The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-07

meet an accidental death, when tie
| rocks on the coast OF MacleOd's country,
called the "Maidems," became the prop
erty of a Campbell; when II fox had
| young ones IN the castle; and when the
| "Falry Banner" SHOuld be Tor the last
| time shOwn-the glory OF Macleod should
| depart ior time; the estates be SOLD to
others. But that again. in The Tar future,
another Macleod should redeem the
| property aud raise the family higher
| than ever. Now comes the curious c.
| incidence told by Mr.. Macleod.
An English smith at DuuVegan told
him one day III It next morning he was
going to the cls.le To t0rce open the iron
cnGst in which the ''!airy flag" of tle
MacleOIs mad lain lor ages undlslurbed
MIR. Macleod was very anxious to b.
present, and at last he got permiss ion
from "the factor" upon condition that
he told no one OF the name OF Macleod
the chic inciuded-wnat was to be done.
The smith tore off the lid OF the box, and
tue famous Old flag was eXpUsed-"a
square piece OF very RIGA silk, with
Crosses wrought with gold thread, and
several elI-Sp0ts stitched with great
care on different parts of it," Very
soon after this, Mr. Macleod goes on 70
say, "the melancholy news OF tue death
Z
heir of Macleod reached the
castle. Norman. the third Nor
man. was a lieutenant of H.M.S.
the Qaeen Charlotte, which was blown
up AT sea, and he and The rest periSheN.
At the same time the rocks called
Macleod's Maidens' were sold in the
course OF that very week to Angus
Campbell, of Ensayi and they are still
in possession OF his grandson. A ioX III
possession of q Lieutenant MacLean, re-
siding in the west turret of the castle,
had young ones, which | handled. And
thus ali that WAS said i'll the prophecy
alluded to was SO far fulfilled; although
L am glad the family 0l my child still
erj y their ancestral possessions, and
the worst part OF the prophecy accord
ugly remains unVerltied. l merely state
the facts of the case as They occurred,
without expressing any opinion what
ever AS to the nature of these traditions
ary legends with which they were con-
necueu."
A coincidence as remarkable as any OF
these is the one Mr.. Will
kie Collins notices In connection
with his novel "Armadale.n Readers OF
that powerful story will recoIIect what
an important part the fatal effects OF
sleeping in poisoned and foul air play i'll
it. "Iney," WrILes Mr.. WIlkle Collins,
may be interested in nearing of a cOin-
didence relating to the present story
which actually happened, and which IN
the matter OF 'eXLravaSant lmproDabili.
ty' sets anything Of the same Kind that
novelist could imagine at fiat defiance.
In n NOvemDer, 1o65-thaU is TO say, when
thirteen monthly parts OF 'Armadale'
mad been published, and l may add,
when more than II year and q half had
elapsed since the end OF the story, as
it now appears, was first sketched
in my noLe-boOk--a vessel lay
in the Huskisson Dock at
Liverpool, which was looked after by
one man, who slept on board, in the ca
pactty OF snip-keeper. On a certain day
In the week This man was found dead in
the deck-house. On the next day sec
ond man, who had taken his place, was
carried dying to the Northern Hos pital
On the third day a third ship-keoper was
ana was found dead in tn &
ueCk-house, which had already proved
fatal to The other two. The name OF that
snip was the Armadale! And The pro-
Gee dings at the inquest proved that the
three men had all been sulfocated by
sleeping in poisoned ar"
The case, Mr., Collins goes on to say,
"was noJlced-to give Two instances IN
the London Times Of November 80 1865,
and was more lully described in the Dul-
ly News OF November rs, in the same
y year."- Chambers journal.