Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-27

WILL LET ME GO WITH HIM."
a man to his long home. but they are
bringing in young fellows with scarce
a beard on their chins, and there Is
lassie among them hardly a woman.
What they brought her for know not.
They must have Jeffreys to condemn
such persons. For my part, had | been
a Scotsman | would have followed
young Charlie to the death myself. Out
with these German kings. | say! They
are taking everything they can get
their hands on, and we giving it to
them for ruling us. Would that they
would get enough and go back to Han
over. where they came from"
BE careful. Klaxon. how you talk
treason right here in the Tower OF per-
haps your own neck may lie on the
block and some other hand than yours
drop head in the basket"
no fear of that. There are too many
real rebels to be beheaded. But must
get some rest. Tomorrow | shall Off
ciate on Tower hill in the case of some
of the finest Iairds in Scotland"
Prince Charles Frederick. who went
to Scotland from France and led the
rebellion of l745 against the Hano-
verian, George H.. was by Inheritance
the rightful King Of England. His
effort failed largely because he was a
Roman Catholic and England had be-
come by that time almost entirely
Protestant Hundreds of Scotch pris-
oners were taken to London. imprison-
ed in the Tower and executed on Tow
er hill just beyond the fortress walls.
Among these was a certain Cameron
acAlister. who had taken up Prince
Charles cause and was captured at
the battle of CuIloden. which resulted
so disastrously to the Scotch. When
Cameron MacAIister was taken to
London his daughter. Mary. seventeen
years of age. insisted on going with
him. She marched beside him all the
way from Edinburgh and on their
arrival az London was put into the
Tower with the other prisoners. it be-
ing supposed that she mad been sent.
like him. to meet n charge of treason
against the dlegitimateI sovereign OF
the United Kingdom.
1t was this Mary MacAiister who
was mentioned by the headsmaB
Klaxon. Sir Percy Manning. the lieu
tenant OF the Tower. a young man
twenty-seven years of age. had no
ticed the girl and when he heard her
name mentioned shuddered. He had
been too busy to inquire into her case.
though her devotion TO the man she
accompanied. her girlish face. her
blue eyes. bent lovingly and mourn
fully on her father. had attracted Sir
Percy so far that she had not been
out OF his mind n moment since.
Though the bloody work of getting
rid of the Scotch rebels was but half
/ done. the lieutenant determined to look
into the case of the Scotch lassie and
learn II she were among those charged
with rebellion That she was a girl
and very ycUng was no reason why
she should not pay the penalty of
treason. Little more than a century
before Lady Jane Grey, exactly the
same age as this Mary MacAlister,
had been beheaded within the court
yard of the Tower. and two OF King
Henry Wills wives. not much older
had met the same fate on the same spot
/ Leaving the executioner with bot
tie before him with which to stimu
: late his overstrained nerves. Sir Percy
went to look up Mary MacAlister. He
found her in cell near her father.
why are you hereE' be asked her.
Because ] could ma leave dear IA
Their TO COON alone VIII they behead
| him. sir?" she added. hooking eager and
wistfni al the lieutenant
| Are you charged with treason
AGAINST the kingF'