Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14

fanatic and the daughter O. sic mither.
bod! It would be fair ruin for his career.
and misery for himsei. I'll no deny her
looks. but I'll guarantee she has her
mfthers temper. What would Claverhouse
have done without me-though I wouldna
say that to onybody except mysef-he
would have been just an object-aye. aye,
As Grimond had communicated the en-
gagement of Claverhouse to Helen Graham
under the form of a secret he was per-
fectiy certain that kirsty would tell IL that
evening to her mistress and in the end to
the whole castle. But he thought IL wise
TO reinforce the resolution of the other
side. and when he waited on his master
mat evening he laid himself out for in
struction
"Ye would have laughed hearty, Mr.
John' II you had heard the officers over
their wine this afternoon In the town
Lord Ross wasna there and so they had
the freedom o their tongues and II Sir
Adam Blair wasna hoidin' out that you had
!ailen In love WI Lady Jean. and the next
| thng they would hear would be a marriage
that would astonsh Scotland. Earleshall
| nearly went mad and said that II We did
mat You would ne fairly bewitched. aad
mat You might as well join the Cove
hanters l tell ye, laird. they nearly quar-
relied over it. and | am telt they got so
THIRSTY that they drank fourteen bottles
ciaret to five a them besides what they
had before. fe VIII excuse me meutionin'
/ TINS, for It's no for me to tell you what
the gentleman speak aboot. but thought
DIT o dafiiu. tamuscmenD MIGHT lchten
1T is no c5rterifEof mine what the Of
hcers say between themselves, and I've
told you before. Grimond, that you are not
TO bring any idle tales you pick up to
my You've done this more than
once, and 1 lay it on you not to do 1t
again
surely. Mr. John. surely. ken it's no
becomtn, and I'll no give We cause to
complain again. But as sure as death
when ! heard them saying ii as | took in
your message to E,arleshall | nearly
dropped on the floor. | was that amused
Claverhouse married to Covenanter, 1t
was vera takin'.
ma, ma. Mr. John. I kent better than
that, but I'm no just comfortable in my
mind sac lang as We are in Paisley Castle
and in the company o Lady Jean. Her
mther is an able Bosom. and her young
ladyship is vera deep. What I'm hearin'
on the ither side O. the hedge is that
she's trying to get round ye so as to get
a pardon for Sir John. and to let him come
home from Holland. No. Claverhouse. We
mamma be angry wi me. for I've waited
on ye longer than We mind, and I Gamma
help bein' anxious. We are a grand sol
der, and we've been fine adviser to the
government There's no mony things
yere no fit for Mr. John. but the women
are cunning. and have aye made a fule ~
the men since Eve led Adam aft the
STRAIGHT and made sic Il mishanter % the
hale race. They say doom stairs that Lady
Jean is getting roond ye fine. and that If
it wasna that her family wanted some
thing from you, YOU would never have had
a blink o her, ony mair than her auld Jade
o a mither. For hypocrite give me a
Covenanter. and. of course. the higher
they are the cleVerer.
Just ae word more. Claverhouse. and
pray We no to be angry. for there's nae
body luVes We better than Jock Grmond.
/ hear things ye Gamma hear. and | see
things ye Gamma see. Naebody would tell
you that Lady Jean and Pollock. the
Covenantin minister. are guide man
ard wife. They may no he married yet.
but they will be as sune as it's safe and
that's how he comes here so often She
has good reason to speak ye fair. laird.
and she has souple tongue and n beguiln'
way. just Delilah. Laird. I'm
Twin man this is a hoose o deceit and
We are encompasscd wi fausehood as wi
garment And although Claverhouse' =
rebuke was hot. Grimond felt that he had
not suffered in vain.
TO be continued next Saturday,