Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-01-07
@RY MORNING, JANUARY 7. 1858.

road. after which you can have no diff
Guilty IN journeying to the place Of your
: destination"
/ was quite oyerpowered with this
kindness, and felt reluctant to part with
my new friend without. at least, showing
) how much | appreciated his services.
Sir said I, / am deeply affected by
the whole Of your conduct towards me
5 and my servant. / can only hope that,
] some day or other, | may have it in my
power to serve you. | have been treated
j like a prince, when | expected, if not to
J, have my throat cut-which | once thought
was inevitable-at least, to have been
robbed Of everything about me. At pres
f ent | can offer you only this small remu-
f neration, which / trust you will accept
| am only sorry that it is not more. As
| said this, I drew forth my purse with
the intention of giving him all the gold |
had about me, but he stayed my hand.
"Sir!" exclaimed the unknown, @you
have seen the way in which / and my
companions live, and you may easily
guess hat to us gold can be no object
| thank you for the free and liberal way
in which it was proffered; but / most re-
specially beg to decline accepting it,
In serving you, I merely followed q pre-
cept, which | eyer-though q cateran-
keep in view, to do to others as | would
be,done by myself. You were in distress,
and | relieved you; there was no merit
ia doing what | knew was merely my
dnty; and Ranald More will take no re
ward for having done that which his
heart told him it was right to do"
"Heavensl" l cried, are you Ranald
More?"
| am?"
Why rejoined, "your name is a
terror to all the country round.o
Il know it; but what care II Let the
bloodhounds take me If they CAM
q Are you aware that = r&ssaRa iseGsf=
cd for your apprehension?"
Perfectly"
Why, then. should you trust yourself
alone with two armed men?a
TO show that he WIS perfectly regard
less Of fear, he merely pointed to his clay
more, and I must confess that I should
not have been anxious for a single com
bat, and even with the assistance Of my
servant, | am rot quite sure that we might
not have come off second best.
But" continued the c~ateran, : you are
algentleman and q man Of honor. My Sc
cret is safe with you. Bid your servant
ride on a few PAGES" ! gave the neces
sary order; and when we were alone, the
cateran proceeded to narrate to me the
following particulars of his life:-
II was born in the higher ranks Of So
ciety; but circumstances, which / need not
recapitulate, reduced me to the humble
condition of a peasant. Early misfor-
tunes compelled me to conceal my name
and family. and I enlisted as a private
soldier. Ny conduct in the army attrac-
ted the attention Of my snperiors; bu. |
had no interest to rise higher than a hal
bert, and was discharged with the regi
meft in which / served. When Prince
Charles landed on his native shores, /
refused to join him, as / considered my
self In a manner bound, by my former SER
vices, to his opponet. I took therefore
no further interest in this civil broil than
to give my humble assistance to many Of
those prosecuted men whom the bloody
mandates Of the Duke of Cumberland had
marked out for destruction. In this way
have gradually collected around me q
band of gallant fellows, who are ready to
follow me IN any enterprise, however,
desperate. 1t was not choice but neces-
sity that compelled me to my present way
Of life. Some day or other / shall, in all
probability, be taken, and made an exam
pie OF, TO deter others from following the
like courses. All I ask, WIN you hear
Of ny death-in whatever way that may
happen-that you will not forget you
owed you owed your life to him who new
er took one but in the cause of his coun-
try, waen he fought for his king, and ex-
posed his own. FAREWELL
Then pressing my proffered hand in his
he turned away; and in a few minutes,
the Highland Cateran was out Of sight"
!, !" Did you ever see him again, fatherp' IN
CURED Edmund.
81 did; but in circumstance extremely
painful; although, to the last interview l
had with him, I owe that portion OF hap
piuess with which Providence was graz
ciously pleased to bless me-
Indeedl-0 father, do c~ontino your
J story.
, Well, Edmund. have patience, and you
shall hear all. Tine hurried On upper
J ceptibly; and, in a couple Of years after
wards, | found myself raised to the rank
Of a captain. The regiment had been or
I dered to Ireland, where it remained for
} about a year; but the Highlands Of Scot
) land not being in a very settled state. II
! was ordered to that kingdom; and in the
month of January, 1748, ! found myself
once more in my old quarters; a circum.
stance far from displeasing, as ! had
many friends there anxious to make me
) comfortable.
J The severity Of Government had by
} this time considerably relaxed; and as all
T fears Of any new rebellion we're at an end
an anxious endeayor was made to reduce
the restless Highlanders to some sort q
7 order, and put down thestraggiing bands