Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-02-01
CHAPTER xxx1.

W0exS NC U2I ~ ANXIOUS man.
with many documents spread
out on q table before him.
Yer lordship. there's soldier in the
uniform Of the English rebels At ~.
gates wha Gays he's freen q Crom.
niles and begs word WI ye.''
"Ah! said the earl, frownine.
They've caught poor Armstrong. then.
and now. in addition to our troubles.
we'll need to bargain with that nend
Noll to save his neck. Everything Il
against rs"
He may be an Englisher, but he's
got q Scotch accent 90 broad a. IT,
Tweed"
He's one Of our countrymen lighting
foe Cromwell. and Therefore thought BY
that shrewd villain the better emissary.
Bring him In"
When william and the warder came
in together. moment or two passed
before the earl recognized his visitor.
Then he sprang forward and held out
both his hands.
"In heavens name. Armstrong. u
this your he cried. what have they
done to you? Save us all! Who has
accoutered you like this?"
THE necessities Of the chase. Ira.
QUAR-. This IL a disguise. and, al
though you saw through 1t, I'm happy
to think ! deluded Jock Tamson
there"
LOST cried Tamson, peering for.
ward. Yen never threep doom ma
throat that this 10 Wull Armstrong"
"Sir William. II you please, Tam
son." corrected the new knight. The
title was bestowed upon me BY his
majesty himself. and shall EXPECT
that Difference from the lower orders.
Tams0n, which the designation calls
for. Is the castle tailor out OF work,
Traquair:'
my whole wardrobe IL at your dis.
posal, WILL
Nothing In 1t would at me, and
am thought particular about new
dress. a. have lost all self respect in
this one. may borrow a hat from
you. IL you have one OF the latest
fashion. with fine feather ON 1t.
Still, 1t isn't buds. but food. that 10
the first necessity. I've had nothing
all day but hurried drink out of the
Eden"
They're preparing supper for you
now, and Ill 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 a marquis or q
duke at the same cost"
"Oh. he offered me anything In his
gift II brought the commission safe
u 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-
bic OH the table. and Traquair turned
1t over aud over in his hands, with no
great delight in its possession. a. the
messenger thought. The earl sighed
AZ he opened It at last and slowly
perused It's contents in silence, laying
Il OH the table again when he had
finished.
You're q wonderful man, William"
he said. III every one in Scotland did
his duty 40 thoroughly as you do Il, We
would soon place the king on his throne
again"
rs there more trouble brewing?"
"MOrc trouble and the old trouble
and the new trouble. Every one pull
ing his own way and in all directions,
thinking only Of himself and never by
any chance Of the interests of the
WHOLE
MAY tell Cromwell that? He
seemed at some pains to intercept bill
let that you receive but lightly"
Tell Cromwell! You're never going
to write to that scoundrel?'
Il intend to re him before the week
b past"
what! You're not such q fool a. to
put yourself in Cromwelt's clutch
again:"
'Cromwelrs not such a fool az to
hang me. IL he did, It would but unite
your wavering hosts like an invasion
Of Scotland
'Have you actually seen himi
II met him the first day I crossed
the border. saw him once again, and
I Travelled over most Of England on
pass from his own hand. Cromwell and
I have a mutual respect for each other
by this time. but there are some mat
tiers Of difference between US that l
think will best be settled by word Of
mouth, 80 I'm OF day after tomorrow
to foregather with him. cannot go
sooner because my new gear will not
b ready, and want to give the gen
eral time to withdraw his troops from
across the country % that may come
on him in other fettle than az pris.
oner."
"Who 10 the woman. Will? I knew
you would 60 clean daft when you met
her.
Never you mind. Az the border is
Q land Of nobility and romance. We will
call her an earl's daughter to please
you
'.AiOre like some peasant girl who as
sisted you to escape from your eng
miles,
At this point, greatly to the delight
Of Armstrong. his supper was an-
nounceti, aud Traquair, with his arm
over the shoulder Of his guest. led him
b the dining room.
CHAPTER XXXII.
= NIGHT and day and a night