New-York tribune., 1904-09-13

tags by tho burn-perhaps stray a little in the
had not seen these old haunts since she left them
for Mrs. Murhead's service.
On the outskirts of the the hens rustlinS
arose and followed her. She had not remembered
that their feeding time was due In half an hour.
were go her intended way there would be no
one to give them their food, She determined TO
plenty Of time afterward TO do what she wished
She was so little delayed that. when the pail
was put away and the water poured into the tin
dishes there was still long afternoon before her
She threaded her way slowly through the fir
stems stopping to look at the rabbit tracks or TO
grant With the scent of pine. After walking
way, she struck across the far end of the loaninS
into the road which led 10 the mud howell
Autumn was approaching its very zenith. and the
son Ike soma oundsh savage ruler It Brought
treasures unnumbered In the wealth OF the more
OF os9q st99G hs & sSJpIrS & I SSs bn re 91c brong5
the w bin Ike DANES hung in ragged spashes
OF carmine ana orange and acid yellow busheS
is OF the glOrics Of Eastern Scotland.
dressed in the scarlet hips succeeding their bloom
had woven her net. t'nderfoot bracken. escaping
II i'm lemon and rIsset Where the ground was
narshy patches Of fine rush mixed with that small
bond corners of the land. AS Jessie-Mary emerged
from the trees hcF sun-bleached hair seemed tho
right elimination 10 this scale of natural color; had
IL not been FOR the dark blue OF her cotton gown
She might as easily have become absorbed into her
surroundings as the roc deer which Is lost brown
streak in the labyrinth Of trunks.
which haunts even the earliest OF autumn days.
tears the exhalations Of earth were touched with
the bitterness Of hchen and fungus Far
hidden from sight, Kaims lay between the ocean
and the estuary OF the south Lour with, beyond its
spire The sweep Of the North Sea.
4 few minutes later she found herself standing
on the large nat stone wEich, hridsed the burn
mothers hoveI. she remained gazing at the walls
OF Complete neglect were reducing. the garden.
The fence was broken in many places, and clumps
Sy the feet Of strayed animals Beneath her the
water sang with the same nrespoinsIole nabhle
life: she turned to follow It with her eyes as It
dived under the matted grasses and disappeared
All at at once from beyond the cottage. there rose
staTte6 N see two figures approaching through
the fied by the side of the barn; the blood left her
head She sprang quickly from the stone and over
the rail- dividing G [Ge 81 ~0Go 0poduced its natural result
AS she did so, n veil came from the feid and she
saw that Peter and his companion had Degun 10
run
Through the trees she fed the deTisiye 81, Nv voices
onOtar and the unreasoning animal fear of pursuit
was upon her As she heard the rail crack, she knew
that he had entered the wood and instinct turned %
her toward the loaning, where the cover was thick
and where each might turn aside In the tange ana and
be lost in the hidden nook while they passed her
by It was her best chance to- -,
Omen track; for a hundred yards ahead the bushes
were sparse and there was no oestaee 70. 10 heGer l
earth flew beneath her. Through the whins beyond
she went. scratching her hands on protrundIng nnigs
her dress caught In s branch @ ana b The rent 6cd u
behind her again. and her breath was giving
oTS Emerging from the thcket. she almost bounded
into little circle OF IRE. the smoke & Of which she
had been 100 % dc r from the clearing She had
reached small tent was before her. made Of
and beside IT, light cart IT. reP0sed empty upon It's
In Of
look was fixed upon her as she appeared and he
approaching feet His face as brown the
FIR stems that closed him in on either side OF the
watchful light that was almost startling. He stood
as sun as though ne were an image anu ne wore
s'o To Jesse-Mary Jess living creature at that moment
had time to turn his head she had leaped into the
tent Inside. by little heap "a Of OF brushwood lay a
pement its shelter. and she flung herself down
the eo ground SSEsS Song dg hxedy at the bnsRe
from the other side OF which came the noise of
As Peter Muirhead and his friend. red and pant
ing. pushed into the open space they eyed the un-
Thinkers and ypses were G far a from ni g Il
fits intent eyes, brought them TO standstn- Peter
CURED. standng. sOmewhat dishsvelled by his run.
'e bs broTn ma e nodded and without word
pointed his thumb one shoulder In the direc-
''f Peter m and his Companion glanced at each other;
the former rather blown. for he was not natu-
rally active
piep' he exclaimed throwing his cap tho
ground.
The brown man looked him over carefully and
smiled there kind OF primitive subtety in
his face.
Like many ill-favored persons Peter was vain
and the look dspeased him. for its faint derisive-
ness was accentuated by the silence which accom-
panied II.
"A III ava to Kams an get the police 10 you
the night" he said. with much superiority as
he could muster; the Ike o you's better out OF
this
YEN no can run sac far" replied the other
The answer was mere burst OF profanity