The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-06-06

CAPTURE or EDINBURGH
CASTLE
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Md tier csresmaassc~ illustrates ise
s,sss a hsrd,tvsd sid csassrsise which
i,as ctos distinguished tts Psris O.
s~aissi- " ,i~ you 1918. wh.n ii'r
fNss sss IN ilsc tss.seessen u ,he Eng'
l4.i,. its.a<a;.li. ksri a Moray. ~a oas
DAY saneysas ,.s g'sa.s''c row. ~htn
Ne ga. as-,a~-i by psr a hr rsso-a''
Asr.s ~sh Tie Toesion " d. .oo t,itk
a. .,ss~ssics,4~, my lsrj'' Randolph
's'scd has eye. aj,oa The 'pcokc-.
utaa y hi,io .ssa The prime 4 lie. but
81 ssto ~..i-kn,, 6rarc. AID bearing
AZ h,, L.sa eye and olsH forehead
taarA. ~ natrYs,diiy which had alfeaai,
,.s,r,-i i.n b~inczpo ,s the Sco;t,si,
~r,a,. Do yp, nv MI the ry'k. Fran
-. = s@,I lies Lail "lc'b.p. nd. !
could Istrpw ,ise w,a..s oar gallant
Lasts.'
Ibes~ arr sinc.. replied Francis.
~ah ,i.us,gi,,iu! .mile. "a. aronr, a
oo,., mi. AMI a, d...ng. My father was
lccp.r ~ yss,bs fortress"
"wha, u that lou sprak in rid
dr."
~a- lhcn Young. fccAhess. high
hearted! MAS screwed up IN that con.
'ca-I,k. castle +, my sweetheart was in
the ,anaa b.t,~.'--
Well, ~ha, 'icn r
:" Ssirash, my lord, can you not i'm.
asn,c that speak IL ,l,e a,ngs of love ,
Every night Descended ,i,a, steep N
the ~aching hour. and every morning
before the dawn ! crrp, back TO my bar
r.cks- l Constructed a Ugh, i1ci,e,fuot
hssber. by means u Which ] MAS able
:" pass the places that arc pcrpendru'
lar aai 80 well, at i.hgih. did become
arqoai ted with the route, that in the
darkest AMI s,oru,icst night. fund
nay Nay as easily as when The moonlight
,nsi,Ied h,e to see my love IN the dis
iancc waiting FOR mc a, the cottage
.hsus.~
You are daring. desperate, noble
fellow. Franc,.! However, your mo-
,Ne Is npw gone; your mistress
= She is dead; ssy no more but AN.
Other has taken her place
Ay. ny. il. the soldiers way. Wo-
men viii die or even grow old; and
via, arc We TO do: Come, who j.
yuur mistress now Z"
MY Country What ! have ,tope
Tor love, ! can do again Tor honor and
what can accomplish. you, noble Ran
dulph, and many of oar comrades car
do faI better. Give me- thirty picked
men, and n iwclve.foo, ladder, aud the
fortress !. our o~n''
The Eati Of Moray. whatever his
real thoughts Of the enterprise might
have been. was not the man TO refuse
-uch challenge. A ladder was pro.
,"led. and thirty men chosen from the
ir'1ps and Ia the middle Of darn
"lght, the party, commanded by Ran
ipll'h himself. and guided Ivy William
Francis, Sc, forth on their desperate en-.
,,rpfisc.
l.y catching at crac a!icr crag, and
digging their fingers into the in,crsticcs
"f the r"oks. they succeeded in noun.
ting considerable way but the wealth.
,r VA. now 81 thick they could receive
but iiulc assistance from their eyes
ani thus they continued To climb, almost
~ utter darkness. like men struggling
ma n prccipic. in the nightmare. They
at length reached shelving table Of
the cliff. above which the ascent. for ten
- twelve feet, was perpendicular and
having fixed their ladder, the whole
Iarty lay down To recover br aih.
From this plae" they could hear the
tread and voices Of the cheek watches,
or patrol, above and, surround by the
perks II such tnoinent. il is not won.
,irrfal iha, some illusions may have
mingled with their thoughts. They cv-
IN imagined tina, they were seen from
tie ba,,lsmcu,s, although, being them
sclvcs unable TO sec the wan,ler.. this
MAS highly improbable. Il became e,.
dent, notwithstanding, from the word.
they raugh: here and there in the
,'aascs Of the night wind, that the con.
vrrsa,ion IT the English soldiers above
rclaiesl 10 surprise Of the Castle; and
AT length these appalling words broke
like thunder on their ears: Stand |
zee YOU veil a fragmcn, Of the rock
VAS hurled down a, the same instant ;
and rs rushing from crag 10 ctag i,
b,unded over their heads, Randolph
ard his brave followers, in this Wild.
helpless. and exsraordisry situation. felt
the damp u mortal terror gathering up
"n their brow, as they chung with a
deaih-gr'p to the prccipioc.
The startled echoes 81 the rock were
n, length silent, and 10 were the voices
above. The ad,en.urers paused, lis
tening Lrcaihless no sound MAS heard
bat the sisAins Of the wind. and the
measured tread Of the sentinel " no had
resumed his walk. The men ti.ousI,,
they ~ere in dream, and no wosder /;
foT the. incslen, jus mentioned, which
!. rrlaied BY la, bour, was ore Of tho