The times., 1897-11-21

cudpright town. And Guild keB's that's an
awesome lang road frae heeven!''
TO Telfair, the Ghost seer, they cried,
When ne stroyes to say a word what
ior did ye no bring the devil wi ye in a
bag? Man, We are over great WI him.
But there's neither witch nor warIock
can look at Mac Clellan's cup, nor come
near our minister, It's easy seen Quintin
mac Cieiian Wasna IN the Presby tery when
the deli played sic pliskies doom aboot
the Rerrick slores.'
Then came boyd, who had proclaimed
King William at Glasgow cross. But he
found that an easier task than TO shout
down the cause of righteousness at the
Four Roads of Pluekemeire.
You pay overmuch attention to the
words or man without honor This was
DIS beginning, heard over all, to the very
midst OF the street, for he had q great
voice, which in better cause would ha We
been listened 10 like the voice Of an
apostle.
Have ye paid back the siIler the poor
Hill-Folk spent on your coileging?' they
asked him. 0ur minister paid for his
ain schooling
The question was, a feathered arrow in
the white, but Boyd hyoidedit.
Your minister is "a man that should be
ashamed 10 enter kirk and preach the
Gospel. Who would associate with the
''of certainty not traitors and turn
coats!' cried a deep voice in the hack
ground, to which all turned in anna cement
1t was Sir Alexander Gordon, or Earl
stoun. the reputed Head of the Societies,
whose boast it has been that he could call
Z ,000 men to arms in the day OF trouble.
l saw Boyd pale to the lips.
Il do not argue with sectariesl" he
stammered, turning on his heel
Nor / with kuHViSh upppiVerS.f - cried
Alexander Gordon, ''of whom there are
two here-AndreW Cameron and William
Boyd. With this hand / paid them the
golden money for their education, wrung
from the instant needs OF those who had
lost their ali, and who depended often on
charity for their bite Of bread From men
attainted, from men earning in foreign
lands the inter bread of exile; from men
ana women Imprisoned; shilling by shilling,
penny by penny, that noney came. 1t was
iil-spent on men like these. William Boyd
and Andrew Cameron swore the solemn
oaths. They took upon them the I'M
preakable andiinmutabIe covenant In time
they became minister's and we looked for
words OF light and wisdom from them. But
we OF the faithful remnant looked in vain
For loi Caesar sat upon his throne, and
right gladly they bowed the knee. They
licked the gold from his garments like
honey. They uuinbled his shJesLrmg, that
he might graciously permit them TO sit at
ease in his fat places
"Bahi" he cried, SO that his voice was
heard miles off on the hill tops, out upon
such towards aud traitors! And now
folk Of this parish, VIII We let such scurrl
looms persuade you 10 give up your true
and faithful minister, on whose tongue
is the word of truth and in whose heart
is no fear of the face of mani"
The frightened Preshyters melted before
him. some Of them going off with the men
of evil life-the lairds and heritGrs of the
parish. Others mounted theif horses and
rode homeward, as II the devil OF Rerrick
himself had been after them.
Thus was ended the Disputation Of
CUleuoch, near TO Clachanpluck, In the
shamng Of those that witESto0d Us.