The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-30

go you may lose your life; if you re-
turn our people will revile you for
bringing misfortune upon Them.
think you are wrong, Margaret"
replied her husband. Our people are
turning out in great force. alone
am to bring a hundred men to the
army Of invasion"
And wreck hundred familiesv'
Scotland will be the gamer
scotland will be the sufferer. / be-
| you desist''
| i've gone too far to retreat, Mar |
| would be upbraided for a |
| turncoat.'
| Margaret Hume returned to the |
dwelling portion of the cottage, but in |
a moment returned with their. baby |
girl, five months old Holding the child |
up to its father, she said:
/ IF you are killed. Alec in this |
war who will keep me and your child |
from misery?"
The appeal brought tears to the
mans eyes. Gladly would he have
abandoned his intention, but pride held
him from doing so. He would not
desert his king and his country in their
hour of need.
Your desire to be thought brave,
Alec" cried his wife, made desperate
by his fit nness, will not supply the
child whom you are bound to support
with bread or clothing. Honor, for
sooth. Here is where honor lies for
you-dishonor in deserving your wife
and babyv'
The couple parted in anger, Hume to
| join the force marching to battle.
In the fight that ensued Alexander
Hume was in the thick of the battle.
performing prodigies of valor. The
men he had induced to join in the en-
terprise and whom he commanded, in
cited by his example stood by him
nobly. One man in leathern doublet
and with a small white feather in his
helmet, who had come IN to the field
just as the battle began, took position
beside him and fought Will equal cour-
age as himself. An English soldier
: succeeded in getting very close to
Hume and was about TO plunge his
spear between the clasps of his armor
when the man with the white feather
struck down the enemy.
Your name?' cried Hume
Never mind my name" replied the
man who had saved his life.
Wherever Hume went that day he
man with the white feather went, pro
tecting him from the many perils that
beset him and on many an occasion
forestalling an enemy who was about
to crush him. AT last the scattered
army gave way and fled in every Oh
rection before the victorious English
men Hume, with the others, escaped
| from the field and for time lay coL-
cealed to avoid capture. his hrs'
thought after emerging from his hid
ing place was the soldier who had
lowered near him. OF every one he
met he inquired if he knew OF the
fate of the man with the white feather
Had he escaped or was his dead bod!
living on the field of battle? All ht
| could learn was that the shadower ha6
disappeared
Hume's next thought was for hi
wife and child. He hurried toward hi
cottage his mind filled with her proph
ecies as to the misfortunes the InVad
ers would bring upon Scotland by thel
rash course and her pleadings for hin
to take no part i'll it, reserylng his III
for her and their child. He would &C
knowledge her superior judgment. an
he would ask her forgiveness. ii
lonced TO fold her and their child IN
single embrace.
He hoped as he approached his col
tage to find her looking for him. eh
would be at the door or he would III
her on the street, coming to meet MN
He did not meet her, and she was nc
at the door of the cottage when he al
rived. There was an omlnous silence
With a dread he could not account &c
he lifted the latch and walked
There was no one in his work room
and no sound came from the rear IL
+ering there he looked about hin
There was little light and he could ol
tinguish no one in the room
Presently his eyes became USED
the darkness, and he distinguished
man sitting in a chair Gong 10 I'LL
he saw on his head an iron helmet al
in the helmet white feather. II
moving the helmet, he recognized Il
,,ala face of his wife Their child VIZ
e1asned tightly in her arms. She ";
dead.
The coat of arms of the town
Selkirk show a woman seated Oh
tomb on which is placed the Scottl.
lion The legend about this herald
davice is the story of Alexander al
his wife Margaret Hume. It IS IL
+or;caIlv true that when Fnng Jam
rae about to invade England the TOW
c1ork of Selkirk, William BrydoI
tried his best to aid his sovereign
persuading the Scots to enlist III |
royal cause. Among those was
strong. brave young man. q shoena
er, named Alexander Hume OF selkll
Who brought a hundred men to I
rovsl standard. The rest may De le
and hut WHY the woman in the Scot