Show THE TITE LADY OF THE LAKE LIKE I 1 by SIB WALTER SCOTT I 1 11 from I 1 fl erad vr vt alone am ong his young compeers com coin peers was brian from lis ills infant years A moody and heartbroken heart beart broken boy estranged from sympathy and joy bearing each taunt which careless tongue on ilia mysterious lineage flung whole nights he lie spent by moonlight I 1 pale to wood and stream his hap to waif wair till frantic he as truth received what of hie his birth the tile crowd believed and sought in mist and meteor fire to meet and know his phantom sire in vain to sooth his wayward late fate the cloi sture aped her tier pitying gate in vain the learning of the ago age unclasped ancl the sable lettered page een in its treasures he tie could find food fool for the fever of his mind eager he lie read whatever tells of magic ca cabala bala and alls spells and every dark pursuit allied to curious and pride r till fill with fired brain and nerves oer strung and heart with ith mystic horrors m wrung rung despe desperate he so bought and hid bid him from the haunts ot omen menvil I 1 the dessert desert gave glye him visions m ild such as might suit the spectres spec tres child where with black cliffs the torrents toil he ile watched the wheeling eddies boil till from their foam hie his dazzled ey eyes es beheld the river demon lemon rise tiie alie mountain mist took form and limb of noontide hag bag or goblin grim the midnight wind came wild and dread swelled with the voices voice of ake dead far on oil the future battle heath ilia eye beheld behold the ranks oi of death thus the lone seer from mankind mankin a hurled li shaped forth a disembodied world one lingering sympathy of mind him to the mortal kind tile only parent lie ire could claim of 01 ancient alpines lineage came late had he heard in prophets dream the clatl ben BenSh shies iee boding scream sounds too had come in midnight blast of charging steed steeds careering fast al along ng Ben harrows aide side where mortal horseman ho reeman neer might ride the thunderbolt thunder bolt had split the pine all rug augured ared ill to alpines line lie girt hia ilia loins and ind came to show the signals of impending wo and now stood prompt to blosa a or ban As bade the chieftain chieftain of his clan VIII vill tw til all prepared and from front the rock A goat the patriarch of the flock before the kindling pile was bid laid ami anti pierced by rodericks ready blade patient the sickening victim eyed i tile lifeblood life blood ebb in crimson tide down hia his clo clogged 9 ged be beard and shaggy limbs T till I 1 11 darkness glazed hia his eyeballs eye balls dim tho the grisly priest with murmuring prayer A slender crosslet formed with cure care A cubits length in measure ine asuro duo due tile shafts and limbs were rods of yew I 1 whose whoso parents in inch wave their shadows oer clan alpines grave I 1 and answering lemons breezes deep sooth many a it chieft ians endless sleep the cross thus formed he lie held on high with wasted liand hand and haggard eye and strange and mingled feelings woke while his anathema he lie spoke IX wo to the clansman who shall view this symbol of sepulchral yew forget forgetful ful that its branches grew where weep the heavens their holiest dew I 1 0 on n alpines dwelling bowl deserter of his chieftains trust he ile neer neler shall mingle with theil dust but from bis his sires and kindred thrust each execration just shall doom him vi rath and wo 11 he ile paused the word word alio alie cassels took with forward step an and of fiery look tool on high their naked brands they shook their clattering target targets wildly herook and first in murmur low then like the billow in its course that far to seaward finds his source and flings to shore his mustered force burst with loud roar their answer hoarse wo to the traitor wol 0 ill benane ben ane ans gray scalp the accents knew the joyous olt from covert drew the exulting eagle screamed afar they knew know the voice of alpines m war ai X the shout about was hushed bustled on lake and fell the tho monk resumed hie his muttered spell dismal and low its accents came tho the while he scathed the cross w ith flame I 1 and e n 1 I the few words that readied reached the air 0 09 O 0 although tho the holiest name was there had more of blasphemy than prayer but when he shook above the crowd its kindled points he lie spoke aloud wo to tile lie wreta who ito faila fails to re rear ar at althie this dread sign tho the ready spear I 1 fer oa as the flames flumes this symbol scar pear his ilia home the refuge of hie his fear A kindred fato fate shall know for oer its root roof tho the flamo clan alpines vengeance veng cAnce shall proclaim while maid maids and matrons on his ilia name shall call down don and shame and infamy and wo then rose tho the cry of females shrill A As a gose baal Is on the hill denouncing misery and ill edd v it ith tha child hood IN b illig trill of curses stammered slow A answering ti with ampt cc it tt ian inn d dread read sunk bo hi his home iri in embers red I 1 find cursed ba tile meanest shad that eer shall hide tilde the hous houseless elees head we doom to want and an wo A slurp sharp and shrieking sh echo x ho gave coir Yr iskin akin thy ablin ave cave c I 1 and the gray pass where birches wae wage oa on beila nam bo XI then them deeper pati paced ed the priest anew anil and lurd hard his hiel bojin breath lie drew I 1 while with mith sut set teeth and ana clenched hand and cues that glowed like r fiery lery brand he lie meditated curse more more dread And deAdlier on tile elan mine hed head who aal the signal ei av and disobeyed the froB croes lets points of sparkling wood iio ile quenched among thi the bubb bubbling liAg blood and a as again the eign lie reared hollow follow ami ind hours hid his o was bea epard rd when flits flit this cross from man to nun man laines summons to hi his clan clarf bathe the air that faits tu to heed beed I 1 palsied the foot thit that shuns to speed I 1 may ravens rai enster tear tha tho careless eyes e cs bolies heart their prize ali sinks pinks that bloodstream blood stream in tile earth so may his ilia hearte hearts blood drench his ilia hearth I 1 As dies in hiving gore the spark quench thou his light destruction dark I 1 I 1 and bethe grace to him denied bought by this eign sign to all beside he ile ceased no echo gave agon agen the marmor of the deep amen X 41 then roderick with inspired look froin from 11 riano hand the symbol took speed il 31 aliro alise speed I 1 he lie said and gave the croes let to his hench inen brave the anti inti der place be landric mead 1 11 instant the time speed mal ise se speed peed s 11 like heath bird when hen the lbanks ila ks pur eue oue A barge across ich katrine flow hish blood the hen henchman hench climan man on ilia the prow so rapidly the bargeman barge man row the bubbler bubbles where they launched tile boat were all unbroken and afloat dancing in foam and ripples still when it is neared the mainland hill and from the side still was the prow three fathom wide when lightly bounded to the tile land the messenger of blood and brand X XIII I 1 I 1 I 1 speed Ma malatte litte speed the dun deere deers I 1 hide on fleeter foot was never tied peed speed sidalise SI 11 alise speed I 1 suli cause of ila llanto to thine active sinews never brac tid tyl bend kilat Kil nt tha sleepy hill thy broast burst doa town n bile torrent torren from rom iti cret springing with short an ani 1 springing footstep fuoti tep pass the trembling b n and falio fal io a across the brook like roah roebuck liek bound and anol thread the brake like questing hound the crag is high the beahr u is deep yet shrink not from the do dp sperate leap parched are thy barnin lips and brow yet by bytho alio fountain pauw not now herald of battle 11 fite fate and fear stretch on onward ward in thy fleet career I 1 the wounded hind thou not now gt not maid through greenwood green wood I 1 bough Noll thou now thy 11 flying ying pace will with rivals in tho tile mouquin race rut but danger ileath death and warrior deed are in ili thy courso course speed maffo 01 speed XIV I 1 fast na as the fatal symbol flici in aims the huts and hamlets rise from winding minding glen from upland brown they poured floured eacer hanly hardy ten tenant int dow down n not slacked slick cd tho the messenger mes his pice pace he showed tha sign slen he lie named the place and pressing forward like the wind left clamour and surprise behind the fisherman forsook the strand the swarthy emith smith took tool dirk and brand with changed cheer the ablith lett left in the half cut swathe his the herds without w a keeper keeffer strayed the plough wits w as in mid furrow staid the fa calener tossed his hak away the hunter left the sta stag at bay prompt at tle the einal signal ofal rm each eon son of alpine rushed to anus arms so go swept the tumult and affray along uong the margin of authray alia alm I 1 thou lovely lake t hat eer oer thy banks should echo sounds of fear the rocks tile bocky thicket filepp 1 so stilly on thy bosom deep the larks ablith carol fra frain n th tin 3 cl ud t id seems for the scene too o 0 gayly ly loud I 1 XV speed speed tha lake is past Dunc hitte buts appear at last and peep like ano mom s grown rok rock halt balf con I 1 half in the corp u so green there bayot thou nit reit n it thy labour adma dma d gift their lord shill shall speed the signal on As A stoops the him k upon his ilia prey proy the kiench man a shot hin hini down domn tile way what accents load hie the gala gale the funeral yell the female wil wall A gallent hunters liun tere sport is oer A valiant arrion no mort mor who wa 10 in I 1 ti or the bluso at al Kofl aAe side his ilia plate pk 9 2 within i IReT a tall ll where torches I 1 ray supplied the excluded beams orada otray 1 lies danciu on hie big lowly bier and oer him stream streams his ills widows tear Illa stripling son stands mourn mournful kul by ilia youngest iwers but knowe not why by the village maids and viat nia rons round the dismal co resound to bt be continued conlin aed in nys bont ing I 1 |