The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31
CHAPTER VII
THE GRAY-EYED MAN

l. was once more N the m!dmost dceps Of the
nISht Two restless, expcctant days had cone
a.ld gone, when a second tine ! was walked out
81 my FIRST sleep by knocking at our chamber
door My mother said in pltilul voice that she
DESIRED to know wnp was there WEerctu Cmphfay
SpurwGy answered that he must have ne as a
witness 10 tell what knew For that great
man rom Edinburgh had come TO MorohGm
10 make pcTquIston into all the circumstances
OF the killing.
Alas, when viii al this cease and we live again
N quiet said my mother sadly kissing me
Blu; take him on!y or.ng the lad beck to ne
With my own life" cried umphray Spurway
Al this my mother !2sc and helpcl 10 array
me- which suffered gladly enough
There wGs nothing but night alarms at this
time, and though MY hear; beat; The turmoil
and the siranscaess made II al misAuly taking
to by ny .! my f age f e6r f;spo:t;oas
bicd eagerly se!u'!n!zaS paper with the cid
Presently GATHERED from the.r talk tina; this
was an order i.om the privy council for raising
and examining the body o! Sir James Further
that the one produced al the first hursl had Keen
forged Three o! the four were Outrageous
OF CAS- they began 20 be cAlieu) surgeons.
Tnc fourth was a man the like OF whom for
dirg stature or greatly noticeable, but Of a quiet
port and with such pa!I Of eyes, forth!ooking
syss as had Ss cn, :, seSn in any
this time by The iord-thc;s being said the leader,
and passcd over by MoTcham Brig. under which
Icowd see the black water flowing iastin the snow
bound narrows Of the linn as We turned the cor
neI, and 50 came IN due time 70 the kirk Yeti
real kings solGic-s keeping guard. i Could see
the stsi-Shinc glitter faint on their bayoncts,
the light Of glowwo:ms and the sight gave
me q curious p-idetul feeling in my throat
The grave in Poo7 Mans Acre was already
empty, the loosely compactcd earth being again
turned up red, while L sentry stood owe: H. for
what purpose ] know not.
We we've admitted 10 the kirk and there upon
the backs OF thee nigh tfcStlCS a the hcad nrt
II the aisle lay the body upon a bier Candies
we've standing about fxcd each in a dab Of It's
second guard Of soldiers stood between the chirur-
geoas and the others who stood waiting the event
me died SS as snS the dsS
themselves with knives and yials about the body.
The only sound was that Of their feet and their
low whispering one u the o,hc.
II was fully an hour afterward and nigh the
breaking OF the morning when one Of the chirur.
geons looked down and bcckoncd the gray-eyed
looking over papers which he had brought with
him bound with bright.coorcd tape into sheaf.
He went Immediately within the Gordon, The
chief chiruEgcon whispered some thing in his car
He held up his hand, and 10! at the signal an off,
Ger sprang along the aisle and was out OF the door
like n shot
Then every one waited more wear,ly than be-
fore. save and except the gray-cycd man who again
buried himself deep in his papers. The chirur-
sSd sat Of Ra Thas ds m4,eS
We waited as say, hearing nothing but the
drccp Of Large mist drops as They formed on the
roof. and the wisp-wisp Of the doctors cleansing
their horrid tools. breathing them and looking
at them close 10 the light.
Then all suddenly We heard on the kirk hrae
the ordered tramp Of feet coming nearer and pres
enuy the rattle Of arms grounded without, There
Spurway opened the door at a sign from the quiet
gray-eyed man. He simply looked up from his
papcts nodded and 50 dropped his head again
So there in the dim cleaning of the morning.