If the rising fail, and I am killed, the line will be extinct, and it matters little about our hold.

If we succeed, then I shall regain my own, and shall turn the tables on the Kerrs, and will rebuild Glen Cairn twice as strong as before.

And now can I take a cart to convey the arms ?" "Certainly, Archie; and may they be of service in the cause.

You will, I suppose, conduct your mother hither ?" Archie replied that he should do so, and then at once made his preparations for the start.

His uncle's armoury was well supplied, and Archie had no difficulty in suiting himself.