Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07

been TO me since 1 leaTiltO yc ~ iiut yum
pony ard fire your first shot. ye mauna
give heed or NEEDLE wi Providence. fe
have been awful favored WI the bonnlest
face ever l saw on man, so that tHere
no a lass looks ye but she loves ye,
and the hardest body ever l kenned. Ye
have the best blood Of Scotland In your
veins. and I never saw We fearfHl ohy-
thing, we have covered yersef WI glory IN
this war, and l prophesy there will be
great place waiting you in the north coun-
try There's a noble lady in Scotland
that wouldna be willing to marry YOU and
I'm eXpectin' afore 1 die to see you famous
as the great marquis himsel' Wi sons and
daughters standin round ye. ken aDoot
the wrath O. the house o Graham, a ma
leecious and lying jade. If she ever comes
to We again by NIGHT or day, bid her be-
gone to the evil place in the name o the
Lord wha redeemed US.
you're trusty friend. Grlmond. for
both my mother and myself count you more
friend than servant, and you've spoken good
words: but l take it this days happenings
are an omen of what is coming. Maybe
am over young to take black views o ND
den days, but yen mind afterward. Jock
Grimond when ye wrap ME in a bloody
coat for burial, for there will be shroud
for me, that l said the shadow began to rail-
at the siege of Grave. But there's no use
complaining, man; our cup Is mixed, ana
we must drink it, bitter or sweet. Aye, the
Grahams are doomed house. and we maun
dree DOR weird (suffer our destiny)."
Weird" broke out Grimond, with re-
vulsion from pathos to anger. Ye speak
as If it were the will o. the ALMIGHTY, but
1 am thinkin the thing was worked from
another quarter. Providence had very lit
tie hand in it. unless ye call Capt. hugh
MacKay Providence. and In that case itii
be true what some folks say. that the devil
rules the world. From all can gather, and
I keep my ears open when you are con-
cerned, laird, am as sure as you are Laird
Of Clayerhouse that Scourie, confoond his
smooth face, has been plottin' aginst ye
ever since We sat that nicht afore the battle
of Sineffe roond the camp fire. l saw how
he looked, and 1 said to myself, You're up
noble marquis and plagued him wi their
prayers on the scaffoid and 1t Is as nat
ural for a Covenanter to hate a Graham
as to eat his breakfast. MacKay saw we
were dangerous. and yell be more danger
Gus yet Claverhouse, to the black crew.
He has been up the back stairs tellin' lies
ABBOTT We. and sayin that though many
trust ye. for a that ye are an enemy to
Presbytery. Yen have your chance yet,
laird, and avenge the murder O. the mar
quis, but therell be no place for We here
long as MacKay is pourin' the poison O.
asps. as auld David has it, into the princes
ear"
ma, ma, Mr. john" concluded Grimond
when his master had demonstrated with
him for speaking against the prince and an
officer of the army, and warned him to be
careful of his tongue, ''ye medina be feart
that word O this will be heard ootside.
l mind the word in the Good Book, Speak
not against the king, lest bird of the air
carry the matter There's plenty O. birds
in this camp that would be glad enough
to work us wrang. Gin onybody speaks to
me ABBOTT Captain Mackay being made a
colonel. I'll give him to understand that my
master was offered the post and declined to
take 1t for special reasons O his own;
maybe because We wanted to stay WI the
gentlemen volunteers, and maybe because
there was a grand position waitin for We
in Scotland. Let me alone, laird. for
maxim the most o the situation: but dinna
forget Mackay.
Claverhouse was of another breed from
Grimond, and had the chivalrous instincts
of his house, but the time wore and
Graham went with the princes guards
after the surrender of Grave to The Hague.
where Colonel MacKay and the Scots Bril-
gade were also stationed. the constant
spray of insinuations Of MacKay's cum
tell upon his mind. He was conscious of
growing dislike toward MacKay, beyond
that GOODNESS which must always exist be-
tween men of such different religious and
political creeds. 1t was tradition among
the Scots royalists from the days of Mont
rose that the Wing ,Highlanders. such as
the Campbells, were cunning and treacher-
Gus, and then 1T was right to admit that
MacKay might think himself justified in
warning the Prince of Orange, who was
surrounded by Presbyterians. and already
coming under the masterful influence of
Carstairs, the minister of the Presbyterian
Church. and afterward Williams most
trusted councillor. that Graham belonged
to thoroughgoing and dangerous cava-
lier house. and that it would not be wise to
show him too much favor. Although they
were fellow soldiers, and had met in camp
life from time to time. they had never been
anything more than distant acquaintances
Now It seemed to Claverhouse that Mac
Kay looked at him more coldly than ever,
and that he had caught a triumphant ex-
preston in his eye. MacKay was getting
upon his nerves, and he had come to hate
the sight of him. AS a matter of fact. and
as Claverhouse granted himself afterward,
while MacKay was not his friend and could
not be, he had never said word against
him to the prince, and If he had used no
influence for him. had never tried to hinder
his promotion The day was coming when
Clayerhouse would acknowledge that though
MacKay was the wrong side, he had
conducted himself as became a man of
blood and a brave soldier. In those days
at The Hague, disappointed about promo
ton, and with evil news from Scotland. to
say nothing of Grimond> ever at his elbow
goading and inflaming him through his
very loyalty, Claverhouse allowed himself
to fall into an unworthy and infammatory
temper When one is IN this morbid state
of mind he nay at any moment lose self
control and Ii was unfortunate that. after
a long TRADE one morning from Grimond.