The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-29
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suspicious persons. Il promise llte'
replied the stranger. that when VIC
meet again will lay thy head as low
as it lay even now. and you shall not
have the power to lift it up again
But the stranger seemd to think
that B~othwell's warning was not to be
disregarded, and, calling for his horse
said TO Morton. AZ ride toward Min
wood, which. / understand, is also
your way. viii you give me the ad-
vantage and protection of your com
pany?" Certainly" said Morton, and
paying the reckoning and taking 2
courteous cave of the company, n
rode forth with the
Now, a great crime had been com
mitted that night-one of those crime
Of history, which had in it much &c
commend to lovers Of liberty of con
science and civil freedom. Archbishop
Sharp had been wantonly and cruelty
murdered on angus Muir, ana John
Ralfour, of Burley, who now rode by
Morton's side. had been the leader or
the assassins. The news reached the
hosiery they had left before they were
far on their journey, and it was
not long before Morton and his com
panion heard cavalry coming behind
them. Il am pursued by the blood
hounds Of the priests said Balfour.
IT am that John RalfOur who saved
your father life. almost with the loss
vi HIS - "S VIZ "AANAS ~ = AAA
Moor. You have heard Of him."
.'Often,' replied Morton. Well" con-
tinued Ralfour, 'yonder stands your
uncle's house. l See the lights among
the trees. The II of blood is be-
hind me, and my death is certain I'M
less I have refuge there. Now make
thy choice: to shrink from the side Of
thy fathers friend like a thief in the
night and leave him exposed to the
bloody death from which he rescued
thy father. or to expose thine nncfe's
worldly goods to such peril as in this
perNerse generation attends those who
give q morsel of bread or a cup of
water TO a Christian perisfing for the
laek OF refreshments"
Thus appealed to, Morton consented
to hide Burlev for the night in an un-
used room over one of the out-houses,
and secretly conveyed to him there
food and drink. The soldiers in pur-
suit Of Ralfour, of hurley, did not
search Mi1nwood that night. az it's
owner, though q Presbyterian was
known to ge we'll affected toward the
Government and one who would not
hazard his possessions by harboriug
one OF the violent sect of the Cove
nanters. In the morning Balfour de-
parted, seeking his fellows who had
drawn TO arms in the neighboring hills.
Morton had slept but i'll that night,
and when he did sleep his dreams had
been haunted by the face OF Edith
B~ellenden. After rejecting a day or
two, Henry resolved to abandon Scot
land and seek his fortune as a soldier
OF the Continent. to be no longer a
penniless dependent. upon his uncle,
but win enough of fame and fortune
TO dare ask for the hand of the woman
he loved This resolve he communi-
Gated to his uncle one morning three
days later. But the old miser would
hear nothing Of sue a proposition,
for, III spite of his niggard1iness, he
really had regard for his nephew and
desired him to stay upon the place
Then Henry miNht be useful. A plow-
man was needed, and whv should not
the young man guide a plow in lands
which ultimately were to be his. there
by saving a mans wages, instead OF
running off to foreign wars?
The Laird Of WILDWOOD kept M al
the old customs which were economi.
cal. It was therefore the custom 81
the whole household to eat together
the domestics after having placed thu
food on the table. taking seats at the
lower end OF the board, where such
food was sent them as their master
thought fit. On the occasion wheI
Henry announced his desire for for
zig service he sat on the right of hi
uncle, the laird having ON his left hi
old housekeeper, Alison Wilson,. Will
below the salt sat the few members o
his scanty household. among them be
ing one Cuddfe Headrigg and hi
mother, "OId Mause," a violent Cam
eronian, much given to "testifying.
The two had been expelled from thei
cottage on Lady Margaret BeIlenden'
estate because of the "rantings' O
Mause. whose tongue Cuddie's great
est efforts could not keep quiet.
Now, Cuddle was in love wit
Edith defenders maid, Jenny Den
nison, and SO, for III fellow feelin
there was between the lovers. Henri
had procured Cuddie and his mothe
a refuge on the property Of his uncle
Allison, the old housekeeper OF Min
wood, was one Of those privilege
servants who love to grumble an
strive to command both her employer
and her Interiors; tyrant in tn
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