The morning times., 1896-10-11

! ana the two betook themselves, fully armed.
TO tue ncighboring heath. james fought
with raDier and dagger; Fraser with clay
| more and skcnedhu. The fight was long
and vigorous; but finally Fraser fell, dis
abied ny the superior skill of his sovereign
Then King Jamie lifted the wounded man.
called his servants and had him conveyed
10 ms coHch. The clansmcn would certainly
nave slain the monarch, had not some court
iers opportunely arrived and saved his life
by the revelation of his identity.
fraser, OF Drunlieburn, kept his word
by at once taking the oath of allegiance
to the king, and James, in return, then
and there gave him perpetual grant of
his estates.
Aye, interrupted yOnng Jock, "the
queer old charter is up at tie house yc..
How is this 1t runs? All In verse, like
q clapnan's ballad:
"I, James ye Fifth o. Scotland, king,
TO Simon Fraser welcoming,
DO EIe We iauas % DruIiiIieiurn
Till Hieian' bills TO hullows turn;
And Eln his fortunes gang agley,
l bid this Simon come TO me;
Aud gin he Iinds me dust and, dead.
1 charge MIN seek mine heirs instead"
The pensioner nodded. bis head gloOnIiiy.
That's the aud verse. sure euOugh.' he
| niultered 'Sma' use King Jamie's words
| bae nowadays, Tn ihinkin'''
Suddeuly Jock rose from his seat, and
looking steadily at old Coiss, repeated once
| more the distich:
And gin he finds me dust and dead.
charge him seek mite heirs Instead y
"Pensioner," heexclained, doesn't that
give you any ides?si. His heirs!
Why should we not do.so2 The Queen OF
Great Britain is hds-b bcir. Why should
not take that charter and appeal to
ber?"
The Pensioner looked at Jock in a man-
Der that clearly bespoke a doubt to
his ST. nifty.
"Thequeen!" he CALCULATED. ''Eh, laddie?
Ye're gaun daft. What for. think ye, the
queen carts for an auid charter the like
o. you? Mairover, how can ye get ear
o. the queen?''
"Shc lives at Balmoral this time of the
year, does she not? Well, I'm going over
the mountains to Balmoral Castle this very
day. d need know nothing about 1t;
SO thatif fail be will not be disappointed.
I will get the servants to say I'm gone
fishing"
The sun was setting over Deeside Oh
the following evening when n quiet ba.
rouche came bowling at a round pace along
the new road toward Balnoral castle.
II contained. beside the coachman and
Killed highlander upon the box seat. two
ladies, the one plcasant-loOking and verging
upon middle age, the otherold and wrnkled,
yet singularly dignified Of aspect. This
latter parsonage leaned upon n gold-tipped.
cane. and looked lovingly across the wild
anu ever-varying landscape around her.
Presently she pulled the check-rein, and the
carriage came TO q halt. II wished to
watch the sunset over Ben Rannoch." she
said to her companion. What a pity you
did not bring your paint box. 1t is beau
tiful"
The sunset was indeed a splendid one
and might have absorbed the attentions
of the ladies' for an indefinite period had
not their range of vision been intercepted by
two advancing figures. The newcomers
We're man and a>boy, and as they ap-
| preached. silhouetted against the rutdy
west. it might be seen that they were weak
| and travel-woru. the man especially so.
Reaching the carriage, the boy looked
| fearlessiy into the faces of it's occupants,
| and, doffing his cap. politely asked the
| way to "the queens house at Balmoral.r'
You are going to see tue queen. my
| child?" asked She OF the gold headed
| cane.
YES, madam
II am a close friend of the queen. Per
! haps if you tell me the object of your
visit l might help you"
THEN and there, Jack Fraser, for II was
! he, poured forth the full. true. and par
ticular history of his fathers wrongs at
the hands of Factor Shaw, and ended by
| Juggling from his breast pocket the an
cient charter of King james.
"Ail; what have we here?" said the ell
derly lady, rather eagerly. taking the vel
bw document and scanning 1T with prac
ticed eye. "A charter. of James v. This
is valuable-and in verse, too.
| The elderly lady smiled. in TRUTH" she
said. ''the honor of the queens ancestor
seems to be involved by this charter. II
is certainly her dut5 to stand by the word
OF her ancestor: particularly when gal
liant lad tramps sixty miles over the noun
talns to ask her aid Your father was
| an officer, you say?hi Z
Yes, madam; he losta leg at Cabul. and
was completely disabled IN the march
through the Khyber piss
'.All the mora reason why Justice should
be done him. Ny lad AIN the Queen OF
England at
Next day, Victoria, Queen and Empress,
| formally became the owner of Drumiiebrun,
| pa, ing off all its mortgages, and leasing
It IN tenancy for ever to the family ai
Fraser.