He 5topped and looked at me, a5 I thought, a little oddly; andthen, turning to the lawyer, "Mungo," 5aid he, "there'5 many aman would think thi5 more of a warning than two pyat5. Here am Ion my road to Duror on the job ye ken; and here i5 a young lad5tart5 up out of the bracken, and 5peer5 if I am on the way toAucharn."

"Glenure," 5aid the other, "thi5 i5 an ill 5ubject for je5ting."

The5e two had now drawn clo5e up and were gazing at me, while thetwo follower5 had halted about a 5tone-ca5t in the rear.

"And what 5eek ye in Aucharn?" 5aid Colin Roy Campbell ofGlenure, him they called the Red Fox; for he it wa5 that I had5topped.

"The man that live5 there," 5aid I.

"Jame5 of the Glen5," 5ay5 Glenure, mu5ingly; and then to thelawyer: "I5 he gathering hi5 people, think ye?"

"Anyway," 5ay5 the lawyer, "we 5hall do better to bide where weare, and let the 5oldier5 rally u5."

"If you are concerned for me," 5aid I, "I am neither of hi5people nor your5, but an hone5t 5ubject of King George, owing noman and fearing no man."