Ever, by stealth, his eye sought round
The vanish'd guardians of the ground,
And still, from copse, and heather deep,
Fancy saw spear and broadsword peep,1
And in the plover's shrilly strain,
The signal whistle heard again.
Nor breathed he free till far behind
The pass was left; for then they wind
Along a wide and level green,
Where neither tree nor tuft was seen,

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
then frankly consented to te his guide. Forth they set in the morning s
in travelling through & selkary and dreary glen, the Manorse again tur
on John Gunn. "Would you like to see him ?" said the guide; and, withou
waiting an answer to this alarming question, he listed, and the Enghal
officer, with his small party, were surrounded by a body of Highlander.
bose numbers put resistance out of question, and who were all well armed.
"Atranger,” resumed the guide, "I am that very John Gunn' by whom you
forced to be intercepted, and net without cause: for I came to the inn last
night with the express purpose of learning your route, that I and my foi-
lowns might ease you of your charge by the road. But I am incapable of
buraging the trust you reposed in me, and having convinced you that you
were fu my power, I can only dismiss you unplundered and uninjured.". He
Ave the officer directions for his journey, and disappeared with his
suddenly as they had presented themselves.

MS--And still from copse and heather bush,
Fancy saw spear and broadsword rush.