Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-04-27
CHAPTER XXIX.
CAPTURED.

The airs of the evening are ruffling
The still waters of the Thinkers Loup.
lhey breathe down upon it from the res.
nous mr. wood and the dewy birch cOnse
talnt golden glow pervades the duski-
g coYerts overhanging the waters edge.
eAlle the setting sun turns all the invisi-
pc clouds above into airy wisps of glory
Town under the oYerhanging crest Of the
gray WhinstOne rock there is an OCCASION
al movement of the heather which to a
Keen eye does not seem quite natural.
Now and then bird bends that way
On level wing. and. suddenly breaking
me Inc Of its flight, it rises again start
'eI and surprised at something that it
sees. Down there Il man is living among
ihe heath and the hracken He wears
moleskln cap pulled down over his
eyes ragged coat that has once been
ViVeteen, trousers of the color of dried
cay and unclasped clogs with the straw
sucking out all around them. 1t is Mr..
,TEaWny' Bean of the Hanging Shaw.
!eS' he keeps his watch. his eyes peer
,nG westward NJ. the long glen The
ipacher IS out early tonight But for all
eh@@t Glb M'Allister, the laird's keeper,
.oHGWed him from his nest at the Hang
i'S ShaW to within n mile of the link
L9qp and then suddenly lost him in
Inc middle of a meadow where the rush
bushes grew thick. In moment Sawn 3li
n'dh mad disappeared. as though he had
come disembodied spirit. Glib went
=" me spot, 1t was by the edge of the
..''am with q bottom of clean gray
"uG The footsteps went to the edge
'He water. but further there were
b,,,.'' ooYlousIy. then. the oacher must
Gt!I gone either up or down the stream.
,,. 3 ch2se, to go down the bed of the
r r.,'", FLASHING. through the shallow wa
"A anu stepping with long strides over
n'. Heeper pools But he had
9iy, Soqe thirty yards before a
t.r ~' TUCK Spranc with prodigious clat-
lila 'i'Hh me bank by his side, which
r. nun plainly that Sawny
o,,, >- nave taken the other route ana
-.,rI. p stream, or he would have dis
,, -'''l ne bird as he passed So skilled
H. Fln IN woodcraft. Glib turned on
" ''@ Irei' and plunged away towards the
ii. WIN q Sullen determination 10 do
~ t'lA ny ms master, though with lit
az, 7HCbe or being upSideS with SO wary.
~ daring a law-hreaker as Sowuy
6gl.tt., lie would have been even less
,b,,i-' ~ h2d he known that the wild
ar,.9 Had been released from the poach-
,;T "dhd the moment before she arose
10y, %och q sudden uproariouS 'sanqt-
under his very nose. Sawuv couIJ
ao more nolSeleSsly in his clogs than
II; 'ihary man with india-rubbcr solps.
lirt IedVlest movements sounded as nat
10y" "S me piunging Of bullock. for &
any human sounds that the shveSt Of
III. nave any fear Of. He had put
m. i'Iid on the duck as she sat on her
- plunged with the next movement
~ "a d [ern-covered r1mnel which fell in
,o ~ broader burn at that noiut, and.
A." ing forward his hand. he released
n.,,.1 lrIshtened wild duck Just as his
,,,g' IRONS enemy came huiking along the
- As the footsteps Of the game
'r,.3, med away, Sawnv shook with
Hi, 81 ana savage laughter. This was
-" ~ n good Jest If he could have
h..- HIb over the head il would have
~ .lhnler, but il was we'll as it was.
.1a az few moments he was safe in
.ro. -, "here we first saw him. mis- keen
7r2 lt@hhg IN every motion Of the beasts
nv, "Hds as far as Peter Chrystie's
il..a town. whence the blne smoke was
.s,,. -.'Ii% % rise which told of the nut
IN Of the "parritch-pot." the stanla
..-- morning and evening. on the m
E'. lie saw Nance 20 IN the hvrp wiz,
a aSgle in her hand and her milk
-r--,.51 'el over her shoulder. her head
lri.t u little to the side as she lifted n
,rigs song which told whomsoever Il
rfGta '3heern that she was either heart
All. II secure in affection returned
emo VI Quhirr had washed himself and
III yer early. As he followed meeklv
te.I .FFe door he would have given his
w. 10 discover which was correct
hal PAD come with him. The lad
e.-.l 'rlhd the good-natured giant in n
Hnino7. and had cot permission 10
many him. So as soon as Aleck
a. aieiy into the byre. and installed
A'ess tail, with Nance giving