, 1864-04-23
FROM WILSON'S TALES OF THE BORDERS.
Polwarth on the Green.

In the year 1410, John Sinclair of Herd.
manstOHe, in East Lothian, who was also
Lord of Kimmerghane and Polwarth, dying
without male issue, the estate of Kimmer.
gbame descended to his daughter Marion,
and that Of Polwarth to her sister Margaret
His heir-male was his brother, Sir William
Sinclair, to whom the estate Of Herdman.
stone fell. Sir William, as the uncle of the
co-hciresscs, though not appointed as their
guardian by their father, for they were both
well nigh of woman's estate when he died,
craftily took upon himself that duty. He
whispered to them that their estates were
not managed as they ought to be-that their
bondmen did not perform the duty required
Of them-that those they had set over their
grounds as stewards did not render them a
faithful account Of their stewardship. lie
insinuated thousand suspicious into their
young minds, until their affairs gradually
fell into his hands, and he at length succeed
ed in gaining the entire management of their
estates; and he now required only to have
the disposal Of their personal freedom. Men
Of power in those days were not very scru-
pulous as to the means which they employed
to obtain their object; he who had score
of rctainers held the scales of life and death
in hi hands. Nevertheless, aware of the
I'll: MN me neSreS ~; W:,S rir - 'le es'ia.U. !.
,i svulS, S.I ~ Villain AneW 'ndt y
,I". Ioau IoS " sue " venture upon liiaAns
s. % pr.soners py oPen Siolence. .I ne ne ihere- u
Io'9 ooaI'eously 'nvi'eu inen " ms nouse
AZ Ie'ul"ns'one, Wnele nc sta1eu 'nat the
y.s' uuu 'ns PIouues. eoinPaIy In IroAu
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a, Sno %aS :onu =: "iiTse"en'S, wa
1SeIJoyea ~ tnc lnv1ta'lOn put ner SISTER
Ia Saa sA'sS "no was u SraVer uiSPOsi'iOn'
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.S"ua ~ 80 -. r,o..;n .o O, o,';I .";us. aS
g. 10. ,~o,hn. - @ .s. ~ IS @ "s s. ~,
e,bsr wonIJ ronlr-, Daar E,;saI1,h G .h;nI
- ~. a. c,nelIv !; ora ~ ,.So !. ~ nr.. and l
Jss, - ma tyrst ,Oo ,%at he a. loyc. Av v",, " "nS
xosrs ~, msv ho s ~ ~ UoUI ,oo1I ~ ".aIV aL
! hnt there 4 tSat in b;s manner wh;cgh /
cannot overcome, Than onr father would
remain silent far time and add. We'll
,boro j. ! want of fronLross IN S;r W;II;.m
which becomes not a bro.her;n
aLull your suspicions INV demure sister %
tho Eoht' t'hoar,sd Mar;o,, r:rI;oJ. q = az,
sand sna. h.sc IL. II h;n, @ .or - - saOS ~
IN, ,ha holdos, h.-on II al Sco;l.nJ shonIJ
wad ~ NJ M. r;oeo Mar;o,n - D''NN'''
And he said truly." replied Margaret /:
g for. If he have ms once within his power.
not even the boldcst knight in Scotland will
be ABLE 70 receive our hands. unless he sue
for Il with gallant bowmen az his back, and
the unsheathed sword TO enforce his suit"
aOh. then. sister" reioined Marion. " I
suppose Won have knight at hand whowould
defieht IN such hapdiwork; for i NOT Sir
Patrick Hume Of Wedderburp reunited TO be
the most valorous KNIGHT mon the Borders.
and withal the humble worsbippcr Of fair
Marraret Sinclair n PolWarth
And d tbe maiden smoke she lauphed.
and tanned her sister mood. d.naturedly npon
The chesk Margaret bInsbed. and nlsyfally
renl;ed~ we'll sister i there mo yaIorons
knioht At Wedderburn but Sir Patrick ?
WSst think va of George HumeY"
aNo more Of th;s :" cried Marion: q Lot
,,s .ccent onr uncle's invitation and mingle
w;th NJ osy comnanv he has invited 10 meet
us .
are vou will have Il so. Let IL be 40 !" re-
nl;s6 M.ro.yat g Int trnst me. / fear that
rood will not come Of r."
On ,he s,llo,,;no dav thew set ont upou
THAR ;ournsv Inward Hsrdmapstoue. accom-
nan;aa NV onIv two men-seryants. Their
rrele rocs; ved thom With n show Of cordial
Sr;endsh;n INT the ouests whom thew ex-
,,oc,ed n ,1ess thev ssw mot and thew had
kser bnt ! Ssw minutes beneath his roof
,rhen thew sound themselves prisoners. Sc
crrsd Nv srst;ncs holts and bars. On dis
so..sr,.y ~ ty..;on into which thew had
besn aetranned Marion went aloud. and
sccnssi harself az being the unwittine au-
thor ~ her sisteris cantiyitv. \.
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