Show II Dy Hobert on I I Stevenson Ste Author of ot Treasure Island Tho Master laRter of Ballantrae Strange Case of or Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde etc I I Wo We 0 set sot forth accordingly by this itinerary and mul for the best part of ot nights traveled on cone corle moun mona ins ta-ins drill dad among the well-heads well of or wild rivers often orton burled buried In III ii mist almost continually blown and rained upon and not once cheered ll by any glimpse c cof of jf sunshine By da day we lay and slept In the drench drenching haS haS' heather by night nig-ht in incessantly In- In clambered upon hills and among rude crags cras Wo wro 0 often otten wandered wo we were often so involved In iii fo fog that wo we must lie quiet till tm it light light- ened A fire liro was never nevel to be thought 0 of Our only food was and anda a portion of cold collI meat macat that wo had carried from the Cage Cago anti and as for tor drink drink- heaven knows wo we had no want of oC water Thin was a 3 dreadful Um time rendered time ho more dreadful by the time gloom of ot tho the weather and the tho countr country I 1 was never warm m my teeth chattered In m my head I was troubled with a aCly very Cly sore Bore throat thront such aa as I I. I had on the tho Isle I had a 3 painful pain pain- ful ul stitch In iii m my side which never Ile left mo me and when I slept In my wet bed with time tho- rain beating above and tho the mud mull oozinG oo below mo moo it was to live over again In fancy Cancy the worst part of or my 10 adventures to to see the tower of Shaws Slaws lit b by lightning Ransome carried carried car car- ried vied below on tho tue mens men's backs Shuan dying on the roundhouse floor or Golin Campbell gras grasping at tho the bosom of his coat From such lIuch broken slumbers I would bo be aroused In tho gloaming to toelt sit elt up In tho I samo caine puddle where chiere I had slept and sup cold the tho rain driving sharp In my face or 01 running down clown my back In Icy trickles the tho mist enfolding us like ag ns in a gloomy gloom cham cham- or bor-or ber or perhaps If It tho the wind blew fall fall- In lag suddenly apart and showing us tho the gulf sulf of or somo dark ark valley where here the tho sti streams earns wem-o wem crying aloud The Tho sound of ah an Infinite infinito number of rivers came caine up from all nil round In this steady rain radii the springs of the this mountain wore broken up over every glen gushed water like 1110 a n cistern every stream was In high spate and had filled OIled and overflowed Its channel During our light ight tramps It was wag s solemn to hear tho time voice of ot them below in tho the aJo valleys 9 now booming like thunder now ow with an angry cry I could well understand the this stor story of or Walter Waiter Kelpie that demon of the I who Is fabled to keep walling wailing and roaring at the tho toni forth until tho time coming of the doomed traveler Alan I saw believed It it or half halt bo- bo lio ed It and when tho the cry of ot tho the river ro rose o more moro than usually sharp I was surprised though of course coure I would still be shocked hocked to see him cross himself In the manner of the Catholics During all lI these horrid wanderings nn wo We hat hail no imo familiarity scarcely even that of or speech The truth Is that I was sickening for my grave which Is m my best excuse But Dut besides that I was of an au unforgiving disposition from froni my birth slow to Ice tako offense slower to forget it It anti and now Incensed both against my companion and amid myself For tho the best befit part of two days daIS ho was un- un kind silent In Indeed ced but always ready to help and always hopIng hopIng hop- hop hoping Ing as I could vcr very well seo see that my ray displeasure would blow by For the same lon length th of time I stayed In myself nursing my anger roughly refusing his services and passing him over with my eyes as a-a If It ho hall hail been a bu bush 11 or a n stone The second night or rather the peep of at the tho third day din found us upon a B. very cry open lull hill so that wo we could coUll not follow follow fol fol- fol- fol low our usual plan and He lie down Im fin- mediately to eat ent and sleep Before Detore we wo h had d reached a place of ff shelter tho the gray Jray had hail come pretty clear for or though It still pUll rained the clouds ran rail higher hel and Alan looking In my face showed somo some marks of ot concern Yo Ye had bath better let tet me ins tAke tako your our pack said paid ho lie for tor perhaps tho the ninth time since wo we parted from the Iho scout Loch Rannoch I do VOl very well I thank y-tu y u said ald I as cold cola as S Ice Alan flushed darkly ill Til not otter offer It again ho he said hi Im not a patient In man a. a n Da David I never said sald you wore said RAid I which wa was exactly th the rude silly my speech of ot a a. boy of ot ten Alan made no an answer at the tho time hut nut his conduct anSi answered roa for him Henceforth It Is to be bo thought though he quito forgave himself for tho affair at Cluny's cocked his hat lint again walked Jauntily whistled whistle airs alre and looked at nt mo rue upon uvon one sIde with a provoking smile The third night we were to pass paRS through h th thA western end of ot the tho country of ot r. r It came clear and cold coM with a n. touch In tho the air Jlko hiko And and a northerly wind that blew tho the Clouds away and nd made the tho tara stars bright ht Th The streams were full of ot cour o. o and still HUll made a a- groat among the tho hill hill- but I observed that Alan thought n no more mor upon the Kelpie and wa w. in hl high h spirits As s s for tor mo ins the change t I. 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J of weather thoI camo mo too In lute late to I had hall lain laiti I I In ha the mire so long hong that tas as ns the I has It In my cry very clothes abhorred me I was dead weary deadly side sick and full ull of ot and tho the chill n of ot I tho wind wont went through me and the I sound of ot it confused my cars ears In poor state I had to bear from my companion corn com panion something In tho nature of or A H t persecution lb Ho spoke a good hirtl 1 I and never nevor without a taunt Whit hI I was tho bost host name naino ho had bad to give mf mt Here Herc ho would say heros n a dub duh for tor yo to Jump my I It ken 11 youre you're a 0 tine fino Jumper And so on on all alt the tho time with a n gibing voice and nd face fao I r know knew it was my own doln doing and ii no ono one else's Iso's but I 1 was too t- t tOI tn I I felt I could drag m 8 if but farther pretty soon I mu mu- mut t I Ilie lie down and die on these wet wot mountains moun- moun I thins like lUte a sheep or a n fox tox and my bonos bones must whiten n there thore like the bones bonos of ot a beast My ly head was light ht perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps but I be began an to love lovo the prospect pros pros- I began beSan to glory in tho the thought of or such a n death alone alono in tho thio desert lesert with the wild eagles besieging my last moments moment Alan would 1 r repent then I thought ho would remember when I was dead dea how much he owed me rae and the remembrance would bo ho tor tor- ture turc So I wont lute a n sick silly and hearted bad-hearted schoolboy feeding m my anger against a when I would have havo been bettor better on 0 my knees crying on God for mercy A And d at each elm of or Alan's taunts I hugged Ah Al thinks I to myself I 1 havo have a better better bettar bet bet- ter tar taunt In readiness when I lie llo down and die dlo you will feel teel It a buffet In your face faco ah alL what t a alt aim how you will regret ret your ingratitude I and cruelty I I All tho while I was growing growing- worse and worse Once I had fallen fallon my legs simply doubling doubling- under me and anti this had struck Alan for tho the moment but butI I was afoot so briskly I and set oft off gain again with such a n natural manner that ho he soon forgot the Incident Flushes of or heat wont went over me mc and amI then spasms of shuddering The Tho stitch in my side shIo was hardly bearable At last I began bean to feel that I could trail myself no farther farther far far- ther thor and with that there camo on me mo all at once tho Limo wish to havo have It out with Alan lot let m my anger anSer hta blaze c and be bo done with my life Ute In a a- amore more moro sudden man man- ner nor lb IIo lIo had Just called mo me Whig I stopped Mr Ir Stewart said I I. I In a voice that quivered cre like Uke a 0 fiddle string you ou are aro older than I am and should know your our manners Do you ou think It either very cry wise or very ery witty to cast m my p politics In my teeth I thought where folk lIttered differed It was tho tim part of gentlemen to differ dUter civilly and If I did not I may many tell you I could find a better taunt than somo some of yours ours I Alan had stopped opposite mo his hat cocked d his hands hand In hl his breeches pockets his head a 0 little to one ono side He lie listened smiled evilly as I could see by tIme the starlight ht and when I had dono done he began to whIstle a a- Jacobite air all It was tho the air made In mockery mocker of General Gen Gen- oral eral Copes Cope's defeat at Preston Pans Pans- Hey lO Johnnie Cope aro re yo 30 akin wa yet And aro are your you drums a tin yet And It came camo to m my mind that Alan on tho the day of that battle had been engaged cn- cn gR od upon tho the royal roal side Why h do ye take that air Mr Ir Stewart Stewart Stew Stew- art said I. I Is that to remind mo me you havo have been beaten beaton on both hoth sides Tho The air stopped on Alan's lips David Da vid t said ald he ho But nut Its It's time those these manners c ceased asell I continued and I mean you ou shall henceforth speak lJJ cl civilly of ot m my Icing king and my good friends tho the Campbells I am a. n. Stewart Stewart Stewart- began AlanO Alan O Oi sa says say's s 's I I ken Icon yo e bear a a- kings king's name But you are to remember sine I II I have havo in the he Highlands I have I seen seon a n good lUan many maimy of those that bear It It and the best bettt I can sa say of or them is this y I that they would bo Lo nono none the tho worSE of ot washing v Do EDo you ou know leno that you Insult mo me said Alan very ary lowI lowI low Jow i I am sorry for or that said I for forI or I am not done and If you distaste tho the sermon I doubt tho the will please you as alS little You have havo been chased In the time Held field by the tho grown men of my party It seems a poor kind of pleasure to outface a bo boy Both tho tIme Campbells 1 and the tho Whigs have beaten you you you I have run before them thorn like a hare It behooves you ron to speak of them thom as of or your our betters Alan stood quite still tho the tails ot or his great reAt coat clapping behind him in Sn the wind This Is a pity ho he said at last There Thero are things said that t cannot bo bJ passed over o Continue Tomorrow 1 |