The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-05-29

Anthony's chapel"
After attempting in vain to induce
jeanne to explain the message, he re-
turned to visit Efie 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
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 Efie's child were one and
the same person; namely, Geordie
Robertson, Ycomrade of Wilson the
smuggler, and but lately escaped from
the very prison in which Fife 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 jeanne to save her sister
at the trial by testifying that Effie had
disclosed to her her condition. Then
he escaped.
Merely that slight falsehood would
have removed the case of Fife Deans
from under the letter of the cruel
Scotch statute. But Jeanne, steadfast-
ly, devoutly truthful, was utterly I'M
able to nlacate her conscience in bear
ing false witness. Nor could the dis
appointment of Fife herself, whom she
was at last permitted to visit in the
strong-room of the prison, alter her
resolution. ''He wanted that / sud
be mansworn," she said. 81 told him
that / daurna swear to an untruth.'
At the trial, when jeanne was
brought in to testify, Fife, in human
weakness. cried, 40 Jeanie, Jeanne,
save me!' But when the solemn oath,
-"the truth to tell, and no truth to
conceal, as far as she knew or was
Easked," was administered sin the name
of God, and as the witness should an
swer to God at the great day of judg-
/ ment," Jeanne, educated in deep rever-
ence for the name of the deity, was
elevated above all considerations save
those which she could. with 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?" jeanne could only answer,
nothing" When the sentence was
pronounced by the doomsman. Efie's
, own eyes were the only dry ones In
the court. "God forgive ye. my lords, :
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 sto see the
. Queens face that gives grace" and
beg for her sisters pardon. Her tar
tan screen served all the purposes OF
r a riding habit, and Of an umbrella;
\ small bundle contained such changes
+ Of linen as were absolutely necessary
She had few guneas, and letter
o from Reuben Butler to the Duke Of
? Argyle, whose grandfather had beer
) under obligations of the deepest Il
: the famous Bible Butler, grandfather
of the poor observation-disclosures now
r sick at Libberton.
:, She passed luckily. on the whole
q through so weary and dangerous Q
a | Journey, and at length, through th'
; intercession Of the duke, secured thu
q ,,ardor which she sought
:. Before she reached Scotland again
n Efie had eloped with her lover. Wit
r was In reality George Staunton, sol
% of an English. ncbleman. The sisters
e who had last met when Effie was SIT
v ting on the bench of the condemned
% did not meet again for many year:
lie though Lady Staunton wrote some
e times to JeanIe-now Mrs. Butler
s, wife of Mr.. Reuben. Butler, pastor Q
Knocktarlitie.
re Finally. by chance, Sir Georg
a learned that Meg Murdockson. who ha
~ attended Fife In her illness, had M
err murdered the child, as they had a
ID ways supposed. He traced the boy
n a certain troop of vagabonds. Of whic
BY Black Donald was the chief. In
er ARRAY with Black Donald's men, 5
I'D George ives shot by young lad Gale
er "the Whistler" who proved to be Il
a. lost son. The lad disappeared, al
he escaped to America. Lady Staunto
70. overcome by the tragedy, utter va
d. efforts to drown her. grief in societ
retired to a convent in France.
ng though she took no vows, she remains
he there until her death. But her
or fiuence at court accomplished mu'
de for the children of her sister jean
at who lived happily on in the good pc
ad ish with which the bounty Of Z
Of Duke Of Argyle had provided her HI
ms band.
We, The Heart Of Midlothian is notaf
me for having rather fewer importa
characters, smaller variety OF In
err. dents. and less description OF scene
ire than most Of SCOTS novels. One
wd the most remarkable scenes In all
It'll ton is the meeting Of the two sistt
lie | N prison under the eyes Of the jail
ley Ratcliffe. The interview Of JeaI
with Queen Caroline is also most no
ian worthy. There Is much humor at
led expense Of the Cameronian wing OF
,ofI PRESBYTERIAN faith In Scotland. In Il