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A STORY OF THE MASSACRE OF
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GLEN COE.
CHAPTER XXIII.
DISTRL'yr-1L*IILYJN'n a►OVIYIN1M
warc•aan.
Allister Macdonald had the assurance
of Captain Glenlyon that nu mischief was
meant against the then of the Glen, and
that the putting of the soldiers under
arms that night was merely preparatory
to a raid aga:ntt ante recusant Glengarry
men.
But the arrest of Allister s trusty do -
meat ce and henchman, Hector Maodunald,
was an unaccountable and suspicious cir-
cumstance taken in connection with the
warning words to the group of brother
clansmen whom he paved on the road -
"Beware of to•inorrow morning et
four !
Everywhere throughout the Glen, ton,
the guards had been doubled, and there
was an unusual stir observable wherever
a military outpost was placed.
Allister r tint impulse was to return
Fuck to Invercoe and acquaint the Chief
wito what had transpired at Inverriggen
the hour precious, and acting on the im-
pulse he for'hwith set off for his father's
Louse, and related in brief •terma what
had occurred, expressing the fears hehad
of a treacherous and murderous design
en the part of Glenlyon, and of the ne-
cessity of alarming the Glen.
'•Nay, nay, sty son,' replied M'Isn.
`•Your fears are natural, butquiteground-
1ese. I have the Captain's warmest ex.
pressin- i and ass..;:.r. cs of friendship.
You must be mistaken in the doubling
of the guards, and the stir amongst the
soldiery may be occasioned by a more
frequent relief of the men on account of
the extra severity of the weather ; the
snow, I see, is coming down again."
"I distrust Glenlyon, and I am posses-
sed b fear f his trschery " insisted
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"It looks bad," admitted the other ;
"let us keep a strict watch over the
movements of the party quartered in the
village "
"I am convinced that Glenlyon uterus
mischief to us before daybreak, John,
and 1 will not trust my head ens pillow
this night. If it were only fair fight on
the open heath, I would nut au much
dread it ; but the murder done under
the mak of night ! It sickens the heart!
But, with the help of heaven, the devil-
ish varve, if actually meant, will be frus-
trated, Let us go inside." This Allis-
ter said as he reached the threshold of
his own door, and,lifting the simple latoh
which "barred" it, he and his brother
John stepped inside.
Allister on entering found his young
wife sitting before a tire of peat anxious -
awaiting his delayed return.
Glenlyon, she told him, had been
twice at the house within the past hour
making close inquiry as to his where-
abouts and the nature of the business on
which he was absent, on neither of
which Minta she was able to enlighten
him. '
"Captain Glenlyon is a bad, plotting,
evil -hearted man, Janet -uncle thoughs
he be to us -and, I fear, he meanour
hour to -night," said Allister, and going
towards an inner room he returned with
a pair of short broadswords, one which
he handed to his brother John, and
thereafter began buckling round his own
waist the one retained.
We will be betterto fore -aro ourselves
against possible attack," he added, when
he had effectually fastened oa the waist -
belt to which the sword -sheath was at-
tached : "one feels safer armed."
"Allister, my dear husband," pleadedw
his young wife, "you shurely don't me
the using of arms to -night 1 Tell me
what has happened. Has Glenlyon
quarrelled with you -or what 1"
"Not that exactly, wife; but he has
put our dutnestic, Hector, under military
arrest, and I meat: to know the truecause
amongst ; and aongst s rabble of drunk-
en red -coats one is the better of being
y a ° protected agttnat insult, or actual person-
Alo Thea, Allister, try son, if you are .o' al assatut," aad saying so he stuck pair
a
of leaded pistols in his belt under cover
apprehensive of danger to ourselves and of the amps plaid of eheekered tartan
to the tenantry, eet ye back at once to which depended in massive fulls from
Inverriggen, taking your brother John his shoulder,
with you, and set a watch on Glenlyon's Tske care, Allister, how you art " ad -
proceedings. But it commit be as yon wised his wife, as the two brothera pre -
think. I amt a here him at dinner to- pard to go ; "remember we are in the
morrow, :tad I-wfi11 learn the cause ort power of the "red -costs, and speak and
Sector's most and of this unusual stir act with caution. I will sit up till your
among the s.ddiery." retuns ; the fire is good."
In thie'Oay the aged Chief, honorable "We will return by midnight or there-
in his own dealings with his g. Oita, about," replied Allister, and, mottled to
stroke to dismiss from his own mind, and the chin. the two brothers stepped out
the minds of his domestics and retail.:rs, one* more upon the road.
any lv;'cing suspicion of treachery on "Looks a wild night, John,' remarked
the part of the redcoats. which their the younger, u they took the path look -
words or: mnrements might chance to. ing to Glenlyon's headquarters, a mile
awaken ; and, lulled to s false security south of the village.
by the repeated professions of respect "Yes, indeed," answered the other ;
and friendship proffered by Glenlyon, "there's as much avow in the skies yet
the venerable and high-minded chieftain as will fill the hollows of the Glen level,
laid his head on the pillow that night and 4he wind's as keen's a knife."
with little sense of ntis$iving, and with This was no more than the truth. The
nothing of actual fear. Had he been night sky was thick with descending
made aware that Captain Drummond, snow and the winds were whirling and
who had wilfully and culpably assisted in eddying down the great central gorge of
detaining. him at Barcaldine House when the Glen with a� cutting edge of steel.
time .was a question of life or death. had NSt • ray of moonlight nee a glimpse of
that same in .rning arrived in the Glen, nalpitatin4 starlight was anywhere vis -
he would perhaps have been st:,rtled out ible in the grey strip of sky which roofed
of his f..tctl Benno of security. But of the cloven walls of the great Olen.
that fact he was no; qct aware•. 8, lat. Within the vast solitude of the Glei
er on. ho disntisaed his two eonit with a. nota font was stirring, neither was seen
F,le••su:r. aid retire.] in due course to 'solitary bird on the wing ; but every -
sleep It the night where along thetsow-clad pathways the
The si.•,w. which had ceased to fall silente and' wintry desolation of death
during the course of the afterno .n, was depressingly prevailed.
agaihdritting heavily down when John ApproachingGleclyon's quarter,, they
and Allister Macdonald left their:fathers found themselves all at once within view
house at Irivircoe. and strode back to• of a sentinel's post, where, instead • d a
wards Inverrizge:: • solitary red -coat, :they observed not less
Tido weather had suddenly set in sharp then eight or ten men armed. It was
and cold after three weeks of open spring their purpose to get near them, so as to
airs, and a cold, cuttin_ wind was blow- overhear their conversation and watch
ing through tine snow and pilings and their movements without being seen .r
drifting it in great heaps itt tire• valley* hoard in tura. Load talk was being
---weal inouwtein. ,roves eF-the in, and, favored --by the thick-
nea of the snow storm, the two Macdr.n- . present myself and interfere at all rinks ;
alds crept stealthily on all fours to with• a worthy dosiestie must not be slough -
in hearing distance enobserved. tered without cause."
rection of the tau hidden Macducalds. Another minute, and they were by its
he stared enquiringly and menacingly side.
thee' the thick atmosphere of snow. "God help us. !" exclaimed Allister,
"Let's rise and run !" whispered Allis- "it's cur own Hector, and he's dead !"
discovered," and quick as and lifting up the yet bleeding head, he
gaze! dumbly Into the staring eyes of the
dying man.
"No, not dead," feebly articulated the
murdered domestic ; "only dying, Allis-
ter. Your car, my lad -your ear -
quick '"
Allister bent • ready ear to the speak-
er, and half supported him iu an upright
posture.
"Take this, Hector," said the elder
Macdonald pulling a drandy flaak from
his pocket ; "a mouthful will rewire
you."
"No, au," gasped the dying clansman;
"your ear, Allister, your ear. Closer !
Closer yet ! Beware of the red-ooets-
alarm the Glen ; tomorrow morning be-
fore daybreak the r•ed-creata will be on ;�7
ye ! Beware !" and thus delivered of the
ter ;
"we are
thought the two athletic mountaineers
bounded out of sight and hearing of the
outpost, and were presently in deep and
secret converse within thecover of au ad-
jaoeut wood of firs.
"The riddle is read," said Allister to
his brother John, when they found them-
selves secure from observation within the
thick shadow of the wood. "If proof of
Glenlyen'a intended treachery were
wanted it is surely here. Our ears deceive
us not, Glenlyou mune blood !"
"It looks bad at the best Allister,"
confessed the other, "and I could not
but for this have believed Glenlyon
guilty of such base treachery. To share
our board and grasp the extended hand
of friendship, with malice and treachery
hidden in the heart, is surely the vilest
of shifts."
"Argyll and Breadalbane are at the
bottom of this," rejoined Allister, "and
the influence of that arch -plotter, the
Master of Stair, ia through it all. The
red-ooata are less guilty than their court
superiors."
"Rascals all !" ejaculated the elder
Macdonald ; •'and 1 could wish to near
ure steel with some of them --the titled
courtanesking dastar'ds ! Bat what, Al-
lister ! are we to retrain passive, and see
the plat to exterminate us pushed for-
ward to a suecessful end! By heavens, I
will—"
"Lower, brother ; speak lower," whis-
pered
hirpered the younger Macdonald," put us
pass the sentinel outpost by • detolr,and
see how things are looking at Glealyun's
own headquarters. We are already
within hail of them, and they can be ap-
proached with safety from • wood at the
back."
"Then, let us at once go hence, bro-
ther, for the midnight wears ou apace,
and every moment of time is precious."
Thus forwarned of the approaching
trouble, the tw . Mscdonalds pushed
their way throuTh the interstices of the
thick wood of firs in which they had
sheltered themselves, and, emerglug it
the further end, stealthily crept round
on the far side. of Gknly.,n's cantonments
by a lung and circuitous detour to the
south.
"Let us first observe the movements
of the camp," said Allister, "and after-
ward we lolly epe.sk the sentinels, and,
asking a word with Glenlyon,make a re•
quest to him to he allowed to converse
for a moment with my imprisoned
domestic, Hector. He, I know, Would
die any day to serve me or mine, and I
will not stand by and see him deserted
of friends in his hour of need."
With swift and agile steps they hur-
ried stealthily forward now scaling some
"It lecke a bad night, John," remark -
the younger brother as they pushed
along, "and 41 that rascal Glenlyon is
after mischief, this is the night r maul
tit. Escape from the Glen would le next
impossible en such a night as this is.'•
-Ay, faith, Allister," replied the
other, "lint it would be sore on the 'red-
coats too, and I fear they i ,•nld not Ice
able to fall ,w us fr.. We could .play
tnetn s dance in the 'Devil's Staircare,'
for instance, or half wt.y up tI., el, van
rides
4.1 tt.c 'i'cak c' the Pals: ones
there. they w^old be smart vel.• arena
fel; .w.
•They h:tt e alt .} v their w:.sket Lulls,
the tub, ,l ul. n, whereas a Ibre ..aald has
nett Ogg better tl.att leis a.t'i.. Pot w Ma -
pt r ' ere ate albs ulife g an 'tat poet 1
.4e the chain of steel Ihrts,;h the said
.1 falling snow.
The ot:tl. •at hi:uocp t Lit ,1 .ut a
mc• re g.1 yards ahead, and romp', ' f a
temporary woe Ion erection, placed there I
for the shelter and accomnviatki .1
sr!nary senting 1
Tl.c tnMy 1 ,reales. ;,ate tL•r l.tas•
t reel on approaching, and were quick to
notice that the little but vas eroe.itd
, Itti red.eoata, who armed anxious in
racier , their s._h t.
' tt hat think yv , f that. J.d n : atiil
hr •11.er eh.•• fl.. t hid I
rocky knoll, slippery with snow flakes,
now leaping the narrow gorge of some
swollen hill torrent, and anon flounder-
ing through the accumulated snow drifts
in the hollows of the Glen.
"Nay, brother,do not shake the snows
from off your plaid," remarked Allister
as the elder Macdonald made an effort to
lighten his shoulders. "The snow drift
will help us to hide from the observation
of the picket. With n mood thack of
snow on the bonnet and shoulders we
will be about as undistinguuhahle amid
the snows as a pair . f whito-fcathered
Ptarmigans.'
"A good suggestion," rejoined the
elder Macdonald. "We can creel as
near the red -coats as we wish without
fear "f detection. Yonder is Ilonlyon s
cantonments in the hollow. Cautious 1,
Heads low." -
"Yes," replied Allister. ''and sen, a
picket is marching towards the shadow
of yon dark fringe of ct.ppiee. L^t us
push round by the back.'
"They march a prisoner," rejoined the
elder Macdonald.
"What if it should prove to be Hec-
tor ?" ejaculated the other. "If s:., and
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will
warning message -the knowledge of
which had oust him his life -the brave,
the' humble, clansman expired in the
arms of his young waster, rejoiced to
think he had been permitted to tete hip
with his last breath- The bloody fiend;
done as it wee soder the cover et silk
c uipietely f&Litled the friendly peofse
aeons of Glenlyon, and showed the two
Msed.oualda else hidden malice of We
hear'. Their wavering doubts and feces
were .tow ouolirtneu lllenlyun unsaid
heart w• the tesaatry at the Glen, and
this was the fitting prolds to the Lbo4y,
drsuue that was to follow. - . -
"This is sad work, Jelin," said the
younger brother, laying heck the dead
clansman gently un his wirading-sheet of
snow ; "sad, sad work ! Bet poor Hee-
tor must not he here onavewged: neither
mast his warning worda tw forgotten.
Let us harry up the Glen to Aneheuaion,
and warn Malcolm and the fedks there
of what we have seen and haus/ W.
can then return to Invercut. and rocas
the chief and the clansmen tlarge. "
"1 do not half like this work," they
of erheard one of the guanls say-, "and
had 1 known of it a quarter -of -an -!tour
before I would not have come here. I
am willino to fight the men of the Glen,
but i consider it base to murder them in
colm blood '
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gestures .1 alarm.
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said the elder Macdonald, grasping his r•
brother by the arm ; end now, he ad.
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