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"I'll see it through," said Purdie. "Now, then these police. Look here is there a good hotel in this neighbourhood? I've all my traps in that taxi-cab downstairs I drove straight here from the station, because I wanted to see Andie Lauriston at once." "Money's no object to you, I reckon, mister?" asked Melky, with a shrewd glance at the young Scotsman's evident signs of prosperity.
Even if I came to Inverary just too late, something might yet be attempted in the interests of James and in those of my own character, the best would be accomplished. In a moment, it seemed without thought, I had a plan devised. "Andie," said I, "is it still to be to-morrow?" He told me nothing was changed. "Was anything said about the hour?" I asked.
"Now then, Andie, you that kens the world, listen to me, and think while ye listen," said I. "I know there are great folks in the business, and I make no doubt you have their names to go upon. I have seen some of them myself since this affair began, and said my say into their faces too.
On Prestongrange's cover, where the Government seal must have a good deal surprised my correspondent, I writ, by the boat's lantern, a few necessary words, aboard and Andie carried them to Rankeillor. In about an hour he came again, with a purse of money and the assurance that a good horse should be standing saddled for me by two to-morrow at Clackmannan Pool.
"She was the story of Uistean More M'Gillie Phadrig and the Gavar Vore." "It is no sic a thing," cried Andie. And the same in your beard," says he; "and keep the tongue of ye inside your Hielant chafts!" In dealing with Highlanders it will be found, and has been shown in history, how well it goes with Lowland gentlefolk; but the thing appears scarce feasible for Lowland commons.
To perform these several businesses, as well as to protect the geese from poachers, Andie had frequent occasion to sleep and pass days together on the crag; and we found the man at home there like a farmer in his steading.
Clancy, who, once he got started, took a lot of stopping, was still going: "Oh, the Johnnie Duncan, fast and able Good-by, dear, good-by, my Mabel And will you save a kiss for me When I come back from sea?" "Yes," roared Andie, "And don't forget I love you, dear, And save a kiss for me," with the salt water dripping from his fine new suit of clothes and the patent-leather shoes he was so fond of.
A second later she took a slap of it over her bow, nearly smothering the cook, who had just come up to dump some potato parings over the rail. The way he came up coughing and spitting and then his dive for the companionway everybody had to roar. "Did y'see the cook hop? did y'see him hop?" called Andie, who was afraid somebody had missed it. We passed the Marauder, Soudan McLeod, soon after.
"Oh, don't go away mad," Andie called after him. "Come back and have a little touch of carte blanche it's on the old man." "I'll take it for him," came a voice. It was old Peter of Crow's Nest, who took his drink and asked for Clancy. Clancy was in the back part of the room, and I ran and got him. Peter led the way to the sidewalk. "Tommie, go and get Maurice, if it ain't too late." "What is it?"
The thought chilled me; the air was sharp upon the water, the stretchers of the boat drenched with a cold dew: and I shivered in my place beside the steersman. This was the dark man whom I have called hitherto the Lowlander; his name was Dale, ordinarily called Black Andie.
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