The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-15

Jeanne Ell, $50, and the Rev. Mr.. But
LEI Of 6nyng estate
jeanne brought out her savings. For
many years past her sister had sent her
regular remittancess of money, which
knowing that Erie Ef1e had Ear more than
she could spend =. She folded the bank
notes away in the Bible and when she
counted them now they amounted to
She told her husband that she could
not explain to him how she had obtained
the money, and he, perfect in their mu-
tualn trust, asked no questions He
started at. once for, Edinburgh to get to-
,gether David Deans cash in order to
conclude the purchase. s. ..'"%5
:, While NH ~. he was away she found an old
paper Pc. e that at had been left at the manse
mad been thrown aside It was the broad.
side narratingL the story Of Meg Murd-s!
an ;%fsres execution JeaniH it with
live again. Then she cried out with re-
lief, for in her confession Meg Murdoch
that the child had Il not been en- killed, but
mad been given to a strolling player.
!, Jeanie and Butler had never. believed
W 1hat sG had killed her child But there
was dreadful to think Of: Now S1~ at last last
the veil was lifted. jeanne folded the
a few. days afterward Jeane was walk
ing by the seashore when a gig ap-
preached from the mainland A tall,
beautiful woman, distinguished in man
out by. two footmen and a maid The
duke of Argyle's representative, who es-
corted the party, informed .Jeanie that
! she was friend of the Argyles, who had
come to the. island for her health: He
| tried In vain to remember the lady's
name. but Jeanne did not need his mem
n. lnory yrl,0
| and scarcely had the two entered the.
privacy Of the manse before they were
embracing each other with tears and
When their first transports subsided
Jeanne had leisure to give way to amaze.
rnent, at the difference between the help
I seen stretched on a cot in a cell, and
this we'll bred, beautiful and naughty
I woman before her.
termined to look for their child when he
saw the confession, and that he was then
in Edinburgh. having decided, in his will
which had given him an object in life,
| them both. ,
Sir George Staunton Jared better on his
quest thar, be- could have expected. From
the clergyman who obtained Meg Muir
dockson's confession he discovered the
name of the player to whom the woman
had given the child. He traced the player
to Edinburgh and there, by means Of
hired searchers, he learned that this per-
son had. sold the lad few years before
to a notorious Highland outlaw known as
Black Duncan. who was in the business
of selling youths to the American planta-
lions, then a nourishing trade. The lad.
known as 1.-THE Whistler among his wild
companions, had made such an impress
sion on The savage heart of Black Dun
can that he had kept him in the band.
! The agents who wrote this to Sir
George added that Black Duncan was
Ethen- supposed to be hiding IN glen
ally. that Staunton should seek Butler,
!>who happened to be still in Edinburgh.
4 and propose that they travel together to
a the. ,isla1ids: Butler had learned of Lady
q Stauntons arrival there and took it as
:Ematter of course that her husband should
sl:wish to see her.
stsf On the way Staunton asked many ques-
. lions about Black Duncan, and Butler
told him all that he knew of the outlaw
and his band. Like many other Htghland
outlaws of that time, they were tolerated
by the people Of the surrounding terri
1 tory. The minister knew little more than,
that Duncan rarely had more than TWO
or three men under him, and that one
! of the more desperate members Of the
band was a lad known as ''The Whist
| ler.''
When they arrived opposite the island
| and took boat, storm began to gather.
The boatmen suggested that by lanolns
I them on the shore of Roseneath near
| little wood, their passengers could take
a short cut through the copse and reach
the manse: more quickly than II they
ing place. Sir George and the minister
disembarked accordingly and hurried up
the hill to escape the storm
| They walked straight into a. trap Black
| wood He had learned that. the minister
would return With a great sum and had
planned to rob. the naanse.
| When his prey walked into ms arms;
froI of Qe
course. Sir George drew his sword ana
% !srhe oe WahistleF He' sprang At him and
stabbed him Butler and rs SIR he Geerg fbs
| latter had fired few shots. 49,,
| The noise brought some of Argyle,s
men. who. happened to be but a s sn6ft
| ing, they saw the situation at glance
and Ieaped with such drastic success
! that in few moments BLACK duncan .sa
! lay dead beside the corpse of Sir George,
while 'The Whistler and the others were
! thrown down and bound.
! : It required all of Jeanie's watchfN al
lection to prevent Lady, staunton Iro ~
grief that overwhelmed her when 7ch nea
husbands body: was brought m. W1e1
at last silence and exha .succeeaea
to frenzy. Jeanne stole out ana toao ner
! husband all, advising him to take Staun-
tons papers Immediately that no others Z
might see them - -
! 81 Butler amazed beyond WORDS Wy
Jeanie's disclosure, was still more amazed
at the contents of the papers, which told
him the result of Staunton's 3uest Tor
his SON. This amazement was followed
by2 horror when he reached the proof that
the unhappy mans son was no other
I than rheg whistler" and that he had 1
, killed his own father. - r
SEThe lad had been tied and locked up In 4
one Of the rooms in the manse by the y
rough retainers OF Argyle, who proposed
to hang him unceremoniously on the fol-
lowing morning. The lad, little more
than savage, managed to escape, how
ever, and gained vessel which took him
to America. He joined a tribe Of Indians
and thereafter was never heard from
again. ssff<ssa 9 III,
Jeanne and her husband never. told Lady
Staunton about this last tragedy that
crowned the past sins OF her dead hus-&5
band and herself. She soon returned to
her place in society. but after blazing for
nearly 10 years longer In the fashionable !
world she suddenly departed for Europe &
and entered the convent where she had
been educated. IS
& She had ,heapkd the people Of the manse
with all that she could think OF that
might be valuable IN their eyes. Jeanies
eldest SON. David, had received q com
mission through her and forged his way
rapidly In the army. The second son,
Reuben, followed the law. The daughter,