| Show P 4 tl 1 iri i A SCOTCH LEGEND J I I I In n lonely glen surrounded by lofty t II i mountains nnd miles from any habitation t j lies a small loch or tarn Around which j I tradition has cast a legend ot the olden I 11 i t I time Situated amid I the Grampians the i ffconory > I wild and rugged such n sccno 4 4 a amid which this wanderer may pause nnl eel Unit tho hand of man ha never dl b I < v I I tnrbed nature In her solitude I i I t P Years and yearsugo when oturbulcnt Jr I Elate ot rxiotland rendered life null run I1UoU < < lrol 1 1 11 I cirty Instcure a large amount of trmourn I was BUI posed to luivo limn thrown Into Y Is tho not to cicapo detection anti 1 to I 11 await the return of peaceful times to tn able It to bo 1 recovered It Cent 1 bee n thrown 1 A Into Its hiding I place In the night by those I t j 4 i I I who iiosscHscd I and the hecret Led lieen I I atille lily Sworn to on ties 111e 10 ut n dh ITn uh form ot hllhllnl oath held to bo binding and sacred lime passed J and quiet times or necessity Induces tl 110 it I tdl who held tie secret to attempt to recover the treasure In those primitive days I I pittances were limited and tho firms attempt I i 1 I at-tempt failed from Inallllty to reach tl o I bottom Months were Sprat ID the UIIU facturo of rape from hides In 1 opes that tho dark water ould yet tiro up tho t cov cted Immune hellyrlthln Its Inky depth I I Ily different routes In tho lone hours of night the holders of tho soeret assembled on tho shore of this highland tarn an 1 i vainly tried t reach tho Imttom nthom I I after fathom went down but t no avail i Again and again with Inrrensed lengths I of rope did these midnight seekers after Sold prosecute their task but to end In i I I < disappointment The loch yltl led notl Ing I i mare unfNartlionsm almost certain fact that I I won nntathomnbl a i Years rIe bnway and no further nt I tempts wcro mae etncc dispirited they agreed to abandon tho hopeless toll of try I Ing t fathom Lochan Kin Ilhaiin or the bottomless loch as they then styled It i Nor was I over again attempted lythoso I 1 C who drat csuiyul It bubncqucntly however how-ever to their last failure an Incident ou i i eurrcd flat In that age of superstition cast 11 I around the I loch tho weird belief that It wo haunted I I In a baronial keep lived a chief In all f tho rn le pomp of feudal pride Ills lady I had died and lift an only daughter who I I now grown up t womanhood j rcsldcel over the household Her fathers temper I i was haughty and Imperious and ho ruled i 11 j As every was and the around custom blin In thorn with days stern lie had i I long been at enmity with a neighboring chief Hut lore laughs at highland pride as well aa tIt locksmiths I ills iiilghbor had n Bon v 0 because enamored of tho I I maiden Hub how was the fatal gull of feudal strife to b bridged Time went on Stolen Interviews When b y uocldcnt they met or when her father was absent j were all that the young hearts could gI glruu I I from tho stern hate of lioth the parents 1 I till unable to bear the long weary weeks I that occasionally prevented theirnieotlngs I j the youufirchleftaIndetormined to tioard 1 J II l l i the lion In his den find demand the hand I of his daughter Accompanied 1 y an e 1 j crt ho arrived before the drawbridge and r demanded an Interview with tho chief i The Interview over ties young chli tain I j with a heavy wh rccrosscd that draw I bridge I aud doffed hU I bonnet ton fair form ou the battlements I bottleritzte I n memo time I before they again met I Tho chief had used harsh words and horbh I Iq nioairarcs to his daughter but love will find out tie way and at the t next meet I r I lug of the lovers they had arranged to I llopo L ho strong power of woman n lovo lix I nerved her for tho deed The heartless J I homo showed about to leave Bcemcd fi Hli A j palliate the net Iho temporary absence I tt i 1 of the old chief afforded opportunity F I On a dark November evening about two I I f bourn after sunset a hum bearing the i r young chieftain and his Intended bride was wending IU way with difficulty I along tho rupgcd mountain path amid tho dark I Head when the sound of horses hot was I heard To turn was to encounb foes lid l It I hind iu I well as In front If fees they were ll I I as doubtless the flight of the lady had been i It t discovered at tho castle llcxlduithe nature It A of tho Ground and darkness n ndcred flight I JAI Lopclcas To move It llttlJ I to the side I I r quietly await tie chancoof being passed r in tiie darkness was all that now remained to flue outWul lovers i i youthful The night had 1 hitherto been dark but still The wind I I I was now flwooping over tho bleak inuor nnd hurrying tho black clouds across the sky with Increasing violence Tho youi r j I I chief felt the fair hand that held his girdle I I I I tighten as the sound of the horses hoofs I wins liewil but Ito hurciam no signs of I i i fear AU bad an yet gone well when a i i j l gleam of moonlight lit up the scene anti I l IDrr of hommen I Thearco no Drr l = I I I yards distant There was no time for do 1 j > liberation The young chieftain dashed I i I Ms spurs ta his horn and with a bound I I 11 I M the noblo unimal I visa croinhug the flow moonlit moor at full speed hotly pursued I tul i hotl > rUe I i ht by the chief Chad his part Cui tun but I r dont lieu Ph I was tho brief command I I 1 At first the lovers euutrlpi their pu I 1 1 auers lint tho double burden began t I T I tell on tile Doug chieftains honw and I the distance between lessened Ties cb1f I I i I i was gaining on them at every stride and d tho title mon Hill shone on the Nhcrzsa I Suddenly a I tho earth had opened at I I their ft orth pllpko that overhangs thatonrbaulo I I I tho Loclian Kin lht inu leaped tho boo I and his elders An exclamation of horror 1 t 1 I a wild yell ot agony from tile chief I us ho I behold this fatal leap A dull heavy phh I i h In t deep dark wat r lieneath n all I that Irrom that hour was I I I k I responded Irl It was I shunned as a fatal put I blt I The etory of the treasure had lx luind I t < down from rather t son and u party i I rj of stout henru aguln roiolved t 1 rate tit e I dangers that surrounded nceno of the I I I hidden gold A nigh was filed Hut Bcurco had the task begun tro nn arm and 1 11 A I baud holding a nuked dirk Is ALI to hnro I 1 risen from tho water an I an unearthly i I A Tolce change to have eJacuUted rorhrlI |
