Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-02-03

ibis ID the Story OF 6COLcn BlrI
who, through nearly q half century of
happy welded life. cherished the
memory and love Of q man she had
not married. The girl was Flora Nc
Donald, one Of the finest characters
Of her sort in all history. The man
she loved and did not wed was Bon
ME Prince Charlie" a Stuart pretend.
er to the British throne. F1ora's hus-
band was brave, honest Scot, worth
dozen such princes as he on whom
his wife had wasted her girlish
thoughts.
England was tired Of the tickle
Stuart kings. Queen Anne was the
last Of the Stuart line permitted to
reign in England. On her death parlia-
ment gave the throne to George, cleo
tor of Hanover, stolid German, who
could speak no word Of English and
whose claim to the crown was based
on his descent from James l. Anne
had had younger brother, James,
who was next In line as monarch. But
the English people at large had had
enough Of the Stuarts. So they set
aside James pretensions. James
lived on in France, where he kept up
semi-regal court, supported largely
by contributions from loyal" Eng
lish friends known as Jacobites
James had a son, who, at Is, resolved
A nash Sor . to make an effort
at winning the
O' British throne.
This son had been somewhat
lengthily christened Charles Edward
Louis Philip Casimir Stuart. From
his beauty Of face and magnetic
charm Of manner he was known as
Bonnie Prince Charlie" He had all
the subtle attractiveness Of his ances-
tress, Mary Queen of Scots, and the
power Of so winning the loyalty and
affections Of those with whom he
CAME in contact that they gladly laid
down life and fortune for him. Es-
pecially did he appeal to many Of the
Scotch, who (never over-loyal to Eng
land) were quite carried away by the
young princes wondrous personality
and who eagerly flocked to his stand.
ard. Poets and patriots for years
dTelt on Prince Charles charm and
said little Of the undoubted fact that
he was dissolute, drunkard, incon-
slant and possessed Of all the worst
Stuart vices. To this day there are
hundreds of Scots to whom his name
ls an honored household word.
Prince Charlie landed in Scotland
In 1745, raised 5000 men, captured
several cities and marched toward
London. But he was soon forced to
retreat. An English army followed
him and, at Culloden, April 16, 1746,
annihilated his forces. Charles was q
refugee, with a reward Of $4,000 Of.
fered for his head. Then 1t was that
Flora Mcdonald came into his life.
She was q Highland lass Of old and
noble family and spent much Of her
time at a country estate on the island
of Skye. Although she was only
20 she already had a merlted reputa-
ton for wit and resource. Capt.
O'Neill, one of Charles followers, de-
Clared that If any one could rescue
the prince from his dilemma 1t was
Flora Mcdonald So to Flora the cap
tain went, with an appeal that she set
her clever brain to work land incl
dentally risk her life) by planning
some means of escape for the royal
fugitive. Flora saw no reason why
she should put her life and liberty In
danger by befriending man who was
flying from British justice. So she re-
fused.
But O'Neill was not discouraged. He
knew the magnetism Of Charles man
ner and counted on 1t to win where
argument had failed. So he brought
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