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By John Aiton, D.D., Minister of Dolphinton. Fullarton & Co. 1852. Like most other ubiquitous customs, corn-gleaning has been frequently described by the painter and the poet, yet I much question whether in any case the picture is true to nature. A certain amount of idealism is infused into all the sketches indeed, in the experience of numbers of readers, this is the sole feature in most of them.
It opened at last softly, just as Cecil had finished "The Swallow," and revealed Mr. Fullarton standing on the threshold. The latter was not well pleased with the scene before him. Very few words had been exchanged for the last hour, but she was perfectly aware what woman is not? of the influence she had exercised over her listener. That consciousness had made her strangely happy.
Having done this, and settled such means of correspondence as the state of affairs would permit, he repaired to the house of an old servant, upon whose attachment he had relied for an asylum, but was peremptorily denied entrance. Concealment in this part of the country seemed now impracticable, and he was forced at last to pass the Clyde, accompanied by the brave and faithful Fullarton.
Indeed, it was profoundly true that since the disclosure the chaplain's reticence had become remarkable. Mrs. Danvers was greatly surprised and disconcerted by the decision with which Mr. Fullarton rejected her suggestion, that he should aid and abet in thwarting Keene's supposed designs.
There was a Colonel Fullarton who took an important part in the war against Tippoo in 1783. Mill's British India, ed. 1840, iv. 276. 'To count is a modern practice, the ancient method was to guess; and when numbers are guessed, they are always magnified. Johnson's Works, ix. 95. He published in 1714 An Account of Switzerland. See ante, ii. 468.
"Whatever she does is right," he thought; and he clung to that idea, as many other true believers will do to a creed that they can not understand. Mr. Fullarton was so provoked that he was goaded into a taunt that he ought to have been ashamed of. "Perhaps you are right," he said; "Major Keene is so formidable an adversary, that it is hardly safe to interfere with him."
Now we will go up to the house, and creep round." The house stood thirty or forty yards away and, stepping as noiselessly as they could, the boys crossed the lawn and moved along the front. Suddenly, Tom Fullarton caught hold of Bob's arm. "Look, Bob, there is a light in that room! Do you see through the slit in the shutters?" "So there is. Well, there is no mistake, now.
Fullarton, perceiving that the stipulation on which he had surrendered himself was violated, and determined to defend himself to the last, or at least to wreak, before he fell, his just vengeance upon his perfidious opponents, grasped at the sword of one of them, but in vain; he was overpowered, and made prisoner.
Bob looked rather serious as he read through the letter for the first time but, after going through it again, he burst into a shout of laughter. "What is it, Bob?" Tom Fullarton asked. "Read this letter, Tom. I should like to have seen the admiral's face, as he read my uncle's letter. But it is too bad. You see, I have regularly done for myself.
"I wonder if women will ever get tired of deriding us, or we of ministering to their amusement? It must have been a great satisfaction to Anne of Austria to see Richelieu dance that saraband. Consider that he has a large and increasing family totally dependent on him for support. If I were Mrs. Fullarton, I would bring an action against you.
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