Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-24
CHAPTER XXX-Continued.

And what of that" said Anton the
herd. To the Jews ye maun come" quOth
Peter. Dell bit.' said Paul. 'Circumcise.'
said Peter. Come on" said Paul. And
withstood him to his face the furious
ettercap that he was, him wi the lame leg.
So let it be wi you and ME, minister!
Covenants or nOcht. says 1. 'Speeritual
Independence says you. Render unto
Caesar says you. Plague the doit,' says
l. Have at We" says you, wi your neives
up. And / wad be willin! But consider
gin Paul cam to Jerusalem, and thae deils
birlies o temple officers We're hard at his
tail, wadna Peter TAX him to yon door he
kens sac weel an let him into the secret O.
the knock that brings out the young lass
so blithe and ready? Wad he no slip him
in, think We? And sin Peter cam TO Da-
mascus, wad Paul no gle him lend o
his basket, for a the bit difference that
had been atween them?
THAT wad he no." cried Baby Locnhart
suddenly, and | wull tell ye for why-Jhe
basket wad haze been broken doom, hoop,
rib and waffle by the wecht o the leebrary
Paul wad hae been haulin' up and doom int.
Nae sauChwands that ever Were grown by
Ahana and Phdrpar, rivers o Damascus,
wad haze stood it for an hour!'
So said the herd disregarding her in
dGnant interruption, this is the message
frae my Master that hae gotten-nO frae
Master Habbleshaw O Benangower, but
Lord has prospered YOU said the Voice to
me late and early. AN offer to the minister
the shelter O your bit hCose. It's no Tnucie.
Master G.endOnwyn. but We are welcome
as the first green grass on the hills o shaw
to the hungry yowes. Come your ways up
man. There's graund caller air on Bennan-
COVER. bit BOURNE to wash yourSel III wi
pools that Wad droon We were We as big as
Samson and his weaveT's beam. And heaps
o mutton hams and oatmeal for Bab5y to
bake into cake. And there's the ben room
for you, and your bUiks and your Studyin-
the heather CROWN bonny up to the vera
windows and the larks teIlin' We a the day
lang hoo to praise God wi the upsprirgin'
heart Come your ways up wi me- laGde.
We ken aud Anton that has wished ye weel
a your days. What he means he says.
And what he SAYS ne means
John ciasped the hand held out and the
water stood salt in his eyes.
But he said. slowly and thoughtfully
will not your master turn you away?
Bennangower belongs to my father, and
you know what he has threatened Why
should You me ddle in quarrel which is not
your own
The old man threw back his head with
the gesture OF u covenanter before the Star
Chamber.
True it is" he said. that Abram Hab-
BIZ shaw q Rennangower mich cast off the
servant that has served him and his father
ana sitNty year % yOwes and lambs at the
hiGdin' % Gregory GIendorwyn. But |
judge no And for this reason. Abram
Hahhle shaw. great billyin cuff as he is
af"re him was rich man-and what he
had, Abram being blessed wi the gettin'
hand, has mair nor doobled. He has led
farms by the score, an as far it may
he said - ouy mortal withoot offense, the
cattle on a thoosand hills are his. Gin
Gregory Glondonwyn, your father. were
To threaten to pit him DOT O Bennangower,
II Is odds that he wad answer him as he
did Nelson . Clatterinshaws. Sir he
wad say. 4 will max you an offer to TAX
your hale estates at valuation Bigger odds
st!l that he wad just baud at him. wi
g'Ily q muckie braid Oaths as coorse as
kilmarnGCk. Therefore. dinna think o.
that, Gin ae door shuts, anither will omen
for Anton | am a lanely man. and haze
gotten a guild wage for near on sax;y year
Aud Anton Will not want. But there
stands his bit hoosie-and prood will his
fathers son be to welcome We there, till
siccdn time as the foWk draw ABBOTT We. and
" hae BONNER manse blight than the yin
" are leavin' for conscience sake"
Il thank YOU Anton" said John Glen
donwyn. touched to the heart. you are
To me as Aaron and Hur for the uphold
ing If nv hands,
The old CamerQnian herd looked up
quickly.
We will ma mistak. will We. sir. will
ye? he said little anxiously. 81 and all
l have are yours. gin We were son to
IAe that son hae name. But when it comes
TO the Sabbath morn | wull gang doom the
rae and HE me over the lang muir and up
blythe cross roads to the Kirk o the Coav-
oEaEts at Causeyend
According To the neSh, | Ginna like Mails
Ter osborne as weel you But We see
HIM and me grees about the Covenants
and the paving o the cess an the ceevn
magistrate and things like that-things
that ye care nae mair ABBOTT than We do
whetCher my collie Tyke has a rough coat
OF n smooth But whilk are as the breath
o life to auld Anton that was bred to that
way even frae his youth up
With that, with anything that con-
Germs the conscience. / think you will not
fEd me moddle." said John Glendonwyn
But the fear in my heart is that there
Will be but few in the parish who see as |
do. or who will desire that | should con-
tiEue among them"
The old man took quick look over his
shoulder to see if Baby were still in the
room But she had disappeared to finish
her own preparations. having now the
prospect of a better "doonsittin' (as she
called it, than in ''toon lodgings" where
ali she would have to do would jest be to
see that the landlady did not cheat her lad
die: or eat his butter behind his back
Happy landlady. sound ought to be your
sleep in the town of Kilgour this night
Considering what you have escaped,
Maybe there's -mair wi We than We wad
think. sir he said like "a things it just
needs a beginnin.. And moo that We are
10 hae an abidin place in the parish it
Sci Isle as 1t Isl. there's mony the yin will
stand by We in the Quarry hole on Sab
bath morning. Fear We never that The
Lord shall rise up folk for Himself and
the aUld seed O. the Coavenant and the
nioss-hog shall be song among ith.r kinks
also.
1t was in this way and with these adver-
Use me Ets of welcome that John Glendon-
WYE went to bde in the herds house of
Anton Mcmillan, the Camerouian shephe I'd
Of BernanSOwer. And on the following
Sabbath day. judge We with what feelings
john 6iendonwyn arose and went out to
mediate upon the side OF the mountain 1t
was early. Farm and dollhouse and farm
Stealing lay there in the unbroken Sab
bath quiet. The peculiar breeding silence
the hush and awe of that day affected John
GleEdCEwyn keenly. His was the only foot
save those of the black-faced sheep which
that they had trod the great solitudes his
eyes wandered over. or scattered the morn
iDg dew upon these purpling ridges.
So thought John Glendonwyn. but he was
wrong. There were two and perhaps three
already astir and already in the ancient
Scots phrase. Comprising the throne Of
grace for him. He had not gone far from
1ae house when the sound of voice spea ak
ing in the profound silence stayed and held
him. 1t came out of great bush OF
heather and broom. from an oratcry
The minister of Cover. today the minister