The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-31

the room. instantly hushed at the
warning frown Of the Judge. and Mac
PhersOn. his huge brown hands grip
ped about the edge of the stand. turn
ed inquiringly towards Langdon.
"WilI you tell us. Mr.. MACPHERSON.
as briefly as possible. what occurred
while you were on your way to the
residence OF DR.. JamisOn!'
I'VE had ma mair than got startit
when the noise Of the horse brought
one OF Follock's friends to the corner
Of the house to look Oop the back road.
At sight Of us he gave a cry and ran
back. shoutin' to Mr. Pollock.
We had a fair getaway. but ma horse
is AZ guide as one Of those devil ma
chimes. and they were after us at once.
So l tookit the relns and give them to
Mr.. IangdOn and said. You drive. and
pit the lassie doom. I've way Of stop
pin them as is behin' but ! need my
hands, At tlot tookit my gun and
stude up in the sleigh. l cude sec the
ithers plainly, and l shOutit. Go back.
unless We want to be hurtit! But they
only swore at me, and when | saw
they were gainin' l sent a load Of shot
towards them. 1t did na harm. hut
they stoppit short, tae see II there was
hurt. They'll ia COON after us again
the nicht,' I said: but it was no mair
than few minutes before Mr.. Lang
don said, 4 hear the motor" And l
said, There's anither barrel to the
gun"
1t was strange scene that he drew
for them in his deep. quiet voice-a
scene SO unreal that it was incredible
to most Of those present that 1t could
all have happened not so very many
miles from the courtroom where they
now sat-a scene with the dark, snowy
road and the silent woods for its set
ting, with the flying sleigh speeding al
most noiseless over the slippery road.
Langdon. his face white and set with
fatigue and anxiety holding the tug
ging reins in one hand while the other
arm held close the half-conscious form
Of Mary, her bandaged head CHASTITY
above the enwrapping blankets: while
the great Scotchman. his shotgun to
his shoulder. his big body swaying
with the speed of the flying sleigh
81 waited till they came oop too
close" he finished, deep note throb-
bing in his voice land then l did fer
81, - II, ~,
nigh upset wi the force of the eXplo
sion, and they all jumpit oot. And that
was the last we saw of them"
did you remain at DR.. JamisonS
house when you reached there?"
"Na. For when | had seen the pun
lassie taken away by the kind guide
wife of the doctor, and | knew she
were safe, l keepit thinkin' of how
fast the men had gone fra the hOose
that nicht. and | says to Mr.. Langdon
Il will jes' take run back to the town
I'm thinkin', and make sure there's ns
harm COON to Dan Page through thi:
NIGHTS work And Mr.. Langdon says
quick like, What do you mean? SO
tOi(l lllul dllu lilC uOS SlOI, anu AAI. Lang,
don was all fer comm wi me. but th'
doctor wouldna let him. 'Dinna fas
yersel,' said. when l saw the docto
was RIGHT. III gaze fast, and If ther
is need fer you I'll come richt back
And the doctor said. You're all wor
put. Philip. You've got to have som
rest. Be sensible So | went bac
alone"
at what hour did you reach tn
home of Miss Page"
Il dinna ken the exact hour, but
We're nboot daylight. and cude sc
quite ways ahead Of me-"
Twill you tell us. please, what 70
saw when you approached the Pac
hOuse?'
Slowly one great hand 'clinched itse
into knotted fist. and the muscles {
his jaw frightened. and across tho.
who sat betwecn. the gray eyes of II
Scotchman and the tear-dimmed ey'
OF Mrs. Page met In Il mute commu
ion Of terrible memories. Then, slowl
with new tone of suppressed cxrit
ment lending thrill to his voice
said:
"When got ME enough to see t
hoose. | cude see great black splot