Blair Collection > Cuairtear nan gleann âo Mhâairt 1840 [-March 1843]

1841.] Sgeula mu Ghursal Scott. 171
Sa' mliaduinn, bha camp nan ceard air bonn. Thog iad oira —
na miialban, 's na paisdean, s iiu b-adliaiiceau, 's ua builg, air na
h-asail cuid a' coiseachd — ao^us an Ceard Ruadli a' seinn na pioba,
air an ratbad cbum Duncbaillionii.
Gliabli Grace Scott aithreacbas gii'n do bbrist i a muinntearras ;
cbuir i roimbpe pilleadli agus inaitbeaiias iarraidb air an tuatiianacli,
agtis a b-am a ruitb mar a gheall i. Ac.b ciainar a bba so r'a
dheanamb ? Bba i 'trus^adb blilaitbean buidbeacb taobh an ratbaid-
mboir, a' fuireacb do gbnalb air deireadb, gus an robh na ceaird as
an t-sealiadb ; agus an sin tb;ir i as air a li-ais cbum an ait as an
d'fbalbb i. Db'innis i mar tbacbair — fbuair i maitbeanas — sbeas
i a muinntearras — rinn i macb a b-uine ; acii air an Fbeill-Mar-
tuinn, gbabb i a tuarasdal, clieangail i gu gramail e ann an cuid
d'a baodacb, tliog i na bbaice air a druim, agus gbabb i an ratbad
dacbaidb gu tigb a matbar. Gbabli i a cead do Logie Almond,
agus tiing i Duncbaillionn oirre, tar an robb duil aice bbi mun
tuiteadb an oidiidie. Cboisicb i gu cridheil sunndacb air a
h-agbart, gus an d'rainig i monadli air an robb aice ri dol tbairis ;
agus dli'fbeucli i seorsa atb-gboirid a gbabbail, air nacli robb i ro-
eobicb. Bba feill an latlia sin aim an Duncbaillionn ; agus bba i
anabarracb deuiiacb air ruigiieacbd, agus a cairdean a cboinneacb-
adb ann, mum fiigadb iad am baile. Acb cbaidb Gursal truagb
air seacbaran — cbaill i an ratbad — cba robb fios aice c ait an robb i.
Tliainig an oidbcbe. Cbual' i tailmricb cbas, agus mar gum biodli
daoine 'seanacbas dlu dbi. Tbainig iad far an robb i, agus
db'aitbnicb i c6 iad — ceard agus bana-cbeard do'n cbeart cbuid-
eachd leis an robb i Viuair a tlieicb i o tbigb an tuatbanaicb ! Bba
i nis fo eagal mur. air a b-oillteacbadb, agus gun f bios ciod a
dbeanadb i. " Na cbaill tbu "n ratbad ?" arsa'n ceard. " Cbaill, '
ars' ise. " Ca bbeil tbu dol ?" " Tba mi," deir ise, " 'dol dacb-
aidb do Dbuncbaillionn." " Blia tbu gad cbosnadb," arsa'n ceard ;
♦'a macb air a' mbionaid do tbuarasdal, agus tboir dbomb e'.'
Cba robb comas air, tbug i dlu'i na b-uile peigbinn a bba aice air
agbaidb an t-saogbail ; agus an deigb dba so t'baotainn, cba'n iiui-
seadb e dbi c'ait an robb i, no ciod an ratbad bu clioir dbi a gbabb-
ail. Gbabb i air a b-agbart ; agus mu dheireadb cbunnaic i seorsa
do sbeann tigb briste, gun tutbadb gun sioman, roimbpe. Cbaidh
i 'stigb cbum fasgadb a gbabbail ann gu maduinn. ^Ibotbuicb i
cludan, agus fuigbleacb adbaircean, agus criomanan do db-iarunn-
goal, agus nitbe eile a db'innis di gum bu cbleacbdadb leis na ceaird
cuid dan iiine "cbur seacbad san t-seann laraicb so. Bba i air a
claoidb le sgios — luidb i sios air an urlar, agus clacb fo 'ceann.
Cba robb i 'n sin fada gus an cual i fuaim ni-eiginn a dlutbacbadh
air an tigb, agus an alb-mbionaid cainnt agus connsucbadb.
Dboillticb i — ruitb i suas gu ceann ard an tigbe. Tbuig i gur
seana mbuilionn dubb Gaidbealacb a bb'ann. Bha cuid do'n t-sean
acfbuinn fbatbast san aite — bba'n treabbailt f batbast 'na seasamh.
Streap i stigb ann, agus db'fbalaicb i i fein am nieasg catb agus
sadaicb. Clia luaitbe rinn i so na tbainig an ceard a tbug uaipe an