But there cometh a night when every one of us watches the grey shallows to the east for those that shall return no more!" "See, see!" cried the little Margaret, "look, dear mother, they have taken off their caps, and even Sholto hath his steel bonnet in his hand.

They are bidding us farewell.

I wish Maudie had been here to see.

I wonder where she has hidden herself.

How surprised she will be to find that they are gone!" It was a true word that the little Maid of Galloway spoke, for, according to the pretty custom of the young Earl, the cavalcade had halted ere they plunged into the woods of Kelton.