The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-15

Would that what you say were true ' ejsculased the princess Bat if he onl, made some sign Of his desir to sin hi, own, heaven knows that would aid him with my fortune, and even, if need were with my life"
 Your royal highness' sentiments ar, worthy of her great lineage" said Ton conrtsously- "i happen to know that ths facts are as have hinted for, althsuei
 ] have not yet mentioned i,, l have th. honor of your royal highsess' augus nephew's acquaintance Indeed, ma, s.y the king degns to honor me with hi.
 z The hing ' exclaimed the princess with be1ming eyS-a the king fos have heard bis majesty speak. have sees his majessy ~alk- and you have not told mel On, Mir. Checkstone, [ cannot tel you how # rejoices me to have one of th< kings friends in my service! What is his majesty's will What are his ms;esty'. plans You may truss me. I an de. voted wholly and entirely 10 his interests
 How have longed to learn of his inten. ton to take his rightful position '"
 Thus encouraged, Tom Checkstone re lated to the princess a very plausible and interesting story, he main points o, which he did not forget to communicate by letter to a friend in London. He as- sured the princess that poverty alone pre- vented the king from taking action th a, his majesty chafed grievously in his en- forced seclusion and that the legitim ate sovereign of Great Britain, ID spite of the plebeian origin of his mother, vas in all respects a worthy descendant of the Jameses.
 '' Then his majesty mus, come hi,her, ,- saio the princess. But am greatly in doubt whether can place implicit con- hdence in Mir. M Dunn. He is an excel lent servant, but I fear he is sot too loyal and ve must risk nothing"
 Mir. MDum," said Tom, has very well taken care of himself hitherto. Your royal highness is perhaps not aware that he accepted bribe from me when ap- phed sor my present position in your royal highness' household. have his receipt for LSoo"
 Then, we shall certainly dismiss him, ' remarked the princess with signs of rising anger. -Bot, as l say. he is w1thal an excellent servant, and II would not become us to act toward him in anger l will pension him and when he has left the castle, we may receive the king with out any risk; for all my other servants have from their childhood been devoted to the royal cause
 The result of th:s conversation all the details of which were faithfully reported to Charlie S;uart-wAs that Mir. MDum. after a somewhat stormy scene xitn the princess, quilted Balquh aIloch, with an eye 10 an eligible pubtic-house in Glas- so~; and on the day of his departure the pnneess wrote a loyal and af1ecuonate letter to her nephew. and despatched it to him by the hands of her chaplain. the Rev. Octavius M'Filian, a priest who. he possessed no remarkable de gree of intelligence, was of unimpeacha- 6le devotion to the princess, and of great and kindness of heart. "Our castle" the letter concluded. "is held at your malesty's disposal, and all within it is at your royal service"
 Father M FillAn, with much ceremony, delivered the missive to Charlie at his chambers ip the :. yer temple, and !. the king was pleased to say in reply that he would at his earliest convenience visit his ~ell-beloved aunt in the north
 Two or three days afterw4rd the second of the Times contained an an- nouncement to the effe4 that Catharine smith. daughter of the late John Smith, ,f Manchester, intended thenceforth to assume the surname of P.an,agenet, and upon all future occasions to style herself md be known as Ca,harine Piantaeenes. Fortunately, the Tsm<s was not studied II Bhquhalloch, the princess reading ,nly the Edinburgh Cosrasf, because i, ras a thoroueh-going tory journal, and he London 4noysfxg Post, because it vas Of eminentiy arissocratic tone.
 A week later Charlie, who had mean ime received some long lettess from Tom, rent down to Scotland.
 ln.-KINC CHARLES III.
 There were great preparations al Bal. luhelloch castle for the worthy reception 'f the hing; and but for the fact tha, the ,ditog, who vas also the sole reporter of he Aoerdumble UayG<y, vas at the time confined to his house from lndisposi,ion, i he whole matter would no doubt have ound Its way into the papers. The 'rincess spared neither trouble nor ex- 'ense. Two Aberdumble carpenter. | lrrived and erected opposite the porter. | odge a wooden triumphal arch. An ! painter follosed after them, 1 md inscnbed upon the arch, in large i cd ietters on blue ground, a legend | his majesty to his own again. l