Show 1 I Ily 11 Robert Rober Louts Lou Steven Stevenson DOD on Author of Treasure Ilan Island The Master of Strange Case Cas Cast of Dr D Jekyll and nd Mr Hyde etc ete Then I 1 saw wh why wo vo had hall come como there thore for tor tho two rocks rock both hoth being somewhat sonic some what hollow on the tho top and sloping ono one to tho the other made mado a kind of ot ll h hor or saucer where a ns as many as three or ox four tour men mon might havo have lain hidden All Al this while whilo Alan had not said Paid Pid a a 1 word and had hati run and climbed with such a n savage aKe silent frenzy of hurry hurr that I knew he ho was In mortal fear Cear 01 of some somo miscarriage Even Evon now wo werton wore wor on the tho rock ho said ald nothing nor ao 50 much in as H relaxed the frowning look looh upon his face foce ace hut but clapped Hat flat fal down and l keeping only ono one eye ee above abu l tho edge of or our place of ot shelter sheler scouted all al round tho the compass Th The Tho dawn ha had com come quiet clear we could seo see th thc tho stony sides Aides of the vale valley and Its Is bottom hot bot tom which was bestrewed cl with rocks rock and tho the river which wont went from onside ono on side to another and mado white falls Cals hut nowhere the of a house not nor nn any living creature hut somo some eagle eagles screaming creaming round a 0 cliff cUr Then Thon at last lat Alan smiled A Ay said he he now w n f ha have a. a f chance and then looking at mo me with wll amusement Yore Yere no very t l t th tho Jumping ln said he At this I suppose I colored with mortification for tor ho added at once Hoots small blame to ye o To bo bt feared of a thing tiling and yot yet to do It I I la If what wh makes the prettiest kind of or a man And thon then there was water there thore thorf and waters water's a thing that over oven ovel mo tue 0 No no said Alan Its al no you yoi 01 that's to blame blamo Its it's Is I's me I asked him wh why Why Vh said he I havo have proved m myself myself my my- self Rolf a ft this title night For first of ot all al I tako take a 0 wron wrong road and ad that tha t In m my own country countr of or Appin so 80 that the day has hos caught us where wo should never nevor have havo been and thanks to thai thal we lie llo hero here In some somo danger and langor discomfort And next which Is the worst of ot tho the two for tor a a man that has been so much among the tho heather as myself myself my my- self I 1 have como come wanting a water- water bottle bottlo botlo and horo hero we wo Ho lie 10 for a lon long summers summer's summers summer's summers summer's sum sum- mers mer's day lay with wih but neat spirit Yo Ye mn may think that tat a small smal matter but hut before It I comes night David ol give gue mo me news of ot It I. I I 1 was n anxious cious to redeem m my character and offered If I he ho would pour out the brandy to run down and till the tho bottle at nt tho the river I waste tho the good spirit either elhel says he Its Is boon beon a good goodfriend goodfriend friend frend to you OU this nl night ht or In my poor opinion ye e would still bo be cocking on cockinG fon on stono steno And what's mair mall says sas hoyo ho yo 0 may have havo observed you ou that's thal's a aman aman aman man of or so MO much penetration that Alan Breck Stewart was perhaps walking quicker than his Youl You I cried you ou were running fit Ot to burst Was as I 1 so said lie he oI then ye lC mn may depend upon It It thero was nae time to bo ho lost lost And now here Is enough said gang you ou to your sleep lad and 1 Il 11 wn watch Accordingly I In lay down to sloop a little peaty peaL earth had rifled rifted rifted-In In between ho tho top of the two rocks and aud some bracken grew grew there to ho bo a bed bell to tome tomo tomo mo me the last thin thing I heard was still the tho crYing crying crying- of ot tho the ea eagles les sUl I dares It would bo ho nine nino In the tho mornIng morning morn- morn Ing ng when I was roughly awal awakened and found round Alan Alan's s hand pressed upon enel my mouth heest he ho whisperer whispered Yo were snoring Well eH said I r surprised at his lOUR bus OUR and aOl dark face tace and and why win not not Ho He peered over the edge of or tho the rock and signed to me to do likewise It I was now high ca day cloudless Iou dJ f. f and very cry hot Tho The valley was wa as clear as In n a picture About half hal a n mile mHo up the water was a a. 0 camp of at rod coats rod a big Iro blazed In their midst at which some wet were cooking and near by hy on the top of of-a. of a a rock rCck about an B hl h a 8 r try wih with th 11 sparkling on on his All thu AUtta AUtt a Way down along the ho riverside were vere other posted sen- sen trl trios Ht here hera near together together there scattered some Bore planted like tho first on places of ot command some on tho the ground round level and marching and countermarching coun- coun marching er ter ao 80 o as to meet half hal wa way Higher up the glen tho tim ground was moro more open the chain posts was continued by soldiers horse horo whom we wo could see sec in the distance riding to and fro tro ro Lower down the Infantry continued con con- tinned but as th the the- stream was suddenly sudden- sudden ly y swelled el b by the confluence of ot a considerable considerable con con- burn the they were ero more set and only watched tho the fords and stopping stones I 1 took but ono one look at nt them theta and ducked ducked ducked duck duck- ed again ngin into my place It I was strange indeed to sea soo this valley aley which had lain aln so 80 solitary In the hour of dawn bristling bristing with wih arms and dotted with wih red coats and breeches Yo Ye see sa said II Alan this was ns what hat I Iwas Iwu wu was afraid of ot ie Daie that tho they would watch the burnside They Thoy be began nn to como come In about two hours ago ngo and man but ut yero a n grand hand at tho the sleeping Were We're cro In iii a n narrow place If I the they get getup getup getup up tho the sides shIes of or tho the hill hm they thoy could easy spy us with wih a n glass but if they'll only onh keep In the tho foot of the tho vole valley well we'll ol do yet The pouts posts are thinner down tho water and come nl night ht well we'll wol try tn our hand at getting b by thorn thom And what aro we to do till til night I asked Lie Ue here hare says he and bristle briste That ono one good Scotch word bristle was Indeed the most of tho the story of or the tho day diy that wo we had now to pass You are arc to remember that We wo la Ia lay on the bare top of or a rock like sconces upon a n tho the sun beat upon us cruel cruelly tho the rock grew rew so heated a man could scarce endure the tho touch of ot It I and ond tho the little patch of earth and fern tern which kept kev cooler was only large enough for tor one ono at a timo Wo We took turn about to lie llo 10 on the naked rock which was as Indeed like the tho position pOlton or ot that saint that was martyred on a n gridiron and ant It i ran run in m my mind how hoW strange It I was that In tho the same climate and at only a tow few days distance I l' l should have suffered so 50 cruelly first from cold coM upon my Island and now I from heat upon this rock All Al the while wo we had no water only raw brandy for tor a drink which was worse than titan nothing nothinG but we kept tho the bottle bottlo as ag a cool as ns wo we could burying buryinG It ItIn Itin itin in tho earth and got gol some relief by bathing our breasts and temples The soldiers kept stirring all al day in inthe tho the bottom of tho the vale valley now chang In ing guard huard now In patrolling parties parte hunting amon among tho the rocks These Those lay Iny round In so ao great a number that to look for men among amonI th them m was wal like looking looking for a a needle In a n bottle bottlo botlo of or h hay and being so hopeless a task It was gone about with wih the tho less care Yet wo could coul see ace the soldiers pike their bayonets among among tho the heather which sent Bent a cold thrill Into my vitals vials and anel tho they thoy would sometimes hang about our rock so that wo we scarce dared to breathe It I was In this way that I 1 first heard beard the right English speech one ono fellow as he lie wont by actually clapping his hand upon Ullon tho the sunn sunny face of tho tim rock on which we lay and plucking pluckinG it i off oft again with wih an nn oath I 1 tell tel you 01 Its It's ot says ho he and I Iwas Iwas was amazed at It tho the clipping tones and the song sing In which he spoke and no loss at ot that strange trick of ot drop ping out the letter h li 1 To bo be sur I 1 had heard but ho lie had taken his ways was from all al sorts sons of or people and spoke so Imperfectly at the tho best that I 1 set down the most of or It to childish childish- ness nes My 1 surprise was all al the tho greater to hear that manner of ot speaking In tho the mouth of a grown man and Indeed I havo have nover never grown used with wih It H nor yet et altogether with ith the English grammar gram mar as os perhaps a vcr very critical ye might here 1110 and there spy out even In these memoirs Tho The tediousness amid pain of ot these hours upon th the roc rocks Its grow grew rew on only 1 the tho greater as the day went on tho rock getting still sti the tho hotter and and tho the sun fiercer fiercer- Thero were giddiness and sickness and sharp pangs like rhou- rhou to bo be supported I minded then rind ind nd have often oren minded since on the lines in lu our Scotch psalm The moon by night thee shall not smith Nor yot yet tho the sun by day and indeed It was only b by Gods God's blessing blessing bless bless- ing lag that wo we neither of or us sun sun- smitten At t last about two It was beyond mens men's bearing and there thero was now temptation to resist as well wel as pain vain to thole For tho the sun being now got gota ot ota a little into the west thoro there came camo a patch of ot shade on 01 the tho cast oat side of ot our rock which was wa the side sillo sheltered from tho the soldiers As well wel ono one death as n another said dropped on the tho ground on tho the shadowy side I folowell followed him him at once and Instantly Instant instant- ly y fell tel at my len length th so weak was I and so giddy with wih that long exposure Here then we lay for tor an hour or two aching aching from head to foot root as a weak water and naked as 05 lying hinl quito quite quie to the eye of 01 an any soldier who should havo strolled that that way None came camo however all passing by on tho the other sl su o so BO that our rock continued to bo be botiC tiC it shield even in this now position I n 1 1 y v iv began a again aln to at ot alit n. n D lit l wt-r wt were now lying closer along along- the riverside river river- side Alan lan proposed that we should try a start tarL I 1 was by this tUne afraid of ot but ono one thing in the world and ond that was to bo be set back upon tho tim rock anything else elso was welcome to tome tome tome me BO so we wa got Jot ourselves es at once In marching order and began to slip from Crom rock to rock one after ater the other now crawling Hat on our bellies belies In tho the shade shado now making a n run for tor it It It heart In mouth The soldiers having searched this side of ot tho valley valey after a fashion Cashion and being perhaps somewhat sleepy with the sultriness of the tho afternoon had now Laid by much of ot their vi vigilance and stood tood dozing at their posts or only kept a n lookout along the banks of the river so that in this way keepIn keeping keep keep- In lag ing down the tho valley aley and at the tho same sam time toward the mountains wo no dro dron I steadily away from their neighbor neighbor- hood But Dut the tho business was tho the most wearing I had ever taken part in A Aman man had need of ot a hundred eyes ees In every part of or him to concealed In that uneven countr country and within cr cry of so man many and scattered sentries When we must pass an nn open place quickness was not all all but a swift Jud Judgment ment not only of ot tho the lay Iny of the whole country countr but of ot the solidity of ever every stono stone on which we wo must set toot foot for tor the afternoon after after- ater- ater noon was vas now fallen talen so breathless breathless' that the rolling of oC a pebble gobble sounded abroad like a pistol shot and would start the echo calling among tho tim hills hUb hillsand arid and cliffs l By sundown we had made mado somo sonic dIstance distance distance dis dIs- tance even e by our slow rato rate of or progress pro pro- gross gress though to bo be sure suro tho tim sentry on the rock was still plainly in our view But Dut now we camo on something that l put ut all nI fears tears out of or season seaon and that was a deep rushing rUshinG burn that tore toro down In that part to join the glen glen- river At tho the sight of this we cast ourselves on the tho ground and head hend and shoulders in tho water waleri and andI I cannot toll tel which was the moro more pleasant the tho great shock as ns tho tIm cool stream went over us or the greed greel with which wo we drank of or It Wo Yo lay thero for tho the banks hid us drank again and again bathed our chests lot let our wrists trail trai In the tho running running run run- ning water vater till ti the they ached with wih tho chill chili and last being wonderfully renewed re reo re- re wo we got out tho meal bag and ana made in the tho Iron pan This though It Is but cold water mingled with wih oatmeal yet et makes maltes a good enough dish for a 0 hungry man and thero are ure no moans means of making lire fro or as In itt our caso good reason for tor not making one one It Is Js the chief chlof stand by of ot those thos who have havo taken talton to the tho heather As s soon as the tho shadow of 01 tho the nl night h had hat fallen we sot set forth again at first with tho the same caution cauton but presently with moro more boldness standing our full tul height and stepping out at a good goOC pace of ot walking The Tho wa way was v very ry Intricate lying up the tho steep sides of or mountains and along tho the brows o oh 01 cliffs clouds had come In with wih tho the sunset and the tho night was clark dauk hu and cool so 80 that I walked without much fatigue but In continual fear of falling and rolling roiling down the mountains and with wih no guess at our direction The moon roso at nt last and ant nd found us still on tho road It i was In its is last quarter and was long beset with clouds but after a while shone out and showed showell me rae man many dark heads of mountains and was reflected far underneath us on tho the narrow arm arni of a n sea At this sight wo both paused 1 J struck with wih wonder to find myself so SD high and walking as It i seemed to me upon cloudy clouds Alan to make malte sure of ot his hb sure direction Seemingly he ws well wel pleased and he ho must certainly havo o la Judged us out of oar shot of ot nil all al our enemies for tor throughout the rest ot of our night march lie he beguiled the tho wa va way with wih whistling of man many tunes warlike merry plaintive plain tive Uvo reel tunes that mado made tho the foot go tUN faster tel tunes of m my m own south country that mado mallo me fain Cain to be bo homo home from 0 my ray adventures and all aU these those on tho the great greal dark desert desort mountains making company com corn pan pany upon tho the way XVI TIlE THE FLIGHT I IN THE HE II hEATHER ATHEn TIE TILE THE TIE IH HEUGH UGH OK OF OI I I Earli- Earli a as day comes i In tho the be beginning of July It W was S still dark when we reached our I destination a cl cle cleft ft In the tho head of a great greal mountain with wih a water running through the tho midst and upon running the ono one hand a shallow cavo o In a rocK Birches |