Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-17
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LEGEND OF A LAKE

| VI tdTH, diOuHu WHICH lIaulllOH III
cast legend.
| Years and years ago, when the tur
! bulent state Of Scotland rendered If
and property insecure, a large amour
of treasure was supposed to have beel
thrown into the loch, there to escap
detection and to await the return o
peaceful times to enable it to be re
| covered. 1t had been throws lnto it
hiding place in the night by those VIII,
possessed it, and the secret had beer
solemnly sworn to on the naked BLADE
Of dirk, an old form of highland oath
held to be binding and sacred.
BY different routes in the lone hour:
Of night the holders of the secret as
sembled on the shores of this highland
tarn and vainly tried to reach the bot
tom. The loch yielded nothing save
now the almost certain fact that it was
unfathomable.
Years rolled away, and no further
attempts were made, since, dispirited
they agreed to abandon the hopeless
toll of trying to fathom Lochan Kin
Dhoan, as they then styled if. Suisse
quently, however. to their last failure
an incident occurred that in that age
of superstition cast around the loch
the weird belief that If was haunted.
In a barOnial keep lived Il chief in
all the rude nomp Of fen''Hl pride. His
lady had died and loft an only dau-.i
ter. Nll". ntW %jpN%, mp t, W".i!!il'
h;0 :. i,r; >tt..,; - II H. ii Ills nni". il.T
fathers tFnilrr WIS h"N.5.t ; ard in
pnr! u. ANA he ri:ip,! t'Ttl.' unr around
him with IVA >,..!'. - WAS the cts
tom in those Ga -. IL had log been at
ennily with Il n.'i.,il orig chief. But
love lal.e,iis 1T l.sill:,nd pride as well
as at locksnii. i>. Ills neighbour had 3.
son. who became enanored of the
maiden. But how was the fatal gull
Of fclilal strife to he bridged? Time
went on. Stolen interviews when by
accident they met or when her father
was absent were all that the young
hearts could CLEAN from the stern hate
of both the parents till, unable to bear
the long, weary weeks that occasional
ly prevented their meetings, the young
chieftain determined to beard the lion
In his den and demand the hand of his
daughter. Accompanied by an escort,
b arrived before the rawbridge and
demanded an interview with the chief
The interview over, the young chief
tain. with heavy heart, recrossed
that drawbridge and dotted his bonnet
to fair form on the battlements.
1t was some time before they again
met The chief had used harsh words
and harsh measures to his daughter,
but "lovc will find out the way and
at the next meeting of the lovers they
had arranged to elope The strong
power Of woman's love ncrved her for
the deed. The heartlcss home she was
about to leave seemed to palliate the
act. The temporary absence of the old
chief afforded opportunity
On dark November evening about
two hours after sunset a horse bearing
the young chieftain and his intended
bride was vending its way with diff
Guilty along the rugged mountain path
amid the darkness when the sound Of
horses hoofs was heard. To turn was
to encounter foes behind as we'll as in
front if foes they Were as doubtless
the flight of the lady had been discOv
cred at the castle. Besides the nature
of the ground and darkness rendered
fight hopeless. To move little to the
side and quietly await the chance Of
being passed in the darkness was all
that now remained to the youthful
lovers. The night had hitherto been
dark, but still. The wind was now
sweeping over the bleak moor and hur-
rying the black clouds across the sky
with increasing violence. The young
chief felt the fair hand that held his
girdle tighten as the sound Of the
horses hoofs was heard, but no
scream, no signs of fear. All had as
yet gone well, when a gleam of moon
light lit up the scene and revealed Il
party Of horsemen scarce thirty yards
distant. There was no time for de
liberation. The young chieftan dashed
his spurs to his horse and with a
bound the noble animal was crossing
the now moonlit moor at full speed,
holly pursued by the chief and his par
ty. Capture, but don't fire" was the
brief command.
At first the lovers outstripped their
pursuers, but the double burden began
to tell on the young chieftain's horse,
and the distance between lessened.
The chief was gaining on them Mt
every stride. and the pale moon Still
shone on the scene. Suddenly as if
the earth had opened at their feet,
over the precipice that overhangs the
Lochan Kin Dhoan leaped the horse
and his riders. An exclamation of hor-
ror, wild yell of agony came from the
chief as he beheld this fatal leap. \
dull, heavy splash in the deep, dark
water beneath was all that responded.
From that hour it was stunned as a
fatal spot.
The story of the treasure had been
handed down from father to son, and
a party Of stout hearts again resolved
to brave the dangers that surrounded
the scene of the hidden gold. A night