The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-05-29

'tetI JeniiIc DeunF f1ntr WHeV Iuc mOoI
rises / shall expect to meet her ~
NicoI Muschats Cairn, beneath Snln'
Anthonys chapel"
After attempting In vain 20 induce
Jeanie to explain the message. no ~
turned 10 visit Efiie again. IN ths rol
booth. only to be- compelled. on his ar
rivnl there, 10 tell the whole stor,
lest be be convicted of guilt In ths
I Porteous affnir. And then he was SER
home under hall not 10 leave Llbbcr
ton, nor 10 communicate with any
member Of the family Of EfIie Deans
Hut " his experiences were 10 him
lncomprehcnsible they were by no
means no 70 the authorities By piec
Ina together his testimony with those
Of others. they rightly determined thu
the stranger In the l.ngs park. the
leader Of the Porteous mob, and The
father Of Enie's child were one and
the same person: namely Georle
Robertson, comrnde Of wiIson the
snugglcr. and hut intcly escaped from
the very prison. IN which Eflie Deans
WIS now confined. Accord NV. they
planned 10 capture him thar night at
Moschnt's Cnirn. But before they
could reach TINT place, Robertson Ind
time 10 beg Jeanic to save ner sister
nj the trial by tcstifying TINT Ellie had
disclosed 10 her her coalition. Then
he escaped.
Merely TINT slight fnlsehood would
have removed the casd Of E.lle Deans
from under the letter Of, the cruel
Scotch statute. Rut Jennie. sfendfast.
~. deveptly truthful. was utterly un.
able "a pIacntc her conscience In bear.
Ing false witness. Nor could the DIS
appointment of Effe herself. whom she
wns mt Inst permitted 10 visit In the
strong-room ~ the prison. alter her
resolution. "Ife wanted thnt I suld
be mansworn." she snid. IT fold him
that I dnurnn swear 10 an untruth.'
A. the trial. when JcanIe was
brought In 10 testify. Enc. In human
weakness. cried. ~ Jcanie. Jeanic.
ave mei'' hut when the solemn oath,
-''the truth 10 tell. and no truth to
conceal. az far M she knew or was
ssked.- was administered "in the nufss
of God. and as the witness should an.
swer to God nj the great dny Of iudr.
ment." Jennie. educated In deep rever.
rncc for the mime ~ the deity. was
elevated above NIL considerations save
hose which she could. with n clear
conscience, call Him 90 witness. And
when the advocnfe came nj length tn
The point ~ nskinr her. "whnt your
sister said allied her when You In
lulredf" Jeanne could only answer.
nothing" When the sentence was
pronounced by tho doomsman. Files
,wn eyes were the only dry ones In
he court. "Gol forgive ye. my lords"
she rrId. "nnd dinna he angry WI me
'or wishIn' tive n need forgiveness"
The next morning found Jennlc
peGns travelling alone and afoot on
he long rond 20 London "io see the
Queens frcc that gives grace" and
reg for her Ns'er's pnrdon. Her tar.
nn screen served ~ the purposes of
, riding habit, AMI of nm umbrella: n
smnIi bundle contained such changes
VI
she had few ruincas. and letter
rom Reuben Butler to the Duke NJ
Argyle. whose grandfather had been
Inder obligniis0s az the deepest to
he famous Blhie Rutler. gryncfather
4 the poor assIsfant -schoolmastsr. now
dck at Llbbcrton.
She passed luckily. on tho whole.
through so wenry and dangerous a
Journey. ana M length. through the
ntercession of the duke. secured the
,arion which She sought.
Before She rcnchcd Scotland again.
;iile had elopcd with her lover who
vas In reality George Stnun'on. son
Il nm English noblemnn. The sisters.
Who Ind last .-et when Fife was sit
ing on the bench OF the condemned.
lid not meet agnIn for many years.
though Lady Stnunton wrote some
lines IN Jeanle--now Mrs. Butler.
wife of Mr.. Reuben Butler. pastor OF
Finally. by chance. Sir George
enrned TINT Meg Mur,iockson. who had
Efie la her Illness. Ind not
murdered the child. ns they had al-
Ways supposed. lie trnced the hoy IN
, certain troop NJ vaalbonis. of which
Black Donald was the ,b'ef, IN nm
'ffray with Rack I,onali'. men Sir
George WIS shot by W 'nd called
the Whistler" who .'ros ~ he the
ost son. The Ind dIsa,nsh'red. aud
escaped Ia America, Lady S,aunton.
overcome by the trngedy. after vain
'fforts TO drown her grlef IN society.
ietired to convent In France. Al.
hongh she took no VOWS. she remained
here until her denth. Put her In.
lnence NJ court accomplished much
'or the children of her sister Jeanie.
Who lived happily on IN the good par
Ish with which the bounty of the l
Duke of Argyle had provided her hus-
,nnd.
The Heart ~ Midlothian Is notable
'or having rather fewer Important
smaller variety of Inch
lents. and iess description Of scenery
han nost of SCOTS novels. One ~