Los Angeles daily herald., 1885-12-20
CHAPTER XIV.
MAN TO MAN.

byterians, anl Flora was a Roman Catholic
so thsy left the cortsge Mt the gats Of tn
burial ground The chief m1urnor5 wer,
the doctor, JEANNE, AMI Wilt.
When they approached til, grave tber'
stood beside it a gig mite maI, whom Willie
instantly rec gnizel from Ei8peth Mac
Dimmid's description. There wal NJ mis-
take about the "corbie's beak I'D the evl
Gen. now blood shotten and inf lmad Tue
very sight OF this loathsome creature sol
lumieson's blood on fire, and he had the
greatcit difficulty in restraining himself
from taking the law into his own HAMS
there aud thea. A hugs white horse. a
vicious.looking beast with tremendous
Roman nose, stood tied up without the gate,
cIamping fret ully at the bit As soon as
the coffin was lowered, with an impatient
gesture Deemrster turned away, leapei on
the horse gavo him the spur, and was cut
OF sight i'll moment
"Alter all, y mutterel Willie, between his
teeth, sit is best it should be so. | can
wait, can waltz
On returning TO Gairloch house after the
funeral he and the doctor found tho rela-
tives in solemn conclave in the dining room,
and paying their respects to the Funeral
baked meatsn
The general buzz of conversation ceased as
Jamie 'on entered Without ceremony DIR.
Miller proceeded to read the will. With the
exception of certain legacles such as five
hundred pounds to the doctors daughter,
five hundred pounds to thelawyer two hun
dred year to JEANNE, and various smaller
sums TO the servants, the whole of the es-
tate, real and personal, money invested in
stock etc, amounting in the aggregate to
gDpnf htuU lilo ttVaiva thpnaaul mounds n
year was bequeathed to Jameson in trust
for Curly df he should he alive failing this
Willie was to inherit everything absolutely,
without lot, hinlrance, or control, being
constituted residuary legatee and joint ex-
ecutor with DIR. Miller.
Wien tho will was read dead silence en-
sued.
Evidently tho family circlo had been al
ready prepared for this intelligence, and
their plan of action had besn arranged
Every one turned round and looked ut the
lawyer who rose, and clearing his throat
with glass OF sherry, said;
'Ahem, my friends, | am already &c
quainted with your views, and it only re-
mains for me to carry out my instructions
Aheml DIR. Miller, l beg to Inform YOU and
yonier young man that my clients here
assembled will resist to thu utteTmost the
carrying out of this will, and, In fact, legal
proceedings have this day been commenced,
praying the court not to grant probate on
the grounds of insanity on the part of the
testatrix and undue influence on the part of
the residuary legatee ACHING under adj
vice, the soal of the procurator fiscal has
been placed upon all documents, valuables,
etc, belonging to the estate, AMI as we are
de facto in possession (Which, as you are
doubtless aware, is nine points OF the law
on behalf of the next of kin, nothing re-
mains for me but to request the 50
called executors and the woman JEANNE
MACPHERSON to quit this house with as little
delay as possible. As we do not wish to be-
have ungenerously, we will allow You hall
an hour to clear out We have left nothing
to accident, and the police are here should il
be found necessary to have recourse TO them
in aid Of the PROCESS of ejectmant.
Here was "a deadlock. The doctor and
Jameson took stock of the situation, found
the enemy held every card except the will,
and, DESTROYS of avoiding scandal, left the
house Immediately without word. Not SO
poor JEANNE She gave the enemy a hot
time of it, but in the end even she had to
succumb to the rough logic of facts.
Jameson accompanied the doctor to his
solicitor, and gave instructions for the de-
Tense OF their rights under the will, and SC
commenced the litigation in the famou;
case of Jameson and Miller against Mac
Allistar and othersn
Fortunately for JEANNE, the doctor, who
was widower, wanted n housekeeper tC
look after his daughter Maggie, and he in.
stalel Jea ME at once.
Jameson had an engagement offered hin
for Glasgow, AMI there was nothing to de
tain him further, except to "have i6 out
with Mr.. Deamps ar.
Ssrathmiues is about six miles from
Aberdeen, but that was nothing to Willie
so he walked over one fine morning after
breakfast On arriving at the lodge Ia in.
quirel if the laird was about The lodge
keeper replied;
Tie Is gone out to have wee bit rabbit
shooting. You'll find him in the glen yon.
der, about a nile and bttocl1 AVA
\ milo and a bittock means two good
English miles or more Still it was all IN
the dnys wax. At length Willie reached
the glen. As he entered at one end Deemp
ster appears at the other, with his gun and
his dog, pretty black pointer As the two
men approached each other the dog cam
bonding forward, and licked Jameson.
hanl. The laird pulled himself up stifiiy
and growled out:
"Now, then, what do you wantl'
Il want YOU, Daniel Deempster. Do yor
know mep
''Oh aye. l ken you well enough. Your,
the pay-actor fellow that was at the funera
the other day; but you're no in the kirk
yard tbs moo, you're trespaSsing on ms
ground, SO you'd better make yourself
scarce.
MT till l have settled my account witt
yoi.'
"Nc3 Is the fellow madr
"fa,c care that YOU keep civil tongu,
in your head, MIR. D3empster, or it will b,
the worse for YOU I've waitel for th
two years or more, but now the time ha
clmc'
swell, now that it has come, once more
ask-What do you want with met
II want to tell you that when you CAV,
Donald Campbell that foul blow, out below
The hi, by Dulhopo Ferry, you murders,
two hves, AMI because the law can take n,
cosnizluce o. your crime you think you cal
e4eQps w Il impunity"
"ImJulityw roared Deempster; sis i
! impunity TO have that baby faced block
head, with his great glittering eyes, hi
white face, AMI fair hair streake1 witt
blood. standing by my b,d and board By
day and night But there-clear our q
| I'll riddl, your hide with buckshotl Yo,
wol'ti Then, by AMI with this word h,
lftel his gun and let fly at Willie
Fortuna ely, his eve was quicker than th
( others hand and he cast himself full length
| on the grass as the charge nsw harmlessl,
! over him. The next instant he was at hi
! wouli-bc assns 3in's throat, hal snatche1 tn
( rifle from HIM, smashed the stock and bar
/ rel over his knea, and hurled it a hun1re,
/ PAGES away.
Tho o.uter stood still and tramblel
! Then tie trageiian said, in storm, que
/ voice;
81 dom wish to have blood on my soul
not even ths blood of such skunk a yol
are. But | am gong t. thrash YOU as Ion.
| as | can stand over you. So put up you
! hands, and don't let me take you at a disad
vantage
you take me at acknowledgement
Don't talk, hut put up your hands, l bel
you
And the two men went at 1t hammer an
tongs. Deempster had met his match 70
the first time IN his life, an in quarter O
an hour he lay on his back, beaten With
an inch Of his lie.
The p or little pointer perceived &"
! divided duty He came and snarlsi at tn
victor rs if going to bite him, then appaI
entity he alterel his mind, aud licked h
| hand. After that he W mt over TO his ma,
ter and licked the beaten giants face.
Without another word Jameson turne