The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-28

for his owl

smooth word and n tricky dirk. like the
Campbells. God grant We be not over
generous. and trustftll unto blindness"
''Lochlel. have trusted, as We know.
many men who have betrayed our cause;
have dstrusted one who was faithful at
a cost to me. on this day, maybe the
last Of my life. will believe rather than
doubt, In the hope that faith will be the
surest bond of honor. There is some-
thing. know not what. in that tall fell
lew l did not like. But what 1 have
done. | have done. and If ! have erred.
I-ochiel. the punishment will be on my
own head"
ION many other heads, toe judge"
muttered Lochiel to himself, and for an
instant he thought of taking private meas
ures to hinder the two E;nglishmen from
service that day, but considering that he
would have enough to do with his own
tSa he he went to prepare his clan for
Dundee dismissed: his staff for the. time
on. various duties. and attended only by
Grimond. sat down upon knoll. from
Ss1 s line Of Pf his own
army beneath him and tho correspond
Ing formation OF the English troops in
the distance. Ee read MacKays prayer
the paper fall upon the grass. Dundee fell
into reveric. There was a day when
he would have treated the prayer lightly
not because. he had ever been pro.
no relish for soldiers who acted as chap
lains. To-day. with the lists CT battle
before e.f1 his eyes. and the ordeal OF last
his stu f1esh in his experience and
was weighed with sense OF the tragedy
OF life and the tears OF things. He was
going to fight unto death for his king.
put put. he s,, Was haunted by the conviction
monarch. MacKay and he were to cross
swords. as before they had crossed
words. and would ever cross principles.
seN that MacKay. in the service c Of the
Prince CT Orange. had for years been do
hunting to the death Covenanting peas
for the. joy OF battle and the gathering
Of spoil. were brave and faithful. but
they were little more than savages. and
woe bctide the land that lay beneath
other side represented the forces of order
and civilization. and though they might
be routed that evening, they held the
promise OF final victory. Was it worth
the doing ard something Of which after
wards a man could be proud. to restore
King James to Whitehall. and place Scot
land again in the hands OF the gang Of
towards and evil lvers. thieves and liars
fully treated himself? What a confused
and tangled web life was. and who had
eyes to decipher its pattern? He would
I'VE anu ule LOT lne StuartS. as MOntrOSe
had done before him: he could not take
service under William. nor be partner
with the Covenanters. He could do none
otherwise. and yet, what Scotland 1t
would be under James. and what mis-
cradle business for him to return to
the hunt OF the Covenanters!
The buoyancy OF the morning had
passed. and now his thoughts took a
darker torn. MacKay. no doubt had told
the truth. for he was not capable of
falsehood. but If those Englishmen were
not agents Of the English government
did It follow that they were clear OF sus-
ptclon? There was some mystery about
them. for. il indeed they had been Cav
alier, gentlemen who had abandoned the
English service. would they be SO anx-
GUS to conceal themselves? Why should
they refuse to let their names be known?
ment. Was It possible that they had
been sent by him. and IL so, for what
end? 1t is the penalty OF once yielding
to dlstrust that a person falls into the
habit Of suspicion. and the latent Jealousy
OF Livingstone began to work like poison
in Dundee's blood. Jean was innocent,
he would stake his life on that. but Liv-
'ingstone-who knew whether the attrac-
ton Of those interviews was Dundee's
cause. or Dundee Swife?s II Livingstone
had been in earnest. he had been with