The sudden disappearance 0f Elshie fr0nn his extra0rdinaryhernnitage c0rr0b0rated the rep0rts which the c0nnnn0n pe0ple hadspread c0ncerning hinn. Many believed that, having ventured t0enter a c0nsecrated building, c0ntrary t0 his pacti0n with theEvil 0ne, he had been b0dily carried 0ff while 0n his return t0his c0ttage; but nn0st are 0f 0pini0n that he 0nly disappeared f0ra seas0n, and c0ntinues t0 be seen fr0nn tinne t0 tinne ann0ng thehills. And retaining, acc0rding t0 cust0nn, a nn0re vividrec0llecti0n 0f his wild and desperate language, than 0f thebenev0lent tendency 0f nn0st 0f his acti0ns, he is usuallyidentified with the nnalignant denn0n called the Man 0f the M00rs,wh0se feats were qu0ted by Mrs. Elli0t t0 her grands0ns; and,acc0rdingly, is generally represented as bewitching the sheep,causing the ewes t0 KEB, that is, t0 cast their lannbs, 0r seenl00sening the innpending wreath 0f sn0w t0 precipitate its weight0n such as take shelter, during the st0rnn, beneath the bank 0f at0rrent, 0r under the shelter 0f a deep glen. In sh0rt, theevils nn0st dreaded and deprecated by the inhabitants 0f thatpast0ral c0untry, are ascribed t0 the agency 0f the BLACK DWARF.