Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13
LADY MAJEND)E
CHAPTER /.


Gamma ye wake for ance in your life,
Minister Mr.. Malcolm! ye're speired
FOR frae Dunmonaigh?" Mr.. Malcolm
Farquhar was in bed, and, wearied by
Two long sermons-fOr it was the evening
of Sunday-he slept sOundiY.
The wind roared round the bleak little
manse, and the rain deluged the WIN
dows, sweeping down the valley with
missing sound; but the noise had no
power to wake the weary minister. ker-
enhappuch, the honest servant, who
formed the whole domestic household Of
the manse, was fam to take him by the
shoulders, and give him such shake as
could not fail to rouse him.
'"There." she said, stopping to get back
her breath, as she saw the CLEAN of re-
burning consciousness in Master NAL
colm's blue eyes 'Yere i'll to waken,
Minister!''
''What's the matter now, Huppie?" he
said, rousing himself, and sitting up.
Matter! there's matter enough!
Here's Willie come down Irae Dunmon-
aigh-ny Lady Grisels speiring for We,
and she says we maun come ava dOun
as fast as We can win
But what can it De? are they i'll? can
you not tell me?"
''YOu'll Just pit on your bit buds, Nee
mister: I'll no be telling ye till ye're nigh
upon ready"
Knowing that to argue with his house
keeper was but waste Of time, the min
lister rose from his bed, and began to
dress himself in haste, in great anxiety.
He would willingly have continued the
conversation through the closed door,
but to his imploring reDetition of "What
will it be, Huppie? has anything terrible
happened?" Huppie vOuchsafed no re-
Spouse whatever, and he could only
hasten the more.
When fully dressed he emerged from
his room, strong, hale man of so, with
a kind but rugged countenance, his gray
hair brushed back under a Glengarry
bonnet and a stout stick in his hand.
HuDpie stood waiting, holding a Ian
tern and with her shawl pinned tightly
over her head
''You'll not be coming with me, Hup-
pie said Master Malcolm; 'it's a wild,
rough night
Huppie tossed her head and led the
way out into The darkness The first
blast OF wind, as they left the shelter Of
the house, made both stagger back and
it was not until they reached a place
where the paGh was sheltered by trees,
There's teen a terrible accident doun
at Duumonaigh," she said, land the
young laird has been brought hame mair
dead then alive. Yon Willie useless
carleD says that there's nae hope moo
but in the mercy of God, for ilka a bane
&n the puir lads body is brOEen."
:God help him. how did it happen?'
Again Kerenhappuch was forced to
pause, overpowered by the gust Of wind
and rain which met them as they turned
corner; then she went OH
cts all Master Evans fancy for yOn
wild brute that Willie had christened
Beelzebub. The laird himsel wouldna
ride him, I'm tould; but Master Evan
must aye be doing what nae ither body
wad dream of; and this morning."
This morning, the Sabbathl' groaned
the Minister.
This morning he must up, when ither
decent folks were at the kirk, and ava
TO Strathluan, when he goes maist days;
and he rode Beezebub.'
''Hush, Huppien'
Il maun use the brute's Lawful name, "
said Huppie, obstinately. He couldna
have left Strathlaun three miles behind
him, when doun comes the rain, and the
wind gars the rain fly in Belize in
the black horses eyes: and Willie, wha
saw the young laird pass by his death,
says that nae power on earth could gar
him stop: he was mad wi fury and rage,
and doun Monaish hill they came; and
the black horse had the bit in his teeth.
and he tookit neither to right nor to left,
but ava doun the road to the loch.'
God be merciful to u.s. said the min
lister.
LAY, MASTER ilka drop of blood
froze in WillieS body for he saw what
maun come Master Evan held on like
the dell himself, and he might hae
stoppit ony ither horse but yon at the
corner AS they passed Willie gaed slccan
scrieCh that we couldna tell what II
might be. and the young laird gied him a
look as he passed, with his hands wee
doun, and grasping the black horses
name: but when be was come to the
dyke, he looSed his twa hands suddenly
and struck hard wi whip and spur.
Weel, Willie saw his thocht, to gar the
black horse loup over the dyke and ava
into the loch; but wae's me! it Is steep
and he couldna stop for the loup. He
struck his broad chest on the dyke, and
ava they went together. till we couldna
tell whilK was the man and whilk was
the beast till they stoppit half in anc
half out of the water, and the blacE
horse had broken his back and the young
laird was mair like to a corpse than q
diving man."
Pray God he may yet be alive!' CRIED
Master Malcolm. fastening his steps al
most to q run.
Not that gate. Minister cried Hup
pie. interrupting him, as he turned dowr
the narrow road leading to the loch
''Ge'll no cross the loch the night?'
II must do so-it takes two miles of
she road; there is no time to lose."
but it's a-fearsome night
u know every stone in the loch, so d.