The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-11

ANll VI hOhklH0s hliu iNui NV TUE lhNt vi hnl
Crichton that over breathed. .Ho. there. with
outt' And he shook the door in anger,
soecblhg woman y9ice and the measures % re-
tread Of the stntry. whose partisan they could
see flashing il the lampllght through the mar
row-barred wicket, as he turned In front q
And il was all in vain that sholto plead Will
his master. To every argument Lord Dong
las replied. II cannot COLT c~onsorts not with
sholto told him how thai they could now es.
cane and in q week would raise the whole OF
S sna s tSe de TstTTTing 6 IF The he f tTsIfo Of the esi SP6st.S
and Livingston. But even to this the Earl had
'."WhaiSieo like a coward and leave this girl
who, has trusted me, ,dGfenccless in their
hondi You have heard her weeping, tell
YOU escape. My place is here. and neither
fqiyellinG cTichton nor that hackstnirg laTdog
6TfIpha oSsiSR s ana tS sSy h 1Sq Ned 5h from loG tSem the un EnFl
David Douglas had been standing by hone
fully while Sho!to tied the rope g the rings.
| AZ, his brothers words he Fnt down again.
William OF Douglas turned about ulop him.
hapnen to me, fail not to make the traitors nay
But David Douglas sat still and answered not.
master. ' approaehed David. and nHi'V With WE sen tie
force would have compolled him to the win
boy thrust him away. striking him ~lercely
ur:9q9 the SHOULDER. u,o, .-
L. IldnOS- OIL, ne Crleu. i also AM u DOtE-
"No. my David" said the Earl, turning for a
moment from the door, where he had been
hone Of. our house, NV mother would fret to
death II apSht ianrened to You, This IS not
On me 4 lies, and IL must nav the reckoning.
why. at least, only drank the vine
brotthweirn b hGei a me f his tate isSSn,II Kali be S,a m MineF0 my
Then Sholto. well-niGh frantic with appre-
hension, and disappointment. went to the win
dow md l0nnnh nut nrinninr tho all
They viii not, leave the castle he Wills
pered. as loud as he dared: THE Earl will not
ESCAPE while the Lady Sybilla remains a pris-
,o a,God w 4 h]e %ngs sS S5jsd s 2 stern !. ,E9is ssl from m
broken irst. and last upon o that Woman M
Would TO God | had slain her at the first. Tell
the Earl that il he will not, come to those that
MacKim. will come and fetch him like a child
In my arms, even as did from under the pine
And as he spoke, the strain of the rope and
It's swaying over the window sill proclaimed
was even then on its way upward toward the
dungeon of his chief.
o The En ar vent went to the window , and Looked SIS,d
beneath him setting his feet into the rock crew
ices and pulling upon the rope.
KIM he said. s:go. BACK Instantly itiiS.'s' I have
made up ny n mind. will n9t escape from the
But SMaIise answered. not a word. only pulled
more desperately on the. rope till the sound Of
bis hs labor ls6p5in .Eo breath sids and N s, Gsfas q IEs Palms ShnmS could
The Earl leaned further out.
"Malise.' he said, calm and clear. you, see
this knife. | would not have your blood on
my hands. You have been a good and faithful
servant to. our house. But. by the oath of a
cut the rope and you shall be dashed to pieces
The master armorer stopped-not with fear
master's dirk If should fs%ll pG destroy tire their fSsGAe weIl.n ans
ranged mode OF escape. ,,
tween earth and heaven. IF have indeed
with me. for the. sake OF the house OF Douglas
and Of your mother. a widow and alone"
Go down. .!Malise MacKim;" said the Earl
rone's eis oot.% and l will speak with you at the
Sc Sc ysrs u UNIV Hin T.. Maliss went 9RGk. ,tu
do and. no other i viii abide" here and abide
that which shall, bfefall me; as Is the, viii Of
What life E" IS 't to. another ri honor ono ! and eadA his 'T word
must be to a Douglas. But ! send your son
a sh9lf bpi t9 y al that ! P aqe h iaifh 1Idf f fhsf sq to G n,e 2 %isS
speed here in Edinburgh. Do y4u, go into
PRS1G d,iddsrG 91 q ,s seil my ,s cousin 81 William Of
20. William Douglas. il indeed We will neither
great house. to send your brother David that
the Douglases Of the black be not cut Off root
s az, oh br ,Es Id Remember your mother is sore
II will not GO cried David. as he heard
s this' .bo oBiy the t fSinsS; I vi %il list sta y 6d by my w broth tn,
go SO much as a step. and il ye stir me. 1 will
out Of the window. and almost crying his
words down to the unseen Douglases beneath;
on "G his s SHIFTS s iala ths Ea '4o sss nigne e ean h 4iaa
and bring back every true lad that can whang
las must drive tie Douglas weird. / would
have made you a great man. Sir sholto, butif
which l had not time. to perform" .,
Come; sholto." said his father: There is
a m e1r spe a. W sne ed.er As EFT It is We tsR ~il if Ea Ss' to ighf
,Sholto still hesitated. divided between obe-
'Shoito MacKim." said the Earl. IF indeed
yySou, owe me ,sS SHght Of love 20; or service, go and do
courteous greeting. from me to your sweet
heart Maud; and a kiss to our sweet maid Mar
Rn sSolto A bent n a mo hasts 0 y0q hi sn kne eeg s0a xissod
the hand Of his young master. His voice was
fhs sSoT Mi,a so l6inn Ths sra Earl ,apJ p1tsq him hs al, IN
meltinely to all Galloway folk in times Of dis
II one Douglas fall in the breach there stands
a better behind him.
But never on" like yor. my lord!' said
windowand himself steadied the rope by which
Go" he said: honor keeps the Douglas
here and his brother bides with, him-since not
otherwise 1t may be, But the honor Of ohedi-
ence sends Sholto Mackim to the work that is
given himv'
Then after the Captain Of his guard had gone
out into the dark and disappeared down the
rope. the Earl only waited till the tension
slackened before s%tooping and cutting tho cord
And now. Davie. lad" he said. setting an
arm about his brothers neck, there are but
you and me for i and l think a bit prayer
would not harm either OF us"
So the two young lads about to die kneeled
together before the cross of him who
was BETRAYED with u kiss.
CHATTER XXXY.
THE LION AT BAY.
The morning had broken broad and clear
from the east when the door OF the prison house
was opened and Il ssneschal appeared, He sa-
luted the brothers and In u shaking voice sum
moned them to come fortl, and be tried for
the offences Of treason and rebellion against
the King and his Ministers.
William OF Douglas waved n hand TO him.