Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-03

by Charles on
the scaffold. The saint and his horse is
one mass of diamonds, which conceals
miniature OF Henrietta Maria. This
relic was left by Cardinal York, the last
of the Stuarts. to George Nv. and he
sent it to lie beside the Stuarts, crown
in Edinburgh.
In 1863 the regalia was in the castle
of Dunottar. which was the only plaza
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 carl marischal
The garrison held out bravely for many
months The earl marischal had been
captured and shipped off. prisoner, to
I london 0sffvfe,- who commanded in
the fortress. saw that the end was very
near and that IL he wished to save the
lives of his people. he must soon capitu-
late. And he knew very we'll that the
Honors" must then be surrendered, u
fact which CALLED him more than all the
rest of his miserable plight.
One day q lady. the wife of the minis
ter Of Kineff asked to see Lady Ogilvie.
She was Mistress Christian Granger.
and she had pass from the English
commander. Little curiosity was ex-
! cited by so insignificant q visitor, Ogil-
vie himself not hearing of her at all.
But she brought with her 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 regalla to place OF
hiding, and, without consulting or in>
| forming her husband, took affairs into
her own hands. The crown was buns
| died into the cloth riding dress which
sat in many plated fullness about tho
waistof the minister's wife. and the sceps
| ter and sword We're wrapped In lonf
hanksof lint and placed on the shoulderd
of her maid. When the lady and her
attendant returned through the hes
leaguering camp. 1t appeared as though
she were taking away some lint to be
spun for Lady ogilvie. and the unsus<
pecting English officer politely assisted
| Mistress Granger to mount her horss
and watched her ride away without q
thought OF trickery.
For three more months the castle
held out and when at last it surrenders
ed great was the rage of the English al
finding "the Honors" gone. 1t waa
| 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 "ane braid stane" in the
floor of their own little kirk at Kineff.
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 babe MN resume MS
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
esD was created knight marischal OF
Scotland, with salary of S400 year,
to which afterward was added peers
age under the title OF Earl OF NKintore.
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
II huge oak chest, which eventually was
huddled into a lumber room and forgot
ten. Sir Walter Scott instituted a
search, which was, to his pride and de-
light. successful, and the regalia was
borne with due ceremony before that
very self sufficient and theatrical ''kins
OF Scots" George ~, as he made king
~ progress up the high street from
Hollywood to the castle. 1t had It's lord
keeper and then deputy keeper, and the
Celtic society. "ell plaided and piumed
in their tartan array" mounted guard
over il while it was absent from the
Jewel room in the castle,
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