Show I II ii Robert Louts Loala Sh Stevenson Tenon Author of at Treasure Island Islan The Master Milster of at Strange Case CaRe of at Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde etc Robin he ho said when it wa was ivas s done dane yo 0 are aro a great piper I am no not t lit fit to blow in Ia tho the same kingdom t wIt with h 1 ye Body of ot me mer ye e havo mair music In in Ira your sporran than toan I have In my head And though It still stilt sticks sUcks in my mind that I could ma maybe bc show ye another ot of it with tho the col cold steel I warn ye e bo- bo forehand forehand It'll it'll no be bo fair It would go against my ray heart to haggle hag a man that can blow tho the pipes as you ou can Thereupon tho the quarrel was made up all night long tho the broso brose was going and the pipes changing hands and the day had come corns pretty bright and the three men were none the better for tor what thc they had been taking before Robin HobIn as 18 much as thought upon tho the n d It was tho the last I saw of ot him him for tor 1 I was In the low Country Countr at the University sity of at LeYden when ho stood his trial and was ham hanged ell in tho And I have havo told this at so o great len length th partly because it was tho the last incident of at any noto note that befell betell mo me on tile the wrong side of at the tho Highland Line and lna partly because as tho ho man came carne to bo be hanged Its It's in a manner history Wo 0 e the I Forth The month as I havo have said was not yet out but It was alread already far tar through h August Au nn and beautiful warm weather with every sign of ot an nn carl early and great harvest when I was pronounced able ablo for tor my Journey Our money was now run to so low Iowan an ebb that wo We must think first of ar alt all on spee speed for Cor It Jr we wo caino camo not soon eoon to Mr air 01 or if Ir when we wo camo there he ho should fall fail nil to help hell me me we wo must surely starve In Alan's view Jew besides the thc hunt must havo have now greatly slackened an and tho the line lino of tho the Forth and even cn Stirling Bridge which Is IB the main PMs pass over that river would aul bo ho watched with littie lit- lit tie In interest teres t. t Its ILS a n chief chlof principle in military af f fairs Hol said ho he to Lo KO go where ye e aro are least expected Forth Is our aur trouble ye 0 ken tho tIme saying Forth bridles les tho the wild Well if It we sod seel to creep round about aboul tho the head of ot that thaL river an and como come down b by or ar Balfron Its It's just precisely there hero that they'll thell be bo looking to lay Iny hands on us lint Hut if It we wo stave stavo on straight to tho the auld Brig of at Ill I'll la lay m mn sword the they let us pass lass unchallenged Tho The first night accordingly wo pushed to the house of ot a Maclaren in a n. friend of at Duncans Duncan's where where- wo slept tho the of or tho the month and nud when wo we sot forth again about tho ho tall fall of ot night to mako make another easy stage Tho The we lay In a 0 heather bush on a hillside In Var within view low of ot a n herd of ot deer the happiest ten hours of ot sleep In a fine breathing sunshine and on bone dry graun ground that I havo have ever tasted That night wo we struck Allan Water Vator and followed it down an and coming o edgo of or the he hills Il saw a atho tho the whole holo Corse Carso of at as flat as u. u pancake wIth h lie tho town to and castle on n. n hill In the tho ml midst t ot of It and the moon moan the tho links R 01 ot Forth shining on an Now ow said Alan I 1 kenna henna If e ye care but yore ore Jn In your own on Inn land again h We c passel tho the eland Line Lino In the first hour and now If It wo could but pass yon YOlI crooked water we might cast bonnets In the air our In Allan Water neAr b by where it tails falls Into tho Forth we found faund a little sundy undy Islet with burdock butterbur and tho the like Wee low plants that that would Just cover us if It wo we lay lay layf f tint flat lI tIr It ro was we wo made our camp within Plain view of at Stirling castle whence we wo could coul hear the drums beat part lt of at the garrison on para paraded ed Sheared as ns some I worked 1 all day In a R fl field M on an ono one side of at f he the the river and we could hear the te stones atones going going- on eu the hooks hook ana to tile talking it behooved to lie tie close keep silent lent But Dut the tho an nn and sand and of at tle tie l isle le tho the littie little lit lit- was warm sun the green P plants gave savo AVo us shelter for tor our h heads ds we had food tood drink and ant In plent plenty to crown all we e were within anti safety t sight f A soon soan a the quit their Work and time the dusk began to fall we a and nd d ashore ammil struck for tor the tho Bridge of at Stirling keepIng to the under th field and The Tho brIdge la is close clase under the hill bill an old high narrow brIdge castle pinnacles with along too the parapet and you OU may conceive with how much I looked upon It not nat anI only as aH a place famous In hili history tor but as aK the doors 0 af salvation to Alan lT rr and The was not myself yet et up When came there thore few vo ro a lights houe along th the thio front of or tho the fortress ss and nud lower down a a. few lighted windows In tho the town but It was all mighty still sUllo and there seemed to be no guard upon the tho passage i I was as for pushing pushing- straight across but Alan was moro more war wary It looks unco quiet said saM he lie but butor for or all that well we'll tie lie down hero here cannily behind a n tyke dyke and make sure sure So we la lay about a quarter of ot an nn hour whiles whispering whiles whites lying still anti and hearIng nothing earthly but the tho washing of the tho water on the piers At last thero there came by an old hobbling hobbling- woman with a crutch stick who first stopped a 0 little close to we In lay and bemoaned herself and the tho long way she sIte had traveled and then therm set forth again up tho steep spring of the bridge c. The woman was so little an and the night still so 80 dark that lInt we soon lost sl sight h ht t of af her oni only anly heard the tho soun sound of her steps and her stick sUck and a cough that sho she had by fits tits draw slowly farther away any hc's bound to bo across now I whispered Jered Na Cl said Alan hor liar foot still sounds boss hollow hallow upon tho the bridge c. And Just then Who then Who goes gocs cried a 3 voice and wo heard the butt of oC a musket rattle on the stones I must suppose th ther sent sentry had ad been sleepIng bleeping so that had wo we tried wo we might have navo passed unseen but hut ho he was awake now and the chance chanco forfeited do said Alan never never do for tor us David And nd n with without aut another wor word he hc be began an anto to crawl away aay through tho the fiol fields s and anda a little after atter being well iveli out of o eyeshot eye oye- shot got to his feet a again aln and struck along aloni u LL road rond that led to tho ho eastward I I could not nol conceive what ho was doing doIng do- do do do- ing and indeed I 1 was so 80 sharply cut b by by the thc disappointment that I 1 was little likely to bo ho pleased with anything A moment back back and I hu had seen myself knocking at nt Mr lr door doar to claim my 01 inheritance like hike a hero in a ballad and here was I 1 back again a wandering hunted blackguard on the tho wrong side of ot Forth Well said I. I Well Bald said Alan what would yo ye 0 have They're nono none such fools tools as I took them for tor Wo We have ha still sUll the tho Forth to pass weary wear weary fall tho the rains that ted fed an and tho the hillsides that guided guid guid- ed it Ou Just upon tho tue chance said he lie It If wp vc Q cannao pass the tho river well we'll have firth to see seo what wo we can cnn do for tar tho the There are fords upon the river rJ an and nono none upon tho the firth said I I. I To be sure aure thero there are aro fords and a bridge forby Alan and of what service ice when thO they are aro watched S yell e. e said d 1 I. I but a n. river can cnn bo ho n By them that havo have tho the skill skit of ot It It returned he ho but I havo have yet to hear that either you ou or me mo Is much munch of ot a liana haul at nt that exercise and for tor m my own awn part pant I 1 swim like a stone stane Im not up to you au In taking b back Alan I said but I lean can see wore were mak mak- ing log bad worse It If its it's to pass a 0 river It stand to reason It must be worse to pass a sea But nut theres there's such a thing nM as a boat boat baat say Says Alan Ian or Im I'm tho the moro more deceived cd A Ay and such a thing as ns says I I. I But for Cor us that have havo money neither one ona nor other the they might lust just as well wen not have havu been hoen In ent ln lI Ye think so lIa o said Haid Alan i do that said I. I David says ho yore yoro a man of or small Invention and less faith But nut lot me set my 01 wits upon tho the hone and It If I LeJ beg borrow nor steal a II bout boat Ill I'll make one I think I see ye re ye said eald I. I And what what's more mora than tItan all that It If yo ye 0 pas pasa a bridge It can tell no tales but It If we pass ass the tho firth Orth theres there's the tho boat on the wrong side somebody side somebody must have hare brought it the It-the the countryside o will wUl all In a 0 bizz bo be Man Olan cried Alan if It I make a bo boat t Ill I'll make a boat boot to take it back again So o derive o me with no more of ot your our nonsense but walk for far that's what YOUve YOU've got to do o and lot Alan think for yc ye e All AU nl ht then we walked through h the tho north norto side of at the Carse tho tir under to hl high h line of at tho the Ochil liy Iy Boa Alloa and mountains and ross rass all of or Clackmannan and CuIrass Culross Cul- Cul about which wo we ol o. avoided t anti and ton ten In the morning mighty hungry hungry hun hun- gry and tired came camo ch vi of oC Limekiln This to Is the tho a place little that cia cla- sits near In by the tho waterside and looks Jook across the Hope to the town tonn of af Queens Queens- terr ferry Smoke went wont up from both of ot these and from other villages and anti faring tip upon n all hands s. s The fields were ivere being reaped two ships lay find and boats were coming and anchored going on un the lope lopo It was altogether a right Pleasant sIght eight to me and I could not nat take my ill tIll nil of ot gazing at those com corn green cultivated atod hIhl hills nn ant and the busy people both of ot the field and sea J. J For lor lors lor's or house all aU that there thero was Mr on the tho south Rauth shore where I had no doubt wealth an and hero horo I awaited me mo was upon tho the north In poor cla clad enough attire of or an nn outlandish fashion with three sliver silver to f left me of ot all my 01 fortune fortuno a price prk set U upon Uon on my 01 head henri and an outlawed man for my 01 sole lIole company O 0 Alan said I I. I to think Over there of oC It It I there's theres all nU that heart could coul t want waiting wailing mo me au and the birds over o anti and tho the go KO boats KO go over over all all that lint please o can I go u o. o but Just mo tue only 0 O man m.-m but It its it's s a h heartbreak In I change chanSe house w wo we entered a a. smell small which f ho he we only know knew to o a a. public b by the wand and bought over oer the door some soma bread and cheese i from a good I looking lass servant ant This wo we carried that was the with us in itt a bundle meaning to sit lilt and eat It In I a bush bunh of ot wood we wo saw on the tho seashore that some third part of at a 0 tulle miJo in front As A s we went I l across the water kept opt looking and self ef and thou though h I sighing to myself my- my Alan had fallen took no heed of ot It It h he Into a n mUse At last stopped in the way Did Old yo ye tak take heed of ot the lass bought we this of aU he says sn's tapping on th tile bread and chee cheese e. e f To be sure said ald I I. I and antI lass she was a bonny Ye Ve thought that David ld that's good news newEl cries he Man I I fn rn tho the name of at all aU that's I J wonderful why so so sa says gays s 's L J. What r that do do good can nn Tomorrow |