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Xxx.
THE EYES OF A MAID.

Now throughout all the parish, aye,
and throughout all Galloway there was
infinite noise and bruit of this thing.
Specially was there the buzz of anger
in the hill parishes, where the men who
had lain in the moss-hags and fought
for the liberties dwelt thickest-n
Carsphairn. in the Glenkens and in
mine own Balmaghie.
AS I went over the hill from farm
town to farm-town, the herds would cry
down a "Well done!" from among the
sheep. Old men who had seen the high
days of the Kirk before the fatal home
coming of King Charles, rough, buird-
ly men who had done their share OF
hiding and fighting in the troubles,
young men who. like myself, had heard
but the murmur of the fray. came to
shake my hand and bid me strengthen
my knees and stick to my testimony.
But nowhere was more warmly well
coined than in the good house of Drum
glass; The herd lads and ploughmen
were gathered at the house-end when
I came up the loaning, and as passed,
one of them came forward with his blue
bonnet in his hand.
Fear not. SIR" he said, with a kind
Of bold, sef-respecting diffidence, II
speak for all our lads with hearts and
hands. We will fight for you. Keep
the word of your testimony and we will
sustain you and stand behind you. If
We will unfurl the blue banner again.
We will plant deep the staff"
And from the little group of stalwart
men at the barn-end there came a low
murmur of corroboration. I'VE will up
hold you!"
Strange is it to-day to think on these
things when most men are so lukewarm
for principle. But in those, days the
embers of the fires of persecution We're
vet warm and glowing, and men knew
that they might again be blown up
and fresh fuel added thereto.
Come AVA" cried Nathan Gemmell,
heartily, from where he sat on the
great outer bench Of moss-oak by the
door-cheek, worn smooth by genera
tions of stters, come ava, minister
and tell us the news. Faith, it makes
me young-like again to hear that there
is still man that thinks on the Cove
nants and the blue banner wi the
white cross. And though they forget
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from the Society Hill Folk. For with
their scanty funds the men of the moss
hags had sent these two as students
to Holland to gather lear and to be
their ministers. But now when they
had gotten comfortable down-sittings
in plenteous parishes, they turned with
the bitter zest of the turncoat to the
hunting Of one who adhered to their
own ancient way.
Then when at the last I stood single
and alone at their bar and was. ready
to- answer their questions, they could
bring nothing against me, save that
had refused their jurisdiction. Their
suborned witnesses failed them. For
there was none in all the parish who
wished me ill-and certainly none that
dared testify a word in the midst of
the angry people that day in the Kirk
of Balmaghie.
"Have ye naught to allege against
my life and conduct" asked of them
at last. "Ye have set spies to follow
me from place to place and wrest my
words. Ye have spied here and there
in the houses Of my people. Ye have
tried to entrap my elders. Is there no
least thing that ye can allege? For
three years I have come and gone in
and out among this folk of Balmaghie
1 have companied with you. l have sat
in your meetings. / have not been 81
lent. Ye have watched me with the
eyes Of the greedy gled. Ye have bark
ened and waited and sharpened claws
for me as cat does at mouse-hole-'
"Will we submit and sign the submis-
sion here and now?" interrupted Cam
eron, who liked not the threatening
murmur of appreciation which began
to run among the folk.
"There is One" answered I, the
words being as it had been given to
me, "whose praise is perfected out Of
the mouths Of babes. 1t is true that
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fCopyrisht, 1897. BY S, II. Crockett.l
SYNOPSIS.

This is the story of Quintn Mac Clel-
lan's life. written by himself with addi-
tions by his brother Hob. Although q
minister of the established State Church
of Scotland, Quntn synpathizes with
the followers of Richard Cameron. better
known as the Covenanters. His charge Is
the parish of Balmaghie. where his iirm-
est friends are Nathan Gemmell, the farm
er of Drumglass, and his daughters. Jean
and Alexander-Jonita:. Jean is deeply IN
love with Quintn. while Hob, who lives
with him at the manse, is courting Alex
ander-Jonita; Quintin, however, is IN IN
love with Mary Gordon, whom he has
known since childhood. Mary is the
daughter of Alexander, Gordon, the laird hi,i
she herself is member of the State
Church; Quintin proposes marriage to
her. but Is rejected. The young minister
has other troubles, At Il meeting of the
Presbytery, held at Balmaghie; the mem
bers are asked to sign a declaration of
submission to Queen Anne Quintin is too
strong an advocate of freedom in religion
to do this, and he Is expelled from the
meeting. This affair creates an immense
sensation among his parishioner1.
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" JEAN. WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS ?"

Il love your sister, I said, for in
deed, though ] had not thought thus of
the matter before. there seemed moth
ing else to be said
But the face of AleXander-Jonita did
not relax. She stood gazing at her sis
ter, whose head rested quiet and con-
tent on my shoulder.
Jean" she said at last, knowing
that which YOU know, why have you
done this?"
The girl lifted her head and looked
at Jonita with kind of glad defiance
Sister she said, you do not UNDER
stand love. You do not know what one
would do for love-"
"You love my sister Jean?" she said,
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the aud flag moo l hae seen it gang
stacherin' doom the streets o the toon
o. Edinburgh wi a the folk cryin', Up
wi the Kirk an doom WI the King
till there wasna a soldier dare show his
face, nor Kings man to be found be-
tween the Castle and the Holy-rood-
house Hech-how-aye! aud Drumglass
has seen that"
chair, where he had placed me. and
Then we went in, and by the fireslde,
looking very wistfully out of her meek
eyes at me, stood the young lass, Jean
Gemmell. She came forward holding
out her hand, saying no word, but the
tears still wet on her lashes-why
know not And she listened as her
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waiting should lose courage, "are you
to marry Jean Gemmell?"
He kept his eyes straight upon me. as
indeed he did ever to any with whom
he spake.
Aye. Hob" he said quietly. "have
ye any word to say to that?"
Il do not know that 1 have" I an
swered, but what will Mary Gordon
say?"
l could see him vince like one that is
touched on an unhealed wound. But
he recovered himself at once, and said
calmly, "She will say nothing, feel
nothing, care nothing"
II am none SO sure of that" said I.
looking as straightly at him as even he
did at me.
He started up. his one hand on the
ia BILE, his long hair thrown back with
certain jerk he had when he was
touched, which made him look like a
reused lion.
by what right do ye say that, Hob
Mac Clellan?"
by the right of that which know"
said I: but man who will pull up the
seed which he has just planted and cast
it away because he finds not ripened
ears, deserves to starve on sprouted
and musty corn"
riddle me no riddles" said my
brother knocking on the table with his
palm till the great Hebrew book slid
from it's prop and fell heavily to the
floor; this is too terrible venture.
Speak plainly and tell me all you mean"
that l can hold my peace and am no
gossip-monger. 1 tell you that when
you went from Earlstoun the last time
the Lady Mary went to the battlement
tower to watch you. and came down
with her kerchef wringing with her
tears"
1T is a thing impossible, mad, in
credible!" said he, putting his elbow
on the table and his hand to his eyes
as if he had been looking into the glare
of an overpowering sun. Yet there was
hardly enough light in the little room
for us to see one another by. After a
long silence Quintin turned to me and
said, Tell me how ye came to ken
this?"
That" said l. bluntly "is not a mat
ter that can concern you. But know
it l do, or I should not have troubled
you with the matter
He gave a wild kind or throat cry
that l never heard before. 1t was the
driven throttle cry Of a mans agony
once heard, never forgotten. Would
that Mary Gordon had heard it! 1t Is
the one thing no woman can stand. II
either melts or terrifies her. But with
another man it is different. 'i -
"Ah, you have troubled me4you have
troubled me sore!" he cried. And with
no more than that he left me and went
out into the night. l looked through
the window and saw him marching uI
and down by the Kirk on strip OF
liking. 1t was pitiful to watch him
He walked fast like one that would
run away from melancholy thoughts
turning ever when he came opposite
the low tombstone of the two martyr
Hallidays. He was bareheaded and
feared the night dews. So lifted down
his minister's hat from the deer's horn
by the hallan door and took 1t out tc
him.
/ At first he did not see me, and it was
only when a couple of blackbirds flew
scoding out of the lilac bushes thai
he heard my foot AMI turned. r
| Man Hob,' he said, speaking just
as he used to do at Ardarroch, before
ever he went to the college OF Edin'
burgh, 'it's an awfu' thing that a mar
should care mair for the guild word o
lass than about the grace O. God and
/ the Covenanted Kirk of Scotland"
The herald., 1897-11-21
XXIII,
MARY GoRDoN's LAST WORD.

MARY GOHDON . LAST WORQ.
The next day was the thirtieth of De-
cember. day of bitter frost, so that
the Dee froze over, and the way which
had been broken for the boats to ferry
the Presbytery across from the danger
GUS bounds of Balmaghie was again
filled with floating ice.
The Kirk Of Crossmichael sits. like
that of Balmaglne, on hill above Dee
Water. One House OF Prayer fronts
the other. and the white kirk-yard
stones greet each other across the
river, telling the one story Of earth to
earth. And every Sabbath day across
the sluggish stream two songs Of praise
go up to heaven in united aspiration
toward one Eternal Father.
But this thirtieth OF December there
was small community Of lofty fellow
ship across the water in Crossmichael.
1t was to me Of all days the day bit
terest and blackest. I have, indeed,
good cause to remember II.
Right we'll was l advised that so far
as the ministers Of the Presbytery
We're concerned, there was no hope of
any outcome favorable to me. They
had only been scared from their prey
for moment by the stern threatening
of the folk Of the parish. The Peoples
Paper in particular had frightened
them like sentence Of death. But now
they were free to make an end. 81.
My brother Hob was keen to head q
band pledged to keep them out Of
Crosspatrick Kirk also. But forbade
them to cross the water.
Though the former stress Of trial was
over, this day of quiet was far harder
to bear than the day before. For then.
with the excitation Of battle, the plau-
dts Of the people, the quick necessities
of verbal defense against many adver-
saries, my spirits were kept up. But
now there was none in the manse be-
side myself. and took to wandering
UP and down the little Kirk loaning,
thinking how that by this time the
Presbytery was met to speed my doom,
and that the pleasant place which
knew me now, would soon know me no
more forever.
! AS I fingered at the road end, think
ing how much would have given for
heartening word. and vaguely resolv-
ing to betake me over to the house Of
Drumglass, where. at the least, I was
sure Of companionship and consolation,
CHANGED to cast my eyes to the south
ward. and there along the light gray
riverside track saw u lady riding.
AS she came nearer, I saw that Il
was none other than Mistress Mary
Gordon. I thought ! had never seen
her look winsomer-a lissom form, a
perfect seat, dainty and well-ordered
carriage.
I stood still where / was and waited
for her to pass me. had my hat in
my hand, and counted on nothing but
that she should ride by me as though
she saw me not.
But, on the contrary, she refined her
horse and sat waiting for me to speak
with her.
SO went to her bride rein and looked
up at her face, and 10! 1t was kindlier
than ever 1 had seen 1t before, with q
sort Of loving pity on it which found
it very hard to bear.
"Will you let me walk by your side
little way?" asked Of her. For as
we had parted without farewell, 20
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XXI.

THE ANGER OF ALEXANDER-JO-
NITA.
! comment and addition by Hob Mac
Clellan.1
! I met my lass Jonita that night by
the sheep-fold on the hill. 1t was not
yet sun-down, but the spaces of the
heavens had slowly grown large and
vague.
! had been waiting a long time for
her ere I heard her come, lissomly
springing from tuft to tuft of grass and
whistling that bonny dance-tune, THE
Broom O. the Cowden-knowes." But
even before l looked up, l caught the
trouble in her tones. She whistled more
shrilly than usual and the liquid flut-
ing of her notes, mellow mostly as
those of the blackbird, had now an
angry ring.
What is the matter, AleXanderJo-
her.
why our silly Jean has made eyes
at your brother and let the salt water
fall on the breast Of his black minister's
coat And the calf declares that he
loves her.
I stood up in sharp surprise.
He no more loves her than-than-"
Than you love me-" said Alexander
Jonita. II know; drive on"
l did not notice her
"Why, Jonita, he has all his life been
in love with the Lady Mary-the Bull
of Earlstoun's daughter
Alexander-Jonita nodded pensively.
Even so l thought" she said but
as | guess, she has sent him about his
business, and so he has been taken with
our poor Jeans pulling pussydom. God
forgive me, that l should say as much
of dying woman
"A dying woman." cried ], there is
nothing the matter with Jean"
Alexander-Jonita shook her head.
clean is not long for this world sne
said, II bid you remember. Saw ,'ou
ever the red leap through the white like
Won. save when the life burned fast to
the ashes and the pulse beat even more
light and weak?'
And how long hath this thing been
about?"
.'Since the day of your brothers first
preaching. when to save her shoon, she
must needs go barefoot and wash her
feet in the burn that slips down by the
kirk-yard wall"
THAT was the day Quintin first spoke
with her when she gave him her noon
ing piece of bread to stay his hunger.
Aye" said Alexander-Jonita. "bet-
ter had he gone hungry all sermon
time than eaten of our Jeans piece"
For shame Alexander-Jonita,
Sh Sna9 |,
thus of a lassie that is, as you say. dy-
ing on her feet-and your sister forbye
| believe that ye are but jealous."
She famed up in sudden anger. Get
out Of our ewe-buchts before 1 twist
your neck, Hob Mac Clellan" she cried;
II care not docken for any man alive
least of all for you and your brother
/ thought from what l heard of his do
ings at the Presbytery that he was
more of q man than any of you. But
now I see he is feckless and feeble like
the rest
"Ah, Jonita, you snooded folk tame
us all. From David the King to Hot
Mac Clellan, there is no man so wise
but a woman may tie him in knots
about her little finger"
Il thought better of your brother,
she said, her anger dying away as sud
denly as it had risen, and l think she
sighed.
But not better of me-" l said.
She looked at me with contempt, but
yet a contempt nightly pleasant.
Good e'en to ye." she cried, Il was
be Hebrew. But do not think he read
in it, nor gathered much lear for his
Sabbath sermon.
not so far left to myself as to think
about you at ALL"
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Some Of Rosebery's Treasures

bery's house are mantle piece from
Ruben's house. the chandeliers: from
the Doge's Palace, and tapestries that
belonged to Cardinal Mazarin. These
were Rothschild treasures, and on the.
death of Baron Meyer. de, Rothschild,
in 1874, they came into the possession
OF Hannah de Rothschild, Lord Rose-.
bery's wife.
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among you J am ike q young child
without power or wisdom. Ye are great
and learned. old in years and full OF
reverence. But this one thing ! can
do. can stand by the truth ye have
deserted and lift again the banner
staff ye have cast in the mire. As great
Rutherford hath said. Christ may ride
upon a windlestraw and not stumble" ("
Then turned about to the people,
when the Presbytery would have re-
strained me from further speech to
them.
"Ye folk Of this parish" l said, what
think We Of this matter? Shall your
minister be thrust out from among
you? Shall he bow the head ana bend
the knee? Must he let principle and
truth go by the board? I think We
know him better. Aye. truly, this par
ish and people would have . bonny
bird of him. a brave minister. indeed,
If he submitted before being cleared of
that which. all unjustly. his enemies
have accused him. setting him up in
the presence Of his people like q felon
in the dock Of Judgment"
Then indeed there was confusion
among the ravens who had come to
gloat over the feast. I had insulted
ESQ they cried) their honorable and rev.
erent court. / had refused 4 too le-
nient and condescending accommoda-
tion. So they spoke. as II long words
would balance the beam OF an unjust
cause.
But at that moment there came a stir
among the folk. l saw the elders Of
the congregation appear at the door Of
the Kirk. And as they marched up
the aisle, behind them thronged all the
men of the parish, still, stern, and
compact mass. -
Then the ruling elder read the pro-
test OF the common people. 1t was
simple and clear. The parish waa
wholly with me and not with mine ene-
mics. Almost every man within the
bounds had signed the paper. The
Presbytery might depose the minister.
but the people would uphold him.
Every man in Balmaghie knew well
that their pastor suffered because he
had steadfastly preferred truth to com.
promise, honor to pelf, conscience to
stipend. The Presbytery themselves
had sworn to uphold that which now
they condemned
Are We who present this paper Or
dained elders OF the Kirk" asked
Cameron Of the leaders. glowering
angrily at them.
I'VE are" responded Nathan Gem
nell stoutly.
And ye dare to bring a railing ac-
cusation against the ministers Of your
Presbytery?''
I'VE are free men--ruling elders. You
on your part are but teaching elders.
and save, for the authority OF the state.
ye are noways in authority over u.s."
was the answer. 90
And who are they for whom We pro.
fess to speak?" continued Cameron.
looking frowningly upon Drumglass
and his fellows.
They are here to speak for them
selves!" he cried. and as he waved his
hand, the Kirk was filled from end to
end with stalwart men, who stood up,
rank behind rank, all very grave and
quiet.
I saw the ministers cover together.
This was not at all what they had bar
gained for.
I'VE are to be deforced and over
awed." said Cameron; 'Iet us disperse
to-day and meet tomorrow in the Kirk
of Crossmichael over the water"
And 10! it was done-even as their
leader said. They summoned me to
meet them on the morrow in the Kirk
of Crossmichael that l might receive
my doom. ..
The herald., 1897-11-21
AT BAY.
VIII

(The Narrative of Quintin Mac Clel-
Ian is resumed)
Dark was the day, darker the night.
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MIR. STRONG TO WRITE A BOOK.
Its Title, ''Creed in Deed"-WHI BE n
Series of Sermons.

Its Title, "Creed in Deed"-WHI Be n
Series of Sermons.
Rev. c. H. Strong will shortly begin
series of Sunday night sermons at st.
Johns church on the subjects of the Apos-
ties creed and the modern Interpretation
of the scriptures. Mr.. Strong has been
requested by a northern publishing house
to furnish book on these subjects and
has consented to do so.
The sermons to be delivered at St.
Johns on Sunday nights this winter will
compose the book, and the members of
Mr.. Strongs congregation will have the
pleasure of hearing the sermons before
they appear in book form The book will
be entitled Greed in Deed" and is in
tended to be an exposition of Christian
theology of to-day, based upon the modern
Interpretation Of the scriptures.
Mr.. Strongs purpose is to show that the
so-called higher criticism" of the scrip
lures is only the same application of all
the light afforded by literary and scien-
tific research as would be applied by per-
sons of intelligence 70 the study of any
other subject of Importance.
Yesterday was Mr.. Strong's first Sun
day a. st. Johns after an absence of
about three months. His subject at the
morning service was What Christianity
Has Done for Womanhood," his text be-
ing and he took the maiden by the
hand" The idea evolved was that Chris
t!anity has taken woman by the hand and
lifted her up to a higher plane of religion
and civilization. The discourse proved a
very enjoyable one, as was also that at
the night service.
The subject at the night service was
THE Forgiveness of SIN the text being
the words of Christ to the paralytic, who
was let down to him through the roof
of the house: "Son, be of good cheer. Thy
sins are forgiven thee" The simple faith
of the man who obtained this boon, par
don of sins,a AS well as restoration to health,
was dwelt upon, and the manner in which
the incident was regarded by the Phari-
sees discussed.
Mr.. Strong said that Christ is the same
to-day as when he pardoned the paralytic
the same yesterday, to-day and forever.
New interpretations are placed upon the
scriptures, but the facts are the same.
At different periods in the history of the
church different interpretations have been
placed upon the scriptures Christ and
His Bible, he said, are better known to-
day than at any time previously in the
history of the world