The Ottawa free trader. [volume], October 24, 1885, Image 6

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AN ACTOR'S STOUT.
Eclated ly JOHX COUCMAX.
INTRODUCTION.
OS THE QVEENS DIUUWAT.
ninn-
Jill Id
'iiiiiiiv or hircu-
TS, till 1 I, WP1 "HI
tie mini t Kil
ivnntfx'lf. Vo kid
left (ilf'iiuck lor
(i ii' sow lv train
leaving c ur In"-
(111 IK V.IH
no mm Ii of ii) to
1. i nt f; T II
nl.il.nw ulkpl on to I'll sl"V, wlic-H Pi!;o
tin) a
Ja:il iv
Willi
fivi:i
fdllll I
Wl II1 ll
it !.; I
h i'-ti 1 in tlio lo"nl ii-iip- i urn, .ill",
i i ki;iii!iuIv known in ' Lan;
u !io uotill I.o "'ooil' Cor a so v
A as! wli"!i w! K't toT-i-il-y, w
"IuU AViiln1'' was ' "u u-! t ho
i-' lini-cf ani tli' i-ir 'I wv
I .in. !!' 1 (n f. fiv" .;iiJliei
was (lie fillip.' union It of I: i - ninlif
htnito fop acli.iir "11'Ttnim, in tun rImiui
but pun erf ill t ay ly of t. a! ii.'i'in'.
. I.i'ii Hi.) 'l.iy was ovir Mr. .laminon
toi k ns to li:s Imliiiffs ,r;,Vl' IH " 1 '"'""I '
iv. I ooii ii? it n't n tint fupxp, f it which I
wit mi l listiMiel whilo tlio vi'tciaiH url-sl
"tln ir yoiinsi'iiconntcpso' t nu n." Amiilsr
their tj. .-is.-mt -i'iiiiiiiseeii'i I'.ko Iiiipp'-im 1
to ii-. in ion tho nanio of "Curly." At tlio
m uii'l JamiiHon b'cnnm sal aut
AltT a nliilo I'iko iiiiiiiro t:
"Wl.i ro in Ii.. ih.i li'Mtf
'-lli.il knowN!" ri)ilivl tlio oMit,
not i. M-ii hi;n f r i month r mor
hliivts out whifii ti;o nanivcr-iry
awful time comtsi round I In
silcut.
, "l'vo
II'i nv
of t llflt
i.-rtiliy
sty awav for a mo'itli or it nwis, mil
conic? Imek without a Hoi fl, ii 1 1 r-su mom
his IiI'o w hore lie left off, j'Kt as f tioibintr
liH'l liii.neii. Fixir Curiyl l'oor Fio.-al
Hut there; what U it Misini M.icietli
my-!
Tiling without all i-o-ii'dy
Kh. .ul ! l niihout regard; wliui' duiw is
doli'i.'
Ho flip no niut cljar out Mint is, if you rnenn
to a to Kilirmrn ck to-morrow, (inol-bve.
yotiiii; f.emlciiia'1. I bojio ycu'll lm luckmr
than Uii.s wr-titlipr-beaten oil villain tinJ
mvMsf. Htiek to til.! 'text'; htmlr ni'lit
uful iliy; ami, who knows, you miy tuko
the worM by Mtiini one of tlie-ie diiys."
"I'll try." 1 Mi.
"tio'ttl iii'l! (rood la I ! RemeiiilKT, 'there's
no mil v or I n fit.' o oil-bye, I' k.;; good
luck t u at Kiliuiipiii
A ii. I so wo took our 'ivo of ' Lan Wil
lie,'1 i) u. i sc uiit our hu'iililt ho-ile.ry, uh-ro
ten iii.i.iit(M later liny In t. nl'p, not. pven
iln iii.iiif the inll.i lev thai m t-iilo-it.-il
in.- mil t with Mr. Jnmi'-s .u an I miMii.ir
yet hi i:e wt'lC to have oil lu.' f'.it'He dm
ti;iv. tr inorrnn-.', n't -r vo ln.l iai l oer
, " ha I ciliy ci;',htt' n iience I. II ; I. ul
i;; moti' when you Lav j jout.i,
, k1!.;iMi (i-i.l iii.iOilioii! jiiiiuk
1 lull nil tlies"; in for my coiu-
Co'
wi ;
hi
(lie
pnnion, xvip fellow, ho lei 1 Iri'l so many
nil of lor'uii! tin i lie was iiril to u-iy
fate. T.y th" way, his ranio was not "P;ku"
at nil; li" ha'l ni'To.y urriv."! it that
n hi t from Inn inarvelloii. voracity, tiii'l
his ex riioril'niiry facial ri.Mi-mlihinco lo (ho
pik ) fih. H" had fulfilled oii.j Nliort ciilvio-iiii-nt
in K )lnlmrj;h or filasnw h uiiii thirl
yens U-foro I met him, bu nil th interr;-,'?-nU'iih
i i bce!i pass ul vanb ii 1 izin about
in halls mi I laruxiu thn Hinn'l toivin of
Vcotlaml. II was nlwiiyn in debt, ahvavs
In ililtie.ilty, but fiiinehow or "(her hnalwuyn
keol nil at, alway i kept a lijjht heart, and
iilwuvs ha t n pleasant worl lor every bo ly.
Aiihouih it wiw in tho montli of May, thn
kiiow wason the ground; lortunalely for in
it Lad been frozen into a lino eiLipcou-hi-ti'ii
'v. Tlio nun Hushed th) horizon with
n r-.i..l..p violet, llglil hij? the hidtopsw ith
the, mid lurking the ilislunt road, w hich Liy
luitorn us, nil ve with ruL.es mid eini'pald
nii'l other precious hIi lies, sol, in (;reat
in.is-ea of 1 and silv T. Oi'cuur e, when
we came up with them cup ium-ic jewels
vau.sliinl no, not (piitn vniiis'.:e I, they had
on. i; no n little furth'T oil'; and so we tol-k'-1
I f'i their Inic't, just as Iln pin fol
low in the pursuit of pln.isuri in Noel
1'iit. u's jicture. It win, inleel, n lovely
inoiii.ii C, nil I the y.nin! Moo I mil riot m
in v ciiis w Ii do t h ' bir is chirp " I mil miii
to ii . fi i'in t-v -ry hu 1 . 1 w rM in line w il Ii
ii. y ii'-t, and tho pns.'iit op le d weenie I to
mi' Hi - "rim ill br.tk throiiili w! i.h ureut-ll"-s
must pns-i." Jll'itt'lel iny-e f 1 lint. I
w.-r-. i. in th !' Kdliiuud Ke.in ill cmlit rn bo
hid.'', wis 1 l ot nl out to o ell ul. U'e Thi litre
H...o, Kdiiriimck, in U'lin-i' (Alasl tins
T:,"a i.'lloyal tiii ntsl cut. to be a biruoNer
nstiililell 1 wits Itoin mi nlrealv. 1 must
coj.f.'vs my m, ul was no rely cxercis'l as to
my future Juliet, MisH Mndclnio Mnutiuo
rciiev. Was clio nhort or bill, ulini op nlout,
U.ti k or fair; (1 mnv ns wed Klat.i at once
t hat i-lie turned out to le eld euoui;h for my
mother, nud wore a false "trout," ho I think
it whs called ) I wan Ut have u guinea a
k ami a lieuellt, all tho receipts, nftor
the shares and stock debt wero taken up.
(So, building these rustles in the air, I
trotted nloni;, full of th) deli-ihtful anliid
fuilions of youth mid biH; while, as for
J'ike, he was us jolly an usual. AUmt mi.l
tlay we stop sl ut a farmhouse n lit tin out
of the main roud, where lie negotiated a
lunch of oatcake and milk for nixpence out
of our lit le titore. Who:i o had done
ample justice to our frugal repnt lm took a
iiii II at hm pipe, an t then wo rvsuiiieil our
journey, U'guiliug the time with snatches
of wing i tid theatrical reiiiiui-.cencei, of
which he h id an al undain e. Incidentally
be mi nt nil ! the name of Cur'y. then lie
tooo I and hangisl the Kubject. Thin re
lniii'l d me of the hitch in the conversation
on the preceding lihht, m I ventured to in
quire who and what "Curly" was. After
Hiijm hesitation I'ike told m the Ktory I am
about to relate a Btory remarkable enough
under any circuiustanoos, but reuderu I still
m"i rcinarkabl) by an incident which
actually occurred during It narration. Had
it not If en for this strange ciiincldn the
narrative would not Lave iicodel tliii in
dui Uou.
CHAITER L
D05AU'S DKBCT.
As I despair of reproducing Tike's hnpey
kauck of spinning a yarn, I must tell in
tele In my own iirosaic way.
Many years ego Donald Campbell was a
writer to The Hignet, In Edinburgh. As
for bit writing, he did do thing but compose
verses, and very ld ones they were, lie
was young, ell born, well bred, of plea
ant and engaging manners, very handsome.
. asd very idle ''Uo was tbe only son of his
mother, and she was a widow" left with a
mall annuity bequeathed by her busbaad,
dfcttafwabedomoar, waofoU al Waterloo.
it' AV liUHV w It
Donald was an asslduom dinor-cut, great at
ball an t parties, plnvel n capital jranw at
billiards, went to tho theatre frequently,
and sedulousl cultivated tho acquaintance
of the nlnver.s. nmonc whmnh. iiosod him'
self as a man with exjiecOitiouii. Jn person
he wns a young Apollo, tall and straight as
a dart, fair coniplexioned, a pure 0re3k
face, straight nose, eyes blue ns wipiiliirei
and bright as diatnouls, a head of Minny
hair which fell in a mas, of goldon curls
about his neck. Yes, the hnir was very
beautiful, but unfortunately there wan not
much worth sjienkius ubout under it. His
I nee nnd his hair wine very much admiroJ
the latter obtains 1 for him tun sobriquet
of "Curly," n cognomuii which clung to him
throughout his life.
This in ermiiug younff gentleman gener
ally lie-inn the day by nunking hands w ith
himself, and ndniirin his hand mm) face in
tho glass. Then he condescendud to jiermit
tho poor fond mother to worship him durins?
his breakfast, ufter w hich he wall ifl I out for
his morning game of billiarls. luthonfter
noon he sunned himself in l'rinces street,
"to give the girls a treat,"' as ho modestly
nut it. After that an early dinner (in thosu
days late dinners wero not in vogue), th 'il
tho theatre or tlxi dunce, whichever pre
sented (lu greater attraction.
Usually his poomtupid head had room
only for one idea; but nt last he mnnn.'o.lto
prmigir! ' in two nt one mi 1 the Mini') tinn.
II. s List idea was, o:i tlio Htrciilh of his
l.aiu'si'iii ) face and comely cnrcas.1, lo niako
n vtealthy limning''. In ord r to cnaiili)
1 1 i 1 1 1 to carrv out tins highly inn l.-ibLi obj ict,
h" niaiiag d, tlirou ;h Lis fathers nnmo nnd
bis mother's iniluenc", to get him elf nomi
nated for a coiiit-tey in the Midlothian vol
unteers; an I n very pretty liiuro ho undo
in bin uniform wheiiever ho hut a chance of
hiring it. His r -eon I, an I it mint be coti
fessej m i-t doniiiiaiit, idea was to :o on the
Btngo nnd make his fortuni). (Jth.'rs had
done so, why should not he.'
At that period there were not at luast
not, in Curly's set many linn higonhlo
young ladies of large fortune, so he con-
tcmpia.cd otniiig "frj-h wools nnd sts
tures new." Hut there was a diflleiilty not
w holly uncoii'iec ed with coin of the realm,
wi he wa coudeiiui'sl to veg.il ato in "Auld
Reekie, at least for tho present.
He was now live or six and twenty, and
hnd never (b ne a hand's turn to make him
self useful in his life; nor, iuileil, had In
the sliglilo-it intention of so do.itg. His
nils-iou was to bo ornnmentul, and I e knew
it. Could he only o, tain un opiiortiinity of
displaying his manly b'liuty on the Rt,Tge,
the women hein ss 'se-iiiecially would bow
down before and worship him. NiiLliino iu
spirnt'oiil II) would get up an amateur
jH-rfoi mnneo for the purpose of providing
the Higblnndo'-s of the Hebrides with
breeches. To illustrate the importance of
sinnll clothi's, the coimxly of "The Delia's
Btra taem was frletrtel, nnd Curly w
to be Dorii'ourt. He had alighted ou hia
fe t. Ho was a Ikd n com diau lie had ani-
niol spirits in nbiin luncn his laughter was
coiitag mis, and he wai sublimely and un
consciously impuleii. that ho was good
look in i no one coul 1 deny. In fact, when Sir
(ieorg) Totichwo.id exclaimel: "Confoun I
the dog, bow hand onio ho look d" every
one iii'lorol tin opinion. Next day the
block'iea Is in the (inp Ts pronoiinee l him a
(renins full-fl'dired that, in fact, ho hnd
only lo hb him.o'f in L .nbin lo cxtin
gn.Hli Churl -s K-mh'e, Kllistoli, Jotiei and
tho rest, oi thi I.o'i Lm plaver-t. ih re. i
lent liehr, ( oieid mi w.is a very distiu-
iii-ln' I nelor, but, of course, ho wasn't, to
oiepiie vv. Millie now 1 ti 'lie, nil i. i
C.ulv iiiolni r, a - net l'reshy tepian, l.y
no irc.ins ciiprov.' i oi uer nai :m.; o.s-
rii' in.; tin Louse n' C.i'iipliL'll by cchibil-
iii'i hmse fasa sttc-e player, and several
lifl'erenees of opinion aio-ie Ixitweou them
ii the subject. Ih-se jangles ruliiiuint-yl
in a lit of iimi) lexy, w Inch cut. tdioi t the old
'a ly's life nnd Lis iii"aiH (f living, ns, oT
lourse. Ins moiiiers ciiniiny ic; niiii.'iie i
wit Ii I or existenc '. lo do I lie hid justice,
lie was very fosd of Ins mother, mi l Ikt
loss was n great bl iw to him. She had left
liim a Mii ill hoard of t wo or t lire) hundred
pounds, which she hnd scrnped logetlnr
with great dm lilt y; Mit no soon nia.ii
"ducks nnd drakes' of that, tin 1 it, wa'i
melting nwav rapiiVv when llnrry John-
s-txiii, tin "Scekch It.i-c.us, tt( he was called.
miii i down from Lmi lo-i for a few nights
to "star" in his n nt i ve city. Johnsloii was
n very hand-omo man and a very line actor.
Ills acting was a revelation to Curly, who
U'cnme a re I hot pari isan, and dirdinguislio.l
hiin elf by ti e demonstrative fervor of Ins
admiration. I hi th last nihtof hiseugnge
tnent tot) Roscius intimate 1 that he had
lieen driven i ut of 1iiidon in conseiiioiice
of linving ti keii the liberty to thrush that
"fill Adonis i t lortv," the I'liiuo Regent,
for insulting his (,li hnston's) wife, nnd that
he hud taken the theatres nt Alierdenn and
Dirndio, and uns now going to settle dou u
in maun emeut in his native hind. Next
lav Ctirlv got one of the nctors to intro-
luce him to th' new manager, mil siie
'eeded t!icrtiud lien ill obtaining an en-
gngem 'lit. IL
road to lortiiii
had achieved one stop on tlio
CIIAl'TKR II.
I.dVK AT HKST HIHUT.
ITiHiti Joining the company ut Dundee,
nonald open" I in Poricourt mil nt once
inadi) a great, hit. Now "Lung Willi " was
the tragedian of t!i ij'iiny. Although
the stronger nn 1 mope iniinly character, ho
"cottoned" to Curly nt once, mil, notwith-
-tiinling hit frivolity and weukiiess, becniue
greatly attached to hiir. They occupied
the wiuie upartniiints, mi l soon were tinn
friends "friends nt the ago when friends
are brothers." Decidedly Muster Curly's
lines were cast in pleasant places. Every
body was kind nnd coiidderate for the
young Ix-ggar had a mod ingratiating way
with him mil despite his egotism, which
habitually usrted itself with frank, and
(s-rfect Mclf-lsdief, ho was potted nnd KHilod
by both the men and women in the com
pany, just hs if ho hud bou a great, hand
some Newfoundland dog. Jolinstiii put
him forward by degrees "nursed" him
gradually into an important line of business
coa chu t him up in several of his own
parti, spread abroad the rc)ort that he was
a mail of lortuno, who ha t taken lothe
stage as a pastiim, made a frieid of
him, and took him into society, where ho
became in great a mccess socially a. he was
artistically. At AU-idoon he was even
more popular than in Dun lee. Tho ladies
admired him o-jHcinlly indit'd ho was the
idol of the hour. At that time, U'fore tho
railways wore In exigence, the advent of
(he players in a country town was an im
portant event.
Mr. MncAUister, th" factor of the Duke of
B , a nun) of lurg) we ilth and consider
able local influence, htil an onlv daughter,
who, lsxides being a groat beauty, was an
heire sin her own right, being entitle.! on
her majority to an income of ten or twelve
thoiisaiil a year, lmqueathe 1 to her abso
lutely by her mo1 her. Flora MacAUister was
hot-blooded, imtu as and utterly uncon
ventional. Hhe fell in love with Curly at
tirst sight. Every time lie actod she occu
pied a conspicuous jJace In Uie boxes. The
popular rumors as to bis ition In society
may protiably hava Increased ber infatua
tion. However that may be, every drop of
Mood in her veins thrilled at the sound of
al voice; she thought of htm b-day; she
dreamed of him by niuh! Ou bis part, he
was attracted by her beauty aud ber dis
tingulsbed demeanor, and toe Orrt thing M
3iil every night when he came on t to tlagt
was to look up to ber box.
Flora was by no moons a typical High
land girl not, at least, as we understand
them for sho was dark as night, with an
abuiidaiioo of dark brown hair, a beautiful
oval face, wonderful lurgs gray evos, which
flashed with firo or melted into tears with
equal futility. Her iluro waa tall and
She oecvjiifd n cunsplrnunx jilnrc iit th
fco,CI.'.S.
stnt'-'y, b it superbly round 1. "In joining
contra-ti Ii ;hI.o,is iicligir." Naiuniily
the fan -L.iired Cuilv's heart went out, to
this dark -haired beauty, "Tim eyo can Iki
ns vocal us tlio tongue," unl thougli no
word had pin el b.'twocu them they nnd t
stMid each other perfectly, lbs ilifiicul'v,
however, was to obtain nn introduotio.'i,
for bit hough Johnst nt was ti freqiir it visi
tor lit MacAUister' s house ho bad never one')
invited Curiy toacconi any him, MacAUis
ter iiitendol his daughter's hnnd for his
yi ung friend Iininl Doempstcr, tlio Iiird
oi ruriilliiiiiuet, wnose es.a.o nuj- ine l iili
own. As tor as King tha young lmly's con
sent that was quito superfluous if sliti
d.iln't know her own mind her father did.
Johnsto!!, f -i ii ti b Lind tho curtains of his
1)X, fre(picntiy oliservod tho optical du -ts
wh.ch nigiiily txik pluco betweo.i tlio young
s'oplo; he saw how tin lu l l lav, au I ii"
thought it his du y as a iiinii of honor to
lend no couutenane i to this sort of non
sense. I.OV.', however, lniigln nt all pro
caut'ons surmoiinUs all obs acie; and, of
cours', in the fuiness of time, Curly an l
Fioru met.
There was a grund ball given at tho assem
bly rooms upon some public occasion, aud
everybody, who was anyrxxly, was ther.
The belle of tho ludl Uvonl dispute was
i'loia, and it was equally unquostiotinbl)
thai tho "swell" of th bull was Curly. Yes,
he was decidedly "tho star of tho goodly
company," tho cynosure of nil eyes ad
m red by all tin woinoa, detested by all tin
men.
Among tho former therj was but oni
opinion: "He was all too lovely" among
tho hitt;r ho was tho most insol-nt puppy
that ever walked on two logs. Hard words,
however, break no bones, nnd lie lionet
uliout subhm ily insouciant, resplendent in
his cornet's uniform his iiuil rosial locks
floating about h s brow in a got leu nimbus
Lis head an I shoul lors tow. ring over
( vervlrfi ly. l!"-i l ) til -si p T-ioual udv.au
tagos, ho Wiis the only man in tho pluco w ho
knew Low to handle a woman iu a wultz,
a id ns it was ,i new dance ho wus conse
quent. V" ti e ono most i.i doin and. Ho ani
Flora hud been in tin roi m f ir three niortal
hours, cou'iuunlly meeting, nlin .st touiM
ing each other, but never onco during to
speak. He only wait j,l his chikiiei. At lint
it. came. Johnston had jmc finished tho
lancers with Miss MucAUister, and they
were promenuling tin room together, when
the faun fncj lo face with Curly, lioforo
the manager IhmI time to cscaiw Dou ild ro
qiiehtsl au in I'idiictiou, and when til 3 next
waltz i true.i up Flora was whirling about
in his arms. It, was tho old, old story, that
has lieeu told a hunlrel, yea, a
hjndrod ibousund times. t)f coursj
tlcy hal known each other . all
their lives, perhaps in soiuo oh.T life,
etc. Itegardless of everything and every
IsMly, they danced together for tho lost of
the event. ig. Society too'; note of this, nn 1
society was fi!ioced. Johnston shook Ids
head. Mr. Iliiniel Deonipster, w ho had boon
selected by Mr. MncAUister as his I'm lire son-in-law,
was not n dancing party, and In
shook his list lurtivcly, and longj.l to inaka
it luquuiutod with Curly's head. Then', for
ho wus "caiitiy," Deempftor inquire 1 of
Flora "if she didn't feel tired. Might In tut
order the carr.ngo'' ' No, she was not tire I,
the ball ha I only just begin, mid Mr.
Deeiupstep ue.t.l not order tho carr'.iiie." SSo
saying sue returned to tin waltz and to
Cully. The Laird of Strut hinins was u
gii.nt of six foot two, wi.h Hi e. e of a hawk,
and tin leak of an oniric; a hug) chest, n
brawny pair of arms and a II .t Lkj a sloilge
hammer. A dangerous person w iieu put, out
ofth.iwny. lie was put out of the way
now. Casting a baleful glare on his rival,
ho made all sail for tho curd-room, herj he
found his tather-in-hiw that was to lie in the
nine holes." Obviously ho couldn't inter
rupt him then, but when the nihlier was.
over and acAUister had lost tin game,
through his partner having revoked, Deomp
Bter related his grievance to ears already,
unfortunately, disKm) I to anger. 1 he two
men returned t tho ballroom hastily, and
sought Flora, who wai at that iustuui about
to b'giu another dance.
"Conn, Flora, Raid MacAilister. "Timo s
up earring.) is waiting."
' fcso sorry, papa," sue repiio,i, sweetly,
"but I'm engaged to Mr. CampW'll for (he
next wa'.tz. Lot mo introduce him to you."
Curly blandly uiurmurwl in his mosb in
sinuating manner, "Delighted delighted
I'm sure." Tne music struck up aud nway
they went, "pursuing, encircling, caress
ing." MacAUister stood dazed and dumb
founded; at lust ho muttered:
"Well, d his impudence!"
Dis'inpstor said nothing, but nuido up his
mind, if ever he got tlio chnncj, that ho
would break every Ikuio iu Curly's skin.
During tho waltz tho lovers arrange 1
their plan of action. Flora's maid, Jennie
Macl'iiersou, had a broi her, a Ciiruiiter iu
tho theatre, wh could lie rolled on as a
fuiihful messenger. Having established
this trusty medium for communication, tho
rest was easy.
Tho dunce being over, Curly escorted
Flora to her father, tut neither tho "stern
parent" nor his intended son-in-law vnucli
sofod tho slightest recoguitioa as they
turned au.l left the room.
When the MacAlusters reached home a
terrible scene oocurre.1. The old gentlemau
had had too much wine or whisky, or both,
nud he assorted the paternal authority in
manner which set Fmra's Highland blood in
a flame. She turned round and faced him,
giving him almost as good as ho tout, and
wound up by saying:
"At any rate, in three months' timo I shall
be my own mistress, and free from either
coercion or insult!"
The old man replied:
"Very well; but till those thre.) month
ere over you are under my control, and by
O 1 you dou't cross vender doorstep
without my permission. Dou't let there l
any mistake bo-it thatP
CHAPTER III
THE ELOPEMENT.
From that night forth Flora wa never
jnrtnitted to leuve her father's hcuso on any
pre'ext whatever, but
Stonv limits cannot hold love out.
Aud what lovo can do, that daros lovo
attempt.
Despite locks, bolts ani bars the loverj
daily communicated with each other, and it
was fully arrange 1 that they word to elope
tosrether tho very day Flora enmo ot age.
A week beforo tl.uc tinn the theutrical
season terminate 1 at Aberd(c. and the com
pany took thoir departure for Invernoss.
Deompstor, who hud kept a vigilunt eye
ou "ilio play actor fellow," as he called
Curly, finding that In had really laft tlie
town, relax )1 his watch, nnd -MacAUister
himself breathed more freely. Ho was de
votedly attached to his daughter, and tried
by every miuus in his jxiwer to make her
forget tho stormy interview on tin night of
the bull. The effort was in vain, for lie
could not unsay what he had said, whih she
was implacable, nn I rcmainol dis Ininfully
silent. As for Deompster, she did not even
notieo tho man's existence.
Three months posse 1 awav, ani Flora at
tninel her -1st, birthday. Tho timo f ir tho
rlicmcut had arrive,!. It was a night of
storm and tempo it. Willio nccoinpanio 1
Curly from Inverness to see him start on
his perilous -journey. Vhe:i all the house
was at rot Flora, nttended by the faithful
Jeaiime, went forth iu'o l;r lover's nniw.
Then, her courage, uibduod by her love, she
melt "d into b'ars.
"Oil, in v love! My prince!" she snid,
"fold me to your heart. let mo fis-1 your
strong arm an un 1 nn, that I mny know I
am vours."
".Mine, and mini enly, nnd always," tho
young man rejilie I.
At this moment IVillin emerge 1 from the
other s.do of tlio conch, to which ho had dis
creetly wiih lrnwu wi.h the jKistillious whsn
h" saw Flora coming.
"Donroit," said Curh', "let mo introduce
my 1 est friend to you."
"Mr. Janiieson," snl I Flora, extending
her hand, "my Imsbaii i's frijiids nro mine."
"Mndnm," said Jainies"ii. "should you
ever need u frien I you n ay relv on mo,"
"I shall remeiii'icp," she replied.
Then she embraced Jenunie, and stepped
into the coach. Tho girl turned away
towards the In us silently weeping. The
yi ung men clnsjied hands, nn I bade each
other good-bye; the postillions set spurs to
their horse, and drove away.
Who i tho carriage was lost in tho dark
ness Willie walked rapidly toward tho coach
offlee to catch tho Inverness mail, so ns to
return t tiis duties on tho morrow. "They
nro a bourne couple," ho said, "and I think
sho has ballast enough to keep hiiu straight.
They ought to I happy nn J yet 'I've an
ill-divining heart.' 1 shall miss him mora
than I thought I should; be has frank ani
pleasant wav an I then he's so like my lit
tlo brother Sundio, that's dead tho same
Intigh, tho same curly hair, the mm) bright
blue eyes. I don't know whether it was the
laugh, or tho hair, or tho eves that first
drew mo to him. Ah! her j wo arc." Ko
saying he entered the archwav of tho White
Hopso, where the mail was waiting.
That very hour Doempster drenmol thnt
tho woman ho lovo 1 had fled lnr father's
home with the "play actor fell w." Tha
thought maddened his bnin nnd burst tha
bonds of sleep. Without nn instant's d day
hoslippid into his clothes, nn 1, regardless
of the rain and the darkness, In rush d
down the Ui ;li street. From the opjiosito
direction cntm the tramp of hoi-sos' fee1) at
a Kail op, the rattle, of win' ds aud the loud
r.-iiit ua of tho p-unrd's hern. It was the
nor'h tii mail o i its way to Jnvepnes-?. Tue
sounds got nearer and nearer, till nt length
they wero close upon him. As lie stepped
aside, nn I clung to tho wall to let the coach
jass, a vivid sheet of lightning for a mo
ment illumine l tin iiorizm ns brightly as
if it ha I been noontide. Looking up ho saw
Janiieson on the box; tho next moment tho
coach had vani lie 1. The sight of the young
tragedian confirmed his suspicious, and ho
crowlel; "Curse tin long-legg'l brute.,
What can have brouirht him here at this
unenrthly- hour What but to help tho
other scoundrel to rob me of tho light of
my lifef Yes, yes, it lniwt bo so. I'erlnps
it tuny not lo too late; xriinps " And
si, with hell raging in his heart, he van fast
as his feet could carry him to tho Guu-loch
Head.
In her ngitntion .Teannio hal forgotten t
boltthedoor. Hodnsho 1 itoiion, and, rushing
headlong into MacA!lis:er'i room, star. led
him out, of his drunken shriilier by giving
v nt to his suspicious. At first tiie old man
was half dnzjl, but ns soon as he could
comprehend tho state of nlTairs he jinqied
up ns if he had beiii s'ioL A minute Inter
nn I they were in Fioru's chamber. It was
loo lute!
When Lo found tho bird hal flown Mu"Al
listi r turned grim as death. "Go dow n, Dnn'l,
go dow i," sail ho, "mil bring mo my dog
whip." Deempstor strode down siuirs, au i
returuol inline lintoly with tho whip. A
moment n f lor t hey had burst open Jeunnio'.s
room. I'oor Jenunie! She had overheard
all, but she pr-len led to sleep.
"That'll do," r uired MacAUister. "Come
cuto' that; none of your humbug with mo."
Ant he scut the whip flying around her
ears. "U lief) is she tell niel lilast you!
tell nn, you young Jez.-bel, or I'd cut tho
liver out, of you! '
The girl spra ig from her lied nnd con
fronted him, with her teeth set and tier eyes
aglure. Th -n, foldiug her arms, sho said,
"Cut nwa', but do'il a word you'll get out o'
J.'iinuio. "
"Curse you, then; take that nnd thntp'
roared tho infuriated father, as tie sent the
whip writhing into her tender flush. Fortu
nately the girl had thrown herself upon the
bed iu her clothes, a circuiustanci to which
sho probably owed her life. Mai witu rage,
MacAUister plied the whipuutil shedropoi
down senseless. 'ihei Djouipster inter
vened. "li's no use whipping a dead dog," said
he. "D n her! there let her lie! They're
gone north by tlio mail; wo haven't a mo
ment to lose. I'll gang and see tho horses
ready whilo you get dressed."
Half i hour later a coach and four
horses, with two postillions, wero ut tiie
door. Roth men examined the priming of
their pistols, both filled their flasks with
spirit, then of! they went through the nigut
and tho darkness.
When tho chase commenced the lovers had
barely two hours' start; their destination
was St, Andrews. J m mediately ou their
an ival they were to lie married by a youug
clergyman, a fru-n I and fellow student ot
Curly's. As they sped through the night,
what wero rain, storm or tempest to thouil
Their arms clasjied round each other, their
kisses ou eacu others liiw thev were in
Heaven! Tho horses were stroug and well
trained, tin poslillious were wiry and inde
fatigable on, on they went, little dreaming
that they were aireoiiy using notiy pursued
At last dawn struggle 1 over the Uramp.ans.
It was a dull, gray morning, the rain still
camo drizzling down, and the sun strove in
vain to emerge from tu mist. What niat
tersl that! The love iu their hearts made
sunshine enough to illumine the universe.
At this nmni 'tit they pulled ui). Curly
alighted eagerly. Imagine his consternation
when he discovered they had arrived, not
at Dunde', whore he intended to crow the
Firth of Tav bv Broiigbty ferry, but at
miserable fishing village miles and mild
higher up in tiro diiwct on of Forth! The
truth wai, after chatgiag horsn tt Forfar"
tho p'kji- rsist ill ions, soaked thtough and
through, half blinded by tho nun iinl slit.
and wholly fo rgo 1 by too froqu -nt otations
of "mountain dew." hud taken a wroui
turniiiT and l(Jt tneir way in the durk. To
reach Dundee was novz impossibly for the
horses w en thoroughly blown, a id tho pos
tillions refused to bud 'o nnot.ier foot. To
make inatlers still iiieasnnter, the storm,
w hich hud tulle I for a uiomant, now burst
into a hurricane, thesoa leaped mountains
high, and at this po.nt tho tlrth was abso
lutely impassable. They must wait the ces
sation of tho storm. Alas! that waiting!
If they worn only at tin other side, the
holy words once said, all tho lathers and
lovers m the world could not unsay
them. Anyhow, there was uo holp for
it, so thoy rested all that day at tuj vUlago
Inn.
It was a day of doubte and fears a day of
delicious hoies and deipernto unxieties. With
all sKir Curly's follies he had t.io heart of a
man and th) instincts of a gen. Ionian. Al
though he hud told t ho inu toopor that Flora
and ho wero man nnd wif vet, lest tho
breath of slander should h'Te iftT taint her
name, he slept that night at the ferry h niso,
cr lutmr he tried to slo-p, for lie coul I
scarcely duv his ey )i for impatiencj and
anxiety. As lor F.ora, sho slept, and
drcani 'd sho was in Elysium.
Meanwhile, tho ira e fat Ii 'ran I th angry
lover encount 'rot midway on tho journey
to Inverness Mr. ltnllantvuo. factor to tho
Dukio" Athol, who wns driving posthasto
to Aberdeen. H i hint come by tho dbccfc
onto on tlie highway, nn 1 hat cluing si
horses w hero tho mail stopped two hours
before. The fugitives wore iioj among tiio
passong 'is, of that ho wns quite coriain, and
it would have been impo.siblo for them
to hnvj reitiet i-iverins by an." ether
conveyance itiioiiu his encoutiteri ig them
on tho road. Mo" thuti that, ho had
I pen at tho ti iro fie uight previous
when nu apology was inndo for Curly, who
had beeu uiinouucsl, strau -cty ("'oagh, for
the part of Tangent in "TheWiytj Cfot
Married." It was alleged by Johnston that
"Mr. Campbell hud disappeared nt a mo
ment's notice, and gone uo tnun kuew
whither."
With curses both lou 1 nn I dop MacAUis
ter and Dcempstcr retrace I their s' -ps and
returned to Aberdeen in ctnnpany wi h R-il-lanfyne;
then, chang'ng horses, they turuol
their fuces toward the south.
( To be Continued.)
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29 111.1ft A M
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Nim. S and 111 arrive in Chti'iiiro lit 111 A. M. nnd leave
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mm 11 nii'l i run naiiv, inciiioiiiK niiii.iiiy.
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No. Hi carries passengers betweeu Ut'lieseo and Ot
"'no. 29 rarrten paaaeniteri between .Toilet ani La
SuliP, and No. !) between La Salle and .Toilet.
N on. 'Si and al carry naHHenKin oetweeu nine isiaoa
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K. ST.. loll N, It. r . l-KK-.TVUAN
Gen'lTkL APase Airt. Agxut at Ottawa
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad
Ob and after April iW, WI. train on ttie C. & A. R.
H. paiw Juliet as follows:
RolN'O Noktii.
Express Mall 5.4S p
LlKtitnilil? Exjireas 5.45 a M
UeiiverExiireHS 1'i.fsl P M
K. C. and St. U Express S IS a h
lolll-t ACCOllllllonalloll i.ouaa
GoiNtt boUTll.
KxprKM Mull
Utcntutnat Express
Ilenver Express
K. C. and St. L. Express
10.1 (1 A 11
111. in Pa
IW r U
12.4.1AM
8.45 P a
J0ll.1t Accommodation
I.tirtitnliiK Express, Henver Express, aud Kansas Ctty
and St. Louis Express trains run dally: Express Mall
mid Juliet Ar,coinmodaton run dally, except Sunday,
k'unuia rltv and St- Louis Exnress irolnic aoutli rum
tliroiirfli wlfliout rliaiiKe of cars. MornuiK train to St.
Louis, lias free chair cars, and evening train throngs
sleeprs to St. Louis and Springfield.
Ticket Agent C. & A. Kallroad.
Chicago, Burlington and Qmncy B. S.
TIMK TABLE,
October 13tli, 1883.
Going South. ' Going North.
Ta'lrr STATIONS. A '" p"-
Jo.71 No. ti a 2 No. 70 No.J
11. B. 5 B.
P.M. L7AM.LV AM.ABPM.AI
I.4S 3.45 ...ChlcaRO... 10.30 7.10
8.14 10.3 Aurora.... 8.14 5.39
6.18 1U.2H 1 .West Aurora. 1 S.1'7 5.24
Rtl'Kox Kiv June J!
.3(l 10.39 (!i!...Oi'W"Ko.... 3 B.51 5.2S
.4ii 10. M 12H ..Vorkvtlle... 6V 5 '''
11. nn 1-H Kox s s.:ti s.ini
.M 11.01 IS . Mllll.rook.. 3K H.M 4-S3
7 03 11.13 .-J ..M.lliiii-'ton.. :H S.'. 4.
7 12 11.V3 ...HMrldun... i B.IM 4.S4
7.J2 11.33 )2 ....S.rena.... 44 7.rS 4.21
31 ...Itlak.w 2
7.20 11.42 I5 ....Wedron... 1 7 SO 4.15
7 37 11.50 39H ' ... Oayton.... 4 7.42 -05
4.; C.K.I.&l'Cr'i! 3 V ,
7.50 12.02 44 OTTAWA 1 ), 7.23 3.50
4IY South Ottawa.
4ilHj.. Side Track.. H
8.10 12.21 S2k i.lirand llidw. 7 P8 8.30
in ...Itlchardi.... 8H
8.30- 12.45 50V ... Streator... 4V ' 8-H
P.M.AB I'M.AB I LA M.LV V M.LA
r reigill Trams r.nrrj iiih imwrnj..-. n .,-r am
follows: ror Earl, .(.20 p.m.; for Auroni. 10.0s A.M.;
for Streator. 5 l a. h.. 1.l p. v.. and Ill.Ui a. m.
Mornlnit train inak.-s close connecnou at Aurora for
al' points east and w.-st.
t-llllHiail ramie ni i.ii.n ''"". ''.,' "."'""P
ituoin Cars, Ilorton's llecllntm; Cl.alr Cirs, and tha C.
It. A Q. Palace Dii.liitr Cajs. by this route. All Informa
tion alMint ratei of far. lileeplnit car accommodatloat
a.1 a , i ...Hi l... nliiuishi 1 1t nnritrt ) v unnlvl 11 0 tl
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