The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-09

and loved to the day of his death. She
 was, he asserted, his guardian angel; to her all his prosperity and happiness were due.
 The life of Judge Clarke was sue cessful, honorable and useful. His conquest of obstacles was distanced
 by his conquest of himself; in this is
 revealed the true measure of the mans success. His outlook on life was sane and true. As free from false modesty
 as form false pride. he had a just esti- mate of the capital involved in brains
 and character: looking into the future
 without elation and without distrust
 he marshaIled his forces with stead fast confidence and met prosperity and
 diversity. joy and grief with calmness and courage.
 In 1775 there lived in the Scotch set | tlement of North Carolina. a Highland | family who brought with them to America strong sentiments of loyalty to the the King of England. This | family belonged to the Mcdonald clan
 and among them was woman no longer young, whose life had been
 marked by an adventure as romantic and heroic as any that distinguished the heorines of the Revolution. Calm | and brave, she was not dsmayed by midnight danger or armed troops; neither did Imprisonment in the Tow | CT of London with almost certain death staring her in the face shake her
 steadfast soul. Flattery from the Eng fish nobility, condescension from the Prince of Wales. remarkable kind ness from the King of England found her grateful and left her unspoilt.
 Compassion and simplicity and mod esty and faithfulness distinguished this gentle creature through life. She seemed not made for turmoil and dan ger. yet these were the elements in
 which the star of her fate shown brightest until she finally met her end. full of loyalty to the king in re- membrance of the great generosity. she had received from his father and grand father. She. it was who, in company with a trusty officer sought at midnight amid the crags of Carra-
 dale, the cave where lay concealed alone in wretchedness, the young Pre-
 tender, Charles Edward Stuart, a Aug
 itive from vengeance of the English
 government after the fatal and fateful
 battle of Culloden. She revealed to him the plan formed for him by her relative and hostess. the princes friend. Lady Mcdonald, wife of the Laird
 owning the island. where the defeated heir had found a dangerous refuge.
 This plan was that the prince should disguise himself as waiting maid
 and with Flora Mcdonald, as her mis- tress. leave the island The under taking was full of danger, for the is- land was surrounded by English troops under the command of Flora's step
 father, who with the other McDonalds was an adherent of the government.
 The young girl secured from her un- suspecting step-father a passport for
 herself. a young companion, boats
 crew. and Betsy Bourke, an Irish wo-
 man, whom she pretended she had pro-
 cured as a spinster for her mother.
 The plan worked well, and leaving
 the island June 2S. 1746, they sailed
 for Isle of Skye But furious tenn
 pest delayed their arrival, and even
 when this was accomplished a band of soldiers prevented their landing. But
 finally a landing was effected and the
 prince was concealed in a cave, for the Laird, Sir Alexander Mcdonald, was
 his enemy, and. his hall was filled
 with soldiers. But Flora Mcdonald
 preserved her composure. She caut-
 iously revealed the situation to Lady
 Mcdonald, whose heart was touched by the story and by her aid the prince
 and the maiden made journey of twelve miles on foot to Portall. where they parted forever. The prince sue ceeded in reaching France. He was
 never anything more than the Pretend
 CT and died In Rome In 17S4 Flora's courage was honored and applauded In
 a manner unexpected and rare Ar rested for treason she was thrown into
 the Tower of London whose assocla-
 tlons of cruelty and death were not
 reassuring to this gentle young girl.
 The government was prepared to pro-
 ceed to extremities in the desire to
 stamp out the disaffection among the
 Scottish clans. But the atorv of such