The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-29
OYER THE BORDER

SOuSul tuc cdkl III AAo AAoA "a .
where he sat an anxious man.
with many documents spread
out on a table before him.
Eyer lordship, there's soldier in the
uniform Of the English rebels at tn
gates wha says he's a freen O. Crom-
niles and begs word wi We"
"Ah! said the earl, frowning.
They've caught poor Armstrong. then.
and now, in addition to our troubles.
We'll need to bargain with that fiend
Noll to save his neck. Everything Is
against u.s."
HE may be an Englisher, but he's
got a Scotch accent as broad as tn
Tweed"
Hes one Of our countrymen fighting
for Cromwell. and therefore thought by
that shrewd villain the better emissary.
Bring him in"
| When William and the warder came
in together, a moment or two passed
before the earl recognized his visitor.
| Then he sprang forward and held out
both his hands.
."In heavens name, Armstrong, Is
| this you?" he cried. What have they
done to you? Save US all! Who has
accoutered you like this?"
1.-THE necessities Of the chase, Ira
QUAR-. This is a disguise, and. al
though you saw through it, I'm happy
to think l deluded Jock Tamson
there"
| Lost" cried Tamson. peering for,
ward. "Ye'll never threep doom ma
throat that this is Wull Armstrong"
"Sir William. If you please, Tam
son." corrected the new knight. 1.-The
title was bestowed upon me by his
majesty himself. and l shall expect
| that Difference from the lower orders
Tamson, which the designation calls
for. Is the castle tailor out Of work
Traquair?''
"My whole wardrobe is at your dis.
posal. WILL"
Nothing in it would fit me. and ]
am a thought particular about a new
dress. as have lost all self respect in
this one. l may borrow a hat from
you, if you have one of the latest
fashion, with a fine feather on it.
Still, it isn't buds. but food. that is
the first necessity. I've had nothing
all day but a hurried drink out Of the
Eden.''
They're preparing supper for you
now. and I'll bear you company when
it's ready. I'm eager to hear what
befell. So the king knighted you
Deed. he might have gone farther than
that and made you marquis or a
duke at the same cost"
"Oh, he offered me anything in his
gift If l brought the commission safe
~ through to you-a promise that I'm
thinking I'll never trouble him to re-
deem. Nevertheless. here's the pack
ct, little damp. but none the worse
for that"
He placed the cause Of all the trou'
BILE on the table. and Traquair turned
It over and over in his hands. with nc
great delight in it's possession, as the
messenger thought. The earl sighed
as he opened it at last and slowly
perused it's contents in silence, laying
it on the table again when he had
finished.
You're a wonderful man. William,
he said. IF every one in Scotland did
his duty as thoroughly as you do it, we
would soon place the king on his throne
again."
us there more trouble brewing?"
l nd ~
and the new trouble. Every one pull
ing his own way and in all directions
thinking only of himself and never b!
any chance of the interests Of thu
whole"
May tell Cromwell that? H.
let that you receive but lightly"
Tell Cromwell! You're never goin.
to write to that scoundrel?'
II intend to see him before the weel
is past"
what! You're not such q fool as t.
put yourself in Cromwell's clutcl
again.
"Cromwelrs not such q fool as t.
hang me. If he did, it would but unit
your wavering hosts like an invasion
Of Scotland"
Have you actually seen him?"
II met him the first day crossed
the border. l saw him once again, ant
I Travelled over most of England on ,
pass from his own hand. Cromwell ant
l have a mutual respect for each othe
by this time, but there are some mat
tiers of difference between us that
think will best be settled by word O
mouth, so I'm off day after tomorrow
to foregather with him. l cannot g
sooner because my new gear will no
be ready, and I want to give the gen
eral time to withdraw his troops from
across the country so that may CONF
on him in other fettle than as a pris
oner."
"Who is the woman, Will? l knew
you would go clean daft when you me
her"
"Never you mind. As the border Il
land OF nobility and romance, we Will
call her an eari's daughter to pleas
you"
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