The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-17

regiment within three days from the
 date of the letter or suffer the conse-
 quences.
 passed and in a newspaper which had
 come with the mail Waverley read that
 he had already been suspended for ab-
 sence without leave and was supposed
 to have thrown in his lot with the
 young Pretender.
 Among the other letters Waverley
 received one from his father in Lon-
 don This gentleman. who had been
 intriguing for a Cabinet position, had
 been disappointed in his ambitions, and
 therefore wrote to his son in a bitter
 strain concernifg the existing gov
 ernment. From his uncle at Waverley-
 Honour was another letter in which Sir Edward expressed himself rather stronger than was his wont, if possi- ble, regarding the "Usurpins House Of Hanover"
 Waverly at once wrote and sent in his resignation as an officer in the army, and announced his intention of proceedig to Edinburgh, and thence to England, where he would seek the ad- | vice of his father and his uncle as l to his next step in this most perplex- ing affair.
 Fergus begged waverley not to carry | out his intention of returning to Eng | land and frankly asked him to avenge | hls wrongs by embracing the cause Of the House of Stuart, in whose behalf
 his ancestors had rendered such sig
 nal service But Waverley insisted up- | on departing: and going to take leave l of Flora he found her with her maid | ems engaged in the manufacture of what were apparently white bridal | favors.
 "They are Fergus's bridal-favors, " | said Flora, and Fergus woes no bride | yUb
 cockades--the badge of the royal Stu | arts-for the wearing of the clan. After endeavoring in vain to get ! from Flora a reconsideration of her
 rejection of his suit, Waveriey started 1 on his home journey. As soon as he
 got well into the low country he learn | ed. of the disturbed state of the na- l ton, of the mastering of the clans, 1 of the landing of the Prince and of | the march of Sir John Cope into the Highlands with an army, which had | avoided battle with the followers of 1 the young adventurer and marched | north, leaving the lowlands open to | invasion.
 At the first considerable village the | inhabitants tried to stop him as 0 sus- | piicous character. and in the melee l Waverley shot the ringleader of the | rioters but was immediately arrested | himself by a band of Covenanters who | appeared on the scene marching to 1 join tho Government forces. | WaVerley was taken before mag 1 istrate, who on learning his name in- l formed him that proclamation was | out accusing him of high treason and ! offering "a reward for his apprehen- l sion He. told him also that the re- | cruits from Waverley- Honour who 1 had joined Gardiner's Dragoons with | their young Squire had been tempered with by person who showed the seal ! of wave;rley and was su posed to, be
 acting in the Captains behalf. One of | the men had been shot as traitor
 and the others disgraced.
 | Waverley. was then delivered over | to the Covenanters with instructions | to carry him prisoner to Stirling Cas- ! tie; but ere he had journey far under 1 this escort his guards were attacked | by a band of armed Highlanders In | the siirmish WaVerleys horse was l shot. and. falling upon him, caused i some severe injuries.
 The sun had been lingering on the | verge of the horizon when Waverley's s
 rescuers appeared. and now in the l darkness he was hurried along over | the country, half dragged, half carried, | until finally he was borne Into a rude | cottage, where for seven days he was ] held half as a patient and half, as it | scene dto him. as a prisoner. | All the time armed Highlanders kept 1 guard about the house, and on the sev- enth day, when 1t was seen that Way 1 erley was able to travel, he was | mounted on a horse and. still under the ! escort of the Highlanders, taken to | the castle of Doune, which was then | held for Prince Charles and over the | ancient towers of which 1oated thS 1 white flag of the StuartA,