The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-15
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 "Yes, for yoar own sake. ana qalte apart even from the fact that Charles loves you. 1 shais >=--ak 10 him abou, iGs And speak to him she ost
 You will be ouieser and better ofi here than in London,' she said: :" ana you will be able to mature your plans tos the future You and Cathzsine shall have . separate establishment for your se2ves; tAere is plenty of room tor all of as. And if you have any hesitation on the score of mooev mafsers-vhich. after a1l, rosble the higheR as we'll as the lovesk--l nay sef your mind at ease. ny der Charies, by telling you that have dsssrmiDed ho give Cathazine oo her wedding day LIoo ooo by way of joint ore. When die the rest win oe yoars- r
 You are very good, .ua,." exclaimed the king. wh;s vas fairly overcome by his relatives hberalisy. -Yes; nowhere can ve be happier than here. But les us be married quiesly.-
 By all means, Father M'Fillan shall perform the ceremony in the chapel Get Catharine to name day-the sooner the bener.s
 Charlie talked over the matter that vesy evening with hts sweetheart, and an arrangement vas soon come to between them. The wedding was fined for an early date fev favored guests were in- vited, and in due course Charlie and Catharine became man and wife, Tom acting as best man, and Sandy Gordon, who, on account of his age and patri- archal beard, seemed to be peculiarly 6tted for the part, giving away the bride. There vas, of course, a feast for the tenantry; and the brass gun on the wall vas again iired-this time until it burst l; but, as the princess regretfully said, the ceremouy vas not worthy of the event It ought to have taken place at Holyrood CT Westminssez Abbey.
 Charlie and Catharine went to Edin- burgh for their honeymoon and when they returned to Balquhalloch, the castle settled down once more into its normal condition of peace and quietnesS Tom and the pgincess spent much Of their time in the library, vcrking hard at the family history; and the young couple, with notAing to worry them and only themselves to think about, passed de ightful existence, which seemed as if it could never become weariSome.
 But matters could not go on forever in this way. The princess in time began to ask Charlie about his plans. "Win arms be required P she wzxted to know. t tWin there be uniforms for the troops {? What hope is there of foreign assistance Gan the officers and men throughout the country be bribed .s And above all. When arc you going to rise and strike for your nights h short, the situation threaiened to become critical And when, nearly . year after his wedding, Charlie found himself the proud father of boy, he realized that he must either act or per unit his good aunt to scoTn him as a weak kneed co~ardly shadow of king.
 The suspicious event caused the prin- cess to be unusually active. She desired, ere the grand stroke should be dealt, to be in a position to publish abroad a full and complete pedigree, tracing the de scent of the Ssuarts of Balquhalloch from the royal Ssuarts of Scotland; and hear ing that . number of old records bearing upon the question were tor sale in Lon- doo, she despatched Tom Checks,one thither xith carse blanche to buy what ever he could lay his hands upon- Tom was absent for ten days: and when be reAppeared, ke had with him lar ge chess full of dusty, mouldy, discolored documents. These treasures were con- veyed to the library, and for alweek the princess almost lived among them.
 One day Charlie and C4tharine. who vas nov convalescent. were sitting as luncheon, when, without warning, the princess burst into the room. She vas very violeatly exciied. Her gray hair had fallen loose, her cheeks were pAllid, and her hands were clenched con vulsively.
 What is the matterT exciaimed Charlie and CathariEe, both rising to. gether and rushing to support their amt.
 Matter v she cried-- masax r and she began to veep hyssesicalIy.
 ~TeN me-" imp3ored CathATise. "Whaf can ve dor
 But Tom, who had followed the prin- cess, and vho nov appeared in the open doorway, soon explained the cause of the outbreak.
 Look here r he said, as he held out . yellow parcAmenf. "lt is . terrible blow to your amt, Charlie. There has been sone mistake. You are not de- sceaded hum the royal Ssuarss at al. A simiiarity q names and some careless copying are respsasihae Or the ezsus."
 Charlie seised the masnsczip. and having hastily glanced al is threw 1t aside, and vent eo his amt, vho vas already being amended to by C sfharine.
 The princess had hinted but ere long she recovered, and vas able to tell her version of the story. Sue had been com plesing the pedigree; she had almost arrived al the last link, when the whole chain had been seapped by this hideous discovery. She would never gsz over the shock To think that aiaez all she vas nobody, It ~as too dreadful
 They led her to her own room, and in