Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-11-05
The White Rose Of Scotland.
A HISTORICAL SKETCH.

and am enJoined, on penalty OF paying
my life forfeit to nay disobedience, to
quit the kingdom, three days only being
allowed me to prepare for my departure.
| must return to Flanders, there to seek
that support which is denied me here.
Tolls and dangers await me, to which |
cannot consent to thy exposure. That
tender form of thine, my love, is not
suited to endure the buffet of my stormy
fortune"
Such we're the words of the husband
of the Lady Catherine Gordon, on his
return from an unsuccessful interview
with James ". of Scotland.
"And shall Huntly's daughter" re-
piled the lady, "thus consent to desert
her husband? No, my dear Richard, |
have shared your short-lived splendor,
let me participate in your reverses. Let
us leave Scotland {; let US together seek
our exile, and kindred fate be ours.
Where thou goest will go, where thou
lodgest | will lodge, thy people shall be
my people. and thy God my God 7
"Noble-minded woman but it must
not be !" calculated the youth. "Cath-
arine-for | dare not longer wear mask
prepare to curse thy unworthy hus-
band. Thou deemest me the rightful
heir to England's crown, but know me
as base impostor. won thy love by
lie. Ambitiously aspiring to the heart
of one fair and noble as thyself, have l
entailed on great and glorious race ru-
in and dishonor. Yet, oh forgive me.
and do not execrate my wild ambition" i"
"Oh, Richard, was this deception gen.
erOus Yet hold, my swelling heart, and
let my duty as wife subdue my wo-
mans pride. My husband, avert not
from me thus thy fearful eyes. Whoever
thou art, thou hast been to me all ten
derncss. 1t will be now my grateful
task to prove to thee that Catharine Cor
don's love was unalloyed by interest or
ambition. If she adored thee when, mid
thy gallant train, thou stood unmatched,
twas not the splendor of thy royal name
that babe me wish thee mine. Yes, my
husband, l loved thee, and still love
thee, for thyself alone. Let us, then, fly
these shores desist from the wild pur-
suit of what JnVu hasU Vis-i.-- -, IL
let us seek happy, contented privacy"
"Alas, my beloved it is impossible.
Bound by a solemn oath to pursue,
while have being, the claim | have as
serted, no rest, no peace remains to me.
Leave me to my woes-leave me to my
dishonor. Why-why should both be
wretched p
AS the unhappy speaker concluded he
folded in his arms his faithful wife, and
Intellectually endeavored to subdue her
determination to share his fortunes.
The reader will, ere this, have discov-
cred in the husband of the Lady Catha-
rine, the youth who, during the reign of
Henry VII. had arrogated to himself the
title of Richard, Duke of York, second
son of Edward w., who, with his broth
er, had been murdered in the Tower by
the inhuman Richard LII.
Possessed of every accomplishment
that could engage affection, the youth
whose name was Perkin Warbeck. a
Fleming. had gained the ready respect
and confidence of many persons of rank
in England.
After the failure, however, of his en-.
deavors to excite revolt in that coun
try. which were discovered by the vigi
lance of the king. and frustrated by the
immediate execution of his adherents
he had repaired to Scotland, and solicit
ed the assistance OF James ~. to plac,
him on the throne of England.
James, whose credulity was equal t,
his valor, was easily prevailed on to sup
port his pretensions.
He received him with the highest dis
tinction, and in short time consente'
to his union with relative of his own
the Lady Catharine Gordon, daughter o
the Earl of Huntly.
Between the "White Rose of Scotland
for such was the appellation whicl
} the extraordinary beauty of this youn,
: lady had gained her-and the adventur
er an ardent attachment had existe
from the earliest period of his arrival il
Scotland.
s But, finding the English people by n
e means disposed to join the fctitiou
prince. the Scottish king gave up th
cause as hopeless.
The sun was attaining to his merida
height when the unhappy adventure
a and his devoted bride embarked at Lett
; for Flanders.
e "Bless thee, leddie bestow bawb,
a a in charity Oh puir auld witless Mansie
j Such were the words addressed by
Is wretched-looking figure to the Lad
Catharine, as, leaning on her husband
q arm, she appeared on the beach.
= She threw her small coin, which Il
/ beggar received, circulating:
,t "Mony thanks, leddie. Mansie's pra
re ers shall swell the breeze that wal