The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-23

drop and he stared at the door at whlch
appeared the face OF the young man VINO
had pursued US the day on the muir OF
Iowther Sir James rose TO his feet ana
set his hand to his sword. The face OF
the young man was flushed with wrath
or wine. / know not which.
HCome I'm hither, Janet, he cried 10
some one without; "here Is ga liant
company at the drink. Ye Will see the
whole pack together that have oisln-
herited me--the canting priest, the lying
Englisher. and the old hound himself.
The devil rive them all! May their cup
choke themlp
And with these wicked words Philip
Standsfield strode upon the stone pave
ment of the inn He was tall young
man, but with face surfeited with pas
sion and blotched with evil living.
Behind him, with a fieering laugh, there
entered young slattern OF woman,
buxom OF feature indeed, but with no
good or housewifely look in her eyes. :,
s'See, there they stand, Janet, cried
he, sand for a groat / would send them
all to hell, and swing for them in the
Grass Mercat"
"Philip," said Sir James, gripping the
table to steady himelf, for all his mirth
had gone from him and left him gray TO
the lips, "Philip, my lad, have come to
forgive you, and to see gin ye VIII lead
new life. Dinna-dinna begin by
woman, that has made ye live ike
beast. Think on your wife that greets for
you by her LONE
What more he would have said know
not, but the woman broke out furiously
upon him, asking who he was that he
| should take her good name, saying that
she was an honest mans wife and much
| else. -,
"Said We g. honest mans wife?' said
| Sir James. And he looked very direct at
| her as she 81 oke. -,
| The woman lurned away as II she could
not bear the question and the eyes OF all
| that were in the house. She made as
though she would go to the tireside by
| which sat James Marr's wife with her
| daughter Elspie standing beside her.
| But they gathered the skirts OF their
kirtles about them and swept of into an
| inner room. SO the woman came back
| shame-facedly TO the side OF her para
mour, who stood browbeating US all, save
| the Englishman, who slipped contentedly
at his ale and smiling in a way that was
| a vast admiration to me to behold.
IL was not, perhaps, the wisest time to
| give man advice, but nevertheless, be.
| cause knew not whether indeed should
| see him again, / rose from my place and
| exhorted him to repent and put away his
sin; for that his father was ready to for
| give him and receive him again, ms in the
days before his first going from home.
| "Out upon you, canting hound!' ht
| cried, breaking i'm on me 81 tell you
| plainly, gin had as muckle as sixpenc'
| in the day / would never trouble my
| father more. "
"Come TO dinner and worship tonight,
| and we shall see IL we cannot make new
| thing of it, your father and you and l.
| We have come from Edinburgh for that
purpose
But the more mention that was mad'
OF his fathers kindliness, the fiercer wa
the son against him, which made his sir
| like the sin against the Holy Ghost, as
have so often expounded.
''The devil take him and you both, ,
he cried. "Think We 1 would go to hi
| table to have him grin at me like
sleeps head i'm a tongs. Ye dog Will
band-strings, what are ye concerned IL
the matter? Do ye und erstand to whom
ye speak?''
Then Umphray Spurway whipped pal
/ of pistols out of his pocket, an laid then
bended on the table.
"There has been enough and to spar
of i'll talk" he said; ''get out OF thi