The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-29
4 GREAT TRAGEDY.


The speaker was . genuins type Of the
highland gamekeeBer, elderly and gray,
but Hne, hale, active old nzz, keen
sportsman and genial cuzps1aun- The
ether was quite = yeung nan and seemed
60 be stranger
What are we to DO, Angus9'' he asked
81 We axe miles away from the lodge"
Am thiak1n that the wa @ the cas-
tie over yon 'er. - said Angus, pointing
toward q dark shadow looming not far
away The ruins were only q few yards
distant, ard they plugged bIindIy along
until they came TO ivisd walls and broken
arches. Shelter It could scarcely be called;
only portion Of the roof remained and
that seemed threatening TO toppIe over
with the first blast Of wind They CROPPED
their way over 60 a corner, the two settlers
erouching AZ their heels Throwing the
bags OF game On the turf, Angus endeaT-
ored TO zcrape some sticks and leaves to-
gether and proceeded 70 light FIRE The
dogs meanwhile lay down by the bags
with a low whine q misery
'WeeL this IS nae a canny place to
spend the nicht, &" and as II in answer to
Angus enc Of the dogs set up howl
4 wonder If It Is haunted It IS Just
the sort Of place Shakespeare would have
chosen Tor one Of his tragedies, - Ronald
said
s-WeeI, wouIdna Ike TO be poseteevs
ABBOTT ghais5. but II well worth uyln
anyhoo- - said Angus, taking a plump
brace OF grouse from one Of the bags and
beginning culinary operations
Did ye speak o Shakspurs'' continued
Angus, looking up from his work with
twinkle in his eye, as ne flung away a
handful Of feathers.
Yes"
As for tragedies, ye havna to look sac
far for them ADe happened N this SANE
ruin that Macbeth couIdnA hauId The
cawnel TO-
Went you let ne hear ib2'' Ronald
asked looking interested.
Angus Illuminated for few min utss. then
gave the finishing touch to the brace Of
grouse and laid them carefully On the red
ashes, while the two dogs crep6 closer -
II 60 listen
WeeI, he began, what a n 70 tel ys
Is a true Name o yer fiction, " and
shade q sadness passed over his face
It's lang syne folk lived here. sac lang
that their names are q most forgotten
That : the way O. the ward, ye ken Ey-
cry dog has his day Gin we diRna do guide
deeds while we live here we Wilma be lang
shochs O. MOO for ma story
The lord O the mAnor's name was
Campbell. an he was rnich1ifuI prood- Ea
keepIH q hose full o followers an seEv-
ants. There was a doch5er an fowr sous.
This dochter was celebrated for her beauty
an gentle mainers. an as ys may Wsel SUD
pose she he'd rEony lovers, but as fate wud
hae't, she lady cared fer name O them sx-
cept the enemy o her fathers hose The
name o this young lord was Cumming
He was kent near Al far for his valor an
gaIIantry- WeeI, aud Lord Campbau
vowed that Cumming wud never get his
dochtsr, an young Cumming vowed tbss
he wud, Il he had 70 steal her
MOO, Campbell GhOchE o a plan % get
Cumming iztae his pooer, sac a at ancs
he got uncon mon FRIENDLY an invited him
an j his folk 70 = gran banquet at the
castle here. Cumming didnA suspec' ony-
thing, an O coorse accepted the Ioveeta-
ton But be had freend among Camp
bells followers VIA heard o the pIo1, an
wansis TO warn him o his danger, but he
dau< nae speak TO him, as he had taen an
oath not TO tell q Twin sowL AZ last he
thCchG O q plan By vvhiIk to keep his prom
ise Al at the same time warn his Eeend
Sac, he gaed to Lord Cumming an said
Come wi ne 70 she big Druid stane across
the moor. Cumming did as he was bid
Noe, said his friend yer co listen an
hear what a n 70 say to the stane- Mind
ye it 10 TO ys 4 n speakln- lis TO TIE
stane- a RIGHT says Cumming, an
Hssenin-' Then the lad began speakin TO
the Druid Beware o treachery- DINA
an dirk, an whenever ye see the boar head
thas'u be sign TO ye to shout. Clay
more !" Al stab every Campbell
Here was Czmp5eI's plot to capture
Cumming When the boar head was
keni6 60 the rasbIa, every Campbell as to
stab q Cumming The Cummings didns
let On as they ken o onything. but came
70 The banquet Al they were a as freend-
II ss ye please. Eooever5 young Lord
Cumming never took his eye frae the
door, an when he saw the signal KENT
II tae the banquet hail he Iaeppi5 frae his
chair Al shourzt co his followers Clay
more, an Immediately a most awful scufae
ensUed The CampbeIIs were clean dun
fOondered- Al nearly every sus o them
was kiIIft or woU1df6, a except the aud
lord Young Cumming sparss him for
the sake Q the ane he loved She was
I0ckts up in . FUrret- Weel, when aud
Lord Campbell saw his sons IyIn dead, he
rushed up 20 the turrst where his dochser
was an killed her afoEe young Cumming
could reach her, an then KILT himself
Ave fEists ia sEery," said Angus,
pausing and looking st Ronald
An enemy Is much more TO be dreaded
when he comes IN the shape OF a friend -
said Ronald What became Of young
Cumming when the lady he loved was
murderedg'
They say AT lie dug s grave hImseP
az the Druid sts1es an rowe5 her in his
plaid an buries her On the moor among
the heather
This place, - said Ronald, brings TO
ny memory some verses, but I forget the
author name
Aye, its eneuch TO drive ony ane 60
madness. Sac. Ronald the fog has cIear5
ava, an yen the moon szrugglin wi
that cIood Wen manage Oor way hame,
an the sooner the better -
Come away, Angus said Ronald,
gDriugiDg Co his feet, and the two men
s1rode out from the ruin, joyfuIIy followed
By the two hounds, guickened their pace
across the moor and soon left the solitary
castle and its sad memories far behind