The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-18

| think better OF the Advocate than that.
said l.
Tho Advocate be damned" cries he. ITS
| the Campbells. mani You'll have tho whole
claniamfry Of them on your back: and SO will
| the Advocate, too. poor bodyl It's extraordi-
| mar ye cannot sec where ye standl II there's
/ no fair way to STOP your gab there's foul one
| gaping. They can put We in the dock. do We
| no sec that 2" he cried and stabbed me with
one finger in the leg.
'Ay." said I. 81 was told TINT Same no fur
thor back than this morning By another law
YER"
And who was he? asked Stewart He
| spoke sense at least"
| told him must be excused from naming
him. for he was decent stout old Whtg and
| had little mind to be mixed UP In such affairs.
Il think all the world seems to be mixed up
| in IT," cries Stewart. But what said your
| told him what had passed between Rankeil.
lar and myself before the house OF Shaws
| well, and so We will hang" said lie. "Yell
hang beside James Stewart. There's your
| fortune told
Il hope better OF It vet than TINT" said I:
but could never deny there was n risk"
! Risk ~ says he. and then sat silent again.
Il ought to thank you for your stanchness
| to my friends. to whom you show o very good
| spirit" he says. III you have the strength to
stand by it. But warn you that you're wadng
deep l wouldn't nut myself In your place
| tne TINT 8 n Stewart BORN for all the Stewards
that ever there were since Noah. Rskp az.
take over. many: but to be tried In court be-
fore Campbell Jury and Campbell Judge.
and that in Campbell country and upon
Campbell Quarrel-think what you like Of me.
Balfour. it's beyond me-
| ITS n different way OF thinking. suppose"
said l; - was brought UP to this one by my
father before me-"
GLORY to his bones! He has left q decent
son to his name says he. Yeti would not
have you Judge me oversorely. My case Is
dooms hard. See. sir: ye tell mo yero Wing.
wonder what am' No WhiR. to be sure:
could nae be Just that But-laigh IN your ear.
man-rm maybe no very keen on the other
side"
is that factf" cried I. It's what would
think OF man OF your intelligence.
Hut. none OF your whinywhas! cries he.
There's intelligence upon both sides. But
for my private part have no particular desire
to harm King George: and as for King James.
God bless him! He does very we'll for me
across the water I'm lawyer. ye see: fond
OF my books and my bottle. good plea. q
well-drawn decd. crack in the Parliament
House with other lawyer bodies. and perhaps
a turn at the golf on q Saturday at cen. Where
do We come in with your Hleland plaidS and
claymores?"
well" said I. Its n fact 70 have little OF
the wild Iighlnndman."
Little :" quoth he. Nothing man! And
yet I'm Hieland born, and whom the clan pipes
who but mo has to dance? The clan and the
name. that goes by all. It's just what you said
yourself: my father learned 1t to me- and a
bonny trade I have Of it. Treason and trail
tors. and the smuggling OF them out and In !:
and the French. recruiting weary fall It! and
the smuggling through the recruits: and their
pleas-a sorrow Of their pleas! Here have
been moving one for young Ardshiei. my
cousin: claimed tho estate under the mar
riage contract-a forfeited estate! 1told them
it was nonsense: muckle they cared! And
there was 'owking behind u yadVocate that
liked the business as little as myself. for it
was fair ruin to the pair OF us-a black mark.
disaierted. branded on our hurdles like folk 8
names upon their kye! And what can l do?
I'm Stewart. ye see. and must fend for my
clan and family. Then no later by than yes
tcrday there was ono OF our Stewart lads car
ried to the Castle. What for! ken fine: Act
Of 1875: recruiting for King Lewie And you'll
see. he'll whistle me in to be his lawyer. and
thrre'lI be another black mark on my charac-
ter! tell you fair: II but kent the held OF q
Hebrew word from the hurdles OF it, be
damned but would fling the whole thing UP
and turn minister"
It's rather n hard position. SAID l.
blooms hard" cries lie. And that's what
makes me THINK so much OF ye-you mats no
Stewart-to stick your head SO deep in Stew
art business. And for what l do not know
unless it was the sense OF duty
Il hone 1t VIII be thar. sald !.
"Wol." says he. Its grand quality. But
| here is my clerk back; and. by your leave.
we'Il nick a bit OF dinner. all the three OF us.
When that's done I'll give you the direction OF
n very decent ma thatll be very fam to have
Won for a lodgcr. And I'll hll your pockets to
, va forbye out OF your ain bag For this bust
ness IL not be near as dear as ye suppo se-not
even the ship part OF it,
Imade him a sign that his clerk was within
hearing.
, "uoot, yc nee,lnae mind for Robbie" cries
, he. "A Stewart, too, puir deevil! and has
smurcled out moro French recruits ana
+roa,cl.inp Panista than what M, has hairs