The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-11-26

him that her father. the baron, has
been obliged to fee i'll order to escape
arrest for his adherence to the cause
of the eXiled Stuarts.
Despite these apparent acts Of in
justice Waverley remains loyal to King
George and decides to return home. On
the way to England, however, he is ar
rested and charged with desertion and
treason. Knowing himself to be inno
cent, he is mystified at this turn of af
fairs. What plot has been Matched
against him and by whom? His stupe
faction increases when he is rescued
by band of Highlanders. Who are
these Highlanders? And why do they
interest themselves in him? These and
similar questions perplex his bewil-
dered senses.
Wounded during the rescue, he is
nursed back to health in PEASANTS
hut by young girl, who always man.
ages to make her escape whenever he
tries to catch glimpse Of her. When
his health is restored the Highlanders
take him to Edinburgh, where he
meets his friends, Fergus MacIvor and
the baron of Bradwardine, among the
insurgents who are making an attempt
to recover the throne for their gallant
leader, the exiled Prince Charles Ed
ward. Waverley now feels compelled
to join this army.
Just before enlisting, Waverley tries
once more to win Flora's love, but is
again repulsed. He therefore throws
himself heart and soul into the cause
of the young prince.
The army is about to engage in its
first battle. The sun has just risen.
The rocks, and the very sky itself, ire
sound with the clang Of the bagpipes."
The mOuntaineers rouse themselves
with the hum and hustle of a multitude
of bees, arming and ready to swarm
out of their hives.
The insurgents win the battle and
Waverley captures brave English Of
ficer, who remains alone beside his
cannon after the others have fed. This
officer turns out to be certain Colonel
Talbot, an old friend Of the house of
Waverley, whom Edward has never
met before Colonel Talbot has left an
invalid wife in order to find Waverley
and to induce him to return home,
since his conduct has put the entire
Waverley family into danger.
When Edward learns that Colonel
Talbot's Imprisonment is likely to cost
the life of his sick wife he obtains the
colonePs release. In return for this
kindness Colonel Talbot promises to
intercede with the English king in Wa
verley's behalf. The way for such a
plea has fortunately been paved by the
revelation of some of the mysteries at
tending the arrest of Waverley for de-
sertion and treason. By means of
packet of letters, which Donald Bean
Leans daughter has slipped into Ed
wards baggage, he learns that her IA
Their, the Highland robber, being in the
service of Prince Charles Edward, and
wishing to gain favor in his eyes, has
concocted a plot whereby the British
government was led to believe that
Waverley was a traitor, thereby fore
ing him into the army of the insurgent
prince. Only one question now re-
mains unexplained. Who was the girl
that nursed him during his fever in the
peasants hut?
Before the solution is found to this
question, the insurgent army is totally
defeated, Fergus MacIvor is captured
the prince escapes, and Waverley, who
is now also fugitive, pays secret
visit to the mansion of the Baron of
Bradwardine, for he is anxious to learn
about the fate of some of his friends.
He finds the baron in hiding in that
self-same hut where he had been
nursed during his fever. Here he
learns that it was Rose Bradwardine
who nursed him. It was Rose. also,
who had paid Donald Bean Lean with
her mothers jewelry in order to induce
him to rescue Waverley after his arrest
for treason. Overcome with gratitude
for such devotion, Edward asks the
baron Of Bradwardine for his daugh-
ter's hand. He can now marry her In
security; for, thanks to the kindness OF
Colonel Talbot and other influential
Englishmen, both he and the baron
have been pardoned.
It takes the loquaci0us baron an
hour to tell Rose of Edwards love for
her. 1t takes Edward just five minutes
to convince her of it.
Their happiness would now be CON-
plete but for the sad fate Of Fergus
MacIyor, who has been condemned to
death. He faces the executioner I'M
fiinchingly. expressing no regret for his
fate, but only the hope that "they will
set my head on the Scotch gate, that ]
may look, even after death, to the blue
hills Of my own country, which I love
so dearly"
With this shadow to mar the sun
shine Of their happiness, Edward and
Rose are married.
Thus we come to the end Of the ro-
mantle tale, and we must again return
to the drab reality Of our everyday ex-
istence. But before so doing let us, to-
gether with Flora MacIvor, who has
joined the Scottish Benedictine nuns
in Paris, bid the happy couple good
luck and adieu!