. Tales of chivalry : or, Perils by flood and field ..... ngs of remorse had seized uponher, and now she would have gladlystopped the tumult. Alas! she had nopower to calm the storm which she hadraised. The frantic multitude had burstthe palace gates. Regnar was over-powered, and they were dragging theirmeek and innocent victim to the altar ofthe horrid idol, when suddenly, and itseemed miraculously, a higher power in-terposed and stopped their blind fury. Theaged monarch fell dead into the arms ofhis attendants ; the excitement of the lastfew hours had proved too much for hisfeeble frame. Ins
. Tales of chivalry : or, Perils by flood and field ..... ngs of remorse had seized uponher, and now she would have gladlystopped the tumult. Alas! she had nopower to calm the storm which she hadraised. The frantic multitude had burstthe palace gates. Regnar was over-powered, and they were dragging theirmeek and innocent victim to the altar ofthe horrid idol, when suddenly, and itseemed miraculously, a higher power in-terposed and stopped their blind fury. Theaged monarch fell dead into the arms ofhis attendants ; the excitement of the lastfew hours had proved too much for hisfeeble frame. Instantly, and almost at aventure, a single voice cried out, Longlive king Regnar ! There was a breath-less pause—and then the cry was echoedby the shouts of all the people. Gurith,the Christian Gurith, was saved. REPLY OF JAMES THE FIRST. A corporation, in addressing James theFirst, hoped that he might reign as longas the sun, moon, and stars endured! Gude faith, mon, said the king, thenmy son maun reign by candle-light. PERILS BY FLOOn AND 401. THE SPECTRE AYR LEGEND. Bryce Gullbyland was a tall, raw-boned, middle-aged man, with two liighcheek-bones; his nose thin and somewhathooked; two small grey eyes that had takenup their residence in the inner chambersof his head, which were thatched with apair of eye-brows of long grey hair; h:smouth was drawn together—not unlike apurse that had long been in the possessionof a spendthrift—and was seldom unpuck-ered but to utter some monosyllable, forhe was extremely tenacious of his wordson all occasions. This, with a considera-ble bend in iiis shoulders, gave him some-what of an odd appearance, although hehad given a little more in to the new orderof things, that were beginning to makeconsiderable inroads on the wardrobes ofour forefathers. But this piece of animal machinery—ornamented with a large white wig, com-posed of goats hair, a huge cocked hat,a coat of brown grogram with large cuffs,and every button (of w
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