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THE HLJ (ON .SIGNAL, FRIDAY MAY IS. 1883
.FIRE ArDOhD:
A STORY OF THE MASSACRE Of
GLENCOE.
CHAPTER XVIII.
ME "OATH" Itat•r:IAED—BYTt`NN Tecase-
COL
civic sense it was luc.lty au imi«.rtaut dais " oath" (from Colonel Hill at Fort
township. It was • royal berth, and \Villein' down to the absent tiberiff of
was the seat of the Courts for country
towns, its Magistrates paasevtng both
civil and criminal jurisdiction ey r irtue
of the heriditsry authority of Sheriff of
Justiciary being rested in th( Arttylll
fatuity.
Curious eyes were turned on the Olep-
coe men, who were at once known to be
strangers, as they, passed through the
tt wn, and a great spluttering .•f tongues
.The clear light of day was streaming
through the &hong hole -window of the
shepherd's c . at Cladich when M'Ian
awoke from his feverish and rootless
slumbers.
In anxious and truubled dreams he
had '►uticipated the purpose of nis mis-
sion by securing an audience of Sir Colin
Campbell, the Sheriff of Argyllshire, and
had in fancy tendered and had his oath
ut submission accepted. %'.►king up
from his slumber his heart aguiu sank
within him on finding that he was still
ten or twelve shine d.tant from Inver-
ary, and that the success of his mesion
had been but •u illusive dream, and the
common superstition of tho.Zule of oppo-
sites usually attaching itself to dreams
still further reddened his mind, and sank
the fire of hope "which still smouldered
in his distressed heart.
The Cladich shepherd's cot. cotsisted
simply of the urinary "but an' ben" of
the respectable Scottish peasant, end
Wien, hearing voices in the kitchen,
guessed the family to be stirring, and
made an effort to get up and join them.
In this, however, be was unsoccesful,
the exposure and protracted hill jouniey
of the previous night having completely
benumbed and stiffened hie aged limbs
Turning bis head where he lay, he no-
ticed that Malcolm and his son John
were still asleep, so ba spoke t,. them
and roused them from slumber.
Malcolm was the tint to spring from
his humble pallet, and was speedily fol-
lowed by John, neither of whom was in
tt ationa1 and re-ar-
Itiverary) was n e p
ranged, the harrowing suspicion was
natural and excusable under the circum ' ing int —Betio.
staucws. He hal erred, to the Ent Ago book is the best of friends --
place, in delaying to " submit himself the same to -day and -1'up[er.
•
till the last day or grace but the error \\ a are is liabiu to forever. -:- corrupted by
Inas a hhi minded and chivalric one, bu bks as by Wmpuiious.---Fielding.
with nothing mean or Wwardly is it, The box,k to read is not the 0110 that
and sena mstrict keeping with the serif- ,I thinks for you, but the one which makes
mesio and peewee traditions of the un- you think. --Dr. McCosh.
nesgaa ea Mee..
(1f staking many books there h110 cad.
—Bible.
A b .ok's a book although there's meth-
wh
h 1 urdaired pita to Without grace nu1'1,uok tau live, and
followed on the diso,ve,y that they w, re Ifortunate but heroic sept sero ew 1
the tartan -check of the Glencoe Macdon 1 hentary right a I with it the poorest may have its life pro-
aids. owe,
The Sheriff chambers were in the un- ( M'Iart, however, despite his anxiety, longed.—H. Walpole.
Books that you may carry to the tire,
mediate vicinity of the old Cantle—a .s'ept soundly and well. The exhaustion
strong edifice, the ruins of which were ! of nature had come to his aid. and his and
useful readily
in you
hand are the
finally cleared away within the last fifty .lumbers were deep and dreamless.•
on.
years. f boob in a library is
As forecasted by Wien,
Approaching the half-dozen of law,
broad steps fronting the entrance door, scow - anew everywhere ; on hill -tap and
the morningThe quantity o
dawned in a white and prevailing mist of ' often a cloud of witnesses of the ignorance
of their owner.—Oxenstiern.
A taste for books is the pleasure and
glory of my life. I would not exchange
it Gotha glory of the Indies. --Gibbon.
Of the things which we candour make
here below, by far the must momentous,
wonderful and worthy are the thing xe
call books. —Carlyle.
Every book is good to read which sets
the reader in a working mood. The deep
book, no matter how remote the subject,
helps us best. —Emerson.
It is books that teach us to refine our
pleasures when young, and which having
so taught as, enable .ens to recall them
with satisfaction when old.—Leigh Hunt.
The books which help you most are
those which make you think most. The
hardest way of learning is by easy read-
ing, but a greet book that come* from a
great thinker—it is a ship of thought
deep freighted with truth and with beau-
ty.—T. Parker.
M'Ian desired the others to remain l•e- iu hollow ; in glen and in glade , ou
hind a moment until he had learned
whether the Sir Colin could be seen.
He had not been absent many minutes
when he returned, with a staggering step
and such an expression of countenance
as foreboded ill tidings.
" Bad news, lads ; bid news," he said, leaser but more picturesque porphyritic
leaning en the arm of his son John for were elevations
of fl Dunoiquoichded. and
d DuntoralNot
soli-
tsupport. "The Sherifftdreturned, to his- tary peak not blaek, rugged hill escarp -
seat at Ardkinprlas* yesterday, not feel-
ang well, but is expected in town to- meat but was smoothed and outlined in -
morrow." Thus in a moment of timo to the softest and whitest of elopes sad
the eztraorditary effects which the heroic curves. The save where
alone ►'a wind -lifted
showed'
ela
ck
eld Chief had nude to repair the fatal and
consequences of his omission in the mat- waters fell in a fringe of foam all round
the sweep of the hay.
But the dorm of snow brought with it
• fresh disappointment to M'Isn.
In the course of the day word came to
the Sheriff 'it chambers that on accuunt
field, and street, and house -top, and
lofty castle turret.
It had fallen during the night, and
the sky was still full of it. Bettbui, the
highest hill of the district, was thickly
fleeced from crown to base, and the
ter of taking the " oath " within the
prescribed time, had been set at nought,
and his self-denying exertions rendered
apparently futile. Barcaldine and his
associate in duplicity, Captain Drum-
mond, had played their heartless game lel the impassible state of the roads Sir
well, and accident bad made the Bard Colin would not venture out till the fol -
they handled a winning one. lowing day. And the following clay
Stepping down in the direction of the o.me, but with it cane not the Sheriff
little stone quay, M'Ian, feeling weakly, and the third day came round, and Sir
rested for a moment on the base of the Colin came not yet. Then Milan's heart
old Ionian Cross.,+hich then stood in died utterly within him ; and he cursed
the centre u[ the old town of Invera Fate, and wished to die. But the fourth
any way affected by the exertion* of the ry day brought the delayed Sheriff to his
road, both being young teen of splendidea
ip new duos in the new. 1 u@icial chamber and the Glencoe party
and unwsstel muscular force and nerve. The show was now slowly but surely had an audience of him.
Briefly M'Iar: stated his mission, urg-
ing him t.. accept his "oath" at once,
but Sir Colin declined at first to act, as
the time f. -r eo doing was expired by six
days, it being now the 13th of January.
bi'Iau eai.lained the cause of delay,
producing in ►ttestation of his words
Colonel Hill's ;.asaport and interim certi-
ficates, and importuned him with tears
in his eyes t•• -. swear'' hum, Out the
S`.ierid still pretested he Lad no authori-
ty to accept an " oath " rendered so
late.
" My God, Sheriff exclaimed Mien,
" aro my poor people to suffer for my
mistake ? I cannot, will not believe it.
The Government of tae King is power ;
let them be also generous. I insist on
your acceptance of my oath."
Hot arguments and excited w••r,is fel-
lowed on both sides--M'Iau pleading
the urgency and juatnese of his claim,
which the Sheriff stoutly repudiated.
" For the sake • f your people 1 will
tale you within the f:.ld.' at last acceded
Sir Cnlir., and having said se he imme-
diately proceeded t , •• .:ve:tr. ' M'Ian
and his attendants.
"I shall retain Colot.t•! Hili's letter."
said the Sheriff. " It as,ist• toy rose."
The request 'van pto;ni fly :o:e, !.ti.l to,
"Gc,d L-earen b! !•rause.:. ex-
claimed the old Chief, overcome with
grateful emotion " NOW lads. we may
count ourselves out of the lion's den. ,n1
make the best , f -nay lack t, the
Goer..' -
Aud ti:: :.ca: flay r.:w tl.enr begin
their L i.:eeard journey. Ikut the ter-
rible tragtr.iy of blcud winch w:ts sc•or. to
follow sleeved w greatly ellen Lad
Inieca.atcd tee .p r.er. •ity of his wily
foes
"God help me !" sighed the aged
Chief, when Malcolm stood by him ; "I
am undone for the rest of the journey,
I fear, short as it is. My limbs are stiff
as poets. Give me something warm to
drink."
Thus instructed, Malcolm promptly
secured the assistance of the shepherd's
young wife, whose family consisted of
one promising cradle child ; and by vir-
tue of her kindly ministrations, and hie
own indomitable power o1 will, M'Ian
was soon ab'e to sit up in a choir and
partake of a hearty and refeshin_ break-
fast.
' La►L, Jads," he suddenly enc: ,iuted,
reteliecting the urgency of his life or
death mission, "we cannot waste any
mote time nursing our tired limbs before
this woman's kindly hearth ; we must be
up and ganging while the snow holds off
and the toads remain clear ; to y,.ur
staffs, lab—to your stats ' Fasten my
plaid about my shoulders, John, and
we'll once more face the road. -
'You feel once more strong for the
road r' said Mal 1
drifting down, and the waters of Loch-
fyne, stretching for miles seawards,
looked inky black by contrast with the
fastwhiteneiog shores.
" This is truly an unfortunite busi-
ness, lad," remarked M'lan after a
lengthened pause. "Its as my dream
read it to nue—then bright and success-
ful, now a dark and foreboding failure.
Alas for my poor people of the Glen '
" There is nothing for it but to accept
fate and hopefully await the iasue of to-
morrow," replied Malcolm
" Hope "' ejaculated the aged Chief-
tain, starting to his feet and placing his
hand over his heart. '' Alas, it died
here on the discovery of this last ueleek-
ed for disappointment."
" Ardkinglass," said John, the Chief's
son, " where is Ardkinglass situated l"
" In the Lechgoilhead district," an-
swered M' Ian, "somewhere near the
head of the Loch, un the eastern side.
Let us return, lade, and find quarter in
the inn...
Ardkinglasa, once a stronghold '1
oa (7, m.
"The distance is short, lads,' replied great power, though now a scarcely
Milan ; "and spent though I be I shall noticeable ruin. was situated. as M'Ian
manage to cover ue had intimated, as the head of Lochfyne,
Thus prit'ared, the old Chief hent on th eastern side. it originally con:-
rlsed three massive and separate towers
kindly down and'j,uttiug a gold coin into considerable elevation 'in 1 ;real
the chubby haul of the occupant bf the oof cons, the spaces between which were
wicker -cradle, tour thereafter a friendly defended by a s:rof:g t _vestim; •:,...1leave of lois host and his "brag yourfg fifteen feet high and "f pr. puutiouate
guid•wife," and set out once more on the thickness Arovud the Castle area and
rte• inside the walls were smaller buildings,
The walk free Cladich te inverary used as lelgie,;s for retainere. ,t•erage
was a anupanttively level and east one, ,,f arms, stabling. and other 'ike too
The morning air was refreshing, if cold, poaetr.
and strengthened by the short rest they Sir Colin CuapuEli, ti.e hes t for all
Lad had, with the end of their weary I Argylestero and pr•;prietor , 1 the Castle.
journey at laud, they held firmly on, did not usually reside there, but •,ccu-
:►Ialcolnt speaking cheering iu oda by the pied with his family a mansion 1, •use a
way, amid and M'Ien with heroic unset little further north, the ruins ofwhich ( —_ ____
fishness, making light of hos eshannted the local antiquary tai: still pr int • ut. elediea'. t :en retumn.end their pa- aching limbs. The mansion Louse spoken of nceuptel a I tient. to use Dr t'arsen'a Stomach Bit -
For seveiel miles they kept tl:e coon m rd►np; ..—.— e n t :.o, otos ten. It is a mild. yet effectual laza-
f the1 1 bowels
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Mr, Sutherland Johnston, a Sarnia
Druggist has sold an enornsons quantity
of Dr. Carson's Stomach Bitters. He
says they give splendid satisfaction.
They act promptly in relieving all dis-
orders of the Stomach, Liver or Kidneys
and are the "Bed Blood Purifier." For
sale by all Druggists at 50 cents a bottle.
Arthdr Sullivan, the well known
music composer; George Grove, editor
and writer, and George A. MacFarren,
Mus. Dix., have been createci,,knights.
i.
•ter Drives atones.
NEW ARRIVALS
.i. E. Mercer, Madoc, Out. ,says : Last
summer I over -drove a very tine horse
which was perfectly sound when I bought
hitn ; the over -driving caused a bone spa-
vin. Hearing of Dr. Dow's Sturgeon
Oil Liniment from the proprietors of the
stable, I purchase] a bottle, the use of
which made hint perfectly sound. 1
have driven hire ever stun• without any
sign or any return ..f the spavin. This
always on hand, and will bested cneap lot c,..b, or Le exchanged for wood. Casts `
is
conclusive. paid for old iron. sEE(�MiLLKR & CO. •
Foundry
Guderieh p
Every child's name and address should
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GENTLEMEN, --By request of a large nue.lter of the yeomen of theCuntry
we have decided to manatacture
RE.dE'ING- .AND MOWING- MACI3INE8,
in connection with our Plow business 1, r the year 1t.8d, which for material ani
workmanship will be secoud to mt ne. Pe toot trite your orders for reapers or mow
era until you see those manufactured by no. We.e iii attend all the spring fairs iu
Countpect our
W e will wa which
rrant will
lur machve inee s t e, 1 eelsas e. e' d work las at y ity ethersinade. W las
so have a number of good
LAN ID rt 0 L LE R S
for the digin: tend.•.
COOKING STOZTES
r>mantic) Glenara, they passed within
view of Dundarrow a castellated strong-
hold of the Argyll Campbells - and final-
ly entered. with high hopes, the snug
little 1t•w1141.e. of Inver:ay.
"God be praised - fervently epaculat-
edthe rgetl Chief when they trod the
,farrow therou:;hfare forming the main
street of the Letg. "We have nut arriv-
be written on its clothing. If this were
done it would tea great convenience to
the police. and would save its parents
many an anxious hour. Nearly every
day there are instances of policemen pick-
ing rap stray children, who are not old
en.•ugh to tell their names or where they j
live. There is no other course in such
cases but to take the little ones to the
police station and await the arrival of the!
parents. It is easy to seethe advantages:
of having a child's name and address on
its clothes. The polies could tell at once
where to take it, and the parents would
not le consumed with fear lest it had fall-
en int., the bay or been run over in the
street. Tho little ones frequently stray
away and are not missed for an hour or
two, and then there is an excitement and
everybody bet ,ions alarm d. All this
c,•u'd be avoided by parents writing the
names and seat -eases .1 their children on
their clothes.
sresires•r's apeedy .'are.
From the many remarkalle cures
wrought by using McGregor's Speedy
Cure for Dyepepaia. indigestion, Consti-
pation and .lffectit•u of the Liver, and
f -cm the immense *ale of it without any
advertisine, we have concluded to place
it extenairely on the market, s.. that
those who suffer may have a perfect cure.
Go to Geo. Rhynes' Drug Store and get a
trial bottle free, or the regular size at fif-
ty cents and .one dollar.
\ DE.IadaLg Boos. —The Passenger
Department of the Detroit, Lansing and
published fob gratuti:..u.; distribution
among the patrons of the line, a pamp.h-
DANIEL GORDON
CABINT�,T �QAKER,
TIIE LEADING lJ N il�'�;Ilre'r, E[1.
-'te FURNITURE AT t'r''!"IU ' ^T:TCFe FOR CAMEO -tis
I have now on i.,utd .o t , t 1 tr:. c': • a+ich as
Chairs ofa]1 kinds, -rabies, Bedsteads
Parlor Setts, Side Boards, Rat-
tan Chairs, S.c., 8Lc-,•&.C.
2 Doors West of the Post Office
CHAS.
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A. NAIRN
it tNi' t '•)L1 i'RI -0 It '•1
New Fruits, Groceries, Provisions, etc.,
-An Inspection Invited.
r
tut - ET HOUSE tQt-At'h
Curthern Railroad of Michigan, has - -.
more commanding . cite, freeing stomach and let of eighty ei:ht pages containing a
large s:mount of informat�in valuable to
from all ic: uritirs, resto,es the apps• het t and t wine -se man. The work
but was i nsccure ut:rin, root+
tierce iuternecire strife, which wt•re en- tite and aids digestion. In large rt ounce
ountainsisileacriptionsof the more notable
ly too common in those dais: tee Hato- bottle, f.+! cettta
t and his fatni y finding a safe i efwre '
pleasure resorts of Michigan, all.•f which
ne ere to 11 reached by means of this line
within the' Cootie proper when danger; Mi. Jus; tte Tcrtauce .n Men..ay. etre of railroad and its connections, and is
fennel judgment at Maltreat, annulling toI dd
threatened.
tis reside;: a that the she• ' casts against Mr. Mousseen The writincd'csesInc o t th emcee where galosh known
oleic with illustrations, n a item
the Jac..uee Cartier (local) election with in gives the game lawa of Michigan and
It w -as to tl
•
riff had gone on the previous dbeer. ay. and i has already issued 1,.r a new elr T
se to abound, he pamphlet may be had
as the alleged indisposition • f Sir Colin 1 tion. S•• tar Mr Moasea' ti the , oily on application t, Wm A. Carpenter,
forbade a violent inatrusiun on Lis poi-
cat.diolate General Passenger Agent. at Detroit,
_ Mice.
ed an Lour coon anon, lads : a storm is vacy. the Glencoe party- iuutr+•l it pro-
, •ming on : look the sky is full of de- [lent to await ie if •i too• issue of the
scemling arrows !" Such wait, indeed, the nest tiny.
truth. From Ceulchconnel to Catrndowo tl ra►'sra at tee inn were aca+eniulgly
tar as the eye could reach, the heavens btainetl. anti :t i.,•ua yet n,. ut"re than
• grey and depressed h>•okia_
with .o •
an brut belowwe clic Glow...the, •i fate stinel et meal . and e:teeity
tee lire large. sileu', fsa -
halloo oning., u.t ant feet
The old town tf Inverary, which they
w err 1 t sintering, was merely a fisher-
uau ;.:.mist prior to its occupation toy
tote At .y l family iu the fourteenth con•
fury, anti street en the froist of tl.e lawn
immediate:y b.f•ors the site '-f the "M
''astle. which too supplanted as a ducal
esidence by the present l.andsoom
e iii. e. eroded in 1843. Mi. r to the
,mmencenve tt of t he imon•t eiuents tui
to Argyll resicleuee. twee in l' le, the
too t ta•naliir .if inreraty ltd the rept:-
+'on of being estsrnally nothing better •
and .
had m-
w
thtr Aa had taen stayed up f •: oirnaer. beton. o
milting themor,ves
rest and luxury of
the eltrstrdinary
demon('.
to• the much nestled
The sunseo eye, the Nett; cuntpiecioq
the disfgarirg eruptions on the face, in-
dicate tint there is eon:tithing wrong go.
ing to within. lexpel the lurking foe to
health Ayer's fearsaparilla was dei iced
ft,r :hat puttee/0 , and .1• .v e
Itruagists tt,r•ugt..,ut the t_ouutry a
speak highly .4 Dr. parson s Bitters.
! The general •'pinion expressed s that it
a be.l, c••n!o• luent on
woos the best satisfaction of any moil-
fatiette they is 1 un- cine they sell, and never hesitate t,• re-
commend i' in all cases of Disordered
'fitmwach, ltitnusneaa r indigestior.
Having duly refreshed in ('rice f1m0 cents s Bottiv
with a frugal dinner. they afterwards re- --
tired too reit. it being yet early in tL• a sires& tMsr•.err.
*fern, +•n, learitta the rest of et -mon -ow IovfTeat
is daily ringi bringing •y t'. luehaby *awlmany ofhttses
in the hands of Hear en' thousandseir
dear ones Rom an catty grave. Truly is
The misf•nture and disappoint mentos Dr. Kings new Diwc•veryfor Consamp
a'lti.h vete i urea:n; Mian a steps like tion. Ceatths, Colds, Asthma, 9rersehic6,
a Ne.uesia epee have been entirely- acs-, he TVefer, Pun iof Pkde olid CUtast, ottg i
dental ; but if the heroic and pelt•sacri- ! any diseasereat of the Thrt,at and est, , a
being rid Chieftain he•i a suspicion in posit ire cure. ty ltI:tra j een.�Trialaft.t
',;,
kilo
1 whiih 1.i+ rev*Mat could not , ties free, tit •t
ii,e. Later
- mai Strieftet.r ',f ' siao #' Or
N-, 1ceetehold should lir considered
complete without a bottle of Dr. 'Van
Buren's Kidney i'tire is in the clout
It is flee only remedy that sill positively,
permanently and p•iLimps ly cure all eros
tf kidney diseases. Mold by J. Wiled"
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