The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-08

the face of that morning, in the midst Of
what they called the safety of the town,
shook me beyond experience. Peril of
slavery, peril of shipwreck, peril of sword
and shot, of weather and pursuit, l had
stood all these without discredit; but the
peril there was in the sharp voice and the
fat face Of Symon. properly Lord Lovat.
daunted me wholly.
sat by the lake side in place where
the rushes went down into the water, and
there STEPPED my wrists and laved my
temples. II I could have done so with
any remains of self-esteem. would now
have fed from my foolhardy enterprise.
But (call it courage or cowardice, and
believe it was both the one and the other)
decided was ventured ont beyond the
posi- bility of a retreat | had outfaced
these men. | would continue TO OUTAGE
them; come what might, / would stand by
the word spoken.
The sense of my own constancy some
what uplifted my spirits, but not much.
AT the best OF it there was an icy place
about my heart. and life seemed black
business to he AZ all engaged in. For two
souls in particular my pity flowed. The
one was myself. TO be so friendless and
lost among dangers. The other was the
girl, the daughter Of James More. l had
seen but little of her; yet my view was taken
and my judgment made. | thought her
lass of a clean honor. like n mans: L
thought her one to die of disgrace; and
now | believed her father to be at that mo-
ment bargaining his vie life for mine. 1t
made bond in my thoughts betwixt the
girl and me. Ihad seen her before only
as wayslde appearance, though one that
pleased me strangely; | saw her now in a
sudden nearness OF relation, as the daugh-
ter of my blood foe, and | might say. my
murderer. i reflected IL was hard should
be so plagued and prosecuted all my days
for other folks affairs. and have DO man
ner OF pleasure myself. | got meals and
bed to sleep IN when nv concerns would
suffer it; beyond that my wealth was of
no help to me. If l was to hang, my days
were like to be short; if | was not to hang,
but to escape out of the trouble, they
might seem long to me ere l was done
with them. OF a sudden her face appeared
IN my memory, the way l had first seen it,
with the parted lips; at that weakness
came in my bosom, and strength into my
legs; and / set resolutely forward on the
way to Dean. If was to hang tomorrow,
and it was sure enough l might very likely
sleep that night in a dungeon, deter
mined l should hear and speak once more
with Catriona.
The exercise of walking and the thought
of my destination braced me yet more, so
that began to pluck up kind of spirit.
In the village of Dean. where it sits in the
bottom of glen beside the river. l in
Quired my way OF a miller's man. who
sent me up the hill upon the further side
by plain path, and SO to a decent like
small house in garden of lawns and ap-
pie trees. NV heart beat high as stepped
inside of the garden hedge, but it tell low
indeed when came face to face with
grim and fierce old lady, walking there in
oh, "a hot NaI
upon the top of 1t.
what do we come seeking here?" she
asked
told her l was after Miss Drummond.
"And what may be your business with
Miss Drummond2" says she.
told her L had met her on Saturday
last, had been so fortunate as to render
her trifling service, and was come now
on the young lady's invitation,
'Oh, so you're Saxpence" she cried,
with very sneering manner. "A Draw
gift bonny gentleman, and hae we ony
ither name and designation. or were We
bapteesed Saxpence?" she asked.
| told my name.
Preserve mel" she cried. "Has Ebe-
neZer gotten son?'
No, ma am" said I. II am q son of
Alexander's. It's that am the Laird of
Shaws."
"Yell find your work cut out for we to
establish that" quoth she.
81 perceive you know my uncle" said
/; and dare say you may be the better
pleased to hear that business is ar
ranged"
And what brings we here after Miss
Drummond2" she pursued.
I've come after my saxpence, men,"
| said |. Its to be thought, being my I'M
cle's nephew, would be found careful
lad
80 We have spark of sleeness in ye,"
observed the old lady, with some approval
81 thought We he'd just been a cuif-you
and your saxpence, and. your lucky day
and your sake of Balw hidder"-from which
| was gratified 10 learn that Catriona had
not forgotten some of our talk. But all
this is by the purpose" she resumed. 'Am
TO understand that We come here keep
ing company"
This is surely rather an early question. :"
SAID [. THE maid is young. so am /
worse fortune, l have but seen her the
| once. I'll not deny" added. making up
NV mind to try her with some frankness
IN not deny but she has run in my head
good deal since 1 met in with hen. That
Is one thing; but il would be quite an
other, and | think would look very like
fool, to commit myself"
You can speak out of your mouth, I