The north Mississippi herald., 1920-05-28

| AHtnOHy chapel.
After attempting in vain 20 induce
Jeanie to explain the message, he re-
turned to visit Effie again.. in the Toll
booth, only to be compelled, on his ar
rival there, to tell the whole story.
| lest he be convicted of guilt in the
Porteous affair And then he was sent
home. under bail not to leave Libber-
ton, nor to communicate with any
member of the family of Effie Deans.
But if his experiences were to him
incomprehensible they were by no
means so to the authorities. BY piec-
ing together his testimony with those
of others they rightly determined that
the stranger in the Kings park. the
| leader of the PorteouS mob. and the
| father of Effies child were one and
the same person; namely, Geordie
Robertson, comrade of Wilson the
smuggler. ard but lately escaped from
the very prison in which Effie Deans
was now confined. Accordingly. they
| planned to capture him that night at
Muschat'S Cairn. But before they
could reach that place, Robertson had
time to beg Jeanie to save her sister
at the trial by testifyins that Eftie had
disclosed to her her condition. Then
he escaped.
| Merely that slight falsehood would
have removed the case of Efiie Deans
from under the letter of the cruel
Scotch statute. But Jeanie, steadfast-
| 1vp u tlt, r,,1
| able to plaCate her conscience in bear
| ing false Witness Nor could the dis
appointment of Effie herself, whom she
was at last permitted to visit in the
strong-rOOm of the prison, alter her
resolution. Gle wanted that | suld
be mansworn," she said "I told him
that I daurna swear to an untruth."
At the trial when Jeanie was
brought in to testify, Efiie, in human
weakness, cried. so Jeanie, Jeanie,
save me-" But when the solemn cath,
-'the truth to tell and no truth to
conceal, as far as she knew or was
asked" was administered ain the name
of GOD. and as the witness should an
swer to God at the great day of iudg-
ment," Jeanie, educated in deep rever-
ence for the name of the deity, was
elevated above all considerations save
those which she could. with q clear
conscience. call Him to witness. And
when the advocate came at length to
the point of asking her. "what your
sister said allied her when you in
Quired?' Jeanie could only answer,
nothing" When the sentence was
pronounced by the doOmsman, Ettie's
own eyes We're the only dry ones in
the court "God forgive We, my lords" D."
she said. "and dinna be angry wi me
| for wishin tive a need forgiveness
The next morning found Jeanie
Deans travelling alone and afoot on
| the long road TO London 'to see the
Queens face that gives grace" and
| beg for h, r sisters pardon. Her tar
| tan screen served all the purposes of
| a riding h9bit, and of an umbrella: a
| small. bundle contained such changes
| If linen as We're absolutely necessary.
| she had a few guineas, and letter
from Keanen Butler to the Duke of
Argyle, whose grandfather had been
under obligations of the deepest to
the famous Bible Butler, grandfather
of the poor assistant-schoolmas now
sick at Libberton.
She passed luckily, on the whole,
through so weary and dangerous a
journey. and at length, through the
intercession of the duke, secured the
pardon which she sought.
Before she reached Scotland again,
Eflie had eloped with her lover. who
was in reality George Staunton, son
of an English nohleman. The sisters,
who had last met when Effie was sit
ting on the bench of the condemned,
did not meet again for many years,
though Lady Staunton wrote some
times to Jeanie-now Mrs. Butler
wife of Mr.. Reuben Butler, pastor Of
Knocktarlitie.
Finally, by chance, Sir George
learned that Meg MurdockSon, who had
attended Effie in her Illness, had not
murdered the child, as they had al
ways supposed. He traced the boy to
certain troop of vagabonds, of which
Black Donald was the chief. In an
affray with Black Donald's men, Sir
George was shot by young lad called
"the Whistler" who proved to be the
| lost son. The lad disappeared, and
escaped to America. Lady Staunton.
overcome by the tragedy. after vain
| efforts to drown her grief in society,
retired to q convent in France. Al
| though she took no VOWS. she remained
there until her death. But her in
fuence at court accomplished much
for the children of her sister Jeanfe,
who lived happily on in the good par
ish with which the bounty of the
Duke of Argyle had provided her hus-
band.
The Heart of Midlothian is notable
| for having rather fewer important
characters. q smaller variety of incl
dents, and less description of scenery
than most of Scott's novels. One OF
the most remarkable scenes in all nc
tion is the meeting of the two sisters
in prison under the eyes of the Jailer
Radcliffe. The interview of Jeanne
with Queen Caroline is also most note