New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-15

vincing than when he portrays the forlorn Chev.
alier detached from the petty interests Of his
pseudo court at Rome, and describes him ~ the
man whose ais and sorrows had converted
him into 4 philosopher no longer eager for .
crown too weighty for him. into a devout Chris
tan devoid Of intolerance, and disinclined 10
preach" 1t Is the same with Charles Edward
Considered as the bonnie Prince brought low
as the gallant Young Pretender intriguing foe Q
throne he is fascinating enough in all con-
science; but as q man struggling with adversely
as man among his fellows he is beyond fasci-
nation. he Is living SOUL
"Pickle the Spy" brings out good deal OF this
raw humanity 1.-The Companions OF Pickle
brings out more because It exhibits at evea
closer quarters the material in which the STUART
had to work. 1t may be said at once that Mr.
Lang establishes even more conclusvely than In
his earlier volume the identity Of the Spy and
young Glengarry. When his hypothesis was first
published there were. Of course. jealous patriots
ready to denounce him for an unsupported at
tack upon "chief Of unstained honor" and
one genial Gael publicly observed that our
thor had not left "unraked dunghill in search
for a cudgel whrrewIth to maltreat the High
landers. particularly those who rose in the
any doubt can be thrown upon his HYPOTHESIS
that Glengarry and Pickle were one and tho
same man. an hypothesis buttressed by iarys
mass Of cIrcumstantial evidence. it is necessary
for some alternative hypothesis, generating
Glengarry. to be produced. This Is not forth
coming. Furthermore this book alone should b.
sufficient to invalidate the old comfortable no
tion-on which the defence ~pf 1;engarry has
h. Il
the Forty-five were consummats saints, Many
Of them were consummate scoundrels. Glen
garry (or Pickle as We have seen him, at full
length, in Mr. Langs first volume. and whose
character is, as 1t were. amplifed and ratified Ia
the present work. was brave enough and loyal
enough follower Of the Stuarts while skies were
sunny and his skin was whole. AS the tide
turned, and he himself began to feel the priclu
Of misfortune. he ran to cover under flag q
truce. palavered with the Hanoverian interest
and promptly turned informer Mr.. Lang has,
weak spot in his heart for the young CHIEF
Nevertheless. Glengarry would have sold hh
Prince bthely and did all he could to bring ths
Jacobite cause to disaster There were Others
like him.
Murray Of Broughton was one of the choices
spirits In that sweet band He. too. was faithful
to Jamie and to JAMES son. worked hard 70
bring them back to their own and took con
spicuous part in the ftful campaign Of his mas
ters until tine fight once more went against then
and he was captured by the English. Then b
promised ito discover all he knew" and TO the
Jacobites he became poisonous was Stunned
like q SICK venomed beast" 1t Is said that Sir
Walter Scott's father. who acted as Murrays
agent In the sale Of Broughton in 1894 nevess
theless held him in horror and threw out Of tho
window q teacup once used by the traitor say.
Ing mo lip Of me or mine comes after Brough'
TOMS" He was q lovely creature. He named
the English Jacobite leaders and. Ia
some reason. did his best to hang Sir John Doug
lass. He sent in an account Of the Clans. -.
He betrayed the secret Of the Loeb Arkats
treasure" In short he 'peached," as Mr.. Lang
puts It, like any housebreaker or murderer eager
to save bis neck By him and by men OF hD
stripe poor Charles was sadly served. Macdon-
nell of Barisdale was worthy Of Murray, huge
wariike, cattle-stealing ruffian who abused hb
own tenants as well as those Of other chiefaim
and reigned In his neighborhood like figure out
Of some swashbucklng tale of crime and battle
He had various instruments Of punishment ana
torture at his place. One OF them is thus do
scribed by an anonymous chronicler:
''The supposed criminal" chat is. any man
who would not give Barisdale share OF hn
BOOTY was tied to an iron machine. where
ring grasped his feet and another closed upon M
neck. and his hands were received into eyes OF
iron contrived for that purpose. He had greM
weight upon the back Of his neck. to which,
he yielded in the least. by shrinking downward
q sharp spike would infallibly run into his chin
which was kept bare for that very purpose
This devilish contrvance was naively describes
as a thing 'in which no man could live for an