St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-10-01

u" iiel SIIel, the women rocking them
selves to and fro. and SAYING with man,
SobS that there was no lass in all tn,
islands 50 good lass as AilaSa Mae
donald. And this was noticed tina
while the men. old men and Young men
asked questions of Duncan Lewis abou
what had happened. he answered then
with his eyes fixed on the ground. an,
never once lifted them to ANY one:
| face; and of all the people there. Ais
ter Lewis WAS the only one who woult
not ask any questions. but sometime.
he stared i'll silence ut his brother an,
at his downcaSt face.
W hat satisfaction could he gainrC
from any questions or answers? They
had Wakencd the lad out of his bed
wh" had last pulled across the small
boat. and had examined him about tn,
cork III the bottom of that fIail craft
He admitted that, during the day. find
ing the boat had been leaking. he and
two others had pulled her up on til,
beach. and taken ont the cork as tn,
handicSt method of balm. her: but
that the cork WAS property put in again
WAS proved 10y his having subsequently
pulled the boat "vp to Killccna and
back.
".tN. ay." said Duncan Lewis. eager
~. when hc heard this. 1.-THE cork Wa>
loose -;iN. the cork WAS maybe lou>r
and | may hcf kicked it ont with IN,
feet.
And it is Il liar N"u are. Duncan
Lewis. said the tall Young lad. fierce
lN. "For hammered the cork in with
Il stone; and how could .Nou hcf kicked
the cork when it wa>s atNern the
sparS -
At this Duncan Lewis flew into Il
great rage. and would have laid hands
on the boy but that the people held
him back. There were one "r tw" W h"
looked ut each other when. in the.
height "t his passion. he said he would
NOT lc accused ton nothing.
All the following" day they searched
the shores: and then they found the
second oar washed up 10y the tide on
the SkrirmoIe rocks. where il had got
hidden among the >ca-Wccd. They
went round Ia the other islands. ard
sent messages tn the fishing stations
and harhnr>; all tn II" purpose. They
found out. indeed. that Il small schooner
from NatrI>IN. in BaIIa. laden with
l"ltin@> and bound tor >trI1cn. must
have passed round the outside oi thc>r
islands Just about day break on that
fatal morning: and nn the mere chance
of this vessel having seen or heard ANY
thing of Il ca>taWay. they gave due
notice I" the ports at which sine might
call. In course of time the m,.>>.l".
came back. The II'hifc UcI,n had
PASSED outside ihc islands in question
about seven in the morning. bat had
seen nothing.
Day after day thus passed in hope
but not IN expectation for there s,cm-
ed tn hc no doubt about the tate that
had nvrItakrn Aila>a on the very night
of her Wedding. Ali>rrr Lewis wa> Il
changed man. In these few days he
had grown haggard and silent he
would speak tu II" one. He only walk
ed round the shores. ur pulled out in Il
boat 10y himself. ~ if hr still cNpcctcd
to hear his name called and when. If
10y chance he came into the house. he
SIM Duncan there. he nnmc lately
went ont again. The two hl"thci~ had
not exchanged 4 word.
One day Ali>tcr sought ont his brother
Nicnl. and said To him.
- ,,, ;, ,,, r,.. I,.,...L
Vial. :.
~
anu ny "'' ""''' ',i' '
FERRY goo" 'n'''% ZOO N'"l H'I"' loon
In% at ,i'' young man III \"" VIII
stay in Darrnch. Ali>trr Lewis. it is Il
madman You will Ice. The poor lass
aN. ay what is the Use of watching
tor her amy more and lou are think
'h% H"" hei n'a''i iler speak II l. Ilhr
I" men N"" ,'''' YES " - u S"'"'
'hihS H"" VII Z" AWAY an" I""h aI''r
H"'', >'l'"''
am hu' gong l" l""h al''f amy
school. Hald the N"lln" man. with Il
big lump using IN his throat, hat N'lNN
for Alla>n that ! wanted t" have th"
school. ION would not nave me stay
III Ma"l-hcg now. Nlc"l Lewis! There
l. no man could Ito that.
And where will YOU he for going.
then ," said Nicol.
"-Amcrica.
The elder brother uttered Il cry.
''Ihcn 1t Is no more we will see Nou
in the world.
Il will z" I" Glasgow. and tell the
gentlemen that they will gcf some one
else for the school then | can get Il
boat ut Glasgow for New York. There
are some here who will hr glad to see
me no more.
Nicol looked ut the Young man, half
afraid and suddenly The whole look
and manner of AliStcr Lewis changed.
\ ghaStlv pallor shot into his face he
clcnchcd his hands: and then he almost
cried aloud,
Eyes, Do Won know why il is that
| am going to America 1t is ihiS. Nicol
Lewis that if | live i'm this island an
other week there will be IL murder
here, YES. as sure as | am aIiver"