Show KIDNAPPED Iii DY LOUIS Author of Treasure Island Thc Tho Mr r ot Ballantrae o Case CaseS II S of 0 Di Dr ek l and Mr tr Hyde etc u 1 I. I I L Set Oft Off ni Ui Upon n 1 My i Journey tt to o the L oc atI of or hu I will wi begin tho the stor story of or my adventures adventures ad ad- ventures with wih a a. certain morning earl earlIn early In tho tIme month of or June the year o or of grace 1761 1161 when I took tool tho the key fo forthe for tor lh the tho last time timo out of ot the thc door of t m my fathers father's house Tho The sun bc began an t to shine upon tho summit of 0 the hillas hils lulls hill as I went down the road rond antI ami by th the time I had como come as far tar as a tho the manse manso the blackbirds were whistling In th the garden lilacs lacs atud nud tho the mist that hung around the tho valley valey in the time of ot ih the tho dawn was beginning to arise ariso and end dl die lo awa away Mr lr Campbell tho the minister r of oC Es Es- was waiting for tor me inc b by th time tho garden garden- prate garden gate at good e man Ho asked in mo me If It I had lied breakfasted and ard hearing thaI that tha I lacked for nothing ho took my hAnd hAndin In both of ot hl his and clapped It kindly under his armWell arm aria Well Wel Davie lad said Jio ho I I will wll wil go with wih you OU as ts far ar as tho timo ford to so sot fat you OU on time the thea a way ivay And wo we began to walk forward in silence I Are Aro yo sorry to leave Essen Essen- I Esson-I dean said snit ho he after atter a white while Why sir said I If It I 1 knew know whore where I was going or what W what was likely to become of ot me I would toll tell tel you candid candid- S I ly Ess end en n Is a good place Ilace In Indeed Indeed In- In deed Iced and anti I havo o been vor very happy there hut but then I havo have never nevor been anywhere anywhere any nn- where else My Iy father and arid mother since the they are ore both dead I shall l b bno be beno beno no nearer to In than In th the Kingdom dom of oC Hungary and to speak sneak the tIme truth If I I thought I had lu-ad a a chance to better betor myself where I was going I would KO go with a good will wi Ay IO said Mr Ir Campbell Campbel Very well wol Davie Davic Then It I behooves me Inc to toll teU your our fortune or so 60 far as ns I may When Whon your mother was gone and your you father time the worthy Christian man unan begau bo bogan bo- bo gan gau to sicken for tor his end ond he gave pavo mo me In char chars charge of or a l certain letter leter which h ho said Id was your Inheritance So Sosoon Sosoon S 'S soon says Fas he as I am gone and tho tIme house Is redd UI up and tho the gear gent die die- posed of ot all al of which Davie le hath been heen done give o JI my bo boy this letter leter Into Into his hIs hand and start him off or to the house of Shaws not far from Cramond That That Is tho the place I c came caine me from he said sid and Its It's Is whore It befits befits bents be be- fits that my bo boy should return He to Heis Itoi le leI I is a 0 steady lad lad your father said and am anda nd a n cann canny goer and I doubt not ho lie will wll 11 come safe sate and be bo well wel liked where he goes goes The TIme house of r f Shaws I T cried What had my poor father to do with the house of ot Sh Shaws poor Nay said sid Mr Compbell who wll can cnn toll tol that for tor a 0 surety But time the name of ot that family Davie Dale bO boy Is tho the name you bear bear lear Balfoura of ot Shaws an ancient ancient an an- dent honest house per- per In thes latter later days das de b Your Tour father too was waB a man manof manof of 0 learning as its befitted his hlf position no noman noman nonan man nan more plausibly conducted school nor had he the manner or the speed speech of ot a n common dominie but as ns yo ye wil wll vill yourself remember I took aye ayo 00 a pleasure pleas- pleas ure ire to have havo him to the the- manso manse to nice meet the ho gentry e and those these of or m my own house louse house Campbell Campbel of or Campbel Campbell Campbell Camp Camp- bell bel of ot Campbell of or Minch and others all nI well kenned kenned gentlemen had pleasure In his society Lastly to o put all nI tho the elements of or this affair before you hero lucre Is tho tIme testamentary letter etter leter Itself Isel by tho the own land hand of ot our departed brother He gave pavo me mo tho the letter leter which was wasa a addressed In those words To tho the hands lands of r Balfour Esquire of 0 Shaws In his house of Shaws these will be delivered by m my rn son Mn David Balfour Balour My heart was beating hard hardat at this great reat prospect now suddenly opening before a lad of or sixteen years ears of f age the son of a poor country countr dom- dom Into Inlo In the Forest of or Ettrick Mr Ir Campbell Campbel I stammered and I It if f you were in my shoes would you 1 go Of or a surety said tho the minister that would I I. I and without pause A pretty Ind ad I you yom 0 shou should get to Cramond which Is near In by i bur burgh h In two days of ot walk If I tho the worst came to the worst and your our hl high h relations as I cannot but suppose sup sup- pose ose them thorn to be somewhat of ot your blood lood should put hut you to the time door yo ye e eon can but walk the tho two days back backa a train again aln and riep at the manse door But nut I would rather hope that ye 0 shall ho bo 30 well received as your poor father lather forecast for tor you ou and for anything that hat I ken kon como come to be a great reat man maui manin mann in n time And here Davie laddie he resumed It U lies les near upon my conscience con- con science to Improve this parting parting- and andset andset set et you on the tue rl right ht guard cuard against ae the dan dangers of at tho the world Here he lie cast ens about for a comfortable ble seat scat lighted on a 0 hl big boulder under uner un- un der cr er a birch by tIme the sat down upon It with a n nory very ory loner loni serious up upper upper upper up- up per lp lip and tho sun now shining In upon us between two peaks put hH his pocket handkerchief over his cocked hat lat to shelter him There then with uplifted forefinger er he first put me on only m my ly guard e against a n considerable num- num her bor or of heresies to which I had no temptation and ur urged ed upon me mo to be Instant in my Toy prayers and rending reading reding of ot ho ti-mo Bible That done he drew a a. plc- plc tuc of ot tho the great house that mat I was bound lound to to and how I should conduct conduct Its Inhabitants with Ith Is Bo Be Davie In things Immaterial Imma- Imma tonal said he Boar Bear ye 0 this In mind that hat thou though h gentle Jento born ye e have havo had hada a country rearing rearing- shame us us Davie Dalo shame ua us In your groat hou house e with wih all al these domestics upper and under show yourself as nice as s circumspect as S quick at ut tho the conception concep- concep lon tion and as slow alow of ot speech as an any As ton for tor tho the laird remember laird remember hog no's tho laird I sa say no more moro honor to whom honor lonor Its It's Is I's a pleasure to obey a lL laird or r should Should be to tho the young roun S Well sir said I I. I It it I may be bc and ill i'll 11 Wel promise you vou Ill I'll Il try tl to mako make It so Il Why hy very ory well said replied Mr 11 Campbell Campbel heartily And Anel now to cometo cometo come como to o the material or to make mako a quibble quibble ble le to the thai Immaterial I havo have hero heron a little packet which contains four n things He le tugged tuge-cd It It as he lie spoke and with some somo difficulty from tho the skirt pocket of at his coat Of Ot these four our things A. A the first la is I your legal due duo tho the little lite pickle money for your our fathers father's books and which I have havo bought as I have havo explained Irom rom tho first Is tho time design of ot ro- ro selling at a n profit to the Incoming dominie dominic Time The other three are arc that hat Mrs Ils Campbell and anil myself would be e blithe of 0 your our acceptance The he first which Is round will likely please re e. e best at the tho first go oft of-go of but 0 O Dale Davie Da- Da vie vie le laddie Its It's but a n drop of or water In Inho Inthe inthe the ho sea It'll Ul help you OU but a step and vanish yanish like the time morning Tho The second which Is flat tnt and square and anel written upon will wl stand tand b by you through life Iko e a a. good staff stat for or the tho road rond and anda a a It good pillow plow to your head hend In sick sick- ness And Amid as for tor hIm last last which Is cubical that'll sea seo du ItH ft's my prayerful pray pray- erful wish Into a 0 bettor better beter lund land With that he got upon his feet took off oft his hat and prayed a n little while aloud and In affecting terms for a a. ayoung ayoung young man setting out Into time the world then hen suddenly took me mo In his arms and embraced me meery very ery hard then held no me at arms arm's length looking at mo me with wih his face all 01 working with vii sorrow sorrow sorrow sor sor- row and then whipped about and ond crying good bye to me set net off backward backward back back- ward by the tho way that wo we o had come at ata ata ata a sort of run It I might have e been jeen laughable hable to another but I was wasn In n no mind to laugh I watched him himas as ns long as its he lie was In sight and ho never stopped hurrying nor once onee looked back Then It I came In upon m my mind that this was all al his sorrow BorTOW at my departure and my conscience smote mote hard and fast because me mo harl I I. I for tor or ni my part was overjoyed to rot ret Iet away out of that quiet countryside and to cro go so to a I great rent busy house houle omon among amon rich and respected gentlefolk of 0 my own name and and blood Davie Davie I thought was ever seen een such black Ingratitude Can you forget fore old 01 favors and nd old friends at he the think fn moro morn a shame n whistle tO of ot a name Fy f fy fy- fy And I sat down don on the boulder tho the good man had hall Just left lef and anti opened the he parcel to see aeo Jeo the tho o natura of ot my gifts Its That which he had hael called cubi cub cal cl I hart had never nevor had much doubt of ot sure uro enough h It was n a n little Bible t to carr carry arry In a 0 That which ho had called round I found to ho he a n shilling hilling piece and tho limo third which was wan to help mo me ao so wonderfully both In n health and sickness all ni tho the dJ days daya of my life Ute was wan a 0 little of ot coarse 0 I yellow paper written upon thus In rC red 1 Ink To Mako Make Lily Ily of or the Valley Water Wate r Tako Take the tho flowers of or lily Illy of tho thin al nl Joy Icy and distil distl them In sack and amid a spoonful or two as there thero Is oem occa Otta- Otta filon slon It I restores speech to those c that tha have time tho tw dumb It I Is goo good against tho the Gout It comforts th the tho heart and strengthens strone tho the memory and tho the flowers put Into a it n close coso anti and set not Into n. n hum hill hi o ot of ants for or a month I hen ilien take tako It I out an and you will wi find a liquor which comes come from tho the flowers Cowers which keep In n a 1 vial It I is good e ill 1 or well wel and or cr man Inan or woman then In the time finister's own hand was waR added Likewise for sprains rub ruh It In nn and for tor tho the a great In th time tho hour To o sure auro I laughed laue-hed over t o this but bu It was rathor rather tremulous lau laughter an ana ane I wan wag glad to to get et bundle 1 my on m my staffs staff's end and arid set Het et out over the tho forand ford for and up tho the hill hil upon the th side till tl just as I 1 came on th the tho green drove o road running wl wide e through the time heather I took my last look of or Kirk BOson Ebsen- dean the trees about tho the manse manno an antho and tho the bl big rowans In the ar wh where rc m my father tather and my mother IJ lay If is 1 I. I I Come to Co M I My On tho the afternoon of the second da day coming to time the top of a 1 Hill hi I saw nl nil ni time the country fall fail away before me mo down downto to the sea ea and antI In the time midst of timis descent on a lon long iong ridge c tho time city o of Edinburgh like a kiln There Thor was waa a fae- fae flag upon the the castle and ships ship moving or lying anchored In iii tho the firth both boU of ot which for tor as far away as 38 they were I could distinguish clearl clearly and both brought m my countr country heart hoart Into m my mym m mouth o Presently after ncr I cm camo caine b by a n house hons where a a. shepherd lived and got arou a rou rough rouKh h direction for tor tho tIme neighborhood of or Cramond and so 80 from ono to another another another an an- other worked my way to tho the westward of o time the capital by till tl I cam caine cam out upon the Glasgow roal road And nd thero there to Lo m my great reat pleasure and wonder I Ib Il l b be hold a regiment marching to th the tho fifes every o ery foot In time an aim old oll redS red red- S faced general on a gray ray horse at th theone the ono one end and at tho time other othor the company compan of or Grenadiers with their Popes hats Tho The pride of ot life seemed to mount Int Into m my brain at the tho sight of or the red red- red coats oata and the hearing of ot that merry music A little farther tarther on on and Ind I was told I IWas Iwas was in Cramond parish and Ind began bee t to substitute In m mv my Inquiries the name nam neme of or tho house of ot Shaws It I was a wor word that seemed to surprise those of or whom I sought Bought my wn way At first I though th the plainness of ot my appearance In m my country habit and amid that all al dust dusty from Crom the road roaf consorted ill 1 with the greatness greatness great great- ness of ot the tho place to which I wa was bound But after aCer two or maybo three hn given me tho same look and tho the same sam answer I began to take tako It I in my head there was something e about th the Shaws Itself Comm Continued tinned Tomorrow Morning |