The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1922-08-04

were now three instead of four, whl(
was a perpetual reminder of the
: loss. Miss Alisons money, you al
: to bear in mind, was highly needfl
: for the estates; and the one brotht
being dead, my old lord soon set b.
heart upon her marrying the othe
Day in, day out, he would work upo
her, sitting by the chimney-side wit
: his finger in his Latin book, and hi
eyes set upon her face with a kin
of pleasant intentness that becam
the old gentleman very well. If sh
wept, he would condole with her, Xix
an ancient man that has seen wors
times and begins to think lightly ever
of sorrow; if she ragged, he would fal
to reading again in his Latin book
but always with some civil excuse; i
she offered Gas she often did to le
them have her money in a gift, he
would show her how little it consisted
with his honor, and remind her, even
If he should consent, that Mr.. Henry
would certainly refuse Non vi sed
saepe' cadendo was a favorite word
of his; and no doubt this quiet perse-
cution wore away much of her re-
solve; no doubt, besides, he had a
great influence on the girl, having
stood in the place of both her par
ents; and for that matter, she was
herself filed with the spirit of the
Duries. and would have gone a great
way for the glory of Durrisdeer; but
not so far, | think, as to marry nv
poor patron, had 1t not been
strangely enough for the circum-
stance of his extreme unpopularity.
This was the work OF Tam Macmor-
land There was not much harm in
Tam; but he had that grievous weak
ness, long tongue; and as the only
man in that country who had been
out Tor rather who had come in
AGAIN. he was sure of listeners. Those
that have the underhand in any fight
ing, l have observed, are ever anx-
ious to persuade themselves they
were betrayed. BY Tams account of
1t, the rebels had been betrayed at
every turn and by every officer they
had; they had been BETRAYED at
Derby, and betrayed at Falkirk: the
night march was a step of treachery
of my Lord Georges; and Culloden |
was lost by the treachery of the Mac (
1onalds. This habit of imputing trea-
son grew upon the fool, till at last
lie must have in Mr. Henry also. Mr..
Henry (by his account) had betrayed
he lads of Durrisdeer; he had prom
sed to follow with more men. and
instead of that he had ridden to King
George. "Ay, and the next day."
'am would cry. THE puir, bonnie
1aster and the puir, kind lads that
ade wi him, were hardly over the
caur, or he was aff-the Judis!. Ay.
-eel-he has his way OF: he's to be
~ lord, nae less, and there's mony
cauld corp amang the Hieland
And at this, if Tam had
cen drinking, he would begin TO D
eep. II
Let any one speak long enough he
ill get believers. This view of Mr..
enry's behavior crept about the u
'untry by little and little; it was q
liked upon by folk that knew the
ntrary but were short of TOPICS: u
id it was heard and believed and 81
ven out for gospel by the ignorant "
d the Unwilling. Mr.. Henry be- al
n to be Stunned; yet a while and
commons began to murmur as he tn
mt by, and the women (who are tn
ways the most bold because thew in
the most safe) to cry out their an
to his face The master. of
S cried up for a saint. 1t was re- OBJ
how he had never had any
III IN pressing the tenants; as, in
ID, no more he had, except to spend -
money. He was little wild per- r
IS, the folk said; but how much l.
ter was a natural, wild lad that
n would have settled down. than cla
klnfilnt and a sneckdraw, sitting. 81
n his nose in an account book. to
secute poor tenants. One trolIon sta
mad had child to the master Coz
by all accounts been very badly fan
q, yet made herself a kind of in {
NIPPON OF his memory She flung Giro
tone one day at Mr. Henry. rs
$ tne bonnie lad that trustit spa
she cried. u
r. Henry refined in his horse and stes