The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-05

raggedness and their uncouth appearance.
and fell spontaneously to be like three
servants for Andie and myself.
Dwelling In that isolated place, in the
old falling ruins of a prison, ana among
endless strange sounds of the sea and sea-
birds, | thought perceived in them early
the effects of superstitious feaf. When
there was nothing doing they wosld either
lie and sleep, for which their appetite APP
peared Unsuitable, or Neil would entertain
the others with stories which seemed al
ways of terrifying strain. If neither of
these delights were within reacs-lf per-
haps two were sleeping and the third
could find no means to follow their exam
ple-I would see him sit and listen and
look about him in a progression CT uneasi-
ness, starting, his face blenci5ing, his
hands clutched, a man strung like bow.
The nature of these fears l had never an
occasion to find out, but the sight of them
was catching, and the nature of che place
that We were in was favorable tG alarms.
can find no word for it in the English,
but Andie had an expression for it in the
Scots from which he never varied:
"Ay." he would say, tits an unco place,
the Bass"
1t is so always think of it. l. was an
unco place by night, unco by day; and
there were unco sounds of the calling of
the solans, and the flash of thessea. and
the rock echoes that hung CONTINUALLY in
our ears. 1t was chiefly so in moderate
weather. When the'waves were any way
great they roared about the rock like
thunder and the drums of armies, dread
full but merry to hear; as it was in calm
DAYS that a man could daunt him self with
llstening-not Highlandman only as |
several times experimental on myself; so
many still, hollow noises haunted and re-
verberated IN the porches of the rock.
This brings me to story l heafd, and a
scene | took part in, which quite changed
our terms of living, and had great effect
on my departure. 1t CHANGED one night l
fell in muse beside the fire and (that
little air OF Alan's coming back to nv
memory began to whistle. A hand was
laid upon my arm, and the voice OF Neil
babe me stop. for 1t was not: ''canny
musics."
Not canny?" asked. "How can that
be-"
Ma" said he; sit will be made by
bosle and her wanting ia held upon his
body
Well" said |. there can be 20 boeles
here Neil; for it's not likely they would
"Ay?" says Andie. as that what We
think of it? But I'll can tell ye there's
been waur nor bogles here"
What's waur than bogles, Andie?
said |.
"Wariocks," said he. ''Or a wsrlock at
the least OF it. And that's qeeer tale,
too" he added. smiling. 'And if Ye would
like I'll tell it ye."
To be sure. We were all of the o.se mind,
and even the Highlander that had the
least English of the three set hEmself to
listen with all his might.
THE TALE OF TOD LAPRIK.
Ny father, Tam Dale, peace.to his
banes, was a wild. sploring lao in his
young days, wi little wisdom and less
grace He was fond of lass and fond of
glass, and fond of a randan. but | could
never hear tell that he was muckle use for
honest EN- ployment. Frae ae thing to
anlther, he listed at last for sodger and
was in the garrison of this porz which
was the first way that ony of the Daes
cam to set foot upon the Bass. Sorrow
upon that service. The governor brewed
his ain ale; II seems it was the WAIST con-
ceiyabie. The rock was uroveesioIsed frae
the shore with vivers, the thing was i'll
guided, and there were whites WHEN they
had but to fish and shoot solans for their
diet. 10 crown a this was the DAYS of
the Persecution. The perishiil' cauld
chalmers were all occupied vi SAINTS and
martyrs. the saul OF the yearth, % which
II ~asnae worthy. And though Tam Dale
carried a fireiock there, single sodger,
and liked lass and glass, IS was
say!n, the mind OF the man Was mair
1usi than set with his position. He had
gilnts of the glory OF the kirk there
were whites when his dander rase
10 see the Lords SAINTS misguided.
and shame covered him tia; he
should he haulding q candle for carrying a
hFeiocki IN so black a business. There
we're nights of 1t when he was here on sem
try, the place a wheest, the frosts o win
ter, maybe irving in the was. and he
would hear ane o the prisoners strike upa
psalm, and the rest join in, and the
blessed sounds rising from the different
learned fo!korist oil my acquaintance fwhy
should conceal the name OF Dr. Bt.nkopiFl
hereby Identifies Alan's AIR. II has been printed
u seems, in tamposlPs Tales OF the West High
iaho@, VOL -. p Upon examination Il
would really seem as II Miss Grants uzrhymed
aoggeTe! lsee chapter VI would it, vita little
humoring, 10 the notes il question