Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

braid stane ''GeOrge worn
by Charles on
the scaffold. The saint and his horse is
one mass of diamonds, which conceals a
miniature of Henrietta Maria. This
relic was left by Cardinal York, the last
of the Stuarts, to George w, and he
sent it to lie beside the Stuarts' crown
in Edinburgh.
In 1862 the regalia was in the castle
of Dunottar, which was the only place
of strength in the kingdom that still re.
sisted the English arms. Cromwell had
fought the battle of Dunbar, occupied
Edinburgh and reduced Stirling. and
the committee of estates (Which was
trying to keep alive the royal cause at
the time) sent the regalia to Dunottar
under the care of the earl marischal.
The garrison held out bravely for many
months. The earl marischal had been
captured and shipped off, a prisoner, to
London. Ogilvie, who commanded in
the fortress, saw that the end was very
near and that, if he wished to save the
| lives of his people, he must soon capitu-
late. And he knew very well that "the
Honors' must then be surrendered, a
| fact which CALLED him more than all the
rest of his miserable plight.
One day lady, the wife of the minis-
ter of Kineff asked to see Lady Ogilvie.
She was Mistress Christian Granger.
and she had a pass from the English
commander. Little curiosity was ex-
cited by so insignificant visitor, Ogil-
vie himself not hearing Of her at all.
But she brought with her a key which
| the earl marischal had managed to
smuggle into her hands-the key of the
chest where "the Honors' lay.
Lady Ogilvie promptly seized her idea
of conveying the regalia to a place Of
hiding, and, without consulting or in
forming her husband, took affairs into
lher own hands. The crown was bum
ydled into the cloth riding dress which
lsat in many plated fullness about the
waistof the minister's wife, and the scep-
ter and sword We're wrapped in long.
thanks of lint and placed on the shoulders
of her maid. When the lady and her.
lattendant returned through the be-
Ileaguering camp it appeared as though
she were taking away some lint to be
spun for Lady Ogilvie, and the unsus-
lpecting English officer politely assisted
Mistress Granger to mount her horse
land watched her ride away. without q
thought Of trickery.
For three more months the castle:
held out, and when at last it surrender-
ed great was the rage of the English at
finding "the Honors'' gone. It was
adroitly given out that Sir John Keith,
Younger brother of the earl marischal,
had carried them over the sea to King
!. Charles in Paris. But in reality Mrs.
Granger and her husband had buried
!, them under zane braid stane" In the
, floor of their own little kirk at Klneff.
!, telling to no human being the secret OF
the hiding place. Eight years after
, ward the wheel of fortune brought
Charles Stuart to the top again, and
, Christian Granger took Sir John Keith
to the corner where the Honors were
buried and proudly bade him resume his
charge. An order of the Scottish par
lament, dated January, 1861, rewarded
Mrs. Granger with 1000 marks, while
Sir John Keith (whose immediate share
in the affair was certainly of the slight
est) was created knight marischal Of
Scotland, with salary of s400 year.
to which afterward was added peer.
age under the title of Earl of Kintore.
1.-THE Honors'' were brought back to
Edinburgh castle, but in the days OF
, Queen Anne and the earlier Georges
. they were kept locked out of sight in
a huge oak chest, which eventually was
huddled into lumber room and forgot-
ten Sir Walter Scott instituted q
search, which was, to his pride and de-
Hight, successful, and the regalia was
borne with due ceremony before that
very self sufficient and theatrical king
of Scots" George w, as he made king
. ly progress up the high street from
Hollywood to the castle. 1t had its lord
keeper and then deputy keeper. and the
Celtic society, call plaided and plumed
in their tartan array" mounted guard
over it while it was absent from the
!, jewel room in the castle.