The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-30

giants IN Jour fairy tales, and my st5r
is not about them, but about poor Grizz
: Cochrane, who has just heard that he
father is in the strong Edinburgh prise
condemned to die.
"She thought of all the friends tina
her father had. Some of them coul,
not help him, because they, Xix
him, were rebels, and in hidin!
to keep their own heads on thei
shoulders. But there was Lord Dun.
donald, her grandfather. He had moi
Joined the insurgents. Perhaps (for the
cruel King loved money by paying {
great bride they might win her Fathers
life. Therefore, fast, fast are thunder.
ing the horses hoof along the rocky road
to London and Lord D~undonaldf And
faster, faster thunder the horses hoofs
along the road to Edinburgh and Sir
John in prison. II is Grizzy's truistiest
retainer rides to London with a letter
that Grizzly has cried over, in his bosom.
But it is Grizzly herself flies through the
night to her father!
"a kind man who loved the Coch-
ranes has written a ballad about Grizzly.
The ballad says-I only change the
words that yoL will understand:
"fshe kissed her fathers tangled locks.
Unkempt for many a day,
And she said: "To save my fathers life
l aiblins ken a way.
Giye me thy love, that 1 fortune prove!
Quoth Cochrane's bonny daughter
"But Sir John, while it made him
happy to see Grizzly, would not believe
that she could help him. He told her
that Lord Dundonald had kneeled down
before The King and asked his sons life
in vain.
"Truly enough of this KiLg did one
OF his courtiers say to a poor suppliant,
while he touched the marble mantel:
This marble is not harder than the
Klngr
Nevertheless Grizzly felt sure that if
Lord Dundonald could raise the money
he could brite some of the Kings Coun-
Gil.
"tBut, ,ieafie,' said her old nurse,
VINO had come after her, bouncing her
poor old bones on the gentlest horse she
could find, for you must know there was
no such thing as a carriage in that part
OF the Highlands then, tdearie, the
warrants OUT"
"What's a warrant2" said Harry.
His aunt explained: IA warrant is the
order that the King writes to have any
one put to death. Until the warrant
comes the Sheriff has no right to execute
a prisoner.
swell, Grizzy's nurse cried that thew |
had word from a sure hand that the |
King had signed the warrant, and it
would be coming by the London mail,
reaching Edinburgh the very next day:
No sooner should the warrant come than
the prisoner must die! So the Door nurse
threw her apron over the gray head and
Wept; for Sir John was a kind master.
"tHist, nurse!' said Grizzly, hist! !
there's no time for greeting-that is the
for cfying-'ye maun get me
your short lads claithes. And mind We
let nae soul on earth ken I'm in the
house mourning like to Dee
1.-THE nurse was made to understand
somehow what Grizzly wanted. And very
she came out again, mounted her
horse. and, all alone, rode across the long
of the Tweed.
"She galloped over the moor to a
of trees. A pretty girl of sixteen
went into the shade of the larches, but
what do you think2 A handsome, black
haired boy came Quit"
tit was only her dressed upl" said
Eyes, it was only she, dressed up-in
he clothes of her old nurses short son.
She dressed herself in laddies' claithes,'
avs the ballad. Now she rides boldly
alto Bedford town, to the tavern door.
Presently, as she expects, the post
latters up with the London mail. Can't
see poor Grizzly staring at the great
Gather bag that holds her fathers life?
'ut she didn't let any one see that she I
Eas frightened. Oh, no; she laughed {
told stories and made so much fun ]
t The inn supper table that the post,
cry full OF wine by this time flor every q
me his cup was half empty Grizzly slyly (
lied it), roared out: sBlaw my pipes.
ou're the crack o. the wall, and the best &
nang the haill'
sin fact, Harry, they made SO merry Il
it was past midnight before they {
ent to bed, and then the post saw t
ouble. He was sound asleep the in. c
ant his head touched the pillow. When
le house was still inside, and outside the !,
,cks were growing Grizzly came softly '
the hall. Softly she stepped to !;
4e mail carriers bed. She cut the side j
the bag. She pulled out the great .
aled packet that she knew. Yes, it :
the death warrant! But floating =
the Tweed in q hundred wee
eces, it will not shake a hair of Sir :
Inns head-and there's where Grizzly :
It it'll She did not touch the other y
tiers, but stole away and before morn :,
g she was safe in her old nurses room. !,
ssThat made a gain of fourteen days y
r mercy. Because, you see, it took = .:
urteen days to get a message from Edin- =
Tgh to London and back again. To-
q fast train called the Flying Scotch
IN makes the journey in a night, but
ere were no railways in 1885, G
II guess I'd rather live now,n said p
try; s'but did Grizzly get her father off 9
Ut way, being d robbera" j.