Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-06

ksaalea by the priest. and hallss
speeds AWAY 10 muster the clan fo
guide nm through the tortaoas way
out OF the wilderness. fitz James has
engaged Red Murdoch, q eowherd. In
crossing rocky ridge they Gene upon
= maniac. poor Blanche Of peyan. in
one OF hls naurderoas forsys into tue
lowlands Roderlck had COME upon .
joyous wedding party. In has Pc
euliar, off-hand manner Roder-
lek stabilized the bridegroom 10
the heart and carried the
bride away captive. The lady VINO
played the part of Blanche Mas not
worn and wasted, ~ the poem repre-.
sents, tut fair-haired woman Of
great beauty and rare histronic talent
She was clad in picturesque rags ex-
tremeiy deooileie, and Was fancifully
decorated with the flowers Of the
broom and heather.
Half Mad and Half silly.
Her rendering OF the part was beaun-
fully artistic. and far eKcslled any in-
personation of Ophelia l have ever
seen. She disclosed in q half mad,
half silly manner, the treachery and
danger by which the knight Is sur.
rounded. Red Murdock, seeing that
the game 10 up. runs away in one dlrec-
ton while Blanche disappears in the
other. The guide. feeling safe at .
distance from the knight, draws ms
long bJw-a habit peculiar 10 guides
and sends an arrow whislling through
Fitz James whiskers. The ARROW
passed out of sight aud brought nr
with . loud whack, as If II had landed
against the broadslde of a barn. A
loud shrek in the distance announce:
that somebody is hurt, and Blanche
staggers in with the arrow sticking N
her corset. BY these incidents ! wa'
led 10 helleve that either Blanche had
picked up the arrow and sulcided with
IL, or else she was made of sterner stun
than lady actresses usually are. The
knight Stays the guide and promises "a
ayenge the wrongs ot the unfortunate
girl. The death &C me WAS grand
piece of acting. Alter this Fltz Jane.
has an awful time on the mountain,
stumbling over rocks and tearing
through the brush. Rodeiick suspect,
HIM as spy. Every pass be.
faithful clansman and the chief pick:
out a good place for himself and lays
for James. The latter gentleman j:
discouraged. 1.-The gale has chilled tn:
limbs with frost and he Is afraid thai
the Gael wall cause them 10 chill sill
further before he gets out OF the
woods"
James Makes . Dlun.
Suddenly he comes upon Roderick
lying before a wa,cniire. The chief
Iou;.ds TO his feet ike mountain stac
ana his huge broadsword points witt
deadly import toward James epigas
trium. James sees that he is in for i
and makes big bluff. Roderick, who
expected TO find him a sneak, rather
likes his style and says:
Enough. enough. sit down aud share.
soldiers couch. u soldiers fare.
He produces from his pouch some
sliced dried beef and Saratoga chips
which James eats with apparent relish
He then tells the wanderer that he vii
guide him TO the border On the morrow
and from thence his warrant is hi
sword. Tins means that when they
reach Coilantogle's Ford, James mus
either yanqulsh his conductor or d,
some phenomenal running, If he in
tends TO go any further. lie night u
cold and the knight shivers like do:
as he lies sleeping on the shakedown o
hemlock boughs. The chief watche
him a short time and then takes off hi
own plaid and spreads 1t carefully owe
his sleeping foe. The house goes wili
at this act of knightly courtesy. TIL
spirited dialogue of the two warriors OF
their way to the border was conductet
with dignity and force from beginning
to end. The man who sees the funn,
side of serious things is deserving o
universal pity, as some of the grandes
dramatic cllmaxes are often spoiled b,
the failure of an insignificant detail
While the two warriors are passin
through the bristllng jaws of the tro:
sachs, FitzJames deiies Rodersck an,
his whole band.
Supex Hehfud the Screens.