Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-02-18

wonderful" said he, where the tenants
find the money, for their life is mere
starvation. (Ye don't carry such a
thing as snuff, do we, Mr.. Balfour? No
Well, I'm better wanting it, But these
tenants, as was saying, are doubtless
partly driven to it. James Stewart in
Duror Chats him they call james Of the
Glens) is half brother to Ardshiel. the
captain of the clan. and be is a man
much looked up to and drives very hard
And then there's one they cal Alan
Breck"-
"Ah," cried |, ''what of him?"
"What Of the wind that bloweth
where it listetb?" said Henderland
Hes here and ava, here today and
gone tomorrow fair heather cat. He
might be glawering at the two Of MS out
of yon whinbush, and would nae Won
der! Ye1l nae carry such thing as
snuff, win ye:"
told him no, and that he had asked
the same thing more taaa once.
Its highly possible, said Es, sigh
ing. But it seems strange We should
nae carry it. However, as e,5 saying
this Alan Breck is bgld, desperate Gus.
toner. and well kent TO be james right
hand. His life is forfeit already; be
would boggle at naothiug, aad maybe
if a tenant body was TO hang back he
would get q dirk in his wamc."
"You make q poor story of it ALL Mr.
Henderlaud,' ~ said l. "ifir is all fear
upon both sides | care to hear no more
Of it.
"Nae," said Mr.. Heuderland, "bui
there's love. too, and self denial that
should pat the like Of you and me &C
shame. There's something fine abou'
il; no perhaps Christian, bpt humanity
fine. Even Alan Breck, by all that
hear, is a chield TO be respected. There's
many lying sueck-draw sits close in
kirk in our part Of the country, and
stands wen in the worlds eye, and may
be he is far worse man, Mr.. BalfOur
than yon misguided shedder Of mans
blood Aye, aye, we might take lesson
by them. Yen perhaps think I've been
too long in the hielands? he added
smiling TO me.
told him not ut all; that | had seen
much to admire among the highland
ers; aud if he came to that, Mr.. Camp
bell himself was a highlander.
Ave" said he, that's true It's "a
fine blood"
"And what is the kings agent about?"
asked.
Colin Campboll? says Henlerland
Putting his head in bees byker
"He is to turn the tenants ont by
force, hear" said l.
Yes" says he, ''but the business has
gone back and forth, as folk say. First
James Of the Glens rode TO Edinburgh
and got some lawyer "a Stewart. nae
doubt-they all hing together like bats
in steeple) and had the proceedings
stayed And then Colin Campbell cam
in again, and had the upper hand before
the barons of exchequer. And now they
tell me the first of the tenants are to fit
tomorrow. Its to begin at Duror under
James very window, which does nae
seem wise by my humble way of it."
500 you think they'll fightY asked,
"Well," says Henderland, they're
disarmed-or supposed to be-for there's
still "a good deal of cold iron lying by in
quiet places. And then Colin Campbell
has the sogers coming. But for all that,
if was his lady wife, would nae be
we'll pleased till got him home again.
They're queer customers, the Appin
Stewards"
| asked if they were worse than their
neighbors.
"No they" said he. Sand that's the
worst part of it. For if Colin Roy can
get his business done in Appin, he has
it all to begin again in the next country,
which they call Mamore, and which is
one of the countries of the Camerons,
He's kings factor upon both, and from
both he has to drive out the tenants;
and indeed, Mr.. Balfour Ito be open with
ye), it's my belief that if he escapes the
one lot, he'll get his death by the other. y
SSS we continued talking and walking
tho great part of the day, until at
last Mr. Henderland, after expressing
his delight in my company, and salts
faction at meeting with friend of Mr.
Campbell's ('whom," says he, Il will
make bold to call that sweet singer Of
our covenanted Zion'), proposed that
should make short stage, and lie the
night in his house little beyond King
airloch. To say the truth, | was over
ioyed, for had no great desire for John
of the Claymore, and since my double
misadventure, first with the guide and
next with the gentleman skipper, !
stood in some fear of any highland
stranger. Accordingly we shook hands
upon the bargain, and came in the after
noon to a small house standing alone by
the shore of the Linnhe loch. The sun
was already gone from the desert noun
tains of Ardgour upon the hither side.