Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-26
SPELLS, OR NO SPELLS.
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Come over the mountains.--
gut Inc old woman stopped her sternly.
"csa paair oslo folly" she said "It be M I
soslly. Gin ye mann say It, say 1t where
Judith MacDougal tsitye to- an zee what
win come to ye. Girls mAun all be fules
till 81 re lad comes, an then they mxun |
greater fules yet. Gang AVA, chiea, an, |
ai,.s,st fash me VII yer folly"
g. pretty Janet with the bah Of yarn In |
her land, went out to the moonlight !
silor4e, wrapped in q heavy plaid.
"lfIcld tho end Of the yarn and fling the |
ball oyer clid," Judith had told her.
cas- .,ou rewind the yarn say the spell
alos1, again and again. It will bring !
your iover to You, If he be on earth. When
Z tried Last year Donald stole up behind
ME aGG! kissed mo on the cheek, and he
and aEe to wed at Christmas"
So JAnet hurried along the path that led
10 the lifts a. bonnie q lassie as Scotland
held that night, as brave and fearless.
Hut vhen she had cast her ball into the
darkness and felt the thread tighten In
ioy IN gers she cast swift glance over her
ehouiier before beginning the rhyme:
Come ovOr tho mountains
: ,aoaning cry from the sands below
bIoh@ 90 her spell.
Sue sprang 10 hor feet, 1.-THE a. young
dec; gathered the plaid around her, and
:s.s' liz atty along a path, perilous to feet
less SD @ than herA which ran along the
e:'ge OF tho cliffs and led directly to the
white Darrenness below.
Nho fact that It was q November night,
and she had come out to try spell OF
which her aunt did not approve, was tor
gotten as she sped down the path, light
ai.u sure-looted as chamois on its ma
tive hills
"a. last she reached the base OF the
ellis, and then some of the dauntless
courage forsook her and he stiyered in
the night air. ~ !, >
For great. black steed lay PROSTATE be-
Gore her, struggling and kicking ut tho
ss,ll but evidently unable to rise. Z:
Nrar him, but beyond reach of the
traudc hoofs, as though, having drawn
hln,aalf 40 far from danger, life and fear
and all things else had fallen from him,
lay u man, with white face upturned 70
the smiling calm of the sky. ,I:
1T is the laird's son. Douglas Came
on?' she cried, with star, sand heaven
be2rienl hiln---he il deadr'
'sl1ay, lassr' be answered, laboredly.
Il am crushed btt and my log Is broken,
iy,1t it takes much to kill q Cameron"
with the last word he tainted dead
.43ay She could do nothing for him
ti.ere, so she few up the steep path like
Dvallo4v, and on through the night, to tho
cottage of old blind D:a, who had 'twa
iaaw lads"
1t was not long ere he WAS lending tho
ty4rrdy fellows to where 81. had left the
laiPl's sou
.,1> -
ken them how, in riding ic,le he had loee
himself in dream and not needed that
his horse was on the very edge of the cliff
until a stumble Of the animals had sent
steed and rider over the rocks down to
the Sends below.
MY Bonnie Raven Will M harm me
1nl-t1," he said, in conclusion. CHANGING at
the y3ost rate horse.
'rney lifted him us though he was q
child and bore him mp tho path. Janet
ran before to prepare her aunt.
81 kennel ma guide would COON o. sic
FOLLY" Nancy said, simply.
And then she began to prepare a place
FOR tho injured man, her laird's son.
The young man had very much life still
In atm, as was proven by the week ol
dielriuln, during which he was as one raw
ing mad; but Wnen consciousness 10.
turned and he lny weak, bandaged, VITA
wounds OH him which leave theie ssaea
upon him all hts life, he did not seem t1r.
happy in the cottage, but would he long
his eyes, or, bidding her read, would close
them and listen.
At last, when the sleet was falling out
side, and rugged Scotland looked mor<
thsn usually nnlovely, the Old Laid drove
down to see his son, as he had done daily
since the accident.
"Ye're we'll enow to gang hame, my
lad" He said, on leaving. ''pn send To-
ye tomorrow"
After his father had gone the young
man lay long watching Janet's sweet face
as It bent over her sewing AZ last b.
spoke ''%
"Ye heard 1t lass" he said softly; q.
am weel enow to gang hame."
Yes" she answered
"Will we miss me, l6ssieS''
No reply. But Janets cheeks are burn
ing. Oh, how sadly che viii miss u
1aird's son when hs goes back to hi
people. Il, s s:..
and took her own-not very white. no
III viii leave ye WI lighter heart IL "
ID. hut ray IT. Ye will think 81 mo some
~. II couldn't forget" she said softly. M
t.s~. .''T'hen, whom { come for, - sdAe dAJ
win ye gang WI ma Janstt >{ f'E
She lifted Mar serious ;blue Sges % 81
face then, and they were glowing. b
-, steadfast s.f =. %s III r ~ t$ss
yes I WIN gang wrye when u come ID
me," said she. %t%HaSSSss1 s.#% : ST,
And he bent forward and Kissed her q
the forehead. 4 ~ : = - .,< sS . l.
Then Nancy came in, and the Young ma
,sz- told her. + y |.s.s =,
a: ~. when tho heather blooms will ste.
s. Janet from ye,,n he said II eouhna liy
,wi'out The lasste now, an I Will cheris
= her ,fu' carefully. 3
J. The womsn Looked q him very griml,
DTS ma u lnck for her, Shs said /,
length at0 We'd WI Che lai1des son. II
al viii ha' bath s. 81
AVE; an, e love To lassss. II N
miss her sairly, tls gadD God kens /, but
a. win ma say 10 mar, ior Tie lassie love
We. II all cam through that duff fule
Judith MacD ougal "a, the spell 81
wrought on halloween. All. weel III
X upcoo glad tbs lasaie's got q lover wisael
and bind fov fearsd sho would. trin
the deil himser hane With her 4haa nigh
II Hut fhe suds Lord ll,lsiils 70 bath. ID kee
Je trn@ q ana snitAeE. mn happy for ~
be na too auld 70 pk1y Tor fye !: buts
thochtI could kssp my chiel ncny =. u
Yet. Al, weel love steals into syeeh
hearta spells ornA spellsg' y va
+ ~ Il 81 N
q H1oasans lneiaens. s5 81. 81
a youn1 lady aMsy Whiting bera4
homes md n the preeence of : hi
nve-yoarold frisnd sohlOqutza4 I slou