Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-05-25

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Author Of "The Lilac Sanbonne" Radn 9TH, s;eta
= Miniaef," bog Myrtle Peat" Etc, Etc. 3 . q q

Rab, indeed had never taken his ewes off
the farmhouse of Neither Neuk
, What may We be lookin' at. Rab?"
| asked Aleck
I'm juist wondering what Won red
cioot may be for that Nance Chrystie
mas hlnglng cot o her room window"
Had Rab's eyes been lifted for n mo-
ment TO the ingenious cheeks of his
| brother herd across the dyke. he would
| nave seen another red signal huttering
out at his words, but he was content
10 70 on smoking. Well did Aleck know
the meaning of the signal in the window
, OF the third room round the corner. for
the pleasure of looking at which he came
every morning two miles out of his way
Aieck was no great artist but he had
with prodigious labor drawn a Chinese
| LOOKING elevation of the houses of Neither
Neuk, as like as possible to the one
which he had seen the masons usp whom
they came to build the porch at Drum
| quhat. and to break the new front door
through the wall. Drawing was looked
upon as the very idleSt of all OCCUPATIONS
at Drumquhat, and an artist was no bet
Ter considered than one manifestlv al
tilcted by the Almighty. who had with
drawn from him his due proportion If
brains.
1t was Nhnnyliggate man standing
In field who called over to another who
was complacently examining the work of
a busy open-air painter over the artist 5
ing?" i'''" VI W.
To which the critic, strong in his focts
responded readily:
Drawn wi pent"'
LIST bonny?' continued tho inou;rar
in the tuInip field
Ma; ocht but bonny.''
but Aieck cherished his sketch as more
beautiful than whole academy of do
sign. lie had labored at it. He had
mace IT all himself. and there was on if
a picture Of the house in which his be-
loved Nance had her being. the room in
which she took her meals and that
IN which she slept. He had nev-
er dared to show the work
OF art To Nance. He feared the burst of
laughter which would have undoubtedly
followed. 0''
Aleck had cause. therefore. to know
That window in which the red ensign
was set. lie knew also its meaning in
Nance $ code of signals: for thai lively
young woman could do nothing without
eiaoorate mystery, and much parade OF
the imagination; He was to meet her
that night at the old trysting place by
the Hanging Shaw. and his heart went
humping quick time mt the Thought
Just then lilac dress and a sunbonnef
passed across the open space of the farm
yard swinging bright milk can in the
i
for a moment as though looking towards
the side Of the hill. Aleck sprang upon
the march-dyke his full height regard
less OF the presence of Rab Atiieck who
pulled stolidly at his pipe as if he did
not know that his master was seokinr
MN distractedly over half the farm. The
young man snatched the cap from his
herd staff.
Rab Afiieck. seated on his dyke. smiled
Srlmly' took his pipe out of his mouth, |
8, That's jess Muirhead, the byre lass.
She wull be pleased"
had been shot.
III crack yer Groom till ye Rab At |
neck ne was beginning belliserently; |
when, soughing up from the hollow. the |
light wind brought the echo of far |
away voice:
Saw. We ocht o Rab An'erson. lazy
taed Saw We ocht o Rab An'erson, lazy |
Aleck had high opinion of the good
qualities of the father-in-law whom he |
proposed for himself, but he felt that this |
was not the time for an interview, so he |
rolled over among the heather till he |
came to, the first convenient moss hag. |
along which he glided till he was SAT" |
in sheltered hollow.
Just then there came a rattle and |
rush OF stones. and looking up cautiously. |
Aieck saw Waite fleeing in company |
with both the dogs, pursued by stormy |
voice. which said:
'..Gae hame wi We, We miseared
vaigabond. coming pu'in' doom my |
mairch-dykes! Dinna let me see your
face ON this side o the hill in a hurry
again
Aleck lay close as a hare in his form. |
lie was no coward as we know. but he
himself that Peter Chrys-
tie had not seen him. He wondered if he
knew anything about the red handker-
chief in Nance's window. He never cnce
wondered about Rab Anderson or
thought what had happened to him
What is more. he did not care. Rab
Anderson and his master could settle
their own quarrels as they had often
done before.