r mSmpm x fr L ijjjluffr ' mfrMLW S'-lTPSinJBWW LUT.lliJSU.Ei J SOVJEMUKR i - - -fF n. i - - ,.,-v-r. Av-.v '?: &' PAT IA? ? , $,1 -L 'HE PTfR OF t "1 hrfggggggH ? v'" aMBHEssl I-- tfSsflaBklH Aiittier of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." fr 2 &?. fr CHA1TKK t or BAKum events ntmtiia m Haunt's vtAKDXRUtaa. ,IK- HE full truth of this odd matter It what rl ' m the world haa long been looking for and public curi osity U nire te wel come. It te Iwfell that 1 was Tnti- 1 si , f "i ately mine led with the last years Anrl tilsferT of the kir:" r -.'. ... : JKYVdees net live one 7 man se able as mr- tclf te make the) matters plain, or se desirous te narrate t knew the master: en : faithful!. ny secret steps of his caroer I l.aTa an au au ntle memoir In mr hand. I sailed with K y. Wm en his last voyage almost alene, 1 raade fc-ltena upon that winte Journey of which se SvCjaanr tales have gene abroad, and l was rsl . . i .. . ,. .1 .1. A Ia. Mtl.4n dp lord Dnrrlsdecr, I served him and loved him '...; Mumimi uia maai uculu. ja iu. iu. ....w sS Bear twenty years, ana meugnt mere ei mm if the mere I knew of him. Altogether, I think m?if It net nt that se mucn eviacnce sneuia per- fm hh; the truth Is a debt I ewe my lord's mom mem t$? 7i and 1 think my old years will flew mere &, noethly nnd my white hair llequleter en the .- tllm wttAn ilia atrntif t ftuM. !&. i. . ,- . , I-l I n. !!.... j-pffcij, ine mines ei inirrwuecr mm uuuu ESS wer strong family in the southwest from fcSS, the days of David L A rhyme still currentln tiTvifca country sldei Kittle folk are the DurrUKlecrs, They ride wi' ewcr meny spears bears the mark of Its antiquity; and the name appears in another, which common report attributes te Themas of Ercildoune himself . . 1- 1 I.!!. ......... JSV a cannot say new iruij, uin wim., mM.. $f have applied I dare net say with hew much JueV.ee te the event or wis narration) Twa Durles la Durrlsileer. Ane te tie and ane te ride, i An 111 day for the groom And a waur day for the bride. Authentic history besides is filled with their EMI teplellm, which (te our modern eyes) seem net Pv Tery commendable; and the family suffered t&Ul Um fnll sham nf ihrwrt firvt And downs te which U Breat houses of Scotland have been ever name, cut nil lueae i pass evrr, w cuaiv v that memerable rear 1745. when the feunda- &M Ham of this tragedy were laid. rki 1 At that lima there dwelt a familv of four W& persons In the heuse of Durrlsdoer, near Bt. E-Cl Bride's, en the Selway shore a chluf held of their race since the lleiormatlen. my yi L.it aII.4I. rf tim mm, iwm tinf nAil 111 VwiFU jfi" but he suffered promaturely from the dlsahll- lueiei age; nis piace wej at iue vuuuuvjr slde. There he sat reading, lu a lined gewu, jm Mtiewworasiernny man ami wry meras jtf for none, the model of au old retlred house- 'h' Anil -Af lit mt.nl VMPO wnll iAiirlinl ji mi WM JVtt .u... .W..J ".. ..w.w-.w- git-wlHI nuuy, ODU rrputeu ill luu uumm j vu i p?. sjaere cunning than he saeiaed. The Miuster M:J 'at Ballantrae. James in baptism, took from &'& his father the loveof sorleus rpaillnsi muie l?-Y " hli tiut tMrhans ha well, but that which mEv .Uh fmltf rtl(f- In ihn tnihnr lwv-nllin )llfll-lf 'VWnlmulatlnn In the son. The face of Ills be- pfe," luwler was merely popular aud wilds he sat yi late at wine, later at the cards; hed the iiame 27" k. 1.a MM,tifr nt 'an iinrvi ,,1II1 ffir till fc,- Usees," and was ever In the front of brelK '3,-vBut for all he was tlie tlrst te ke lu, yet ll was ;j observed he was Invariably the best te come fc off, and Us partners in mischief were usu- RiHiS' 11r 1im in nnv f ha n!ra.r Tltt liinlr nr u dexterity trot him several ill nlsheni. but fr-;:-.. with the rest of the ceiuitry enhanced hit KJwputatlen, se that great things were looked ft&S'iier In hi future, when he should have gained WW' tnore gravity, One very black mark he had tr?" tii his name, but the matter was hushed lin at the time, and se defaced by legends lxfere I cams Inte theso jurta that I scruple te set it down. If it was true it was a horrid fact in one se young, and if false it was u horrid cal umny. I think It notable that he bad always Vauuted himself quite implacable, and m takenat his word; se that he had the addi tion anion;; his neighbors of "an ill tirui te cress." Here waj altogether a young noble man (net yet 31 In the year M.r) who had made a flgure in the country beyond his time of life. The less marvel if thcre were little heard of the second son, Mr. Henry (my lute Lord Durrisdeer), who was neither very bad nor yet very able, but an henent, solid sort of lad like manyef his neighbors. Little heard, 1 say; but indeed it was a case of little se-ken- Jle was known among the salmon fishers in the Urtb, for that was a sport that be assiduously followed; he was an excellent goal horse doctor besides, and took a chief hand, almost from a boy, in the management of tbe'estatej. Uew hard a part that was, iu the situation of that family, neni- knows bet ter than myself, nor yet with hew llttle color . 'of Justice a man may tbure acquire the repu tation of a tyrant and a raiser. The fourth person in the heuse was Mlxs Alisen Qraeme, a near kinswoman, au orphan, and the heir -te a considerable fortune which her father had acquired in trade. This money was loudly called for by my lord's necessities; In deed the laud was deeply mortgaged, and Miss Alisen was designed accordingly te be the master's wife, gladly enough en her side, with hew much geed will en hU Is another matter. Bhe was a comely girl, and ill these JjS?,'t days very spirited and wlf vllld; for the S?2'T i UM luni uavuin hu uauuuivi ut 1119 utrjj, ami w$fs my lady being long dead, she had grown up I nTT, ,. " ., .. . ,, , m. au luuau lour ixiiu? lue uews ul 1 riure u' nksvlln l.n.l .. n.l D.. 1...... .n..n I .. I... the ears. My lord, like the chimney leciKjr that he was, was all for U'lnperizlng. Mlvt Alisen held the ether side bocau&e it appeared remantical; and the master (though 1 hae beard they did net agree often) n as for this once of her opinion. The adventure tempted him, as I conceive; be was tempted by the opportunity te rulse the fortunes of the beuse, and net l4y the hepe of paying off bis private liabilities which were heavy be bo be yend all opinion. As for Mr. IK-ury, It njv pears he said little enough ut first; his pirt cdme later en. It took the three a whole day's disputation befiru they agreed te tv;r a middle course, ouaseu going forth te strike a bloifer King James, my lord, and the ether wring at home te keep In favor with King Geerge. Doubtless this was my lord's decision; and, as Is well known, it nas the part played by many considerable families. But the one dispute settled, another opened. Fer my lord, Ills Alisen and Mr. Henry all held the one view: that it was ths cadet's rt ti rrrt eiif. And flirt mflf.i- ulint tvltli j stlessnesj and vauity, would at no ratocen- pfjjXllsen wept, Mr. Henry was very plain siie- ;. t-rV1 U MJBMftV Ul. UJlUO. iUI IVIU IJlCAllJ. XJA3 r . axii: nil was 01 no avail. iftt I "It is the direct heir of Durrisdeer that ride by his king's bridle," says the iter. "If we were playing a manly part," says iz. Henry, "there might be sense in tuch talk. But what arewu doing I Cheutliis at jMrdal" "We are saving tbe beuse of DurrMter. murr," Ids father said. "Aed tee, James," said Mr. Henry, "if 1 je, aad the prince has tie upper band, It will M easy te make your iwaca with King Jtwat. (7)ut if you go, and the expedition t V jshfrtild ku ! , sans, we tuviae lue ngnv ana me uue. Ana L K sarhat shall T Im hnnr L4? MVn lll 1 T w.A n.IHl.ju. n ..M n.A L VH nU4 W MMU VUIIUUWI. Wl'l IUU .- HI M. .11 TI .1 . I i4( 9f Msrv 'a yu qi x uave upon uie lauie." fjj. - piay at no such game," cries Mr, Henry. 4 wmii w tcib ui suvu a siiuaiiun as no mail lafamsa aad honor could endure, I shall be r flsb nor flesh. M he cried. And a little rke had another expression, plainer pcr: r. ., ssf san ne lnunaeii. "it u your duty te il awe with my father," said ha "Veu -lwwr yell enough you are the faverite." .AyiaWlbe master. "And there spoke Xaryl Would you trip up my hcels-Jacebr mm wa aweuea upon the name mall- Cr own U4f went and walked at the low end v fOOllaUJTJrDlTi farhehad an ex- BJUAKIIIJIL IY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, Tfca Celebrated Novelist, cellent gift of silence. Presently be came back. "I am the cadet nnd I should go," said he. "And my lord hire Is the master, and he says I shall go. What say ye te that, my bro bre thcrr "I say this, Harry," returned the master, 'that when very eUtlnate folk err. met there are only two ways eutt Blews and I think none of us could carq te go se far; or the ar bitrament of phance nnd here Is a guinea piece. Will you stand by the toss of the celnf "I will stand and fall by It," said Mr. Henry. "Heads, I go; shield, I stay." The coin was spun and It fell shield. "Be there Is a lessen for Jacob," says the master. "We shall live te repent of this," says Mr. Henry, and flung out of the hall. As for Miss Alisen, she caught up that piece of geld which had Just sent her lever te the wars, nnd flung ii clean through the family shield in the great painted window, "If you loved me as well as I love you, you would have stayed," cried she. " 'I could net leve you, dear, se well, loved I net honor tnore,'" sung the master. "Ohl" she cried, "you have no heart; 1 hope you may be killed I" and she run from the room, nnd in tears, te her own chamber. It seems the master turned te my lord with his most comical manner, nnd says he, "This leeks like a devll of n lfa" "I think you are n devll of a son te me," cried his father, "you that has always been the favorite, te my ehnnie be It spoken. Never a geed hour have 1 gotten of you slnce you were born; no, never en geed hour," and repented It again the third time. Whether It was the master's levity, or his In subordination, or Mr. Henry's word nbeut the faverite son, that had se much disturbed my lord, 1 de net knew; but I Incline te think it was the last, for I have It by nil ac counts that Mr. Henry was tnore made up te from thnt hour. Altogether it was in pretty ill bleed with his family that the umtcr rede te the north; which, wns the mero sorrowful for ethers te remember when It seemed tee lata lly fear and favor he had wrnied together near upon a dozen men, principally tenants' sons; they were all pretty full when they set forth, nnd rede up the hill by the old abbey, rearing and singing, the vliltcocVnde In every hat. It nas a desperate venture for k small a company tocre-j the most of Scotland unsup ported; nnd (what made folk think se the mere) even as that peer dozen was clattering up the hill, a great ship of the king's navy, that could have brought them under with a sliigla beat, lay with her bread ensign stream ing lu the bay. The next afternoon, having given the master a fuir start, It was Mr. Henry's turn; nnd hu rede off, all by himself, te elfer hU sword and carry letters from hli fnthcr te King Oeorge's government. Miss Alisen was shut In her room and did llttle but weep, till both were gene; only she stitched the ceckude en the uiastei 's hat nnd (as Jehn l'aul told me) It was wetted with tears when he can led It down te him. In all that followed, Mr. Henry nnd my old lord were true te their luirgaln. That ever thay nccotnplUhed nnytliiug is mera than 1 could lwiiu; and that they were any way strong en the king's side, tnore than 1 belluve. Gut they kept the letter of loyalty, corresponded with my lord president, sat still at home, mid had llttle or no comiiicice with the master while that Imslnc laxted. Ner was he, en his side, mere coinmunirathe. Miss Alisen, Indeed, wns always sending hliu expresses, but I de net knew if she had ninny answers. Macoenochlu rede for her ewe), and found the Highlanders liefore Cnrllsle, nnd the master riding by the prince's slde iu high favor; he took the letter (se Mnccono Mncceno Mnccone clilo tells), opuned it, glanced it through with a mouth like a man whistling, and stuck It in his belt, wlicnce, en his herse passngelng, It fell unregarded te the ground. It was Moo Meo Moe conochlo who picked It up, and he still kept It, nnd indeed 1 have seen it In hU hands. News enmu te Durrlwleer, of eetirsu, by the common tejiert, as It gees tiiivullug through n country, a thing nlnnys wonderful te m. lly that niuaiitf the family leurmsl moie of the master's favor with the priuce, and the gteiund It was said te btnud en; for, by a strauge condescension lu n mini te proud only that hu was u man still mom ambitious he was said te !iae crept lulu .nihility by ti tickling te the Iilsh. Kir Themas .Sullivan, Cel. llurUe, nnd the rest were his d illy com rades, by which ceurse he withdrew himself from liU own country folk, All tlie small Intrigues he had a hand iu fomenting; tlm.Trtcd my Lord (tan-go upon a thousand Kiiits; wus always for the aih ice Unit m-ehhsI palatable te tlie pi luce, no matter if it was geed or luul; and vecuis iiixui the w hole (like the gambler he was all through life) tthae had less regard te the chances of the cam paigu than te thugrvatiu-vtef favor he might aspire-tOrlf (by auy-lnekHt uhuuld sums-d Ter the rest, he did ery well In thu Held; ue oue uestieued that; for he w as no coward. The next was the new a of Cul!edcu,which was brought te Hurrlsdeer by one of the ten ants' sons, the only survher, he declared, of nil thee that hud gene singing up the lillL liynu uiifoiiuunte chance, Jehn Paul and Maccouechle had that very morning found the guinea plece (which was the root of all the evil) sticking lu n holly bush; they had been "up the gait," as the sen ants sny at DuriUdcer, te the chnugu heuse, und if they Itad little left of the guinea, they had less of their wits. Wlmt miiit Jehn l'aul de but burst Inte the hall wheie the family sat nt dinner, and cry the iieks te them that "Tain Macmerlaiid was but new liclitit nt the deer, and wlrra, wiira- there were iiaun te conie Miludhlmf They took the word In silence like folk con ileuiued; only Mr. Hemy carrying his palm te his face, and Mivs Alisen laying her head outright upon her hands. As for my lord, he was liku ashes. "I huve still one hi," says he. "And, Henry, I will de 41m tbU justice. It Is the kinder thnt Is left." It was a strauge thing te say iu such ft mc incut; but my lord had never forgotten Ml Henry's sieeeli, mid he had tear of injustice ou his conscience, litill It va 11 slrnuge thing; and mere than Miss Aiivm could let pasi. BUu broke out and blamed my lord for his unnatural words, nud Mr. Ht-nry, because lie was sitting tlieie iu safety when lilt bretlur lay dead, and herself, Uv.iuse tl'.a had given tier seethcart ill words nt his de pirtuie; calling hliu the tloeref the Heck, wringing her hand, preieMing liw love and ciyingen hlmby hlsu-uue; se that the tsr vunw steed uitenuiied. Mr. Henry get ta 1114 feet nud steed held Inghlschuir, it was lie that was like ashes new. "Oh," he iurit out suddenly, "1 knew you, loved biml" ' "The world knows that, glory be te Cledf" cries she; and then te Mr. Henry 1 "Theie is none but 1110 te knew oue thing that jeu were a traitor te htm in your heart." "(Jed knows," groans he, "it was lest leve en both tides." Tlme neut by lu Iho heuse after that with out much change, only they were new three instead of four, which was a per(ctual re minder of their less. Miss Alisen's money, you are te lear In mind, was highly needful for the estates, and the one brother lieing dead, my old lord seen set Ills heart upon her marrying the ether Day In, day out, he would work u;eu her, sitting by the chimney side with his finger In his Iitin book, and his eyes set ujwu her face with a kind of pleasant liitentntxt that became the old gentleman very well. If she wept, he would condole with her, like an ancient man that lias seen worse times and begins te think lightly even of sorrow; If she raged, he would full te reading agalu in his lititi book, but always with some civil excuse; if she offered (as she often did) te let them have tier 'ii'siey in a gift, he would show her hew little It consisted with bis honor, and remind her, even if he should consent, that Mr. Henry would err talnly refuse. Ne doubt this quiet persecution were away much of her resolve; no doubt, besides, he Uad a great laflysass su lb? 8W, having suxsi in taetnavueei uisn parents; am nlf AIM with for that matter, she ww hertel the spirit of the Duries, and woeld have gene a great way for the glory of Dnrrlsdecr, but net se far, I think, as te marry my peer patron, had it net been (strangely enough) for the circumstance of his extreme unpopu larity. Tills was the work of Tarn Macmorland. There was net much harm in Tarn; but he had that grievous weakness, a long tongue; and as the only man In that country who had been out (or rather who bad come In again) he was sure of listener. These that have the underhand in any fighting, I have observed, are ever anxious te persuade thorn selves tbey were betrayed. Uy Tarn's ac count of It, ihe reliels had been betrayed at every turn and by every officer they had; they had lieeu betrayed at Derby, nnd be trayed at Falkirk; the night march was a step of treachery of my tienl Oeorge's; afid Culloden was lest by the treachery of the Mncdenalds. This habit of imputing treason grew uxm the feel till at last he must have In Mr. Henry also. Mr. Henry (by his ac count) had betrayed the lads of Durrisdeer; he had premised te fellow with inore men, and Instead of that he had ridden te King Ucorge. "Ay, and the next dayl" Tarn would cry. "The pulr, bonnle master and the pub-, kind lads that rade w' him, were hardly ower the scaur, or he was aff the Judlsl Ay, wecl he has his waye't; be's te be my lord,nae Icm, and there's meny a cauld corp amang the Uleland lien t her 1" And nt this, If Tain hed been drinking, he would begin te weep. Let any one speak long enough he will get believers. ThU vlew of Mr. Henry's behavior crept about the country by little and little; it was talked upon by folk that knew the contrary but were short of topics; and It was heard and believed ami given out for gesiel by the Ignorant nnd the III willing. Mr. Henry ln-gati te be shunned; yet awhile, and the commons liegau te murmur as ha went by, and the women (who are always the most bold because they at 0 the most safe) te cry out tbeir reproaches te his face, The master was cried up for a saint. It was rcmcmlicred hew he had never bail nny hand in pressing the tenants; as, Indeed, no mom he had, except te sKitid the meney. He was a little wild (K-rhaps,'tbe folks said; but hew much better whs ii natural, wild lad that would soeii have settled down, than n skin flint and a sneckdraw, sitting, with his tiose In an account book, te jwrnoeuto ioer tcu tcu euts. One trollop, who by nil accounts bad lieen very badly used by the master, yet made herself n klud of champion of his memory. Bhe Hung a stone ene day nt Mr. Henry. "Whuur's the bonntelaJ that trust It yel" she crhtd. Mr. Henry reined in his herse und looked upon her, the bleed Mewing from his lip. "Ay, Jessr says he. "Yeu, tool And yet ye should ken me lictter." Fer it was he who had hclcd her with money. The woman had another stone ready, which she made as If she w euld cast, and he, te ward himself, threw up the hand that heel Ids riillng red. "What, would ye beat n lassie, ye tiglyf" ciles she, and ran nwuy scream ing as though he had struck her. Next day word went nbeut the country like wlldtlre that Mr. Henry had beaten Jes sie Uienn within 1111 Inch of her life. I give it as 0110 iustance of hew this snowball grew, and one calumny brought another, until my MXr patron w as se perished In reputation that lie liegau te keep the heuse like my lord. All this while, )ou may be sure he uttered 110 complaints nt home; thu very ground of the scandal was tee sere a matter te be handled; and Mr. Henry was very proud and strangely olistlnute In silence. My old lord must lme heard uf It, by Jehn l'aul, If by no ene else; ami ha must nt leust hute remarked the altered habits of his seu. Vet even lie, ll Is probable, knew net hew high thu feeling ran; and ns for Miss Allisen, she was ever the last person te hear news, und the least interested when she liealcl them. In e I -i tic of the ill-feeling (for it died itwu) a 11 '-..no, no man could say why) there us u.i 01.. aim forward In the town of Ht. Bride's, whlc.i is the next te Dturlsdcer, standing 011 the Water of Hwlft; some griev ance was fermenting, I feiget what, if ever 1 heard; and It was currently said there would lie broken heads ere night, nnd that thu sheriff luul sent as far as Dumfries for sol diers. My lord moved that Mr. Henry should lie present, assuring him It was neces sary te appear for the credit of the heuse. "ll will seen txi rcKirted," snld he, "that we de net take the lead In our en 11 country." "It isn strange lead that 1 can take," said Mr. Henry; nud when they hud pushed him further, "I tell you the plain truth," he said. "I dure net show my faee." "Veu mu the tlrst of the house that ever said se," cries Miss Alisen. "We will go nil three," said my lord, nud sum enough he get Inte his beets (the Hist tlme in four years a sere business Jehn l'aul had te gut them en), nud Miss Alisen into her riding coat, und nil three rede together te Bt. Bride's. The streets were full of the rllf-raff of all the country side, w he hud no sooner claped eyes en Mr Henry than the hissing begun, and the hooting, and the crlcsef "Judusl" nnd "Where was the muster!" and "Where were thu voer laib) that rede with hiinl" 13en a stene was cast; but themoie part cried shame nt that, for my old lord's sake and Miss Allisen's ' It took net ten minutes te persuade myleid that Mr. Henry had been right. He said never n word, but turn ed his horse about, and home again, with his chin 11 1 ion his Iwjseni. Never a word said "Miss Alisen, iioueuot slie thought the 11101 0; no doubt her pride was stung, for she was a bone bred Durie, und no doubt her heart was touched te seu tier cousin se unjustly ustsL That night show ns never lulled; I have of ten blamed my latly w'lien I call te mind thnt night, I readily forgive her all; and the first thing in the mertiliig she ennfe te the old letd in his usual seat. "If Henry still wants me," said she, "he can have 1110 new." Te himself she hud a dif dif fereut sieechi "I bring you no lee, Henry; but, Oed knows, all the pity iu the world." June the first, 1713, was th"duy of their mnrrlugu. It was l)eceiiibruf tin s..tue jfir that first nw 1110 allghtiugat tbcdoers of the great heuse; and from there I take up the lilstery of events as they befell under my own observutieu, like a w Itness in a court CHAITF.Il 1L STATE OP AFX A IRS AT DUMUSDBKH DUllINQ THIS MASTEIl'H WANDCUl.NQS. MADE the Inst of my Journey In the cold end of Decem ber, in a mighty dry day of fiest; nud w he should be my gulde but l'ntey Macmorland, bro ther of Tumi Fer a tow beaded, bai legged brat of 10, lie had mere 111 talcs upon his tongue than csit I heard the match of, hav ing drunken be times In his bro ther's cup. I was still net se old myself. 1'ride had net yet the upper hand of curios ity; mid indeed it would have taken any man that cold morning te hear all the old clashes of the country nnd be shown nil the places by the way w here strange things bad fallen out. I had tales of Clnverhouse as w e came through the begs, nud talcs of the devll nswa came ever the top of the scaur. As we came In by the nblwy I beard some semo seme what of the old meuks, and mere of the free traders, who use Its villi! for a magaiine, lauding for that cause within n cannon shot of Durrisdeer; nud along nil the read, the Durles and peer Mr. Henry were iu the lirst rank of slander. My mind was thus highly prejudiced against the family I was about te serve, se that I was half surprised wheu I beheld Durrisdeer ittf, lying in a pretty, sheltered bay, under the Abbey hill the heuse most couiiivdleusly built lu the French fashion or jHirhups Itallanate, for I have no skill in these arts, nud the place the most lwautlfled w itli gardens, law ns, shrubberies and trees I had ever seen. The money sunk here unpredtictlvely would have quite re stored the family; but, as it was, it cost a revenue te keep Itnp. Mr, Henry came himself te the deer te welcome me; a tall, dark yeuug gentleman (the Durles are all black men) of n plain nnd net cheerful face, very strong In body but net se Ureug In health; taking me by tlie hand w itheut any pride, and putting me at home with plain, kind speeches. He led me Inte the hall, booted as I w as, te preseut me te my lord. It was still daylight, and the first thing I observed was a lozenge of clear claa In the mlibt of the shield (u tlie pajutcd leaeW window, wmen 1 itmeWner tiunman a mea Mi en a room etherwfae te haadeewe, with Ita family portraits, and the pargetted celling with pendant, and the carved chimney, In one corner of which my old lord eat reading In hi Liry. He was Ilka Mr. Henry, with much the tame plain countenance, only mere subtle and pleasant, and his talk a thousand time mere entertaining. He bad many questions te ask me, I remember, of Edin burgh collcge, where I had just received my mastership of arte, and of the various pro fessors, with whom aad their proficiency be seemed well acquainted; and thus, talking of things that I knew, I toen get liberty of speech in my new home. In the midst of this came Mrs. Henry Inte the room 1 thlawaa before the birth of Mlsi Katharine, Bhe used me with mere of con descension than the rest; I kept her In tb third place of my esteem. It did net take long before all Pate Mae merland'a tale were .blotted out of my be lief, and I waa become, what 1 bare ever since remained, a loving servant of the beuse of Durriedeer, Mr. Henry had the chief pari of my affection. It waa w.th him I worked; and I found htm an exacting master, keep ing all bis kindness for these hours In which we were unemployed, and In the steward'i office net only leading me with work, but vlenlng me with a shrewd supervision. Al length ene day be looked up from his papci with a kind of tlmidnne, and says he, "Mr. Mnckellar, I think ! ought te tell you that you de very well." That was my first wen) of commendation, and from that day bis jeal ousyef my ierformance was relaxed; seen It was "Mr. Mackellar" here and "Mr. Mnckellar" there with the whole family; and for much of my service at Durrisdeer I havi transacted everything at my own time and te my own fancy, and never a farthing cbal lenged. Kven while he waa driving me, I had be gun te find my heart go out te Mr. Henry no doubt partly lu pity, he was a man se pal pably unhappy. He would fall Inte a deep muse ever our accounts, staring at the pagt or out of the window; and nt theso times the leek of his face, and the sigh that would break from him aweke In me strong feelings of curiosity and commiseration. One day, I remember, we were late upon tome bust ness iu the steward's room. This room Is In the top of the heuse and has a vlew upeu ths bay, and ever n llttle weeded cape, en the long sands; and there, right ever against th tun which was then dipping, we saw the fret trailers with n great ferce of men and hersei scouring en the beach. Mr. Henry had been staring straight west, se that I marveled lit was net blinded by the sun; suddenly hi frewus, rubs his hand upon bis brew, and turns te me with a smile. "Yeu would net guess what I was think ing," says he. "I was thinking I would be a happier man if I could rlde and run tb danger of my life with these lawless compan ions." I told him I hail observed ha did net enjoy geed spirits; nnd that it was a common fancy te envy ethers and think we should be the better of seme cliange; quoting Herace te the fielut, like n young man fresh from college. "Why, just se," said he. "And with thai we may get back te our accounts." It was net long before I liegan te get wind of the causes that se much depressed him. Indeed n blind man must have seen discovered that there was n shadow en that heuse, th shadow of the Muster of Ballantrae. Dead ornllve (and he was then supposed te be dead) that man wus his brother's rival; his rival abroad, w here there was never n geed word for Mr. Henry nnd nothing but 1 egret and pralse for the master; and ids rival at home, net only with his father and Ills wife, but w Ith the very servants. They were two old serving men that were the leaders. Jehn Paul, a little, bald, solemn stemachy man, a great professor of piety and (take him for all in all) a pretty faithful ser vant, was the chief of the master's faction. None durst go se far as Jehn. Ue took a pleasure iu dieiegnrdiiig Mr. Henry publicly, often with n slighting comparison. My lord and Mrs. Henry took him up, te be Eure, but never se resolutely as they should ; and he had only te pull bis w roping face nnd begin Ids lamentations for the master "his laddie," as he called him te have the whele con doned. As for Henry, be let theso things pats In silence, sometimes with a sad and sometimes with a black leek. Tborewasuo rivaling the dead, be kiie-Jv that; and bow te erasure an old serving man for a fault of loyalty was mero than he could see. His was net the tengue te de it. Mncconechlo was chief upon the ether slde; an old, ill-spoken, swearing, ranting, drunken deg; nnd I have often thought It an odd cir cumstance In human cature that these two serving men Bheuld each have been the champion of bis contrary, and blackened their own faults atid made light of their own virtues when they beheld them In n master. Macconeclila lud seen smelted out my secret inclination, took 1110 much into his confidence, and would rant against the master by the hour. My old lord was uniformly kind te Mr. Henry; lie bad even pretty ways of grati tude, and would sometimes chip him en the shoulder und say, as It te the world at large: "This Is a very geed son te me." And grato grate ful he was no doubt, beluga man of sense, and justice. But I think thnt was nil, and I am sure Mr. Henry thought se. The leve was all for the dead son. Net that this was often given breath te; Indeed with me but once. My lord had asked me ene day hew I get en witii Mr. Henry, nnd I had told him the truth. "Ay," saiiLhc, looking sideways en the burning fire, "Henry lsa geed lad, a very geed lad," said he. "Veu hat 0 heard, Mr. Mackel lar, that 1 had another soul I am afraid he was net se , irtueus a lad us Mr. Henry; but dear me, he'sdead, Mr. Mackcllart and while he lived we w era all very proud of him, all very proud. If he was net all he should have been in some w ays, w oil, perhaps we leved him botterl" ThU last he said looking mus ingly in the tire; and then te me, with a great deal of briskness, "But 1 am rejoiced you de se well with Mr. Henry. Yeu will find him n geed master." And with that he opened his book, which was the customary signal of dlsinlssieti. Hut It would be llttle that he it-ad and less that he understood; Culloden Held nnd the muster, these w euld le the burden of bis thought; and the burden of tulne was su unnatural jealousy of the dead man for Mr. Henry's sake, that had even thou begun te grew en me. Inm keeping Mrs. Henry for the last, se that this oxpreskleu of my sentiment may seem unwarrantably streng: the leader shall judge for himself when I am doue. Hut I must first tell of another matter, which wus the means of bringing me tnore inti mate, I had net yet been six months nt Durrisdeer when It chanced that Jehn Paul fell sick and must keep his bed; drink was the root of his malady, lu my jsoer thought; but hu was tended nnd indeed carried himself like an alllicted saint; nnd the very minister who came te visit him professed himself edt fledwhen he went away. The third morn ing of his sickness Mr. Henry comes te ma with semcthlug of a hang-deg leek. "Mackellar," says he, "I wish I could treuble you upon a llttle service, There Is a elision we pay; it is Jehn' part te carry it, and new that he Is sick I knew net te bem 1 should leek unless it was yourself. The matter Is very delicate; I could net carry It with my own hand ter a tutllcient reason; I daronet send Maccouechle, who Is a talker, nud I am I hae I um desirous this should net conie te Mrs. Henry's cars," says he, nnd flushed te his neck as he said it. Te say truth, when I found I was te carry muiey te ene Jessie Breun, who was no bet ter than she should be, I supposed it wus seme trip of bis own that Mr. floury was dis tuubling, 1 was the mero impressed when thu truth came out. It was upiiwyndeif n slde street in St. llrlde's that Jessie had bur lodging. The place was very ill inhabited, mostly by thu free trading sort, There was n man with a broken head at tlie entry; half way up, lu a tawrii, fellows were rearing and singing, though it was net yet 0 in thu day. Alto gether I had uever seen a w orse neighbor hood even iu thu great city of IMIuburgh, and 1 was in two minds te go back. Jessie's room was of 11 piece with her surroundings nud herself 110 better. Bhe would net give me the receipt (which Mr.- Henry hud told me te demand, for he was ery methodical) until she bail sent out for spirits and I had pledged her in u glass, and all the tlme she carried en In u light headed, reckless way, new nping the maimers of u lady, uew breaking Inte unseemly mirth, uew making requuttlih advances that oppressed me te the ground. Of the money she spoke mero tragi cally. "It's bleed money," said she, "I take It for that, bleed meney for tha betrayed. Sue what I'm brought down tel Ah. If the oetMM ma were mcs agata, it weM b changed days. But bea4eid-he'e lfat' eM4 amang the Hieland billsthe bennle lad, tha bennleladl" She bad a rapt manner of crying 00 the bonnle lad, clasping bcr hand and casting op her eyes, that I think she must have learned of strolling players; and 1 thought bar sor row very much of an affectation, and that she dwelled upon the business1 because her shame was new all she hail te be pteud of. I will net say I did net pity her, but it was a loathing pity at the tiest, and her but change 6T manner wiped It out. This waa when she bad had enough of me for an audience, and had set her name at but te the receipt "There I" says she, and taking the most un womanly oaths upon her tongue, bade me begone and carry It te the Judas who had tent me. It was the first time I had heard the name applied te Mr. Henry; I was stag gered beside at her sudden vehemence of word and manner, and get forth from the room, under this shower of curses, like a beaten deg. But even then I was net quit; for the vixen threw up her window and, leaning forth, continued te revile me as 1 went up the wynd; the free traders, coming te the tavern deer, Joined In the mockery, and one had even the inhumanity te set upon me a very savage, small deg, which bit me in the ankle. This was a strong lessen, had I required one, te avoid ill company, and I rede home in much pain from the bite and consid erable Indignation of mind. Mr. Henry was In the steward'i room, af fecting employment, but I could see he was only impatient te hear of my errand. "Well," says he, as seen as I came In, and when I bail told him something of what passed, and that Jessie seemed an undeserv ing woman and far from grateful: "She is no friend te me," he said; "but Indeed, Mac kellar, I have few friends te beast of; and Jessie has seme cause te be unjust I need net dissemble what oil the country knows; she was net very well used by one of our family." This was the first time I had heard him refer te the master, even distantly ; and I think be found his tongue rebellious, even for that much; but presently he resumed: "This is why I would have nothing said. It would give pain te Mrs. Henry and te my father," he added with another flush. ' "Why, there It is, ye'u scul" said Mr. ncn ry. "And you are te remember that I knew ber ence a very decent lass. Besides which, although 1 sin-ak little of my family, I think much of Its repute." And with that be broke up the talk, which was the first we had together In such confi dence, Dut the same afternoon I had the proof tli.it his father was perfectly acquaint ed with the buslness, nnd that it was only from his wlfe that Mr. Henry kept It secret "I fear you had a painful errand today," says my lord te me, "for which, as it enters In no way among yeui duties, I wish te thank you, and te remind you nt the same time (in case Mr. Henry should have neglectcd) hew very deslrable It Is that no word of it should reach my daughter. Iteflectiens en the dead, Mr. Mackellar, are doubly lalnful." Anger glowed in my heart; and 1 could have told my lord te his face hew llttle he had te de, bolstering up the Image of the dead In Mrs. Henry's heart and hew much better he were employed te shatter that false ideL Fer by this time 1 saw very well hew the land lay between my patron and his wife. My pen Is clear enough te tell a plain tnle; but te render the effect of nn infinity of small things, net ene great enough In itself te be narrated, and te translate the story of leeks, and the message of voices when they are say ing no great matter, and te put in half a (uige the essence of near eighteen months, this is what 1 despair te accomplish. The fault, te lie very blunt, lay all in Mrs. Henry. She felt it a merit te have consented te the marriage, und she took it like a mar tyrdom, In which my old lord, whether he knew it or net, fomented iter. She made a merit, liesiiles, of her constancy te the dead; though its name, te a nicer conscience, should hnobccmed rather disloyalty te the living; and here also my lord gave her his counte nance, I suptmse he was glad te talk of his Ies, and ashamcil te dwell en it with Mr. Hi tiry. Certainly, at least, he made a llttle cotcrie apart In that family of threo, nnd It was the husband who was shut out It seems it was an old custom when the fam ily were alene In Durrisdeer thnt my lord should take his wlne te the chimney slde, and Miss Allisen, instead of withdrawing, should bring a steel te bis knee and chatter te him privately; and nf tcr she had become my pa tron's wife the same maimer of doing was continued. It should have been pleusaut te licheld this ancient gentleman se loving with his daughter, but I was tee much a partisan of Mr Henry's te be anything but wroth at his exclusion. Mauy's the time 1 hnve seen him make an obvious icselve, quit the table and go nud Jein himself te bis wlfe and my Ixrd Durrisdeer; and en their part they were never backward te make him welcome, turned te him smilingly as te an Intruding child, and took him Inte their talk with an effort se 111 concealed that he was seen back ngalii beside me nt the table, whence (se great is the ball of Durrisdeer) we could but hear tlie murmur of voices at the chimney There he would sit and watch, ami 1 along with him; nnd somet lines by my lord's head sorrowfully shaken, or his hand laid en Mrs. Henry's head, or hers upon his knee, as if In consola tion, or sometimes by an oxchange of tearful leeks, we would draw our conclusion that the talk had goue te the old subject and the shad ow of the dead was lu the balk I huve hours when I blame Mr. Henry for taking all tee patiently; yet we are te ro re menilier he was married In pltyrand accept ed his wife upon that term. And indeed ha had small eucourngement te make a stand. Once, I remember, he annouuced he had found a m-111 te replace the pane of the stained window; which, ns it was he thnt managed nil the business, was a thing clearly tl'lMlltl llta flT llltlt Irtna Ittl- n ilin Innslnula I'Miuiu ma iiniiuuuuna, UUk l.w t,LV ILitatCt a fancied thnt pane was like a relic, and en 4l,n flit .r.,.,l rt a . ..lit....... tf... 1.1..A. 1 f1... ,uu IHO, .UU V, IHiJ hUllllU IUU U1UUU 1IUVV te Mrs. Henry's face. "I wonder at yeul" she cried. "I weudcr at myself," says Mr. Henry, with mero of bitterness fchjtt I had ever beard him te express. Thoreuie!i my old lord stepped iu with his smooth talk, se that before tlie meal was at an end all seemed forgotten; only that, after dinner, when the pair had withdrawn as usual te the chimney side, we could see her weeping with her head upon his ktiee. Mr. Henry kept up the talk with me upon some tepia of the estates ha could speak of little else but business, nnd was never the best of company; but he kept it up tint day with mero continuity, his eye strnyiug ever and again te the chimney and his veice changing te another key, but w itheut check of deliv ery. The pane, bow ever, was net replaced; and I bellove be counted it a great defeat. Whether he was stout enough or no, Ged knows he was kind enough. Mrs. Henry had a manner of condescension with him, such as (In a wife) would have pricked my vanity into nn ulcer; he took it like n favor. She held hliu nt the stairs end; forget and thou re mcmlicred and unbent te him, ns we de te chlldien; burdened him with cold kindness; reproved him with a cliange of color nnd a bitten lip, like ene shamed by his dlsgruce; ordered him with a leek of the eye, when she was off her guard; when 6he was en the watch, pleaded with him for the most natural attentions ns though they were unheard ei favors. And te all this, he replied with the most unwearied servlce; levmg, ns folk say, the very ground she tnjl en, nnd carrying tliat leve In his eyes as bright as a lamp. Such was tlie state of this family down te the 7th of April, 1719, wheu there befell the first of that series of events which were te break se many hearts nnd leso se many lives. CIIAPTHn III. UHEXPECTED NKWS OF T1IK UASTEH HE- CEIVW) AT DimnibDKKIL WAS sitting lu ray u room ou that day IA n llttlr. l.fK, ..., ier, when Jehn Paul burst open th deer with no civil ity of knocking, nud told me then was oue below thai wished te s 11 oak 1 1th the steward, leuring at th name of my office 1 n s k e d w hat manner of m n n and w hat his nutm was; nnd tills dls closed the cause el Jehn's ill humor for it appeared tin visitor refused tc name himself except te me, u. sero (UXrent tc the majer-demo's consequeuce, M; AWSrK-YvVSVU mwMm .fWVmVbMW jfWW'31 mif an wtim mwm mnmr trF-9 -veuraaMi, aatnngaiitM,''-t wut at what be waata," I found la tha eatraaa haH a big man, very plainly habited and wrapped fat m aea cloak, like one new landed, as Indeed he was, Het far off Maccouechle waa standing, with hit tongue out of hi mouth and hu hand upon hit chin, like a dull fellow thinking hard; and the stranger, wbe bad brought bis cloak about his face, appeared uneasy. He bad no sooner seen me coming than be weal te meet me with an effusive manner. "My dear man," said he, "a thousand apol ogies for disturbing you, but I'm m the most awkward position. And there's a ion of a ramrod there that I should knew the leeks of, and mero betoken I bellave that he knows mine. Being In this family, sir, and hi a place of some responsibility (which was the Cause I took the liberty te tend for you), jeu are doubtless of the honest party P "Yeu may be sure, at least," says I, "that all of that party are quite safe In Durris deer." "My dear man, It is my very thought," says be. "Yeu see, I have just been set en shore here by a very honest man, whose name I cannot remember, and who Is te stand off and en for me till morning, at seme danger te himself; and, te be clear with you, I am a little concerned lest It should be at some te ma I have saved my life se often, Mr. 1 forget your name, which Is a very geed one that, faith, I would be very loath te lese It after all. And the son of a ramrod, whom I believe I saw before Carlisle" "Oh, sir," said I, "you can trust Maccon Maccen Maccon echle until te-morrow." "Well, and It's a dellght te hear you say se," says the stranger. "The truth Is that my name Is net a very suitable ene In this country of Scotland. With a gentleman like you, my dear man, I would have no conceal cenceal menta of course; nnd, by your leave, I'll Just breathe it in your car. They call me Fran cis Burke CeL Francis Burke; and I am here, at a most damnable risk te rayseir, te see your masters If you'll escure me, my geed man, for giving them the name, for I'm euro it's a circumstance I would never have guessed from your nppoaranee. And If you would Just be se very obliging aa te take my name te them, you might say that I come bearing letters which I am sure they will be very rejeiced te have the reading of." Cel. Francis Burke was one of the prince's Irishmen, that did his cause such an Infinity of hurt, and were se much distasted of the Scots at the time of the rebellion; ana it came at once Inte my mind hew the Master of Ballantrae had astonished all men by going with that party. In Hhe same moment a strong foreboding of the truth possessed my soul "It you will step hi here," said I, opening a chamber deer, "I will let my lord knew." "And I nm sure it's very geed of you, Mr. What-ls-yeur-name," says the colonel. Up te the ball I went, slew footed. There they were, all three, my old lord in his place, Mrs. Henry nt work by the window, Mr. Henry (as was much his custom) pacing the low end. Iu the midst waa the table laid for supper. I told them briefly what I had te say. My old lord lay back In his seat Mrs. Henry sprung up standing with a mechanical motion, nnd she nnd her husband Btared at each ether's eyes across the room; It was the strangest, challenging leek these two ox ex changed, and as they looked the color failed In their faces. Then Mr. Henry turned te me, net te speak, only te sign with his finger; but that was enough, and I went down ngaln for the colonel. When we returned, these three were lu much the same position I had left them In. I bellove no word had passed. "My Lord Durrisdeer, no doubt!" says the colonel, bowing, nnd my lord bowed in answer. "And this," continues the colonel, "should be the Master of Ballantrael"' "I have never taken that name," said Mr. Henry; "but I am Henry Durle, nt your ser vice," Then tlie colonel turns te Mrs. Henry, bow ing with his hat upon his heart and the most killing nlrs of gallantry. "There can be no mistake about se fine a flguroef a lady," says be, "I address tha soductlve Miss Alisen, of whom I have se often heard I" Once mero husband and wlfe exchanged a leek. "I am Mrs. Henry Durie," said she; "but before my marriage my name was Alisen Qraeme." Then my lord 'speke up. "I nm nn old man, Cel. Burke," said he, "and a frail ene. It will be mercy en your part te be expcdl-' tleus. De you bring me newa of" he hesi tated, and then the words breke from him with a singular changoef voice "my son I" "My dear lord, I will be round with you like a soldier," add the colonel. "1 de." My lord held out a wavering hand; he Ecemed te wave a signal, but whether it was te give hliu time or te speak en, was mere than we could guess. At length he get out the ene word "Geed!" "Why, the very best in the creation," cries the colonel. "Fer my geed friend nnd ad mired comrade is at tills hour in the flue city of Paris, and as like as net, if I knew any thing of ills habits, he will be drawing in bis chair te n piece of dinuer. Bedad, I believe the lady's fainting." Mrs. Henry was indoed the color of death, and drooped against the window frame. But when Mr, Henry mails a movement as if te run te her, she stralghteued with a sort of shiver. "I am well," riie Bald, with her whlte lips. Mr. Henry stepped, and his face had a strong twitch of anger. The next moment he had turned te the colonel. "Veu must net blame yourself," says he, "for this effect en Mrs. Durle. It is only natural; we were all brought up like brother und sister." Mrs. Henry looked at ber husband with something like relief or even gratitude. In my way of thinking, that speech was the first step he made iu her geed gi A'S. "Yeu must try te forgive me, -Jrs. Durie, for indeed and I am just nn Irish savage," said the colonel; "and I descrvb te be shot for net breaking the matter merewirtistically te a lady. But here are the master's own letters ene for each of the three of you; and te 1m sure (If I knew anything of my friend's genius), lie will tell his own story with a better grace." He brought the three letters forth usbe speke, arranged them by their sujierscrlp sujierscrlp tiens, preseutcd the first te my lord, who took it greedily, find advanced toward Mrs. Henry holding out the second. The lady waved It back. "Te my hus band," says she, with a choked veice. The colonel was it quick min, but nt this he was somewhat nonplused, "fob sure," bays he, "hew very dull of inel Te Ik sure." But lie still held the letter. At last Mr. Henry reached forth bis hand, and there was nothing te be dene but give it up. Mr. Henry took the letters (both hers nnd his own) nud looked upon their outside, with ills brews knit hard as it he wero think ing. He had surprised me all through by bis excellent behavior; but he was te excel him self new. "Let me give you a hand te your room," said he te his wife. "This has ceme some thing of the suddenest; nnd Pt any rate, you will wish te read your letter by yourself." Again she looked upon him with the same thought of w ender, but he gave ber no time, coming straight te w here she steed. "It will be better se, beliove me," said he, "and CeL Burke is tee considerate net te excuse you." And with that be took her hand by the fingers and led her from the hall. Mrs, Henry returned no mero that night; and when Mr. Henry went te visit hernext morning, as I heard long afterward, she gave him the letter again, still unejieued. "Oh, rend it nnd be douel" he had cried. "Spare me that," said she. And by these two speeches, te my way of thinking," each undid n great nrtef what they had previously dene well. But the let ter, sure enough, came into my bauds, nnd by me was burned, uuepencd. Te be very exact as te the adventures of the master after Culloden, I wrete net long nge te Cel. Burke, new a chevalier of the Or der of St Leuis, begging htm for some notes In writing, slnce I could scarce deiend upon my memory at se great an interval. Te con fess the truth, I have been eoinewliat em uurrassul by hU repca.), for he sent me the complete memoirs of hit life, touching only lu places en thu master; Hmiilug te u much greater length than my wuole story, nnd net every w here (as It seems te n:e) designed for edification. He begged In his letter, dated from llttenhelm, that I would find n pub lisher for the w hole, uf ter 1 had made what use of it I required; and I think I shall best answer my ew n purK&e nnd f ulilll bis wishes by printing certain parjs of It lu full. In this w ay my readers w 111 have a detailed and, I believe, n very genuine account of some es sential matters; and, If any publisher should take a fancy te the chevalier's manner of narration., be knows where te nmib: for the as, at wtuea taara'ai Mattr at dm serves I ptft ta mr ant extract here, te that it may stand la fee plae of what the chevalier told ns ever our wise fat the hall of Durrisdeer: but you are te luppuat It wae net the brutal fact, but a very varnished version that be offered te my lord. cnAPTKB IV. THK MASTER'S WANDCKtltOS, niOM TBI VaV Morns or tbjc cbktauku d bemuc LEFT Bathven (it's hardly neces sary te remark) with much greater satisfaction than I bad ceme te it; but whether I missed my way In the des des erts,er whether my companions failed me, 1 seen found myself alone. This was a predicament very disagreeable; for I uever under stood this horrid country or savage people, and the last stroke of the prince's withdrawal had made us of the Irish mero unpopular than ever. I was re flecting en my peer chances when I saw another hersen.an ou the hill, whom I sup posed at first te have been a phantom, the news of his death In the very front at Cullo den being current in the army generally. This was the Master of Ballantrae, my Lord Durrlsdeer's son, a young nobleman of the rarest gallantry and parts, nnd equally de signed by nature te adorn a court nnd te reap laurels in the field. Our meeting was the mero welcome te both, as he waa one of the few Scots who had used the Irish with con sideration and nshe might new hoof very high utility lu aiding my escape. Yet what founded our particular friendship was a clr clr cumstance byltself, ns romantle as any fable of King Arthur. ThU was en the second day of our flight, after we had slept oue night in the rain upon the Inclination of a mountain. Thcre was an Appln man, Alau Black Stewart, who chanced te be passing the same way, and had a jeal ousy of my companion. Very uncivil ex pressions were exchanged, nnd Stewart calls upon the master te alight and have it out "Why, Mr. Stewart," says the master, "I think at tlie present tlme I would prefer te run a race with you." And with the word claps spurs te his horse. Stewart ran after us a childish thing te de for mero than a mlle; and I could net help laughing as I looked back at last and saw him en n bill, holding bis hands te his side nnd nearly burst with running. "But all the same," I could net help saying te my compalnlen, "I would let no man run nfter me for nny such proper purpose nud net give him his desire. It was a geed jest, but it smells a trlfle cowardly." He bent Ids brews at me. "I de pretty well," says he, "when I saddle myself with the most unpopular man iu Scotland, nud let that sufllce for courage." "Oh, bedad," says I, "I could show you a mero unpopular with the naked oye. And If you like net my company veu can 'saddle' yourself en some oue else," "Cel. Burke," says he, "de net let us quar rel; nnd te that effect let me assure you I am the least patient man in the weild." "I nm ns llttle patient as yourself," said L "I care net who knows that." "At this rate," said lie, reining in, "we shall net go very far. And I propose we de ene of two things upon the instant: either quarrel and be dene, or make a sure bar gain te bear everything at each ether's hands." "Like a pair of brothers I" said I. "I sold no such foolishness," he replied. "I haven brother of my own, and I think no mero of him than of ncolewert. But if we are te have our noses rubbed together iu this course of flight, let us each dare te lie our selves like savages, and each swear that he will neither resvnt nor deprecate the ether. I am a pretty bad fellow at bottom, and 1 find the preteuse of virtues very irksome." "Oh, I am as bad us yourself," said I. "There is no skim milk in Francis Buike. But which U It te bul Fight or make friends 1" "Why," says be, "I think It will be the best maimer te spin a coin for it." Tills proixraitlen was tee highly chivalieus net te take my fancy; and, strauge ns It may seem of two well born gentlemen of today, we spun a half crown (like a pair of eucient paladins) w bother we were te cut each ether's threats or lie sworn friends. A mero roman tic circumstance cuti rarely have eccut red ; nnd it is one of these points In my memoir by which we may see tlie old tales of Hemer and the teets are equally trim today, at least of the neble and genteel. Tlie coin fell for icace, and we shook bauds iieu our lurgniu. Aud then It wa3 that my companion ex plained te me his thought in running away from Mr. Stewart, which was certainly worthy of his political iutellcct. The rejiert of bis death.hu said, was a great guard te him; Mr. Stewart having recognized him, had become u danger, nnd he had taken thu briefest read te that gentleman's silence. "Fer," says lie, "Alau Black is tee vain a man te narrate any such story of himself." Toward afternoon we came down te tha shores of that lech for which we were head ing; nud there was the ship but neivly ceme te anchor. She wus the Baliite-Murie-des-Anges, of thopeitot Havre de Cirace. The master, after wu had signaled for n lieat, asked melt I knew the captain. I (old him he was a countryman of uiliiu, of the most unblemished in.sgrlty, but, I was afraid, a rather timorous man. "'e matter," says he, "Fer all tliut, he should certainly hear the truth." I asked him if he miaiit about the battle; fer.if the captain ence knew the standard was down, he would certainly put te sea again at ence. "And even then I" said he; "tha arms are new of no sort of utility." "My dear man," said I, "who thinks of tha arms? But te lie sure we must remember our frien is. They will be close upon our heels, perhaps the prince himself, nnd if the ship be gene, u great number el valuable lives may lw Imperiled." "The captain nud the new have lives also, If you ceme te that," says Ballantrae. This I declared was but a quibble, and that I would net bear of the captain being told nud then it was that Ballintrue made mea witty nus.u-r, for the sake of which (and also because I hive been blamed myself in this business of thu Siiute-Marie-des-Angy,s) I tinvn related the whole conversation ns it iasfed. "Frank," says he, "remember our bargain I mu't nit object te your liaVUni' your tongue, which I hereby e en eneeurnt.i you te de; but by the same terms you are net tc res'iit my telling." I could net help laughing nt this; though 1 itill forewarned htm what would come of it "Tbedevll mayconieof it for what 1 care," Kiys the reckless fellow, "I have always dena ttactly as I felt Inclined." As is well known, my prediction came true. The captain had no sooner beard the news than be cut his cable and te tea ngaln; nnd before morning breka we were In the Great Minch. The ship was very old; and the skipper, although the most honest of men (and Irish tee), was one of the least capable, Tlie w Ind blew very boisterous, and the sea raged ex tremely. All that day we had llttle heart whether te eat or drink; went early te rest insome concern of mind; nnd (as if te give us a lessen) In the night the wind chopped suddenly Inte the northeast and blew a hur ricane. We were awaked by the dreadful thundc of the tempest and tha stamping of thoimisfnesendock; se that I supposed our last hour was certainly ceme; and the tenor of my mind was increased out of all measure by Ballantrae, who mocked at my devotions. It is In hours like these that i imn of any piety appears In his true light, aud we And (what we are taught as babes) the small trust thnt can be set in worldly frienils; I would be unworthy of my religion If I let this pass without particular remark. Fer tliree days we lay In the dark In the caln, and had hut a biscuit te nibble. On tha fourth the wind fell, leaving the ship dlsniasted and heavlug ou vast billows. The captain hnd net n guess of whither we were blown; he was stark Ig norant of his trade, nud could de naught but bless the Hely Virgin; n very geed thing tee, but scarce the whele of seaminshfp, It sccmed our ene hejw was te be ticked up by nnether essel ; and if that should prove te be an English ship, it might be no great blessing te the master nnd myself. The fif th and sixth days we tossed there helpless. The seventh seme sail was get ou her, but slie was an unwieldy vessel at the best, nnd we made little but leeway. All thu time, Indeed, we had been drifting te tha 6euth nnd west.JindjlurJuB tJia tempest must ' W J ir . 34&'JK jfe3tW i "j.kufei'V -. .ftK.i jatsyag .&& fai..4. . . itti- i it-. ; ... .fc - .',. ,--r i.
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