The ladies' garland. [volume], September 08, 1827, Image 1

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From the Bu<!g“t of I'.J-.i'iird . li/ruslh, /.’ ij.
THE FORSAKE IJ OIwE.
It wa( near the close of a July day, fatigued
with riding. I had thrown tn\ r lii canle-sly <i|>
on my horses neck and p>'emitted him to .saun
ter along at his own rate, as l descended i,,t0
one of the beautiful glens tliat abound in the
Western Highlands of Scotland. The cl nids
which during the day had occasiotialjv embodi
ed themselves, were nun lb. mg old in small
masses, like the remnants of a routed armv
when the battle's lost and won. and the sun as
he retired to the chamber of It is. jest, might he
compare d to a warrior wrapping himself in his
mantle as he sunk behind a hank of clouds which
shewed their grotesque heads a!> ,ve the western
horizon, tinging their e,!g . with the ri dies!
hues of crimson am! gild The sound if the
shepherd's whistle was heard as he called his
dogs together in the stragglers of his 11 irk-, and
the drowsy tinkling of the sheep led I- broke
upon the ear, as their wethers !e iped from
crag to crag, in their descent The cowherd
was driving his charge home, and stopped or
casionally in humming a native air, to scold ,,t
some of his cattle who, tempted hy the rich
heritage, turned aside from their path The gi
gantic shadows of the western hills w ere stretch
ingthernselves over the besom if the valley ,and
the vane on the. spire of the village church w as
seen sparkling in the sun's last rays, whil-’ the
hamlet itself was in dark shade. I). lighted
with the peacefulness and quiet of even thing
around me, my thoughts had been lulled into a
state of listless repose, w hen, on turning round
the projection of a rock, my attention u as fixed
by a female figure seated upon a fragment,
whirl) in the wreck of time had been torn from
th" hill side and rolled t its present p i-ition.—
H r cheek rest-il ujion her hand, and her eyes
appeared steadily fixed on some distant object ;
niv approach seemed to he unheeded by her,
whilst in a w ild but exquisitely sweet voice, she
wat tiled,
“ \!» u’;ir\ me wi’ til is sodgering* snp gfaudv O ;
“ ! '• e I/ukPs taVn away m\ highland laddie <) ”
f r a moment she ceased singing, her rye as
su’ued a mare uiM expression; her features
h >v»me aud ited as if by some strong convul
sion oi fe( ling. :*n(1 rising: from her seat she dart
Cfl across th road, and s^ifl as an arrow ran
tow ard the sp »t upon whieh she had before
lean gazinr. "creaming: “ my wean ; my wean,
oh ' iVf iiiv *' irn In a short time I sa/v her
scrambling up the hill ou the opposite side of the
! ' ;i!li‘y, where, bavin" reached n point ofconsi
| tlcr.ilil- <■ 1,■ v:11 i■ >i>. -hi- fell m ar tin' Inin!, of a
mountain torrent, a- if on rromr by her oxer
timid* In a feu inomcnts sl*» rose, and pointim;
at the stream, ru-hed flown iilaiii; its side; al
! ternatelv p lintiri" and wrin^inj; her hands.
sereaiiiin^ in a voice that "ave eviib-nce of in
' tense mental a^onv. “Oh save my bairn, trn
1 sweet Imnine weanuntil a .st she was hidden
, from my wow by a clump of alder Ini'hes. um]
her cries u i" e l i-t in tbe distance. lieu! been
■ si) engrossed v>. itii the wretebod female, tliat my
Imrse Inn I strayed without my obseriing it. n
short way from tlic road, and wus ijiiietlv re
galing himself «ills the gras* that grew r-t his
feet. Tightening my rein, I directed his in ad
to the road, and areo'ting a strapping young
lidlow. passing at the moment, with his blue
bonnet cocked on one side, and keeping lint** to
the lavorite tune of *■ Wlnr liar vc been a' dav,
laddie, hiif! da ml laddie," which he whistled with
great spirit. I asked him who the female was
that had just excited mv feelings. lie stopped
on being spoki n to. and touching his bonnet an
swcrr.t my question by another. *• h::t s omr
" u!i Sir i" ' On my repeating the ipieslion lie
said. ••Oil aye. its puir mad Ktlie ye •I'can. do
• ■ u no ken l-.ilie. II -gb me hut she was twice
the bonniest and blithest | tss about the t am,
" i eyes as black as ony s|a", and checks u lo re
tlie white and red seemed placing iii'ano uni
tlier—a the lads were clean daft about her.
and they ca ll her the *• lily o’ the glen;” hut
she wadim say ony thing til! them mair than
just a ceeiil word, lint at last a party came
here ! i recruit for the Forty <u a, the mild IWack
watch vc ken. and there was anr ni tla-m tin v
e.a'd him Sergeant Mac (.’laynmre. .! ,mie Mao
C lay-more was his name, eh sir. hut he was a
braw eiiiel, if ye had s en him u i’ his hunnet.
liis kilt, and tartan leys,., and the l it pladie jo-t
hingm g o wre his -h, mt In • r — its no u ondei Ft lie
fell in love ui‘ him. S > it was. and folks s.tid
they uere gaun to he nuirried. and tie- mini' ter
had lnwn spoken till, hut just then an order
came lor .bnme to gang to tin* North. There
11 as mair than uee sail- heai! the morn lie g ird
ana. but he promised he'd he hack sun<\_
W erk alter week passed aw a. and h>* didna
Collie hack, and F.tlie began to he shame-faced,
and the red left her cheek and she uad sit by
hersel the hale day and greet as though her
heart would break. Her fro nds were hard wi'
her. and we didna see her for coir'* time, and
1 "hen we niest saw her. sh ■ had a bonny bairn
in her arms, and wad minder about ui' it the
hale day, out among the hills She wad talk
wi hersel’, and I dk said she was daft, and sir
j she is. hut ance she fell asleep up yonder ivhar
S ye seed her gang till, and when she woke hi r
wean was gone, it was thoelit by some it bail
faen into tin* burn, anil sae tboclit she, it made
her clean adalt a tln gitker, and enoii sh» runs
as ve seed just non . thinking she sees the wean
in the "ater.” ~
| The poor girl’s history had completely taken
j possession of my mind, and my servant who had
j stopped a few miles haek to have one of his
hor ’s shoes fastened, riding up at the moment,
i hurried on as il to get rid of the agonv of mv
[ own fadings; the tavern was one of the first
houses in the village ; entering thfc.yard. 1 gave
my horse to my servant, and pwfed into the
Ii 'iisr* xx 't\ >nt hrrdih^' t*i»• ' ■■■>•. •' a: (! ci\ jlitn> « I
tin' l.ui*:! >r ! who calist* out Jd w I'li'i'fi1'' inr. In
reply to li;ion^ c.j* \x|,at I \\ >u»«| Invr, I
merely •H-oxend *• a private mom, ’ ami v ;is
udmrnl into a mh,i!1 parlour, when’ I *r:ivr lull
vf >|»•" to tn\ rrtlf«*t:*•: s In trax^r^in^ tin- lar^o
antirontn, ! caught a ^Imip^e of a tijirr mmIi d
in iiii'j ro'inT, Ins face was pale ami care worn,
ami slirnrol the m.*rks ol ihseam more than of
lime , Hr' |lj ■ ill'., u ruppril 111 HI*- nw II III on .III Is,
ami raisin"' hi- rjvs as I pasti (| ;• ;-:i• n. rrlap~i d
into liis sorrowful moml. I li.nl nut Im cn |>nr,
I■'11 11» my-i'll. an! iiiy thou ; hts weir hep-inn in;;
In In' relieved from the p linlul sn1 ■ ji-ft uhirli
had taken such posses. j,,„ (.f t!|,-m. when a
liaise in tlie court yard indnerd 11"' In look out
to see wliat was the cause of it I hi held f air
n.en hearing al.mg, u irh all the tenderness of
u hit'll tiieir rune'll natures were eapahle, tie
hoily of it female whom I dm'ovrrrd ;it once t.»
In- the poor hapless lathe Mu- was appaientlv
hleh'sS ; they had found her Ivina- near the.
bank of the stream w here she must have fallen
soon after I had lost siplit ol her. She was
hron.iht into the outer mum and laid down,
"ith her head upon a pillow procured for tin;
purpose. The usual restoratit es were applied,
lint for some tin;" w iduiut effort, it permed as if
the im-rrah!'' sp.rit had lied to its mansion of
rest. Al this moment the person whom I had
observed when I first entered, come, nr lather
loitered f rward. for he was s., weak that lie
could scarcely plae" one foot hefirr the other,
to tlie spot where sh" Was lyin'" Those ar.iltltlj
instinctively timde v.av fm the stimyr_he
ipi/e I upon the figure for «otm' time, as if doulit
iiC w lad her h" w as ri,'ht. and then fell unnn his
knees at loo side—r\tendintf his «■::!s remaining
arm. the other had I" n taken off near the
shoulder; he placed h;s hand ter.der'v under
(■’lire’s head ; he raised it gently, and nodded
to the liystariders, as d hi reouest tfoun (a „et
out of the lip-lit diisf tin a lathe's cv"« owe net!
lor an instant, and the stranger in a soft, mnnlv
tone, u hi" h seem"iI sti m,r;;!in;; w if h everu h* !o;
in;; emotion, s.bd •• KHi-, niv ow n d |p);,. m
It seemed ;>s if the mice had the v -, ;■ irk
filing uic t; no -"-nr oj' imr <*v <■ and <t:t(•_
leu; around. miitt•’rc.l, *• «h i-e am I vvhf> rnllod
I'.flit* ? there was lm! one t!i..t ever hail Ui.it
■avert t:<n«*—Tvas .1 - mil- Mae Claymore I
shall ne'er hear it a;m. he's forsaken puir F,f
fie. tint lowed him on re werl for her airi soul s
•rnnii" " lie never cun fn-sake thee, F.tlie.
look up itiv •• lily o’ tie- itlen," your .Vine ( lav
more's here at y .or side, never more to leav e'it
in this vvoihl. " The poor ej,| looked at fust
Mildly in the stran;p r's fire, and shaking her
head. said in a low voire, *■ na ' na ! that s no
my .lairiie’—then pressing ten-k the dark hair
that clustered about his for'diead as he leaned
over her, looked steadily at him. and as her be
wiidcml mind can°;ht the recollection of tin'
remains of former manly beauty, a smile placed
over her countenance, it was die first for many
a ! >nry and weary day ; tears unshed from he.
eves, and claspiiijr hint around the uerk. she
exel Mined, “ if i> my own, my true codger "_
“ Halt1 ye come to marry your F.lTie?’ The
j sod.rrr could not spook, he clasped her to his
bosom. All around were weeping, uml a sham
ed of showing mv emotion. I rushed into my
I room ar.d gave vent to my feelings. M:,,- Ch*'