The Red Cloud chief., 1878-02-14
THE WHITE ROSE OF SCOTLAND.

THE WHITE ROSE OF SCOTLAND.
Catherine. We must part. The king
this morning cOntemptuously refused
me further aid. Indignant at his want
Of faith, l retorted in no measured
terms, and am enjoined, on penalty Of
paying my life a forfeit to my disobedi-
ence, 70 leave the Kingdom, three dsys
only being allowed me to prepare for
0ydepaFfure.a IuuDt return to Flan-
dr. fbere 10 seo1kSfhat import which
- Asnied 0o skes9 ETofls and dangers
await me, to which i cannot consent to
thy exposure. Tint tenderform Of thine.
my love, is not suited to endure the buff
fet 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 Nv, of Scotland.
, '.And shall Huntly's daughter" re-
piled the lady, ''thus consent to desert
her husband? No, my dear Richard, l
have shared your shOrt-lived ~splendOr.
1t me participate in your reverses. Let
US leave Scotland; let us together seek
our exile, and a kindred fate be ours.
Where thou gOest will Igo; where thou
lodgest l will lodge; thy people shall be
nv people, and thy God my Godr'
Undetermined woman-but it must
at ber calculated the youth. Cath
erine-for l dare not longer wear .
1 mask-prepare - curse thy unworthy
! husband. Thou deemest me the right
FIJI heir t. England's crown. but know
me as a base impOstOr. ] won thy love
by a lie. Ambitious aspiring to the
heart of one fair and noble as myself,
have / entailed on a great and glorious
race ruin and dishonOr. Yet. oh! for
give me, and DO not execrate my wild
ambi6onr'
ssOh, Richard, was this deception
generous? Yet hold, my swelling heart,
and let my duty as a wife subdue my
woman's pride. My husband, avert
not from me thus thy fearful eyes.
WhO'er thou art. thou hast been TO me
all tenderness. 1t will be now my CRATE
full task to prove to thee that Catherine
GordOn's love was unallOyed by inter
est and ambition. II she adored thee
when, mid thy gaIlanttrain, thou stood
unmatched, twas not the splendOr OF
thy royal name that bade me wish thee
mine. Yes, my husband, l loved thee,
and still l love thee for myself alone.
Let us, then, fly these shores; desist
from the wild pursuit of what thou hast
no claim to, and let us seek a happy, a
contented privacy"
s.Alas, my beloved! It is impossible.
Bound by a solemn oath to pursue, while
I have being, the claim l have asserted.
no rest, no peace, remains to me. Leave
me to my woes-leave me to my dis
honor. Why-why should both be
wretched?"
As the unhappy speaker concluded,
h. folded in his arms his faithful wife,
and Intellectually endeavOred to subdue
her strong determination to share his
fortunes.
The reader will, ere this, have discOv-
cred, in the husband of the Lady Cath.
crime, the youth who, during the reign
of Henry VII, had arrogated to himself
the title of Richard. Duke of York, Sec
ond son of Edward w., who, with his
brother, had been murdered in h Tow.
er by the inhuman Richard Ill.
Possessed of every accomplishment
that could engage affection, the youth,
whose name was Perkin Warbeck, q
Fleming. had gained the ready respect
aud confidence Of many persons OF rank
il England
|. After the failure, however, OF his en-
deayors to excite a revolt in that cOun
try, which were discovered by the Wig
ilance of the king, and frustrated by the
immediate execution of his adherents,
he had repaired to Scotland, and sole
tied the assistance of James Nv to pace
him on the throne of England.
james, whose eredulity WAS equal e
his valer, was easily prevailed upon e
support hie pretehstons.
He received him with the highest dis
tinction, and in a short time consented
to his union with a relative of his own,
sst1e Lady Catherine Gordon, daughter o.
5 t. Earf0 f Huntay.
fr8stween Tia white Rose q Scot
fsndr-for such was the appellatio1
which the extraordinary beauty OF thu
yupng lady had gaanet her--snd tn
adventurer an ardent attachment hac
existed from the earliest period OF his
arrival i'm Scotland.
But finding the English people by nc
! means disposed to 56in the hctitious
prince, the Scottish king gave up the
. use % hopeless.
-
The sun was attaining to his merid'
ian height when the unhappy adventur
er and his devoted bride embarked Al
Leith for Flanders.
.Dlo,n %loo 1nl1snf haSfnW a hAWhp(
in charity on puir. auld, wltless Man
sie."
Spch were the words addressed by
wretched-leoking figure to the Lad,
Catherine; as, leaning on her husband:
arm, she appeared on the beach.
She threw her a small coin, which
the beggar received, circulating
.Msny thanks, leddie. Mansie'
ray shall swell the breeze that wafts
bee OVER the wide saut wave. But
almost shrieked she, gazing intently OF
the astonished Catherine, ''muckle feal
haze I, We need na wish a speedy voyag'
better a watery grave than a broker
- heart-better a pillow on the toamins
brine than aslesPless bed in 2 foreign
q ..WhSf meaneA thou?" earnestly d.
manded Csaherinat whose curiosity ant
z alarm sEsre strongly excited by tn
..Ah. LIE, dinna ask Gin We saw
wi auld1Gansie's cen. W~ad ma leave
- the land O. yer forbears 70 roam mans
8 rufkl6os faces, a lan91sex1le. Fare
Farewell, leddi9 dtnna forge
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