The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04

~%--~@a lie UaLUu. has
been obliged to fee In order to escape
arrest for his adherence to the csuss
Of the exiled Stuarts.
Despite these apparent acts OF In
justice Wayerley remains loyal 10 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 limo.
cent he Is mystified ut this turn of ar
fairs. What plot has been Matched
against him and by whom7 His stupe-
faction increases when he is rescued
oy a band of Highlanders. Who are
tnese Highlandersf 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 a peasants
nut by young girl. who always man.
ages to make her escape whenever he
tries TO catch glimpse Of her. When
MS 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 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 entir,
Waverley family into danger.
When Edward learns that Colone
Talbot's Imprisonment Is likely to cos
the life of his sick wife he obtains tn,
! colonels release. In return for thi
kindness Colonel Talbot promises t,
intercede with the English king in Wa
verley's behalf. The way for such
plea has fortunately been paved by tn
/ 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 Beal
Leans daughter has slipped into Ed
| wards baggage, he learns that her ia
Their, the Highland robber, being in tn
, service of Prince Charles Edward, an
wishing to gain favor in his eyes, ha
, concocted plot whereby the BIRTHS
, government was led to believe tina
: Waverley was traitor, thereby fort
: ing him into the army Of the insurger
prince. Only one question now n
mains unexplained. Who was the gil
> that nursed him during his fever in tn
: peasants hut?
Before the solution Is found to tn.
, question, the insurgent army Is total
3 defeated, Fergus MacIvor is captures
T the prince escapes, and Waverley, VIII
is now also fugitive, pays secrt
. visit to the mansion of the Baron {
: Bradwardine, for he is anxious to lear
: about the fate Of some Of his friend
Y He finds the baron in hiding III ths
!. self-same hut where he had bee
: nursed during his fever. Here
v learns that it was Rose BradwardiI
! who nursed him. 1t was Rose. as
! who had paid Donald Bean Lean wit
n her mothers jewelry in order to Undue
a him to rescue Waverley after his ARE
for treason. Overcome with gratitut
d for such devotion, Edward asks Il
+ baron Of Bradwardine for his daug
d ter's hand. He can now marry her
e security for, thanks to the kindness
Colonel Talbot and other influenti
: Englishmen, both he and the bare
. have been pardoned.
: 1t takes the loquacious baron 9
q hour to tell Rose of Edwards love Il
n her. It takes Edward just five minut
s to convince her Of 1t.
. Their happiness would now be col
II plete but for the sad fate of Ferg1
= MacIvor, who has been condemned
n death. He faces the executioner u
o flinchingly, expressing no regret for h
fate, but only the hope that "they W
p set my head on the Scotch gate, that
J. may look, even after death. to the BIZ
r. hills of my own country. which To-
" SO dearly"
lr With this shadow to mar the su
le shine of their happiness, Edward al
N Rose are married.
ne Thus we come to the end of the I
70 mantle tale, and we must again retu
d to the drab reality Of our everyday e
4 istence. But before so doing. let us,
n gether with Flora MacIvor. who h
joined the Scottish Benedictine nu