The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-17

in the enterprise so long as he was un-
 der the escort of Even Dhu. Rose Bradwardine took leave of him
 with a repressed sorrow. which, how
 ever, was scarcely noticed by Waver- ley, for, though he had much enjoyed
 the companionship of the gentle maid en during his stay at Tully-Veolan,
 he was young and fond of adventure, and did not at the time realize the
 place which Rose had come to fill in
 his heart.
 Evan sent an attendant gillie on in
 advance to warn Donald Bean Lean of
 their comng, and after a toilsome day
 of travel through the mountains they
 reached at nightfall the hold of the cateran. It was a cave opening on a small lake, accessible from the land
 only a small lake, accessible from the land only by one narrow footpath. Waverley and his guide reached 1t by boat from the further side of the loeh. The cave was very high and was il- | lumined by torches made of pine. The | light was assisted by the red glare of a large charcoal fire around which l were seated five or six armed High- | flanders, while others were indistinctly seen couched in their plaids in the
 more remote recesses of the cavern. | none large aperture. which the rob- l Der facetiously called his pantry, there
 hung by the heels the carcass of a
 sheep and two cows recently slaugh- | tered. The only woman in the cave
 was a strapping Highland damsel, | Alice, the daughter of Donald Bean Lean, upon whom the robber lavished
 an direction which was all the greater
 that he had regard for no other living creature.
 After an evening meal. cut probably
 from the Baron's stolen cattle. and | served to Waverley with Some skill and a little coquetry by the cateran' s
 daughter, the young man lay down to l sleep upon a bed of heather Awak- ening the next morning he found the
 save almost deserted, and so, with his 1 guide, took his way further into the l Highlands, Evan assuring him that the | stolen cattle, except two which had
 been slaughtered, were already on their way back to the Baron's mains. Donald Bean Lean had not ventured | to disobey the commands of Vich Ian l Vohr, delivered through Evan Dhu, for
 well the robber knew that but for the
 refuge afforded him by the chieftain
 on the lands of MacIvor, he would have graced a gallows lon gago. Another journey. partly by boat down l the lake, and partly a good ten miles toilsome journey over hill and brae and bog, brought the travellers within | q short distance of the castle of Fer gus MacIvor. and Evan cautioned Way erley that at any time they might en- counter the chief, whom he had ed- vised by a feet-footed messenger of their approach.
 "Ah," said Evan proudly. If you, Saxon Duinhewassel. saw but the chief
 with his tail on!'
 with his tall on9e echoed Waverley
 In soI~e surprise.
 "Yes-that Is, with his usual follow CTS, when he visits those of the s1me rank
 The re~ort of gun was heard and
 Q sportsman was seen with his dogs and an attendant at the upper part of
 Tt Is the chief" cried Evan. adding
 in a tone of disappointment, "anj he
 has not his tail on after all! There is no living man with him but Callum Beg"
 Fergus MacIvor advanced to well come Kaverley with the dignity whleh
 came from his lofty birth and lifelong habits of command. mingled with the
 easv grace which was due to his ed-
 ucation at the court of St. Gcrmain's, where hn and his sister had oeen l brought up as two orphans under the | care of the royal Stuarts, in whoHe | cause FerRus's father had made him. l self an exile.
 l Fergus MacIYor Was the head of a | branch of 0 powerful clan, and the | founder of his branch having been | named John and having achieved the | sobriduet of the great" each chief
 since hIs time had been Vich Ian Vohr,
 or Son of John the Great. Above The middle size, with a countenance which i was at once bold and naughty, win ming and flank; with his erect end lofty port his picturesque Highland