey, aged 23," were distinctly visible.
While James was r,A.cung on the prophetic
vision Of his brother, . figure, arrayed in
white garments, entered the room, and
meved towards the dead body. L. was poor
Marion.
She slowly lifted the lid of the coffin, and
gaz d long and intsndy on the features OF
ner dead husband. Then, turning round to
James, she uttered q short, shrill shrek, and
fell backwards on the corpse. She lowered
between life and death for q few DAYS. and
at length expired. She now lies by the sid 9
IT her lover, in the solitary burial ground oi
s.. Mary's.
SucL is the event which combines, with
others no. less dark aud terrible, to throw
Wild interest around those gloomy rocks.
M,ny a time you will hear the story from
the Inhabitants Of those hills and, until
fretted away by the wind and ram, the pla id
and the bonnet Of the unfortunate PnlIiDs
Grey hung upon the splintered precipce TO
attest the truth Of the tale.