The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16

for tho hCFo Of PrOstonpsns and FaiEirS q
was heartbreaking TO see him betrayed and
trapped by this scuryy crew OF spies and
innocent child 'S Who Ss w%s s SSi at His fesS.
crushed with shame that her devotion to his
eau cause p should lSS hay G%yss been made tho bait to lure
He stood perfectly. still, pale and with fash
Ing % SyIi, G Mt. y MaSintyrd trace sS Nf rear Ss, .th,. ia .
strange welcome, May | beg you to inform me
what I am to understand by III"
Brought face to face with tho man no had be-
trayed,, even Macintyro lost his nerve, though
YOU may .nnderstand-." no began, and
then his eyes fell and he looked moodily at the
floor. Il think the situation explains i~tsolf,e
Tho Prince drew himself up and looked %
Macintyro with unuttorablc scorn and con-
ut does, indeed" said he. '1havo had TO do
with spies and traitors, before, but never WITH
oni w to b 5SHlsSd m %o e 8u ~ ,h hSG SiSS as , { E}Io Sos.
you have overcstiniated your cunning and
/ %GE asHiStn R %SiEsdi b hSa 6HGli into TO your ESn s sInISsy t sssSsess
Almost before I realized what had ,tnkop
Fingers, while his aocompliccs glanced round
S SSSai is ssSN ON tho h T Prince 81 G So tBSt tho He' S SySS who Who
now stood sword in hand Mt every door and 40
the head OF every passage had come upon M
At, n glance l recognized tho faces Of several
WcH-knOWn JhCODltc gentlemen, DOtn EnRll5he
mon and HiGhlanders, and l saw at once thas
Macintyrc had been clcvcrly caught in his own
trap, sntanglod in tho very meshos q, tho web
the men who had lurkcd in the garden. who had
stealthily entered the house, and the author Of
had Betrayed tho .betrayer. was now icerins
triumphantly ut Macintyro from his post be.
his Rrinning face and his eyes Cleaned with
work" '' -
Yes" said the Prince cool!y.. you forged
member. that It is as easy to set a spy upon. Z
Spy, as upon an honest man; and much easier e
f fiir into inS'! your %Mo trap a H IN order %'t to trap 5e yon, lest
good friends OF mino should suffer IN future BY
S e sP@ your 'S Srm as0 f fsfS their j S %sa i%sasHs ssant IL
Tho conspirators we're 30 thoroughly cowed
that they gave up their arms without a struggle.
words to the Prince and no beckoncd me toward
him lin. s,s .,,. AL.
your como sna' this i Gwg night Eia 3 q ho said al dfr sraoioSs IL.
., land md ! S in ,S,thin trust rus that that at t. some future rn,, time
Then he turned t! Kate. =.
AS for such loyalty as yours, Miss Gordon
Nay. think the only reward Il can give You q
to release you from further, service to a race SO
He took the white cockado from her breast
and handed 1t to me, =,
"See,' he continued. II give 1t into the Keep
ing of your future husband, and / pray that
you win not wear 1t again unless he himself
pins II upon your breast. My errand here is ac-
complished, and tonight l leave London. Sloth
and avarice have. eaten away the loyalty Of
those who should have flocked to my standard.
They wish TO savo their estates and will mob
thrust their own heads into danger, though they
would be willing enough that the poor Highland
lads should leave their bones on another Cullo-
den moor. But l will have no more useless
bloodshed.. please God. and so sail for France
Kate could not speak for the sobs that choked
her, and !-wel,l, / feel no shame at tho confess
sion-knelt and kissed his hand with tears in
my eyes. Twas the last we ever saw of Prince
Charlie. the bravest and most unfortunate Of
all the Stuarts.
Toward Macintyre and his accomplices he
behaved with his usual clemency. They werS
released when IL was too late for them to inter-
fere with his departure.
l have still the white cockade Kate wore on
her breast that night. but / think even she has
lost all desire to wear 1t again; for II what we
hear of the once.gallant Prince be true. his best
friends might wish that he had died at the head
of his brave Highlanders on Culloden moor.