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

clothes in tartan, which showed that his
master was Of highland family, and
either an outlaw or else in singular good
odor with the government, since the
wearing of tartan was against the act.
If had been better versed in these things
/ would have known the tartan to be of
the Argyle (or CampbelD colors. This
servant had a good sized portmanteau
strapped on his horse and net of lem
ons ITO brew punch with) hanging at the
saddlebow, as WAS often enough the
custom with luxurious travellers in that
part of the country.
As for the fourth, who brought up the
tail, had seen his like before, and I
knew him at once to be sheriff's officer.
had no sooner seen these people
coming than made up my mind (for no
reason that l can telD to go through
with my adventure, and when the first
came alongside of me rose up from
the bracken and asked him the way to
Aucharn.
He stopped and looked at me, as
thought, little oddly, and then turning
to the lawyer, "Mungo," said he, "there's
many a man would think this more of a
warning than two piats. Here am on
my road to Duror on the job ye ken, and
here is a young lad starts up out of the
bracken and speers if am on the way to
Aucharn."
"Glenure," said the other, "this is an
i'll subject for jesting."
! These two had now drawn close sNp
and were gazing at me, while the No
followers had halted about stone cast
| in the rear.
"And what seek ye in Aucharn?" said
Colin Roy Campbell, of Glenure, him
they called the Red Fox, for he it was
that had stopped.
THE man that lives there" said l.
James of the Glens?" said Glenure
musingly, aQd then to the lawyer, "Is he
gathering people, think ye?"
Anyway says the lawyer, 1--WE shall
do betteAko bide where we are and let
the soldiers rally u.s."
'If you are concerned for me" said L,
81 am neither of hisspeople nor yours,
but an honest subject of King George,
owing no man Yd fearing no man.
"Why, very~well said," replies the
factor. "But if | may make so bold as
ask, what does this honest man: so far
from his country, and why does he come
seeking the brother of Ardshiel? have
power here, must tell you. | am kings
factor upon several of these estates and
have twelve files of soldiers at my
back"
II have heard a waif word in the
country" said |, little nettled, "that
you were hard man to drive"
He still kept looking at me as if in
doubt.
We'll" said he at last, 'your tongue
is bold but am no unfriend to plain
ness. If We had asked me the way to
the door of James Stewart on any other
day but this, | would have set ye right
and hidden ye godspeed. But today
eh, Mungo?" And he turned again to
look at the lawyer.
But Just as he turned there came the
shot of a frelock from higher up the
hill, and with the very sound of it Glen
ure fell upon the road.
"Oh, | am deadr' he cried several
times over.
The lawyer had caught him up and
held him in his arms, the servant stand
ing over and clasping his hands. And
now the wounded man looked from one
to another with scared eyes, and there
was change in his voice that went to
the heart.
Take care of yourselves" says he.
II am dead"
He tried to open his clothes as if to
look for the wound, but his fingers
slipped on the buttons. With that he
gave great sigh, his head rolled on hiS
shoulder, and he passed away.
The lawyer said never word, but his
face was as sharp as pen and as white
as the dead mans: the servant broke out
into a great noise of crying and weep
ing, like child; and l, on my side, stood
staring at them in kind of horror.
The sheriff's officer had run back at the
first sound of the shot, to hasten the
coming of the soldiers.
AT last the lawyer laid down the dead
man in his blood upon the road, and got
to his own feet with kind of stagger.
l believe it was his movement that
brought me to my senses, for he had nc
sooner done so than began to scramble
up the hill, crying out, 1.-The murderer
the murderer
SO little time elapsed that when
got to the top of the first steepness, and
could see some part of the open noun
tain, the murderer was still moving
away at no great distance. He was q
big man, in a black coat with metal
buttons, and carried long fowling piece,
Here" cried. 81 see him"
AT that the murderer gave a little
quick look over his shoulder and began
to run. The next moment he was lost
in fringe of birches; then he came out
again ON the upper side, where / could
see him climbing like jackanapes, fol
that part was again very steep, and ther
he dipped behind a shoulder, and / saw
him no more.
All this time had been running or
my side and had got good way wher