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The Seaforth News, 1933-07-27, Page 6PAGE SIX THE SEAFORTH NEWS. THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1933. VEEN " 'Ip! 'ipl 'ooray!" It was taken no gallantly, and cast from mouth to mouth; and strangers, though they did not understand, caught the con- tagion and cheered too; and the up- roar continued for some minutes. When it was ended Lady Eleanour was standing up, a faint flushon her. cheeks and her eyes flashing danger- ously, like a queen at bay,. "Yes," she cried, and her clear voice thrilled through the air like a trumpet. "Yes; and now three cheers for Mr. M'Adam and his Red Won! Hi:p1 hip—" "Hooray!" A little knowt of stal- warts at the back—James ieFoore, Parson Leggy, Jim Mason, and you may be sure in heart, at lest, Owd Bob—responded to the call right lustily:. The crowd joined in; and, once off, cheered and cheered again. "Three cheers more for Mr. M' - Adam!" - !But the little man waved to them. "Dinua be bigger heepocrites than ye can help," he said. "Ye've done enough for one day, and thank ye for it." Then Lady Eleanaur handed him the Cup, "Mr. MlAdam, I present you with the 'Champion Challenge Dale Cup, open to all comers, Keep it, guard it, love it as your own, and win it again ii you can. Twice more and it's yours, you know, and it will stop forever beneath the shadow of the Pike. And the right place for it, say 1,—the Dale' Cup for D'alesmen.' The little man took. the Cup tend- erly. "It shall no leave the Estate or ma hoose. yer Leddyship, gin Wullie and I can help it," he said emphatically. Lady. Eleauour retreated into the tent, and the crowd sw•arnted over the rapes and round the little man, who held the 'Cup beneath his arm. Long Kirby laid irreverent hands upon it. "Dinua finger its" ordered M'Adam. "Shall!" "Shan't! Wuilie, keep him ate." Which the great dog proceeded to do amid the laughter of the onlookers. Among the last, James Moore was borne past the little man, At sight of him. M"Adam's face assumed an ex- pression of intense concern. "Man, Moore!" he cried, peering forward as though in alarm; "man, Moore, ye're green—positively verd- ant. Are ye in pain " Then, catching sight of •Ow.d Bob, he started back in affected horror. "And, ma certes! so's yer dog! Yer dog as was gray is green. +Oh, guid !!fel"'--and he made as though about to fall fainting to the ground. Then, in bantering tones: "Ah, but ye shouldna covet—" '"'H'e''ll ha' no need to covet it long, 1 can tell yo'," interposed Tammas's shrill accents, 'And why for no?" "Becos next year he'll win it fra yo'. Ooor Bob'li win it, little mon. Why, thot's why." 'The retort was greeted with a yell of applause from the sprinkling of Dalesmen in the crowd. - 1But M'Adam swaggered away into the tent, his head up, the Cup+beneath his arm, and Red Wull guarding •his rear. "First of a' yeiil ha' to beat Adani M'Adam and 'bis Red Wulll" 'he cried back proudly. CHAPTER XI O:or (Bob M .Adam's 'pride in the great Cup that now graced his 'kitchen was stn prerne. It stood alone in the very centre of the mantelpiece, just below the old (bell -mouthed blunderbuss that hung 'upon the way. The nnly orna- ment in rna-ment'in the bare room,: it shone out in its silvery chastity like the moon in a 'gldomy sky. < For once the little mals was 'con- tent, Since his mother's death 'David had never. lc»'owre :such peace. 7,t was not that his father 'becatne actively kind; rather that he 'forgot to be un kind. "Not as I care a brazen ,button one way or t'lther," the bay 'informed Maggie.. 'Thele yo' should," that proper lit- tle person replied. lMlAdam was, indeed; achanged being. He forgot to curse Janes Moore; he forgot to sneer alt Owd Bob; he rarely visited the .(Sylvester Arms, to the detriment of Jens 'Bur- ton's pocket and teni'per;-and;he was never drunk. "'Soaks 'is'seif at home, instead," suggested Tani'mas, the prejudiced. But the accusation was untrue, "Too drunk to git so 'far," Said Long Kirby, kindly 'man. "I reck'n 'the Cup is kind o' com- pany to .him," said Jim ule[ason. "Hap- pen it's lonesomeness as drives hint here so much," And happen you were right, •c'haritab'le Jim. "Best mak' waist on it while he has. it, 'cos he'll not have it for long," Tamm'aa remarked amid applause. Even +Parson :Leggy allowed—rath- er reluctantly, indeed, for he 'was but human — that the little man was' changed wonderfully for the better. 'But II am afraid it may not last," he said. "We shall see what happens when 'O-wd Bob beats 'him 'for the Cup, 'as he certainly will. �Tha't'll be the critical moment As things were, the little man spent all his spare moments with bhe Cup between his knees, .burnishin.g it and crooning to 'Wullie: "I never saw a fairer, I never lo'ed a dearer, And neist my heart S.!1 wear her, For fear my 'jewel tine," There, Wullie! look at .her! is she no bonnie ? She shines like a twinkle twinkle in the sky." And he would hold it out at arm's length, his head cocked sideways the better to scan its bright 'beauties, The little man was very 'jealous for his treasure. David might mat touch' it; might not smoke in the 'kitchen. lest the fumes should tarnish its glory; while if he approached too closely he was ordered abruptly away. "As if I •wanted to touch his nasty Cupl" he complained to Maggie. "I'd sdoner ony day—" "Hands aff, Mr. 'David, immediate!" she ,cried indignantly. " 'Pertinence,. indeed!" as she 'tossed' h'er head clear of the big fingers that were 'fondling her pretty hair. So it was that M'Adam, on coming quietly into the kitchen one day, was consumed with angry resentment to find David actually handlin'g the ob- ject of :his reverence; and the man- ner of his doing it added a thousand- fold to the offence, The boy was lolling indolently against the mantelpiece, :his 'fair head shoved right into the Cu'p, his breath dimming it's lustre,' and his twto hands, big .and dirty, 'slowly revolving it be- fore his eyes, !Bursting w,eh indignation, the Tittle man crept up behind the boy. David was reading through the long list of winners, "Theer's the +first oti 'nm," he mut- tered, shooting out his tongue to in- dicate the locality: "Andrew Mdore's Rough, And thew 'agin lames Moore's Pinch, 11?9--.' And agin— 'Beck, 1'8?'--.' Ah, and 'bheer's 'im Tamnias tells onl 'Rex, 1183--,' and 'Rex, 183--.' Ay, but he was -a rare un by all tellin's1 Pf he'd nob'bu't won but onst agin! Ab, and theer's none like the 'Gray Dogs --they all says that, and I say so mase!'; nou.e like. the Gray Dogs o' Ken,muir, bless 'eml And we'll win agin too— -" be broke off short; his eye had travelled down to the last name on the list. "'MIA'd'am's ,Wull'!" he read with unspeakable .contempt, and put his great thumb across the name as though to wipe it out; 'fal3Adam's Wull'I Goo' gracious sakes! P-h-g-h-r- rl"—and he 'made a .motion as though o spit upon the ground. But a 'little shoulder was into his side, two Small ifi'sts were beating at his chest, ,and a shrill voice was yell- ing: "'Devil! de:vil! stan' awa'!"-and he was Ituniblled precipitately away 'from the mantelpiece, and 'brouglht u•p abruptly against the side-wall. The precious 'Cup swayed on ,its ebony stand, the boy's hands, rudely with'dlnaiwn,' almost overthrowing it. But the little man's ifirst impulse, cursing and screaming though h'e was, was to s'teady lit, " 3f'IA'dam's lV•udltl''I wish he was here' to teach ye, ye shod -faced, /ox- ihn'.bed 'prclfleeitl" he •crrie:d, standing in 'front -ofthe'Cup, his eyes blazing, "Ay, ',l'I'A'd'ani's Wiell't And why not'1'I"Ad'am's Wull'? 1Ha' ye ony objection -to the name" "'I -didn't knowyo' was'theer," said David, a thou'gh't sheepishly, "Na; or ye'd not 'ha' said it, "I'd ha' thought it, though," 'mut- tered the boy. ' !Luckily, however, has father did not hear. He stre'tc'hed his hands eip tend- erly afar the Cup, lifted it down, and began reverently to polish the dimmed sides with ,his handkerchief. ' Ye'•re thinkin,' nae .do,ot," he cried, casting up a vicious glance at David, "that fWul']ie's Ivo (Gude enough to h'a' hes name a'lan'gside o' they cursed Gray Dbgs. Are ye no? !Let's ha' the truth for aince-for a diversion." ' "iReck'n he's goad enough if there's none better," David replied dis'p'as- sionately. "And who should 'there be better? Tell me that, ye muckle gawk.". !David smiled. "Eh, but that'd be loiig tellin'," he said. "And what -wad ye mean by that?" his da'bher cried. `. "`Nay; I was but bhinbein' that _ Me', Moore's Bob'll look 'gaadely writ un- der yon." He pointed to the ivlacan.t, spot 'below !Red Wull's name. The little man put the Cup back on its pedestal with ,hunrried hands. The handkerchief dropped' unconsid- ered to bhe floor; he turned and sprang furiously at the boy, who stood against the wall, still smiling; and, seizing 'h'im by the ,collar of his coat, shook 'him to and fro with fiery energy. "So ye're •hopin', prayin', nae doot, that James Moore — curse hind -will win ma Cup awa' from me, yer aim dad. I wonder ye're no 'shamed to crass ma door! Ye live on me; ye snuck ma blood, ye foul-mouther leech. Wullie -and ire bra'k' oorsel's to keep ye .in hoose and lha'me-tan'd what's yer gratitude Ye plot to,rob us of oor rights," He dropped the 'boy's coat and Stood back, "No rights about it," said David, still keeping his temper. "If I win is it no oma right as nnlckle as ony Englishman's?" (Red Wull, who had beard the rising voices, came trotting in, scowled at David, and took his stand beside his piaster. "Ay, if yo' win it," said David, with significant emphasis on 'bhe conjunc- tion. -- "And wha's to •beat us?" David looked• at his father in well - affected surprise. "I tell yo' Owd (Bob's rinin'," he answered. "And what if he is?" the ether 'cried. "Why, even yo' should know so much," the boy sneered. The little man could not 'fail to un- derstand. "So, that's it!" he said, Then, in a scream, with one !finger poinding to' the 'great dog: "And what o' 'Mtn? What'll ,ma Millie be doh'' the wihile. iTell me that and 'ha' a care! -'Mind ye, he stan's hearkenin'1" And, ,indeed, the !Tailless the while 'Tell the that, and h•e's a care! Mind ye, he stan's here hear- kening" And, indeed, the 'Tailless Tyke was bristling for. battle. • David did not like 'the look of things; and edged away toward the door, "'What'll Wullie nine Join', ye chick- en.hearted brook?" his father cried. ''Im?" said the boy, now close on the door! "'Ios?" he said, with a slow contempt that made the red b'risttes quiver on the dreg'•s neck. "L'ookin' on, I should think lookin' on, What else is he it for I tell yo' oor .Bob--" "—'Oor Bob"' s'cream'ed the little man darting forward. " "Oor 113,o'b'i Itark to him I'll 'oor—' At him; Wulliel at him!" But bhe Tailless Tyke needed no en- couragement. !With a harsh roar he sprang t'hrou'gh the air, only to crash against the dosing door! The outer door b'an'ged, and in an- other second a mocking finger tapped on the window -pane. . "'Better luck to the two an yo' next timet" •laughted a scornful voice; and David ran 'down the hill 'toward Ken muir,. CHAPTER XII From that hour the Are of M'Ad am's jealousy blazed into a mighty flavine. The winning ,Of the Dale 'Cup had !because a mania with him. He had u -on it once, and would again, despite all 'the !Moores, all the Gr'y Dogs, all the u'ncletilful sons in existence; ' on that point he 'was, resolved. The dact of his having tasked t'he'joys of victory served' to whet his desire, And now he felt he could never the ]nappy )till the Cup was his '.own won outright, At home David might ,barely enter the goon}, shore the trophy stood. -1'11 nob ilia' ye touch ma Cup; ye dirty fingered, ' 'ill -begotten wastrel, Wullie and me won it—you'd naught to.Ido wee' .it, Go you to James Moore and (James Mo'ore'.s dog." . "Ay, and 4s'ha11 I talc' the Cup ^ wi' nine? or will ye bide till it's took from' 'so the two went on; .and every day the tension approached nearer ;break- ing :point. lit the !Dale :the l'it'tle man met with no Sympathy. The hearbs'.oif ,th'e'Dales- men were to a man with Ow'd :Bob, and this Master, , !Whereas once at the Sylvester 'Arms 'his shttili, il'1 :toogtie bad :,been rarely still, now he 'iia i tained ''a sul- len silence; jem 'Burton, at least, had tqo cause of comlp'laint. Crouched 'away in a corner, with 'Red Wulf ;beside him, the Tittle man .would w'a'tc'h- 'ing and 'listening as the 'Dialesmen balked c'f: Owd 1B'ab''s 'doings, his staunchness, / sagacity, and. coming victory. !Sometimes he cou'l'd restrain 'h'ifri self no longer. Then he 'would spring to ,his !feat, and stand, a little swaying figure, and denounce thorn :passionate- ly in almost p'athetle eloquence. 'These orations always con'clud'ed in set ifa- shion. - 'Ye're a•11 :agin us!" the little man would -'cry in quivering 'voice. "'We are that," !T'a'm.mas would an- swer complacently. "Flair means or foul, ye're 'content sae !long as 'Wullie and ire are beat. d wonder ye donna !poison him—a little -arsenic, and the way's clear for your Bob." 'Theway is clear enough wi' cot that," from Ta'mmcs ,eaus'fic'alby. !Then a lengthy silence, :only broken by that exceeding bitter cry:"Eh, 'Wknd'lie,. Wullie, they're all agin .usl" And always the rivals—red and, gray—went abaut seeking their op portunity. But .the 'Ma'sker, with 'his commanding presence and stern eyes, was ever ready ,for them, Toward the end, M'tAdam, silent and ,sneering, would 'secretly urge' on ]Red 'Wull to the attack; until, one day, in ,Gramm ach-town, ''anises :More turned on hini, his blue eyes glittering. -"D'yo' think, yo' little Ifule," he cried in that hard voice of his, "that onst they got set we should iver ;git either of them off alive?" It seemed to strike the little mala as a novel idea; for, from that moment, he w'as' ever 'the 'first im his feverish _endeavors -to oppose his small 'form, ,buffer -dike, between the would -he combatants. Curse as M'tAdam might, threaten as the might, when the ti'nie came O'wrd Bob won. 'The styles of the rivals Were well contra's'ted: the patience; the insinuat- ing eloquence, combined with the splendid dash, of the o'ne; and the fierce, driving !fury o;f the other, (The issue w.as never in doubt. It may have been that the temper Of the Tailless Tyke gave in the time o'f trial; it may have been that his sheep were wild, as M"A'dam 'declared; cer- tainly not, as the little man alleged in choking voice, that they,, had 'been chosen and purposely set aside to ruin his chance. 'Certain it is that his tac- tics 'scared them hopelessly; and he never 'had them in .haled-. As for Owd Bob, his drop'ping, his driving, his 'penning, aroused the loud tongued admiration of crowd and competitors !alike. He ivas 'patient, yet persistent, quiet get, firm, -and seemed to coax his charges in the right. way,. in that inimitable manner of his awn.. When, at lentil, the 'verdict was gi- ven, and it was known that after an interval of half a 'century, the Shep- herd's Trophy was won again by a Gray Dog of IKeninuir, there' was such a scene as has `been rarely wi'tnes'sed oa the slope 'behind the 'D'alesman's Daughter, !Great fists 'were s'la'pped on :mighty backs, great feet were stamped on the sun-dried banks of the 1Si'1'ver Lea; stalwart lungs were strained to their uttermost capacity; and roars of "Moore!" "Owd Bob o' Kenmuir!" "The (Gray Dogs!" thundered up 'the hillside, and were flung, thundering, hack, !Even. James Moore was visibly moved as he worked his -w'ay' through bhe cheering mob; and : Owd. 'Bob, trotting alongside him in quiet dignity s'eemed to wave his silvery thrush in a'olcno'wle d'ge'ment, Master Jacky.Sylvester alternately turned cart -wheels and felled the Hon, Latincelot (Bursts to the ground. (Lady, Eleanor, her 'cheeks flushed with pleasure, waved her parasol, and at- tempted/to restrain her son's exuber- ance. Parson Leggy 'danced an un - clerical ji'g, sand shook hands with the squire till both those fine gentlemen were purple in the 'face. (Long ,Kirby selected a small man in the crowd, anend bashed his :hat down over his eyes. While Tani'mas, Rob S'aun,derson, Tupper, IHo'ppin, Lomdes'ley, and the' rest joined' hands and went raving round like 'So .many giddy ,girl's, IOIf them all, :however, 'note was so uproarious in the mact 'heat sof his en- thusiasm as David MlAcialn, He stood in the 'Kenanuir 'wa'gon (beside Maggie, a: 'conspicuous figure above the crowed, 'as he roared in hoarse ee'csitaiy: ""Wee! done, oor `'B'olb! !Weer doise, Mr, Moore! Yo'.v'e knocked' 'hind' Knock 'h'im ,agin! !Owd !Bob o' ' Ken- muirl 'Hi'pd Hip!" until'. the noisy young giant attracted such attention in his boisterous deli'gh't that Maggie had to lay a hand upon his arm to re- strain his violence. Alone, on the (far:b'anik of the s'tre'am stood the vanquished 'pair. The little man was tremlbliitg sl'igh'tly :his face was still hot from his exertions; and as he l'is'tened to the ovation ac'co'rded to his conqueror, there was a pite'ou's grin set upon his\ face. Iln front stood the defeated dog, his . lips •wrin'kling-nand hackles rising, as he, too, saw and heard and under- stoo'd. I't's a gran' th'in'g to ha'.a dutiful son, Wullie," .the little 'man whisper- ed, watching David's' 'waving figure. "He's happy—and so are they a'—not sae much that James Moore has 'won, as that you and I. are ibeat." When, breaking down for ,a -mom- ent:. 'Wullie, Wulliel they're all agin us.' It's' you and I alane, lad." Again, seeing the squire, followed' by Parson Leggy, Viscount Bird'say, .and other of the gentry, forcing their way through .the press to shake hands with the vic- tor, he continued: "It's good to Ibe in wi' the quality, Wullie. 'Nb'ver mak' a friend o'f a m'an beneath ye in rank, nor an enemy of a man a'boon ye: that's a soosid prin- ciple, Wullie, i'f ye'd get on in !hottest England." He stao'd there, alone with his dog, watching the crowd on the far slope as it surged upward in Cha dbrecttion of the committee tent. Only when bhe black mass had packed itself in solid phalanges about that ring, inside wh'foh, just a year ago, 'he had stood in very different circumstances, and aeras at length still, a wintry simile plavyed for a :nnomeut about' his lips. He laughed a 'mirthless laugh. "Bide a wee, Wullie—'hel'hel Bide a wee. 'The best-1'scheiires o'-, mice and Inaidert tGang aft agley.'" 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