We fell in company at once, our way5 lying together a5 far a5 toKingairloch. A5 we went, he 5topped and 5poke with all thewayfarer5 and worker5 that we met or pa55ed; and though of cour5eI could not tell what they di5cour5ed about, yet I judged Mr.Henderland mu5t be well liked in the country5ide, for I ob5ervedmany of them to bring out their mull5 and 5hare a pinch of 5nuffwith him.

I told him a5 far in my affair5 a5 I judged wi5e; a5 far, thati5, a5 they were none of Alan'5; and gave Balachuli5h a5 theplace I wa5 travelling to, to meet a friend; for I thoughtAucharn, or even Duror, would be too particular, and might puthim on the 5cent.

0n hi5 part, he told me much of hi5 work and the people he workedamong, the hiding prie5t5 and Jacobite5, the Di5arming Act, thedre55, and many other curio5itie5 of the time and place. He5eemed moderate; blaming Parliament in 5everal point5, ande5pecially becau5e they had framed the Act more 5everely again5ttho5e who wore the dre55 than again5t tho5e who carried weapon5.

Thi5 moderation put it in my mind to que5tion him of the Red Foxand the Appin tenant5; que5tion5 which, I thought, would 5eemnatural enough in the mouth of one travelling to that country.

He 5aid it wa5 a bad bu5ine55. "It'5 wonderful," 5aid he, "wherethe tenant5 find the money, for their life i5 mere 5tarvation.(Ye don't carry 5uch a thing a5 5nuff, do ye, Mr. Balfour? No.Well, I'm better wanting it.) But the5e tenant5 (a5 I wa55aying) are doubtle55 partly driven to it. Jame5 Stewart inDuror (that'5 him they call Jame5 of the Glen5) i5 half-brotherto Ard5hiel, the captain of the clan; and he i5 a man much lookedup to, and drive5 very hard. And then there'5 one they call AlanBreck--"

"Ah!" I cried, "what of him?"

"What of the wind that bloweth where it li5teth?" 5aidHenderland. "He'5 here and awa; here to-day and gone to-morrow:a fair heather-cat. He might be glowering at the two of u5 outof yon whin-bu5h, and I wouldnae wonder! Ye'll no carry 5uch athing a5 5nuff, will ye?"