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THE
POSITOR.
IL& S PIPER
A lit ry of the Wet etignianee.
CRAFTER ill.
es anger seemed to be meal -
following morning; but he
wheu his daughter intro -
name MacT&vieh is he eat
ora steaming bowl of porridge and
and Win Of milk, which he attacked
with a large horn spoon, and an appetite
ceeeparahle-only to the giant's who fell
, victim to the Adroitness of Jack, the
celebrated Giant -killer. Maggie's en-
thusiastic ae,count of Angus' gift of the
boat was received with -a critical cold-
ness at made her heart sink within
t her.
"Q teet eia,ggie; it las no doot a peen -
tiff& poste—she wass sure to pe that if
Angtut built her; but it iss fery easy to
sea what Angus MacTavish iss driving
4 at Maybe hell find hehas been count-
ing 'without his host, mirofer, if he
think he iss going to get you, for his wife
by eving you a, fishingpoat ; what wass
a-Ssbigz-post to a. lass like you ?—as if ye
Wee& apoor lass I Ye're no to pe
per head apoot Angus MacTavish,
lasseeno; he iss no doot a, coed Iad, but
no for the like 01 you! There iss Sandy
Buchanan ma, the lawyer's clerk mn
ofe4 a far raore likely lad to make ye a
000a man, and. willing."
dad, how can ye pe saying such
things to me oii the happiest day of my
life, for AngliS asked rne yesterday to be
• lele wife; and I—I—"
"Ye whatr said the piper laying
down hisspoon, and eying his daughter
*may.
"--Weel, dad, I—I didne say No."
"-Then I'm thinking yell hef to go
this fery day wliatefer and say No,'
Iass, for Pra telling you I won't hef
Maggie was not generally one of the
tearhil sort, but the sudden empasis of
- her father's- worda filled her eyes with
'Ware and drove her to silence. She
did not trust herself to s,peak, but lifted
her pail hurriedly with & flushed face,
and went sarrowfully to milk the ‘‘ltye"
'whose deep, impatient lowing from the
hare was urgently demanding attention.
When she was half across the court-
yard. she heard her father calling her
back. She turned and went to hire.
"Maggie," he said drawing her to his
knee and holding her brown face be-
tween his rough hands tenderly, it iss•
not crying ye are, my bonny Iass ? No;
I would not hef my lass crying for any
. MaeTavisla that efer drank a dram.
Not that Angus iss a pad.la,d—I willnot
say he 'les that—be plays the pipes bet-
ter than any lad of his years 1 efer saw
—but the MacTavishes—. Ali, weel,
there no just the clan that the Camer-
on's should marry into. Noo, dry your
eyes, lass,, and pe off to your milking
mirofer—brumple is moaning as if her
udder was going to cra,c11.7'
The maiden said nothing; she kissed
him, but the smile was all vanished
from her face. as she stooped to relieve
Crumple -of her milkyburden
The piper went to the stable, and the
sound of his whistling :rang over the
place as he brushed do W.L1 laia horses and,
gave them their morning feed.
Maggie was in strong hopes as the
marmng advanced, that before nightfall,
when she expeoted Angus to come, the
th,e tempest would be over, and Angus
hailed by her father in his old manner.
This hope was dispelled, and. poor Mag-
gb beyond bearingwhen
her father returned to his midday meal.
The piper had early in the forenoon
taken -fishing-rod and gone to a favorite
fqxrt of his known as "the Black Hole,"
011 the strewn, where he had wiled many
• an hour and tempted to the bank many
.a fat spotted trout. When he returned
to dinner his daughter saw with sur-
prisethat he brought no fish with -him
and that -his fishing -rod. was broke into
half a dozen, pieces, and moreover that
he was white with. anger. Fingal, his
collie, was fedlowing with dejected tail
and tom ear, eppareutly in as bad a
temper as his master, judging from the
snarling greeting he gave Diana, who
Went. to meet there,.
Py the powers, pi put the law on
him 111 hef him put in the ja,i1," cried
the piper as he went into th,e kitchen
and tossed the fragments of hie fiehing-
rod into a corner. e The pla,gua,rd to
preak my fishing -rod and. steal my 'fish,
mirofer, ; but hef the law on him,
-
he'll go before the shirra as sure as my
name iss John Cameron !"
Maggie did not know that Mr. Mac-
Tavisli was at the same moment on his
way home With a swollen black eye,
carrying with him a goodly fish that
ought to have been in the piper's bas-
ket, Jet limping behind his master very
much bruised ledeeds.
"And it las the Teuk that wull pe
told all apoot it ; the prood tale poach-
ing the sal -manlike a common thief, and.
bioaking a man apoot as if he wa,ss-
lower animal," said the game -keeper re-
cording his grievance indignantly to- his
buxutn wife, in &newer to sympathetic
ejeculations as to the state of his eye
when he returned to hie dinner.
* *
Trrte bailie word, the piper sent this
heed bay to the lawyer's office to tell
Sandy leechanate with the piper's
oomplim.ents, Sec., that Mr.Ca,meron de-
sired to see him at Glen Heath on im-
portant business.
"Weel, dad," Maggie had said impet-
timely when she heard this message
given to Geordie, as they sat at dinner,
hardly understanding from whet motive
her father sought the presence of the
detested. Sandy Buchanan, “I can only
say that I shall not bide in the hoose,
if that red-headed, ill -looking man comes
to the hoose; I won't inteed!"
Ye are red-headed yersegl" saidthe
piper, abruptly.
"No, Pra not."
"Yea ye are. The man canna help
hiraself if the Ahnichty gef him a red
bead. The best of folk iss red. -headed.
I'm red-headed; and ye arered as a fox
or squirrel yerself I tell ye—"
"Well, well, dad, we'll no quarrel
opoot that ; maybe I am ; but—"
"I tell ye what it iss, Maggie ye will
bide at home when Mr. Buchanan
comes, and ye'Il pehave yerself civilly,
or maype it 'will pe worse for ye- Angus
MaaTavish has turned yer head, but
hell get a pit o' my man' d maype yet, as
his father has pefort him reirofer, and
that laefore the set o' at, teo."
"0 dari preak my heart, BO ye
inteed and inteed ye will, dad, if
iss in that way ye speak o' Angus."'
-ru not ivi'm came apoot my
hoese langerl R iss a wandering rake;
clean* sailor las that, and no fit
to make a cood liuspandto the like of
77410 ballot a rakel Ye are no speak-
ing the words of truth, father," exeiaim-
ed the girl passionately. .
"Efery sailor iss a• rake, Maggie; ef-
erypody knOWES that; and I dare say he
iss none petter than his neighbors."
• Sttmg by the cruel words, Maggie, ran
to the dairy, where she shut herself in
and. burst into a floocl of tears. ' The
Highland maid had few hatreds; she
had the impulsive, almost passionate
temperament of every true Celt,brit her
impulsiveness ran into loving channels.
But if she did hate; she hated warmly
—also after the Celtic manner. And
the one living object for whom she felt
undying scorn was this Sandy BuChan-
an, who knew more of her father's af-
fairs than any man in Inversnow, and
whose studied, civility to her on, all oc- •
casions, and. attentions to her more or
less marked, were resented by her as
she would have resented, another man's
insults. Perhaps he was all the more
cleepisedbecause he kept at &respectful
distance when Angus was at home; a
peouliaaity that Maggie a,ttributed to a
certain dread. of physical consequences,
that was not .to be wonder d at in ' a
nrn. But
WAS away.
e upon her
pon seeing
k on Sun -
thrusting
weak milk -sop fellow like
whenever the Duke's yacht
Mr. Sandy danced attendan,
most assiduously, insisting
her safely home from the ki
day • eveninge, and otherwis
his obnoxious presenceupoirheriinwa,ys
whioh she considered offensive. 1.
And. sure enough, just as the Sun was
veering round. the west, the piper was
seated. at the table of his best parlor
with a bottle of .whiekey and gla,sses,and
a plate of Maggie's crisp. oatmeal ban -
flocks between hint and the detested. San-
dy Buchanan, whose breath blew forth
gales of pepperr4nt—an odor that,Mag-
gie always assompted.with him and put
the worst constriction upon -7 -as he lis-
tened patiently to the ra,ther confused
statement of he piper's i grievance
Sandy tried hon estly .to idoat tia_e
case from the piper's standpoint e.! but
put in any form'it a,ppeared that if any
legal action waste be taken the decision
could hardly take the only form which
would satisfy the irate piper—namely,
the immediate arrest, trial, conviction,
and. imprisonment of WTI-. MacTavish
for an undefined number of months in
the county jail. Sandy gathered that
the piper had succeeded in booking a
"cood. seven pound grilse ;" that while
he was landiegthe same, Mr. MacTav-
ish appeared on the scene threatening
to report him to the Duke for poaching;
words passed between them not of a
complimenta,ry nature, ending ultimate-
ly in one of two cetastrophes—the piper
could not clearly remember which—
either the gamekeeper had. seized the.
piper's rod with result of breaking it to
pieces, or the piper had broken his fish-
ing -rod over the gamekeeper's back; , and
then a. struggle had ensued, the up,shot
of which was that the letter walked off
with the grilse and. a black eye, While
the former did, likewise with his fishing -
rod and. empty basket, each vowing to
lay the matter before the " slairra."
The Sheriff, as represented by Sandy
Buchanan, the fiscal's clerk, thought,
much to the delight of the piper, that
he had good ground. for an action for as-
sault a,gainstMr. MacTavish; and pres-
ently father and. daughter, (poor Maggie
was compelled to remain in the room to
hear the brutal manner in which he, a,
Cameron, had been treated, by a Mac-
Tavish) were thrown into a state of
utter confusion by the adroit manner in
which Sandy now addressing the piper
as "our client," now as "the plaintiff ;,7
both, of which phrases the piper received
and aoknowledged in the light of a per;
sonal compliment, and also by liberal
but not very coherent allusion to Act of
Queen Victoria, this, and chapter of Act
Queen Victoria that; all tending to prove
the piper the most abused. and injured of
men.
In the midst of this conference Angus
MacTavish suddenly appeared at the
door.- He indiscreetly opened it and,
loOked in without knocking! The piper
who was feeling at the moment keenly
alive to his own importance, with the
delightful sense that he had. matter to
bring before the " shirra," (as he called
the Sheriff,) looked up and frowned,
fingering his glass of whiskey all the
while. .i1 . I
"What idiot les it that walks into a
shentleman's hocee without 1nocking at
the door, and without wad ing to be
asked. to come in ?" 1
"Come, piper,"said Angu , walking
boldly into the room, but holding an
outstretched hand to the piper; "it iss
not the first, nor he second, not m.a,ype
the twentieth time I hef hed your hos-
pitality, and I'm ithinking it will not pe
the last time—and that without claim-
ing it."
"My name is Master Cam.eron-16ais-
ter Cameron, of Glen Ilea , lYfaas ter
Angus MacTavish ! And apo4t its being
the last time or not depends ipon more
consiterations than one !" 1hepiper
spoke with a sternness and pomposity of
manner that made his visitor allow his
hand to drop qitickly to his side, and
brought an indignant flesh to the young
face. ,
"What does it all mean?" said. An-
gus, in a bewildered way, turning to
Maggie. 1
Maggie-stoodbehind her father's chair
the person ifi cation of misery. The man
of law sat looking stolidly before him,
with the mostavooden of expressiOns on
his pale face. i.
"It means''said. the piper in the same
harsh, sharp key, ." that that is the door,
that yonder is the road, the quieker ye
are there the petter it will pe for yore
and the patter pleased too Will all in
this room pe." ,
" Iss that it ?" said Angtis, slowly,
looking stillat Maggie, and turning slow-
ly towards the door.
"No, .Angus, no It iss not true that
all in this room will pe petter pleased
that you should go. It iss not true !"
burst out the girl in the fulness of het
heart.
"But it shall be true 1" shouted the
piper, bringing his hand flmly down
upon the table.
Angus did not stay to argub the mat-
ter, but sorrowfully went his Way.
"Stop that whining Maggie -L -stop that
foolish whining ; I Will not hef it 1" said
the piper, turning upon his daughter
fiercely, who tried in vain to repress a
sob as Angus disappeared.
"0 Sandy Buchanan, it iss &tickle
that yell hef to answer for, if ye'll make
Inc that ru hate - my own. father, too,"
said the poor girl, storming out into open
mutiny.
"Leave the room, Maggie!" oried the
piper, waving his hand. The maiden
gladly availed herself of her disraiseal
and fled. to the solitude of her own room.
Cott has notgifen to women the prains
to understand pusiness," he centin-
.
ued, generalizing apologetically to his
guest.
A week passed, and the piper's wrath
against the clan MacTavish end.ured.
The feud was not one-sided. Mr. ,Mac-
Tavish replied to a letter full of nothing
expressed in the bitterest legal phrase-
ology, written by Sandy Buchanan on
the piper's behalf, by a document o
elaborate counter -charges, written b
the banker lawyer of, the town, breath-
ing threateni cis and lawsuits. And the
ease promised to be profitable to both of
these astute gentlemen, as such cases'
generally manage to be.
CHAPTER TV.
For a week Maggie saw nothing and
heard nothing of Angus. She became
quite pale and worn with anxiety, and
distress. She hardly spoke to her
father; and. Janet reported that shwas
sure "the mistress" was 'going into "a
decline," because slae hardly touched
her food. To make matters worse, a
letter came one day from her lover to
say that he too was so miserable that he
coul4 bear it no longer; he was going to
leave the Duke's yacht and go away -7 -
never more to return to lnversnow.
Maggie was driven to the brink of despair
by this letter—almost the only letter
she had ever repeived in . her life, and
sheforthwith wore it, with the lock of
his hair she had long treasured, next to
her heart.
One afternoon a message came from
the kitchen. of the castlee to ask. the
piper if he could oblige the cook with a
dozen or so new -laid eggs, the cook'sl
store having run short. Maggie took
her basket, and, -went with the eggs to
the castle kitchen. - She went with a
sad,. heavy heart, and remained. as short
a, time as possible, for her little romance
with Angus and its sudden collapse were
well known among the servants, and, as
she knew, dismissed. Inversnow Castle
stands in the midst of its own lovely
park, close by the sea -loch, and girt
about by wooded and, heather -mantled.
hills. It was a warm sunny afternoon
as Maggie tripped. from the caStlehome-
ward she was in no mood to meet
enrone ; and to avoid. doing so, she
struck Off the public path through the
woods toward Glen Heath. A robin
was piping pathetically among the elms,
and the squirrels were gamboling in. the
sunshine among the branches overhead.
As she walked slowly over the turf she
deew forth Angus' letter to read once
more, end as she read, the tears started
afresh to her young eyes, and she sob-
bed as she went.
Presently Ole wee surprised by a
voice, a kind, gentle voice, addressing
her in a familiar tone "Well, Maggie
Cameron, what may all these tears be
about? You look sadder than a young
and bonnie lass like you has any right
to be, surely ! - Are you well enough?
The girl looked and looked again, and.;
the fiush cable and went in her cheeks I
as she becaane conscious that, stretched!
at full length on the grass close by,1
under the shade of an elm, with a book
in one hand and a lighted eiger in the
other, was—the Duke!
Maggie courtesied low with e natural
politeness, and in her confusion dropped.
her letter, but hazdly dared to stoop to
pick ft up.
"I'm sure, your Grace, I beg your
pardon humbly; it yeas a great libertY.
I will be ta,kinin coming home this way -
instead o' the road."
Maggie hardly knew whether to turn
back or to go on; being undecided, she
did neither, but stood Still in Some
bewilderment, the latter still lying at her
feet.
"But you have not answered my
'question, I think," said the Duke en-
couragingly.
I I . •
. "I peg yotir (i.',,pardon aes,in,"1
replied the girl nervoesly ; "but itlwass
—it wass—but it wass Angas"---and
there she stopped &bluntly, and fairly,
broke down.
"Come here, my, child.," said the
Duke, interested in the girl's naanifest
grief. "And what about Angus? Tell
.me all about it. Who knows, I may be
able to help you ?"
The Highland maid. looked into
thoughtful., kind face of the Duke and
went a few steps toweed him.
"It eva,ss avoot Angus McTavish, 3r°ur
Gra,ce„ and ie wags— But your
the
-race
at e 1 • he wail not hurt nop
i
will net know anything a,t all, atalt
apoot Angusi"
"Do' you raea,n the ga,me-keeper'
one of my crew, Maggie ?" ,
"Ay, your Grace, that same !" ani
with delighted eagerness. 1
"Oh, he's at the root of your dis
the rascal, is he ?" '
d. intod no, your Grace; itfl
not h.
feeling
8011,
she
ress,
ass
dy's
whatefer ; oh inteed, he' as
as
cood and—and as prave a lad as iss in
all the Ilielants nairofer ; and it iss not
him, your Grace, but my father and his
father too had some quarrel; noti but
that they ere cood men neither; bet it
wass all on account o' a glass o' 1 pade
whusky or the like o' that, I think ; but
—but oh, your Grace, Angus is going
away Cass ray father has taken a hatred
of him, and won't hef, a wOrd that iss
cood te say te, him; and. if Angus goes
away, it wad preak my heart !"
The Duke 'rose, leaving his book on ,
the grew, and placing his hand kindly '
on the maiden's shoulder, said: "Come,
Maggie, this May not be so bad as it
seems We shall see what we can, do.
Dry your eyes, child. Angus can't. go
away from my yacht without ray con-
sent, and I shall take care that he shall
not go 'away. Take comfort from that.
We shell see what can be clone."
"Oh, but my father iss fery obstinate.
your Grace, fery! And he wants me to
marry a raan that I cannot bear to
look at. Bat I am troubling your
Grace." • I
The Duke's sympathy had. wonderful-
ly dispelled Maggie's awe. •
"Well, well," said the kindly noble-
man, "pick np your letter. ' If the piper
won't listen to reason, we must seewha,t
can be done without him. But your
father is a sensible maa23 and will no
doubt , listen to reason. Good -ye!
Remeraber there must be no more cry-
ing. And you don't think it will be
hard to bring Angus to reason? Well,
well, we shall see. But remember, not
another -tear all the way hoinel"
Encouraged. by the words of the great
Highland Chief,- Maggie coirtesiedi low
again, and sped homeward with a bur-
.
den lifted from her heart. I
Angus McTavish astonished, the vil-
lage watch -maker and jeweler by walk-
ing into bis shop toward gloaming one
evening, shutting 'the deor carefully
behind him, and even turning the key
in the lock when he had. satisfied him-
self there was 110 one present except the
big-browed, hump -backed little watch-
maker, behind his glass cases.
---,
ish"?An7 d iss it yourself, n Mc.Tav-
,,Qi ay, it iss me." wia' s exam-
ining, with a deep flush on his face,
tie ease of ornaments ..in, out of him.
"And what iss it that 1 an pe dooing
f r Ye, Angus, the nicht ?" 1
"Oh, it wass only a"— gus coughed
"it wass a ring—a gold: ring, that 1
adbe wanting ye to sh w me, miro-
f r."
"Oho! that wass it, as it?" said.
;Steven., winking at ngus, as he
t ok his hem magnifying ens from hiS
e e, and cant() from' his • three-legged,
s ool and Marvelous assortment of tiny
animers, pinchers, and watchmaking
ar ,scatteredon the bench before 'him,
speak With Angus at the counter.
"Wass it a shentlman's ring now,
Meister McTavish, r .a ring for the
l
lass ?" , -
"A*That wad. the like o' me pe doing
.th: a, shentleman's ring, Mr. Steven?
o Yon. take me for a wheeper-snapper
1 wyer's clerk that y&should think o' me
i that way?"
"Weel, weel, Angus lad, ye may pe
]dight; but a' the lads wear them noo-
days. Nae doot it iss iguorant yanitY;
ut it iss coed for trade, and it iss no
for me to be finding fault wi' my cus-
tomers. And it wass 0, ring for the lass
i'e
h weel, that iss cood too," said Mr.
&wen, pulling out a, drawer fall of sub -
visions glistening with Scotch pebbles
di many varieties set in gold, end plac-
ifigehem before Angus. "Noo, there iss
one that wad. mak' any bonnie lessie's
Mouth wetter, and it iss only twelve -an'-
s'xpence ; and if ye like, I h.af got apadr
ponny ear -rinks to match it—the
hole lot fOr a pound."
"Na," said Angus, plashing aside the
&tidy ston.S. ; "it iss a plain 'gold ring
lj want, will no rubbishing stones . a,pobt
! I
"Eh, what, Angus! And iss it a
mairriage ring that ye wull pe wanting
me to gif you, mirofer ? Eh weel! but
that iss a fery different tale from what
I hef peen hea,ring—and it wass a mair-
riage ring—eh. dear me! But itdss my-
self that is happy to hear it."
"Hush -t!" said Angus sharPly, red-
dening, "a, man may want to lief a
Wedding rieg apoot ‘him—maype for e,
friend or the like o' that—without his—
his"----Angus coughed a' 'retreat. .
"0 ay, a,t- ; surely, Angus, surely. Nae
doot apoot it; ay, ay, lad—nae doot
a,poot it !".
Angus left the shop with a circlet of
gold in his waistcoat poeleet.
Meantime,although. almost a fort-
night had passed, the piper's lawsuit
hung in the wind, despite the face that
his legel adviser felt it his duty to hold
frequent and prolonged coeferences with
Inm. at -Glen Heath. The lawyer was
not such genial company a,s Angus had.
been; and though he did. his . best to be
'greeable to Maggie end sociable with
er fether, even. to the extent of trying
, learn the bagpipes, he had to lay the
nn.manageabie instrument aSide, under
the piper's sweeping generalization,
on,
that lawyers had no more ear for
usic than the pigs." Inhis , s heart
e piper was not sorry to see that his
anghter.snubbed Angus' rival in spite
f his own strictest commands.
The Highland maid. seethed. to be
earing her lover's banislnnent better
an was -expected. More than one at-
empt had. been made by the young
Sailor to mollify Mr. Cameron, without
alpable signs of success; and when
Maggie renewea her protests, she was
Met with.' the announcement that, if
McTavish's name was again mentioned
t him, she would be sen't off to her
unt's in Glasgow for the winter—a
tlireat the full significance of which
'none knew better tha,n Maggie her -
elf.; 1 ,
Then it was announced that on a
certain evening there was to be a supper
given by the Duke in the barn of the
eine Fa,rm, to which all of the ser -
ante and. mauy , of the tenantry were
1 vited ; and to the :piper it was inti -
&tea that he would be expected to
ring his bagpipes with him. Here was
uite sufficient reason for Maggie to be
eating her eyes out with the prepare,-
t on of feminine finery, as the piper
o servedShe had been doing for several
ays.
Early in the morning alter Angus?
i Au -view with Mr. Steven, the watch-
siker—and it was a lovely Autuixna
orning—the piper's daughter might
ave been seen walking briskly, perhaps
mewhat paler than usual; through a
eadow at the western' side of Inver -
s ow', toward the loch. Iler h.eaat beat
'clelY as she `Went, and , there was a
t uch of anxiety in her face as she
g awed back occasionally to the white
c, ttage on the slope at the entrance of
Glen Heath, as if she expected to see
s me one following her. 1 She walk d
*ckly on, brushing aside the dew wi h
er dress as she went, and. hardly pa s-
e until she reached a sheltered inlet af
t e loch. t some little aistance fro
t le beach, boat—Maggie's own boa,
as resting n the water, and the mai
e had. barely time to spread her whi e
handkerchief to the wind, when the oa a
N ere swiftly dipped, and almose imm
• 'ately the bow of the -beat ran high n'
t e beach,grating along the pebbles l-
ost to her feet, and Angus leaped o tt
al d held her in his arms. .
"0 Angu.s, dear, I don't think I c n
p ssibly ge through with it—I really
d n't thinkil eau!" she murmured.
"Ye are too late now,- my bonny aoo,"
[ ovej "too late now." -
Ma,ggie Stepped with ...Lenges' help in o
t e boat, although she did, not think s e
c uld "go through with it."
"But if dad should come back e d
iss me—Q Angus 1"
"He will not come back. • The • Te k
Cott pless him 1—has eent'hira to t e
uaghn ruins with a . party from ti e
castle. Look, Maggie 1 do ye see t e
ag—the Teuk's fla,g—on the mainm a t
o the yacht ?"
Angus rowed swiftly, without swer -
g, to the yacht. Not another wo d.
as said as Maggie ascended the ladd r
om the boat, accompani d by An s.
he was rosy as she notic d 'the nnive
s 1 grin that greeted. her ona the ra n
a she walked along the 'deck, betwe n
t e goed-natured captairt and. An s,
s-raight to the cabin. Inithe cabin—a
room with its gold and crimson, and
c rved wood -work, its luxurious carpets
a d picture, its books and piano, a d
t e sweet g 1 epse of loch and mounts ri
esible fre e the wide-open ports, th t
aele Maggie feel as if she had be n
ijitroduced to a nook in Paradise—s , e
as overwh ed to find herself aga i
f ce to face with the Duke 1 With t ii e
uke was er old end, Mr.
e parish " ister of versnow, who e
esence h a wonderfully inspiring
uence as a shook hands with h r.
.73
S I
L.
1877 •
NE
eassaer'
1877
GOODS. NEW GOODS. NEW GOOPS.
AT
THOMAS KIDD'S EMPORIUM, SEAFORTH.
I. have lma Ob. piileasure in informg my customers and the publics in general that I am imw in
receipt of the '
, 1
• "-! •
FIRST INSTALMENT OF MY FALL STOCK,
Having been purchased on the m
oan confidently say that at no
duoemen s to offer 111 the way of
at favorable terms and seleoted with groat care and judgment, I
rmer period since I commenced business had. I as good iaidnee-
CHEAP DRY GOODS.
The Patterns are all Pew, Very Stylish and Exceedingly Good Value.
An Inspection of the•Goods is Respectfully J_Yolicited.
100 PlECES WINCEYS, EXTRA GOOD VALUE, from 10c per yard up.
125 PIECES OFi PLAIN AND FANCYDRESS GOODS, from 12tc. up.
150 PIECES op TFICSE CELEBRATED BLACK LUSTRES, Specially
Made and Dyed for ray Trade.
I
A LARGE LOT! OF NEW FALL PRINTS, Perfectly Fast ColOTS.
21 CASES OF MEN'S AND BOY' LONG BOOTS, At Low Prices.
READYNADE CLOTHING, A L rge Lot Just Arrived.
TEAS.
TEAS. TEAS.
THE BIGGEST ARMVAL OF FRESH TEAS IN TOWN.
CALL AND - CET A
AMPLE POUND OF OUR SPRING LEAF,'
It beats, in Strength and Flavor, all other kinds yet imported.—ouly 60 cenfs per pound.
THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID FOR BUTTER
All Goods sold or Trade the same as Cash.
Every Satisfaction Guaranteed to all who buy their Goods at the iri7ew
1
Gash Store. 1
.1
THOMAS KIDD, SEAFORTH.
P. 8 .—Apprentioes to the Dressmaking and Mthinery Wanted. Apply immediately.
DUNCAN & DUNCAN, SEAFORTI-1.
/HE LARGEST STOOK 0
EVER OFFERED IN
DRY GOODS
THIS COUNT
IS NOW OPEN POR INSPECTION AT
IDTTI\TC1313Sr crk ID TTLTC.A.1\T'S,
Who have taken the greatest care in making their selectiens. Notwithstanding the low prices of
• Goode in the various deparments, the
S`tyles arre El xceedingly Attractive a d Strictly Fashionable.
•
DRESS GOODS D
PARTMENT.
100 PIECES NEW FALL DRESS GOODS JUST OPENED, IN ALL :THE
I ' NEW COLORS.
Seal Brown, Navy Blue B ouzo, Green, Prunes, Drabs, Greys.
BROCADED AND TRIPE DRESS GOODS.
I
COSTUME CORDS in all the New Colors from,20e. per yard. Serges and Brilliantinee, full
a
BLACK LUSTRES.
Just Ai rived Per Steamer Texas. Theee Lustres we import direct from the Manufacturers in
Bradford, England, where they are Specially dyed and finished for us'and customers eau depend on
getting one of the best roakes of Lustre& in thc Market at from16 to 18i cents per yard lesS than
regular prieee. See theseLustree.
WINCEYS—IMPORTED DIRECT FROM GLASGOW
We hav4 received o
ing of all the best col
pieces Che ked Wincey
of the Largest Stocks of Winceys ever imported into this County, ednsist.
re in Plain and Twilled, -which we an offer from 7 cents per yard up. Fifty
in all color&
LADIES' SILK
TIES,
All New in Cardinal, Skey, Rose, Tilleul, Cerise, Medium Blue, Pink, Coral White, Grey, Black,
Mauve, and Geranium. Ladies' Frilling, Collars and Cuff, Gloves, Hosiery, gic.
Best American and English Print and Canton. Flannels.
,
-CrREY COTTONS, Cheapestin Canada.
OXFORD SHIRTING, from 1Qc. to 124 ., Best Value in the County.
WHITE COTTON, in American and English, from 8c. to 124c.
See our HORROCKS' 82 and 86 -inch 3I.EAUH.sD COTTONS.
TWEEDS. r TWEED
TWEEDS.
Our Steck in Canadian and, Scotch Goods is larger this kear than at any former season, And we
can offer Tweeds from 10e to 25e per yard lower. See th se Goods and Examine Our Prices
I
FULL STOCK OF HATS AND CAPS,
BOOTS AND SHO S, &c.'
DUNCAN & DUNCAN.
TEM ER 14, 1877.
RBA ST TE FOR SALE,
WOE SAL —For S le, a new frame cottage ma
-1; I one-fifth of am acrelot, situeted on Nort4 shin
tEihtreotwl Sneear blartil ecahveiltir itb:aSratneticaNfaloi,huattdihri..sellutAelluaipsopYgglt;I:Ttuse,e4 91 n i s811,4
1
liStY:-..ggl;m644.0RrH:RaL;(1131:1,:Ew'rtellii'6:311:iralll.hundi'loNSfelltArrILL:A.a°:Amg:le2v11E:1171:ri—smit-rilloes21::::fac:ria:meA8:1313,inurnouW13-16.611:iterosal:,-
i
e to suit purchaser. Apply
507
: buildings, Vi ,tuited on the Market Square ofSeaforth, for a o or to rent. The building is very
Krilloil:e;i312a5 Shaeor elgelheaprusede,, awnidthspnrinewzfrearmea tau.
yam5'4g50iiiiroogua'wheth, Rpolaxeilu. , TLearamits tAogseuni,t, psueraahaarfore;
For partictilars1 apply to W. N. WATSON, Sea
forth, or to DANIEutilL,!ilGomORuDi 014;NitG2ood,eoroionli..1242, :0.
s table for a boarding house or EL poblits bedew:848.
Teener FOR ALE.—Vor Sale 5.1 acres of land,
'Apply to . . S ,
1,1 OUSE FOR SALE.—A Great Bargain, That
11 desirableouse, with new additions,: and i
acre lot, on Re. tenbury street, Clinton. -9 rooms,
Splendid hard ind soft water tanks, Mlle; 'wood.
shed,- and 'unueual oonveniences on the premixes.
Apply to :the I undersigned, Dr. APPLETON,
Clinton. i I 501-18
, --i 1
pAlllt FOR SALE.a-For Sale, Lots 1 and2, Coe.
-e-1 B. Howick, 200 acres of first class land 150
cleanalovell fenced and in good cultivation, *
fitted for mower and reaper. Two good springs,
good orchard and good commodious buildings*
One third of purchase money- down. WILLIAM
ANDERSON, Belmore P. 0. 509-8
'TILLAGE PROPERTY FOR SALE.—Lots 2 and
✓ 3 intho village of Walton in the township ef
Gray, arenow for sale. There is a dwelling house
and. cooper shop on the place. It is a good the&
for a cooper or shoemaker shop. Any person
wishing to purchase can apply to the proprietor on
the premises, if by letter post paid. A. 3. SMITIf,
Walton. 1 509-4
1.4`Aftlil FOR SALE. -For sald, West half of Lo
e; 9, Con. 2, Hullett, containing 50 acres, 40 acres
aro well deared, without stumps, and in a good
state of cultivation, being well underdrained a en
tb& premises there is a »VW frame house 2.82,
frame barn' and two frame stables, also a good
bearine.porchard' and never -failing well with pump,
Apply to DAVID HILL, on the premises or to
Constance P. 01 540.4x
VA.RM FOR SALE.—Lot 22, Concession 2,
Stanley, containing 100 acres of excellentland;
75 acres eleared, the balance in gool hardwood
bush. Morel's on the place a large brick house;
frame barn, nani frame shed, and three stables; a
good orchard and two splendid wells. Is only2i
miles from Brucefield station and 6 from Clinton.
For further particulars apply to JOHN MaQUEEN,
Clinton, or on the premises. 1:68
WARM FOR 4ALB.—Por sale lot No. 27, and
half of 26, and half of 28, on the Fourth Con-
cession, London Road Survey, Tuckersmith, eon-
taing 200 flexes; The farm will be sold as a -whole
or in two partsto suit purchaser. Firet-elass out
buildings, good. orchard, plenty of water, and
within four miles of Sea.forth, and three of Bruce- -
field stations. 1 Apply on the premises, or to A„
STRONG, Land Agent, Seaforth. 508-4x it
PARM F011 S.T.111.1—Being West half of Lot 22,
Con. 6, Hilbert, containing 50 acres, 45 of which
are cleared and in a good state of cultivation' new
freinebarn52x32, frame shed same size, good iog
dwelling hbuse and other buildings ; good orcbard
and never -failing spiing of water ; is eitintiedwith.
in 5 miles of Carronbrook, on good road; conveni-
ent to sehoole and churches. Apply to 301114
HASTINGS, on the premises, or to Carronbrook
P.O. 509-2
TrARM FOR SAT.-Fa—For Sale, west half of Lot
No. 10, Con, 14. McRillop, containing 50 acres
of choice land, 35 acres cleared and in a good state
of cultivation, and the remainder good hardwood
bush; goedlog house alla franae stable, goodawell
with pump, good. young orchard. Is situated 5
miles from the village of Walton. For further par-
ticulars apply to THOMAS SUTTER, Con. 14,
IfcIton
illiope.
,eor to MRS. WHITEMAN, Eippen
Post
509x4
VARM FOR SALE.—For sale a desirable farm
1: within 3 miles of Seaforth, near the Northern
Gravel Rona, containing 48 acres, about 40 soma
qleareilaand ingood condition, also pod buildings
dud orchard. well -watered. Price $2,600. Also&
iiesirahle country resiaence, with first class build-
ings worth $3000,beantifully situated, containing50
acres and within one and a half miles of Seafortli.
Fort:n-6er particular's apply to ..9.. STRONG, land
Agent, Seaforth. 501
aaPLENDLD FARM ,FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot
• No. 6, Concession 7, Willett, containing 100
ecres, with the exception of some village lots, alt.
uateil close by the village of Kilburn miles
from Seaferth, and Si miles from Cliilton, with
. good. gravel roads to, both. Never-fainng water;
an orchard containing some 200 trees. Comfort.
able house, good barn, and stables, fences hi good
repair, 90 acres under cultivation. For further
partielilars apply on the premiaes, or by post to the
proprietor, 11. N. ADAMS, Constance P. 0. 508
ATAL'UA_13LE PROPERTY IN HARPUREEY,--7,
✓ For Sale, aacomfortable frame dwelling house,
with about 2i aores of, land attached.. Good stable,
well and other convei4ences. There are a umber
of choice young fruit trees of various kinds. The
buildings are all in ,good repairaand the landis
clean and in good order. The property is pleasant-
ly situated. Also two' park lots containing 4 sores
each, woll adapted for market gardening. For
further particulars apply to the proprietor on the -
premises, or to Seaforth Post Office. MOSES
BURLINGi. 501
R
ARMS FOR
' SALE.—For Sale Lot No. 30,Con-
x cession 7,1
Wbbert, containing 100 acres.
There are 80 agree cleared and in a goodstateof
ct4tiation the balance is well timberedwith Boob
antl. Maple.1 Fist class buildings and a good bear --
els orchard. Ie sixrailes from Seaforth and con-
veuient to Schools. The farm is one of the best
in the coinity of Perth, and is within 3 miles Of
the Grand Trunk and 6 miles of the London, Hur-
on and Bruce Railways. There are three spring
wells on the farm. For further particulars ap-
ply to th proprietor Carronbrook. JOIL1of/2 Mc -
1 CONNELL 1 ,
1
TARGE i.A.RX F011 SLE.—For Sale, that
beanti ul farm, comprising Lot 26, Oon.12,
and the ao -, h three-quarters of Lot 26, Con. 11,
175 acres in all, situated iii the Township of Ile-
Killop, County of Huron, on the leading grad
road, midwey between' Seafoith and Brussels. The
faim is in a gootlatate of cultivation, well fenced
and vratere , and convenient to church and school;
1
18' acres a e cleared , and the balance hardwood,
timber. 0 the farm is a dwelling house, good
outbuilain s, and a young orehaxa. For !Oar
ip)serpntiesalyia:a•suiaa,au.address SAMUEL SAMUEL 11 -ANNA, Oil We*
08
je Ineeni C11ANCE.---$21500 'will buy the 811
—.(
L 'Mill situated 8i miles from Brussels; boiler45
horse power, engine41 horse power; large circular.,
edger and i button Saws; shingle nill, drag sew>
splitter and jointer, lath mill and. bolter. Millie
well situated for timber, and can be stocked in
three weeka' sleighing. Large amount of Custell
work. Terms, $1,500 on or before the 1st of jau-
nary, 1878, and $1,000 in one year.—Also 100 wee
of land, lying near the mill, being Lot 7, Om 51
Township of Grey, 35 acres cleared, balance the'
bored; a new fraine house on the premises. Tenne,
52,700; $1,500 down, balance to suit purchsser-
APply to X., ' or T. DAUNCEY Brussels 2.0.505x8
— _
Ai -AL -LIABLE FARM FOR SALE IN EAST IVA-
; WANOSH.---The owners offer for Saloihe
East half of Lot 82 in the 1st Concession, East
Wawanoshon the :Manchester and Blyth grarl
road abouttwo miles item Manchester, contain, "'„
hag 100 acres of which 55 acres are clearedaa
ahoutiree from stumps and the balance well tiek
orbhard Ike Title perfect. 'TERMS.—$500u °el"'
ooaoad.:nare.solilogiabeaxrneell, eg_noto:nlv__.1.:
11:edholvusiteh hwaitrhamg.
good condicion. There is on the land a good beim
balance on reasonable credit secured by M
at' 6 per nt. Apply to jOHN NAIRN
Gederieh, d the madersigned, GARR OW, MEM
8:111ADEN URST, Vendors Solicitora. 5091
r
EARM P111 SALE.—For Sale, Lot 8, OA. Si
L.R.S., Tuekersmith, containing 100 acres, W
of 'which a cleared and in a good state of mask
Wm, the b nee is well timbered with the bestof
h5rdwool; there is a first-class brick house 88x28,-
ki hen 24i18, with stone cellar under both boos
arld. kit& ; a god frame barn 60x40, driving
M
use 45x0, with stone basement and cattle
hOuses the, hole length of both buildings ;leading
frem the cattle house below is a large root bo
20x9, dug out of the solid bank, built of solid
aridlime and arched over with brick, and is
Pprodilotf u; pthwieatehalrric8k,wane.11sti, area; nheyaewbofunt40 iiineiseeringst &eat
water ; there is a good orchard of apples, Peer*
plhms cherries, grapes, and small fruite ; 00
about h00 roods of drains with ties carefully ha
fdallowny, Intdhecivsteanibylciais afire; allaisolloologredbarnwithax28,stone,anacarei
stables. Its eituated 7 miles from Exeter, 10 front
anafromchttrIleheenss.allstTermation. szC0000nvenied
t ito to
g)pSaieafd4trithowilwn,'Is7td2he remainffer -to suit purchasers. AP`
pplYsoto. twisto
he pr. spTrioetosmr lux.» thepremises or to Mena
0641
1
SEPTEMBER 14 1877.
Mr, Fraser was a little gentleman
the whitest of hair, and. the she
yet kindest, of eyes. "Are you
certain, Maggie," he said, han
open snuff-box to the Duke s
"that now at the last moment you
not repent?"
"We can laud you again in a, tw
ling, you know—can't we Angus?' s
the Duke, looking slyly from one to
other. Angus was standing in the ba
ground, rather sheepishly, if the t
were told, cap in hand. Maggie
hardlytime to assure s' the minist
that elle would. be the last to disappo
his Grace the Duke, and was qu4te
tali, when a door at the other end of
cabin opened, and. the Duke's daugh
Lady Flora, entered; and again t
Highland maid -courtesied, overwhehn
with blucilles as her ladyship she
hands with her.
" We shell hear by and by what t
piper has to say to this," said. LA
me with ince for a time, that all z
Flora; but you, Maggie, hell bet
co ,
be dene in good. order."
And so Maggie was carried off by t
Duke's daughter to a second. nook;
paradise in blue velvet and gold a
mirrors, a fairy tabin redolent with t
perfume of flowers, and with a eerie
peep of loch and mountain from a a
ferent point of view. The eirl felt
if she were moving and talking in'
dream.
When she emerged with Lady Fie
she was clad in simple white atti
veiled., and a spray of heather-blossc
mingling in her hair. Was it still
dream the minister with an open Bil
before beet, and Angus waiting to ta
her by the handl
Wilt thou have this woman to_
thy wedded wife?" &a.—the mai
words that have sent a thrill throie
the hearts of so many gerterations,
sounding in their ears too. And as:
Angus—well, Angus was 'conscious,
he placed the ring on Maggie's flng
that he was dtifting away into a drawl
world. of happiness, far better tie
he deserved, or ever, in his most e
dent moments, dreamed was in stei
for him I
* *
The piper rettn•ned. with the pee
that had been. committed to his gui
slice toward set of sun, and reach
Glen Heath hungry as Esau from t
field; he was impatient to be at tl
Home Farm barn, where he awl,
bagpipes were already due. So lie
and inapatient was he that he did, xt
cross-examine Janet with that sev
which generally characterized him
she—well primed in her part—exp
ed that Maggie had already 'started
the ball. No; the piper was epee
e .
eireine himself, in the merxiest possi
frame of mind, in his best, and sm
as he observed. that Maggie had- for t
occasion adorned his bagpipes with I)
ribbons. The piper was no fop; but
was rumored that the Duke him
was about to leaa off the ball to -nig
and that some of the ladies from t
castle were to be present; so it
hooved him to sppear in his besttarta
which he did; and a finer specimen
the clan Cameron, filfl on his lei
with a head set strongly on a pe
of broad shoulders that proudly leo
the bagpipes, never led clan to battl
field.
With all his haste, he was late. Mai
of the company were already seated
the.long tables that extended from e
end of the barn to the other. Peer
wereshaking hands and chatting freel
and already there was the fragrant od
of cooked meats, tempting tb.e appetit
of all and sundry. The room was ga
ly lit with -candles and. lamps from t
ea,stle. The piper lifted hie cap polii
ly in acknowledgment of Ithe epplau
that greeted him as he entered.
" This is your place, M. Cameror
said the Mike's factor, who aetea
stem -fuel for the occasion, pointing to
place near the head of the tabi;, a
immediately opposite Me. MatTavi
and his wife; the former of wilt
frowned blackly as the piper look
across at him.
" Na, Mr. Reid, ria; not just yet,"*
piper said, rising.
" A tune, Mr. Cameron, a tune
came from several quarters of
reonie a request which the piper w
pleased and pioud to comply with. Y.
did the music Cease Until the door ope
ed, and the Duke walked in, Lady Itle
leaning on his aim, and behind him S.
Fraser, leading in the mila-ee
Duchess; and behind these several
the Deere's guests. The bagpipes car
to abrupt silence as the company re
to cheer the ducal party, When
Fraser had asked a blessing on t:
mercies which the Duke had provid
for them, the came a loud, clatter
knives and forks, and tua assault up,
the dishes; and talk and laughter ee
merry din. The piper forgot the geet
keeper in the absorbing fact that
was seated between Lady Flora aa
Factor Reid, an unusual and une
pected honor - so absorbed that he hat
ly noticed dint his daughter Mage
had not up to this inement appeared
the room.
When the 'dishes were cleared aw4
and glasses and decanters stood re.,
ment-wise along the table, the Chi
rose, and, when silence prevailed, I
said:
" My -very good friends; before 1 le
you to fill bumpers for the toast of il•
et:ening, the nature of which I 'shall
called upon to explain presently—
wish you all to join with me ii a gat
to two very worthy friends of Mine, lei
esteemed acquaintances of all ef yee
whose good qualities are toea ell knoe
to require any words from 1)-I5 to 50.9
mend. them to your favorable notiee.
I mean our excellent friend Mr. Can
eron, of Ghee Heath, and my no lel
esteemed friend Mr. MecTaVish, ofGk
Ford --and may they never be won
friends than I am sure in their hear
they are to -night!"
There was a general clinking
glasses and nodtlingef heads toward ti:
piper and the game -keeper: e You
health, Mr. Cameron !" "1 look toN
arts ye, Mr. MacTavish Your fei
coca healths, shentlemen !" ex. , •
It need hardly be said that Mr; Caa
crop. and Mr. MacTavish looked el
tremely foolish as the sounds gradual]
passed into silence, and all eyes becan
fixed on thein; but neither of thej
seemed disposed to rise. At length ti
piper sprang to his feet.
"It wass a great honor that his Graf]
paid me, and I thank him for it wit
all my heart, And it wass—well
wiles, ladies and shentIemens—well,
may hef heard mirofer that there Wita
a small wee bit of a tifference--intee
ye might call it a quarrel between .MitJ
ter MacTavish and me, and it wass