Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-11

That" and shot into their midst.
must have hit one uf them. for h
sang ont and gave q back step. mud ia,
rest STOPPED as II little disconnected
Before they Ind time TO recover. ! semi
another ball over their heads and at m,
third shot, which went ~ wide rs ti,
second. the whole party threw down ths
ynrd and ran for Il.
Another onset ended in like manner
and the battle was over.
The ronudhouse was like shambles
Three We're dead inside. another lay IN
his death agony across the Threshold
and there were Alan and victorious
aud unliurt.
We had the roundhouse TO ourselves
the rest Of the night In the morning the
| captain sought d parlcy and explained
that hr was helpless 50 many Of Tho
! crew being dead or disabled. A treaty
was como 10, and now that we were Ia
pence, Alan aud | converted long. We
/ nude good company for each other.
| Alan. indeed, expressed himself most
| lovingly and tnking a knife from the
table, cnt me Of one Of The silver but
tons from his coat
81 had them" said he. from my
| father Duncan Stewart, and now give
| ye one Of them to be Il keepsake for
Inst nights work. AnJ wherever ye 20
aud show that button. the friends Of
Alan Brock will como around YOU
He said this az II he bad been Char
, lcmngne and commanded armies; and, in
deed. much rs ] admired his courage,
| was always in danger Of smiling at
his vanity; In danger. | say. for had
not kept my cpunteuuucu would he
afraid TO think whit u quarrel might
have followed.
lie went Oh TO praise his clansmen.
the Appin Stewards. and to denouuce
the tnmpbclls, who had long wasted
nnd hurried those Of his nnfnc Collin
Campbell OF Glcnurc. called the Rcd
Fox, In most hittcrl yspoke of Colin
was the kings factor on the land Of Ap-
pin, and sought 10 cyict the tenants who
paid rent to their chief. ont of love,
besides paying King Georges rent. 'Da.
vid, man. he cried, If the dny comes
that ! can find tine mud leisure for
mt OF hunting. there grows not enough
heather In all Scotland to hide the Rcd
Fox from my vengeance"
After more Of this bitter talk Alan
iell INTO u muse from which he was
aroused by the captnins shouting to
nun TO- come ont aud see II he could pi-
lot INC brig was In desperate place,
and the next moment She struck rrf
nnd was cast clean over the bulwarl,s
into the sea.
II.
Luckily. ! caught nontinc spar. and
ny It's ND reached land. Here Alan's
button brought me guidance from his
clnnsmen TO whom | showed it, and
niter some uinilcss wandering / was nut
on the right rOad, and learned from
the people that met that Aim
lind also ESCAPED. aud hud passed
nlong that way before mo. When
r'tched the woods Of i.cttcrnorc
Hut down at spring 10 eat, when the
SOUND oil men nnd horses came To me
through tho wood. aud presently after
AT Il turning of the roud, | saw four
travellers ,o,uc into view. The way WIS
~ this part 80 rough aud narrow that
they came slnglp and led their horses hy
lhc rcina The first was II great, rod
j '1lrd gentleman, of an imprribus mud
lu+hed lncr, who carried his Int In his
hand and famed himself. for he was In
q breathing heat The second. 10y his
dcrcnt bncl, gurb aud white wig. |
correctly took To be u LAWYER. The
lhirl was servant. and wore some unrt
third was n servant, und wore some pnrt
thar bis mnstcr was of Highland family.
ahh either uu outlaw or else In singular
good odor with the government. since
the wearing of tnrtuu was against the
net II | had been better verHrd in
these things | would have known The
lnrtun To hc of the Argyle tor Camp
helll colors. This servant had n good
sized pOrlmantenu strapped ON his horse,
t''i 80 wv w ANAAlNilN NlN NlfN IlNIltli Wllul
hanging NJ the suddlcbuw, as was often
enough the custom with luxurious travel |
'rs In that part lf the country.
As for the fourth who brought up the
tail, | had seen his like before. and /
knew him at orcc to be- shcrifr's :
officer,
had no sooner seen these people .
coming than mndc mp my mind tor /
no reason that ! can tell to 20 through |
with my adventure. aud whcn the first .
gtmr alongside, Of me | arusr up from .
he hrickcn and asked him the way 10
NuchHu.
lie stopped and looked nj me. as |
huught, d litJlc oddly; uud then. turn .
ing to the lawyer, "Muugo," Mi1 he, |
more uf a warning than two pynts. I
lcr ann On my road to Duror on the
Job yc ken; and here I, young lad
starts ~ Out Of the hrarl;on. and |
peers II am on the way to Aucharn." +.