The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17

jects. So. young Bruce. after the at. tack which Wallace made upon the English camp, returned to Edward Jurisdiction and joined his father.
 The counter attack which Wallace had made, while 1t disconcerted the Southron, was not victory or sucn decisive a nature as his former ones had been A long series of desperate nights was to come before Scotlano once more could be freed from her enemies. Lord Mar and others or the great "Dothanes', on whom Wallace depended for his support were killeo' l Disse nsions then broke out In the Scottish Parlfa@+ssst which conVinceu | the Knight GG fS2ESrslie that without the presencss G tSrucs 1t would be im- possible to hSi6 tSls nation together | Lady Mar, now thaL her husband was | dead, had higher hopes than ever or | winning Wallace, but turning cola
 ear to her. intimatlons that she and she alone could allay the storm that
 was breaking over his head, Waiiace | resolved to resign the Regency ana | then to seek out Bruce and beg him to
 return and take the swaying helm or his country.
 Before leaving Wallace looked among the ladies assembled at Stirling for
 the Lady Helen, but in vain. Tnen
 the truth was told him by Lady Mar.
 Fastening to the bedside of her dying father, Helen had been seized oy U
 party of English foragers under Lord
 Aymer de Valence and carried off to
 England. E
 Wallace had promised the dying Mar that he would guard his daughter. ana
 now a double incentive was his to- Vlsit
 the court of Edward, for there the
 Bruces. father and son. were heid
 prisoners of state. and there he would l t0 word Of the rate OF
 Helen Mar.
 'I have kept my word" said Wallace | to the tumultuous lords who cried for l his blood. "I have freed Scotland. l
 now lay down the power See that you render an account of your steward
 ship as justly as I have done. Disguised as a wandering minstrel
 Wallace sought the castle of Durham,
 where he easily obtained admittance, No one penetrated his disguise. He l played and sang before the King, who, | still weak from his wounds, had his court there. Before long Wallace managed to see the younger Bruce ana | found him the only representative or | the royalty of Scotland. his father hav- l ing died shortly beforeA He learned also that Lord de Valence had gone ! with Helen to France. being on his | way to Guienne, where he hoped to force her into a marriage. So Tar sne 1 had been treated by her captor as Q prisoner. but had suffered no other | indigntty, de Valence being desirous Of | aIlving himself legally with the house of Mar, with view of becoming regent of Scotland for Edward when the King should once more conquer that conn- trY.
 The bearing of the harper soon ex- cited suspicion among the courtiers of | Edward. Then it was discovered that he was in conference with Bruce, and the King gave orders for his imme- diate arrest His life would have paid the penalty had not the noble Earl of Gloucester the King's son-in-law, whose life Wallace had spared at the taxing of Berwick. repaid his obliga- tion by conducting him through a se- cret passage leading from the castle to the open country.
 "I go to France" said Wallace fin taking leave of Bruce. and when you can make your escape join me at Rouen."
 The two men on whom the destiny of Scotland most depended on met at the ancient Norman capital and re- solved to proceed 10 Paris and seek the