Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-09-18

WI rat many minutes when we came 10
understand what was the direction OF
the current of her thoushta They had
bccn all running toward the conclusion
that Angus MAcpllivray was In somo
way connected with tho mysterious af'
fair.
"Havo 20 inquired, >" she asked ~ she
cast her eye over US IF Angus has bsen
at hame syn yesterday Icould wad my
marriage ring hos AVA and nae suner
than he should Ia Will ycno answerr
she continued In wailing tone "Is hc
In Edinburghl When was he seen' Can
naebody telly'
Iloakcd 10 Girvan. for ! could not
answer without falsehood, and he un.
derrtood me
~ have made no inquiry. Margaret,
said he. ''nor did think u nccos-ary
to 20 therc-the suspicion seems 20 un.
natural. Besides are you not taking ON
too heavily This Is only tho second
day"
"The second dayl" she burst forth
"And Deacon Macgillivray hasna seen
his wife OF his bairns nor sent letter
or q message 10 tell whaur he iA The
second dayi" she continued In the snmo
wailing strain. when was u that he
was half an hour behind his dinneri
And this has taken place In Edinburgh,
which IL Just lang street, whaur every.
body ken. everything about everybody.
MANY q longer absence has had q
happy explanation. !" replied her broth.
or. I'VE have only m yet one fact. and
IL will Just look ~ you view It. You
know peats will build the side Of
house as we'll n make fro that will
burn you"
"But there's nae use buttcring
peats. 4" cried she impaticntly. IL tell
you Deacon Macgillivray IL dead. and
Angus Is the man who has made mo
widow and my bairns fath,rloss" !"
And then came q ft of hystorical sob.
bing. which wo had no means Of allevi.
ating. While I looked a, her. and of
course pitied her. loould not help think.
ing how completely her suspicion was
ooniirmci by the information had got.
and which darcd not communicate 20
her. There was enough of sorrow for
the hour And ~ We saw we could Ia
u no further service that night We left
her to that kind IL consolation which
the heart seeks for itself. and sometimes
the more readily and successfully that
IL IL left 20 itself and 10 him who IL
master Of the heart and the issues
thereof
Next forenoon repaired 10 Giryan's,
~ arranged between N. In order that
together We might make moro thor
ough search to the effect at least Of as
ccrtaining whether tho missing man had
bsen seen. and when and where. during
tho forenoon % his disappearance ON
going along found that the Affair hal
spread. in.omuch indeed that the quos-
tion. what has b.come Of DEACON Mac.
gilliyrayi' belonged now 10 the public
There was only one solitary grain OF
news II appeared that person ~ the
name % Peter McGlahan. q laborer.
who resided In the Cowgate. and whom
we saw and interroeatod. had been the
involuntary cause of some of the thco-
ric-. but all that could be extracted
from him amounted 20 this, that he had
,~n Deacon Macplliyray that forenoon
hurrying MP the High street, and that,
having occasion % return. he had met,
about 10 minutes later. Angus Mac.
gilliyIiy coming ny the bow. the top of
which he doubled A. II he were going
down the High street One OF two 9TH
ers spoke 20 having seen the brothers
RESPECTIVELY ON the same route
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