Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13

Ruide our course by this faint light. / have
advices from Scotland. and 1 know that the
day will come though 1t may not be yet
when there will be great division In that
land and the shedding of blood. Were you
and l both in your country when that day
comes you. Mr.. Graham. would draw your
sword on one side and l on the other.
I'VE may never cross one-another In the
unknown days. but each man must be true
to the light which God has given him.
Colonel MacKay will fulfill his calling In
our army and on our side: in some other
army and for another side you will follow
your destiny. 1t is seldom l speak at such
length: now 1 have only one other word to
say before I give you for the day farewell.
Mr. Graham, I know what you think OF
me clearly as If you had spoken. Let
me say what l think OF you. You are a
gallant gentleman. full of the ideas of the
past. and incapable of changing; you Will
be a loyal servant to your own cause and
1t will be beaten. To you | owe my life.
Possibly 1t might have been better for you
to have let me fall by the sword of one
of Condos Dragons, but We are all In the
hands OF the Eternal. Who doeth what He
wills with each man. You will receive to-
day q captains commission In the cavalry,
and In some day to come. l do not know
how soon. and in way | may not at pres
ent reveal to you. / WILL II God please, do
a kindness to YOU which will be after your
own heart. and enable you to rise to your
own height in the great affair of life. l bid
you good morning.
Few men were ever to hear the Prince of
Orange use as many words or give as much
of his mind. AS Claverhouse realized his
fairness and understood although only a
little then. of his foresight. and as he came
to appreciate the fact that the prince was
trying to do something more lasting for him
than merely comforting commission, he
was overwhelmed with a sense of the in
justice he had done his highness. He also
| realized his own petulance with intense
shame.
"Win your highness forgive my wild
words, for which l might have been justly
punished Graham, with an impulse of
emotion. stepped forward, knelt down, and
kissed the princes hand-"and the shame
l put upon a Scots gentleman, for which l
shall apologize this very day. My sword
| is at your highness' disposal while / am in
| your service and this arm is able to use
| it, II in any day to come 1t be my fate
to stand on some other side, shall not for
| get once served under great commander
! and most honorable gentleman, who dealt
| graciously with me-.
Two years passed during which Capt
| Graham saw much fighting and many Of
| his fellow officers fall and 1t was in keep
ing with the character of the prince that
, during all that time he took special no
| tce of Claverhouse, and gave no indica-
ton that he had that interview in mind.
| Claverhouse had learned one lesson, how
| ever-patience-and he would have many
! more to learn; he had also been taught
! not to take haSty views, but to wait for
| the long result. And his heart lifted when
| after the abortive siege Of Charleroi, he
! was summoned for a second time to the
| princes presence. On this occasion the
| prince said little. but 1t was to the point;
| it was the crisis in Claverhouse's life.
within a few days. Capt. Graham" said
| the prince, with the same frozen face Il
| leave for London. 1 may not speak about
nv errand nor other things which may
happen, but. If 1t be your will. 1 shall
| take you in attendance upon me. At the
English court 1 may be able to give you
an Introduction which will place you in the
way of service such as you desire. and. II
1t be the will OF God. high honor. For
this opportunity, which l thought might
come some day. have been waiting, and.
| II it be as 1 expect. you will have some
poor reward for saving the life OF the
Prince of Orange"
1t was known by this time In the army
and. indeed. throughout Europe. that VIII
| liam OF Orange was going to wed the Prin-
| cess Mary, who was the daughter Of the
| Duke of York. the King of England's
brother and likely 70 be herself the daugh-
| ter of an English sovereign. For certain
| reasons It seemed an unlikely and in
| congruous alliance, for even in the end
| Of 1877, when the marriage took place
| any one with prescience could foresee that
! there would be wide rift between the