Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-11-04


transport ourselves to Scotland
In 1745, when its Highland for
ests teemed with the caves of robbers
and Its moors resounded with the
shouting of the chieftains as they bat
tied to restore the exiled house of
Stuart to the throne. then occupied by
King George IL
Are you ready? Then let us join the
handsome young English officer, Ed
ward Waverley. He is about to visit
the cavern of the Highland robber,
Donald Bean Lean, little dreaming of
the maze Of adventures into which this
visit will lead him. Waverley is enjoy
ing furlough at the Scottish Lowland
mansion Of the eccentric, garrulous and
i0vable baron Of Bradwardine. The
baron's seventeen-year-old daughter,
Rose Bradwardine, with a profusion
of hair of paley gold, and skin like
the snow Of her own mountain in white
ness" has fallen in love with Waiver
ley. who, however, finds her tender at
tentions too tame for his poetic imagi-
the wild regions of romance, and for
tunately an opportunity presents itself.
The baron's cattle, having been stolen
by the robber Donald Bean Lean, are
restored through the interposition of
the baron's friend, the powerful High
land chieftain, Fergus MacIvor. The
chieftain's lieutenant, Evan Dhu Mac
c6mbich, invites Waverley to visit DON
aid Bean Leans den. After a journey
throughout Lowland glen and brae,
over Highland lake and forest they ar
rived at the cavern, where Waverley
spends an interesting night in the pres
ence of Donald Bean Lean and his COM
pany of robbers, who come singly or In
groups, each cutting with his dirk a
slice of flesh from a carcass suspended
In the cave, broiling the steak and
washing it down with draughts of I'M
diluted whisky. A buxom Highland
lass. the robbers daughter. takes care
Of this romantic den.
The next morning Evan Dhu Mac
combich induces Waverley to visit the
gus MacIvor, whose handsome face
resembles a smiling summers day In
which, however, one can detect signs
that It may thunder and Tighten before
evening"" His love for his beautiful
and accomplished sister, Flora Mac
Ivor, is eQualed only by his ambition
to restore the exiled Stuart family tt
the throne.
Fergus entertains Waverley at a pic
turesQue banquet attended by hun
ireds of the clansmen of MacIvor
After the banquet Flora asks Waverle,
to meet her In her favorite haunt nea
a cascade. AS Edward approached thu
waterfall, "the sun, now STOPPING Ii
the west, seemed to add more than hu
man brilliancy to the full expressive
darkness OF Fl0ra's eyes. Edwar'
thought he had never, even In his wild
est dreams, imagined picture of sucl
exquisite toveliness."
Conscious of her charms In thi
"Eden in the Wilderness" Flora sing
to him stirring martial song whic
she accompanies on a small Scottis
harp, the melody blending harmonious
ly with the sound of the waters of tn
cataract. Waverley, bewitched by he
loveliness, proposes to Flora, VIII
promptly rejects him.
Disappointed, but not discouraged
1Waverley gladly accepts an invitatlo
to remain at Fergus MacIvor's mansio
for few days. While attending
stag-huut he sustains an injury whic
keeps him in bed for some time. o
his recovery he Is both astonished an
incensed to learn that the colonel I
his regiment has reduced him to Il
ranks for absence without leave" H
singer n aggravated by letter fro
his father who. through . politic'
tlunder. has lot hisA positioa u Y