The Washington times., 1912-06-22
CHAPTER vi (Continued).

the schoolhouse across the street
i There was never such a gathering
at least of the clan. That
which was previously looked upon as a
convention Of hot-headed Scotia mani
acs was afterward printed in the his
tory or lnveriachie as the most re-
markable instance of volcanic eruption
IN all the annals of Jacobitism.
IL would be useless to attemrt q de-
ecrlption of what happened that night.
IN tact, the happening was of that ma
lure which defes any description but
CONFUSION. Only the result Is certain,
ana the result was as unexpected as 1t
was startling Witness the fact that
one man vas carried out Of the school
mousse, dead of heart failure.
Inc meeting began quietly enough 1t
had more the air of a social gathering,
augured something unusual from the be-
ginning.
In the first place, Janet Glen was
tnere, and Janet seldom went anywhere.
escort was DR.. Tom Wallace, acircum-
stance which set the busybodies whis-
pering. 1t seemed as II Tom was get
ting into the tolls of the "diabolical''
Janet
Another interesting item of gossip
was the presence of Peggy Walla ce with
Captain Kilby from the fort. The Wal
lace family seemed to be pairing Off.
kilby was happy and unaware of any
thing unusual about the affair, until
Peggy, who had been usually bright,
lapsed into tragic silence. That was
about the time when she saw Major
Herbert Fitzwilliam enter and take a
seat near the front.
The dominic was in the chair end the
meeting started with the singing of a
psalm. Then the schoolmaster made IL
speech. in which he spoke of Scotland )
1tiGe arng and SIoryi as he E, did at all gath
followed by British Will, he threw
all diplomacy to the winds, declared
that the throne Of England was tot
term to tumble that Napoleon was
going to invade our Shores" and that
1t didna worry him at all, eXcep; that
he regretted the absence of a rghtful
King Of Scotland.
He was interrupted in the middle of a
Wildly lung pieae of Gedi;ion by Major
Fitzwilliam. who stood up and threat
ened to arrest the speaker for trea son.
That was the beginning Of It, The
Jacohltc blood was up. The major and
and the chairman saved the situation
temporarily py allowing Davie Blue.
the mighty blacksmith, to recite Scots
Nha HIan.", 1t was like giving whisky
but the Celtic enthusiasm that greet
cd Barns great national ode would
have been harmless had not q hnal in
cident blown the fame into the gun
pCwdcr. Davie Blue was Just thunder
ing the anal line, Let us do or die!
when the door of the schoclhousc
opened 20 admit an appA:iticn of the
rhYal Stuart!
The likeness Of the man to the last
pretrnder was instantly noted, even by
those who had seen only picture u
the bonnie prince. The appearance Of
any man in Stuart tartan would have
n t,o climax
then: but there was mora than that.
An old man named Cameron was in
the audience. lie was called Rock or
Ages" for his century OF wears. and he
had fought With the bonnie prince at
Culloden. For years old Cameron haI
been as one dead to the wcrld. But at
siGht of the man in the doorway. his
vision suddenly cleared his senses re,
Ris feet, called the prince by name.
rushed forward with a shr1l Gaelic
war cry. and fell at the rect or Maf-
g.ret Dalyleish. who accompanied the
In an instant the schoolhouse was
pandemonium. The people had little
thought for the dead man, save as
tragedy added to the drama OF the mo-
ment and that one who had known
Bonrie Prince Charlie had recognized
the figure in the doorway 1t was a
Stuart, The rumor was truth; A
prince had come again to Scotland!
The scene that followed was never
described. and could not be. DT wal,
lace and Kilbv escorted Janet Glen ana
Peggy through yelling mass or blood
fired madmen. 1t was easy enough 10
escape by one door when the mob was
bent upon reaching another-that door
in which the apparition had appeared
and where old ''Rock-ofAges" Cameron
lay huddled and still. ,,
But the prince had disappeared, too.
and at his heels had gone the infuriated
-, kR,al L. oil hnN
later the mob had abandoned the school
house and was clamorng before the
dominie's house, demanding that the
prince show himself. That was all the
himself to their ioy-frenzied eyes.
Through the night they stood there
singing old Jacobite wal, songs, kissing
half frightened, at the result OF the
gathering, stood in the doorway of his
house and declared that the prince had
not returned. Not until 1t was made
clear that the house had been locked
and that the dominic himself had open
ed it uron his return from the meeting;
not until six chosen men from the
crowd had gone through the house and
found no prince, were the people sat-
isfed that Casimir was not there.
But all through the night the uprodr
continued The town was In open re-
bell al the head of the rebels.
Major Fltzwilliam had been the first
to ascertain that Caslmir had not taken
refuge in the dominie's house when he
abruptly escaped from the school hOuEe
turmoil While the crowd was clamor-
ing in the Cobbled street, the major was
following a figure which he had seen
walking toward the shore. He recog-
nized the figure as Charles Edward
Casimir.
The man seemed to be In no hurry.
He was stroling along with his head
down, apparently in deep thought and
needless OF where his steps might lead
him They led him. eventually, out of
1nveriache to the military road which,
passing Fort James. went on to the viii
lage OF st. GATHERINGS, where there was
a ferry to the stronghold of the Duke
of Argyll, Inverary.
FttzWilliam followed Casimir until
satisfied that the man was not bent
upon making an escape. There was a
fair moon shining through ragged
clouds, SO 1t was an easy matter TO
keep the quarry in sight At a point
where the road climbed over a horn Of
rocks, Charles Edward paused. Pres
entity he left the road and climbed TO
the top OF the touders which looked
out in hunChed grandeur over the salt
Eea-arm-LOCh FNne.
The major waited a minute or two
When he was satisfied that the game