Telegram-herald., 1890-10-19


@o4iQ 1eploF. As Z seTes sIi1 s<t l9os
she - = s6ef safa = rank s20FeaseaL q
2octrlgsl prah.s1ns. tn4t ksQs as sesl
sts r2shNk % nleet znd parry Then
taey No1io suts 1s ana ae0taer sonE
IA PRAISE 81 Lorc Lov4t. tae lsys of the
LoFas noDse, clza. lie cb4ses hosp. tail-
tee 2ad ell, AS gives altn r0Sf of
eontuset TIA leT alld aalnQr treble. ms
gave Lhens courage t. nloyS front ana
hauS up0a ny friend. whea. As ! after
wards learned. al the famldcaNcns q
the bf0keD Covenant sere natiis1
over w.th wonderful g,gor, and this as
sau.t . Iurl gave pisce - au luteFlndr,
Or ruee, ID which the entire party.
munster and All, sang vita great
vehemenee ana feeling .'(5earxn
Nan tiaahesl "Tne Cry OF the
Gael" As il they had gathered power
from tile strange notes ~ this lanl-
eaauou, tne whole eoach-.oK q, driver
and AZ sci upoa lay friend zBa hurried
at him po'nls a ''Jns,'icstion' "Adop-
uon" and "SaneuhcaNon IN AZ ecsl3-
cy OF aFT0mentAuye frenzy. They
stood Up 10 It resides. To see more
than a dozen vigorous HighSnders
standing a. aigh as the lurcalng ot the
coach would lel them, pounding their
palms and each others broad shoulders
TO empnasize their arguments. each AL
most singing bis Wildly earnest asser-
lions Ia tongue unknown - English
ears, and al reaching chmaxes ot elo-
quence OF hurting thundeTbOlts OF doc
Einal lOs.c, NTH a half yelled "Nls'-
nls.' l"N0w -now,''l IS some partcu-
larly effective point was made; and AL,
70 one unused TO their innocent WAYS,
apparently ready 10 annlhllstc my inin-
lsterial friend 10 whom they were all
deyOtedly attached. and VINO finally
sank helpless uuder the tempest of ora
tory. was 10 know with malicious
thrill OF delight, that there some place
IN the world where the preacher must
sit STILL and writhc, even rs long-sutfer-
ing parishioners, under h.s own teach
IngS, returned to be heaped up and
poured back upon hlm Ike the bread
upon the waters which returneth after
many DAYS.
But far up the strath our horses were
chancSt at little clachan. Then here
and there, where foot-paths turned to
the helghths above or the valley be-
meath, peasant doctrinarIes one by one
descended and diapDeared with a de-
parting shot of Scriptural ferocity,
harder and fiercer than all the crags
above Us. The shadows crept in and
were marshsled in dark phalqnxes in
the strath bed far down there, thou
sands OF feet below. The river, now
broad and CLASSY, now a foaming tor
rent, and again a feathery waterfall,
only disclosed its course IN sound.
Hints of great hunting lodges, like cas-
ties, were revealed by ghostly turrets
sharply cut against at the leaden sky
above the darkenlng trees, or by tre-
nlsn dOus gates before great avenues of
sycamoreS, or by hveried servitors
standing at the roadside to catch the
mall-pourhes flung TO them as we rat
tied by. And finally FIVE little tiaxen
heads, apparition-like bobblng beside
the coach, and Growing and shouting
to the ''Pappy" beside me, told me we
were at last In the heart of grand
Strathglass; and that the great square
pile behind the larches. from which the
welcoming lamp and fire-light shone,
was the sweet old Manse of Fasnakyle,
where. for little, "a Yankee pilgrim was
to find hospitabie Highland home.
EDGAR l.. WAKEMAN.