Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-01-07
Jatusstinp Storg.
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n SO, my GEAR iauS. you wish me u
relate my passage with the Caterans o
Lochloy p said General Danger6eld.
"Da. father, you will so oblige me- re
pliea3he younger of the two sons.
We'll, then" continued the General
laying his hand upon the boys head, "yol
shall have it bnt, remember, no inter
ruption ; | must tell my story my owl
way"
Well, to begin at the beginning. I am
native of Scotland-born on the Borders
of a respectable family. well known
there-the Jardines of the llk. / entered
the army young, and continued there the
best part of my days. When quartered
in England | become acquainted with
your angel mother ; and upon her mar
riage with me, some short time afterwards
| was compelled by her father to assume
her name, in order that the family estates
might still be inherited by a Dangerield
/ had leave Of absence for a short time;
and | therefore quilted my quarters
which were at Inverness, in order TO spend
my Christmas with my relations in Kelso,
for / was not then married. 1t is a
long way between Kelso and Inverness !:
and had to proceed..on horseback accom-,
panied by a single servant. We got on
very we'll till we reached Glasgow, after
which the journey was both tedious and
vexatious.
On the second day, after quitting the
western metropolis, there came on a great
fall of snow, partially obstrueting the
roads, which, in those days, were not in
the very best state, even in good weather;
and, after persuing, apparently the proper
route for a couple Of hours, | found thai
we had lost our way but we pushed or
in the vain hope Of finding the right
path. Vain it was for, after wandering
about till it became dark, we made the
important discovery that We were just as
far off as eyer from escaping from onl
difficulties.
us it not yon a light, sir p exclaimed
nv servant. "See, it's very high up"
Il looked up. and, certainly, there was
a light but from what it proceeded
could not conjecture. 1t could hardly BIZ
from a house, as it was too much elevated
| desired my servant to follow, and We
made for the mysterious place, which was
with some difficulty, reached and where
to our infinite dismay, in place of finding
ourselves in the vicinity Of a house, we
discovered that we were at the foot of Q
tremendous precipice, and the light tina
had guided us was still glimmering 1t ar
apparently inaccessible height above oul
head. In this state of desperation. We
halioeed, and made as much noise as pos
sible, and were speedily answered by q
human voice, inquiring why we made such
a disturbance, and what We wanted, I an
$ W ered--
shelter for the night, and food, for
we are nearly dead from hunger"
To this no reply was made for a few
moments, when a voice again answered
Remain where you are, and / will de
scend and remove you from this place o.
danger"
A mai then descended from the rocks
and desired us to follow him, which W.
did, with some reluctance-more especi
ally as we were compelled to leave our
lhorses below.
Never mind the cattle; they will BIZ
taken good care Of" said our conductor
laying especial emphasis on the wore
" good
/ must confess I did not feel by AMI
means comfortable. But what was to b,
done? Starvation stared us in the face
and the danger of perishing by cold, Of
by falling into some Of the deep ravine'
that lay about me, was but too probable
so | mustered up all my courage. and fol
lowed my unknown guide, who led me
by a very p~recipitous and dangerous path
to a large cavity in the centre of the rock
My servant came last; and. when W,
reached the place of our destination, W,
beheld a vast pile of faggots lighted vi
in the middle Of prodigious vacuity.-
The warmth, as you may readily suppose
was very grateful to two travellers be
numbed by cold; and while we wer,
standing by the FIRE, the guide suddenl'
disappeared, but returned, some few min
utes afterwards, from some concealed par
Of the subterranean, habitation viii
about Fifty armed men.
At such q very unexpected, not to So,
disagrecable, spectacle. in circumstance
otherwise sufficiently alarming, both nv
self and servant felt no small degree 0
fear. Our trepidation was observed; an,
one Of the number, who seemed to hav
the command of the rest of the band, ad
dressed me to the following purport:-
You can be at no loss to .copjectur
who we are, and what our ordinary,oec
patton is; but You have nothing to fear
fol, though we live by whkEis called1vis