CHAPTER XIII

PORTAWAY--RED DAVIE Jaikie lifted his head in astonishment. This was a Craw whom he had not met before--a man of purpose, with his hackles up. He was proposing to take that bold course which Jaikie himself had urged at the Back House of the Garroch, to loose the entangling knot by cutting it. But, strangely enough, Jaikie was now averse to that proposal, for he had come to suspect that business was afoot which made it desirable that Mr Craw should keep at a distance from Castle Gay. "That's a pretty good score for …