The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-02-08

court Of King George. At the same
time, too, Rose Bradwardine writes 10
him that her father, the baron, has
been obliged to fee in 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 at.
fairs. What plot has been Matched
against him and by whom7 His stupe.
faction increases when he Is rescued
by a band Of Highlanders. Who are
these Highlanders? And why do they
interest themselves in him? These and
similar questions perplex his Devil.
dered senses.
Wounded during the rescue. he Is
nursed back to health in q peasants
hut by a 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
fcer, 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
cOlOnel's release. In return for this
kindness Colonel Talbot promises to
intercede with the English king in Wa
verley's behalf. The way for such
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
ther, the Highland robber, being in the
service Of Prince Charles Edward, and
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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 a 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
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