The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-02

slain that their power was broken,
HThen. one day, the unhappy woman
was seen near the castle and brought
back. Soon afterward Allan was born
In tinAe. she recovered her senses. but
she never regained her normal spirits.
Under her care Allan grew MP moody
and strange and when she died after
he was ten years old she had imbued
HIS mind with dark and terrible fancies
and had filled his soul with q furious
determination to take revenge on the
Children on the MIST Z =
Since then he has penetrated Into
their glens again anI again, quite
alone, returning with the heads OF the
best among them. until they were ter
rified at the mere mention OF his name.
and fled from the neighborhood. In
one Of these raids he found young
girl beautiful as q little fairy. He
was convinced that she was not Of the
hated blood OF his enemies, but had
been captured by them In some f0ray;
so he brought her home and he and
Angus reared her as their foster-sister
under the name Of Annot Lyle"
The young Earl Of Menteith began to
describe Annot Lyle. las he progressed.
his language became so earnest and
eloquent that Montrose smiled and
said: Take care. my lord, take care"
Menteith blushed and replied grave
ly: Her unknown birth Is sufficient
reason against any designs on my
part"
The next day Montrose witnessed q
new form OF AlIan's dark mood. HIS
eyes had ghostly stare and the
whisper ran around that the spirit OF
prophecy had descended on him. Soon
he strobe to where his friend Menteith
was speaking to Annot. My eye has
seen fields OF BATTLE" said he. where
Highianders and Lowlanders lay strew-
ed. but your corpse was not there, 1
mine eye found you not. Your fate
shall be thisl Three times have seen
Highlander plant his dirk In your
breast"
7"Describe him to me-" said Mem
teith .'that I may save him the trouble
OF fulfilling the prophecy"
1T cannot" said Allan. "The face OF
the vision has been averted from me
each time" t&HsM
There came a call TO council and
during the spirited debate Mentelth
forgot and Allan seemed to forget the
dark words that had come out OF his
darkened mind.
While the chiefs were planning their
campaign new arrival was announced
In the person OF Sir Duncan Campbell,
representing the Marquis of Argyle and
the ESIaIeS Oh EdElA6blGhNs tAG ]Aa0
landere received the stately gray
haired soldier courteously and with the
respect due to one whom they esteemed
superior in gallantry and honor to
Argyle. They listened in silence to his
proposal that they send an envoy 10
Argyle to discuss terms of armistice
ana asseuted quietly when Montrose
proposed Dugald Dalgetty as the mes
senEer.
safety, he rode off with Sir Duncan to
his castle of Ardenvohr. There his
host wrote a personal letter to Argyle
and gave It to Dalgetty. who RODE
boldly on to Inverary to face the great
MaccalIum Moore Argyle, alone.
The first sight that met his eye when
he entered the town was not assuring.
Five dead Highlanders hung from a
gibbet at the gate. "A little further on
on It, When he entered the castle he
passed under Highland head fixed to
Ritt-Master Dalgetty merely hummed
q military tune and passed doughtily
into the castle, presenting himself be-
fore the Marquis with the assurance of
soldado who had sat at the table of
princes. Hardly had Argyle read the
letter from Montrose before he turned
angrily to the Ritz Master and told him
that he deserved high gaiiows ana a
short shrift.
Dalgetty calmly began to expound
the laws OF war and the observance of
trtces and parleys, sowing his dis
course with excellent Latin moral re-
Elections as. well as with Invaluable
facts from personal experience.
Argyle. however. failed to profit by
the unequaled opportunity. and re-
marked dryiy that death was the
punishment for bringing insolent and
traitorous messages to the Lord Justice
| General OF Scotland.
The Ritt-Nfaster. dislilging the turn
which the conversation had taken, call
ed on the Marquis TO respect the LETT
ter OF Sir Duncan, and some OF the
chiefs sided with him. The result was
that the indiSnsnt soldier Of fortune