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ground it was said to stand on; for, by
strange condcscenson in a man 50 proud
only that he was man still more ambitious
he was said to have crept into nobility by
trucking to the Irish. Sir Thomas Sullivan,
Col. Burke, and the rest were his daily com
rades, by which course he Withdrew himself
from his own country folk. All the small
intriguos he had hand in fomentng
thwarted my Lord George upon thousand
points; was always for the advice that seemed
palatable to the prince, no matter if it was
good or bad; and seems upon the whole dixie
the gambler he was all through life to have
had less regard to the chances Of the cam
paigu than to the greatness of favor he might
aspire to- if (by any luclq it should succeed
For the rest, no did very well in the field; no
one questioned that; for he was no coward
The next was the news of Culloden, which
was brought to Durrsdeer by one of the ten
ants sons, the only survivor, he declared, Of
all those that had gone singing up the hill
BY an unfortunate chance, John Paul and
Macconochie had that very morning found
the guinea piece (Which was the root of all
the evil sticking in a holly bush; they had
been "up the gait" as the servants say at
Durrisdeer to the change house; and if they
had little left of the guinea, they had less of
burst into the hall where the family sa. at
dinner, and cry the news TO them that Tam
Macmorland was but new lichtit at the door,
aud-wirra wirra--there were name to come
behind HING
They took the word in silence like folk con-
deinned; only Mr.. Henry carrying his palm
to his face, and Miss Alison laying her head
outright upon her hands. AS for my lord,
he was like ashes.
81 have still one son." says he. "And,
Henry, viii do you this justice, it is the
kinder that is left"
1t was a strange thing to say in such mo-
ment: but my lord had never forgotten Mr..
Henry speech, and he had years Of injustice
or his conscience. Still it was strange
thing; and more than Miss Alison could let
pass She broke ont and blaInad my lord for
Ills unnatural words, and Mr.. Henry because
he Was sitting there in safety when his
brother lay dead, and herself because she
had given her sweetheart i'll words AT his de-
parture: calling him the flower of the flock,
wrnging her hands, protesting her love aud
crying on him by his Nance so that the SER
wants stood astomished
Mr.. Henry got to his feet and stood hold
ing his chair; it was he that was like ashes
| now.
ON" he burst out Suddenly, 81 know you
loved him!"
"The world knows that. glory be to Godl"
cries she; and then to Mr. Henry: There is
none but me to know one thing-that you
were traitor 10 him in your heart"
God knows" groans he, ut was lost love
| on both Sides
Time went by in the house after that with
| out much change; only they were now three
ore r,rl,i ,,l
hinder of their loss. Miss Alison's money,
| you are to bear in mind, was highly needful
for the estates; ard the one brother being
dead, my old lord soon set his heart upon her
marrying the other. Day in, day out, he
would work upon her, sitting by the chimney
| side with his finger in his Latin book, and his
| eyes set upon her face with kind of pleasant
| intentness that became the old gentleman
| very well If she wept, he would condole
with her like an ancient man that has seen
worse times and begins to think lightly even
| of sorrow; if she ragged, he would fall to
reading again in his Latin book, but always
with some civil excuse; If she offered las she
often did to let them have her money in a
| gift, he would show her how little it consisted
with his honor, and remind her, even if he
should consent, that Mr.. Henry would GER
tainly refuse
No doubt this quiet persecution wore away
much CT her resolve; no doubt, besides, he
had a great influence on the girl, having
stood in the place Of both her PARENTS; and
! for that matter, she was herself filled with
| the spirit of the Duries, and would have gone
a great way for the glory of Durrisdeer, but
not 80 far, | think, as to marry my poor
patron, had it not been strangely enough
for the circumstance of his extreme unpopu-
larity.
This was the work Of Tam Macmorland
There was not much harm in Tam; but he
had thar grieyous weakness, a long tongue;
and as the only man in that country who
had been out (or rather who had come in
again he was sure of listeners, Those that
have the underhand in any fighting, l have
observed, are ever anxious to persuade them
selves they were betrayed BY Tam's ac-
count OF it, the rebels had been betrayed at
every turn and by every officer they had
! they had been betrayed at Derby, and be-
trayed at Falkirk; the night march was a
step of treachery of my Lord Georges; and
| Cullolen was lost 10y the treachery OF the
Macdonalds. This habit of imputing treason
grew upon the fool, till at last he must have
in Mr.. Henry also. Mr.. Henry (by his ac-
count had betrayed the lads of Durrisdeer
he had promised to follow with more men,
and instead of that he had ridden to King
George.
"Ay, and the next dayl" Tam would cry.
1.-THE puir bonnie master and the puir, kind
lads that rade W him, were hardly over the
scaur, or he was aff-the Juls Ay, weel-
he has his way OF; he's to be my lord, nae
less, aud there's mony cauld corp amang
the Hieland heather!' And at this, if Tam
had been drinking, he would begin TO weep.
Lot any one speak long enough he will get
believers This view of Mr.. Henry's behavior
crept about the country by little and little;
it was talked upon by folk that knew the
contrary but We're short Of topics; and it was
heard and believed and given out for gospel
| by the ignorant and the i'll willing Mr.
Henry began to be stunned; yet awhile, and
the commons began to murmur rs he went
by, and the women (who are always the most
bold because they are the most safe TO cry
out their reproaches to his face.
The master was cried up for a saint, Ii
was remembered how he had never had any
hand in pressing the tenants as, indeed, nc
more he had, except to spend the money. lie
was little wild perhaps, the folks said; but
how much better was natural, wild lad that