The sun., 1895-05-26

There Thsss,s sglI @ Lucky LsaPoT e I.nnos Plup.o,
story gin yc like. but what's a the steer so sud
asn ."f Rss Rsnss sayn had to start a. Aud An
II, .h9ch, Msd ao my trayeiiin time 2 asy; AZ
dells o. the bogs. the black horse o. the Hollar
CT minded S ahfsanE Ike ss sais tod Anton
nox. was a terrible man for exeminin' in thu
the Reason Annexed to some some p perfectly unrea
sonable command-an' that kind o. talk disne
over IN tSs afternoon M nSs sn cat there uist aboo
the time whnn the kye are milkit. an a. the folk
either at the byre or in the stable.
hoose an, when no . soul was to be seen, slippil
up the stairs, speelin' on the rungs o. the lad
~ Then, when got to the middle O. tie lnft
ywharun the big hole o. tho lum is, wi the reek
the hoose keekit doom; and there at the table
WI his elbows on the wood. sat Auld Anton tax:
IN his lesson oot o. the he Bible like the bapld
tashe swingin' ahlnt him. It's queer thing
that for a. sac often as hae telled the curate
maun be something no very thorough aboot the
curate, an he none SO grent n hero WI the pint
Aweel, as the forenicht slippit. on. an the
,ahssies h & Snm In irac the byre an the lads frae
up thsip stools aboos tSc bsasth Got oni tey
Bibles. an, warmed their taes. Lord preserve
mS nS 70 see them sttin' so eroose an eanty over
Euectual CALM an Reason Annexed, as gin
they had been crnckin' an singin' in a change
hoose! They're queer fowk thae Wings. 1t
ceoses!. Faith! II ciavers had come by the road
Era 9SSnn f@eh bus
grippet sword at either o. the twa rsin's: For a.
The auld carles had been at Pentlfnd an a.
pa"'s Aud Sa tws,hrss sssR
grim anld earle. bath cash and sleeve. wi, his
siSIs a1 an his brass pistols an his Eeo-
Then bywhiles. atween the spells o. tho
questions some @ o, the young Wins fell atalkin';
iS iSr eysn And Anton Gamma aaId the tongues
on Ar eesood to msca puir Brsay
an auld -ferrant say. Blrsay." said;
be- 1ss u sl.sg e
bit mimmop'ed min hizzie mad lick at puir Brsay;
them at 1t, an he was juist the man to let them
hear a6oot 1t on the deafest side o their heids.
No. No m9Iy o. the preachers could haud oan'le to
breaking OF Ills Wien Me o
cur curse a. an sundry they ca II sweerin'. an mis-.
nor Rey but when
The thing did indeed strike me as strange. but
them when he heard them misca'in' youa" "
to look t te her an life e's AM
an, that 1t wild be tellin' them yae day gin they
hid s1sa2 ma4s m,ss as ssf S1 5s5 s Tsrs
sible an just observe! Faith, the auid tod is
name sae III an auld earle, though siccan dour
an and Ina maisterfu WhiR. He kens guild wark when
SO when they were a. sittin gey an shame
hearthstane fell my suto.'s eishinntRe canker an ,Mo
dTappit over she edge Of the hole IN Rt the laft
by vi Birsay moo. They'll be up the stair swarm
they were sittin' gapin' at the elshin that had
stottit on TO the floor. An what wi me steerin'
Knife that cut the leather oo NM y pooe
1t fell on the clean stane. an then lap to the
8 side nearly on the knees o. great fat gussie o
for he thocht It wasna canny-that he over,
among the lassies, stool an a. wi an awesome
clatter An a the lassies cried DOT wi frioht an
the sd they H for ass
Ssn sSnnds doos
mi, saEs.:but whan Auld Anton got him
straucht On his chair again. whatna tongue
lave sse@1 @ e eaed ssem for Citing
that vas bad. and telled them what kim %
O. a wee bit thing that was but wood an airn.
But when they showed MIN the knife whaur it
lay glintin' ON the hearth tfor nae man o. them
Qored himse an said It was sign sent sent to s'r re-
prove them for speakin' aboot pnir Birsay on
said. an nae mortal man evor forged si that Steel G
AN gin onybody touched it he wadna wunner
csd as hn II ID oSp
This tick led me sac terribly that creepit a
wee nearer to see the apld tod's face as no laid
leather knife-that had bath been bocht frae
Rab Tamson, the hardware man in the VenncI
dTe Snp aR Psyed for yeti When
ma hSis ys eouldna guess @ cresplt maybe
board sed way wi me, an doom Asi BIrsay S'fe feli
amang the peats on the hearthstane, landn' on
said Bag WaTne ai his
!, that was as naething to the scratch that the
flock o. wild deuks when a chairge g. Shot
splairges amang them. They, ,thocht tho iii
they % DE as. aoor saem JOCK
Wabster took the hill baa haain' like calf as he
ran; ian an, & even bauld Auld Anton stood by the
The dell sM on his 't Re"rthstSes! ssH MIN an
But didna bide lang amang the reed peats.
the ould man grubbt me by the cuff o. the neck.
an. maybes because he had been a kenn:n'
Gin had game TO the, laft to escape Effectuai
Calm. he didna scrnple to gin me Effectual
nuckle's single reason annexed ~
And what," said, came of Jock Wabster ?" |
great experience o. religion and gaed to Join
John Glib and his company on the Flowe o. the
Deersunk. where Master Lennon vanquished
hem. But he dinna catch Jock, for jock said
gin he had beat the dell fRt-ft in n race he |
Sasna feared for ony Lennox o. the squad. But |
lock was aye over great wi the weemen folk
m sac John Gibbs notions juist suited him"
Here Birsay made an end of his story for |
Anton Lennox himself came in and of him Bir- |
'ay stood In great and wholesome fear.
To be continued.