The Washington times., 1913-02-09
By Stephen Chalmers

as.d az ni xscnurs1s: M efsa $50. Ann ?Ssy an man
that likes to clean oop o days
ssls ety. l.es,ysa g sei ss
4 ent True. 3Ariposa buried her face
between her orandfather's knees. and
bv, .f:S so n: noSs SSs1 sss sSesm 81 nco a.
vars face. He nodded and beaned and
held out his hand . M.
ny sos, - ssia n that anpas.
s. @ ssrasss @ 4 z one n' VINO hes a rse:ivsa % sSea
bisssings Of hsGysn should say nay to
any Of thss. u Ag1 which are the
asn Sus oSs osr rssss v.ya
differ somewhat .Bst lst us leave those
things for oar kfnGs TO settls- When
the king cal;. let ~ arm: but whom the
ns1 me- s.s ss: r su:s,s :sSvst TO- odt Hois fcs
me 20 tell you. Who have sssn what .
holy treth u love. And surely II heaven
% blessed ~ poee son treth as to
ssSs.p a., ~ rv.n upon s sour couS.
| try's usagseL have. come from SPAIN"
he add With q Amlle, SO dance Ct the
Wedding d, my graadchildrsn-
sys on i.cr:s : AZ ssss w.. Ia And ..s .s:
chased feom; Ia hoese IN 0iaaeow
be ng nsls. ~ Aasiposs but once.
came cam TO g tss sssr q sssss % - oa q: ior' sn:
~ the old tenslemAn aid. there were
but few days Ieft until should have
her forever. and u kAS but INSET that
ne seoaid have his granddaughtsf to
Aiezasdsr ,Gaemsrtris vss basy. too. !
As he a31ayyf Uoi4, nay u6A1rD cost more
time than sWas worth. a meaoengsr 1
had to b esnt = xiiaaaA .tsllins Of my !
Xnd cssess. sslS. Msoesrsrss, III
Irsyii : oos 3 DssssScs VI. them But.
hoot tooti fhsy'n bs giad to 80 ye. |
ain. sa IN ts:is .ss Ssn sis ets:sss' ss:ss asis
man in csxsi-Guid' fcrsfs ne Tor
the iee-snd struck psaee VI the Mac |,
donaids, 70 mat from now thers's an
How did " naks the psaesr'
How. chucklsd Maenursris. ..Ah.m
1nss. 1sis. e. %sn q h.; ,,:5 :n srss'si s. d. n;
The Mscdonaid.s death troubssd me
little. and am sure Il was rs,isf
to the lawyer.
"A heather beast. was his opouion.
Though 0uid forSf'e me, he's dead.
puir man! Keep your tongue stili. lad.
Hes ne. C. sore to b. srsve an none bvs
you ma young JomAe kono u, IN "
ysre . bs-SrS'fcus ict!"
Young jamie IA come. Il was on
the day befose tie Wsdding. met
him a. he came out Of Mscmurtrie's
yer and nv kinsmsa I. do not know.
except that today Janes BLACK, or
Campbell u in the fighting sefvics os
the East India Company, which was
ons'ssSo ons thin. ner a.. % nc lcnx go 5siwssn
made . p5ckly bsd for himself. Indeed.
sometimes fed sorry for him.
A. I say; met him q the door Of
recognised him. % erssiiy hsa i beaten
him, held out my hand
-JameA" saSd, II am sorry."
Ye ean afford TO bet' he snaried.
away. i let % him N 60. Sne '''e' ns
f l were 70 teti you OF our wedding =
and return 70 Ktietlsn. I should be
sempted @ g On Writing forever. shah
boys :chsnged the horses at Ninlsn's
Isssrn at 0ovnn. when Bordeaux and
Don AIyaF and Macmurtrie and fat; 9
Rtnsan ecoulef and the curAte and the | c
piness Shall I ever forget the hack OF j
while Nsf3poss and I. insspsrab.e Al z
aSt. ceofied bhssfuily IN the ehaiss
DON. Aivar and Bordssax, While Alex 4
lnder coapi<tsiy occupied another be- =
atnd VI. armed With his prseious mum :
'oy and volumes OF legal instruments. E
Tor vs were al loing beck to Kiiei- 3
loud. no doubt which marred our hap /.
,inees that day. At the Cloch Ferry =
ne boats awaited with pipers IN the
soSs. and whsn We reached Kiiellan
o see my people waiting FOR me and
ny bride. a score Of the men rushed
vaist-deep In the cold sea 70 bring US TO
and- a hundred ciaymoree rose and
hen the pipes shrieked In time. Rod
rick Dow seised my hand and wrung :
hard. And ! know then that he had D,
'een a good friend to me. as he had =
Il is nearly two years sinc. I BEGAN IA
writing this book. but az ] said In the w =,
'egfnnfng. I am not Jet free with the &C
'assenach: And while my slow pen has ?.
!. time. love, aad Mariposa have been Is Is
dding to my task. "a
As I said somewhere on the way, M Mns
3ordeaux and Mariposa both promised u
0 help me, but they have pestered me =.
nsread. True. Bordeaux wrote q bit, =. =
'ut Il was SO strangely worded that / tIr
egged leave Of him to leave Il out. 4 %
dariposa would ay promise to write the .s
'ext chapter II I let her read the last, so
'st she would iind SO many fault. -
'hiies We came nigh Quarre.ins. Once.
indeed. she showed me In q few pages
ow she thought the story should be :
vritten. but I grew 30 angry over the a.
hings she said Of herself that she has iH
ever offered to help me with the book III
gain. | III
Bug for all that It has been a sweet N
ask. There werp times when my heart III
he'd times when my blood chilled az
and times when the III
,ars of my shame fell upon the pages. III
L the end CT the chapter-that one III
bout the dirk and the bannocks-I III
olld not see what was writing. The III
cry dork you sec. was lying on the vi
4 bic ~ my hand; and Mariposa whom III
had nAeant to kill with II, was sitting lIl
y tho castle hearth, sewing away for a III
tile man who was to he called John III
.har. I'M
For as L said at the beginning-which III
So long ago that you have probably III
'rgotten a peace has come upon Kill Ill
Han CastAs We have lived In such III
let happine ss-eyer since the morning, I'll
hen. after the great feast. Bordeaux III
nd MasmurTfie left us. I can still see N
1ese two friends as they were helped III
Ito the boat, can see the little law III
er soiemnly offering snufT to our III
srviny-man 6.oderick and I can see III
ordesux staISiing erect-but little
hrs bonnet and cry VII
.I.Ah ,,- ,-,tr1 n; such sweat sorrovr iii