Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-09-25

| nciently cngru~~ing. 0irvan took the pa.
par homo with him. and we parted with
the hops VI svttins some moro light
next day.
The light certainly did not come. bat
there was now mors ofiiciAi inquiry -
we'll ~ energy. Girvan. at IN early hour
Of the forenoon, took the blood stained
papr 90 the bailies' once and found
that the asscs>or was - much Impressed
with the strangeness of the whole story
that be- had resolved upon handing u
over 10 the fiscal Nor did he fall In
this. a. soon appeared by wall bill
which. about o'clock. glarcd In various
parts Of tho city 10 the effect that
whereas . paper On which was written
the following words lquotesD had been
found ON the High street Of Edinburgh.
. reward of fs would bs given 20 the
person who had written the contents of
the said paper assuming 10 doubtful
whether Angus Mscgillivray was the
mani. " he would come forward and
give testimony ~ 10 the object OF mean.
Ing thereof. or 10 any psrson who would
give information tending to show where
the prson of Duncan MAcgilliyray. dea.
con Of the hammermcn. could 10 found.
whether dead or alive Nor did the ns-
cal limit his Official duties by this pruc-
iamation. for about . O'Clock he com.
menccd q prccognition Of all parties who
knew anything regarding tho AFFAIR.
among whom wcre tho dcacone~s lwho
WA In consequence of her weakness
taken 20 tho ofiice in . sedan chair.
MrS Angus MAcgiiliuay. McPheron.
GirvAn. myself and the individuals who
had seen the missing men on the day Of
their disappearance
but nothing came out of tho bill or
the prccognitions tending toward any
theory sufficient 10 stay tho mind or In.
duce belief. II we except . statement
made by q young man, . clerk in tho
coach office, opposite which the blood
stained paper had b~sn found lie went
forward I'm the afternoon and was pre-
oogno-ccd by the fiscal 90 the effect that
ON the day of the Disappearance ho saw
two men whom hc did not know mount
the coach Just when Il bcgan 10 move,
and without having time 10 pay their
farcs. which they probably calculated
upon settling nj tho other end Of their
journey.
One Of the men. who was stouter and
fatier than the other. got inside. and
tho other. Immediately upon perceiving
the movement. sprang mp behind He
Observed no concert between the two
yet he felt satisfied that the one had 70.
solved 20 go after he saw the other about
% take his seat Il was only after he
heard o description of the two Macgilli.
vrays that he began 10 think they wcro
the men whom he had Observed When
this story came 10 be known. II wA
conveniently found 20 agrce In some rc-
spects with the history Of the paper. As.
suming that the men scen by the clerk
wcrc really the two brothers, 10 seemed
probable that the deacon was he who
went inside. probably called upon 10
undertake the journey on short notice by
some business emergency. and that An.
gus. who wa. prowiing about. had seen
his brother In the act of entering tho
coach. had suddenly formed rcsolu.
tion 20 dog him into the country and
there wrcak his revenge at . distance
frum Edinburgh
This sudden purpose scomed probable,
because IL there hal b.en ANY concert
b.twccn the two 10 travel together
Angus would have gone inside Also
where. according 10 the clerks state
ment. there was plenty of room
for him No far ingenious and CTR.
tainly In the circumstances not improb-
able Then. NJ TO the paper. what more
likely than that 10 should have come
with the returned coach. having been
sent by Angus when upon tho eve of
flight after committing the deed and
BEARING the marks u bloody fingersi Az
for the motive for thus proclaiming his
villainy. the most difficult element In
the whole story. 10 might have been
what might not be when the mind IL
prcdispo~ed 20 find that 10 isD the wild
act Of bravado. glorying. A. Mrx Mac.
gillivray herself expressed II. In his 10.
ycnge nj time when he knew he would
b. far away before the paper reached it,
destination
Another day dawnod. bringing with u
Of cour-e further confirmation. In tho
passage of time. u tho universal con.
viction that. whatever might be the
sI.culations ~ TO tho when. how 90
wherefore. there could b. little doubt Of
the fate Of Deacon Macgillivray. And
with the same increase Of effect the day
passed. Taking Girvan along with me-,
I called at the house In Dorthwick's
Gloss about 8 o'clock We found there
Mr.. Girvan. and another. of all the
world the most unexpected. the wife OF
Angus Macgillivray herself Her story
was extraordinary enough. She said
that ever since the taking out Of the
lawborrows Angus Macgillivray had
bocn changed man. Hc read his Bible
In the morning and showed other indi.
cations Of penitence for the enmity he
had entertained toward his brother.
"And now, continued the woman -
she took from her pocket Bible. which
she had probably brought with her for
the very purpose. IL swear by this holy
book. which hope 10 b. the means OF
the salvation Of my soul and that Of my
husband. that Angus Macgillivray. on
that morning when he - strangely dis.
appeared. stated 20 me. aye. with tears
In his eyes. that he mourned continual.
" over the separation Of himself and his
brother; that he was determined TO
throw himself In his way. to confess
his contrition and sorrvw for what had
passed, 10 oiIer him his hand and swear
Q renewed friendship which he would
keep true 90 the day of his death.
This remarkable statement, which
was confirmed by ths mannes ~ well -
the honest character a. the woman. Wa
I think, believed Ivy all Of us excepting
the deaconcss who had been 10 com.
plet.ly wcdded 10 the old theory OF the
murder by Angus that IL seemed ~ Inn
possible TO move her from this conyio-
ton as IL was To raise her out Of the
great depth of her sorowA THE news
has been lang o. coming. woman, said
sLe; II will believe IL when Angus
proyes himsel' to b. innocent O. .
brothers bluid-"
"But you forget. sister. +" said the 9th.
or, that I have nothing to expect from
coming hero and telling you q lie I am