instructions to call him, if any thing remarkable happened.

This arrangement being made, Morton and his colleague took possession, for the night, of such quarters as the over-crowded and miserable hamlet could afford them. They did not, however, separate for repose ere they had drawn up a memorial of the grievances of the moderate presbyterians, which was summed up with a request of free toleration for their religion in future, and that they should be permitted to attend gospel ordinances as dispensed by their own clergymen, without oppression or molestation. Their petition proceeded to require that a free parliament should be called for settling the affairs of church and state, and for redressing the injuries sustained by the subject; and that all those who either now were, or had been in arms, for obtaining these ends, should be indemnified. Morton could not but strongly hope that these terms, which comprehend

ed all that was wanted, or wished for, by the moderate party among the insurgents, might, when thus cleared of the violence of fanaticism, find advocates even among the royalists, as claiming only the ordinary rights of Scottish freemen...

He had the more confidence of a favourable reception, that the Duke of Monmouth, to whom Charles had entrusted the charge of subduing this rebellion, was a man of gentle, moderate, and accessible disposition, well known to be favourable to the presbyterians, and invested by the king with full powers to take measures for quieting the disturbances in Scotland. It seemed to Morton, that all which was ne cessary for influencing him in their favour was to find a fit and sufficiently respectable channel of communication, and such seem. ed to be opened through the medium of Lord Evandale. He resolved, therefore, to visit the prisoner early in the morning, in order to sound his dispositions to under

take the task of mediator; but an accident happened which led him to anticipate his purpose.

CHAPER XV.

Gi'e ower your house, lady, he said,-
Gi'e ower your house to me.

Edom of Gordon.

MORTON had finished the revisal and the making out a fair copy of the paper on which he and Poundtext had agreed to rest as a full statement of the grievances of their party, and the conditions on which the greater part of the insurgents would be contented to lay down their arms; and he was about to betake himself to repose, when there was a knocking at the door of his apartment.

"Enter," said Morton; and the round bullet-head of Cuddie Headrigg was thrust into the room. "Come in," said Morton

"and tell me what you want. Is there any alarm ?",

"Na, stir; but I hae brought ane to speak wi' you."

"Who is that, Cuddie ?" enquired Mor

ton.

"Ane o' your auld acquaintance," said Cuddie; and, opening the door more fully, he half led, half dragged in a woman, whose face was muffled in her plaid."Come, come, ye need na be sae bashfu' before auld acquaintance, Jenny,” said Cuddie, pulling down the veil and discovering to his master the well-remembered countenance of Jenny Dennison.

"Tell

his honour now-there's a braw lasstell him what ye were wanting to say to Lord Evandale, mistress."

"What was I wanting to say," answered Jenny," to his honour himsel the other morning, when I visited him in captivity, ye muckle hash ?-D'ye think that folk dinna want to see their friends in adversity, ye dour croudy-eater ?"