The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-24

pOuilu rOut.
'Comc in by, doctor, n heard we on
the road; ye ill hac been at Tammas
Mitchell's; hoo's the gudcwifc? n doot
she's SOBER
"Annies dcein Drumshcugh, an
Tammas is like tao brall his heart"
That's no lichtsome, doctor, no
lichtsomc ava, for a dnnn ken ony
IMAM i'll DruIntochty sac bund up in his
wife as Tammas. and there's no 4 bon
nier wumman % her age crosses cor
kirk door than.Annic. nor Il clcvcrcr at
her warll. Man, We ill need tae pit yir
brains i'll steep. Is she clean beyond
yep"
Beyond me and every ithcr in tho
land but anc, and it wud cost hun
drcd guineas tao bring him tae Drum
tochty.'
"Certcs, he's no blatc; it's fell
charge for short days work; but hun
dred or no hundred we ill hac him, an
no let Annie gang, and her no half her
years"
Are ye mcanin' it, Drumsheugh?"
and MacLurc turned white below tho
tan.
William MacLure," said Drums
heugh, in one of the few condolences
that ever broke the Durmsheugh re-
serve, ''am a lonely man, wi naebody
o ma ain bludc tao care for me livin'.
or tae lift me intac ma coffin.
IA fecht ava at Muirtown market
for an extra pund on n beast, or u shil-
lin on the quarter o barley, au' what's
the CUTE OF? Burnbrae glcs aft tae
get coon for his wife or bulke for
his college laddic, an Lachlan Camp
bell ill no leave the place moo withoot
ribbon for Flora. 1llla man in the
Kildruminie train has some bit in his
pooch for the faux at homo that he's
bocht wi the siller he won.
''But there's naebody tao be loolsin'
DOT for me, an comm doom the road
tae meet me, an daffin' Col1ing) wi me
ABBOTT their fairing, or feeling ma poclz-
cts. Gu a ave seen it a at ithcr
hooses though they tried to hide it frac
me for fear a wud LAUGH at them
"Yir the only man lens, Weclum,
that l aimee luved the noblest wumman
in the glen or anywhere, an n luve
her still, but wi anithcr luvc moo.
'She he'd given her heart tao anither,
or ave trocht a MIGHT hae won her,
though nae man be worthy o sic gift
Ma bert turned tae bitterness, but that
passed ava beside the brier bush where
George Hoo lay yon sad simmer time.
Some day all tell yer ma story, Weel-
um, for you an me are auld friends,
and will be till we dee"
MacLurc felt beneath the table for
Drumsheugh's hand, but neither man
looked at the other.
"Wcll, a. we can dac moo, Weclum,
gin we hacna miclllc BRIGHTNESS in COR
ain names, is tae keep the LIGHT frae
gaein' DOT in anithcr hoose. Write the
telegram, man, and Sandy ill send it
aft frac llildrummic this vera NIGHT,
and yc i'll hae yir man this morn"
"Yir the man a coonted We, Drums
hcugh, but yc ill grant me ae favor
Ye'll lat me pay the half. bit by bit
a ken yir wull in tac dac't n'-but a
haena mony pleasures, an a wud like
tac hac ma ain share in savin' Annie's
lifc.'
Next morning Il figure received Sir
George on the Kildrummie platform,
whom that famous surgeon took for
gillec, but who introduced himself as
'MacLurc, of Drumtochty." 1t seemed
as if the east had come to meet the
west when these stood together, the
one i'll travelling furs, handsome and
distinguished with his strong cultured
face and carriage of authority, Il char
actcristic type of his professions; and
the other moro marvelously dressed
than ever, for Drumshcugh's topcoat
had been forced upon him for the occa-
sion, his face and neck one redncss with
the bitter cold; rough and ungainly,
yet not without some signs of power in
his eye and voice, the most heroic type
of his noble profession. MacLure com
passed the precious arrival with obscrv-
anccs till he was securely seated in
Drumshcugh's dogcart-a vehicle that
lent itself to history-with two full
sized plaids added to his equipment
Drumshcugh and IIilloclls had both
been rcquisitioned and MacLure
wrapped another plaid round leather
case, which was placed below the scat
with such reverence as might be given
to the queens rcgala. Peter attended
their departure full of interest, and as
soon as they were in the fir woods Mac
Lure explained that it would be an
cvcntful journey.
Its richt in here, for the wind disna
get ut the snaw, but the drifts are deep
in the glen, and th'ill be some engineer
in aforc we get tae COR destination"
ga sclccllt the road this morning,
an a ken the depth tao an inch we ill
get through this stcadin' here, but DOR
worst job i'll be crossin the Tochty.
We sec the bridge hes been shallin'
wi this winters flood, and we daurna
venture on it, sac we hev tae ford, and
the snaw's been melting up Urtach
way. There's nae doot the waters gey