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1 *** make mo rir hH, FU
-1 MPMfHugivo Amy: ami
* v'^ 5? ‘ Hk» deeply. Hon c'..|),j
ffe?. ; t t.
“Yes, I will lopk as charming as pos.
ribto; I will astonish that Highlander,
and, if possible, make him understand
that he can find a more fitting mate than
my flitted*
- She called her maid, and made hor
unfold dress after dress baton* her, but
what to wear,*’ she tutuaniyed at
“Will you allow me to suggest,
ma’am V ashed the maid h- <*, eT 7
“Yes, Mary, what do you Wish to my ?”
UThat gat net-colored velvet, ma’am,
have never worn ft yet, and it has
been in the house aWeekJN
“Oh! I had forgotten *; bring#, Menr."
The dress was brought, and ’Genie de*
dared herself Ami well she
might bis The wide sleeves were lined
With white satin, in i diamond button*
gleamed on the waist < Falls of riebbee
fell over the bosom, and never did ’Genie
look handsomer than in that robe. |
The gentlemen had ju*»t entered tbo
drawing room, and &wte watobed ’Genia
With an amused smife. Suddenly, inn
lip curled, and the turned to
With a gesture of contempt:
“There be is [’* ? f ,<* . y ■■.*** &*,. • •,
" Yes, there he is ! ’but which uue do
> • .i# i V giMJ*. *
“Oh! why do you ask? coward and
poltroon h written on kin brow; there
ho if, tabling >buW; j\i*t listen! ugh !
what an accent! Turn your eyee away
from him, Bogie, and it you want to
fca*t them, look tlwe, to your right!’»
I' Begie looked, t«* *tTu .* | n
*•« right,'lfilMa; that la indeed
ts feaat tor what a pietttre;
die tn«»t auperhly kaudeutuo main 1 erer
now In * * * h*
f > “Buperbt just the word i would have
applied to him; who is he, Kegie P
“Because she loved another,” answered
‘"and can never consent to give
her hand without her heart/’
“And she also refused the Master of
Stair,” pursued ’Genie, indignantly.
“My dear 'Genie, you arc very wrong
to thus encourage v6ur dislike* towards
Amy’s betrothed; you cannot feel more
deeply than Ido my brother’s sorrow;
and yet, I feel no anger towards John
Mac Donald.” Reginald spoke a
little sternly, fi>r he folt that Kugt nia was
unjust. / ”
“Well, I will have an opportunity or
seeing him to-day, and I will try to sus
pend ray judgment until then. 'But what
is tfcejise? I know he is an awkwardcrca*
“ Very likely,” answered Regie; “hut
he may, boa very good man, notwith
standing. You will not bee him until
thia evening, ‘Genie, and as there will be
several strangers here, I want you to
point out to me the one you take to be
?TH do itr said Geuie; “and my dia
mond ring to a pearl necklace I guess
right the first time!” ? ;
“Donel’ K said Regie, laughing; “there
will be only three stranger* here, the
Duke of Argyle, the Karl of Breadalbane,
and the Chief of Glencoe; we will fee if
Ton cues* right ” 4a
fluently; **f could never
mistake tho Duke of Argyle, or the
lordly Breadalbane, for an uneducated
I highlander ”
? “Bat you forget, ’Genie, that both Ar
ii&V.flgg GA3&3
base and Glencoe, onlv that one is a
{Campbell, the other t Mae Donald.”
“And one has Hved in the city all bis
life; the other in the mountains,” answer
ed ’Genie vt: IV; i
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“Oh, well. let it |as«,” tebiied Regie;
“I see yon are determined not to like
Mae Donald, so I will my no more. Go to
your room, Genie, and be ante you look,
more beautiful than ever this evening.’ 1 f
Reginald was only jesting, hut ’Genie
went to her room and thus she spoke to
herselfr r-s* >V^sTl?s4
AUGUSTA, GA, DECEMBER 5, 1868.
Days passed. ’Duke sfbwfy recnyM
his strength, and the devotion shown him
by John could not have been exceeded
by the love of the kindest brother; how
they dung to each other, the one strong
requited tore, the other in hie beau-
Atid, as the dflys passed mi, Iho bid
ding day came and went; Amy Was the
wife of Mac Donald of Gfcncoe, and Wes
preparing to go driffi her husbiiud, back
to the wild‘glens atid mountains. Aire
W.MWter. brightly, enthusiastically
happy, mHy one spot marred tlie briMjt
ness of Iwr joy. ’Duke was suffering;
bw as lie might to hide It, he could hot
altogether*, ' -*«,s« •-:*r: -vfT
And m the days came and went agate,
add Amy hud left all the friends of her
girlhood behind her, to take tmidkr
loves and hopes, e and, maybe, * ea*m.
Mast tender was the yeuat gtait towards
hie wee wife; and aa they journeyed over
the bleak mountains, he folded herb)
hfe etiwag arms, and tewed that bis
bosom should ever be her resting 1 place.
With what joyful etea do the young
look into the ftitnre! They see in every
free a friend; bat tide fair young couple
had ono deadly enemy, though they knew
it not and that ooadwae Bir John lia].
rymple, tlm Master of Blair.
id§ fik itf*»dcS» *• .ltl| hoHiid j<9
tiUmw- i wa?* •
The people of the Highland*] warn u
Wild, warlike, race; and, ab«rtnai byWlhjr.
determined resistance, tb& Ueremmeot
had, at laat, det4*rmined, in spite es the
violent opposition of Bir John Dalrym.
I VJ
“I am not certain,lrat I think it is the
Earl of Breadalbane: see, Ortnand is
bringing him this way; he is going to
present him to yon. Don’t admire him
too ranch, ’Genic, or I might become
jealous.”
“You arc too handsome yourself td be
jealous of any other handsome man.”
feid ’Genic, softly; “hut you must allow
me to admire this magnificent man, for I
am sure i will ratter see another like
him V* j;
Ormand was sa near that Regie could
not reply.
“My dear sister,” said Ormand; *Met
me present to you a dear friend of mine,
one who will soon, jf hope, be bound to
us by a.still dearer tiV -John Mac Donald,
of Glencoe.”
,’Genie could not speak: she gazed npon
the man who bowed with graceful ease
before her, in perfect amazement, and
could scarcely summon up sufficient
presence of mind to return his courteous
salutation. Reginald frankly offered his
hand, which was is frankly received.
“Who; then, is that insignificant pdtv
son yonder V she asked, in a low voice of
Ormand. T r l
“Insignificant! why, ’Genie, that is the
Duke of Argvle, Did you take him for
Mac Donald r
“I certainly did: but now that I have
wen the Tstof bf tJlenche, tno longer
wonder at Amy’3 partiality! His hair
lodes like woven sunlight, and his eyes
are as bine as the sky.** * " [ , [
“Give me my ring, ’Genie!” whisper
ed Reginald.. ,
“1 won’t flir; I believe you knew it all
along! ” .
i“I declare I didn’t,” said Kegto; “but
[ wilt let yon off this time. I am sure I did
not expect U see such a fine looking man
If l were a woman I would certainty hill
in love with him!”
John was speaking in a low
Ormand; Duke was not fu the room; be
was still very far from well, and had sent
a message to Ormand, requesting him to
bring John Mac Donald to his room.
Ormand repeated the message to John,
who willingly aceedea to his rernieqi.
For two hours, John ret atone With
e; wlwit passed between them, wc
cannot tell, but when, at length, Mac IW
aid closed the door behind him, hi# face
was very pale, and Ms eyes were shining
in a moisture that looked strangely Hke
a tear. - " ■ ■**■* ‘.
pie, to lay out a large suin of money in
pacifying tho refractory Chief*. 1 rnfor
tunately the person chosen to attend to
this matter was John Catnpboll, Earl of
Breadalbane, the heriditary enemy of the
most powerful Highland Chiefs. Conse
quently, when he invited them to meet
at his house, in Glenochy, though they
came, it was with lowering brows and
distrustful hearts. Nor were they doing
their enemy injustice ; he had lost Batten
of bis property* and now thought of
nothing but devising means to keep the
money on trusted to him in Ids own bands
Ihe Earl was seated at the end of a
large hall, with ts numberof his retain
ers around him. To the left; stood Sir
Ewan Cameron, or, as he was commonly
called, Lochiel. To tho right, the agrd
Chief of Glencoe stood, ana with hint the
heads of the various hranchcs of the Mac
Donald s; other Chief* of note wete clus
tered around, and, as if with common
consent, watched the actions of the gab
lant Lochiel, and the Venerable Mac lan.
“Say, then, at once, what you propose
to do,” Lochiel was saying to the Earl of
Breadalbane.
“1 have already made my proposition,”
growled Breadalbanc;
“But l have surely not understood
you,*’ said I.ochiel; “do you propose that
1 should sell my people to you for a few
paltry guineas ! D»#l understand you
to say that you would satisfy my personal
demands, if I would deliver toy followers
into your hands V*
“You understood rac well enough; it
is useless nonsense to repeat my words,”
said Breadalhane, in a harsh tone.
“Hoot! man!” cried Glencoe; “ye
maun know we’d na listen to sic a
scheme!”
“And your tine honor is not too nice
to prevent your driving my cattle from
my fields!” said Breadalhane, angrily.
t “That >» no’ here nor there, ” respond
ed Mac lan; a’ that’s done, was done in
fair fceht. We < maunita tak’ you re
terms, my laird.”
“You may not take them, then!" shouti
ed Breadalbanc; “fair fight or not, yoii
stole my cattle, destroyed my crops,
burned my houses, and 1 mean to be paid
for it. Do you all understand that ?”
“And who is to pay us for our ravaged
fields, murdered men, and insulted wo*
men?” asked Lochiel, th# J# nngra
glittering in hu tve.
I have offered to share with yon,”
answered Breadalhane; “and yog slight*
ed the offer.”
“Your money cannot pay us for ons
peopk..” answered Lochiel. “And if you*
lordship has nothing else U» say, wo may
as well return.” *.* -
“To my thinking, we fafe eome on |
fufe’s errand f» said *Mac Tan, turning
away.
“A fool can never go on any but a
fool’s erram! ! 1 ’ said Braadalbaoc cod
temptously; “and if it were not my own
house I would make my men pitch you
out of the window.* Tf^
"And your lonWiip should gjye *uoi“
in order, there are >kra« here who would
force y.m to le^elwrwwT!" raid Lochiel,
smti
4# Na, na,” said the more cautious Mae
fan; “wc will na’ hurt Hos man in his
tin bouse ” ■si s • *- o **s&!
”I*t him alone, you old coward cried
Breadalhane, who seamed determined to
provoke them to violence; “let himslono!
» is enough for rue to put up with hw
insolence, without your intSHbrtmoo,
yon thieving old vagabond!”
Ineteatly, ndossen eworda flashed in tpe
air, and bloo<i would have been shed, Itad
not«look from JLochiei cheeked them. J
“bo you not eee dial he hi wishing us
h> strike the first hW,
“twwgw af thiaemn * he Msans treaidi
ery, my wen. F«dlaW mnr
e Humming hie own bread twohandle
hWe *u iH sheath, Loehtal kft the Mi,
3|ah ilmlean»ug on his arm, and closely
fblhMred hf lhkir adherents.
Not until they were milea away from
Glenorchy did Lochiel relax his vigilance.
He feared, or r.ukor suspected, that
Breadalbane’* followers had prepared an
ambuscade for them, and his eagle eye
glanced warily around, until lie knew
that they were among their own people.
The Government had been apprehen
sive that Breadalbane might not succeed,
and a proclamation was put forth urging
the clans to submit themselves to King
William, and offering a full pardon to
every rebel who should, on or before, the
thirty-first day of December, take the
oath of allegiance tp nis Majesty, and,
moreover, that all who held out after that
time should be treated as traitors and
enemies. The Master of Stair was the
originator of this plan, for he well knew
the pride of the Highlanders, and lipped
that 80UH‘ of them, at least, might bold
09k “If any of them refused to take the
oath it would most likely be the Mac
Oonalds, »nd of all .the Mao Donald.,
Mac lan Md his sons were least likely
to submit to foroe.”
Tims, Sir John yet hoped to have a
km
that a fair maiden had preferred the
Su- John Dalrvmolc.
One after another, the gvc:U Chiefs took
the oath within the prescribed Umc, and
still the irate old Glencoe field himself
aloof. At length, on the thirtj-first day
of December, he went to Fort William
accompanied by many of hi« principal
vwsaii, Hua ADuouncea nnn>en rcauj to
take tb*s oath. With man; ex(irossions
pc^id^’adndalrtei^th^raUi* 1 ’ind^bat^f
Shtriff of
Inverarj, be set o«t ; old tuan tray
fiiljHir •. b is
tint jXedbj did
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sne voiDDwnwrs rener, to « leogtu «u-
chap run Tin-
tfttdr in
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pie, and be left the toott. (JM what dark
''Mmm Anif will fed my
vengeance now; her handsome huetthd
will lose some of hi* beauty should a
happen to fkll arruaa hie few.*
The Ktng had just entered his closrt
:No. 38.