The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-11

bearing the Dukes confidential man arrived for her They drove to the outside of London, where & chariot waited for them. She was told to en- ter. and found herself by the side Of Argyle himself
 Young woman" said the Duke. "1 have done for you what certainly would not have done for myself. l have asked an audience of lady whose interest with the Duke is de. servedly very high. Tell her your story as simply as you have told 1t to me. Address her as madam and speak to her as you will"
 The carriage arrived at a garden wall. and the Duke led Jeanie to a postern gate, which was immediately opened for them They entered a gar den and approached two ladies. the foremost of whom smiled affably and condescendingly. while Argyle bowed and begged permission to bring for- ward his protegee.
 It was not until the end of the in- terview that Jeanie knew that this lady was the Queen herself. The Duke had depended on Jeanie's story to win the Queens interest and he had been too wise to risk embarrassing her by letting her know that she would meet the sovereign. As it was, Jeanie pour ed forth her tale with simple eloquence and when she said weeping: "Oh, madam, If ever ye kent what 1t IS to sorrow, have some pity on our mis- cry! Save an honest house rom ols- eightaen. from an early and dreadful deathv' the Queen hesitated no more but promised that her sister should De 1,srdoned. ''Take this housewife's case." said she, putting an embrotd. cred case into Jeanie's hand. Open H it later and you will find something ID 1t to remind you that ns. yOS S.roi,Se nSHe ns'
 IeanIe fell on her knees. The Duke hostiIy silenced her and withdrew when he had her safe in the chariot sgaln he sighed with relief and sat- ,Ssactior, and listened smilingly to the vIrl's expressions of gratitude ana Joy. So eager was Ehe to bless him tnaI sne never thought of opening the queen nresent till he asked her to do It, when thev found a 5O-pound note in it.
 Argyle told her that he would send tha nardon to Edinburgh by mount ed messenger, who would ride express and deliver 1t safely; and that ne pro nosed to send her homeward Tn car . riage of his own with some of his who were going to Scotland in the follow ing week,
 Then he fell to talking to her about cows and cheese making and other rural empIoyments-a topic on which the two. though so different in rank and education,, found a. good deal of mutual interest. for Jeanie was noted in her own district and the Duke him. self was no mean agriculturtst. Tn return for her lessons he promised her A couple of Devonshire cows; but what delighted her much more was his re- quest that she send him one of her famous cheeses.
 He was actually sorry when they reached the place where the hackney coach was in waiting, and he sent for her within a few days and introduced her to his wife and his daughters, who were as pleased with the plain-spoken simple minded girl as he was. A plan ripened in his mind; he sent a mes senger posthaste to the north and kept Jeanie in London under various pre- texts. improving the time by many in. terviews during which he led to speak as she would of Scotland and her life there.
 At last the carriage took her away under the care of his man Archibald who had been impressed by the Duke with his desire that the girl be treated with all respect and kindness In his efforts to carry out his instructions Archibald seized on a broadside sheet WllCn was OtiAB OlltlEl at hhC lOelh- side by a peddler one day. In bore in great letters the announcement that 1t was the Last Speech and Confes- sion of Margaret Murdockson. Hanged for RobbinR a Soldier; and Her Plous Conversation with the Reverend Minis ter"
 Archibald did not dream that the Murdockson woman could have any connection with any affair of Jeanie Deans, but he thought nv reference to the execution of a woman would distress her. Therefore he hid the sheet away. intending to destroy il later.
 It was not until the party reached Scotland that Archibald told Jeanit that the Duke had ordered him that she was to be taken to his island oi Roseneath, near Dumbarton. where she was to walt for company to return Ic Edinburgh.
 Roseneath was a place of exquisite beauty and Jeanie looked at 1t with admiration and delight as they ap- preached 1t over the Frith of Clyde When the boat landed she was assist. ed ashore and-found herself in the arms of her father Near him stood Reuben Butler.