Gunnison news-champion., 1921-08-19

Tel J-aGl- Deans that, when the moon
ris.s shall expect TO meet her AZ
Mo Ml~chat's Csirn. teleath Saint
Anth0uys chapel
A'-e- attempting In vain TO induce
Iea1.a 90 explain 'h- message, he re
tur-aI 20 visit Eri@ again. In the Tol-
both. ouly % b. compelled, on his ar
riyul there. TO tell the whole story.
lest h. ~ convicted Of guilt in the
po-tsuus H~s-. And then he was sent
hon. under tail not 10 leave Llhb-r-
ton nor 10 communicate with any
menh-r % Tho family Of Efhe Deans
But if bis experiences were 10 him
Incumrryhrusihle they were ~ no
means So 20 the authorities BY 1iec-
Ing together his testimony with those
Of others. they rightly determined that
the stranger In th. ..InE's park. the
header Of the PUrteous mob. and the
father % E:Hs's child were one and
the same person: namely. Georiie
Robertson. c1mrnde of Wilson the
sugEgier and but lately escaped from
the very prison in which Efie Deans
was now confined Accordingly they
planned 10 capture him that night at
Muschat's CaI-u. But before they
could reach that place, Robertson had
tine to beg JesuI" 20 save her sister
NJ the trial hy rssrifyius that Efiie hnd
disclosed to her her condition Then
b. escaped.
Mer'ly that slight falsehooi wuuld
have removed the case Of Ellie Deans
from under the letter OF the cruel
Scotch statute But Jeaule. Stendfast.
~. dev0Utly truthful. was utterly un.
able 10 placate h"r cons isnce In bear
In false witness Nor could the dis
appointment Of Efie herself whom she
was nt last permitted To visit In the
s'rnnr-roou II the prison. alter her
resolution "He wanted that suld
BE- mausw0Tn." she said. 81 told him
that | daurna swear to an uutru'h-"
~ the trial when JeanIe was
brought In 70 testify Fife In human
weakness. cried. 80 Jcauie, Isanle
save me-" But when the solemn oath.
tho truth 10 tell, and no truth 10
conceal. Hs far as she knew or was
asked" was administered "ln the name
Of God. and as the witness should an
swcr to God at the great dHy of Iudc.
msuf." Jeuuie. educated In deep reyer.
pnce for the name Of the deity. was
elevated above all considerations saw
those which she could. with n clcar
conscience. call Him to witness. And
when the advocate came ut length &c
the point Of asking her. what youi
sister said allied her when you in.
luretf' Jeanie could onlS answer
nothing" when the sen-enc. vyaS
pronounced by the doomsmau. Enie's
own eyes were the only dry ones In
the court. God forgive ye. my lords
she said. "anh dInnn he angry WI m,
'o- wishin' tive n need forgiveness
Tn" next morning found Jeanit
Deans travelling alone and afoo, or
the long road to London ''to see the
Queens face that gives grace" and
beg for her sisters pardon. Her tar.
tan screen served all the purposes of
a riding habit. and OF an umbrella:
small bundle contained such changes
n linen as were absolutely necessary
She had n few sulneas. /and letter
from Reuben Butler to the Duke OF
Argyle, whose grandfather had beer
under obligations Of the deepest tc
the famous Bible Butler. grandfather
II the poor MISUNDERSTANDING now
sick at Lihberton.
She passed luckily. on the whole
through So weary and dangerous q
journey, and at length. through tn,
intercesSion of the duke. secured the
pardon which she sought.
Before she reached Scotland again
Efiie had eloped with her lover. who
was In reality George Staunton. sor
Of an English noblcman. The sisters
who had last met when Effie was sit.
ting on the bench OF the condemned
lid 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 Efiie In her illness. had moi
murdered the child. as they had al
ways supposed. He traced the boy to
0 certain troop OF vagabonds. of which
Black Donald was the chief In ar
nffray with Black Donald's men. Sill
George was shot by young lad caliet
"the Whistler" who proved to be tn.
lost son. The lad disappeared. and
escaped to America. Lady Staunton
overcome by the tragedy. after valr
efforts to drown her grief in society
retired to convent in France Al
though she took no vows, she Remained
there until her death. But her in
fuehce at court accomplished much
for the children Of her sister Jeanne
who lived happily 6. in the good par
ish with which lie bounty Of the
Duke Of Argyle hac provided her hus
band.
The Heart Of Midlothian is notable