The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-16

/ and found himself in the midst of a
| gooSeberry bush, whilst Sholto, flying
out of the door, fell sprawling on all
tours almost under the foot of a horse
on which a young man sat, smilingly
/ watching the scene.
| Brawny Tim scattered the emberS of
the fire on the forge hearth, and threw
| the breastplate and girdle brace at
which the boys had been working into
a corner of the smithy. Then he turned
! to lock the door with the massive key
| which stood so far out from the upper
| Leaf that to it the horses waiting their
| turn to be shod were ordinarily teth-
cred.
As he did so he caught sight of the
! young man sitting on the black horse.
Instantly a change passed over his
! face. With one motion of his hand he
swept the broad blue bonnet from his
| brow and bowed the grizzled head
which had worn it upon his breast.
Thus for the breathing of breath the
master armorer stood, and then looked
up again at the young knight on horse
! back.
! my lord" he said, after a long
pause, in which he waited for the youth
| to speak, this is not well-you ride I'M
attended and unarmed.'
'Ah, Malise," laughed the young
earl, "a Douglas has few privileges if
| he may not sometimes on a summer
eve lay aside his heavy Imprisonment
| of armor and don such q suit as thiSi
What think you, Ell? Is it not a val
| liant apparel, as might almost beseem
one who rode a-courting?'
The mighty master smith looked at
the young man with his eyes in which
! reverence. rebuke and admiration
! StroVe together.
But" he said WagSing his head with
! a grave humorousness, your lordship
needs not to ride accounting. You are
! to be married to a great dame who Will
| bring you wealth, alliance and the
dover of provinces
The young man shrugged his Shout
ders and swung lightly off his charger,
which turned to look at him as he
stood and patted its neck.
Know you not, Malise," he said,
that the Earl of Douglas must needs
marry provinces and the Lord of Gallo
way wed riches? But what is there In
! that to prevent Will Douglas going
counting at II years of his age as a
young man ought. But have no fear. L
came not hither seeking the favor of
any save of that lily flower of yours.
! the only true May blossom that blooms
on the thorns of Carlinwark. l would
| look upon the angel smile on the face
/ of your little Magdalen. An she be here.
| | would toss her arTn-high for kiss of
! her mouth, which l would rather touch
\ than that Of lady or leman. For / do
ever profess myself her Vassal and
slave Where have you hidden her, Ma
| lise?"
The smith lifted I'D his voice till 1t
struck on the walls Of his cottage and
| echoed like thunder along the shores Of
| the lake.
Dame Barbara" he cried, and again,
! getting no answer. 'Ho. Dame Barbara,
1 say!"
Then. at the second hello. shrill and
/ somewhat peevish voice proceeded from
within the house opposite.
Aye, coming, can you not hear, great
dclt! Deed and deed it's a pretty pass
when a woman with the cares of a
household must come running light
toe and clatter-heel to every call of
! such a lazy lout. Husband, indeed-not
/ house band. but housed ond-I wot,
! house-tOrment. house-thorn. house
| cross"
: A sonsy, we'll favored head strangely
at variance with the words which came
! from it peeped out. and instantly the
scoldiDg prattle was stilled. Back went
| the head into the dark of The house, as
If shot from a lombard.
Malise MacKim INDUCED in a low
hoarse chucI1le as he caught the words.
"Eh. It's my Lord William! Save u.s.
and me wanting my Ryssil gown that
cost me ten silver shilling the ell. and
not even my white peaked cap upon my
head"
Her husband glanced at the young
earl to see if he appreciated the SAVIOR
of the Jest. Then he looked away, turn
ing the enjoyment over and over under
his own tongue. and muttering: "Ah.
well. tbs not his fault No man hath
sense of humor before he is 40 years OF
his age-and tbs all the ripper at So"
The young mans eyes were looking
this way and that, UP and down the
smooth pathway that skirted like d
green selvage the shores of the loch.
"Malise." he said, as if he had al
ready forgotten his late eager quest for
the little Magdalen, "Darnaway here
has a shoe loose, and tomorrow 1 ride
to levy. and may also joust a bout in
the tilt yard of the afternoon. / would
not Tsk you to work on Whitsunday,
but that there cometh my Lord Elem
! ing and Alan Lauder of the Bass,
bringing with them an embassy from
France, and l hear there may be fair
ladies of their company"
All" Cuoth Malise, grimly. $50 I
have heard it said concerning the en-
| bassies of Charles, king of France"
But the young man smiled and busted
one or two fieckS of foam which had
brown backward from his horses bit
upon the rich crimson doublet of finest
velvet, which cinctured closely at the
waist, fell half way to his knee in
heavy double plaits sewn with gold A
hunting horn of black and gold was
suspended about his neck by a bando-
lier of dark leather. embroidered with
bosses Of gold, laced boots of soft, black
leather, drawn together on the outside
| from ankle to mid-calf with golden
cord met the scarlet ''chauses' which
covered his thigh and outlined figure
of him who was the nobleSt youth and
the most gallant in all the realtm OF
Scotland.
Earl William wore no sword, only u
little gold-handled poignard with a
lady's finger ring set upon the point of
the hilts was at his side, and he stood
easily, resting his hand upon it as he
talked, drawing it an inch from it's
sheath and smoking it back noncha-
lently with sound like the clicking of
a well-oiled lock
"Clink the strokes strongly and feat
ly, Malise, for tomorrow. when the
Black Douglas rides upon Black Darn
away under the eyes of-well-of the
ladies whom the ambassadors are
bringing to greet me, there must be no
stumbling and no mistakes Or, on the
head of Malise MacKim the matter
shall be, and let that wight remember
that the Douglas does not keep a dule
tree up there by the Gallows Slock for
nothing"
The mighty smith was by this time
examining the hooVes of the earl's
charger, one by one. with such deiicacy
of touch that Darnaway felt the kindly
intent. and, bending his neck about,
blew and Snuffied into the armorer's
tangled mat of crisp gray hair
Up there" exclaimed MacKim, as
the warm breath tickled his neck, and
at the burst of sound the steed shifted
and clattered upon the hard-beaten