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THE HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY APRIL 20. 1883.
"Weald to God that I had trusted less
FIRE AND SWORD: I to lying tongues,' and bethought me
esrlier of my duty to my poor people 1"
A STORY OF THE MASSACRE OF exclaimed the old Chief, in s voice of
GLENCOE. I deep emotion, as if seised with s sudden
feeling of remorse. if Ihtverary was
withiu twenty tulles of here I would not
rest coy head on a pillow till I had wen
Sir Colin, and settled my peace and con-
science by a sigued and witnessed ac-
eeptance of the 'Oath.' " But fate status
Armed against we. I have fifty miles of
a barrier to traverse, and the old Chief
struck his forehead despairingly in deep
mental agitation and distress
"No need of despairing sorrow, my
dear Gleucoe, " said pl*usible Barcaldine
"the Earl himself should be here to-mur-
row, and 1 ant sure will indorse your
allegiance to the Government."
"God Save the King !" put in the 1
Captain, bringing down his hand on the
table with a loud bang, and tossing tiff a
fresh beaker.
Barcaldine inclined his head in honor
of the toast, but the Glencoe party were
fixedly silent.
"Swords
ilent-
"Swords and pistols! I'm the only
King's man in the oomp.ny,"shouted the
loquacious Captain. Show me to my room
my dear Barcaldine, fur I'll be shot if I'd
consent to stay longer in • company of
dislo'&l, heather -smelling Jacobites,"and
acting on his word he staggered towards
the door, and passed out of the room.
Stepping to the door alter him Barcal-
dine leant over thebanister stair and cried
out, "Gibbie! Gibhie Glenbucket! show
the Captain to his room."
time "This way, Captain," said a voice in
Malcolm, while remembering, had the Lowland accent; "Jut pick an wile your
sense to overlook for the hour. steps wi' meanie care,fer this u the touch -
•'You said that the hour has struck-- I est lobby s. decent body was ever ca'd
that the year was out !" said Man, ad- I upon to walk owre. There na, Captain,
dressing the question to Ltarcaldine. I there na; jiet pick your steps cannie an'
"It is oven so," he answered ; "the , follow me." Gibbie was an old servant
hour has already struck, and, list, s ofBarcaldine'sand had • large knowledge
econd :lock in the house attests the of -human nature. Only a man of humor
troth of it." and genius could have thus adroitly, and
They all listened as if with one soaord, without risk of t'..:tectioa, poll the blame
and distinctly they heard the bell of the of the Captains addiction tothebottle on
large clock in the hall solemnly voicing the lobby flags•
CHAPTER XIV.
DISGUlkan VILLAINY.
IQuick step 'march ! ' and attempting W Tae rant, mlwiwtw••
storm the stair, the slightly naiaed Cap -
losing
huruaducn,Seostsr ()'Aonuhue,atai
tain dashed up throe of the steps, but J. J. Hawkins hate heoo,ue .u11potters
losing balance swung back, and falling or the Orange Incorp..ratton Bill. It is
against the unfortunate Glenbucket bun nut often that three soeh bright and shuts
inti tygbts are admitted to the Tory fold
him suddenly to the ground, and fell an to the public forum as advocates of
lengthwise reruns him. Orange iticorlr.ratiun at the same time,
The next moment Itarcaldiue and the We behave that on more than one coos•
Glencoe party were alongside of them, siva the distinguished Senator and Bro-
and the disordered Captain, thinking the tber Boyle lure escaped the attention of
the Yogis; Britons 01 That urooto by nn un•
enemy were upon, him, gathered him- usual disp y of thea peisstrian ytulitiee.
self together with great alacrity, and We have
sword in hand nude a rush on the
group.
' •Where is he 1 ' asked the Captain,
when he noticed Barcaldine beside him.
"Where is the gallant Glenbucket l „
"Here I am, " answered the domestic.
straightening himself up to his full
tilicitement and commotion stirred the
littl3 circle of malcontents immediately
the swaggering Captain had drawn his
sword against the young Glencoe Jaco-
bite, and bloodshed would inevitably
have supervened but for the plausibly
worded Interference of the host.
"What, gentlemen !" he expostulated
throwing himself between the rival
swordsmen ; "would you shed blood ?—
and
er
an-
other tame and place. This istneither •
barrack courtyard nor an open hillside.
This is an hospitabe board , and, listen,
time clock chimes the knell of the old
year rnd the Lirth of the new. Put
past your swords, gentlemen, and let an-
imosity dile with the dead year ."
"Well spoken, friend Barcaldine," re-
sponded M'Ian, signallying Malcolm to
pesos. The new year gentlemen health
and prosperity !"—and inviting the com-
pany to rtspond the sentiments, he filled
and drained a special beaker.
Obediert to the toast, *words were
•►upped and friendship ostensibly res-
tored, the braggard Captain, however,
iuutterint a threat of "having it out"
with the ' raw Jacobite" at some other
t' and place, an idle threat which
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Hon. Jus. G. Goodridge, of tlr.uklyn,
N. Y., writes: -" I cannot express my -
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self in sufficient taiseworthy terms of 0
height—which was not great. Burdock Blood Bitten, which I hate
"Safe 1" asked the Captain. used hie the past two years with great
•'Ou, ay ! safe aneuch, Captain, but benefit-
Pa•earnATION.. On Thur- sday. even-
ing, March 22nd, a number of the
friends and acquaintances of Mr. JoilVh
Bell, of the 12th contusion of Ashfield,
assembled at his residence and presented
Mrs. Bell with • magnificent silver but-
ter cooler, purchased from
a Mr. token
Wallace of this tillage, as
of the respect and esteem in which the
family were held by the resident+ of that
section for the pest serente.n yesss.
After the presentation a very_ pleasant
time +Mas spent, but owing to Me recent
sad bereavement in the death of firs. C-
Girvin, mother of Mrs. Bell, the friends
could not expose their appreciation as
they would otherwise have done. Mr.
Bell has sold his farm in Aabfield and
intends removing to his new one near
Goderich. —{Sentinel.
no vera sound. Od's Captain, ye re jut
a most fearfu' wecht tae fa' un a body—a
perfect Ben Nevis ! Hech, sin ! the
win's clean oot o' my rackit body ; ow,
ow !" and Olenbucket held his two aides
as if his corporation was about to imme-
diately separate into parts.
"The reserves are safe,' shouted the
the Captain, who had a o.ufused nation
that an imaginary enemy was planted
somewhere at the top of the stairw*y
"move forward in egheion of division;
Glenbucket, and I'll advance straight
from the centre,"
„Yes, that's sense," answered Barcal-
dine ; "Glenbocket, you take these gen-
tlemen to their rooms, and leave the
Captain to me-"
" Ay ! ay ! your honor '" promptly re-
sponded the reedy domestic ; he's a tine
chief the Captain, but his reckonin's a
wee thucht eject. Twa an twi s no four
wi' him the nicht. He's watered his
drain owre sair--a dangerous experiment
in could weather. Come this way, gen-
Zlemen ; oome this way "' and turning
about Glenbucket led the Glencoe party
forth the hour. I "Simply the d -est knock -pun -down -
domestic they -1 e
I want my bed, for if the Earl's tom-' Cowing of that city recently aentesced
M'Ianata,d while
theed, muco as a mar- and -pick -you -up -again„ ing down here to -morrow I must be up' one of the apenes to twprtaopme*t for
tile statue, while the knell of the old oughfare I ever walked is $arcaldine's, thirtysad at the Ovate fiat* Pve'
j ap "And I've mere Mimes and look my milling beet.”warnidays,thatevery breaker of the excise
year was being rung, and ere the echo of rejoined the Captain. " Breadalbsne will not be here to -and tottery every
convicted ed ba-
the last stroke of the bell had died away theft once told him so." I morrow," curtly answered Barcaldine• fore him may•expect imprisonment era
a bleat of wind, loaded with sighing "An' I've heard twa-three coy so forby' .• You said so to Glencoe, didn't you, I to the extent of • year, and a fine of any
amount within $500- We quite agree with
echoes, struck the windows n the room yea e d Captain," naively put in the long- eh 1" • a count ry that this makes the oat -
wherein they eat, and wailing discorso- headed Gibbie. "But put our feet doon "Not so loud, Captain, not so loud,' I look for law -breakers in flew York city I
lately round the house fora brief space, nice an' canny, an' follow me-' whispered Ilalcaldine " Come, I want 1 somewhat nutty.
tied shrieking away up among the neigh- "Lochaber axes"' roared the Captain,
word with you in private. You are !
n ever Hive eF
If you are sugaring with low and de -
Firewood spirits, loss cf appetite, general
debility, disordered blood, weak consti-
tution, headache, or any disease of • bil-
ious nature, by all mesas preeure s bot-
tle of Electric Bitters. You will be sur-
prised to see the rapid improvement that
will follow ;you a ill be inspired wits new
life; strengtand activity will return ;
pain and misery will cease, and hence-
forth you will rejoice in the praise of
to their respective bedrooms upstairs. Electric Bitters. Solei at bity Bents a
"Where's my blessed room, Batcald- I bottle by S. At1.osa t111
dine 1— I'm mixed somewhat "—said the
Lottery dealers are to be ut down with
Captain when left alone with his boat. a strong hand in New York. Judge
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Latest Aa tmelat to .1 (ono t r , also a tMI low of tihett Hard
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boring hills like a frightened ghost. as he swung a leeward lurch, and was on
There was s peculiar hollow ring in the point of failing entirely out of Glen -
the roaming blast, and the company su- I bucket's reckoning by plunging involun-
perstitioos to a fault, like all Hi.hland-
ers of the period, locked inquiringly at
each other, as if touched with a sudden
tarily into a side passage—"I'm a going
down a blessed hill now, I am! Glen -
bucket, where are ye I"
"Here I am, Captain," promptly an -
"A warring to some one in this house swered the domestic, "here whaur I
.remarked Barcaldine, looking round the should be, assisting a gontleman to find
hia way through the cruikiteat :,f crukit
passages. Od ? and I'm clean bate my -
eel', �alotain, that's served here fur near-
han' a score 0' years—clean bate tae tin'
defiantly about the room. my way and steady my steps. Obleege
"it's to the the warning wind speaks," me wi a bit haud o' your airm, Captain ;
wutterei. the olid Glencoe Chief, in a it'll help to steady my feet. There uta,
rapt and' seemingly half - unconscious .that's grand. 'Od ! l feel like a new man.
state, with- his eyes fixed out the ceiling. Come awe'. Captain, come awe'.
•'Tho loat moment of my term of mercy "Stop, stop, my good friend,'•exclairn-
with the Government has now expired, ed the Captain ; let's see—there," and
the '•oath' remains unaccepted, and the t.king a guinea from his pocket he thrust
breasts of my beloved people are lying it into the itching palm of Glenbucket, I
declared the coftrssior "s•_o-tr� y —
naked to the swords of the soldiery !•' and expressed thereafter his w illlingnese Therefore the too irirt,.i= :c�:.: neck
and, overcome with emotion, he sank in- to walk arm -in -arm with him over general I to the room they ha:. lately ,.+caged and i An10��an 1 (j n�jls a��� CtiJ1Ut►1{lll
to the chair, and drawing his hand across domestic flag -stones of the unetenest i 1 t a 1,4K of detention IPU idol Lll U
o' lay," or, if need be. through thickest
of thistles and heather.
Meanwhile Barcaldine had returned to
his Glencoe guests.
" If it's your pleasure," began Mien,
group.
"Well •iani'me !" exclaimed the loud-
- (pt-ala,"if it's rue ! come ghost
-or goblii., I'm ready !•' and he swaggered
sus
not drunk, Captain ?" Thyyouaands are beirfg cured tun, that
f Catarrh
'-As sensible u ten parsons,.. devout- every yearthad with Hall's said
Dodd
ly responded the Captain. hnot'be cured. 75 cents a bottle. Sold
" The Earl's policy," whispered Bar- i by George Rh naso sole agent for Code
caldine, " is to get Glencoe trapped, so rich. 3m
that the vengeance of the Government
may justly fall on, and for ever crush
hien. He is behind time with his oath
of allegiance, and is anxious to re
pair it, and so frustrate the pun-
ishment due to him by his obstinacy- and
disdeeds. Assist me in detaining him-hy
fair pretexts, and we shall both equally
earn the good Earl's lasting gratitude."
Slowly, as if awakening from a con-
fusing dream, the Captain perceived by
degrees the clear point of Barcaldine's
intentions, andt,thinktng it hie duty to
serve his king before his conscience—a
common error of tlg..t rude age —he
grasped the haul of his e ilv '.• -s• . and
Paints and Oils at Bottom Prices.
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his eyes, as if to clear away n -mist from
his sight. he bent his Mend forwird and
d
•audibly righed.
in a moment John and.M,tlenlno were
by his side, and supported hint with L d ns lief get to bed now, as the Lour
strong bn! kuodty aril•.
is late, and our long journey to -,limy his
"Now 11191 right, lads ; it's over, he . wearied me."
• said. "1 had a vision, and T saw for n F Your wish in that respect is my
oift'n, t a gleam of fore and sword in the Pleasure," responded the flattering hast.
filen, with a wail of sorrily tieing him •
"We shall just follow the Captain's ex-
:nd then dying allay lain amoong the' ample at once, and adjourn for the
'tilde." night. This way, gentlemen," and
Barcaldine threw r suggestive glance I leaving the room, they passed down -
u1 the direction of Captain Drummond,'
stairs. and along the passage whither
, sat `cwt. to ncuc
ed • t Glencoe ••n the oro r• I
,vho, however, fai'ed to perceive it, but
';ept seaggering abut the ri''m, with
,drawn sword, exclaiming - "Ghost or
;•obtin, I'm at yonr Meowed service, to
tight or socially fraternize ' Where are suite of bedrooms above, and towards
e, wandering and melancholy night•
this atalrway Barcal"line led the Glencoe
winds ? Unfelt] your misty forms, I
',pinta . f health, lyr goblins Itamn'd'' 1 pa 4y crunching the spot, voices were
This blade, which will match a Ferrara, heard riapparent intent high altercation, and
will rake your yet nnexploredlight•as'sir the formslp rent kat and the demand
internale to some purpose, Fee warrant, '
and, acting on the impulse, the Captain,' trance Captain were seen at the toot of
n who 11 the liquor was ool.vioualy work- the staircase expostulating apparently
ing, made several highly welly -Jimmie anent the practicability and non•practi-
thtusts, cut., ami tluuriahes with hisli cability of a 5Adittte•l advettturena
ae •ctt'.
trek d 1 1 la le at no king
Glenbucket and the Captain had plat
gone.
A narrow wooden stairway situated at
the extreme end of the passage l.od to a
to be used atattis • DLA27 Z.: FAC T-7 P. Arnd the wiVrol blew coldly c utei. e. I
and the anew fell ; l,•tt win latero avow
rtoui
il:l i,carts BABY CARR.IAG 8
were less coded and less beach than LJ�
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the malice of these two l,i•,tt o5 I9J
i„ BE ,'"\Tl'i"ri•- fYEAf?/Jr E
DHOW* i' tttnhrfr•.
Beware of the stuff that pretends to i
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'ith1; I,L%1)l\u L \I El'F-t"' ER.
rr- FURNITURE AT etOTTI IM 1'itli'F.-FOR CASH. -'s-
I have now t,tt hand a very large stock, such as
Chairs ofa71 kinds, Tables, Bedsteads•
Parlor Setts, Side Bow ds, Rat-
tan Chairs. BLC..
2 Doors West of the Post Ofce.-
CHAS. A. \A1RN
NEW FRUITS
��CHI�ISTtIAS.
these diseases or oti:u :.arena hni- ,
♦, a ♦sus
cure
nay, Urinary
or Licca Liacases, as they St
n y teltete fora tune n k y
o anti make you
ton times worse afterward.. but rely'
solely on Hop Bitters, the o•uly remedy
that will surely and permanently cure
you It destroys and removes the cause
r Sw•er,
Fire. aril Sw•�rL' '1'hrst` ware the
Face it ' • the Captain -was heard to
him : "ceMiea,
cf disease so effectually tloat it never re -
e. wile "mineral, uttered by Mien, and I exclasa', as they neared
1.11 tare it, thou" it were set n"anted
with all the ghosts and cubism. in the
pariah of Barcaldine- Advance, 1 Ben -
basket I" and drawing his sin 1 he
pointed the domestic in the directi..n ..f
the stairhead.
"tia, na. Captain, eel •stulate.l Glen -
bucket, "you gang tit` hot ' 1 dinna
mitetrice, a perhaps. out wauckie rare o' Procedure tic a 1.,,intea ar-
e cite lou•, that mon who will face death I as ,.0 ra in ytiur hand. tilt
at the camlon's I1 was meeting theenenty i -seal• up e
*brink; with a area rot n ce 1
„ the unseen are l sul.rrna taro • d for certain Ince Bair on the hips.
suporetiti,,ns iirst(.1 of impending troubled A diad atrael;cmeut, Captain ! a rale Mid
which had taken etrnng ponsaeion of pt n first, Ca
hair Chief's mind was alai tgmrvihetie- arrangementea 11 ' thing yont et sr gown coat-tail..
thsreol in large part by show
tlesc were the fatal wonja of the '•Pic•
lamati.m.'•
John ami Malcolm Macdonald hath
e•Arted. The epperstition of a forebod-
ing and forewarning fear clung to them
and chilled their blood. The supertwt-
ora) awes i.f the b ddcet of mer. Tt is
1 h lout nevertheless
1 month nnl botched will gement y ^7
f Iflt th
h i f nten,lc sunn
t 1 The staire, and being hock 'n the reserves,
f It sea
tunes..
("es &Tinware. NEW ARRIVING EVERY DAY
'sem sa�aee: son An Inspection Invited.
Well a. a:.rr. Buffalo,
Little Howard writes fr•on:
N. Y.:—"My sygstem becaw,c greatly de-
h
eens
dclitesedsuffered from irausea professional
sickhead-
duties ;
eche and biliousness. Tried Burdock
Blood Butters with the ni..1t beneficial
effect. Am well as ever.
ame 14eil kt-e,rii in
oe crteotioe with the lHar Ret ewer,which
'stores grey hair to its natural cola r by
a few weeks use. Sold at :•() cents per
bottle by ,lames Wilson. 2i9
i Ir -I tete IF, Mese,." Often unable to attend l business. c
lug subject t.o
serious disorder of the
kidneys. clgttsa
tried Burdock Blood Bitters ndwas re-
lieved
by halt a blonde- Mr. 1{. Tuner,
of Rochester, N. Y., takesthepains to
write.
Headache. Biliousness, Dyspepsia and
Constipation promptly relieved and
cured by the use of Dr. Carson'stttownach
and Constipation Bitters, As a family
'medicine
1they !e far
aunt sl.eti, r to pills;
In
Rryaipelas, hcr,fula, Salt Rheum,
andBloododimwit* all
ood are b
dBurdock Blood
Bitters. It purges all foal humors from
a s
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