Ever, by stealth, his eye sought round Nor rush nor bush of broom was near, To hide a bonnet or a spear. XII. The Chief in silence strode before, And reach'd that torrent's sounding shore, celebrated freebooter John Gunn.-The Highlander hesitated a moment, and then frankly consented to be his guide. Forth they set in the morning; and, in travelling through a solitary and dreary glen, the discourse again turned on John Gunn. "Would you like to see him?" said the guide; and, without waiting an answer to this alarming question, he whistled, and the English officer, with his small party, were surrounded by a body of Highlanders, whose numbers put resistance out of question, and who were all well armed. Stranger," ," resumed the guide, "I am that very John Gunn by whom you feared to be intercepted, and not without cause: for I came to the inn last night with the express purpose of learning your route, that I and my followers might ease you of your charge by the road. But I am incapable of betraying the trust you reposed in me, and having convinced you that you were in my power, I can only dismiss you unplundered and uninjured." He then gave the officer directions for his journey, and disappeared with his party, as suddenly as they had presented themselves. 1 MS.-And still from copse and heather bush, Fancy saw spear and broadsword rush. celebrated freebooter John Bron, The Highlander hesitated a moment, eri MS--And still from copse and heather bush, |