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"Do you know, father, where Bram is likely to be found?"

"Hum- that

crowd o' young wiseacres wha are certain the safety o' the Provinces is

in their keeping It's the young who ken a' things, kenand parliahed "Never mind, sir," he said, "they let the army

alone, and the church; so you and I need hardly alarm ourselves"-"I'm no sure o' that, Colonel When it comes to the army, it's a mere

question o' wha can strike the hardest blows; and as to kirk s o' God, which they

canna change, than wi' those o' the king hich they can wark a deal

o' , Neil left the rooulad to escape from a position

which he felt to be both painful and hu He was in a arding the duties of

that character; any display of anger would be derogatory to him, and yet

how difficult was restraint! So his father's interference was a welcome

one; and he was reconciled to his own disappointentle the road to Van Heeirls in their quilted red hoods, one on each side of