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He
set
forth
-
-
not
unfairly
-
-
the
counts
against
David
.
The
principal
was
that
abetting
of
malignancy
with
which
the
Court
was
already
familiar
,
and
which
David
had
admitted
and
justified
.
But
he
added
new
matter
.
"
It
has
come
to
my
knowledge
,
"
he
said
,
"
through
the
praiseworthy
vigilance
of
our
friend
Chasehope
,
that
there
is
further
incriminating
evidence
on
this
score
.
In
the
recent
melancholy
visitation
at
Woodilee
,
our
brother
was
guilty
of
strange
deeds
and
in
strange
company
.
It
seems
that
he
harled
the
poor
folk
out
of
their
bits
of
dwellings
,
on
the
plea
that
when
they
crept
together
they
fomented
the
pest
.
Thereby
it
is
alleged
he
spread
the
taint
of
the
malady
,
and
sorely
troubled
many
a
death
-
bed
.
Further
,
he
violently
and
wrongfully
broke
open
doors
that
were
barred
to
him
and
set
fire
to
cot
-
houses
where
the
sick
had
lain
,
thereby
destroying
gear
which
was
not
his
and
depriving
the
folk
of
their
lawful
habitations
.
I
have
here
an
attested
statement
setting
forth
the
wrongs
complained
of
.
What
answer
do
you
make
to
that
,
Mr
.
Sempill
?
"
"
I
admit
the
acts
,
and
reply
that
by
their
means
and
by
God
’
s
mercy
the
pest
was
stayed
.
"
There
was
a
murmur
of
disapproval
throughout
the
gathering
,
and
Mr
.
Muirhead
cast
up
his
eyes
to
Heaven
.
"
More
of
this
sinful
pride
!
As
if
the
hand
of
the
Lord
was
stayed
by
breaking
in
the
doors
and
burning
the
thack
of
honest
folks
’
houses
!
But
these
are
matters
which
are
properly
for
the
civil
courts
,
and
do
not
come
within
the
cognizance
of
this
Presbytery
.
What
deeply
concerns
us
is
the
company
in
which
it
is
alleged
that
these
acts
were
done
.
Mr
.
Sempill
had
as
his
helper
one
Amos
Ritchie
,
a
dweller
in
Woodilee
,
of
whom
I
had
hoped
better
things
,
and
one
Mark
Riddel
,
a
new
-
come
tenant
of
the
mailing
of
Crossbasket
.
We
have
had
news
of
this
Riddel
before
.
He
took
a
leading
part
in
defending
a
woman
accused
of
witchcraft
in
the
back
-
end
,
and
-
-
though
it
seems
that
the
witch
-
pricker
was
a
poor
creature
with
some
irregularities
in
his
conduct
-
-
yet
it
cannot
be
denied
that
the
words
and
doings
of
the
man
Mark
Riddel
on
that
occasion
gave
great
offence
to
godly
folk
in
Woodilee
,
and
led
to
the
just
suspicion
that
he
himself
had
meddled
with
unlawful
matters
.
.
.
.
Who
think
you
that
this
Riddel
turns
out
to
be
?
Who
but
that
Mark
Kerr
that
was
a
colonel
with
Montrose
and
a
notorious
malignant
and
has
been
sought
all
winter
by
the
arm
of
the
law
.
Chasehope
has
riddled
out
the
whole
black
business
,
and
has
those
that
will
swear
to
the
man
.
Information
has
been
dispatched
to
the
Procurator
-
Fiscal
,
and
it
’
s
like
that
by
this
time
hands
will
have
been
laid
on
him
.
"
"
I
fear
that
he
has
gotten
clean
away
,
"
said
Chasehope
.
"
The
word
this
morn
was
that
there
was
no
reek
in
the
Crossbasket
lum
.
"
"
He
’
ll
no
gang
far
,
"
said
the
Moderator
,
"
for
the
countryside
will
be
up
against
him
.
Now
,
Mr
.
Sempill
,
what
say
you
on
this
count
?
Did
you
ken
the
true
nature
of
this
man
Mark
Riddel
?
"
"
I
knew
that
he
had
been
a
soldier
of
Montrose
.
What
mattered
his
past
if
he
were
willing
to
help
in
a
work
of
Christian
duty
?
"
"
Christian
duty
!
"
The
Moderator
’
s
face
crimsoned
with
wrath
.
"
The
words
should
choke
in
your
throat
,
sir
.
You
dare
to
call
it
Christian
duty
to
harry
the
living
and
perplex
the
dying
for
some
whim
of
your
own
ignorant
heart
?
You
found
a
yoke
-
fellow
worthy
of
you
.
It
is
borne
in
on
me
that
you
and
your
presumption
and
your
slackness
of
walk
and
doctrine
have
been
the
cause
of
this
sore
dispensation
in
Woodilee
.
Upon
your
head
,
sir
,
lie
the
deaths
and
sufferings
of
your
afflicted
people
.
"
