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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1939-07-13, Page 6PAGE SIX "Let Ranald MacEagh," said Mont- rose, "select one or two of his follow- ers, men whom he ,can 'trust, and who are •capable of keeping their own sec- ret and ours; these, with their chief for scout -master general, shall serve for our guides. Let 'them ibe at my tent tomorrow at day'brea'k, and 'see, if pos- sible, •that they neither 'guess my purpose, nor hold any •communicatiou with each other in ,private.—This old ;man, has he any children?" "They have been killed or hanged," answered the Major, "to .the number .of a round dozen, as I 'believe—but he hath left one 'grandchild, a smart and hopeful youth, whom I have noted to be never without a 'pebble in his plaid - nook, to fling at whatsoever might come his way; 'being .a symbol, that, like Daviel, who was accustomed to sling smooth stones taken from the 'brook, he may afterward prove an adventure warrior." "That 'boy, Major Dalgetty," sand the Marquis, "I will have to attend •upon my own person, I presume he will have enough sense to 'keep his name secret?" "Your Excellency need not fear that," answered Dalgetty; "these Highland innps, from the moment they chip the shell--" "Well," interrupted Montrose, "that boy shall be pledge for the fidelity of his parent, and if he prove faithful, the •child's preferment shall the his reward.—And now, Major Dalgetty, 7 will license your departure for •the night; to -morrow you will introduce this MadEagh, under any name or. character he may please 10 assume. 1 ,presume his profession has rendered bin sufficiently expert in all sort of disguises; or we may admit John of Moidart into our schemes, who has sense, 'practica'bility, and intelligence, and will probably allow this man for a time to be disguised as one of his followers. For you, Major, my groom of 'the chambers will be your quarter- master for this evening." Major Dalgetty took his leave with a joyful heart, greatly elated with the reception he had met with, and much pleased with the personal manners of his mew General, which, as he explain- ed at great length to Ranald Mac- Eagh, reminded him in many respects of the demeanor oftheimmortal Gus- tavus Adolphus, the Lion of the North. CHAPTER XVII By 'break of day Montrose received -M his cabin old MacEagh, and quest- ioned him long and :particularly as to the means of approaching the country of Argyle. He made a note of 'his an- swers, which he compared with those of his 'followers, whom he introduced as the most 'prudent and experienced. He found them to correspond in all respects; but, still unsatisfied where precaution was so necessary, the Mar- quis compared the information he had nreceived with that he was able to coll- ect from the 'Chiefs who lay most near to the destined scene of invasion, and ;being in all respects satisfied of its ,a'ccu'racy, he resolved to proceed in 'full reliance upon it. In one point Montrose changed his mind. Having judged it unfit to take the 'boy Kenneth into his own service, lest, in offence by the numerous clans who entertained a feudal enmity to this devoted family, he requested the Major to take 'him in attendance upon himself; and as' be accompanied this request with a handsome douceur, 'under pretence of •elathimg and ,equip - lag the lad, this change was agreeable to all 'parties. 1't was. about 'Breakfast time, 'when Major. Dalgetty, being dismissed by Montrose, went in ,quest of his old .acquaintances, Lord M'enteith and the M`'Aulays, to whom 'he longed to communicate his own adventures, as 'well as' to learn from 'them the partic- ulars of the campaign. It may be im- agined he was received with :great glee by men to whom the late ;uni- formity of their military life had rend- ered any change of society an inter- esting novelty. 'Allan M'Aulay alone seemed to recoil from his former THE.SEAFORTH NEWS 1 1invanach; and let me assure you, thad 'head of 'that river. The inhabitants (before you have made One or two of 'were Cam'bells, not indeed the vassals those marches Which you 'seem to of Argyle, but of the allied and ;contest plate with so- much satisfac- kindred 'house of 'Glenorchy,' -w'hich flan in•:prospect,' you 'will leave, any now 'bears the name of ''Brea'dal'bane: good knights, scone of your English Being taken Iby surprise, they were beef, and pro'ba'bly an Engli's'h horse totally unprepared ;for.' resistance, and or two, 'behind you" were .compelled to be passive wit- •Both.exclaimed that they 'cared ne'ases 'of the 'ravages which took ent' 'little gwha't they found or ,what place ,among their, flocks and'herds. thvey left, provided 'the soene neirafnged Advancing in 'this 'manner to 'the 1nom dogging 'up and dolor' f an 'v'ale mf Loch Dochart, end 'laying' and Aberdeenshire, in 'pursuit'of an 'waste 'the country around Mont - enemy who would neither fight nor rose reached the avast •difficult point run away. of bis enterprise. Tf such the the 'case," said' Angus To a modern army, even with the M`Aulay, 'I must give orders' to mgood y ,'assistance al the' military road followers, and make provision •;too for which now leads up by Tyndrum to the safe conveyance of Annot Lyle; the 'head of Loch Awe, the passage for an advance into M''Ca11um`'1s ore's of these extensive wilds 'would seem !country will be further and -&oiler. 'a task of some diffi'cul'ty. But at :this road than these pinks Of , ICtlmbrdan' Period, and for long afterward, there Knighthood are aware of." So saying, was no •road or path 'whatsoever; and he .left the cabian.' to add to the difficulty, the mountains: 1,Aptnot Lyle]"' repea'ted Dalgetty, were already covered with snow. It. "is following the canup'aign?" , was a s'ublim'e scene to look up 'to "Surely," 'replied Sir 'Giles Mus- them, 'piled in 'great masses, one upon grave, his eye glancing slightly from another, the front rank Of 'dazzling Lord M•en'tei'th 'to Allan M'Aulay; whiteness, while diose which arose. "we could • neither march nor fight, (behind them :caught a rosy tint from' advance icor retreat; without theinflu- the setting Of a'olear wintry sun. B'en. encs of th'e Princess of •Harp's." Cnuat en, superior:in magnitude, and The Princess of Broadsword's and 'seeming the very citadel of the Gen- Tangets, I say," answered his ius of the re'e'l, 'rose high above the companion; ".for the Lady of Mont- others, sh'owin'g his gi'invmenin'g and rose herself 'could not be more court- scathed 'pea'k to 'the 'dis'tan'ce ,of many eously waited upon; she has 'four miles. Highland maidens, and. as many The .followers of Montrose were bare -legged gilfies, to wait upon her 'men not to Ib'e claum'ted by the sublime orders." yet terrible prospect !before them. And what would you have gentle- Many of them were Of that .ancient men?" said Allan, turning suddenly race of 'Highlanders, who not only from ;the Highlander with whom willingly made their pouch in the he had been in conversation "would snow, but considered it as 'effem'i'nate you yourselves have left ` an 'in- luxury to 'use a snowball 'far a 'pillow. nocent female, the 'companion of Plunder and revenge lay" :beyond the your 'infancy, to die by violence, or frozen 'mountains which they !beheld perish by ;famine? There is not, by and they did not permit 'th'em'selves to this time, a 'roof u'p'on the .habitation be daunted by the 'clifficulty 'af trav- of nvy fathers --our crops have been erring them. Montrose did not allow destroyed, and our cattle have been (their spirits time 'to subside. He 'ord- driven- and you, gentlemen, have to ered 'the pipes 4o play in the yam the bless God, that 'coming .from a milder ancient pibroch entitled, "Hogg'] nam and more civilized .cou'n'try, you ex- bo, " etc. '(that is, We 'come through pose only your •awn lives in this snow -drift to drive the prey); the sh- remorseless war, without apprehen- Tilling sounds of which had - often sion that your enemies will visit with struck the vales of the 'Lennox with their vengeance the defenceless terror. The troops advanced with the pledges you may have left 'behind nimble alacrity of rnountaineens, and you." were soon involved in the dangerous The 'Englishe nen •cordially agreed !Pass, through which Ronald acted as that they bad 'the superiorityin this their guide, before them with a select respect; and the 'oonnpany now ;Party to track out the way. dispersing went each to his several The power of manet no time app - charge or occupation, ears more contemptible 'thin when it Allan lingered a !moment behind, is placed in 'contrast with ,scenes of still 'questioning the reluctant Ranald natural terror and dignity. The 'vic- MacEagh upon a pofn't in 'his-` sup lorious army of Montrose, whose posed 'visions, by which the was great- 'exploits had struck terror into all ly perplexed. "Repeatedly," he ..said, Scotland; when ascending mp this terr- "have I the sight of a Gael, who ific pass, seemed a .contemptible hand - seemed to plunge his weapon into the fill of stragglers, in the act ,of (being (body of :Monteith,— of that young devoured by the mountain, which app - nobleman in the scarlet laced oloak, eared ready ,to 'close upon therm Even who has just •now left the 'frothy, _Montrose ,half repented the 'boldness But by no 'effort, though I have of this attempt, as he looked down gazed till my eyes were almost fixed front the summit of the Hirst emin- in their sockets, ,can I •discover the ence 'which the attained, upon the face of this Highlander, or even scattered 'condition of his small army, conjecture who he may be, although The difficulty of getting ;forward was his person and air seemed familiar so great, that .considerable gap's began tc m•e." to occur in the line of march, and the 'Have ryou reversed your own distance !between the van, 'centre, and .acquaintance, although, when chap- enged by his {brother,' he could render n'o other reason than a reluctance to be familiar 'with one who had been so lately in the company 6( Argyle, and other enimfes. Major Dalgetty was a little alarmed 'by this sort of instinc- tive .consciousness which Allan ,seem- ed to e'n'tertain respecting the society he had been lately keeping; he was soon satisfied, however, that the 'p'er- ceptions of .the seer in this 'particular were not infallible. As Renal(' MacEagh was to be pla- ced under Major Dalgetty's protection and superintendence it was necessary he should present him to those pers- ons with whom he was most likely ,to associate. The dress of the • old mean had, in the meantime, been changed from the tartan of his elan to a sort of clothing peculiar to the men of the distant Isles, resennblin'g a waistcoat with sleeves, and a ;petticoat, all made in one :piece. This dress was laced front 'top to 'bottom in front, and bore some resembblence to that called Pol- onaise, still worn by children in Scot- land of the lower -.rank. 'Phe tartan hose and bonnet ,completed the dress which 'old men of the last century remembered well to have seen worn by 'the distant Islemen who came to the Earl of Mar's standard in the year 1795. Major Dalgetty, keeping his eye on Allan as he spoke, introduced Ranald. MacEagh under the 'fictitious name of Ranald MacGillihuron in Benbec- ula, who had escaped with 'hint out of Argyle's prison He recommended him as a person skillful in the arts of the harper and 'the senac'hie, and by no means contemptable in the quality of a second -sighted person, or seer. 'W'h'ile making this exposition, Major Dalgetty stammered and hesitated in a way so unlike the usual glib forward- ness of his manner, that he .could not have failed to have given suspicion to Allan MAulay, 'had not that person's whole attention been engaged in steady persuing :the features of the person thus introduced to him. This steady gaze 'so mnich embarrassed Ranald MacEagh, that his hand was beginning ,to sink down toward his dagger, in expectation of a hostile assault, when Allan, suddenly crossing the floor of his 'het extended his hand to hint in the way ,of friendly greeting. they sat ,down side by side, and con- versed in a low mysterious tone of voice, Mentieth and Angus li Aulay were not suprised at this, for there prevailed among the Highlanders•who pretended to the second -sight a sort of freemasonry, which generally induced them, upon meeting, to hold communication with each other on the nature and extent of their visionary experiences, "Does the sight come gloomy upon your spirits?" said Allan to his new acquaintance. "As dark as the show upon the moan," replied Ranald, "when - she is darking in her midcourse in heaven, and prophets foretell .of evil times." "Come hither," said Allan, "come more this way, I would converse with you apart; for men say that in your distant island's the sight is poured forth with more clearness and power than 'upon .us, who dwell near the Sassenach," While they were .plunged into their mystic 'conference, 'the two ,English •cavaliers entered the 'cabin in the highest possible spirits, and announ- ced to Angus M'Aulay that orders had been issued that all should hold themselves in readiness for an imme- diate march to the westward. •Raving delivered themselves of their mew's with much glee, they paid their compliments to their old acquaint- ance .Major Dalgetty, whom they instantly recognized, and inquired after the health of ,his changer, Gustavus. 'humbly thank yon, gentlemen," answered the soldier, "Gustavus , is well, though, like his master, some- what abarer on the nibs than when you offered to relieve Inc'of him at Darn- was''onrly a napid flight Iby •water which saved :that chief from death or captiv- ity, But the tpunishnnewt which ' Ang tyle 'himself escaped fell heavily upon his country and ,clan, and the ravages committed lby Montrose on that dev- 'dted land although too 'consistent with !the ;genius of 't'he •cou'ntry and tines, have been repeatedly and justly quoted as a ;blot on. This 'actions and .plaid," said 'Ranald, 'according to the rule of the 'experien'ced Seers in such case?" "I have," answered Allan, speak- ing low, and shud'ding as if with internal agony. .' :And in what guise did the ;phantom then appear to you?" said Ranald. "With his plaid also reversed," answered Allan, in the same low and convulsed tont "Then be assured," said Ranald, "that your own 'hand, and none other, will do the deed of which you have witnessed the shadow." "So has my anions soul a„, hundred tines surmised," replied Allati. "But it is impossible! Were I to read the record in the eternal book of•:fate. I would .declare it impossible—we are 'bound •by the .ties of blood, and Iby a hundred ties more intimate—we have stood side :by •side in 'battle, and our swords have reeked with the blood of the same enennies—itis ion oss•i'ble I should harm him." "Phat you will do so, answered Ranald, "is certain, :though .the cause he hid in the darkness of ,futurity You say,' he continued, suppressing his 'own emotions with difficulty, "That side by side you :have tpursned your prey like gb'loodhounds—have you never seen ,bloodhounds turn their fangs against each other, and fight ,over the nbody of a - throttled deer?" - "I't is ,false!" said 'M'A'u1'ay, starting up, ":these are not the forebodings of fate, but the temptation of ,some evil spirit 'from the • bottonnless phi" So saying, he strode out of' the cabin. "Thou hast it," said the Son of the Mist, looking after him with an air of exultation; "the 'barbed arrow is ' in thy side! Spirits of the slaughtered, rejoice! loan shall your murderers' swords be dyed in 'each other's blood." On the 'succeeding morning all was prepared, and Montrose advanced by rapid marches op ;the river Tay. and 'poured his 'clesultory forces into the romantic vale around the lake of th'e,sante dame, which lies at'thc Argyle in the meantime i a,d .filed .to. Edinburgh, to lay his ,eomplain'ts (before the convention of Estates. To meet the exigence of the moment, a 'considerable army was raised nanider General Baillie, an officer Of sk!'ll and fidelity, :with 'whom was joined in`. 'Command the celebrated Sir (John Ur- rie, . a soldier of fortune :like Dal'getty, who had 'already.'changed sides 'twice during the tCivil 'Wa'r, and v,as 'dost- ined'Ito 'turn his coat• a'tthird time be- fore it beforest was en'd'ed, Argyle also, 'burning 'with in'digna-. tion, proceeded to levy his own num- erous forces, in order to avenge. hiin- self of his feudal enemy. He establish- ed his headquarters at D'um'barton, where he was Soon joined Iby a considi- eralble force, .consisting chiefly of his own clansmen and dependants..Being there joined Iby a considerable force, consisting ,'dhiefly of his own, forces,' he prepared to anarch into .Amgyleshine, and 'chastise the invader of his paternal territories. But Montrose, 'whil'e these two fonmidalble armies were forming a junction, had been recalled !front that ravaged 'country Iby the. approach of a th'ir'd, 'collected in the north under the Earl of Seaforth, who, after some 'hes- itation, having 'embraced the side •of. the ,Covenanters, 'had' now, 'with the a'ssistan'ce of the veteran garrison of •I'nverness, form'e'd a '.considerable army, with which the threatened Mon- trose 'from Inverness-shire. 'Enclosed. in a was'te'd and 'unfriendly .country, and 'menaced on each side by advanc- ing enemies of superior' force, it might have been 'supposed that Montrose''s destruction was pertain. Bit these were precisely the 'circumstances 'under which the active and 'enterpris- ing 'genius of the 'Great Marquis was calculated to excite the 'wonde'r. and admiration of his friends, the aston- ishment and 'terror of this enemies, -As 11 by magic, he collected This 'scattered forces from the tvastefu'1 occupation in which they had been engaged; and scarce were they again united, ere Argyle and his associate generals were informed. that the royalists, having suddenly 'disappeared from Argyle- shire; had retreated northward am- ong the dusky .and impenetrable m'ountai'ns of Loohaber. Then sagacity of the generals op- osed tto Montrose immediately conj- ectured that it was the purpose ,of their motive antagonist to fight with, and if possible, to destroy Seaforth ere they 'could come to his assistance This occasioned a corresponding ,change in thein operations. Leaving this chieftain' to make 'the 'best defence he could, Urrie and 'Baillie again sep- arated their forces front 'those of Arg- yle; and, having chiefly horse and Lowland troops under their command, THURSDAY,JULY 13, 1939 PROFESSIONAL CARDS Medical.. SEAFORTH 'CLINIC Dr. E. A. McMaster, M.B., Gradu- ate' of University of Toronto. ' J. D. Calquh'oun, M.D., C.M., 'Grad- uate of 'Dalhousie University, Halifax. The Clinic is fully equipped with' complete and modern x-ray a'nd other up-to-date diagnostic and thereuptic' equipment. Dr. Margaret K. Campbell, M.D., L.A.B.P., S'p'ecialist in Diseases " in Infants and Children, will be at the Clinic last Thursday in- every month,' from 3' to 6 p.m. Dr. F. J. R. Forster, Specialist in Diseases of the Ear, Eye, Nose amdl Throat, will be at the Clinic the first Tuesday in every •month from .4. to. 6 p.m. Free well-lia'by clinic will be :held. on the second and last Thursday am every Month from 1 to 2 pm. rear, was each :moment increased in a they kept the southern side of the degree' equally incommodious and Grampian 'ri'dge, moving along east- dangerous. Ft was with great app- ward into the country of Angus, re- rehension that Montrose looked 'upon solvi'n'g from 'thence to proceed . into every point of advantage which. the Aberdeenshire, in order to in'tercep't hill afforded, in dread it might he 'Montrose, if the should attempt to es - found occupied by an enemy prepared 'cape in that 'direotion, . for defence and he often afterward Argyle, with his own levies and oth- was 'heard 'to express his conviction, er'troops, undertook to follow Mont - that had the passes of Strath Fi11an 'rose's march; so that, in ease he been defended 'by two 'hundred res- 'tome to action either with Seaforth, olu!te men, not only would his prog- ton .with Baillie and Urrie, he might be ress have been effectually stopped, placed ;between two firbs by this third but his •army must have been in dan- ' army, which, at a secure distance, was ger of being totally cut off. Security, 10 'hang ,u'p'on his rear. however, the 'bane of many a strong (Continued) country, and many a fortress, betray- JUNIOR ACTIVITIES AT FAIR ed, on this occasion, the 'district of Argyle •10 his enemies. The invaders the .cooperation and en - had only to contend with the natural thusiasm of the young people of dif'ficulti'es of ,the 'path, ,and .'with the Western Ontanlo there is gradually snow, which, fortunately, had not growing up with our junior activities alien in any great 'quantity. 'The army a fair within a.1air;" Walter D. Jack- no sooner reached] 'the summit of the son, secretary. of the Western Fair ridge of hills dividing 'Aegyles'hire,Association, said in an interview this from the district of Breada1lbane, ,than' Week. they- rushed down upon the devoted ` From a small beginning the boys' valesbeneath 'them with' a fury stiff- : judging and calf club competitions icien'tly expressive of the motives -will this year draw entries from ten which had dictated a 'movement so counties. In livestock judging, there difficult and hazardous, twill- now be both senior and junior Montrose .divided his army into , divisions. Our advice from the Ont- three bodies, in order; to 'produce a arfo Department of Agriculture is wider .and more extensive -terror, one that 22 calf clubs .have been formed of Which was commanded by the earn - will area and we expect they all ain of Clan Ranald, ons entrusted :to 1 will be in competitions. Entries will come from Bruce, Essex, Elgin, Kent, the leading of IColkitto, and !'the third 1 Huron, Lambton, Middlesex, Nor- remained under 11'1'5 own; directions. folk, Oxford and Perth." He was 'thus enabled to penetrate the Junior Institute -girl's activities this country 'of Argyle at three 'di'ffe'rent points. Resistance ti ere was none. year will see entries from an area wider than before,' the secretary said. iI The 'flight of the 'slvep'herds from the Girls, by means of essays, team, dem- hills had first ,announced 'in the peoP onstrations, and skits, will vie for led dis'tri'cts this formidable. 'irruption, honors in preparation of foods, orig- and wherever elle 'clansmen len were 'swm inality and skill in .selection and ar.. moved out, they were killed, 'disarm- w.rangenient of home furnishings', and ed, and dispensed, by one 'enemy o clothing: had anticipate] their motions.'Major The junior section, Mr. Jackson !Dalgetty, who had been sent forward JOHN A. GORWILL, B,A.,M.D. Physician and Surgeon n Dr. H. H. Ross' office. Phone 5 J W. C. SPROAT, M.D.; F.A,Ci6. Surgery Phone 90=W; Office John St., Seaforth: against Invseary with'the few horse claimed, would reach its height at this year's exhibition. It was, he said, m nag.,a'rrrly that were fit en, service, ]moving forward under the' momentum managed his matters so wen, that he j of youth itself, with every section of had very nearly surprised Argyle, as Western Ontario represented. He lie expressed it, inter ;pacttln; and it declared also that the whole policy DR. H. HUGH ROSS, Physician and Surgeon Late of London los- pital, London, England. Special at• tention to diseases of the eye, ear, nose ant throat. Office and eesidenee be'hin!d Dominion Rank. Office Phone• No. 5; Residence Phone 104. DR. F. J. BURROWS, Office Main St, Seaforth, over Dominion Bank Hours 2-5 and'7 to 3 p.m. and by ap- pointment. Residence, Goderioh St., two doors west of United Church.. Phone 46. DR. F. J. R. F''ORS'TER— Eye Ear, Nose and Throat. Graduate fn Medicine, University of Toronto 1997. Late. Assistant New York Ophthal- mic and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye, and 'Golden. Square throat hospi- tals, London. At Commercial Hotel, Seaforth, third Wednesday in tacit month from 1.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. MARGARET K. CAMPBELL, M.D. 'London, Ontario Graduate Toronto University Licentiate of American Board of .Pedi- atrics, Diseases of Children At Seaforth Clinic, last Thursday af- ternoon, each month Auctioneer. GEORGE ELLIOTT, Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron. Arrangements can be made for Sale Date at The Seaforth News. Charges ,o moderate and satisfaction guaranteed F, W. AHRENS, Licensed Auntie.: eer for Perth and Huron Counties. Sales Solicited. Terms on Application. Farm Stook, chattels and rill estate property. R. R. No. 4, Mitchell. Phone 634 r 6. Apply at this office. WATSON & REID REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENCY (Successors to James Watson) MAIN ST., SEAFORTH, ON -T. All kinds of Insurance risks effect- ed at lowest rates in First -Class Companies. THE McKILLOP Mutual Fire 6as.I[fance CO HEAD OFFICE—SEAFORTH, Ont. OFFICERS •` President, Thomas Moyian, Sea - forth; Vice .President, William Knox, Londesboro; Secretary Treasurer, M. A. Reid, Seaforth,. AGENTS F. MoKeroher, R.R.d, Dublin; John E. Pepper, R.'R.I, Brucefieid; E. R. G. Yarmouth, Brodhagen; James Watt, Blyth; C. F. Hewitt, Kincardine, Wm. Yeo, Holinesvilne. DIgREECTORS Alexa Broadfoot Seaforth No, 3; James S'holdide, Walton; Wm. Knox, Londesboro; George Leonhardt, Bornholm No. 1; Frank 'McGregor, Olinten No. 5; James Connolly, God- erich; Alex 'MCEwing, Blyth No. 1; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth No 5: Wm. R. Archibald, Seaforth No. 4. Parties desirous to effect insurance or transact other 'business, will be promptly attended to by applications to any of the above named officers addressed to their, respective post - offices. and pattern of the work was being. largely shaped by the Junior Farmer and Junior Institute movements. if 4l'