New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-21

forth that prophetic sentence of doom which las IN
several other cases well known in the history Of
Scottish families who have taken part IN some deed
of blood. and Tins goadcd the sufferers To invoke
curses worthy of the Psamst OF Israel on tltH wv
born dcScendantsl has been 80 strangely al"
This Kenneth Mackenzie third Earl Of Seaforth,
was devoted adherent of King Charles the - ono
fought maululiy I'M the Royallst cause am p"I ,'i
penalty for his LOYALTY bv being subjected % several
wears imprisonment under the toihinohW'litH 700
fbe Restoration enabled King Charles 10 release
HIM soon afterw&rd, he had occasion To WISH
Paris and 60 have found So many "t'I" ,'i"l'
nm that CAV capital that lac was ~ no hurry I'D I'-
turn 20 his stern countess Months suPp'u away.
without even bringing hef Irtter II2" ID. "''.','
lord At last She determined % call lu inc --'I'
whose fame had already spread throuHioul ,A' ,. 7
trct. 80 She sent messengers % NlI'HP'i'l' SUI
mnulng him to Brdhau Castle. ON MS alilN aim
stead of granting him private interview SUE
cc,vcd him IN her ball. m presence OF many OF uei
rotaiuers who crowded round tO hear his rcvcld-
tious fol many feared that the earl must be ueaI
Then she babe COnucach prove ms my Si'Ilous
power by giving her tijIng5 of Scalor,h, lle pro-
duced the prec lous dlynGg stone anu I9'N u.
through II. Toe laughed Rloud ana announced tu"3
the truant earl was well ana merry in' -,,th
lady desired further details. when at hI-l h'u''
refused to give. But when She very uuWl-'N uI-'h
-nav commaudcd-hm to speak freely. the seer Ie,
vcaled that he bcheid ~calOrth ln rch} iuIhl7h'u
room knecne beside a beautiful woman, VINO
su fered hi. arm 10 cucrcc her waist unchdueu
Pale and trembling with anger L'l rr'aii"l w
heard these words. spoken 10 the hearing oil an n'
people. She needed not that she h1d comp'i'A
their utterance. and that IN hrr own h'AIt In. n'
She should discredit them and that the cal umhI"'"
of her lord should be dls1raccd Carried away 'l
modification and passion. she suddenly i''"lf'u
that nothing short of The death OF tine hapl'-7 'I
should atone for his scauddlOus revelations. 80, TO
hi4 uusueakablc amalemcut, she then ana theI'
ttr.d ftuni hmm and pTOuouurpd sentence OF doom.
She appears 100 the first instance I'D ha'c con-
deuned MIN 10 be Immediately hanged pul' "u
second thoughts. she determined 10 obtain the sane
tion of the Church and have HIM burnt ~ % WlaIu.
Some cnvs therefore elapsed the cruel sentence
was carried out Then the poor seer was pound
hand aud foot and carried to Chanonry Point.
whore with full sanction OF the Chur'h-tho tanouN
o Fortrose Cathedral Doubtless standing nN 70 VII
ness the hideous punishment OF wizard ne was
thrown head foremost INTO barrel OF burning iaI -
a barrel which moreover hristled with long sharp
spikes driven N from outside so a. 10 tr'h'1A t'
wrotched victim.
Brahan and. finding the castle wcli-nlRh dcsoricd
hc learnt that hs wife and his retancr7 had a gone
to the NOES of ChlnOnry TO attend the burning OBJ
Coiuncach ore. Horror stricken. Sealorth started
instantly ia pur,uit hoping stu To save the an.
happy man. Squirting h.s good stree ." lt uin9rl
pace. he ralloprd without drawing rom uiI u'
reached fOrtrosc. and there, looking toward the
isthmus, hc behold dark column ol dchHr NIn"h'
r,..u,, heavily With renewed energy lac tried to
increase his pace but the wiling horse could do no
morr-it staggered and fell, never 10 rise again,
Rushing forward on foot. ~caiorth shouted aloud,
trusting that the assembled people, hearing ms cry
might delay the terrible deed. hul 10 was l"' '"l'
Already the tarbarrel had received ~ victim ana
the prophetic voice was slleneed forever .,
Among those who stood by. 90 witness tine norma
scene was the cruel Lady SeaiOrth, Who, a. hc AS
led past her. could not resist last smart, so size
cried out that he was even then on MS way To nell
Coiuneach turned, and, looking upon her. SAID
Nay! for that lac was bound for that heaven
where she should never enter, and III token that
his words were true she should see thar after ms
death raven and "A dove lying swiftly from east
to west, should meet above the funeral pyre' ana
thereon light.
If the raven should be the first to descend. then
might her words he true but. If the dove were fore
most she might rest assured that he mad not spoken
without cause And it proved. tor ere the
der "A hes adj "A "A
dove did thus alight on the embers and the dove
was the first TO aught, even rs COnheach had lore
told
But this was not the sole prophecy of future evil
which he bequeathed 70 the PROUD lady. Standing
on the brink of Loeb / ssIe. mountain tarn which
lies cradle IN the hills above Brahan Castle, Just
before he was carried away TO Fortrose 10 meet his
cruel fate he gaZed for the last time on his magic
stone, and then uttered the words OF prophetic
doom which, in every detail were SO strangely full
dlied only two generations ago. tie tOrctOId now,
ere many generations had passed, the line of sea
forth should become extinct; and that when the
time came when there should he Oucktoothcd
GaIrlOch. harellpped Chisholm, % stanmtrins
laird of Raasay, and "A half-wtted laird 81 Grant
then all men might know that ihe day OF dooW was
at hand. That the last Lord of klutall should be
deaf and dumb, that the gtt-lands of klnt1H be
slowed ON his ancestors by King David H. should
pass away from him. that he should be the IA Their OF
~talwart sons. all of whom should pre-dccea-t ham,
and that he should 20 down I'D sorrow 10 the grave
knowing that no heir male survived 10 bear his
name and honors Chief of the M1ckeuAes OF
Brah1u and Kintal. Then IL woman viii snow on
her cap lOr a snow white cap should come from tine
east across the 10 sat u ~cdorta chair but the
broad Lands of the NackeuIe- should pass to other
families. As a GROWING agony, he added That tI's
white-hoodcd woman should cause tie death OF her
own sister
Having uttered these words of doom. Doe east bis
marie white stone into the locl. whence the llI-U-
ander- believe that D. Will one Qdy bee recovered .u-
side of pike, and lbs fortunate Under "Iu i0Ith-
with Doe endowed with the -lif oi prophecy
The terrible curse was heard bF Want. an0 nIfu-
rally impressed Itself deeply ou the.r mul- so iuat
10 became % c0mu0u tIa-.tiDp handed down from