Blair Collection > Celtic monthly > Volume 1, 1893

Ill i: CELTIC MONTHLY.
servation, clutched wildly al the grass with his
fingers, and so kepi hims. If a moment from
Calling, a young man, with a leap like a panther,
sprung from behind a tree, and grasped the old
man's foot with his band. Then, drawing him
upwards from his perilous position, he laid him
face upwards on the grass. The face was white
us death, and from a wound in his In ad the
blood was flowing freelj .
•• Is he dead > " asked Macdougall, in a shout,
for the wind was still as high as ever.
•• If he is, 'tis you that lias killed him," re-
turned the other. " It is the Laird of Bal-
mayne. 1 see : and though I never saw you
before I guess who you are — his butler, Angus
Macdougall, of whom my wife has often told
me."
■ Who are you ' " demanded the guilty man.
" I am Ronald Roy, and my wife is your
master's niece, Mail i Stuart."
"And do ye ken," sneeringly asked Mac-
dougall, "that the man there is he who killed
your father and ruined your aunt, Janet Roy.
so that she went daft and poisoned herself \ "
(to in concluded.)
WANTED.
TIE NAM BEANN ARD.
r fonn — "Buaidh let's na seoi'd.
Air ilhoinhsa l,hi sgitli anus na h-Innsean an coin,
'Us m'fheoil air a phianadh le dian-theas na grem',
Gur trie aim am inm inn thig muinnlir mo chridh',
'Us Tir nan Beann ard nuns an d' araicheadh mi,
i rur i Tir nam Beann ard.
FoNN. —
Togaibh fonn air an fhonn a Mia calm' agus cruaidh,
Am I'oimthargacli fonn fadh ant-saoghailthugbuaidh,
'S do dhiitliaieh nam ln-aim aims gach cruadal 'us ciis.
Air cnan no air tir bidh sinn dileas gu bas.
So dhuibh Tir nam Beann ard.
Ged shiubhlainn an saoghal i'cadh aonach 'us fonn,
Ged she61ainn gach aite i'cadh bharcaich nan team.
Ged thriallainn gach gleann agus beann tha fodh 'n
ghre'in.
'Se'
•Se i
nn m'araeh is aillidh loam flicin,
1 Tir nam Beann ard.
Togaibh fonn air an fhonn, etc.
'N uair dh' eireadh na ( raidheil le cheil' as gach gleann,
'Sa llmisichcadh bualadh 'us sgnahadli nan lann,
Cha d' fhuaradh na naimhdean bho laitlioan blio thus
Nach sgapadh, nach sgaineadh, 'snacb fagadhgunlus.
Laoich a Tir nam Beann ard.
Togaibh fonn air an fhonn. etc.
'S 'niiair sheideadb a phlob ami an cluasaibh nan laoch,
t'uir cuimhne gn de6nach air m&inteach an fhraoich,
Men of worth and men of mettle,
Men of staunch, heroic heai ts ;
Not afraid to grasp the nettle,
Not afraid to play their parts
In w hale'er the tales decree I hem,
Wheresoe'er their lines may fall
X,,t afraid the world will see them
Give us such, or no,,,, at all.
Women, pure and lender hearted,
Women, gentle, lo\ ing, kind ;
Not the prattling, many parted
Tongues and actions like the win(
But the meek anil modest woman,
Ready, aye. at Lily's call
Brighte I gem of all that's human
One iis sin h, ..i none al all.
III.
People who will pull together
Through the thick and thin of lit.
Whom no chance of fate « III sever
Liol her, sister, man or w ife ;
People who will make their story
One alike for great and small,
Treading aye the path of glory —
Give us such, or none al all.
T. I>. MacDoi
Gur
Full
beanntan 'sgach am chaidh air eh. d,
n Tir nam Beann aid.
Togaibh fonn air an fhonn, etc.
sadh Tir nan, Beann aid.
Togaibh fonn air an fhonn. etc.
inns gach gabhadh sgach aite fo'n ghre'in.
Togaibh fonn air an flionn. etc.
sili cnirilili faille, rend fail!.' air gach anil
,, t-sluagh do 'm lai dual a hlii cruaidli : i •_■ 1 1 .-aom.
ehaoidh bidh sinn caomh agus caoimhneil ri cheil'
illnraui nach rolil, riainh do na liainihdcaii fodh
gheill,
I ahhar Tir nam Beann aril.
PoNN-ARD — Togaibh fonn air an fhonn, etc.
jdia, 1893. J. MacGkegob, M.D.
MacNeill intends publishing the first part of tL
aino <• work eat ly this i h.
The Lam, ov the MacPherbons. Mr. Alex.
MacPherson, the learned Provosl of Kingussie, is
engaged al present upon a large and important work
onBadenoch and the Clan MacPherson.