The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-11

Luckily, caught floating spar. and by
Its aid reached land. Here Alan's button
brought me guidance from his clansmen,
10 whom L showed it, and after some aim
less wandering I was put on the right
road, and learned from the people / met
that Alan had also escaped, and had
passed that way before me. When 1
reached the wood OF Lsttermore | sat
down at spring to eat. when a sound of
men and horses came to me through the
wood, and presently after. at turning Of
the road, saw four travellers come into
view. The way was in this part SO rough
and narrow that they came singly and led
their horses by the reins. The first was a
great. red-headed gentleman, of an imperi-
Gus and flushed face, who carried his hat
IN his hand and famed himself, for he
was IN breathing heat. The second. by
his decent black garb and white wig, I
correctly took to be a lawyer. The
third was servant, and wore some
part of his clothes in tartan, which
showed that his master was of
a Highland family, and either
AN outlaw or else in singular good odor
with the government. since the wearing
OF tartan was against the act, If / had
been better versed in these things would
have known the tartan to be Of the Argyle
Tor Campbell) colors. This servant had a
good-sized portmanteau strapped on his
horse. and a net of lemons TO brew
punch witty hanging at the saddie-bow,
as was often enough the custom with
luxurious travellers in that part of the
country.
AS for the fourth, who brought up the
tail, had seen his like before. and knew
him atsonce to be sheriff's officer.
had no sooner seen these people COM
ing than made up my mind (tor no rea-
son that can tell of TO go through with
my adventure, and when the first came
alongside of me l rose up from the
bracken and asked him the way to
Aucharn.
He stopped and looked at me, as /
thought, little oddly; and then, turning
to the lawyer, "Mungo." said he, there's
many man would think this more of a
warning than two pyats. Here am on
my road TO Duror on the job we ken; and
here is young lad starts up out of the
bracken and speers if am on the way to
Aucharn."
"Glenure," said the other "ths is an
ill subject for jesting."
These two had now drawn close up and
were gazing at me. while the two follow
ers had halted about stone-cast in the
rear.
And what seek We in Aucharn ?" said
Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure; him they
called the Red Fox, for he it was that I
had stopped.
1.-The man that lives there" said
''James of the Glens?" says Gierure,
musingly. and then to the lawyer: us he
gathering his people, think ye?"
ANY way" says the lawyer, I'VE shall
do better to abide where we are and let the
soldiers rally u.s."
eff you are concerned for me-" said |,
II am neither OF his people nor yours. but
an honest subject of King George, owing
no man and fearing no man."
why, very well said, replies the fac
tor. But If l may make so bold as ask,
what does this honest man so far from his
country? and why does he come seeking
the brother of Ardshel? l have power
here, must tell you. am Kings factor
upon several of these estates, and have
twelve files of soldiers at my back"
IL have heard waif word in the
country" said /, a little nettled, that YOU
were hard man to drive"
He still kept looking at me. as if in doubt.
well, said he. at last, "your tongue is
bold, but | am no unfriend to plainness
If We had asked me the way to the door of
James Stewart onany other day but this
| would have set ye right and hidden We
godspeed. Bat today-eh, Mungo?" And
he turned again to look at the lawyer.
But just rs he turned there came the
shot of a ilre.oCk from higher up the hill.
and with the very sound of it Glenure fell
upon the road.
'Oh, am dead!" he cried; several times
over.
The lawyer had caught him up and held
him in his arms, the servant standing over
and clasping his hands. And now the
wounded man looked from one to another
with scared eyes, and there was a change
in his voice that went to the heart.
Take care of yourselves" says he. II
am dead"
He tried to open his clothes as if to look
for the wound. but his fingers slipped on
the buttons. With that he gave great