Show Robert Lout Stevenson St Author of ot Treasure Island Tho Master of or Strange Caso Case of ot Dr J Jekyll and ana Mr Hyde Hydo etc I 1 said sue she shaking her lioi head bend Na No I No Xo raid paid lie he but If It yo 0 could Sho She answered him him nothing nothing- Look horo hero m mv my lass said Alan lan there aro boats In time the kingdom of ot Fife FHe for tor I saw two no loss less upon the beach as I canto came in by bi your our towns town's townsend townsend end Now If It we ve could have tho the use uso of ofa ofa ofa a boat hOLt to pass under cloud of night into Lothian and some somo secret decent Kind hind of a n man to bring that boat back a again era aln In Inand and p his iuis counsel there would b ho b. two souls Rouls saved mine mine to all likelihood his his to a dead surety It If we lack that boat wo we have hl but three shillings s left Icet leftIn III In this wi wide do world and where to go o and how to do and wh what other othor place there thero Is 11 for tor us except the tho chains of a gibbet J J give you ou m my united naked word 1 henna konna Shall wo go wanting lasslo lassIo Are Aro yc ye to lie In your our warm arm arm bed Led and arni think upon us UR us when whon tho the wind In Inthe Inthe inthe the chimney and the rain tins on th the roof Are Arc ree yo ye e to cat eat your our meat b by the cheeks checks hecl s of or a red tire lire and think upon this poor sick lad lail of at mine amino biting hi hip hi- linger ends on a bIas bJae muir tor or and hun hunger el Sick or sound he hc must a ay al be moving with tho the death loath-grapple loath grapple at nt his throat me must rye aye be trail trailing Ing In tho rain ralo on tho long roads and anti when ho gnats cants his last laston on a of ot thore will bo ho nao I friends neat near him but only me mo and Goil COiL At this appeal I could see seo tin the lass was In great trouble of ot mind being tempted to help us and antI yet pt In some Ramo fear tear sho might ht be helping malefactors and t so 50 now I 1 determined to step in myself and to alia allay her hor scruples with a no portion of tho the truth Did you OU over or hoar hear said I of or Mr Ir of the tho the tho writer said sheI sher she size I r dare say that Well said I Its to his door that I am bound so 80 you may Jud Judge o b by that if IC I 1 am aID an nn Ill doer and 1 will toll toil you more that though I am indeed by a a. dreadful In some porn of ot my life Kin King has hns no truer friend In all Scotland than myself Her face cleared up liT mightily at this although Alan's darkened more than titan I 1 would ask bald said size she Mr lr Is Js a J man And oho aho bade ua us finish our meat hot got clear cleur of or tho the clachan as soon as might be bo lie close In the bit wood o otho on tho the sea beach And Anti yo can cnn trust me Inc said site she he Ill find some moans to put you At this we wo waited for tor no more nut hut I shook hands with her upon the tho bargain bargain bar bar- gain nin mado made short wor work of tho time puddings and ind set forth again nC from Limekilns as far as to tho the wood It was a n small of or perhaps a n. score of t elders and hawthorns and a Q few Cew young ashes not thick hick enough to veil us from passersby passersby passers passers- by upon tho the rO road fl or beach Hero wo We must lie lie lIc howe however making maiming time the best of the he brave warm weather and tho the good hopes wo ao now had imad of a deliverance and ami planning moro mora particularly rl what remained for us to do 10 Vc We e had but one trouble all nil da day when a mi strolling piper camo caine and sat satIn satin In n the same wood with us a 0 red- red nosed eyed lear dog doS with witha vitha a groat bottle of ot whisky in his pocket and a 0 long stor story of wrongs that had hau boon been oen done him b by all sorts of or persons from rom the Lord President of the Court Courtot of ot Session who had denied donled him Jus- Jus Ico tico down to the allUes of at Inverkeithing Inver- Inver who had given him more moro of or oft orIl it Il t than he ho desired It was Impossible but he ho should conceive some soma suspicion of or two men lying all lay day concealed In Ina Ina ina a thicket a nn nu l l having no business to allege s s i lone as ns ho stayed there he kc pt i it t u ug Us In hot water with prying pr qU ons and ho was gone as cia ashe he ns a a. man not ery Cloy lH likely ely to I hold old hi we wo were in the tho greater him him- P Ps' Ps to be bo gone ono ourselves ho hotIn tIn day came to an end with the d Gme 10 brightness tho the night fell fen quiet quietud u d clear lights camo came out In houses aId Md l hamlets and then ono one after an- an cr he began an to be lIo put out but It Jt was t. t t eleven cloven an rind and wo vo 0 were long sine since s boly tor anxieties boore botaro bo- bo taro foro ore we wo heard the tho grinding grinding- of or oars oars' upon pon the tho rowing At that we looked out and saw the lass 88 herself coming rowing ro to us In a boat hont She Sho had ad trusted no one with with our affairs not ot oven o her hor sweetheart if sho had one ne but hut as soon as us her father was asleep sleep had left the tho house b by a Win Win- tiow lIow ow stolen a neighbors neighbor's boat an anti and como come to our assistance single I was abashed how to find Und slon lon tot for my thanks s but she sho was no noless loss less ess abashed at tho the thou thought ht of hearing healing thorn thom bogged us to lo lose loso aso no time and ando to o hold our peace saying vor very properly properly prop- prop erly that time the heart of or our matter was wasn In n haste baste and silence and so 80 so what with one no thing and another she had set sot us on n tho Lothian shore not far from tram had shaken hands with us and nd was out again at sea seo and rowIng lowing for Cor or Limekilns before there thore was one ono word said either cither of or her service or our gratitude Even after she sho was as gone wo we had to En say as ns Indeed nothing was enough nough h for tor such ouch a n kindness Only Alan stood tood a great while upon tho shore shaking nuking his hell head It It Is a ver very fine fino lass ho lie said at last ast David It is a 0 very ven fine lass And a matter of or an nn hour later as wo were lying In itt a 0 don dOll on tho the seashore I find and nd I 1 had been alrea already iy dozing he lie he broko roko out again In commendations of ot her character For my m part I could I an say ay nothing sho she was wa so 60 simple a a. creaturo creaturo crea- crea turo uro that my heart smote mo me both with remorse and fear remorse because be- be cause CaUso wo we had traded upon her igno- igno ance rance and fear tear lest we wo should havo any wa way involved her hor In ln tho dangers of or our situation J X 1 I Cum Come to tu Mr Time The no next t day It was n agreed recd that Alan should fend for tor himself till tin sunset burns but bur butas buttis as ns soon as It began to grow dark he hc should lie in tho fields U by tho the roadside near to and stir for nou nought ht until he heard me rue whistling At first I proposed I 1 should give him for tor 81 signal nal the he Bonnie House of or Arlie which was a favorite of ot mino but ho objected that hat as the thc picco was very commonly known any ploughman might whistle It t by hy accident and taught ho Instead a n. Cra fragment ment of a n Highland air which has run In m my head hc from that day to this and will likely run In my head hend wh when n I lie llo dying Ever Every time line it comes to torno tomo mo It ta takes m mC J off oft to that last day lay of or m my uncertainty with Alan sitting sit sit- ting ing up In the bottom bottoni of ot the den whistlinG whistling whist- whist linG Ing and beating the tho measure with a 0 i linger Inger anti and tho gray aray dawn coming coining on i hIs ils face taco I was in the ito long street of ot Queensferry Queens Queens- I ferry erry before tho time sun was up It was ns a 0 fairly built buill burgh h tho time houses of ot goes I Istone stone ninny many slated l tho the town-hall town not SI so sc lIne fine I thought as that of ot l Peebles nor lor yet the tho street so ISO noble but tako take i It altogether It put me to shamo shame for my I foul toul tatters As tho the morning went on and tho fires began to bo be o kindled and tho windows windows win win- dows dews to open and tho the people to appeal out of at the tho houses m my concern and despondency despondency des ties grew grow ever cyer tho blacker I saw aw now that I had no grounds to stand stana upon and no clear proof of ot my rights nor so much as ns of or my own Identity If It Ift It t was all oU a n bubble I was Indeed cheated anti and left In a sore pass Even liven It if f thinK things M Mero were ero a. a HS as I conceived It would wouldn In n all nU likelihood tako time to establish my ny contentions and what time had I 1 Io Ito to o aparo with three shillings s In my pocket and a condemned hunted mat man upon m my hands to ship hip out of tit the coun- coun try ry Trul Truly It if my hope broke with me mo It t might come to the gallows yet ct for tor both of us UR And as ns I continued to walk walkup walkup up and down nn and saw people look Jook askance at me mc upon the street or out of or windows and nudging or speaking ono one to o another with smiles I began to take tako I fresh rosh apprehension that It might be no I IalY easy aey matter oven to come to speech of or I ho tho law lawyer r far lees less to convince him of or ormy my story Continued Tomorrow |