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"Mither!" he sobbed, stoppin
,short. "'Mitherl Ma God, ye save
him -and nue!"
He stood there, utterly unhinged
shaking and whimpering,
at was some minutes before he pull
• ed himself together; then he walke
to the -wall, took down a 'pair o
shears, and 'seated himself at the tabl
still tremlbling, Near him lay the min
iature, all torn and crumpled, and be
side it the deep -buried axe -head.
IHe picked up the strap and begs
,cutting it into little pieces,
"There! and there! and there!" h
said with each snip. "An' ye hit m
agin there may be no mither to save
ye,"
1I'Adam'stood huddling in the cor
ner. He shook like an aspen leaf; his
eyes blazed in his white face; and he
still nursed one arm with the other
"Honor yer father," he quoted in
small law voice.
CHiA;PITBR X'IV
Tammas is on his feet in the tap-
room of the Arms, brandishing a
pewter mug.
"Gentlemen!" he cries, his old face
flushed; "I gie you a toast. Stan' oop."
The knot of Dalesmen round the
'fire rises like one. The old ,man waves
his mug before him, reckless of the
good ale that drips on to the floor,
""The best sheep dog i' the North-
'Owd Bob o' Kenmuirl" he cries, In
an instant there is uproar: the merry
applause of clinfling pewters; the
stamping of feet; the rattle of sticks,
Rob Saunderson and old Jonas are
cheering with the best; Tupper and
Ned Hoppin are bellowing in one an-
other's ears; Long Kirby and Jem
(Burton are thumping each other on
the back; even Sam'' Todd and Sex-
ton Ross are roused from their habit-
ual melancholy.
"Here's to Th' Owd Un! Here's to
oor Bob!" yell stentorian voices;
while Rob Saunderson has jumped on
to a chair.
"Wi the !best sheep -dog o' th'
North I gie yo' the Shepherd's Tro-
phyl-won outreet as will bel" 1te
cries. Instantly the clamor doutbles.
"The Dale Cup and Th' Owd Un!
The Trophy and oor .Bob! 'Ip, 'ip, for
the gray dogs! 'Ip, ip, for the best
sheep dog as ever was orwillbel 'Oo,
ray, 'oaray1"
at is some minutes before the noise
subsides; and slowly the enthusiasts
resume their seats with hoarse throats
and red faces,
"Gentlemen a'1"
A little unconsidered man is stand-
ing up at the back of the room. His
face is aflame, and his hands twitch
spasmodically, and. in front with
hackles up and eyes ,gleaming, is a
huge,bull-like dog.
"Noo," cries the little man, "I daur
ye to repeat that lie!"
""Liel" screams 'Tammas; "lie 1 I'll
gie 'im lie!-Lemme at im', I sayl"
The old man in his fury is haif over
the surrounding ring of chairs !before
!Pm,Mason on the one hand and Jonas.
Maddox on the other can pull him
back.
"Coons, Mr. Thornton," soothes the
octogenarian, "let un be. Yo''surely
bain't angered by the likes o' 'iml"-
,and he jerks contempuously toward
the solitary''figure at his 'back.
Tanimas resumes his seat unwilling-
ly.
The 'little man in the 'far corner of
the room remains silent, waiting for
his challenge to he taken up. lit is in
vain, And as he looks at the range of
broad, impassive 'backs 'turned on him,
he smiles bitterly.
"'They dirt-en''t Wultie, not a man of
them a'! he cries. "They're one-two
-'three=four eleven to one, Wullie,
and yet 'they dursen't. Eleven of them,
and" every man a coward! !Long Kirby
-!Th'orn'ton-Tup,per-•Todd - ;Hop-
pin--'Ross-!Burton-'and the rest, and
not 'one hut's a !bigger man nor me,
and yet—Weel, we might ha' kerrt
it. We should ha' kent Englishmen :by
lnloo. They're aye the same and aye
have bin. They tell lies, black ;les—"'
'Tammlas 'is again half opt his chair
and, only forcibly restrained by the
men on either band,
—and 'then they ha' na •the cour-
g age to sten' lby. 'em. Ye're tEnglisi
d ivory :man o' ye, to yer m'arrdw."
The little',m'an's voice rises as h
speaks. He seizes the tankard 'fro
the table at his side.
"E'n'glns:Innen!" he 'cries, !waving
d before him, 'Here's a health; Th
f best sheep -dog as iver penned a floc
e -Adam M'Adam's'Red IWulll"
- IHe pauses, the pewter at, his 'lip
- and looks at his audience with flash
ing eyes. There is no 'response 'fro;
begat
therm. •
'"\firullie, :here's to you!" he 'cries
e `'Luck and life to ye, ma trusty fier
e Death and defeat to yer enemies!.
"'The •warld's wrack we &hare •o't,
The warstle and the care ,oft;' "
- He raises the `tankard and drains i
to its uttermost dreg.
Then drawing himself up,' he ad
dressed his audience once more:
"An'dtoo I'll warn Ye ail -tee and ;fo
a', and ye may tell James Moore I
said it; ,He may 'plot agin us, 'Wulli
and me; he may threaten 'us; he may
win the .Cup outright for his muckle
favorite; but there was niver a man or
dog yet as did :Adam M'Adam and his
Red '\Vu11 a hurt but in the end he
wush't his mither hadna bonne him."
A little later, and die walks out of
the inn, 'the Tailless Tyke at.his
heels,
After he is gone it is Rob Saunder-
son who says: "'The little mon's mad;
hell stop at nothin' "; and Tammas
who answers:
"Nay, not even murder."
The little man had'aged much of
late. Hh hair was quite white, his ,eyes
unnaturally 'brigh't, and his .halls were
never still, as though he were in ever-
lasting pain, the looked the ;picture of
disease.
After Owd 'Bob's second victory he
had become morose and untalkative,
At home he often sat silent for hourstogether, drinking and glaring at the.
place where the Cup had been. Some-
times he talked in low, eerie voice to
Red'Wul.; and an two occasions, DDav-
id, turning, suddenly, had .caught his
'father glowering stealthily at him
with such an expression on his face a$
chilled 'the boy's blood, The 'two nev-
er spoke now; and !David 'held this si-
lent, deadly enmity far worse than the
old-time perpetual warfare.
It was 'the same at the !Sylvester
Arms, The little man sat alone with
Red Mull, exchanging words with no
man, drinking steadily, brooding over
his wrongs, only now and again gal-
vanized into sudden action.
'Other epople than Tammas 'Thorn-
ton came to the conclusion that NV -
Adam would stop at nothing in the un-
doing of James Moore or the gray
dog, They said drink and .disap'poi•nt-
ment 'had turned his head; that he
was mad and dangerous. And on New
Year's day matters seemed ,conning to.
a crisis; for it was reported that in
the gloom off a snowy eveninlg'he had
drawn a knife on the Master' in the
High 'Street, 'but slipped before he
could accomplish his fell !purpose,
Most Of them al?, 'David was haunt-
ed with'an ever-present anxiety as to
the • little man's intentions.:The boy
even went so far as to warn his
.friend against his father. But the Was-
ter only smiled grimly.
"Thank ye, lad," he said. "Bu't I
reckon we can 'fend for oorsel's, Bob
and I',Eh;'Owd 'Un?"
!Anxious as David might be, hewas
not so anxious as to 'be above taking
a mean advantage of this state of
strained apprehension to work on
Maggie's fears.
One evening he was escorting :her
home from church, 'when, just 'before
they reached the lamb copse:
"'`Goo' sakes! What's that?" be ejac-
ulated in horror -laden aocents, 'start-
ing back.
"What, Davie?" cried the girl,
shrinking- up to hint all in a tremble."Coudna say for sure. T mought be
owt, or agin it nought be nowt. '.But
yo' grip my arm, I'll grip yo' waist."
Maggie demurred.
"''Canst see anythin' " she asked.
still in' a flutter.
''"Be'ind the 'edge,"
'Where?"
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"Thews ! '---pointing. vaguely
"1 canna see nowt,"
"Why, Cheer, lass. Can'yo' riot see?
Then yo' pit your 'head along o' mine
-so-closer-closer, Then, in' ag-
grieved 'ton Qs: '''''Wisativer is the mat-
ter wi' yo', wench? I -might be a lep-
rosy."Mit 'the girl was walking away, with
her head high as the snow-capped
"So long as 1 live, David uvPAslant,"
lie cried, `".Pll elver go to ohtirdh
yotl ag1171"
'ISS, but you will though -onset;" he
answered low.
"What d'yo' mean, sir -r -r?"
"Yo' 'lanow:what ,I mean, lass," he
replied sheepish and shuffling before'
her queenly anger:
IShe looked hilt up and down, and
down and up again. •
"I'll •niver ,speak to you again., Mr,
M'Adam," she cried; "not if it was
ever so -(Nay, I'll walk home by my-
self, 'thank you, ha' nowt to de
wi' yeti,"
So the two most return' to ICenmuir,
one behind the other, like a lady and
her footman,
h, !David's .audacity 'had more than
once already all but caused a' rupture
e between the pair; And the occurrence
fit behind the hedge set the cap on his.
impertinences. That was. past •endur-
it ing and Maggie..by her bearing let him
e know it.
k David tolerated the girl's new atti-
tude for exactly 'twelve minutes by the
s kitchen clock..T,hen: ""Sulk wi' mem
- indeed! I'll teach herl" and he march-
]. ed out of the door,"Niver to cross fit
agin, 'ma word !"
'A'fterward, however, he relented sq
1 'far as to continue his visits as 'be;
fore; but he niade it clear that he
only came to 'see the blaster and hear
df"IOwd !Bob's doings. On these occas -
t ions he loved best to sit on the win-
dow -sill outside the kitchen, and "talk
- and ,chaff with 'Tammas and the men
in the yard, feigning an uneasy bash -
e fulness was reference made to Bessie
IBolstock, And after sitting thus for
e same time, he would half turn, look
over his shoulder, and ,remark in in-
different tones to the •girl 'within': "Oh,
good-evenin'I I forgot yo',"-and'then
resume his conversation, (While the
girl within, her face a 'little pinker, her
lips a little tigher, and her chin a lit-
tle higher,' would go about her busin-
ess, pretending neither to hear nor
care.
The suspicions that Adam,M''Adaut
nourished dark designs against James
Moore 'were somewhat confirmed in
that, on several occasions in the bitter
disks of January afternoons, a 'little
insidious figure was reported to have
;been seen lurking among the 'farm -
buildings of Kenmuir.
Once Sant'. Todd caught the little
man fairly, skulking away in the
woodshed. Sam'I took him up bodily
wn
and carried him; dothe slope to the
Wastrel, shaking him gently as he
went.
Across the stream he put 'him an
his feet,
"I'f I catches yo' cadgerin' arouat'
the fam agin, little mon," he admon-
ished, holding up a warning finger;
""I'll tak yo' and drag yo' in t' 'Sheep -
wash, I warn yo' fair. I'd ha' done it
poo an' yo'd bin a bigger and a young-
er mon. 'But theerl yo'm six a serapp
ety bit. Noo, rin whoam." And the
little man slunk silently away.
For a time he appeared there no.
more. Then, one evening when it was
almost dark, James 'Moore, going the
round of the out -buildings, felt Owd
(Bob stiffen against his side,
"'What's oop, lad?" he whispered,
halting: and, dropping his hand on
the old dog's neck felt a ruff of -ris-
ing hair 'beneath it.
"'Steady, lad, steady," he whislpered;
"what is 't?" Hel,peered 'forward into
the gloom; and at length discerned a
little familiar''figure huddled away in
the crevice between two stacks.
"It's yo, is it, +M'Adant?" he said,
and, bending, seized a wisp of Owd
Bob's coat in a grip lily a vice.
Then, in a great voice, moved - to
rare anger, "Oot o' this afore I -do ye
a hurt, ye meeserahle spyin' 'creeturl"-
he roared. "You' nun wait till dark
caoms to hide yo', yo' coward,, afore
yo daur coom'crawlin' aboot ma hoose,
frightenin' the .wo•men-folk and up to
yer devilments. If yo've owt to say
to Hie, conte like a mon in the open
day. INoo gift aff wi' yo', afore I lay
hands to yo'1"
IHe stood there in the busk, tall and
mighty, a terrible :figure', one hand
pointing to the! gate, the .other s'till
grasping 'the gray dog.
The little man scuttled away in 'the
hallf-light, and out of the yard.
On :the -;plank -bridge 'he turned anis
shook his :fist at the darkening house.
"Curse ye, James:Woofei" be sob-
bed. '''111: tb a even ''wi' •y a ;,yet: "
CHAPTER XV
On the tap of this there followed an
attempt to poison Th'' Owd Un. At
teats there was no other accounting
for the affair.
fin the dead .of a Tong-rem,ehered
night JamesMoore was walked by a
low moaning beneath bit room. He
ie!apt Quit df bed .and ran to the win-
dow • to see his favorite dragging
about the moonlit yard, the dark ehad
down, the proud tail for once lowered,
the lithe limbs 'wooden,' heavy, . un-
natural -altogether pitiful.
IIn a eminent he -Was'. downstairs and
out to Inc-' friend's assistance. "What-
iver •is't, lOwd Un?"' he cried :in an-
gtiish,
At the souncl of that dear voice the.
old clog tried to struggle to him,
could not, and (fell, whimpering,
an a second ,the 'Master was with
him, exanining hlim tenderly; and cry-
ing for Sam'l, who slept above the
stables,
(There was every ,syntptont Of foul
play: the tongue was swollen and al-
most .black; the :breathing labored; the
(body twitched horribly; and the soft
gray eyes ail bloodshot and straining
With the aid of S'am'1 and ,Maggie,
drenching 'first and stimulants after,
the Master (pulled him around' for the
moment. And soon Jim Parson and
Parson Leggy, lturried'ly 'summoned,
came running hot -foot to 'the ,rescue,
1Promp't •and stringent :measures ,sav-
ed the victim -(but only just. For a
time the best sheep -dog in the ,North
was pawing at the 'Gate of Death, ,t'lt
the end, has 'the gray dawn !broke, the
danger passed.
The attempt 'to get at him, if at-
tempt it was, aroused passionate in-
dignation in the country -tide. iI't seem-
ed the culminating -point of 'the ex-
citement long .bubbling.
There were no traces of the culprit;
not a :vestige to lead to incrimination,
so cunningly ,bad the criminal accom—
plished his foul task. But as to the
perpetrator, if there were no proofs.
there were yet 'fewer doulbts. •
At the 'Slyivester Arms Long Kir-
by .asked M"Adam point-lb'lank for his
explanation of the .matter,
"Hoo do I 'count for it?" the little
man cried. "1 dinna 'count for it ava,"
'Then 'hoo did it happen?" asked
Tammas with asperity.
"I dinna believe it did happen," the
little man replied. "It's a lee o; James
Moore's -a cha'ractereestic lee," \'Vite-
reon they chucked hint out inconti-
nently; for the 'Terror for once was
elsewhere.
Now that afternoon is to .be remem-
bered for threefold causes. Firstly, be-
cause, as has been said, ;MlAdam was
alone. 'Secondly, ,because a few min-
utes after his ejectment, the window
of the tap -room was . thrown open
from without, and • the little ,man look-
ed in. IHe spoke no word, but those
dim, smouldering eyes of 'his wander-
ed from face to face, resting for a
second on each, as if to burn them on
`his memory, I'lh remember ye, gentle-
men," he said at length quietly, shut
the window, and was gone.
Thirdly, for a reason now to he told.
'Though ten days had elapsed since
the attempt on hint, the gray: dog had
never been his old self since. He had'
attacks off shivering; his vitality seem-
ed sapped; he tired easily, and, ''great
heart, would never own it' At length
on this day, James Moore, leaving the
old dog behind hint, had gone over
to 'Grammoch-town to consult Ding-
ley, the vet. ,On his way home 'he met
J'im Mason with Gyp, the faithful Bet-
sy's unworthy successor, at the Dales-
an's 'Daughter, Together they start -
for the long tramp home over the
(arches. And that 'journey is marked
ith a red stone in this story.
All day long the ,hills had been 'bath-
ed 1 1 inlpenetraible fog. Throughout
there had 'been an accompanying driz-
zle; and in the distance the wind 'h'ad
moaned a storm -menace. To the, dark -
ss of the day was added the sombre -
ss of 'falling night as the three be-
n the ascent of the Murk Muir Pass.
By
the time they emerged into the
vil's Bowl it was altogether black
d blind: Mut the threat of wind had
ssed, leaving utter stillness; and
y could hear the splash off an ot-
on the far side of'.the 'Lone Tarn
they skirted that gloomy water's
lge. When at length the last steep
e on to the Marches had been top -
d, a breath' of soft air smote them
htly, and the curtain of log began
(ting away,
he two men swung .steadily through
heather with that .reaching stride
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the birthright Of moor -.men and high-
landers. They talked 'but little, for
such was their nature; a word or two l
on sheep and the approaching lamb-
ing -time; thence on to the coming I I
Trials; the Shepehrds' Trophy; Owd
Bob and the attempt on him,' and I
'front that to M'Adans'and the Tailless
Tyke. l'
"D'yo reck'n MIAda.m had a hand'
in't?" the postman was asking.
Nay; there's no •proof,"
lCeptin` he's mad to get shut o'
Th' Owd Wit afore Cup (Day."
"Ian or me it 'mak's no differ." Por
a clog is disqualified from competing
for the Trophy' who has changed
hands during the six months prior to
the meeting. And this holds, good
though the ,change be only 'from fatli-
er to sou on the decease;of the fori-
in.er,
;Jim .looked up inquiringly at his
Companion.
' li'yo' think it'll coom to that' " be
asked.
What? ,
Why -murder.
"Not if iI can :help it," the other ar
swered grimly.
IThe 'fog had clea'red awry by iia
and the moon ,was. up, ITo+their rigdi
on the !crest of a rise some two 'hu
'fired yards away, a low wood stoo
out b'laok against the sky..; As the
passed it, •a Iblacicblird rose up screat
ing,' and, a (brace of ;wood -pigeon
winged ,noisily away.
""Hullo'!'. Eads to, the yatninerin'1
'muttered 31111, ,stopping; '''and at thi
time o' night ;tool"
ISonie,ralbbets, playing- 1n themoon!light ont+'the outskirts alt the wood, e
a
up, 'listened, and. hopped !b'a'ck into se
curity !At ,tile same moment 'a ;big hull
fax slunk out o'f,the ,covert. He stol
a pace forward .and halted, 'listeni.n
with one ear back and one pad raised
-then ,cantered silently away in th
gloom, 'passing close .to. ;the two an
yet not observing "them. - -
'What's up, 1 'wonder " .mused,'th
postman.
"The fax set 'ern 'clackerin, II reek
'n,"said the ,Masher.
'Not 'he; he was scared 'maist oot
o' his skin," 'the other answered. Then
in tones of suppressed excitement,
with 'his 'han'ds on'James 'Moore's- arae:
"-And, 'look'ee, , theer's my Gyp a-
beckanin' on us!"
'There, indeed, on the 'crest 'of the
rise beside the wood, was the : little
lurcher, now looking back at his mas-
ter, now creeping stealthily forward.
"Ma word!' •tlteer's 'suntmat wrongyonder!" cried Jim, and jerked 'the
postbags off his shoulder. ""Coom ori,
.Master!" -and be set off running tow-
ard 'the dog; 'while James Moore, 'him-
self excited ow, lfoldow:ed with an agil-
ity that •belied''his years.
ISome score.yards from, the' edge of
the spinney, upon the 'farther side of
the ridge, a' tiny :beck babbled 'through
its :bed of peat. The two men, as they
tapped the rise, 'noticed a ,flack of
black -faced': sheep' clustered in the dip
'twixt, wood and stream. They stood
martialled in .close array, facing half
toward the wood, half toward the
newcomers, heads up, eyes glaring,
handsome as sheep only look when
scared,
tOn_the crest of the ridge the two
men halted beside Gyp. 'The 'postman
stood with his head a little forward,
listening intently. Then he dropped.' in
the 'heather like a dead man, 'pulling
the other with him.
"'Donn, mon!" 'he :whispered, clutch-
ing at !Gyp with his spare hand.
"What is't, Jim?" asked the Mas-
ter, mow thoroughly• roused.
"Suntmat movin' 'i' th' wood," the
other whispered, listening weasel -
eared,
(So they lay motionless for- a while;
but there came no sound front the
e
g
e
d
copse,
" 'Appen 'twas nowt" .the', postman
at length .allowed, peering 'cautiously
about. "And yet S thowt: it dunno
reetly what 'I thowt."
!Then, starting to his 'knees with a
hoarse cry of terror: "Ave usl what's
yon' theer?"
'Then for th flrst time the :Master
raised his head and noticed, 'lying in
the gloom between them and the ar-
ray of sheep,,,a still, white heap.
[James Moore was a man of •deeds,
not words.
"'"It's past 'waitin'l" he said, and
sprang forward, his 'heart in his
mouth.
'The sheep stamped and :shuffled as
he came, and yet did mot !break,
"Alt, thanks ,bel"'he cried, dropping
beside the .motiomle,ss body; "it's nob' -
but a ,sheep,"
As he spoke .his .hands 'w'andered
deftly over the carcase: "But ;what's
this?" hecalled, "'Stout she was as me,
Look at her fleece - crisp, close,
strong; 'Feel the flesh -!firm as a rock,
And ne'er a bone broke, We're a s'crat
on her ,body a pin could male'. As
healthy as a mons -'and yet dead as
mutton!" '
(To Be ,Continued) -
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Toronto. Office over W. R, Smith's
grocery, Main St., Seaforth. Phones,
office 185W, residence 185j.
Auctioneer.
IGIE9OIRGIE FILUIIOTT, Licensed
(Auctioneer for the County of Huron.
!Arrangements can be made for Sale
Date at The Seaforth News. Charger
moderate and satisfaction guranteed,'
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WATSON AND REIID'S
REAL ESTATE
AND INSURANCE AGENCY
(Succsssos to James 'Watson)
MAhN ST., S!EAFORTH, ONT.
All kinds of Insurance risks effect-
ed at lowest rates in First -Class
Companies.
THE INcKIhLOP
Mutual Fire Insurance Co,
HEAD OFFICE-SEAFORTH, Ont
OFFICERS
Geo, R. McCartney, 'Seaforth - Pres,
James Cpnlrol']y, Goderich - V,ice 'Pres,,
Merton A. Reid, Seaforth—Sec.- Treas,
AGENTS:
W. E, Hinchley, Sea:forth; John
Murray, R. R. 3, Seaforth; E: R. G.
Jarman th, B'rod'hageat; James Watt,
'Blyth; C. F. Hewitt, (Kincardine;;
Wm. Yeo; Hblmeswille.
DIRECTORS:
William Knox, Londeslboro; George
Leosnhardt, Brad'hegen;, James +Con -i
holly, Goderich; Alex, Broadfoot, No.
3, Seaforth; Robert Ferris, B'1•y,bh;
George McCartney, No. 3, Seaforth;
John, Pepper, 'B.ruoefield;, James Shot -
dice, Walton; Thomas Moylan, No.; 5,
S'eafortla,
Parties desirous to effect insurance
or transact other business, will. be
promptly attended to by application.
to any o,f the above named officers ad-
dressed to their respective post
offices.
An Oil for All Men. --The sailor
th'e:solflier, :the fihiherman, the lumber-
man, the out-doorlaborer and a'll who
are exposed to i:+jury and the ele-
ments will find in Dr, Thomas' E -
lectric Oil a true and faithful fried.
To 'ease, nil.
Pam, relieve colds, dress
wounds, subdue lunnbago and over-
come nhe'trn,a'bism, it is excellent.
Therefore, it should have a place in
a11, hone medicines and be amongst•
those taken on a journey,