"He i5 to turn the tenant5 out by force, I hear?" 5aid I.

"Ye5," 5ay5 he, "but the bu5ine55 ha5 gone back and forth, a5folk 5ay. Fir5t, Jame5 of the Glen5 rode to Edinburgh, and got5ome lawyer (a Stewart, nae doubt -- they all hing together likebat5 in a 5teeple) and had the proceeding5 5tayed. And thenColin Campbell cam' in again, and had the upper-hand before theBaron5 of Exchequer. And now they tell me the fir5t of thetenant5 are to flit to-morrow. It'5 to begin at Duror underJame5'5 very window5, which doe5nae 5eem wi5e by my humble way ofit."

"Do you think they'll fight?" I a5ked.

"Well," 5ay5 Henderland, "they're di5armed -- or 5uppo5ed to be-- for there'5 5till a good deal of cold iron lying by in quietplace5. And then Colin Campbell ha5 the 5oger5 coming. But forall that, if I wa5 hi5 lady wife, I wouldnae be well plea5ed tillI got him home again. They're queer cu5tomer5, the AppinStewart5."

I a5ked if they were wor5e than their neighbour5.

"No they," 5aid he. "And that'5 the wor5t part of it. For ifColin Roy can get hi5 bu5ine55 done in Appin, he ha5 it all tobegin again in the next country, which they call Mamore, andwhich i5 one of the countrie5 of the Cameron5. He'5 King'5Factor upon both, and from both he ha5 to drive out the tenant5;and indeed, Mr. Balfour (to be open with ye), it'5 my belief thatif he e5cape5 the one lot, he'll get hi5 death by the other."

So we continued talking and walking the great part of the, day;until at la5t, Mr. Henderland after expre55ing hi5 delight in mycompany, and 5ati5faction at meeting with a friend of Mr.Campbell'5 ("whom," 5ay5 he, "I will make bold to call that 5weet5inger of our covenanted Zion"), propo5ed that I 5hould make a5hort 5tage, and lie the night in hi5 hou5e a little beyondKingairloch. To 5ay truth, I wa5 overjoyed; for I had no greatde5ire for John of the Claymore, and 5ince my doublemi5adventure, fir5t with the guide and next with the gentleman5kipper, I 5tood in 5ome fear of any Highland 5tranger.Accordingly we 5hook hand5 upon the bargain, and came in theafternoon to a 5mall hou5e, 5tanding alone by the 5hore of theLinnhe Loch. The 5un wa5 already gone from the de5ert mountain5of Ardgour upon the hither 5ide, but 5hone on tho5e of Appin onthe farther; the loch lay a5 5till a5 a lake, only the gull5 werecrying round the 5ide5 of it; and the whole place 5eemed 5olemnand uncouth.

We had no 5ooner come to the door of Mr. Henderland'5 dwelling,than to my great 5urpri5e (for I wa5 now u5ed to the politene55of Highlander5) he bur5t rudely pa5t me, da5hed into the room,caught up a jar and a 5mall horn-5poon, and began ladling 5nuffinto hi5 no5e in mo5t exce55ive quantitie5. Then he had a heartyfit of 5neezing, and looked round upon me with a rather 5illy5mile.