The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-09-15
MY Lady GlGlgOVFie'S Peril.
BY MARY KYLE DALLAS.


She day broke amongst the Scottish hills
upon picture worth the painting. had
there been one to paint it,
An old gray castle with many moss grown
turrets, set amongst pines and cedars. and
at lts gate, great gray horse saddled and
Dridled for journey, and mounted upon
the great gray horse great gray man,
strong of frame and broad of shoulder with
wlne-red cheeks and clear blue eyes, who
fingered to say last word to the seryan,
VINO had brought him The stirrup cup.
You've always minded all things while
was away, Donald" he said, ''and Won
must mind them all the closer, now that
nave taken a bride in my age, when I
should no doubt have thought of other
things. When an old man marries a Young
lass it behooves him to watch her well.
I'm going away, Donald, and Pm often
away, you know. And in my absence Won
Will mark well the doings of my Young
wife. Where she goes and who come 10
see her, and if any come, what they talk of
together-you promise, Donaldp"
u must do what you bid me, my laird
but it's not pleasant thing to be spy.n
answered the sturdy man-servant, who had
grown gray in the service of Glengowrie.
And my lady is an innocent young thing,
and not likely to do i'll, if Pm Judge Of
womanlsind.''
"Well, we'll not call 1t spying, Donald -
said the laird, "we'll just speak of it as
guarding the innocent, and indeed il is
necessary, for women are all Eighty and
need the guarding hand and the warning
word. Yen guard my wife, Donald while
Pm away"
with my hearts blood, laird" said
Donald. Harm shall not come to he1
bonny leddYship, nor mischief, nor scandal
while Donald Blair is alive to shield her. ,,
He lifted his cap as if he took an oath,
and the laird stretched forth his hand to
him, STOPPING from the saddle.
Il trust you as l would my BROTHER" he
said, emptied the wine cup and was gone.
Meanwhile the lady slept. She was a
little creature whose movements were as
quick and graceful as those of a kitten.
and whose great black eyes were full of
mischief. She had married the Laird of
Glengowrie partly because she admired
him and partly because he was rich.
when her father, the poor school
master, died and left his pet grille alone in
the world, the laird had been very good to
her. He won her gratitude, her love-
such love as she had given her father-at
least.
She was perfectly content 10 be his wife,
and on their wedding day had met no one
who had inspired stronger feeling.
But now that she had been wife for
six good months, could she say as much
with a clear conscious? Did she not know
at least that there is something in the heart
OF youth that asks more than old age can
give ltp And it had all come about from
learning TO play on the guitar, for none
could teach her that but the dark-eyed
young Spaniard, who was such fayorite
with the ladies amongst the Scottish hills,
and not by any means so great a favorlte
with the men,.
The laird could deny his bride nothing,
and the Senior Carlos came and gave her
lessons.
Often and often in these days that had
come did she wish she had never seen him,
and yet he had never given her a lesson
save in the presence of her husband.
Alas, the senior was young and the laird
was old, and she could not help seeing the
difference; perhaps he remembered It toe
as he gave that charge TO Donald.
To-day, for the first time, she was tC
take her lessen alone.
Her heart beat as she thought of it, ant
by that token she knew it was her duty Il
send him away when he came, to end he
lessons, with just and proper payment
saying she was tired of the guitar. Blu
sue was not used to denying herself any
thing she could have, and, after all, wha
harm in a word or look?
My Lady Glengowrie in her husband
castle need fear no impertinence, and s,
the Spaniard came as usual and the lessol
was taken, and neither guessed that benin,
the old tapestry of the quaint old must
room, just where the harp stood. Donal
) was in hiding, his eye and his ear on tn
alert in the service of his laird's wee wifi
guarding her, not spying on her, as h
told himself again and again.
mo HARM" he said, as he watched tn
spaniard ride away that day. mo harm
as yet"
But the day came when from his hidin
place behind the arras he saw the guita
drop from the hands that held 1t, and b'
held the senior on his knees at the feet {