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TALES OF MY LANDLORD.
CiOLLlCOTEn AND ARRANOKI)
BY JEDEDIAH CLEISHBOTIIAAr,
BCHOOLMASTEll AND TAUISH CLKUK OF OANDKRCLEUGH.
SECOND SERIES.
THE HEAET OF MID-LOTIIIAN.
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Hear, Land o' Cakes and brither Scots,
Frae Maidenkirk to Johnny Groat's,
If there's a hole in a' your coats,
I rede ye tent it ;
A chiel s amang you takin' notes,
An' faith he'll prent it !— Bi;rns.
AA^ra Men, dijo el Cum: traed,„e, scnor huisfied, aquesos librcs ch.
el a ""/S; t:"/. '^" T T ""^''''"''' " "^^''-'lola, ,Jll6 en
Scots,
•s.
t ;
irent it '—Burns.
^J>ed, aqiiesos libros, que
■undo en su nfiosento, saco
Vj, y abri^ndola, hnllo en
bucna letra cscriios de
TO THE BEST OF PATRONS,
A PLEASED AJVD IJ^DULGE^^-T READER
JEDEDIAH CLEISHBOTHAM
WISHES HEALTH. AND INCREASE, AND CONTENTMENT.
Courteous Reader,
iFJ^igratMecomprehendeth every vice, mrely so foul a stain worst
of all beseemeth him whose life has been devoted to instructing youth
m mrtue and m Mmane letters. Therefore have I chosen, in this
Violegomenon, to unload my burden of thanks at thy feet for the
favour mthwUch thm hast kindly entertained the Tales of my
Landlord Gertes, ^/ thou hast chuckled over their facetious and
f ixvous descr^^t^ons, or hadst thy mind filled with pleasure at the
strange and pleasant turns of fortune which they record, verily I
have also stmpered when I beheld a second storey with otHcl, that has
an en on the basis of my small domicile at Ganderclmgh the walls
hamny been aforehand pronounced by Deacon Barrow to be capable of
enduring mch an elevation. Nor has it been without delectation
tiat_ I have endued a new coat (snuff-brown, and with metal buitms J
hamng ah nether garments corresponding thereto. We do therefore
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lie, in respect of each Mher, under a reciprocation of benefits whereof
those received by me beUig the most solid (in respect thatZ new iZL
and anew coat are better than a ne.o L and an old si) H
meet that my gratztnde should be expressed with the louder lice aZ
morepreponderaUj^g vehemence. And how should it be o Zss£
-Certainly not ^n words only, but in act and deed. It ^tls
sole purpose, and disclaiming all intention ofpurchasina thaiZ^J i
orpoffle of land called the Carlinescroft, ly^i^^tZZll7^^^^^^^^
and measuring seven acres, three roods, and four Jll Z^Tl'
committed to the eyes of those who thought ilof f %t fotT
these four additional volumes* of the Tales of my LanZl Not
the less, ^f Peter Prayfort be minded to sell the saidpoffleit i^at
his own choice to say so, and, peradventure, he may Tel with a
Sw •■ ^^^^^^^^-^^--^-; thepleasi^^'p^rtrlcZjftZ
Pattieson, now given unto thee in particular and unto th.Jy^ir -
general, shall have lost their favolr in Ze Xs^Xt'fam Z
■way distrustful. And so much confidence do I reJZt fhT
t.iu.l favour, that, should thy lawful occasioLcTtLTo htZ
ff^frcleugha place frequented by most at me time JothZ.
their lives, I will enrich thine eyes with a siaht of fLZ T -
mth a snuff from my mull, and thy palate with a dram fZiZv
bottle of stwng waters, called by the lecmted of GandZkZh 71
Dominie's Dribble o' Drink ^anaercieugh, the
qu«m to any but tlwmsetL, not only wlZrZ,Ju Tf
hut mn whether they ever lived or no V> il.„ i "^ "' '^'
ih.ir un^haHtokU L^e'mUfarhJ^^'"''^^'^'^''^"^^''
Theu caMUrs have not only iouUed mine identity, although thus
INTE01.UCno.V TO THE HEART OP MID-LOTHUN 3
indeed that if I Imd hearkened with only one ear I minhf 1,.! '
Oatku predecessors skouM U IM ZlZt ^t^J'a^Z
l^frucn cannot gruH/y ,!u„ prc,Ule,tio,.s. He mZnJ dLt
danandei o/«e, Je,Miah CkiAbotkL, s/uteS / al^.uZ
^o^uaZ, or, to speak without m^ta^w/ex 11^ amnuf^ !
tam them in preference to all others. ^ sanguinis, to main-
Bid nothing denying the rationality of the rule xchich calh n. nil
now hvinq to rule fhpor -nn/v/v^^; y ,• . ' '""^''' cMis on all
t^m^ V..U toy.th.r hy the ears in this unlucky countnj, my anisifr
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WAVERLEY NOVELS.
(venerated be his mmo;^ r) ^^s nr,. «/ ,;.
fnend* ^'"' '^P^^ssea, thy sure and obligated
J. C.
Gandbucleuqh, )
i'^i^ Isi 0/ April, 1818. f
* Note A. Author's connection With Quakerism.
I
IJ^TRODUCTIOJ^
TO THE HEART OF MlD-LOTHlAN-^mo).
her trim^^ tt ^ ifJ character still survive in the memorv of
riismry of Dnnfri^' "' ""^' ''''««. Esq. of Craigmuie, Com-
He, communieatimi wm in time ,mris ■—
md evm poor «o«oI »1„? « , ' •'"'"' ^"■*'«"' '«"««'!'
a™^*, the trees ZMlrJff''"''^-'''""^ '^'^.anieje
'U^^^aur, Of tU C«., „,.„ -' L!^ C-^^C tX^;
' Whose distant roaring swells and fa's. '
As my kitchen and parlour were not ve,-y far distant T a
xn to purchase some chickens from a person A Z 'I ^''^ """^^
j,vm a person 1 heard offmny them for
6
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
a tartan plaid, Z hercavZ^ t °* ■/ t T "'"""' """"^ •"'*
the chin, a pi^Tf ZsZ^J'I •' " ""''' ^* '''"'•' '« »«'"•
lively and inteZZ I^i'd ''T "■"' "'" ''""'' ""<' "'""'M^y
/<!•• mair reason to he harm, th„^ J. T ,' , ■"""> ""^ !/« "m
o' <•' J«mV Udies, and can wS,^ /T ""' '"^ "" ^«™<
<im«i7 .*« / L mo« »uJ 11, ^^f^r'e convermiion,
^neihlc convermtim, TJ (SaS ^fT *""' f'" °« "■»»"''^
and. he said gTaZh ^atZ^l„ '^" countenance ^.ddenly clondeil,
ta your kuslArZ £^2' "' ""' " ^"™ '^'"*-;-
*(«r considermfiJZ- ZtZf"^'^*;'^' "" "*<"-^« "/o
fore, it will not be eZulZo..-^ J" ^''^ " "^"V ''«'. '^'S-
m only sisZ t7i\ZTtl{:!j'h "'" */»""'^ *«'
«<rrf«r, an,? upon beinacldl,^--^,^-"'"'""-'-^'"' **
came on, and the sister vms found guilty and con-
fC«>twEffa-.^ ,jHi t,,^
mTRODTTrnON TO THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 7
d^^; hut in Scotland six weeks must elapse between the sentence
and the execution, and Helen JValker avaLi herself ofitrZ
]-y^-yofnersister^scondeunationshe,otapeU^^^^^^^
to(^tZdT^'''^''' '^ ''' ^"^^' -^ ^^«' -^ -^^^ -^ol'Z
hnl Tf ^'"* introduction or recommendation, with her simple (per-
haps xlUexpressed) petition, drawn up by some inferior clerk of L
^ «/ t«as so strongly interested by this narrative, that I determined
vmmediately to prosecute my acquaintance vnth Hel^WalTlut
a. I was to leave the country next day, I was obliged tTdZit t^U
^«rw;r'^' ^^^ ''' ^-' -^^ ' ^-^ - ^^^^^
ToCofhltll^ r '"1 '^'^'' '''^'^'' ^ ^■"'?^*^'^^^ if Helen ever
spo/ce of her past history —her journey to London etc 'Nn ' th. J^
.Oman said, ' Helen was a wi^ body! and ^^^l^ty oUhe neebts
asked anything about it, she aye turned the conversation '
oret lljXr'^ '"'"'"'^ ^ T^'^' '""^y ''""^'^ '^ i^<^rease my re-
gret, and raise my opinion of Helen Walker, who could unite sn
much prudence ivith so much heroic virtue »
.i irot%:i:::r '^ ^'^ ^^^^-^-^ ^^«- ^^ ^^^ «*^,
vearst!r%ZT7' rK''^^^"^ '^"^^'^^^ '" ^« ^^'^^nty-six
« before the author had O^venZ nl^ tTtte:2Z:{TZ\1^
all opportunity of thanking that lady for her MhZhlu
miomng additional information. •—. <..v.v.imme
8
WAVERLEV NOVELS.
J\Mrs. Goldie endeavoured to collect further particular, nf mu.
^alker, particularly concerning her Joiney to^ ZXJ fun
ths nearly rrnpossible ; as the natural dignity of hTclaracterZd
l^r^LZl'P"''^ -^f a6z-%, .^ad:Jsoindis2h^2^Zct
her sisters disgrace with her oxon exertions, that none of her n el
hours durs ever question her upon the subject. On old uomana
distant relation of Helexi'i mJ,„h,^ ,: /•;) /■ • woman, a
hemlf7r7X'f^,. '""/'",«'«"<!'« ««"< « liberal porlion of il to
A gmlUman, a relation of Mr, aoUu\Zl, j. f ""'"'"■>■
Una m ft. North ofF,J„Z ■ ' " '"•»"'«' '« ie travel-
cowM 6e castYw raiW ,-^ /^. • ^' ^/f ''^f^ « "«^e subscription
Abbotsfokd, ^jorj7 1, 1830.
MNoteB. Tombstone to Helen Walker.]
INTRODUCTION TO THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 9
POSTSCRIPT.
AltiIOVOII U would be impossible to add much to Mr. r'«w -
p^cturesque and most interesting account of nZValh 0^^^^^^
type of the imaginary Jeanie Deans, the ^^^^4 t^aifj t
^zttzZiZ iT '""'T' '''^''^''^ that\ZeZi;ei{
Which he ha collected from a volume entitled, Sketches from Nature'
/ter way fe John Duke of Aravle <?/,.,?? Iv ' """^ "''^'
most critical moment inhiVh if j.„t iT-, ^^'^ ^^ ^"«
forfeiture of H^^^]^' "' '""' """ ''"« ""«« "« <»«««
,«% in a „„„„, is; ft i w r;r"* t/™"-
c/mracfer so distinaui'ihp^ /nA ! , "^ ^"'^ ^'^•^"- ^^'^^ «
PRELUimARY CHAPTER.
So down thy hill, romantic Aslihourn, glides
The Derby dilly, carrying six intides.
Frere.
The times have changed in nothing more (we follow as we xvnt
mm themanuscnpt 0/ Peter Pattieson) than in the rapid convm-
anee of intelligence and commmication betwixt one part of Scotland
2Z ' ' '' """' "^r ''"'''y '' '^^'y A according to
the evidence of many credible witnesses now alive, since a little
miserable horse-cart, performing with difficulty a journey of thirty
miles per daem, camed our mails from the capital of Scotland to
^ts extremity. Nor was Scotland much Jre deficient in these
ZfZ w ir ""^ r '''^' "''''' ^"^ *^^™ «^^"^ ^V^<2/ years
before. Fielding m his Tom Jones, and Farquhar, in a little
farce called the Stage-Coach, have ridiculed theslJness of these
the highest bribe could only induce the coachman to premise to
But in both countries these ancient, slow, and sure modes of
amvjyance are now alike unhnoum; maiUoach races against mail
iMrn'ff P "? •^'^'' Tr-' ^^^^-^y'' '^''^^^ '^ ^ost remote
districts of Britain. And m our village alo^ie, three post-coachee,
71 ^'Z'^^f'' '^^\ f «^ ^^^d, and in scarlet cassocks, thunder
through the streets each day, and rival in bnlliancy and noise tZ
invention of the celebrated tyrant:—
Demens, qui nimhos et non imitahilc fulmen
^re et comipedum pulsu, simularat, ejuorum.
^,.5'^ r'^ ?'!;' *" ''"^P^'^' *^ resemblance, and to correct the
ZTn7 % \'- '"^'^T '^"''''''''^ ^' ^''^ ^'^PP'^ that ti
career of these dashing rivals of Salmonet^s meets with Z undesirable
and violent a termination as that of their prototype. It is on such
hiTr^r™'' J?'i"!'"f^^^'P*" °^^=°'^"y ^°™ed tho first of the Novel but
has now been printed in italics on account of it, introductory chsracter.]
12
tR*VKKLKY NOVELS.
if
^^nk by the yra^ij influx 7\i , "^'^ '"'^^^"^ "'"^ ¥t to
breakers, or rather ^nth the fuTi/i Z^^^^ "Oainst
0/ rts career through the iS'. TheZte'''^ "' ^^^^ conclusion
^''hose humour it was to set hisfaJf T^""'""* ^''- ^''^nnanf,
speedy conveyances, had collected rT I "''"^ oppositim to these
^^ch casualties, niich, j^fo iLT r^' " ^''"^''''^^^ ^^^
chnryes the passengers' haTt]tnl ZfuslT t '''''''^^^'' ^^^^^i
coachman, and the uncontroZjnZ ; ^ "''' *^' *««""««^^ of the
cfed the guard, Md^nh'f^^t^"!;'^ "^''?^^ '^ ^'^ '^-^
tW, fraud, and peculation CallVy^'T' ' ""^''^ ^"'•^^'•,
that which gratifies the impahe^ fir^T ''"'^ ''^'^''''O- But
Prachsed in the teeth of daLerZdV/ r ""'^ disposition will he
^n despite of the aa;;^^ ^^^^^nf t"-/'"^ f """■^^■--- -<
thnr thunders round the hase o/PeZan Z ""f'n '''' "^'^^ ^^il
Frinu ; ^;;^''^"^"'^-^^«"^ ««^ Cader-Idris, but
^?ff''(cdSkuldaw hears afar
And perhaps the echoes of Ben AT •
bugle, not of a warlike chieftain but\7fi^ """' ^' "'""^^"^ by the
tv^as a fine srcmrner d^V^tStr^f 1 "" ^«^'^-«^^.
halfholiday, by the interce!^noZ ao'dl''^'''^ ^ ^^^«^"^^ «
expecedby the coach a new n jL // r^"**"' ^''^'^'>^-* /
pubhcation, and walked forv:aUnV('T '""^'"^''"'^ Periodical
^n^atience which C^el Zt delcrll tf T f " ' ''' '■ '^ '^
"^ --^ -^- ^^^%> ^^^:;rTZz:r^^j:
- «^ flrzw «Ae,« vmce and utteran^ ag£'
if-'.S'vtth stich } •.liAias thnt r > „
'%wcr..<, ,,;«-c;i, ^0 say truth ZL ''^ *^ ^'^^ ^^«^« 0/ <Ae
-/^- ^-^ conveys no VcrtpZZt^lTl'l'''''' ^'^ ^^ ^
;His honour Gilbert Qoslinn of In '^•^''^^'^^- ^he distant
■natters of in,portance,-j.r ^'"^^"'^Jeugh ; for I ,ove to be precise ia
c
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THE HRAUT OF MID-LOTHIAN. 13
TthlZr''^ Vn'^rf ""'" ^'^'^J'^'' «^ lonined the summit
nms partly through enclosures and ^./«i.^.•a,^^aTy Ja'/J J 2
openpast^^re land. It is a childish amusement pJcTl^^tt
tti^t^sTlh^;''^'T^' 7" '"''^ ^^^^^'^ -^ -^ ^^ '"
oe like theirs ?~chtldish as tt is then, I must oim I have had aren't
pleasure in watchrny the app^-oach of the carriage, where^heope^^l
of the road permit It to be seen. The gay glancing of *he eZl
t-nUa^riL M ^'"^'^' ;'^ «i'2'^«'*««<^« and disappearance at
xntervals, and he progressively increasing sounds that announce its
On the present occasion, however, fate had decreed that I shmld
rllTr ' '"''T'"''''^ '^ '^' amusement by seJTthecZct
poem, mthout the carnage checking its course for an in-ifn^T t
1^ made a ^mmer.et in good ear, at, and o«L„id soaZZt
mott, and the four wheeU in the air. The 'W(™. „( ,L j
' ■■■"■■ ^'^'^^'H/ to extncaie the inaidea by a sort of
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WAVERLEY NOVELS.
^ere tm disconsolate d!Zf^ In this raanner
leathern conveniencv Z I ■ ^.'^^yf^^'^ihewcmh of the
clothes, whichZTl'littt.f^ mm.i^a^,^2/ began to settle their
at their toilette, JorZS 7unltTTT '' '^''^^' ^^^^ ^^~«
upon by the fairsuZrs ^ ^^''^f' ^ '^«^^ ^^nce been reflected
cLgedfrJilrZ^^^^ ^'^° "^^^^ '^«^^ ^^^^ ^^•^-
0/ .cra^c;.e. an^ Jn^,-,,, \XtZ£^ mth he usual allowance
into the river Gander 2rTZl ' '"' ^'^"^^^ ^'''' P'^'^^'^d
ihe relics of JZt's^^i'j^^X''''^ "''"''^^ "'' '^^ ^^^^ ^^^
Jian apparent mntes in gurgite vasto.
passmgers, who were sfm,f nrL.. ouitwo of the imfortunate
preposterous lengtZf ZrlZcoI'' fT' "'^'' '"^ f''' '^^
latitude a^rd loLitude o their wT' T^ f"' ^^^^V fashionable
.uired little « J./«.ri^™^^^^ ^-^ ^—
^, and m^U hj ,erisZ Z fJl l^/i^Xt
tne'^Tr, tTZC:SrZTht^ -;--7^^ ^ner^seUesfrou
cation mmed betwixt thlZ ZLh f ^"^^"^W « ^W.n^ after-
<A. cause of th^ZrhZ llfl ''"'^"'"^ "^'^ ^^«'-^' ^''^^^'"^
a^^d official ionZf the ^ua^tofT ZCC^Tte P' ^ "J^!
m ./ie ^wari asmring the passennL thJZli i^i ^^""'^ '"^"^
heav^J coach which wouU paslJat tnl ^!'V 'f ''""' '^^^^ ^'^ »
pronided it were not full Qlalf. "^'i'^'J'"' ^^^«'^ half-an-hour,
for .hen the e^lIf^ralrZ/tf^^^^
^^^-^P\^^;Y carriage which profi:^^^^^ '^eT W-"
tvho had been disinterred <mt nf th. ' ;/ ^t '*^ ^^^ ^«^*««
possession to the admittance of th^Tl ; ^.^''' Kmm^i/ in
6«% much of ZnZeow!^^^^^^
reason to beliL tJeywuM tfunt^c:^ ^l'^' ''"" ""'' ^^^^
in^nadcouected, ^^^cJo^^^:;;^;^^;}^
THE HEAIIT OF MID-LOTIIIAN. 15
the other hand the lawyers rejected a seat on the roof, alleging that
they had only taken that station for pleasure for one stage, but were
entitled zn all respects to free egress and regress from the interior to
whch their contract positively referred. After some altercation ' in
which something was said upon the edict Nauto caupones stabularii
the coach went off, leaving the learned gentlemen to abide by theiH
action of damcujes. ^
They immediately applied to me to guide them to the next villaqe
and the best inn; and from the account I gave them of Hie Wallace
i±ead, declared they xvere much better pleased to stop there than to qo
forward upon the terms of that impude^U scmndrel the guard of the
Simerset. All that they nm wanted was a lad to carry their
travellvng bags, who was easily procured fr<m an adjoining cottage;
and they prepared to walk forward, when they found there Zci
another passenger m the same deserted dtuation with themselves
IhiswastheeMerlyand sickly-looUng person, who had been preci-
pitatedmto the nver along with the two young lawyers. He it
seems, Ud been too modest to push his own plea against the coach-
behind with a look of timid anxiety, plainly intimating that he was
decent in those means of recommendatim which are necessary pass-
ports to the hospitality of an inn.
I ventured to call the attention of the two dashing young blades
rTrf f J Tf' \ ^^' ^'''^'''' ''"'^^^^■^^ 'f ^^"> fellow traveller'.
1/iey took the hint with ready good-nature.
" 0, true, Mr Dunover," said one of 'the youngsters, ''you must
TithTVirf' rf ^'\' ^'"""^^ 3oandhave\ome diviner
with us-Halht and I must have apost-chaise to go on, at all evmits
ana we unit 6et you down wherever suits you best " '
_ The poor man, for such his dress, as well as his diffidence, bespoke
hvm,made the sort of ackncnoledging bow by which says a ScotSan,
Its too much honour for the like of me;" and followed humblv
behind his gay patrons, all three besprinklivg the dusty road as they
walked along with the moisture of their drenched garments, and ei
hibiting the si^uj alar and somewhat ndiculcms appearance of three
persons offering from the opposite extreme of humidity, while Z
^mmer srcn was at its height, and everything else around them had
the expression of heat and drought. The ridicule did not escape the
youy gentlemen themselves, and they had made what might be
received as one or two tollable jests on the mbject before Z, had
advanced far on their peregnnation. J rt, ut>ey naa
" rVe io^fuit complain, like Cowley," said (m of tJim "that
i
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WAVERLEY NOVELS.
their dusty roads." '^"f """""""-""ts for the hemfit of
^"'^f/erows company, too long " ^' "' '^ ^' ^«^ ^^< s«c^
^P 'ttlZ:::':^'^^^^^ >^^- ^/ ^^^^ m yon.,
and proceed to cook it to thebeTclll""''-''^ ''^^''' '^""M
entertainers seemed to be <^2thtsUlT V'T ^'^ ^'^ <"'^
*ii^ .Ae aa2/s of Steele and AddisZ L { ^^' ^'^'^ ^''"'Vlars
with the good sense, taste, and ZforJnl- '"''' f.^'^Vgaiety mingled
e^mted; and it'seemed tfbtZZZf''^'^'^^^^^^^^^^^
men of fashion and lovers of the voLt Tf' ^^' '^^'"^'^^ of
np in the thorov^h idlene^ Z'^^-f / ^^'v ^^"'^^«^' *^^^
stand is absolutely necessary totlTZ^ ! ^^'"^'^^ ""^''^ ^ ^nder-
all probability hie trZd a Z tf Z "''■ ^''^'^^^^^ ^^^^ ^n
marked the barrister inZiteV/Z !/?^''''T^ PedantryM
bustle in his companion, TdlaLfr ) ""f ''''''^^ 'f «^^^'-«
a fashi<ynahle mlture fZflmaiZ:;;:^' ""' ^'l''''^ ^'"^ ^^«^*
language of both. But ioZTZ W ""'"""^'^ ''''''''' ^"^ ^^«
cntuaZ, my companions seeZd ^Lf "' ^'f^^ons to be so
good-breeding and liberal iZtnatioTT -1 "^^.'^W mixture of
rattle pun, and jest, amuI^^ToTglTl: t""'"'''^^ '' "^^
himself can least ea^y crnnmofnd ' '""'' '^ '' ^^«< he
ne thi^pale-faced man, .^ their good-n^ture had br^ht into
i moist; this is the
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
thus incommoding hilseV coZIm^ ■^''^'''^'' ^''^
his mouth, as i/by wayof^^^^^^ ^^^ victuals to
company of his ^eriors. TZ tilaT J"' "^ '^''"^ ^'' '^'
entreaty to partake of the winelh^ ?^^T ^^T'^ '^''^^'^9 all
informed hLelf of thehoZllff T^^"''^ ^'''^y '""'^ he
attend; -. -^iti^Lt;:^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^«
the apartment. reaazness, modestly mthdrew fi-om
Poor man I" echoed Halldt—" T «,™
we an<! only client v ' *"»« V™ m™ Ae « j,o«r
-"rS'i'Sf^filT" "'^ "Ir- *« ""» ^*-'-
«ft^« residence tke Heaht o^Zt^^Z^ '^"^ '" '"■"""
tn Edinburgh ?" ^' ^' ^'^ttieson, have you been
l<^ns^ered in the affirmative.
?»»,., leading out of tke n^lT^eeLtZZp T°" *"'"""'
;;^^.«.„, ,, . ,^, „„, ^,. „, s^t-^tr:^'::^
•iKfr. Jial/at brolce in upon his leamp^ ... i .
7:ijL!^ n«_.u, irrcf ^^:7z^:
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WAVERLKY NOVELS.
1 f
'' The pi-ison," added the young latoyer—" You have hit it—tJ,.
vayevere^uiTolbooth itself; and let Je tell you, yoZouLf"^
us for descnbrj^ it M so much modestylnd brevity fTiul
y^^ lay entuely at our mercy, since the Fathers Conscript J our t
Zen:tc^T ''T'f' '''^''' '''''^ ^^-^^ -^ --^^'
existence to confirm or to confute us "
" So termed and reputed, I assure you "
Zt thauZ T'''-i i "' '"^'^'^■^''' " '''' metropolitan county
may, m that case, be said to have a sad heart "
hujht as my glove, Mr. Pattieson," added Mr. Hardie • ''and
a close heart, and a hard heart-Keep it up. Jack " '
his htf "* ""'"^'"^ ''''*'■'' "'^'^ "^"^^ '^^«^^" ^nswe^-ed Halkit, doing
>(» cmU. Us inrmtu are mmtimci shorl-lived 6«( Sfl^u'
the Heart of Mid-
give my opinion,
THE HEAKT OF MID-LOTHIAN. 19
''Infinite," replied the youjui advocnh '' itri ,
/ro?n i^/wc;i the heroine i« ,„J\! ^«^^^/^''«, the hurmivg fever
course. I Join ^Z^ VZt iZ7ahi''''Z '\ ""^ ""''''' '^
propensity to hone whJhZ, .'' "''^ ^"'''' «'^ ^»^^«c%
whlh carZfJjs^^^^^^^^ '' '"'I 'V'^y^'P'^^^ thecorJc-jacket,
affiictionP HetllTL^^^^^ '^' **"^^«^^ «/
much than Jlt^tr^^^^^^ ^-
J/«c/i A««e I feared, but am no more a/raid,
When some clutste beauty by some vnetch betrayed
Indrawn away with such distracted speed, ^'
I hat she anticipates a dreadful deed,
^ot so do I-Let solid walls impound
f^f^^Ptivefair, ami dig a nwat around;
Letth^re be brazen locks and bars of steel
And keepers cruel, such as never fed ;
With mt a si,ufle note the purse supply.
And when she begs, let men and imids deny ■
Be windows therefrom which she dare 7wfall
And help so distant, 'tis in vain to ccdlT
Still tneans of freedom will some Power devise
And from the baffled ruffian snatch his prZ
a J f '' "^ f uncertainty," he concluded, - is the death of interest ■
and^hmce ^t happens that no one now reads novels " ^ '
Hear hm, ye god. !" returned his companion. - 1 assure vou
20
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
under fc IZ 7a SXt ./"""f ' .""' "'" "'^^0 >«
m^«n..-nc« rr L%J r ; ^^'''^^''«^ '<=<^ords of human
v^hcre every now and tl iJ I' "' '"^ '^'' ^''^'' '^ Adjotcmal,
and tnJoflrZre far ""7 ^^ f"^'' '^ '^'' ^""^^^ ^««^^
" In a inrT ^ y '^"''^ appropriate materials ?"
looking bach on the IZTZl ' '^*'^' '^°^ *''^ ^""^^ '^^0,
from virtu Ti^hLZ 'not I ''"f "^^"^ "^ '^ ^'^^"'^^ ^'^^
of their inn cencewZdtTdedl^^^^^^^ ''^''' '^'^^^^
doom vMch theyZe Tund^f '''^'^'^'^^ «* ^'^^ ^^ndeserved
deserved it, an/ra!l^L 1 wT' j""'''''"^^^^^ ^^^^-^ «% ''«^ ^"^
powerful, and agitating feelings canbTrlS T "^ t'' ^'^'
era<i7ii7 a correspondim, Zfh ^^ ^/ "^''"'^"^ '''''^ P'^^^ed without
interest ?-Oh!ToZ7waT ill {f/-r?^^^^^^ ^"^ ^^^'^^^^'^
.om. time' to conL ^ It ZT: vf , " ""f " « ^^^^^'^Z-
inv.Ui.. of the m.st arZ tZ^lT'T^''^ T '-^'^"^
prasvalehit." "««fl'tnafwn. Magna est ventas, et
"•"■, """"10/ this mtereammt attach to Scolluh
THE HEART OP MID-LOTHIAN. 21
jurisprudence than to thnf nf .,.,>, .,i
W starts 0/^nc, a'f^- ^;:^, : 7:;-^^ -^ 7^-
onlinary description, winch are precis hZ tn li '^.,''\ '''^"^
u. Men with miku, i^uZ^l^a^l^ t.f '''''[ 1 ""^^^
highly civilised country ■ her suhiecthn} ''''' ^'"' ''"''^ longer a
to laws adndnistered IdthL t T ''' "^'"^ '"^'''^^^ «"^'=««*^«
robbers form a distinrt ./, ! • / \ , '"^ '''' '^'''^ ^'""^^^ ""^
w«& TO« rise Sh n.?7 ' i '""• " «"«" '""^i- »/
^nrf </w«'s a/i ^Ae ^^o^ you have obtained from three verusah nf
the Cammentarzes on Scottish Criminal Juriir2hnce2^Zf/
companion. *' I sunnntp fh^ z.^,.,, 1 \, '"y™"«wce/ said his
,J/'"l"V'^''P'''''>f'l^'-'t,"sc,id the elder hmer "that h.
wilt not feel sore at the commrison Jl„i „. '""^f" •*«' "<
% I miy not he interruS'Tl., , ™ '"' "' '*' '■"•' ' '
Scottisk llleetion ^ S Cclfb " "^^ "r f '"'^' ""'"' "^
23
WAVERLKY NOVELS.
' I
f I)
lawym join in alleging as « reasm for the sevtritu .t
enactments. IVhen I cmie tn h-.n, 7 '''«/«'«^% of sortie of our
and dangerous, as heseZlllT X "'""■''' '" rnysterious, deep,
each relr shall hZ7ra.Tl'' T"^ '''" ''' '^« *^'"''^ «/
skin.-But, hi tlZltTtt ^ J^~ '^-^^^-^ into goose
that the chaise is ready" '^^'"^' "^'^ tidings, I ^,^ose,
hal\ZZnZ^}orli7pl%T'''^^^^^ "''' -o chaise could be
lord's two pa!n/LresZ7li^"^ had carried forward my land-
his ^^Atr^
strings h hil aZMsZcZZVli'r^ ''''' ''l'/^ «-/
Peter was thus placed in T/JZ/ l *^^^^»«^- Now Sir
aft. having coZlTarZ'^^^^^^^ -^
is^ddenly recalled by an invZ^oliZtr^r'^'-^^^^
He was obliged in camem.^r. J 7 '"*/"^ hereditary dominions.
of Bubblebnlgh, To ll^lZlu ^Zt^r t Jt""^ '^^'"^^
two pairs of horses which 17 '"'fi''f^''fOh of Bitem, and the
burgh v^JnZo^u^ltaiZ^J'""' that morning to Bubble-
valet, his jester and hi hardjlf ''-^^^ort him, his agent, his
Thecauseif tM^d^JZn^:';:^ ^::Z^ '' ^''^'
as it may be to th^ t^n^,.^ \.,„ • ^ ^ "^"* consequence
rest of the evenvL / ^ImZfll i '""""f '"^ ^' ^'"^ > <^«
they Lew the MLnjo}ZpoJ^^^^^^^ ^^"^^ T'^^^^ '^
himself to his pocket to recov J the ZZL f ^-T'^*'^^'" ''^^^^
had stated his cause. ''"^ '' ^""'^ ^''"^ '^^^^h he
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 23
"F« has hem a camlidate for our icn.dluni misorabile" said
Mr. Harche,^< commonly called a cessio bonornm. As there Ire
drvrnesrcho have doubted the eternity of future punishments otZ
Scotch laujers seem to have thonrjht that the crime of poverty W
6« aW/or 6, something short of perpetual impriLLu/ 7fer
a month s confinement, you must know, a prisoner for debt i entitled
on a .^cffiaent statement to our SupreL Court, setting fTrt the
amount of hs funds, and the nature of his mi formes an st
;; I had heard" I replied, - of such a humane re^julatimi."
Yes, said Ilalht, '< and the beauty of it is, as the foreign fellow
But what, are you puzzling in your pockets to seek your onlv
mmonal among old playbills, letters requesting a mee^ofZ
l^^^H rules of the t^peouMi^e Society,* syllalL of lectureVaU
LSri: /'"'r{ " r^^ ^^ocat^spocketUich c.. J
7,X Ih \ -^ "'"^ bank-notes ? Can you not state a case of
cessio witho^U your memorial ? Why, it is done every Saturdc^
7 he events follow each other as regularly as clochwork, atd one form
of condescendence might suit every one of them " ^
Jfl^'^VV'f' ^^'' ^^'■'■^'2/ of distress ivhich this gentleman
stated to fall under the consideration of your judges," said I
S S ' r^r? ^'T'' '^ ^ ^^^^ «^^ three-taiXed
sir^U^ ^~^i '^''''^ ''"' ^''^ '^i^rneyman weaver-made
some little money-took afm-m.^f^ conducthigafarm, likeTivZ
am, comes by nature)-lat. severe times-induced to sgnhuIwZ
a friend, for which he received no value -landlord seqlestZT
creditors accept a composition-pursuer sets up a pillZZZlJs
ana sixpence— his debts amount to blank— his losses to blank— hi,
funds to blank-leaving a balance of blank in his fell Aere^
r^rX" '■ '"' ^'"■^^^'>--« ^^-« 9rant commission to ta^
.J!7^'' TZ 'T''''^ ^^'' ineffectual search, in which there was
perhaps a litle affectation, and told us the tJ.e of poor Dunov2
o^hamM of as unprofessional, mingled with his attempts at wit, ard
* [A well-known debating club in Edinburgh.]
u
WAVKHLKY NOVELS.
did him more honour Jt ,„^. y .
"sj^lall the usual means hy 2i^^t^^''^ ''''''> ^^^ -^ vai;,
yet had never succeeded hevond h.n ''''^'''''' indi^endence
During a IHef ,ka,n 0/ Z .I^IJ ^""'T' ^"^ ^"''^ ^«^-'«'-^2
had added a^oi/e and fLilyl u^l^^^^^ f ,"''"«^ prosperity, hi
overcast. Evcrythi>u, reuZlZTl'\ "'' '^"'^' '^'"^ ^««'W
after catching at each twin «,. / ^ • ^"^ ^nsolvait deburs • an,i
fueling //..,i, ?r nr2;ri?fr"T ^^^^-^^-'-^ ^"o^^r^
ofKardie. <^^ncateU by the professional exertions
^ord, alone reached mine '""i'w-^o, Interest with my
gaged him in a conversation, X/llr '' "'^^ ^^'"'^""^^^ ^■
hndness with which he was treated mn 1'''^'^^"^'^ hj the
l^s share to the amusem.U 0/ Itf ^f "7'; '?■? '' ^°^'^^^^^«
have their ancimt traditims W 2" . t' ^'^' "^'^^^ ^^«'^«^,
^Hrferf rfo.^^>^ one setZtheZ^i'^f, \ f ^■"^«^^"^«^^^^, and
occupy their cells. Some of tZewZtl ^'^'''' '' '^' ^^^ ^ho
tnteresting, and se^-ved to ilLtmlet^^"'^ r"""'" "^i^oned, were
^h^ch Hardie had at hisZZenJ^^aTT-i f .^^^«^'^^^ trials,
<^lso well skilled in. Th^^Zr of T '' ' '''' companion was
^ening till the early hour wZ Air T'"'''''? ^"'''^ ^^^V the
<ind I also retreated totaZll ^'''"'^ '^'''' to retire to rest
learned in or./jl.Ltl';::,:rrf "^ ^^ '''^' ' "^
^y chef amusement to collect d^Tf '"'•' ''^'''' '^ had hem
you..g me. ordered a brZl\:t M^eT '''"''' "^'^ '""'
cards, and commenced a game Tpi^^ft "^"^' ^^'^ « P<^ck of
THE HEART OP MID-LOTIIIAN. 25
Aim a mall «/??.; /I T ' ^ "'^''''*^ ^"^ '»^«*^«^ <o obtain
thZ %7 V-^ -("^ ^''' ^'"'''^ maintenance of his familv • and
m<A an advocate and a writer to the%lZ7 tT ' f '°^^''''y
THE
[l[D)°L(g)r[H][I/^IN]
Who has e'er been at Paris must needs know the GrAve.
I he fatal retreat of th' unfortunate brave,
Where honour and justice most oddly contribute,
io ease heroes' pains by a halter and gibbet.
There death breaks the shackles which fone had put on.
And the hangman completes what the judge but began :
There the squire ol' the pad, and the knight of the po.t,
t md their pains no more baulked, and their hopes no more crossed.
PniOK.
^oftT^r -^''' ^^"^^'"^ Y'^ ^'' '^^^""^' **^ ^'"'^h the devoted
yictims of justice were conducteci in solemn procession up wliat
ormr: Yl "^^"^ ^*^"'- '" ^^^"^"^-^^' -'^'Se open'st'eet
or rather oblong square, surrounded by high houses, called the
Gra^smarket was used for the same melancholy purpose It
was not 111 chosen for such a scene, being of considerable extent
and therefore fit to accommodate a great number of spectators
such as are usually assembled by this melancholy spectfcTe On
the other hand, few of the houses which surround it were even
m early times, inhabited by persons of fashion; so that those
hkely to be offended or over deeply affected by such unpleasant
by them. The houses in the Grassmarket are, generally speak
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WAVEBLEY NOVELS.
b^? rock on which^t^g^l^^^^^y the «o,then. «de oJ^'Je
battlements .^d turreted wX of Zf ' ^^ ^^ ^^^ moss-grown
^ It waa the custom mitn!Sf t. • f.* ^''^^* fortress,
abouts, to use this S£detr^. '^''' *^^ ^^^ or there
The fatal day was ai^o^td t tt '""".r^.P^^^o ^^eo^tbi
tius apparatus was alwaysSS w'"^*^^ executio^ris'
the gaUows had grown ourSfh^ fl" .^'^°' '^ «^«^«d as i?
rught, like the pf^dSion of some^!^?i "^ '^' ^°"^« ^f one
remember the fright with which^L "1 ^f/^""^ ^^ I well
one of their number, Cd^o Ltd f^^'y'.' ^ben I was
deadly preparation. On the S J/^''lr^'"" «^^ of
fUows again disappeared a^d 11 ' *^/ "^^^^^^^on the
darkness to the place where ifLT ',?T'^ ^ «i^ence and
one of the vaults'underte P^CeS ^'^'^^> ^^^'^ ^^
Tim mode of execution is nowSlf dT' '' ''^^ ^^ J"««««-
m front of J^ewgate,--with wW hS • ?' T '"^^^ to that
The mental fiuffering^ ofZcZiof^t-'l '?'* ^ "^''^rtain.
no longer stalks between the atSl/ i""^''^ '^'"^'^'^ ^
grave-clothes, through a coLMe^l^ olergymen, dressed in his
bke a moving and lalW^o^f th^f* of the city, Iook£^
tbis world; but, as thTStwT": ^ ^^ ^ inhabitant of
view the prevention of eS H? '! P^^ment has in
whether, in abridging the Schl ^ ^* ^"^^ ^' doubted,
part diminished that aPDam^l .1 7 ceremony, we have not in
!« tbe useful end of auTu^^flt l^^'V^^ '^''"^'''^ ^^oh
which alone, unless in v^^ pa^fel,' ""• '^^^^^^^^t^on of
be altogether justified ^ P^'^"^^^ cases, capitaJ sentences can
;«ons):^^^^^^^^^^^^ ominous prepar.
and yindicti^e'showKtSatt^^^^^^^^ 'i? ^^^«* ^^^^ « «te™
populace, whose good natwT Tn^ ?^ "^^"^""^ ^^^^ed by the
the condemned pfrson^rdw,,)^'' '"^""i. ^''^'^ ^^^ ^riie of '
act of which thfe^ectTd ctw tl h" '^ "^^.^^- ^"^ ^^ «
^I-pt.n calculate -ari;rclX'rarkr^^^^^^^
THE HEART OP MID-LOTHIAN. 29
the resentful feelings of the multitude ThP f«l« i= ^.n ^
Contraband trade, though it strikes at the root of leritinat^
gOTcrament, by encroaching on its revenupi. rtl„i, .f .™™
the fair trader and debauches the S o?tto°:fij^T^:'
bT«e^:'inT^^tl1usTLt r -"^ the ™i^T^, Sjjj
north'ard"?t^.f ^^'' ^T^'^ ^^ *^« firtl^^ «n the south and
«T: V ^ f ''^ '"^ ""^ *^« <^^*' and having a number of small
SteiTiTh' ^^^-^^^^^ successZS^VcoXl^
th^re who C wn S W ""'"'."^f y '^^^^^ ^^^^ residing
tW Til! ? been pirates and buccaneers in their youth
attention that .<• il!S l ^"^ suspicions and watchful
tag TllTf^f f",*"^' opportunity i^ seldom Lg^t
mumrjdX S a I' Sr'ut "f "?f ° "^ ""^ "'«"'
,, vYitu a conn.derablc wum of public money m hif.
M
WAVEKLEY NOVELS.
custody Ao fkfl *
«°«b wiiei h^ b™:™L7of f "^r?'' «» value of the
Which jCotfts*- '"^^^ -^^i^uSS:-^,r^
the customs, conceiving hhliTi^J^ ^^^- ^^« o^cer of
bedroom window, and &edm Z "", ?f ^«^' escaped out of his
^th much ea«e, posseS Th. 'i *' '" *^^* *^« plunderers
pounds of public mCr The rSf''' '^ "^°^* two TunS
audacious mamier, for several n^r^^"^ ""^ committed in a v^^
^t the time. But Bob^S ?"SJ5« P-3ing in the'^^^
f a dispute or fray betwiyf /i,r?i ,, "^^ ^^^ »o^e they heard
bou^e, the worthy citSeW pl^°"««*°^ ^'^ t^e peopl7of^e
caUed on to interfere rbeffiffrT ^'l* t^^mselvL no way
«o, satisfying themselvesldth th,?' '^^'^""^ ^«^««u« offi^^
the matter, like the LevitTin J? ""^^ superficial account o/
opposite side of ?he way "^*^^P^*We, they p.^sed oTtht
"Military were called m^hede^^"^^ ^^ ^*^ Wh rivS
recovered, and Wilson and SK**""'.^"™ P™ed, thetoTy
of death was to beLc^K 1 S'oS" "V^^* *^--S
for their escape, were traiLmSed^i!f ""^^^^^ts necessary
friend from Avithout. By St '''!^*^ ^ the culprite by?
?^;;/theprison-windoA^^4tatT *^'^ r^^ ^ ^ out o?
for the obstinacy of Wilson wf.^^ J ^''''^ "^^^ their escape but
doggedly pertinLio J^f^J^l^^^^^ -- daringly resol^^'wi'
^-- ^t .om the on.id^^^:S;^- ^J^^^^d^^
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 3J
parage. Wilson, however, insisted on making the first exDeri-
ment, and being a robust and lusty mm, he not only found U
unpossible to get through betwixt the bars but, by his stSe
he jammed himse^ so faat, that he was un'able to draw Kdy
^L ^' ffi • *?''' circmnstances discovery became unavoS
able and sufficient precautions were taken by the jaUor to pre-
vent any repetition of the same attempt. Robeiion utt<^S
not a word of reflection on his companion for the consequeTc^
of h^ obstmacy ; but it appeared from the sequel, that wZ7s
mmd waa deeply mipre^ed .vith the recoUection that, bu^Jo
fcniTT^': r' ^^'^^ "^^^ ^' '^'''^^ considerable i^
fluence, would not have engaged in the criminal enterprise which
had termmated thus fatally; and that now he had becomThis
destroyer a second time, since, but for his obstma^^y Robertson
exercised m evil practices, sometimes retain the power of think-
ing and resolving with enthusiastic generositV^ hL wMe
we without the leaat respect to his own. The resolution which
he adopted, ^•^d the manner in which he carried it into Sfect
were stnkmg and unusual. '
AcUacent to the tolbooth or city jail of Edinburgh, is one of
thrae churches into which the cathedral of St. Gil^ is now
divided called from its vicinity, the Tolbooth ciurch It w«
the custom that criminals mider sentence of death were broulht
to this chm-ch, with a sufficient guard, to hear andTob i^ Pul
he worship on the Sabbath before execution. It wCiuppos^
that the hearte of these unfortunato persons, howeveT SenS
before against feelings of devotion, col not but be Icc^ble to
alZ ""^l ^'^S their thought, and voices, for hXt ttl
along ;nth their feUow-mortals. in addressing their Critor'
And to the rest of the congregation, it was thought it coddTnoi
but be impressive and affecting, to find their devotio^ mkglS
with those, who, sent by the doom of an earthly tribunS tf ai
evTedS ^^ '\*^' T^ °^. '*^^y- The practice, ho^
ever edifymg, has been discontinued, in consequence of thi.
mcident we are about to detail ^^^isequence ot the
Churpr^^w^^', ^}T ^"*J '^ ^^ ^ °ffi^^te in the Tolbooth
S? i' V^^?°°«l'\ded an affecting discourse, part of whichwaS
particiUarly directed to the unfortunate men, WOson an7Rob^
son, who were m the pew set apart for the Der«on« h. f^.T
A'V-
'^>*^^'M!htikf^^>-^-
88
WAVEELEY NOVELS.
happy situation, each secured hetwhf f ^. 1 1-
guard. The clergvman haflrfT-^^ !r ^°^^'«" of the city
fregation they rSfol^lZl'tlf'V^''- *^« ^«^* «««
'Vyust; that the psalL thiv now i, f °^ *^' J"«*' ^r of the
the space of two brieTdav?^ T. J'^l "?"«* ^ exchanged, in
lamentations; and jJLt &^°^/^^^ or fteiS
the state to which thermS^t^bf^rT^^^'^''^''Pon
before the moment of a^ SLtnK **l ^""^ *^«^ ^^^
despair on account of thrTddSl 7.^ *^"* *^^^ «^°"^d not
to feel this comfort in tSk S^ fw T"'^^^' ^"* ^^ther
lifted the voice, or be^t the LTeT^o? ' ?^°"^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^
under the same sentence of cerLindpT?/'"'' ?*^ ^^^^'^ %
vantage of knowing the Ld^^l^*^ ^^"^ ^^^^ ^^d the ad-
executed upon thel "Sjf^^f at which it should be
voice trembling with emotiSr« Xm^l ?' '''^ "^^' ^^
brethren, which is yet left • anr? Jl!!^ the tmie, my unhappy
of Him to whom space and h1 '"?'"' *^^*' ""'^^ the gi^ce
-ay yet be a^surerev^f inThe 'pHtL"* "r^V"^' «^^^-"
laws of yom- countiy afford you!" ^ ""^ ^'^^^ ^^^«^ the
BeemSroTeXstStlTtTn^ ^«* ™on
or whose thoughts weTdeenWfl^^'''''''^*^^^ "leaning,
subject ;-an elpresS so Stet S "^'^^ T^ «^«°*
with a more fixed ooTat the Z^ •' •^'^^^^ *^«^ «"rio^%
^ their guards, rose up, ^ tf toTenr^"'^'' Z^' "°^' «^ -«"
permit them. A murm ,7^? ^^ ^^^» the crowd should
alleviating circumstances ofTei^.tS ",f f'^^* «^ *J^«
who, as we have already noticed^!: J ^" ^* °°'«' Wilson,
two of the soldiers, one wfth 2ch ITJ "^7 '^^^ °^^°' ««i^«d
tune to his compaiJion, '^Run G^?' and caUing at the same
a third, and f^tened hTteeth f ^'/^ ' . ^'^^ ^^^««"' ««
Robertson stood for a second «!lf fi? a^^ '^"^^ of his coat.
avail himself of the opportSnit^ nJ "''^'''.*'"«^' ^^^ unable to
nin ! "being echoed ^T^J ^onnTj,'''' ^''t''^ '' "«"-'
-edwith thedispe^L^tiSeXtrrfrj^^^^^^^
.1
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHUN.
,. , SB
^ea It'o^^LTlSh'^^^^^^^ ^^-- ^- ^- life,
The generous il^it^tm2\yZ^^^^^ rf' .
occasion augmented thft fJ]ir.^y wubon Had displayed oa thia
are easdy enffaffed on thp «iMp rfA- r?J™^f ^^e not concerned,
admired ViS^bla^o^u^^^^^^^ ^ '."""^^
This general feeling waa so S thnf ^f Robertson's escape,
that Wilson would be rTscuef at ;h« S T'*'^^ ^ ^^^« ^^P^^
the mob or by some of S!? *^e/a«e of execution, either by
ordinal, an^^ =pS t^r^fTente^^^ ^^^^^
his own part. The mairi«+ro+<.» +u "'"''^^"^tfl and courage on
protection of the execution n?tt. I "? °"'^''«'i »»'. fcr
their own City 4:^7™^ 2 ""? *•"= S'"""' P"' of
a man whoae CotZft^o'^S ft^^Thf r^T'
circumstances of thP rkv 0^.1 r^^^^Die irom the melancholy
oece»aa^taVald'"ru°t\&rrt " "^l"'
he commanded. But thfi «nK,-o„^^ • ^ • ' ^ *^® ''o^'Ps ^h ch
deserve another c^tei "^ "" '^ importance sufficient to
CHAPTER SECOND.
A^d thou, great god of aqua-vit® \
Wlia sways the empire of this city
(When fou we re sometimes capemoity).
Tnh.A . Piepared,
To hedge us fraetim black banditti,
The City Guard I
Fbbgusson's Daft Days.
o^Sr^b^llXrXer^ rT'""'' ^ *^^ ^-dition.
waa theson ofrcTtizero^E^b^^^^^^^^^ °l"'"^j^^ jurisprudence,
him up to his own mecham>Jl S' ^^"^ ^^^^^youred to breed
howeyer, had a .Td andSi^l^^^ ' *^"°'' '^^« ^^^t^^
which finally senT^hi^1oTe"':^th: S^f *'^ *° ^^^^^ *^-
the seryice of the States of TT^n!.^^ ^°°^ maintained in
Dutch. Here he Wd lim ^^ ^?. "^'^ ^^^ Scotch
afterwards, in the courTe If ^ ^7 ^''"^^'^ ^^^ returning
natiye cit^. his LS 4^- ^'«. a^d wandering life, i,, hJ
vouvii. ^ ' ''^"^'^ ^>^ *^e magifltrates of
o
84
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
Edmburgh m the disturbed year 1715, for disciplining theli
City Guard, m which he shortly after^va;ds received a^ptain'a
conuniBsioD. It was only by his militaiy skUl and an S^d
resolute character as an officer of policT, that he merited tWs
promotion, for he is said to have been a man of proflSe habitT
an unnatural son, and a brutal husband. He w^ howeve^'
useftU m his station, and his hai^h and fierce habTts render^
him formidable to rioters or disturbers of the public peace
The corps m which he held his command is, or perhaps we
eoimers, divided mto three companies, and reffularlv armpd
w w 1 corps having the benefit of working at their trad^
when they were off duty. These men had the charTof nrf
mg, n short, as an armed police, and attending on all nubl^
pected.* Poor Fergusson, whose irregularities sometim^ iTd
hmi mo unpleasant rencontres with thSe miTai^ToiTrTati™
^ tel^°t'' ""^ r^ °^^"*^°^ '^'^ '0 oftenVarh?may
be tenned their poet laureate,t thus admonishes his reade™
warned doubtless by his own e^erience ._ '"""^ """^ ''^^''^'
" Gude folk, as ye come frae the fair
,„Bide yont frae this black squad :
■There s nae sic savages eldewhere
Allowed to wear cockad."
lix fact, the soldiers of the Citv GuaH t^pino. „» u
said, in general discharged veterZ, whf ha^Ttlnl'Lo^^^^
remammg for this municipal duty, and being morS fTit
greater part, Highlanders, were neither by WrtT eduSion Jor
former habits, trained to endure with much pattnce Te'^X
and ^dl^H^^ % '^'J'T^S petulance of tmrschoo^l^
of the poor old feHows were som^ed b^the ^Ji^ iL^^^^
which the mob distinguished them on mLy ^clS,'^!^
wl^A^l^^^^ -«^ colonel 0, the co^,
H. No other drum but theire wL nlln^fi T ^? **'*' *™^ required
brtween the Luckenbooths and the NeJheTSw ''""' '" *'^ ^'«'' «*«^
t I Robert Pergiisson. the Scottish Poet, bora 1760, died 1774J
■or disciplining theli
i received a captain's
kill and an alert and
that he merited this
1 of profligate habits,
He was, however,
srce habits rendered
le public peace,
id is, or perhaps we
hundred and twenty
id regularly armed,
y veterans who en-
•king at then- trades
the charge of pre-
treet robberies, act-
nding on all public
bance might be ex-
ities sometimes led
lilitary conservators
often that he may
Dishes his readers,
being, as we have
3 strength enough
moreover, for the
rth, education, nor
atience the insults
truant schoolboys,
hom their occupa-
fcraiy, the tempers
indignities with
»ccasions, and fre-
colonel of the corps,
1 the times required
on the High Street
died 1774.1
t ^°^ H«^T OP MID-LOTHIAN. 39
; C%?^^ ^^"^^ '^- -thing stains of the pet we
Gie not her bainw mc deadly paiks '
Wi firelock or Lochabor-axe,
^ „ As spiU their bluid I"
recreatlon^ith tCl,Tlf'^^CT\lZ' '^'^^^
perhaps see the light when manv I.nvi j ; J^^^^J^^ may
onsets as we allude t? But Yhn l? T^ ''ecollection such
the contention waT held ml n/ f ^^^' '''^'' ^*^ ^^°^
extinct. Of latrtho^rn^. T^r •''' .^° considered as totaUy
remind; one of the aLwn' fT"*^°? '^ ^'^^^ '^^' ^oS
The edicts of a h sutedTAet o^ ^tK' ^""^^^^ ^«ht«-
of Goneril and Kein, feh^^^^^^^ ^f^^ like those
Bimilar question, - What need ifi T^ ' ^^^ ^^^ *^«
five?" And it 'is now nearly t^e fo "^^"4^*^'-''^'-^'
spectre may indeed hrm ami fiT .-^J , ^^^* ^^^^ one?" A
headed ani ^e^eildtigfcd'ef ^thT' °' ■" ^" ^^■
but beat double by age ■ dS ,„ !n u 5 ??'-'"'"' features,
bound with ^m/t^XZ„ZZ''t!^^7^ '^^■^'
coat, and breechea r.t 7 . ij , ™' ""' ■" "<«*, waist-
wittWhi;T:S"aii r^tsja wb b"^-* *" "^
pole, namely, with an ax« ,t tlS f I » Lochaber-aie ; a long
back of the hatclet . Suel a nw""^'^'' " "'»'' ^' '"»
ereeps, I haye been infomed Iml fl * . '^°T'" "^^ ''i"
Second, in the ParliCrSi„ri ?fM""?° °^ "^i^'^ «"»
were the last refcse for »t„T.™ ' -^ , *° ""^^ "^ » Stuart
and one or twoothe,; «.?^ T' "^ "" ""*"" nanners
the guard.hoZ„S.eTtnr„f-'°f''°, "•»'"'' «» "»<» »
their .eient reCSe '^X^t !?: ^T^^^J^^-
staff of his weapon, ' *°" "wmging himself up by the
. . _ ^, . , " Jockey to the ftilr ;•
S6
"WAVERLEY NOVELS.
Silfab Tt"/;*' '^'^"!'*^'^ '' ^"^"'^^ -"J «-«cutors is no
stz z-cz j'rs i.K' --ns.*?
of his corps seems to have bppn r m^Har. i- "f.^^^'^^^ ^^
2?t V . • , '^ "''"''** *" ?">"'<i the gaJlowB and scafihH
%
THE HEABT OF MID-LOTHUy. 87
the madstratl irJ S'"'^ command ov permission of
was appointed to Xr Port ^l''*^.?"'"'^^ ^^«" Wilson
what fr ?ted w ti tS sr/ifT '''' ?r"^' ^^ ^^« «°"^^
languid than to or fierce On ^ ^^^^' ^^ '^"^ '"*^«'
it seemed to those who sTw him «. ?f r''"* ''*'^^°"' ^°^«^«^'
evil dpmnn H- i ^ ™ ^ ^^ ^® ^^re agitated by some
h]^coSanfe7^? ^e^r^ '^ T^ ^°^°- ^^^ 4>ken
perfect id co^S aid hSlT^ '"^ ^^' ^ «P«««^ i"^'
that.many rXVhe mtd^lTTVkS^^^^^
nec^sity ^ ' '^'"''^ ™P^« ^^ some irresistible
One part of his conduct wan tnily diabolical if in^on^ •* i,
not been exafffferatpd hv +v,n «.««. i ^r".^^> " mdeed it has
his memoi^^ When w^i^^^ general Prejudice entertained against
to liim b/ he kee^rof th«^ r^^^ "T"^^^' "^ ^'^^^'"^
conducted^to thepC of mcuSn%nZ^'' * Y ^^. f ^^* ^«
the usual precautions fn ^t ?' "^^^^^^ not satisfied with
manacled! Sr^Thtl^Sl^ '''T', ^ to be
bodily strength nf r„SeC?^^' ^T *^« «^^ter and
^ " ■ ^^elactor, as well as from the appro-
38
WAVEKLEY NOViiLS.
S^rlTi /'"^u^ entertained of an expected rescue. But
the han Icufffl which weio produced being found too small for
wSfhTif 1 "''," '° ^^-^""'^ ^ ^^"■^«"' ^*«^teous proceeded
fT«^^i. r ""f"' T^ ^y ^'^^ '^^^^^^^^ «^ ^t'-^Dgti to force
iihann!L- ^^ ch^ped together, to the exquisite tortuie of the
2.T1.T™"'! ,^Vilson remonstrated agairiatsuch barbarous
sSw*'"?-.*^.'^ *^' P"*" ^^'*'''^^*^^ ^^"^ "^o"gI^te from the
subjects of meditation proper to his unhappy condition
It signifies little," repUcd Captain Porteous: "your pain
will soon be at an end." ' ^ ^
"Your cruelty is great," answered the sufferer. " You know
not how soon you yourself may have occasion to ask the mercy
Sve you r ""'^ ^^ ^^^ *' ^ fellow-creature. May God
These words, long afterwards quoted and remembered, were
^ that paased between Porteous and his , isoner; but ai they
took air, and became known to the people, they greatly increased
S«L.rf ^•^"^r^^^''" ^' ^^°"' ^^ «^«ited a proport rate
degree of mdignation against Porteoas ; against whom as strict,
^LoTni;?^'"*, ^, '^' '^'''^''^' '^ ^^ ""P°P^^ office, th
Z^ahit!^^ '"""' '''^' ^°^ '"'^^" ^^^^ «^"«^ «>*
When the painful procession was completed, and WUsou
with the escort, had arrived at the scaffold b th^ GrassmS'
there appeared no signs of that attempt to rescue him which had
occasioned such precautions. The multitude, in general, looked
on with deeper interest than at ordmaoy executioL; and there
might be seen on the countenances of many, a stern and in-
digiant expression hke that ^ith which the ancient Oameronians
might bo supposed to witness the execution of theii- brethren
who g orified the Covenant on the same occasion, and t th^
ame spot. But there was no attempt at violence. Wilson
hmise^ seemed disposed to hasten over the space that divided
tune from etermty. The devotions proper aid usual on™h
oc^ions were no sooner finished than he submitted to his fate,
and the sentence of the law was fulfdled
denrili!f'l? r? 'T'^'^f •'^ *^^' ^^'^''^'"^ ^^'^g «« to be totaUy
nS? • f' ^!r ^* "*"'«' ^ '^ occasioned by some newly
received mipulse, there arose a tumult among the multitude
mr«Ivf' '' T' '^''r '' P°^°"« ^^'J '^ guaidar^me
mischief was done; and the mob continued to press forward
with whoops, shrieks, howls, and eaclamaiions. A young feUow
'isamtmsmsi^ ■
pected rescue. But
found too Binall for
Portcous i)roceedod
3f strength, to force
uisite torture of the
linat such barbarous
s thoughts from the
condition,
•teous; "your pain
ferer. " You know
)u to ask the mercy
•eature. May God
remembered, were
isoner ; but as they
3y greatly increased
ed a proportionate
ist whom, as strict,
ipopular office, the
naginary causes of
sted, and WilsoL,
I the Grassmarket,
3ue him which had
in general, looked
utions; and there
7, a stern and in-
dent Cameronians
of theii- brethren,
?asion, and at the
violence, Wilson
pace that divided
nd usual on such
nitted to his fate,
ig as to bo totally
id by some newly
g the multitude.
Siis guai-ds; some
to press forward
A young fellow,
TUE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 80
mth a sailor's cap slouched over his face, sprung on the scattbld.
and cut the rope by which the criminal was suspended. Otheri
approached to cany off the body, either to secure for it a decent
f^rave, or to try, perhaps, some means of resuscitation. Captain
Porteous was wrought, by this appearance of insurrection
agamst his authority, into a rage so headlong as made him
lorget, that, the sentence having been fully executed, it was his
duty not to engage in hostUities with the misguided multitude,
but to draw off his men as fast as possible. He sprung from
the sctiffold, snatched a musket from one of his soldiers, com-
manded the party to give fire, and, as several eyo-witnessi con-
curred m swearmg, set them the example, by discharging his
piece, and shooimg a man dead on the spot. Several soldiers
obeyed his command or followed his example: six or seven
peraons were slam, and a great many were hurt and wounded
Atter this .,ct of violence, the Captain proceeded to withdraw
his men towards their guard-house in the High Street The
mob were not so much intimidated as incensed by what had
been done. They pursued the soldiers with execrations, accom
^led by volleys of stones. As they pressed on them, the
rearmost soldiers turned, and again fired with fatal aim and
execution. It is not accurately known whether Porteous com-
manded this second act of violence; but of course the odium of
the whole trmisactions of the fatal day attached to him, and to
him alone He arrived at the guard-house, dismissed his soldiers,
,^lr . ""^^f ^^ l'P°'^ ^'^ *^« magistrates concerning the
unfortunate events of the day.
Apparently by this time Captain Porteous had begun to doubt
the propriety of his own conduct, and the reception he met with
from the magistrates was such as to make him still more anxious
t f "'A'^T. ?' ^'^"^ *^** ^« ^^d gi^e° orders to fire •
he d med he had fired with his own handf he even produJ^'
he fuBee which he earned as an officer for examination : it was
put in hw pouch that morning, two were still there • a white
ha^c^erchief was thrust into the muzzle of the pi ce Ld r^
turned unsoded or blackened. To the defence folded on
these circumstances It w^ answered, that Porteous had not used
his own piece, but had been seen to take one from a sold^
Among the naany who had been killed and wounded by the
anhappy fire, there were several of better rank; for even the
humaiiitv of such soldiera as fired over the \mJ. of fl,a JIZ
40
i«;*«»«»„j(aite»
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
rabble around the scaffold, proved in some InfltanoeB fatal to
persons who tyere stationed in windows, or observed the melan-
choly scene from a distance. The voice of public indignation
was loud and general ; and, ere men's tempera had time to cool,
the tnal of Captain Porteous took place before the High Court
of Justiciary. After a long and patient hearing, the jury had
the difficult duty of balancing the positive evidence of many
persons, and those of respectability, who deposed positively to
the prisoners commanding his soldiers to fire, and himself firing
his piece of which some swore that they saw the smoke and
flash, and beheld a man drop at whom it w£w pointed, with the
negative testimony of others, who, though well stationed for
seeing what had parsed, neither heard Porteous give orders to
^^T!""^. 1"™ ^® himself; but, on the contraiy, averred
that the first shot waa fired by a soldier who stood close by him.
A great part of his defence waa also founded on the turbulence
ot the mob, which witnesses, according to their feelings, their '
predilections, and their opportunities of observation, represented
different y; some oescribing aa a formidable riot, what others
represented as a tnfling disturbance such aa always used to take
place on the hke occaaions, when the executioner of the law. and
the men commiBsioned to protect him in his task, were generally
exposed to some mdignities. The verdict of the jury sufficiently
shows how the evidence preponderated in their minds. Tt declared
that John Porteous fired a gun among the people assembled at
the execution; that he gave orders to his soldiers to fire bv
which many persons were killed and wounded ; but, at the mme
time, that the prisoner and his guard had been wounded and
beaten by stones thjoTvT, at them by the mult' tude. Upon this
verdict, the Lords of Justiciriy passed sentence of death against
Captam John Porteous, adj Iging him, in the common fom, to
be hanged on a gibbet at the common place of execution, on
fY'i??i'^; ^.*^ ^.?*T^'' 17^^' «^^ ^^ ^^i« "^o^aWe prop;rty
to be forfeited to the kmg's use, according to the Scottish law
in cases of wilful murder.*
* The signatures affixed to the death-warrant of Captain Porteoni. were-
Andbew F^toheb of MUton, Lord Justice-Clerk.
Bit James Mackenzib, Lord Royston.
David Erskine, Lord Dun.
Sfr Wai^ter PBroatB, Lord NewhaH
air OiLBBBT EixioT, Lord Minto.
THK JIKART OP MID-LOTHIAW.
41
CHAPTER THIRD.
"The hour's come, but not tlio man." •
Kklpib.
On the day whon the unhappy Porteous wa.s expected to snffpr
scend from the High Street, that was not abaohitelv fZl wif h
.Mmo^^l^rf ""'' «"""' "'» i™ -"« of Zo orders ga",;
aaditional effect to a scene n tself so strikino- tj,« amo !^f *i
Grassmarket resembled a huge dark Lke or «?; J area of the
in the centre of which arose^the M t co Z blacTTn Y"^"'
Amid so numerous an a.«-sembly there waa scarp^W a wn.4
spoken, save in whisc s 'Vhn thLr^f scarcely a word
desree alkvpd \Zit.o ' • °^ vengeance was in some
consulted only the evidence of his ms hShf w^ '*'^°^''
.hich, on aU ordinary occLon^^S from^ch^^trre"
thc«e woma. At the Bome .oln " ma^JLeTon'bv hTfT' *7"''>'>'^<«
language, /ey, arrived at a Rallon and Drem^Tf^ ^ ^f '***' *""• '" ^oottlsh
strance f^m the bystanders S^ of'power J S ht "r' ^""^ ''**''• ^° '^'n"""
wd perished. P**''" *° "^P •*^-»»e plunged into the stream
n
trf'ifm mmiymmw "^
I I
4S
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
flashing e™ of aliuZ ir,^„ '^' u ™' }"""' "'^ 't"™ and
revenge. It ia nmhaW^ +1, ^ xu ^'^' ^^'^ tnumphant
his favour, aad that they mkht hT^f }L ^' P^P"^^'" ^
have forgiven the n,L fL- ? \ *^® moment of death
been so ZZyllZ TZ ^^""^ '^f ^^^^*^«^* ^^
Che mutabmt/of thet sentSf« ''''^''' ?''^ ^^*^«d' ^^^a*
this triaJ. ^ sentiments waa not to be exposed to
app4ance «wlu f^ 7°^''^^^ ^° symptom of his
w^ the question wS men bP^^' *° '^f '"^ P^^^^^« J'^^^e ?"
The first answer 1 eve^v ±^ T,?"^^ 5° ^^ ^* ^^ ^t^^er.
dare not." But when ?hP nnilf ^^1 ^^^ positive,-" They
opinions were entlrtaLd rr ""^ ^^*^^^ *^^^««d, other
suggested. PoS TadCn a'^vr-^T '^^ ^°"^^ ^^^^
tracy of the citv whTniT ? • favourite officer of the magis-
reqires for ite^'s^S « T° ^ ''T''°'^ "^^ fluctuating bo^
Xch the y.^vidu?k tho c^^^^^ r^ '"" ''' ^^tifnari^
hesupposedtoposZi^tnrpeLrtl^ *^".^«
that m the Information for PortZ« /+f ^"^ remembered,
his caae wa. stated th7 Judg^^^^^^^^^ ^T'' "T'^^'!^ ^^^^^
been described by his comisel L t^! '""'^ '°"'* ' ^« ^^d
strates chiefly reUed in^ !i!f *^«.P«^«on on whom the magi-
It was argued too tW ? ^"^^y^^^^es of uncommon difficulty
WilsonSt n; t caUwtr 't ^^^^^^ ^^^^ '^
dent excess of zea ^tKc^^^^^^^^^ *« an impru-
which those under whose an Si S i^ ^"*y' ^ "^0*^^^ for
to have great sym^thrtid^l't^ ^ "'f * ^ ^^^^^^^^
move the magistrates to n.X ^/^^^ considerations might
Porteous's cT t£ tere If ^ T""^^^' representation%f
department of GoveTLe/tX '^^ ^ *^« ^^^^^^
favom-ably listened to ' ^ ""^^^ make such suggestions
at S'tim^'o^e oft'eTelU'^hi^^^^^^^ T""''' '^' ^-
and of late vears thpv W^ ^ *'°^^ '^^ ^^^^d in Europe •
THB HEART OlT MID-LOTHIAN.
43
was not altogether regarded as good service, it might certainly
be thought that to viBit it with a capital' punisLentwS
ender it both delicate and dangerous for future office^, il the
There is alao a natural feeling, on the part of all inembera of
Government, for the general maintenaiice of authorSyTS Z
seemed not unlikely, that what to the relatives of the siSei
appeared a wanton and unprovoked massacre, should be oth^
v^Tse viewed m the cabinet of St. James's. It might be theTe
supposed, that upon the whole matter. Captain Porteous wS L
the exercise of a trust delegated to hiiA by the lawful dvD
authority; hat he had been a^saidted by the popio, i^d
several of his men hmi; and that, in finally repeZg forie^y
force, hjs conduct could be fairly imputed to no othi motive
than self-defence in the discharge of his duty
These considerations, of themselves veiy powerful, induced
the spectators to apprehend the possibility of a^epriev^ ; Td to
feyour, the lower pait of the rabble added one which was
m order to increase the odimn against Pori;eous, that while he
ZZZf.T ^ '*?°f r^"*y *^« '^'^^'^' excei^Tf the
LnL 7? """^^ overlooked the license of the yomig nobles and
W^M^T l^^.^i^g *o M them the coLenanceTf
nSL ^",^^ *' ^'^' '^*^^«^' This suspicion, which w^
iWd inn nM'P"^"''^ ^'^^^^^ ''^''^^ «f the higher rank
SS^^fJn ''' recommending Porteous to the mercy of the
trown, It was generally supposed he owed their favour not to
any conviction of the hardship of his case, but to th" f^ o?
ZL '""^^°^«"* accomplice in their debaucheries. It is
scarcely necessary to say how much this suspicion augmented
tir^'°^'f i^-''''*'*^°'^ '^ *^^ ^^^^^^'^ ^^riSiinal, as^weU S
Wy.n!\f "" "'"^P"'^ *^^' ''"*^^^ pronoimced against him.
vassld L?''" ^"g^e^tf ^^«J-e stated and replied to, and can-
assed and supported, the hitherto silent e^ectation of the
peop e became changed into that deep and Stating m™
which .s sent forth by the ocean befoi. the t^npest^Tg^^
nn 1 , -f, ?r'^'^ ^^'^'^''' «^ ^ ^^^^ "potions had corre-
Tit ""-f *^' ^'^*^'^ «*^*« «f t^^eir ^^^. fluctuated to
and fro without any visibk cause of im^uke, like the aJStim
i» i r
")r«'f?"«'^m«»tT(iWw.- ■.
44
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
Of the waters, caUed by saDors the ground-swelL Th« „
which the magistrates had almost hesE I rl- • f "?»
them, were at length amiounrprl \y^A^ a ^^^'^^^te to
tot. with a i^pSVS £hC/^ f "^^^^
Secretarjr of State's offiS ,S!*if" ^^/«P"eve from the
Duke^NewSle had 'aSlj ^^k^"^? °^ ^^ ^^^« *J^«
Queen CarolineTreLt of t^^^' f *™f °& ^^^ Pleasure of
George II. Tth^ Slent^^^ Z"?^ ^^^ *^' "^^'"'^^ °^
of d^th prZZcerlZA^^ the execut on of the sentence
tenant of the cTgiS of Fd^l ^^'°'^' ^'*' Captain-Lieu-
Tolbooth of that cityT^^ rLlt^d ?o? '• ^"""'^^ ?^^"«^ ^ *^«
appointed for his exeJut^on ^ ''^ ^''^^ ^^^"^ *^^ *^«
utteredagroan orryrrflf f-?''^.""" ^^^^ described,
revenge, sSr^" tt^o7aTg;; frot^hlmr ' "i^^^*^^
rent by his keeper when h^^T; ^^om whom his meal has been
fierce exclamaS slemed toTrhnI '^°"* •' ^'^'"^ ^*- »
of popular resenLent?! in^t^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^-^^
the magistrates, and the n cl'^ meLur^^h^^^^^^ ^/
repress it. But the shout wa^ not rT^tef nnf ^,^ ^^^f. ^
tumult ensue such as if <,r.Z.TA f^^^^^' ^or did any sudden
seemed to be'i^ i' h^t^^SS d-''"" '"?"^'-
m a vain clamour and thp «nr^n/T J their disappomtment
which had preceded the «mvT? fi?^^'^' ''^^ ^*° *^e «ilence
stifled mutS^ Vhth^^^^^ It'r -T^^/^^^' ^"* ^*o
selves, and which were '^/^P ,°i^'°tamed among them-
m™ which flttedTb^ovf^^^^^^^^^^ ^-P -^ ^oa.e
tJl^l^S^reS-^^^^^^^ over,
recalling the v2us l^wti^torm^'^^^^^^^^ '^
royal mercy, from the mistaken moHves on^f-l \ J .1 '"
well as from the ffenerosifv hp iin,i ^- i ^ ^'^ ^® ^^ted, a«
Plice. " This ml^T^^^d .^tT^ ''T^' ^'"^ ^ccim-
THE HEART OP MID-LOTTHAN. 45
borne ^-would our fathers have borne it? Are not we like
them, Scotsmen and burghers of Edinbiu-gh ?»
The officers of justice began now to remove the scaffold and
other preparations which had been made for the execution in
hopes, by domg so to accelerate the dispersion of the S itud^
The measure had the desired effect; for no sooner had the fata!
tree been unfixed from the large stone pedestal or .Set b
which It was secured, and sunk slowly do^vn upon the wa^
mtended to remove it to the place where 1^ wT usuallv a^
posited, thaa the populace, after giving vent torirleHngs h
a second shout of rage and mortification, began sLly tTdi
perse to their usual abodes and occupations ^
J^ TH'""' ' 1 ^ .^' ""T"' ^^d^^^y deserted, and
groups of tl >re decent class of citizens formed themselves
^^'f^J^ Tr'^'f "^ *^^ streets sS^S
Cleared of .uo .abble. Contrary to what is frequently the case
of the^ST "^^f^ '^/'"^ ^ «^^«^^ ^i*^ *he sentLents
JJt t5'!T''' "^^ ^o^idered the cause as common to aU
ra^. Indeed, as we have abeady noticed, it was by no me^
amongst che lowest class of the spectators, ov those most HkdTJS
be engaged m the riot at Wdson's execution, thatThe fL &e
of Porteous's solders had taken effect. Several perso^wS^
kUled who were looking out at windows at the^sS X
could not of course belong to the rioters, and were Sns of
decent rank and condition. The burghei, therefore Tse^inj
the loss which had faUen on their own body Td Cud 3
tenacious of their rights, a. the citizens of Efch have at
^ tmies been were greatly exasperated at th^ miexpected
respite of Captain Porteous. unexpected
It was noticed at the time, and afterwards more particularly
emembered, that, whUe the mob were in the St of SeS
rlun^o?i:S T T. '^^"^ P"^^^ from one pt 3
one group of people to another, remaining long with none hut
whispering for a little time with those who aZared to L
detag „,ost violently against the conrct of G^tnmen^
These active agents had the appearance of men W ?h!;
ST;at^'orWil'^^^"",f ^~ ^ be\rfri^I I'd
e^^^^f P^^^'. ^^- ^^ -- of cou^e highly
If, however, it was the intention of these men to stir fh*
- - iati rs,oDio, ds well &5 the more deoeufc part oi
^iftJR
\,m
46
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
the a^emWy, dispersed, and went home peaceably; and it was
only by observing the moody discontent on thei brows m
catchmg he tenor of the conversation they he d wTlc^
^thT^p^Jf J '^'' ^^"^ advantage, by associating ourselves
with one of he numerous groups who were painfully a^rnS
L'thlTariJEt!^*^^ ""''' ^^^' ''-'-^^ ''^^ '^^i
"Au uiico thing this, Mrs. Howden," said old Peter Plum
ttl ^-f f 1^ fT *' '''^* ^'^ ^ *^« *«^<^"^e accent, "to see
aM^Ioj, loose sic a reprobate as Porteous upon a peaceable
"^d to think o' the weary walk they hae eien us" an
rf ^T ?T^'"' ^'^ ^ ^''^' "^d s^ a'^comfortaWe
tZ s^"d' Jljrb? ^i"* "^*'^ ^ penny-stane-cLt
me scaaold— 1 could hae beard every word the ministpr umA
and to ^.twalpei^es for „>y stancTand a-t S nL™
I am judging, ' said Mr. Plumdamas, "that this repriero
a^t:» *""' " '"' '"" '"•"" '=""■ '^''»» «■« STgdTZ
aea , but I ken, when we had a king, and a chanceUor »ml
^rhanient men o' our ain, we conld aye peebl. th™^' sCm
:^.^:iZof^ '»^'^"* -Wa nails :ls
away our parliament, and they hae oppressed onrtaJT n
gentte wiU hardly aUow that a Scots'STcTsew ^es o"
a sark, or laee on an owerlay." °°
"Ye may say that— Miss' Danahoy, and I ken o' them fhut
hae gotten raisins frae Lunnon by foroits at TZ^'T J^
Plumdamas; ;; and then sic an hosU??^^ E^g^'gaugr^^^^
excisemen as hae come down to vex and torment S that^n
Leith to the Lawnmarket, but he's like to bn r.,h>.;+T+i
gud^ he;, bought and paid fe-C i^Sn^ ^ tS
Wdsoa for pittmg hands on what wasna his ; but if Iw todTZ
Z'^Z^^-.^'C'^' '^"-■^ betwe^'-r^
THE HEABT OP MID-LOTHIAN.
47
"If ye sp^k about the law," said Mrs. Howden, "here
comes Mr. Saddletree, that can settle it as weel as ony on the
bench." '
The party she mentioned, a grave elderly person, with «
Buperb periwig, dressed in a decent suit of sad-coloured clothes
came up as she spoke, and courteously gave his arm to Miss'
Gruzel Damahoy.
It may be necessary to mention, that Mr. Bartoline Saddle-
tree kept an excellent and highly-esteemed shop for harness
saddles &c &c at the sign of the Golden Nag, at the head of
Bess Wynd.* His genius, however (as he himself and most of
his neighbour conceived), lay towards the weightier matters of
the law, and he faUed not to give frequent attendance upon the
pleadmgs and arguments of the lawyers and judges in the neigh-
bouring square, where, to say the truth, he was oftener to be
tound than would liave consisted with his own emolument • but
that his wife, an active painstaking person, could, in his absence
make an admirable shift to please the customers and scold the
journeymen This good lady was in the habit of letting her
husband take his way, and go on improving his stock of legal
knowledge without interruption; but, as if in requital, she
insisted upon having her own will in the domestic and com-
mercial depai-tments which he abandoned to her Now as
Bartoline Saddletree had a considerable gift of words, which he
mistook for eloquence, and conferred more liberally upon the
society in which he Uved than was at aU times gracious and
acceptable, there went forth a saying, with which wags used
sometunes to interrupt his rhetoric, that, as he had a golden
nag at his door, so he had a grey mare in his shop This
reproach induced Mr. Saddletree, on aU occasions, to assume
rather a haughty and stately tone towards his good woman a
circumstjuice by which she seemed very little affected, unless he
attempted to exercise any real authority, when she never faUed
to fly mto open rebeUion. But such extremes Bartoline seldom
provoked; for, hke the gentle King Jamie, he was fonder of
talicmg of authonty than really exercising it. This turn of
^* i^t^^^t%^t\ZrL''' later Write™ Beth-3 Wynd. A-
near the head of t?e Cowall JfT ^° ^*7«^ ^^^ oW Tolbooth to
n
!;
Hi
-' ^'■mj » M i j.in y
48
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
muid waa, on the whole, lucky for him • since hi« «t,Ko*
waa increased without aiy trouble on hi« Z^ substance
ruption of his favourite studies ^^' °' ^^ ^**'"
whU^Slrt;tTa;^^,% ^ ^^.t^-eader,
upon Porteoufl's caTe bv whtn "^'^^.^f* precision, the law
away,-"wC tad Zt p!! '^"".f'™ ^ ^tirely thrown
" A J ^- .H»f deo," said Sa,'^htree
::^d V' said ^cpr-'lTsr^r^
"Quvm-^ums, Mr. Saddletree, cravin'r your mrrlnn » «o-^
(^th a prolonged emphasi. on the fii^rsyQef Mr Buttr
the deputy-schoohnaster of a nan«Ti ^n.^v^-l^ , ^"*^er,
achoolma^ter," retorted SadS5 ' ^^ ''"* ^^' **
s^ is,
THE HEART OP MID-XOTHIAN. 49
gaUows-lsin^ply becausThe did not S wf. ^\^ ^''''^' *^«
but waited tii the body wL cut 1^5 .r^^'"" ^' ""^ ^ ^^^e*
had in charge to ^ard Ld^^,' " , ^ '^*u' '""^'^^^on whilk he
the public tLt iTposed ofhr' ' '"' "^^ ^^elf exonered of
before ony stanesl^ere f ^ at"a'^^^^^^^^ ^'' ^'^ ^'^" ^"'^
coS;' ''^°eU?ttn\^S^S^^^^^^^^ ^^°^-'
power, the execution being b^tChoal TT? "t ^^'' '^
plemeuted, or finally ended • ]Z ?ff aV-i ' ^* ^^^*' ^^^^ ™-
waa a' ower-he Z cleS'exrn.fn ^^ Wilson waa cut down it
but to get awa wi' his ^arruTt^^^^^^^^ p'^^ ^'^"^^ ^^°
there had been a caDtiowL^i,- .^} ^'''^ ^ ^^* «^ i^
Num'CS^/^ ""^ » '"^ "f =»»««^ »' " lord of aeat )■■
their saddles, and Lnb ^7i„l Z^'*".'?' «"'»*'^ "•""I
what «,eyu cost, iZKeyteeSv "t'T/'^'T' ■?"
: g^my wife may serve the Uke ^ S~ ^""^ «°"°f"«
^ the td, tr litHel"™'^.??' ^f ^-^"'^ '"« ^i '°«i i.
I Mrs, Hoidrsomewha" Ci'^^t : "^ ?!'; ^f^^-" -id
broke in on hL *" "^ homethrust. Miss Daiaho,
eulditd°"thrri^i"?f.°' "^^" '^'^ Mi^ D-^aioy. "y
gude add tS b^f the n^r'"™"'*' ?^'- i^dletree, i^ the
«tato gaed for W^iYr^r? ^~- V™* »' W a gude
robfs and foot-ma^E^r w^ h "Tf^ '"'^^ I'""'™'
N J».tic, we« t^J^r^ *irf of state. The -Senators of th* OpD*,e
' VOL. vn "' •^- S«at «r of the Seseimj ""^
00
WAVERT.EY NOVELS.
Bt dom, rthtte affront hi I. ""'^ ™''' H. °" '™% Scot.
only the bTude K atd ^^.''Mlldrth*'? "^-l. .'*'' »"'
shed, that's reauiied «t ^'r i: , lf° *""" ""'SW hae been
«an' little Sewl-^"'^ ' '\?n ms^'j7''*f'.
4Jn|;;dt'';.:ftSflJ^i?*' "'^»^ ^"0 •«
hangfng'as^''^atSf.'° *' ^'T' ^°»' t" =«« «■«
hae been then? 1 wonXr kn^n ^^' f" "■■"« *«<• ™ »'
C.^) ,^d ble J^t;»r o^l-l'^Jat He-:
tSd ewom to tte na^iy" '"""'^ " ^°«'""'
not ^^is^TouVS^^i'ir.^-"'-"' «"'-. "-"' I wonld
PlSatrt^t^^^^^^^^^^ r-«- P^-- of abode.
mm^tan(a Cner!ira^ J k /f ^^^^ ^ ^^S their
known low-brZTlon in f h^^^^^^ "" f"'^ P^«^ *^« ^«"-
wont to take thit reSment mTpT''^ ^^T ^^^^ ^«^«
towards his shop and Mr S!;i.r V u '"'^''"'^ *^'° ^^P^^ed
particular ocSi for ^e f^nf I'u^l^^^^ *" ^^^« ^^me
that busy daTcou d have ScfmT.^ > ^"^,' ^^' ^^^ «'
down the l/wnmarkerwitrMrs.l^^PP^'°^^^"^^' ^^^^^^^
hecouldgetawordthrurt in flf ^'*'^^^«*^e^ each talking as
the other on those of svnnl' , """IT" *^" ^*^« ^f Scotland,
Which his co^^'rion S;"' ""'^^^ ^«^--g ^0 a worl
divers sorts," said
n these days."
VIrs. Howden, "I'll
if our kindly Scots
ihis day. It's not
lat might hae been
vas my daughter's
Itiss Grizel— had
i will do, ye ken,
"they should be
foot to see the
t for mightna she
I where wad we a'
B (if her name be
in bairns in sic a
3h a circumstanoe
endurance."
o' the matter is,
Porteous, be the
lines in England
i' my nails," said
', "but I would
[", " there will be
le to the Water-
places of abode.
1 drinking their
passed the well-
^here they were
a then departed
1 to have some
(the truants of
sation), walked
ach talking as
ws of Scotland,
oing to a word
THK HEART OP MID-LOTHIAN. 0|
CHAPTER FOURTH.
BIswhair he colde right weel lay down the law.
But in Lis house was meek aa is a daw.
Davxe Lindsat.
"There has been Jock Drive'- thA nr,^^^ i,
his new graith." said Mrs sVhi f f 5'"®' ^^^S about
crossed h^ thrUold no^wft^f 1i '' ^ ^'' ^"^^^^^ ^ ^e
consulting himZn his owTnff ^^' ^y^> ^y any means, of
Flame, ia C to be' dm^i^firj?'''^^ ^'"^^
ITandera meats, ^' the cSll^™^f t • ^"^ *■" "■« »«
-'r^>tA^:^Z\r'' "<■ "Sd Saddletree.
" Ife^ed that ^^ htk sT Sf S^1r:"\?' ""^ ™'-"
lielpmate, rather nettled »t^^i/»^'"^''''*'^^™'«'i l""
report wi received tt.,tl J^ miiifferenee with whieh her
"elves affronS tf ie mZ „ T^ ^\"^ ^ *•■<"■«•" tem-
-wer them b;,t''wTmS"LTthe1a1l'' "' T"^^ *°
as your back was turned inZ-L p ^ ™e lads were aff, as soon
counted upon ; V^^'^ To it^U^^^^ '"'^" ^
:-^r;,^ratirs::!t«^s, with an ». „,
the neeessit; of beta. Zwhl ^"^ ""^^^^^ ^ '^ ""der
W said, wh'en heTf Sird'^U^^^rt^.J^^'--?-
I Butler's ea^, bat it^<^^, J™ ""f '''"■latin offaids Mr.
a^t himseli; can d'oTr?^"^;^' " "'" *^ ^ P"^"
^th a •Stt!^^?:l7i;-7-d.'!fe careful help™^
eave vov r^'^^ - ' ', ^ "^ *^'^t»t it's a Hpcpnf +».'-.- ^
7".-.. w,. „ .ook atter young gentlemen'sl;^^:^^,^
hi
1 --fti
■» WATBJlLKy NOVELS. ^
^^t7atZ? ^' '^ ''' ' "'"' '''' "«^- ^^ y« "- ^
JIHT"^'" -T'"^ Saddletree, assuming an elevated tone to
which the mendzan had somewliat contributed, " dee.st --I sav
bendleattr nT " *' ''' ^'l'' ^''^^^'^ ^^ '^'^'^ through
bend- cather when sic men aa Duncan Forbes, and that other
AmiBton chield there, without muckle greater mrt if the close
head speak true than myseU maim be i.res dent aid kL'^
advocates, nae doubt, and wha but tliey ? Where^ were
fevoiu^ually distribute, a. in the days'of the ^^^t Wal
said Mr^sXlSrl''" ""f ^"^ f !^'° ^^ *^« ^'^Slit Wallace,"
saia Mrs baddletree, "miless, aa I hae heard the auld folk tell
they fought m thae days wi' bend-leather gun.s, and then it's a
chance bu what, if he had bought them, inightLwe forgot
to pay for them. And a. for the greatness of yoiif parteBS
Jo'if th.v ^^^r^'-'"-^^^^*^^"" ^«" ^'^'^ about' tremtS
do, It they make sic a report of them."
"I teU ye woman," said Saddletree, in high dudcreon "that
ye ken naethmg about these matters. In Sir WUli^ ^alW
Slr-rfoTTh"'' r ^r ? '°"" *° «- ' slavisTwark ra
"Well," said Butler, who was, like many of his Drofeaain,,
somethmg of a humorist and dr^ ioker ''if tLrJ?i! ^
Mr. Sacldletree, I think we have^i f the It?' 2
we make^our own harness, and only Lport our Weri Tm
*f ^i; ll^Lt ^r =^^^S?hSad
Sa^SLrld B^tlL""'"*"- '^'^-^' Mr.
"Institutes and substitutes are synonymous words Mr But.
ler, and used indifferently as such in dSs of tSe ^ "u
may see m Balfour's Practiques, or Dallas of St M^K
IntToJ^rt'l^^ '^^^ *^^^ pretty weel, I tU^"
but I own I should have studied in HoUand " "^ wxi ,
To comfort you, you might not have l^een farther fonraitJ
{Clcse-head, the entmiM fd a Wind aU^y,]
er did ye nae ill,
THE HEART OP MID-LOTHIAN. flj
othe™ betag f„n„«, fro^Tt^lSj SSiSlfJ
pomt ot law, or m point of fact," said SaddletrPP Inntino,
endeavouriag to look, as if he undWstood wtt wL'siid ''
^; And the dative case," continued Butler---
enough/' ' ''^'* ' *"'"' ^•'^""^ ^'" «^^^^ Saddletree, " readUy
"The dative caae," resumed the fframmariaTi "ia ih.*. •
out of hiB decmv ofT:^r.^ i ' ^ *'^^' ^^ '"^"'^^^ ^^ ^^^e
"Come, come, Mr. Saddletree," said his wife - w«'!l h„«
confessions and condescendences here IPt^L ^^ " ?»« »ae
WAVERLET NOTRT.&
"Aha I" said Mr. sutler " Oid.o -«a- • .
flew under the 8un-But it w^^l r "P^'H^ }<>, piger, nothing
however." "' '' ''"" '^ ^^'^ ^^'k of Mrn. SadcUetroe,
tMiAZJ::^^ 5r"' ^^l ^^- Sad^Uetree,- .>„.
trr if yo con do IC. for Sf D^^'' '^^^! °' *^« ^^^^^ to
lymg up in the tolboothTonder cadd arZ"' ^"^ "^^' *'^^*'-
Icas-A servant luaa of ours M'r^wi ^""^''^' ^^'^ '^""'fo^tr
to my thinking, and LZX'^l h^^^'I' ^'^ «* ^""'^^^Qt « laas,
tree gang« out^^d y^e awi*^?. f^^^^^. Mr. Smldle!
there'fl ony o' tl^e pl^hoLronr ' "it"" "' ^^« ^^«n
to tumble the buX o^b^ZeTlLT ^*' ""'^ ^ ^«^P ^^
range out the gude8,ld m^TtJ^T^ "^ ^^ ^«^°' and
she could ayepieaaethoouZmL f? humouiB-And troth,
aye civil, ^dTZ^er'tlZn^^'riT?''r'^'^^
when folk were haaty and ZelZni u"^"^ ^^^- ^nd
better than me, that ^To ZtZ^'j't' T"^^ «^^« ^^^^
'^d a wee bit 'short T^eZCZTfl ?^ ^'?"' ^^'- ^"*^«'''
there's ower mony folks cn.in^^.n .^® ^^^^^- ^^^ when
tongue to answer'theS^;K,^ Z^ ^1^^^ "^^ ^^* ^
get through their warkU'LTSiYai^ " *'^^" "^'-
« f,?V*^, ''*??• ^•i«d Saddletree. ^•
have'al"lLe'^l t"the 1^^ ^"^^ '' '^^'^on, « J
^^^„ giri m the shop-a modest-looking, fair-hi^d
' -^y* ay, that's just puir Effifl " hjhM i,„. ■ ^
was abandoned to hersell or XtW , "^^ "^^^^^e
Bmful deed, God in H^L Ct' •" ^^^^^^ f^f^-^ o' the
she's been sak temoted «nri t , i ' . " ^^® ^ "^^en guilty,
she ha.na been heS 1 Se tLe^^ ^"'^ *^« "^ ^^bS
up^a;dis^thtsi';,td%tr^tr' f*^^^^^ ^«fi^^«*«^
person of such strict de^nT^ t ^'^^""^ "^^^'^^^^ t^at a
" Waa not this girl,''TS "t«^ '"^^'^ *^ S^^« ^ay to.
«iat had the par^ at St linaidl lT^*f °^ ^^^^^ ^^^
sister ?" • -^^^ard s taken ? and haa she not a
And what coold I aay to her to?^ ! «f « «l»ut her tittie.
and speak to Mr. Sadietree wh«U . * "^u ^^^^ *» «>»«
that I thought Mr. S^See ^^,,7 «' <«»« » . Jt wa»«.
-We good or ,, h„t it ^"'te'set °r,S;t ^f
bo$ piger, nothing
f Mrs. Sadtlletroe,
Saddletree," con-
^eel o' the law, to
puir thiug, that's
ife'iy, and couifort-
"8 iuiiocent a lass,
^h' Mr. Saddle^
1 at hame when
used to help me
' and down, and
urs— And troth,
■vers, for she wa.s
I Eeekie. And
auld serve them
)een, Mr, Butler,
:ain. For when
■nd nane but ae
, or they'll ne'er
' hesitation, "J
^g, fair-haii«d
5SS. "How she
sackless o' the
''a been guilty,
my Bible-aitii
tl ; he fidgeted
gitation that a
give way to.
David Deans,
has she not a
ra aulder than
•out her tittie.
loved to come
6 » It wasna
ny ither body
:e«p the puJT
TIIE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 55
Swm'a^*""^ '"" ^«« ^^'^' -^l let -sorrow come whot
''^r7c:^^^t^'^^ Saddletree scornfully.
to her that her tZrZr^aM"uZ\i "^^^ '^^ ^^'^'^
hundred and ninety, chapTer on^ ^ T ^' ■'^'"*' '^^'''^
tion of child-murder-for coocer.' Vfr '"'"* '''^^ P'^^^"'
no^acc^t of the ohUd whSS lltxi^'^"'^^' ''' *^^^«
can c'AVelr'^"""'--'' ' ^"'^^ ' '' ^^ '^"« ^^od, that she
am'l^eVwadte\'lere"fr''r^^^^' ^^«' «-d^^^^««. "I
wae's my heart, ThaTbee, fw. ^.^ '^ ^^^^^^'e^^ ^^^
ower the doorV my room f.r. ,^ *^,' '^^^' ^^ ««^-^'«
Saddletree, he Lht be S I Iv "^- T^'- ,^^ «« ^°^ l^^^-
out what the w?men ct ther/forSar/'"^' ,?' '^^ ^"^^
naething 0' her or I wnThn.i .; . ^®, "^ ^°"1^ «ce little or
and seventy-nine/' ^ "" *^' ^"^^ ^^^^^^ hundred
go^wlL'f'ite'oT^;/' ^?"; ^^'' Butler 1" said the
a dram V ^ °^'°« ^ ^^*« '^ ^ sheet ; wiU ye tak
"lX^d\"^rmV^„'^^^^^^^ to spealc
"Sit down," said^rsSd j^'^^^^^*^^«^^ay-''
kindly, "and rest ye-Tye'll km In '''1,^'^^ ^^"^^ °^ ^^^
And are we to wish L^'v o^^iiff'Tr"' "'?' ^* '^^t rate.-
" Yes-no-I do not^uf .""^ *^' ''"^'' ^^^- Sutler?"
vaguely. But J^s sXleS ? wT'^'f *^.^ ^^^^^^ °»-
of red interest, partly f™fi'^^^^^ ^^"^ *« P«-t, p.artly out
«esIr%t^t^;S:nL"r \?^^ *^^^- -"^« <>' I>-
" No, Mrs. SadSS T *''\'^'°f ^* * the simmer?"
more c;Uect;dIy .Th7 r^S^^^^^^^^ ''" ''^^''^ Sutler,
natural sou bri^ to the kirk thaffH^'f'^.*^^^^^ ^"^ a
be prevaUed upon to Ucense 1 1^2,*./^'' ^'"^^^^^^ ^^^^^ not
1 !.»•»
66
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eneugh said -AS^TeVe X„ ^i *^^ ^* ^^ ^'^^^ there's
for d!ad men's sh^on^Ld forTf ^f^ *.'. ^^^^^^^ *° ^^i*
he may live aa C iVou tW ^ 1'^ '^. ^'- Whackbaim is,
I ; ^7 ^^.^'" -piSi M^rrh a^sir"^; r;o?r°^^
I should wish it otherwise." ' "°* ^°^ ^
lad^^'to'^Te^i'*'!,^^?^^^?^^ *^g/' continued the good
righ't and tJrto^sfe mSet^T^ "f T '^^'^^
these crosses." °°"''' ^ ™"«'™ iow ye bear
S^eTlSirTl^T"^ ^r^'- "«™" ««' pagan
He stopped and sighed.
her'hus"Jt"r^;^^^^^^
book and Bible-:But yf^e nn ^'*''"'' ^ 'P^*« «^ ^<^»»
poorly ye'D stay a^^t^^e'U^^^^^ looking sae
aft^StrSeVVVhfs;^^^^^ booking
Mr. Butler sae distressed abourFfflV' ^.^^^rwhat makes
nae acquaintance a weT them th«f .' "^fortun^there wa.
but they were neighbZs when DavdT '""' "' ^^^ ''^'
0' Dumbiedikes' l£d. Mr Butlpr wf^^ ^ T °° *^^ ^^^^^d
o' her folk-Get np Mr ^3% Z ^'"^ ^^' ^^*^«^' ^' «ome
down on the very oLham fw ^^'J-^? ^^^'^ ««* youi«eU
Uttle WiUie, the lentkr-Ye ?lr-' ,f *«J^^-^-and here's
are, what takes y S^ fh^**^l"S:*^«^^'^"* ^eil that ye
hangit?--how wad yT^^e ^Z ,-/^' ^**^™ *^ ««« ^o"^
chance,asIwinnalSe^ifTelilr? *' ^^ ^^"^ ^^
And what are ye maundering rnd^eerinfr^
i^Bs a laird
3uit, there's
;on to wait
ckbaim is,
successor."
lot know if
• the good
'■ that hae
^ ye bear
the pagan
Heathens
ion, Mrs.
jheir day.
'Ut doubt-
ig toward
I of baith
>king sae
favourite
lis wife's
entrealy,
I looking
t makes
lere was
Jard of;
e Laird
or some
yoursell
1 here's
that ye
Be folk
>ur ain
lers? —
I word
■ baini
)r ye'U
bairn,
THE HEART OF MID-LOTIIIAN. 57
^ur^ldtnp'' ^i,T*^«r^«««' ^'hilk in some cases may be
StiL du't^^""'' *^'^ '''' '' ^- ^ they could~4 a
J^ ^^"7 *™/' gudewife," said Saddletree in reply "we are in
Sn was the fi^«f H f'^ ^ u"* '^ ^ auld mantle of my
am was the first decent dress the bairn ever had on Poor
in l^Jy^^'" '"^i^'- Saddletree, delighted at having for onc«
«,W n. T * *'^' *^^'® '^® *^o sorts of murdrum OT murdm-
gvum, or what you populariter et mlganter caU murther TZl
S- ""' T^ '"^ ' ^'' *h«^«'« your m.rTw «r^^^^^
%n^dias, and your mMrt/imm under trust " ^
the wavTh.'tTi:!' ''^^'^ ^^ ."^°^'*y' "**»^* ^^*ter by trust is
n7«W ff V 1^*'"^"^"^^^^ "« merchants, and whUes make
tree '^'t oT f .?®' ^'' Euphemia) Deans," resumed Saddle
mSder of T/V^r.T'' •'^ °^"^^«^ presumptive, that I a
ITmoJl- .^^^ "^'"^^ ^'^ construccion, beiig derSed
from certam ^nd^c^a or groimds of suspicion." ^
too that, said the good woman, "unless noor Fffi« i,o-
ormgrng torth children m secret— The crime is ratliAr I
" Then, if th, l»w makes m.rtim." 8„i,i Mra Saddletiw,
■ f
58
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
" the law should be hanged for them ; or if they wad han*' a
lawyer instead, the countiy wad find nae faut," °
A summons to their frugal dinner interrupted the farther
progress of the conversation, which was otherwise like to take
a tiurn much less favourable to the science of jurisprudence and
ite professors, than Mr. Bartoline Saddletree, the fond admirer
ot both, had at its openin/? anticipated.
"i w
:i
CHAPTER FIFTH.
But up then raiae all Edinburgh.
They all rose up by thousands three.
JomsNta ARMSTBAjia's Ooodnight.
BumEK, on his departure from the sign of the Golden Nae
whl"}, ^""^I'J ? ^"^^^ °^ ^ «*«^ witbXTaw,^}
whom he wished to make particular inquiries concerning the
circumstances m which the mifortunate young womT mSi!
tioned m the last chapter was placed, having, as thTSer h^
rtfJ')f^''^^T^''*^^^' '"^'"^ much deeper th^tho^
He folJ'^.r'' ^^f^ for interesting himself in her fate
equaUy unfortunate m one or two other calls which he made
upon acquamtances whom he hoped to interesTther sToiy
But everybody was, for the moment, stark-mad on the suS
of Porteous, and engaged busily in attacking or c^efendinrthe
dispute had excited such universal thirst, that half the youni
lawyers and writers, together with their very derks the S
slTfaWeTa ^""^T.^^^' '^ ac^j'ouSed tt' d"
some favourite tavern. It was computed by an experienced
arithmetician, that there was as much twopenny ale SS
on the discussion as would have floated a first-rate man of^
Butler wandered about mitil it wae dusk, resolving to Se
that opportunity of visiting the mifortunate yoS woi^n
when his doing so might be least observed ; for he S Z^
reasons for avoiding the remarks of Mib. Saddletree whoTsho^
door opened at no great distance from that of the M ?hTugt on
the opposite or south side of the stieet, and a httle S un
He pa.s.d. therefore, through the narrow ami "itlyTeS'
id hang a
le farther
:e to take
dence and
d aduiireT
ight.
len Nag,
> law, of
ning the
an men-
sader has
an those
her fate,
and was
lie made
}r story,
subject
ling the
:dour of
9 young
he class
ibate to
erienced
nsiuned
>f-war.
to take
woman,
[lis own
leshop-
>ugh on
her up.
covered
TILE HEART OF MID-LOTUIAN.
59
passage leading from the north-west end of the Parlin^ment
oquare.
He stood now before the Gothic entrance of the ancient
prison, which, as IS well known to aU men, rears its ancient front
in the very middle of the High Street, forming, as it were, the
termination to a huge pile of buildings called the Luckenbooths,
Which for some mconceivable reason, our ancestors had jammed
into the midst of the principal street of the town, leaving for
passage a narrow street on the north; and on the south, into
Which the pnson opens, a narrow crooked lane, winding betwixt
the high and sombre walls of the Tolbooth and the adjacent
houses on the one side, and the butresses and projections of the
old Cathedral upon the other. To give some gaiety to this
sombre passage (well known by the name of the Krames) a
number of little booths, or shops, after the fashion of cobblers'
Bt^, are plastered, as it were, against the Gothic projections
and abutments, so that it seemed as if the traders had occupied
with nests, bearmg the same proportion to the building, every
buttress and coign of vantage, as the martlett did in Macbeth's
Lastle. Of later years these booths have degenerated into mere
toy-flhops, where the little loiterers chiefly interested in such
w^es are tempted to linger, enchanted by the rich display of
hobby-horses, babies, and Dutch toys, arranged in artful and
gay confusion ; yet half-scared by the cross looks of the withered
pantaloon, or spectacled old lady, by whom these tempting stores
are watched and superintended. But, in the times we write of
the hosiers, the glovers, the hatters, the mercers, the milliners
and all who dealt m the miscellaneous wares now termed haber-
dasher s goods, were to be found in tliis narrow alley
To retm-n from our digression. Butler found the'outer turn-
key,_a tall thm old man, with long sdver hair, in l^e act of
lockmg the outward door of the jail. He addressed himself to
this person, and asked admittance to Elfie Deans, confined upon
accusation of chUd-murder. The turnkey looked at him earnestly,
and, civilly touchmg his hat out of respect to Butler's black coat
and clerical appetirance, repUed, "It was impossible any one
could be admitted at present."
"You shut up cM-lier thaa usual, probably on account of
CaptamPorteous'saflair?" said Butler. ^uus oi
The turnkey, with the true mysteiy of a person in office, gave
two grave nods, and withdrawing from the wards a pondef^L
key of about two feet in length, he mnc^^A^ f^ aLH rfll"!!
i;?;^
ip!
m
. ij M
eo
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
'i il
plate of steel, which folded do^v-n above the keyhole and was
IZ^e^Jll't 'T' ^^ ^^^'^^ Butler L5 ^Z
stmctiyely whde the door waa made fast, and then lookin-^ at
ilir^ioSsl^!!'^^ ^' ''' ''-''' -"^^^^ '0 '^^^l
Ccehcolae valeant-Stat ferrea turris ad aura.-^-etc. ♦
.nf^^f 7f i'."^ half-an-hour more in a second fruitless
attempt to find his legal friend and adviser, he thought Ht£e
to leave the city and return to his place of Residence ki a smTll
if -.1.^*' metropolis was at this time surrounded bv a hi^h
wall, with battlements and flanking projections aTfome interval
and the access waa through gates, caUed in the Scottish lanS
CiTtuirL^T'"'^^''^*^*^^^^*- Asuallfeetf S
Keepers wou^d mdeed procure egress and ingress at anv time
tl^ough a wicket left for that p.irpose in thefarge gat^VuHt
IZiiTZlT^"'^''' *"." "^"^ «° ^' «« Sutler, to avoid
the gates might be near, he made for that to which he found
hLTl^r'^*' although by doing so, he somewhat len^S
his wak homewards. Bristo Port waa that by which hXert
rl!nf V *? . •' therefore, he directed his course He
reached the port m ample time to pass the circuit ofTe waUs
bwer'S T'r ' «^«^P°rt«^g^> chiefly inhabited bTthe
of f ^nfr? °'*/°"\^^^ fro^ the gate before he heard the soun^^.
.nffilT'/"^' ^ ^"i^^^ '"^™«' «^et a number of per. 1
sufficient occupy the whole front of the street and fon «
considerable maas behind, moving with great peed Jowa I- ,
^lin^ to'aC« "m^T "^^ ""'^^^ ^ fronrofthr;tum
beating to anns. While he considered how he should escaped
* WM° ^t "" ^°^^^^ gate, and, raised on Ugh.
With adamantine columns threats the sky •
Vain is the force of man, and Heaven's as ;aiu.
To crush the pUlars which the pile sustain-
sublime on these a tower of steel is rear'd.
Drtmn'b Virgil, Book vL
If
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
61
paxty, assembled, as it might be presmned, for no lawful purpose,
they came full on him aud stopped him. '
"Are you a clergyman V one questioned him.
mini^ten"''^""'^ ^^""^ "^'' ^'"^ '° °'^'''' ^""^ ""^ ^°^ ^ P^^
i^lmA'^^x- ^""^Jr ^y^"" Liberton," said a voice from behmd :
he 11 discharge the duty as weel as ony man."
You must turn back with ua, sir," said the first speaker, m
a tone civ^ but peremptoiy,
" For what purpose^ gentl-uen V said Mr. Butler " .1 live
at some distance from town— the roads are unsafe by night—
you will do me a serious injmy by stopping me "
" You Shan be sent safely home— no man shall touch a hair
ot your head— but you must and shall come along with us "
But to what purpose or end, gentlemen V said Butler ' " I
hope you wiU be so civil aa to explain that to me "
^ ou shaU know that in good time. Come along— for come
n!!"""? \^ f^"'.?,^' ^^ "^^^' '"^^ I ^am you to look
neither to the right hand nor the left, and to take no notice of
^y^aiis face, but consider all that is passing before you as a
"I would it were a dream I could awaken from," said Butler
to himself ; but havmg no means to oppose the violence with
which he was threatened, he was compelled to turn round and
^^^ if 1 r°''* u- *^' ■^^°*'''' *^° "^^^ Partly supporting and
p^ly holding him. Dming this parley the insiirgents had
made themse ves masters of the West Port, rushing upon the
Waiters (so the people were c^2ed who had the chLe of .
gates), and possessing themselves of the keys. They bolted an^d
barred the foldmg doors, and commanded cue person, whose
duty it usua y was, to secme the wicket, of which they did not
miderstand the fastenings. The man, terrified at an incident
so totaUy unexpected, was unable to perform his usual office
aiid gave the matter up, after several attempts The
no ers, who seemed to have come prepared for every emergency,
^led for orches, by the light of which they nlued up the
wicket witn long nails, which, it seemed probable, they had
provided on purpose. , j ou
While this was going on, Butler could not, even if he had
been willing, avoid making remarks on the individuals who
seemed to lead this singular mob. The torch-light, while it fell
on their forms and left him in thn shad'^ <ravn him an -j
ill
n
1
62
WAVERLLY NOVELS.
cimify to do ao without their observing him. Severn! of thobS
who Bcomed most active were dretisecl in eailn •:' jackets, fc ;)users
and sea^ps^ others in large !oose-bod\o:, greatcoats, and
Bbuched hata; and there were several who, jud^g from
their dress, should have been called women, w'!ose rough d«-ep
V0JC8S, uncommon si?^e, srui masciUine deportment aud mode of
waOdng, forliidc them b(mg so interpreted. They maed m
if by some v,>,;!i.,eoncerted plan of .arrangement. They had
signals by whi :.;t tuo " knew, iv;;id nicknames by which they
dwtinguished e&ch other, Butler remarked, that the name of
Wildfire wa« uf-ed ...nciig them, to which one stout .\mazon
seemed to rcjily.
The rioters Mh a email party to observe the West T<.i% and
directed the Waiters, aa they valued their lives, to r:main
withm their lodge, and make no attempt for that night v re-
possess tlismselves of the gate. They then moved with rapidity
along the low street called the Cowgate, the mob of the city
everywhere rising at the sound of their drum, and joining them.
When the multitude arrived at the Cowgate Port, they secured
It with as httle opposition aa the former, made it fast, and left
a small party to observe it. It waa afterwards remarked, as a
striking instance of prudence and precaution, singularly combined
with audacity, that the parties left to guard those gates did not
remam stationaiy on their posts, but flitted to and fro, keeping
60 near the gates as to see that no efforts were made to open
them, yet not remainmg so long as to have their persons closely
observed. The mob, at first only about one himdred strong,
now amounted to thousands, and were increasing every moment.
They divided themselves so as to ascend with more speed the
various narrow lanes which lead up from the Cowgate to the
High Street ; and still beating to arms as they went, and calling
on all true Scotsmen to join them, they now fiilled the principal
street of the city.
The Netherbow Port might be called the Temple Bar of ' h
A^^K ^ intersecting the High Street at its terminat'. - n
divided Edinburgh, pro^. : v so called, from the suo.c^ v.aed
ihe Canongate, as Tem- Bar separates London fvrm vVest-
minster. It waa of the utmost importance to the n'ra to
possess themselves of this pass, because there was ■- iarfr^d
m the Ca'.ongate at that time a regiment of infantry, comma^u.iMJ
by Colonel Moyie, which might have occupied the city hv tui-
vajicmg through this gate, and would possess the power of tot.Jly
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
68
defeating their purpose. The loaders therefore hastened to the
Netherbow Port, which they secured in the same manner, and
with aa little trouble, as the other gates, leaving a party to
watch it, strong in proportion to the importance of the post.
The next object of these hardy insurgents was at once to dis-
arm the City Guard, and to prociu-e arms for themselves : for
Bcarce any weapons but staves and bludgeons had been yet seen
among them. The Guard-house was a long, low, ugly buildint^
(removed in 1787), which to a fanciful imagination might have
suggested the idea of a long black snail crawling up the middle
of the High Street, and deforming its beautiful esplanade.
This formidable insurrection had been so unexpected, that there
were no more than the ordinary sergeant's guard of the city-
corps upon duty ; even these were without any supply of powder
and ball ; and sensible enough what had raised the storm, and
which way it was roUing, could hardly be supposed veiy desirous
to expose themselves by a valiant defence to the animosity of so
numerous and desperate a mob, to whom they were on the
present occasion much more than usually obnoxious.
There waa a sentinel upon guard, who (that one town-guard
soldier might do his duty on that eventful evening) presented
hw piece, and desired the foremost of the rioters to stand oflEl
The young Amazon, whom Butler had observed particularly
active, sprung upon the soldier, seized his musket, and after a
struggle succeeded in wrenching it from him, and throwing
him down on the causeway. One or two soldiers, who en-
deavoured to turn out to the support of their sentinel, were in
the same manner seized and disarmed, and the mob without
difficulty possessed themselves of the Guard-house, disarming
and tiuning out of doors the rest of the men on duty. It was
remarked, that, notwithgftanding the city soldiers had been the
instruments of the slaughter which this riot was designed to
revenge, no ill usage or even insult was offered to them. It
seemed as if the vengeance of the people disdained to stoop at
any head meaner than that which they considered as the source
and origin of their injuries.
On possessing themselves of the guard, the first act of the
multitude was to destroy the drums, by which they supposed
an alarm might be conveyed to the garrison in the castle ; for
the same reason they now silenced their own, which was beaten
by a young fellow, son to the dnunmer of Portsburgh, whom
they Lad forced upon that servife. Their next business w?? *-■
■ 'Sf'i
M
WAVEBLEY NOVELa
S£a«'' m*^' ^^^""^ °^ *^« "^*«« *he j,nm8, bayonets,
partiaanB, halberts, and battle or Lochaber axes. UntU thS
period the principal rioters had preserved silence on the ultimate
object of theu- rising, as being that which aU knew but
rTiL-''^'''''''^- ^7' l^owever, having accomplished all the
sho^^f"^*^"? '^*l'^ ^^^^' *^^y '^^'^^ tremendous
Tolbooth!" "^ Porteous! To the Tolbooth ! To the
They proceeded with the same prudence when the object
21. ' ""^^^ '^*^'^ ^^P' ^ *^«y ^^^ done hitherto
when success was more dubious. A strong party of the rioters
drawn up in front of the Luckenbooths, In'd facing do^ the
ofTv,: Tfl? /"^ all access from the eastward, and the west end
of the defile formed by the Luckenbooths was seciu-ed in the
same manner; so that the Tolbooth was completely smromided.
.Tl* r ^^° "f/^«^ ^ok the task of breaking it open effectuali;
secured against the risk of interruption.
The magistrates, m the meanwhile, had taken the alarm, and
to subdue the noters The deacons, or presidents of the trJes,
were applied to, but declared there was little chance of theii
authority bemg respected by the craftsmen, where it was the
object to save a man so obnoxious. Mr. Lindsay, member of
parliament for the city, volmiteered the perUoua task of canying
a verbal message from the Lord Provost to Colonel Moyle the
commander of the regiment lying in the Canongate, request ng
hmi to force the Netherbow Port, and enter the city to put
down the tumult. But Mr. Lindsay declined to charge himseli
with any written order, which, if found on his person by an en-
raged mob, might have cost him his life; and the issue of the
application was, that Colonel Moyle having no written requisi-
tion from the civil authorities, and having the fate of PoiteoL
before his eyes as an example of the severe construction put by
a jury on the proceedings of military men acting on the& own
^ponsibility declined to encounter the risk to whiS tie
Provosts verbal communication invited him
t^ S'n *^r r^ °^««senger was despatched by different ways
to the Castle, to reqiure the commanding officer to march do^
tufl troops, to fire a few cannon-shot, or even to throw a shell
among the mob for the pmpose of clearing the streets. But so
bad establK^hed m djfferait parts of the streets, that none^
bayonets,
Until this
e ultimate
new, but
!d all the
'emendous
! To the
he object
J hitherto
le rioters,
lown the
west end
id in the
grounded,
ffectually
arm, and
strength
e trades,
of theii
waa the
imber of
carrying
jyle, the
questing
7 to put
himseli
y an en-
e of the
requisi-
*orteous
put by
3ir own
ich the
it waya
h down
a shell
But so
rioters
lono (^
THE HEABT OF MID-LOTUIAJT. (0
cttlT^^tX"^ '^' magistrates could reach the gate of the
bfu^orSt and Jir^'.^*""^^^ ^^^^ -^'^-»* ^^^
necZaZ Jn ?ll fi ? °°*^"'^ "'^^^ ^^ menace than waa
theTe^and '"^ '''"" '^'*° ^^^^^^'^^^ ^« -<^<^ompm
r.o:rz7Js Jffi^r; 'j.t'^X'f s
. * A near relation of the author's uspA tn f^n nf t,„>; i.
li
66
WAVEKLEY NOVELS.
I
entertained the opiiuon, that the work about which they weni
waa a judgment of Heaven, which, though unsanctioned by the
iJflual autliorities, ought to be proceeded ir -i"^ order and
tfravity.
While thfcir outposts continued thus vigilant, and suflered
themselves neither from fear nor curiosity to neglect that part
M tJie dut- ^signed to them, and while the main guards to the
east and wc ; secured them agaia^t interruption, a select body of
the rioters tendered at the door of the jaU, and demanded in-
stant ad) .fission. No one ans-.vered, for the outer keeper had pru-
(leutly n ade his escape with the keys at the commencement of
the not, auu wa^ nowhere to be found. The door was instantly
assailed with sledge-hammers, iron crows, and the coulters of
ploughs, ready provided foi- the pui-pose, with which they prized
heaved, and battered for some time with ittle effect ; for the
door, besides being of double oak planks, clenched, lx)th endhucr
and athwart, with broad-headed nails, was so hung and secured
as to yield to no m- ,tiis of forcing, without the expenditure of
much time. The noters, however, appeared determined to
gam admittance. Gang after gang relieved each other at the
exercise, for, of course, nnly a few could work at once • but
gang after gang retired, exhausted with their violent exertions,
without making much progress in forcin- the pi.son door.
Jiutler had been led up near tc fhis the principal scene of
action; so near, indeed, it hb ./as aim .L deafened by the
unceasmg clang of the heavy fore-hammers against the iron-
bound portal of the prison. He began to entertain hopes, as the
task seemed protracted, th- L ', populace '<-ight give ; . over
m despair, or that some rescue might arrive to disperse them.
Ihere was a moment at which the latter seem- 1 probable.
The magistrates, having assembled their oti;«rs, and some of
the citizens who were willing to hazard omP' vea for the pub-
lic tranquillity, now sallied forth fror e em where the .
held their sitting, and approached the ^ int ui danger. Thei'r
oacers went oefore them with links and torches, with a herald to
reac ,,ae not-act, if necessary. They easily drove before them the
outposts and videttcs of the rioters ; but when they approached
thelmeofguardwhichthemob,oriather,weshould8ay,thecon-
spirators, had drawn across the street in thefront of theLucken-
booths,theywere received withanunintermittedvolleyofstones.
and,ontheirneai«rftpproach,thepikes,hayonet8,andLochaber.
ftAes, of which ti.e populace had possesped themselves, were pre-
THE HEART Of MID-LOTIIIA N. 67
LTck ii t^lf ''1^ ""Bupportod ho wa« inataiitly thrown on
ma back m the street, and disarmed in his turn. Tlie officer wu^
00 happy to be permitted to rise and nin away without recevh^
a..y farther mjuiy ; ulucb afforded another romarkab e'lLS
tirobLfnf r^^ *^'' ""^'^ "'"^'^'^ inveteracy against
itmp to LVr.,''''",'"^'"?- ^''" '"agistrates, after vain
attempts to make themselves liean and obevod tissessinrr nn
rL:Ho&''^'^ T''^"^^' ^^-^^^ coi^trlititZncl"
o^mi^ el that wl^^^^^^^ i ' ''''"''^'" "" '^'"'^ ^■'''" ^^'' '^''''''
oi raissues that whistled around then- ears
m re to baffle the purfme of the mob than the active interfer-
^6 ^^^\ ^'l' 1-avy sledge-hammei. continued
echoPu Zm tL 1 TT\ /.^*«"^^^«Jo"» and with a no^e which,
to have ™^^ T^ buildings around the spot, seemed enough
amonr ' IZLl", ^^T '" ^^'' ^''^*^«- ^^ ^'^s circulattd
?hTm un'ress f ' 1*^'' *'"°P' r*^^ ^^'-^^^ ^«^^' to disperse
S.f nW \i. ""^'^'""^ *1"^**^^ t^^« fortress, the garrisoa
each'SherTf^ Tf "" ^'l apprehension, they eagerly relieved
each other at the labour of assailing the Tolbooth door • vet
uch was Its strength, that it stiU defied their efforts At lengt
a voice was heard to pronounce the word., "Tiy t ^Lhte''
a d rr'tlTeW I ""^"^T ^'°"^' ^'^ f- -mbustiUes,
ana as aU their wishes seemed to be instantly supplied thev
were soon m possession of two or three empty tarKels A
huge red glaring bonfire speedily arose close^to the Sruf the
aTaue wT "^ ! 'f ^^'r^ '' «°^''^« ^^ fl-"« again t it
thoTrn r ?°^«*^o"fe'Iy-grated windows, and iMuminating
the nl r 't """^i ^"^'^'^ '^ '^'' ^'^''^> ^ho surrounded
tne place aa well as the pale and ancious groi ps of those who
from -f - ^ the ^cma^^^^^^^^^ the pWroVfel^!
^d fitT: J ^ ^1,*^' '^^ ^^t^ ^batever they could
S ifp^nlf ^"^^r- ^^' ^""'^ '^''^ and crackled among
the heaps of nomoBhment pUed on the fire, and a terrible shout
T fT-^'l^ ^^ *^^ ^^^ l^ad kindled, and waa in^
««t of beme destroyed. The fire wa. suffe;ed to dlv buT
M
WAVKRI-EY MOVJXg.
irnTh,!,! rr-*" ^"""r^^'^^- *>'« »■<«» forward of th. rk*
to work their ,.lea«ure i.pon him, whatever that might C*
• Note C, Tl.,. 01.1 Tolbooth.
!h'
CHAPTER SIXTH.
^UaJZ iSoS^r "■" "^^"^^ '■ ''"'^ ^^ «'-" «« ^'-^^ but we wUi
Mhrchant op Venice
l.i.n, and he thought, i„ theTAtfe^rar" Sre^'n"
,forrjsrs£trrrbHS
there msecanty until hU mtimate fate should AteS^
Habitaated, however, by hU office, to overawe the rabWeT,^
city, PorteouB could not suspect them of an atw! 'f„'""» °f ">«
« to stonn a strong and d^fensMe ;rir; ^ d,^ trZ
f.1ond. who vi.,ed bin, L i^Si:!,^ .TT^i^V: S
TIIK IIKART OF mD-LOTHlAK. ^
niJea of the jail. ^^ ^ '"™' '*^""«'» coutraiy to the
un/ortr;t:tS^^^^ when thi.
in mistimed aiid ill-irroun Ir^ nL fi i ' ^''^^ r*** ^"^«' '"^^ high
Bins fiUl blow,^ whfa the fi^sTd^^^^^^^^ ^'*^ ^^ hi«
|»i".-lo.l with tile eon", of n^^^in "'it^^-";'' °^ '^' ^°^«^«
hurried call of the jailor to h«rr. ^ "^.temperance. The
to depart, and his ye Ire h^f i'?'' 'TT^ ^^'^ i««t^tly
determined mob Ld p^^ir L^ «°^'*''^* ?' " ^^«"^*'^»^ «"J
ffiiard-honse. were theStTlna^nn f..°^ ^^^ "^^ ^^*«« ^"<1
Porteoiw miL^ht howrverilr T i''?''^" ^*^^^"^ ^'^^^''^s.
the force of authority cor^tritfv '\ ^V ^''^ ^^ich
slipping on some di«S Id l^^'t ,, '• "* ^' *^°"^'^* °^
guests. It is prouL\::vrSr'':s^^^^ "/*^'-
his escape, or even that in the hunrTthr? w 'T'^'^^ **
he might not have observed it Rnf ^^^'J^'^^S contmgency,
alike wanted presence of mtd'to ful^f '°"' ""^ ^^ ^"^^'^^
of escape. The latter hSfledZTZ '"'''"^ '"^^ * P^'"*
safety seemed compromised ami /Lf ^ '''^ '"^"'"^ ^^^^ ™
stupefaction, await^ed b ht apaS' e^^^^^ '1 * ''^'^ re«e«^ Wing
enterprise of the rioters. Tlfe^e^sTtl^oftT^'f'''" '^ '^'
mstrmnents with which they had Sfirlf 5 *^® '^^^^ °f *he
door, gave him momenta^^elief S fl r^*'^ ? ^°^^« *^«
the mUitaiy had marched ktoth« Iz ?,f'''l''S hopes, that
or from the suburbs, and th^t th« hS ^' ^'^^'' ^'^°^ *^^« Castle
dispersing, were sooi d^tro^^^^^^^^ ^«^''J^t«d and
of the flames, which, illuSLg tLr th^^^ ^ T^. ^'^^t
every comer of his anartmP.Vf S .^^^ *he grated window
determined on their fat^pu,^^^ ;^,T^ that the mob,
entrance equaUy desperate^ ci ^'^*^^ ^ «»^ ^^ Arcing
J^h^Sj^t^^;;^^^^^^^^^^^ and a.
to him; bit his progj^s wnZ I- T"^^^ ^ ^*^« ^''curred
iron gratings, whi?' Cforthe^s^V^'^P"? ^^ °°« «f those
across the vents o bSLydesi'i^^^^^^^^ '^'^"^ P^^ed
bars, however, which imSed hrflf ""P'^°^"^«°t- The
support him in the ^it^oTn ll- - • ^T '' P"'^''^^^' ^^rved to »
. .t.3„.,,on ...h.ca ne i)a.i rminoj. and he «^i.,d
,■' '!
n s
!ii
70
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
them with the tenacious graap of one who esteemed himself cling-
ing to his last hope of existence. The lurid light which had filled
the apartment, lowered and died away; the sound of shouts was
heaxd within the walls, and on the narrow and winding stair,
which, cased within one of the turrets, gave access to the upper
apartments of the prison. The huzza of the rioters was answered
by a shout wild and desperate as their own, the cry, namely, of
the imprisoned felons, who, expecting to be liberated in the
general confusion, welcomed the mob as their deliverers. By
some of thase the apartment of Porteous was pointed out to hia
enemies. The obstacle of the lock and bolts was soon overcome,
and from his hiding place the unfortunate man heard his enemies
search every corner of the apartment, with oaths and maledic-
tions, which would but shock the reader if we recorded them,
but which served to prove, could it have admitted of doubt, the
settled purpose of soul with which they sought his destruction.
A plac3 of concealment so obvious to suspicion and scrutiny
as that which Porteous had chosen, could not long screen him
from detection. He was dragged from his lurking-place, with a
violence which seemed to argue an intention to put him to death
on the spot. More than one weapon was directed towards hhn,
when one of the rioters, the same whose female disguise had
been particularly noticed by Butler, interfered in an authoritative
tone. "Are ye mad?" he said, "or would ye execute an act
of justice as if it were a crime and a cruelty 1 This sacrifico
will lose half its savour if we do not offer it at the very horus
of the altar. We will have him die where a murderer should
die, on the common gibbet — We will have him die where he
spilled the blood of so many innocents !"
A loud shout of appJause followed the proposal, and the cry,
" To the gallows with the nmrderer !— to the Grassmarket with
him ! " ecl'oed on all hands.
"Let no man hurt him," continued the speaker; "let him
make his peace with God, if he can j we will not kill both hia
eoul and body."
"What time did he give better folk for preparing their ac-
count ? " answered several voices. " Let us mete to him with the
same measure he measured to them."
But the opinion of the spokesman better suited the temper of
those he addressed, a temper rather stubborn than impetuous,
sedate though ferocious, and desirous of colouring tlieir cruel and
revengeful action with a show of justice and moderation.
ii-
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 7]
For an iiistanfc this man quitted the prisoner, whom he con
signed to a selected giz.'trd, with instructions to'pmrt him to
give his money and property to whomsoever he pleS A pe^
son confined m the jail for debt received this iLt deposit fmin
he tremblmg hand of the victim, who wa3 at the Lme time
permitted to make some other bri^f arrangementslo meet Ss
approachmg fate. The felons, and all others who wished to leave
he jaU, were now at full liberty to do so ; not that their liS
^3 n^l ^"1 '' '''' ''''''"^ P^"-P°^« «f the rioter" bur^
toUowed as almost a necessary consequence of forcing he a 1
doors. With wild cries of jubilee they johied the mfb or d^
appeared among the narrow lanes to seek out the hMden
EndllTf.''' r^"f ' "^^«^« *h^y -^^« accustomed
lurk and conceal themselves from justice
_ Two persons, a man about fifty years old and a eirl about
eighteen, were all who continued xWthin the fatal vvaUsexcepl
a LSn'J fr ''^*"^' .^^^ ^^^°^^^^y «^^ ^^ advice 'in
mis in^ /heir escape. The persons we have mentioned re
otE One of f^' rr '^ '^' P™°"' "°^ ^^^^rt^'l by all
to the mnn fol I l^'^' companions in misfortune called out
"}'J\T^ ^^ sae, Willie," answered Ratcliffe, composedly
hJ^fst rnS' *"' ' '"^^ ^^ ^"^^ '"'' "«• -^ -t "P f- -
« „-'i' ?^^ t^'^' ^? he hanged, then, for a donnard aidd deevU '"
said the other, and ran down the prison stair "
I he person in female attire whom we have distinguished as
one of the most active riotei., was about the same t^e at the
ear of the young woman. - Flee, Effie, flee !" was all he had
ime to whisper. She turned towards him an eyt of mLled
fear, affection, and upbraiding, all contemling wfth aTrf of
tupified surprise. He again repeated, - Flee, Effie flee -for
the sake of aU that's good and dear to ;ou !" A^Sn she .J^d
on hmi, but wa^ miable to answer. A loud noi e wLTow
heard and he name of Madge Wildfire waa reSedTv Jled
trom the bottom of the staircase ^-^peaiediy called
The ffirl irazed after fiim for a mr-ncTi-^ - i
— " ^o^ a moment, and men, iaiutly
m
mil
72
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
a ; ► it
I I
inutteriDg, " Better tyue life, since tmt is gude fame " she rank
her head upon her hand, and remained, sfemingrinconscToS
aa a statue of the noise a^d tumult ^hiJh parsed Lid heT
liiat tumult was now transferred from the inside to the out.
"cJix^'fo^h'^'^'r'- l^' "^' ""^ broughrtheit^tre^
v^ctun forth, and were about to conduct him to the common
S.'e Wil.?fi ff'',f ^^^ *^''^ distinguislied by the name of
Madge Wildfire had been summoned to assist at the procession
by the impatient shouts of his confederates
"I will insure you five hundred pounds," said the unhannv
Te'i^Xf """'"^^'^ ^-^'-"fi- h^indred potmlfortJ
.J^ o*^^er answered in the same undertone, and retmning
ofco^r.rn t'"?,'^?"^ convulsive, "Five hundredweight
of corned gold should not save you.— Remember Wilson i"
A deep pause of a minute ensued, when Wildfire added in a
TtheTiSir' ''''-'' ^- ^-- ^'^^^ Heavei:^:l!^re
the search after Porteous, was now brought for^^^ard anTclm
manded to walk by the prisoner's side, .md to prepa e him for
immediate death. His answer was a supplication thatthl
rioters would consider what they did. " You a e Si J >^^^^^
lior juiy." saul he. - You cannot have, by the laws of God o^
man, power to take away the life of a human creatTire'ho^te
deserving he may be of death. If it is murder even in a k wfnl
magistrate to execute an offender other^vise than in the ^hoe thu^
and manner which the judges' sentence prescribes, what must i
be m you, who have no warrant for interference but your ov4
wills? In the name of Him who is all mercy, show mercy S
this unhappy man, and do not dip yom- hands i^ his blld noJ
rush into the very crime which you axe desirous of avenging "
Cut your sermon short— you are not in your bulnit "
tiJiswered one of the rioters. ^ ^ ^ '
"If we hear more of your clavers," said another "we ara
like to hang you up beside him " «"ufuer, we ar«
"Peace-hush!" said Wildfire. "Do the good man no
bami-he discharges his conscience, and I like hiithe Ser"
He then addressed Butler. "Kow, su' we havriSlv
heard you. and we ^,ist wish you to m der canVrthe C^^
THE JIEART OF MID-LOTHIAI*. 7^
Blood mu3t have blood W« T '^^^^ """^ purpose-
deepest oahs ever wet p^Led thT? t ""'^ f^'' ^^ *^«
death he deserves soTiVhlv?f V * ^"^^^om shaU die the
prepare h^deat^a^^ ^"^^^^^^^^^ "T.*^ -' ^^*
wm permit " ^ as weu as the briefness of his change
shoes, in order to facUitatP ifis off . 1 ^ ^"^ ^"^ ^°^* ^^^
^de; J ISdJ, "i°l Butkr^aa placed close to hfa
pai^J which^ T7«'f„'^ I»*™ " duty always the most
circuist.ce. :f rhStaTz^terrarfat'utt'''.'
"Are you prepared for this dreadful end?" ^i\A Rn^^.. •
faltermtj voice " O turn +r. xr- . , *^^^ ' ^^^ iiutler, in a
the gallmgagoTy o^hrr itT^ 2n^'' "■'" P""^' "™« «»
o5Prt_T ;,„ * f^ tetters, that his pauw would sooa lie
any secrecy on the occasion tWti. T ^"^ ^^^'^^
observation Thei^pSr/lll ^^ 'T"^ "^^'^ *° *=«^t
74
WAVERLEY- NOVELS.
I' i'i
u \ ;
lx)re aworda, muskets, and battle-axes, marched on each side, m
It tormmg a regular guard to the procession. The windows, aa
they went along, were filled with the inhabitants, whose slim-
bers had been broken by this unusual disturbance. Some of the
spectators muttered accents of encouragement; but in general
they were so much appaUed by a sight so strange and audacious,
that they looked on with a sort of stupified astonishment. No
one offered, by act or word, the slightest interruption.
1 he rioters, on their part, continued to act with the same air
ot deliberate confidence and security which had marked all their
proceedings. When the object of their resentment dropped one of
his slippers, they stopped, sought for it, and replaced it upon his
foot with great deliberation.* As they descended the Bow to-
wards the fatal spot where they designed to complete their
purpose. It was suggested that there should be a rope kept in
readiness. For this purpose the booth of a man who dealt in
cordage was forced open, a coil of rope fit for their purpose was
selected to serve as a halter, and the dealer next morning found
that a guinea had been left on his counter in exchange • so
anxious were the perpetrators of this daring action to show that
they meditated not the slightest wrong or infraction of law, ex-
cepting so far aa Porteous was himself concerned
Leading, or carrying along with them, m this determined and
regular manner, the object of their vengeance, they at length
reached the place of common execution, the scene of his cri^e
and destined spot of his sufferings. Several of the rioters (if
they should not rather be described as conspirators) endeavoured
to remove the stone wliich filled up the socket in which the end
ot the fata tree was sunk when it was erected for its fatal
purpose ; others sought for the means of constiiicting a tempo-
rary gibbet, the place in which the gallows itself was deposited
being reported too secure to be forced, without much loss of
time Butler endeavoiu-ed to avail himself of the delay afforded
design. -For God's sake," he exclaimed, - remember it k the
unage of your Creator which you are about to deface in the
person of this unfortunate man ! Wretched as he is, and wicked
as he may be, he has a share in every promise of Scripture, and
..ly'v ''^^" \".ie«t, '•haracteristic of tbe extreme composure of thk
ro^h::"■^'^"^''f ^""^'"^^^ ^^ ^ la.ly, who, disturbed iTke othe™
/iMmaisL, ir-m^f^mmu-
ch side, aft
indows, aa
lose slum-
ome of the
in general
audacious,
lent. No
3 same air
d all their
ped one of
i upon bis
5 Bow to-
lete their
e kept in
dealt in
rpose was
ing found
lange; so
ihow that
law, ex-
lined and
it length
lis crime,
ioters (if
eavoured
L the end
its fatal
1 tempo-
leposited
'. loss of
afforded
lesperate
it is the
> in the
1 wicked
ure, and
•e of this
ie others
author hy
THE HEART OP MID-LOTHUN
you cannot destroy him in hnpenitence without
name from the Book of Life— Do not
give time for preparation."
"What time had they," returned a stem voice, "whom he
"zX''-' ''-''-''' '^-' '-'' °^ ^°^ -^ -^
"But what, my friends," insisted Butler, with a generous dis
regard to his own safety-" what hath constituted yo/h^ .^ r
h..n f ^? "^^V^^, J"'^^'''" '«P^*«^ *he same person ; " he t4
been already judged and condemned by lawful authority We
are those whom Heaven, and our righteous anger, have "stir^.d
pTottLTa"^^^^^^^ '-'''' ^ --^^^ «----* -1^' -
"I am none," said the unfortunate Porteous: "that which
you charge upon me fell out in self-defence, in the llwful
exercise of my duty." ' lawtiii
-Wh77 ^^*^ ,^.^-away with him!" was the generd cry
Why do you trifle away tune in making a gallows ?- thTt
dy^ter's pole is good enough for the homicide "
The unhappy man was forced to his fate with remorseless
rapidity. Butler, separated from him by the press esc3 th^
last hoiTors of his stmggles. Unnoticed b/ those X ji^
hitherto detamed him as a prisoner, he fled from the fJtal spof
without much caring m what direction his course lay A loud
shout proclamied the stern delight with which thT agent of
his deed regarded its completion. Butler, then, at theTpenini
into the low street called the Cowgate, cast back a teSd
glance, and, by the red and dusky light of the torches he"ouId
tZZ^" ^n ^'f r^ ^"^ ^*^'"^^=""«" ^ i^ hung sut^enld
above the heads of the multitude, and could even observe men
stnking at It with their Loch abcr axes and partis^^ The
SiS of a nature to douW. klr. horror, and i ad^T^ngJ?:
The street down which th> fuo-Jtive ran opens to one of the
eastern ports or gates of the ' itv Butler did not .ton Si v
reached it, but foimd it still sMt. He waS neltan t^'
walking up and down i. inexpressible perturbattn ofS
At length he ventured to call out, und rouse the attenti^of
the temncd keepers of the gate, who n.w foimd themselm at
liberty to resume their olMce ^v•ithout interruption Butler
requested them to open the gate. They hesitated. He told
them his name and ocoumtioii. - • «o wig
H-v
i:\i
76
WAVEKLKY NOVELS.
|:
fear beyon,. the S ^f Miiwh' Hif^^ '^°"" «""
totantly to take the road h^eward Z^l "T" ™
cares, connected with the iiew«Zh3 I ' ,* ?" '^='™ '>n<I
.lay, induced hi:! to Sir I ?L • T'^" '*'''' '™"kable
•Jnta daybreak M™„Tr Mi«hbonrhoo<l of Blinburgh
he w. Sg a^^y r ho„rorxrz? r^ """r
walked, he coniectS to W 5, ""^'^ P'"^" "' ^W"'' Ibey
transaclion "'"•"^'""'^ *° ^■"<' "^^ <>-Wert in the late fatal
riot*;rwben S t'di^tet^t ''°'' '""^ '^''™™ «' ">e
not tl,'e lea.* reiSX?r:? TCT^ut'frf ^""f
a':s/SrthTitL'lTst? T^^^^^ -^
only found to ltX:trt:trth ^S ""BuTnl? ""^
the present case. Thev sppmAri o«. , "^7^®^- . ■'^"t not so in
vengLce they had prTseS'^^^^^^^^^ ^'\'^^
activity. \Vhen they were fimv SC tl,!; i v\^^ sagacious
their victim, they /spersedTev^^^^^^^^ ^-^^t"^^
the weapons which thev harl nnll 7 ^^^^lon, throwing down
cany through theL pSe M^Ti 1° '^"^^" *^«^^ *«
the least token of theTents of th. ?^^ there remained not
of Porteous, which stm h^t suspend ; f^^^f ^ '^l ^^^««
had suffered, and the amTof S -^ ^^ ^^'^^ ^^^^^ ^e
had taken from the^^d horeThfl"^ ""K'^ '^' ™*«^«
about the streets as they had tS^.. ""'l' ^'"^^ ''^^^''^^
when the purpose forZimter^J'Zl^Z:'^^- ^-^
complished. ^ ^®^®^ them waa ao.
not^^th^^^n.S^'^^'Se'jI *! *^ ^"■™,^ *- P°--.
it. tenure. To ^^iV^'ttTrT 1?! ''^'^ »'
severe inquirv into thp tmnanl^jr^ ^ ., ^' "^^ commence a
the first S7ret^g™' " tC rt"*','*'"' "-«
these event, had been wnducM ™ IT ^ dBplayed. But
. .1« of safety aud re^tT tr^-ltror^^^LI
Im presach in
aid another;
the keepers
3 horror and
purpose waa
r fears and
; remarkable
' Edinburgh
issed hiiii aa
it remained,
n imwonted
which they
9 late fatal
sion of the
led, seemed
affair. In
fiich a mob
dually been
not so in
with the
sagacious
abandoned
^ing down
J them to
lained not
the corpse
where he
!ie rioters
scattered
3ir hands
was ao-
r power,
agility of
mence a
:ht, were
d. But
Jculated
nothing
THfi HEART OF MID-LOTUUN y,
il l: audS.^ r tr- - P-^P^l acto. in a
^th the tidings, where therr^i^lT ^'V^'^ '' ^^^d^n
«UT)nse in the council of rereL "^"^ ^'^\ inOignation and
of Queen Caroline, wlio onsSfd Zt ^^^^^f ^^ ^^ the bosom
to contempt by the success otS?': P ''^"^^\'^"ty as exposed
was spoke of for some time tveS' <^onsp>racy. Wthing
whicn should be taken, not^anlTon S ""^^^ °^' y^ngenji^
80 soon as they should be ^1?^ I *^ ^'^°''' °^ this tragedy
who had sufl-efed itt%l' tran^^,- ^.^ '^^ "^agistSS
f>een he ,«ene where it IHImhJ^'V^' ''^y '^^^'^ ^^ad
IS still recorded in mLuT ,^^^^^- ^" this occasion it
the height of her disKe Lt*ir ')'' ^'' ^^Jesty? in
of Argyle, that, soonerXn ^bi>'.''^'^'"*^^ ^^^"^ ^uke
would make Scotland a hiLt^Iw "t '^?^ ''^^ ^'^^' «he
answered that high-spirited 2.t ? *^'^* ^^> ^adaai "
wdl take le^yeof^omM^^tylT' T^ ^ P^^^'^'^^d bow^^I
to get my hounds ready »^' ^"^ ^' ^"^^ *<> ^^ own couitiy
fhe same national spirit titrn,! ^I^^7 '^""^^^ actuated by
checked in mid-voUerand mu]^ .1:"^'""^^ ^^ ««^-«ariI^
«"d adopted, to Home of whirh we n.n?^'' T' ^««o«^endea
to advert.* "^"'^^ we may hereafter have occasion
• Note D. Memorial conce^i., the .urder of Captain W..
CHAl^TER SEVENTH
Arthur's Seat 8haU be my bed,
Sm my true-love'« foraaken me '
Tp T ^"^ Song,
couldT sllnie^S^^^^ *^; *^ or setting sun
that wild path windinTa^r4d7,f !.„^^^°t^e, it would be
eemicircular rocks, called S^bnr^ o ""^ *^' ^'^^ ^^^ of
verge of the steep' descent whth s W T' ""^ ^^^^^ ^he
the «outh-eaatern .ide of the ck? '^J'^^^^^ ^^^^ gl^n on
prospect, in ix, general otSire comL? ^t^"'"^^ The
-^' i-ommanuij a clncu. k,,.-!^ i . .
tuj.i, aigii-
■^1
P
,1) ' ^
78
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
mt 3 'tn r ''^PP5"''^'^J^^« near to enchantment. This
Oood Town oris J** '"* ™'^" ""' "«' ^^^ "^ '"s
the tfme ™m 7°'' '"%"™ ='""'=■ ■« «" ■« *» whUe ™
I, which, to a
nt tliat of a
rocks, isles,
w, a fair and
nd rock, and
I mountains.
;he cliffs, the
and sublime
lended witli,
y whicli can
e of sceneiy
acy, and yet
I" of evening,
langed with
e tamest of
aent. This
esort, when
study. It
; a circiun-
aste of the
) me of so
nised to be
^thout an
antic path
murder of
ve found a
meeting his
ely circuit-
i^hile away
y without
circuit by
until the
v standing
•f the sun
rous frag-
>ove him,
i.tastrophe
d to him
sen formed
i to think,
nrE HEART or MID-L0TI,IAN.
ff?/vethfSn :^lttfw?r? ^* ^^^^e^ee's, we
[t/^/o'^ected witlf thafof m. n*^'' ^'^' ^°^ ^^^ ^^
Scotland His gran"atC;S;\e^^^^^^^^^^^ bom in
■>"e of the party of dismou^J^,] \ ^""^ '"^ ^^«"^^'« army, and
forlorn hope at the stonmr o ^'""T'- ^^""^^ ^°"^«d ?Se
Butler (called from his ta?nt« ,^ "^'v "^ ^^^^- Stephen
f.^VP*'^^? Stephen, and Bib BtioL'''^'"^ and expounding^
and received in its fullpsf 1 , ^^ ^'^ a stanch Indenendonr
jaints should iuhL''" e 3" 'T'T *?^ P-"^'- E X'
'>ad chiefly faUen to his sW^ V,-.u^ ^^'^ ^"^^s were what
common property, he lost no .^'^''*" ^ *^^« division of this
and plunde/of a^tm r/iS^f J^ "^"^^ "^-t-
a^ large a share of the bette tZsffT ^"'"', ^ ^PP'-^P^^^c
possibly compass. It would seem thof^ T?*^ ^ ^'^ ^^o^'^J
differently well, for his exterior S . ^'^ ^^^ succeeded in-
^equence of this event, to We be 'T''f '^''^ "PP^^'-^d* i^ c i-
The troop to which hi Z ? "'"'^^ "tended,
of Dalkeith, as formtg the td? "^,^"^^*-«^ at the village
capacity of general fo^^the CoSf'^uu'^ ^^"^^^ ^^o, in S
boming castle. When on J? ''''''^*^' '"^^^^ed in thi neilh
general commenced h^lZ f^T .f ?'^ Restoration the
^th such important consenni ^'^^^^^^^ a measure preiuauf
aoid more espLiau/those SmS ^' T''^'^'^^''^ ^^« t^oop"
t^t they might isrSj^ft'dS ^r^"' ^ ^ '-
self. On this ocr;asion Scrintur; SS " ^' "^^^^^^d to him-
balance, and found want% Jt J '^^'^ ^^ ^'^'ghed iu the
to any expedition which mi/hfi'''^'P°'*'^ ^^ f^l* no call
militaiy sainthood, and that t i , ""^'^ *^' ^^^^^ of the
free m conscience to johi wftl anv ^^ .""'^ r'''''^'' ^^^^^ as
ultimately to acknowleL tt^^^ ^^"^h might be likek
«on of "the last man/^l^btli r^' 'I Charles Stuart, the
rently termed by them Z ihe^ZL^T r"'"'^'''^^ ^"^ ^'^^^ve-
their more elaborate predications ^^7? '^''''"''"' ^ ^^^ as in
did no admit of cashiering Teh .^l ^TT""' ^ ^^^ tin.e
only advised in a friendly way to ^ S I''- ^.*'P^'^ ^'^"er was
nients to one of Middlet^S old^ "^ ^^ ^°'«" '^"'^ '^'">utre.
accommodating conscience o? a JrT'' ^^° f'^'^'^'^' '^d an
squared itself chiefly upon thos^ n?f,; "^i '^°^P' ^^ ^^ich
^ this hint «^« ri^n'S t^'/riri!? !!!^ P^^-c.
' "" — ■*'" ^'"Si or tWTears
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WAVtlRLEY NOVELS.
presently payable, Stephen had carnal wisdom enough to embrace
the proposal, and with great indifference saw hia old corps
depart for Coldstream, on thuir route for the south, to establish
the tottering Government of England on a new basis.
The zone of the ex-trooper, to use Horace's phrase, was
weighty enough to purchase a cottage and two or three fields
(still known by the name of Beersheba), within about a Scottish
mile of Dalkeith ; and there did Stephen establish himself with
a youthfid helpmate, chosen out of the said village, whose dis-
position to a comfortable settlement on tl is side of the grave
reconciled her to the gruff manners, serious temper, and weather-
beaten features of the martial enthusiast, Stephen did not long
survive the fallmg on " evil days and evil tongues," of which
Milton, in the same predicament, so mournfidly complains. At
his death his consort remained an early widow, with a male
child of three yea^.-> old, which, in the sobriety wherewith it
demeaned itself, i?. , f ■ t Id-fashioned and even grim cast of its
features, and in ;., r.fiftxintious mode of expressing itself, would
sufficiently have vi:i,;'rated the honour of the widow of Beor-
Bheba, had any one thought proper to challenge the babe'i
descent from Bible Butler.
Butler's principles had not descended to his family, or ex-
tended themselves among his neighbours. The air of Scotland
was alien to the growth of independency, however favourable to
fanaticism under other colours. But, nevertheless, they were
not forgotten ; and a certain neighbouring Laird, who piqued
himself upon the loyalty of nis principles " in the worst of times "
(though I never heard they exposed him to more peril than that
of a broken head, or a night's lodging in the main guard, when
wme and cavalierLsm predominated in his upper storey), had
found it a convenient thing to rake up all matter of accusa-
tion against the deceased Stephen. In this enumeration his
religious principles made no small figure, as, indeed, they must
have seemed of the most exaggerated enormity to one whose
own were so small and so faintly traced, as to be well nigh im-
perceptible. In these circumstances, poor widow Butler was
supplied with her full proportion of fines for nonconformity,
and all the other oppressions of the time, until Beersheba was
fairly wrenched out of her hands, and became the property of
the Laird who had so wantonly, as it had hitherto appeared
persecuted this poor foriom woman. When his purpose wa«
fiairly achieved, hfi showed pome rejuorse or modej-ation- of
THE HEAUr OP MID-LOTiriAN.
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fier to
mcanwhilo, grew i.n to ,nWa . f . T '""' ^«nj«"'"' tlie
„,i • u , ^ P ^^ mans estate, and. mov.vl hv ^h. i
his exactions VLnlvrnJ^h^TJA ^"'"'^^ ^''"^ rnoderate in
!:«;■", j.r" •; ■■"•" •■>» "-is r Etas
brace of hnndredweiirhfa 1 f^^ t , ° ^^^P -"^^ additional
to the spot „ wh f h i? ;.k . "l"* ? ^S'^'*'' «»tertai„8
placed, and under the same giiardTanship • nf hat of^^^^^^
gr^dmother, the widow of MoSk's old trooper ^ ^''
The same prospect of misery hung oyer the'hea.l of another
and dumb, resided £e with Ws p^S ^^^^^ ^° '"f t^*^/^, °f the d*J
rs difrereBt fro. that aa^l^n^' to llfeTdtl J^iT "" " ''"" "^ '""^^
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tenaut of this hard-fiearted lord of the soil. This was a toii^h
SLM n,^"'? •'°,''"''"^* '{ ^''''''^^'' ^° ^h,irch and state,
contnved to maintain his ground upon the estate by rejnilar
payment of ma kluties, kain, arriage, carriage, diy mu^ire To k
gowpen and knaveship, and all the various exactions now
commuted for money, and summed up in the omphat"c word
RENT. But the years 1700 and 1701, long reremtred n
Scotland for dearth and general distress, si'ibdued the stout heart
IrttsTth r' "n"- . ''^^^'""^ ^^ '''' ground-offi:::^
decreets of the Baron Court, sequestrations, poindings of out^
nt b^H l^'^'t fT^^^S, flew about his eats as f^t as the
hn^'d M w^^l b' • ^ '''""; '^'''' '' '^'' Covenanters at Pent.
Jand IJothwell Brigg, or Airsmoss. Stniggle as he mieht and
he struggled gallantly, "Douce David Deats" was ro3 hor^
and foot and lay at the mercy of his grasping landlordlust ^
anticipated ; but they who propliesied their expulsion to begga^
and rum were disappointed by an accidental circumstance ^^
On the very term-day when their ejection should have taken
P^ace when al their neighbours were prepared to pity and not
one to assist them, the minister of the parish, as weU J a
doctor from Edinburgh, received a hasty summoi sTo at end the
Kotf fa^uSI'Tl ''''' r^ «^^P™^^' f- his contemp
extra bottlS • 1 ''" ^/f *^ "'^'^^^^'y ^'' ^^eme over an
extra bottle that is to say, at least once every day. The leech
itttl. nl/"'"^' '°? ^'' ^'' '^' ^^^y' ^^i^hted i^thJcourt he
httle old manor-house at almost the same time: and M'hen thev
had gazed a moment at each other with somemirp irthey in
needs be yeiy lU indeed, smce he summoned them both to hi.
presence at once. Ere the servant could usher them to lis apa^^
nient, theparty was augmented by a man of law, NichH St
wnting himself procurator before tlie sherifF-cou'rtVfor n tS
days .there were no solicitors. This latter personage wLfi?
eummoned to the apartment of the Laird, whe?e aftefsomrshor
space, the sonl-curer and the body-curer we in iS toTint'
Dumbiedikes had been by this time transported into reCt
^m used only upon occasions of death and mSJi^e aS
-^,^i^in the fomier of these occupations, the DeaS^Lm
»^ Mr. Novft. the son .and heir of the patient, a taU gawky
was a tough
gh most ob-
rch and state,
^y regular
iiulture, lock,
factions now
iphatic word
uembered in
e stout heart
round-officer,
lings of out-
fast as the
ters at Pent-
3 might, and
routed horse
Jord just at
h family was
n to beggary
itance.
have taken
ity, and not
i well as a
3 attend the
is contempt
3me over an
The leech
ourt of the
'■ when they
ise, they in
edikes must
^otli to his
5 his apait,-
chil Novit,
'or in those
:e was first
some sliort
join lum.
to the best
triage, and
ead-Room.
)n himself
all gawl^
'rm HKART OP .MII>-LOTmAK.
cc
tbokeys^d manage,! ^£^^ oSCk'''':^''' "^ C
spiritual matf pr« f k ® loUowmg words • i^r^ ""'"^essed
These are sair times x J i never one of the ch)ar««t
but ti.T^-^ttsirar""'^'^*'^"'^-"
wiU be growing, Jock wh J ,^ ^® ^^^ sticking in a trp^ 1?
ye take a morning's drau-ht !?'•! ?^' *^^ ^^^mach sair • Jn
there makes it weel Jjw ' ^* '^ ^« a^"* mirabilir i' ^
^^ b'-oken-winded ;t7s ^j :n'h?h''^^^^^ ^ ^o^g a^sc^Ti
horn, at a penBy^v^dii^^,^,^-^^^^^^
--but Its a' needless .'-Mass TnL^ ?? '°^ ^^ath my head
ower some bit short prayer tti,^' ""^'^^ ^« <^i^ o' rattS
-me queer thoughts 'oufJ'^^tcL Ta^'^ "^^^^' ^^ ^J
Icanuotuseaprayerlikear^Tu ^^^ ^^^lething, man »
the patient "« Ww ^®" *^!?* without my telline- von ?» o»
^pre andWea^!; '^- ,''^-, ^i^U^/::! C^;^.
woMs by a HiirhKmM !^^^ ^^'^'c^ WW achi^, . i ^^ "***» mode
4}^'
84
V^AVERLEY KOVELS.
1 ^ ', n ?''°^.,^'^* '^' y""'"^ whiggeiy, if that's a' yo can
mAv t^'r'*' ^^'*'"P ^"^^ ^'' ''^^ h^^f *he prayer-book to
TZil^ K *""^Awa wi' ye .'-Doctor, let's see if ye can do
onything better for me." j^ v^ooi uu
The doctor who had obtained some information in the mean-
Z.urJ'^^ i housekeeper on the state of his compiuints,
assured him the medical art could not prolong his life many hours
«n.l l^ ^T"" ^^^ -^^^^ ^"^ y^'^ ^^ith!" cried the furious
and mtractoble patient. "Did ye come here for naething but
wl ! . *r f """^ ^^^P ^® ^* *^« Pi^^^h ? Out wi' them,
Cromw";:;? ' *?' ^T' ^ "°^ '^"'^^' "^^ ^"™«' ^^^ the curse o
murklT i' f J f ' -^^^ ^r *^'"^ '^*^«^ f«« ^' bountith, or sae
muckle as a black pair o' cheverons !"*
The clergyman and doctor made a speedy retreat out of the
oTv oZt' '']''' ^""^bicdikes feu into'one of those trai^ports
«nrnT f^ P'^^^''^ language, which had procured him the
r Z i ^^«^,?f«-dikes. -Bring me the brandy bottle!
Jeimy ye b_," he cried, with a voice in which pa/sion con^
-- there s ae fearful thmg hings about my heart, and an anker
of brandy winna waah it away.-The Deanses at Vood^dT-I
equestrated them m the dear years, and now they are to flit
aid her oe, they'll starve— they'll starve!— Look out Jock-
what kind o' night is'tl" ^wk uux,, oock ,
" On ding o' snaw, father," answered Jock, after having opened
the window, and looked out with great composure. ^ ^
They 11 perish in the drifts!" said the expiring ninner-
be S." '""' "' ""^' '-'"* ^'" b« '^^^ --V, ginTtLes
This last observation was made imder breath, and in a tone
which made the very attorney shudder. He tried his hand at
ghostly advice, probably for the first time in his hfe and re
eT/r ^'^T."" 'P'^'' ^'' '^' ^'"^'^'^ «°^«-en e of he Laird
reparation of the mjuries he had done to these distressed famil 2'
rSrh. pfa^: faTJmr htSt^groLrTdt
S's a' ye can
:ayer-book to
if ye can do
in the mean-
compiuints,
many hours,
the furious
aething but
at wi' them,
the curse of
ntith, or sae
• out of the
e transports
ed him the
ndy bottle,
passion con-
lout fashing
ig his voice
id an anker
jodend ! — I
are to flit,
joper's wife
out, Jock;
''ing opened
gin a' tales
1 in a tone
is hand at
fe, and re-
the Laird,
id families,
i restitutio
3morse for
d, and he
)ng for his
m WAKV 01- MID-LOTHUN.
ii-
■f canna do'f » l.-^ ""
'-ould kill me to dow'^r'''^ ""'^^ ^ ^^''^^ of despair " T*
tto '■to'p''at''TOwhL'''''K?'¥"^ Dumbiedifces, "or I'll (li,.
the Deaases and the Butto^irt? ^.'' '" "'" P'^' "^S
lettbewarKgetaCTinn'f^ , '™'' *" them, Jock K,.^'
«"d wte„,,/ drdlon'e &"i''''''»P thege^ aJ^C;.'
creatures stay at a liX'^^ Beereheba at no rati, iti * '
^m^y^ z the\S":? ™"^, -" !■- w "-d s^;;i:
■After these contmdictorv iS ..'"''' '"'"''e he's gaun lid '"
»? "luch at ease, tC^t^^i^'t""^-''"' ^■'"•^ tSh^^Zmi
tmucusiy, aad "soughed am '•Ir'"' ''™">^» "f brandy^"
The cotf '^ 't ™'^- th~S for« S"^;"* »<! P-s'-ba.^^^
ihe cottage of Deans, cal]^ S .^ °"«""^ "aledictW
from that at Beereheha.^r^'^"?^ "A T^' ™'J disS
;S™™«h«t''eenthefamU,T dJ '" '"^ '«'■' ^t Uttle
with aU sort of prej„dice7^Sst th?f "'^ ' """^y Scotsman!
t" viat hTS:s ^t ?: tr t* •°"' ^>^>^i'"^:
I i
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mm
ia
WAVEKLKY NOVKLS.
profesBions, Deans and the widow Butler were placed in such a
situation as naturaUy and at length created some intimacy
between the tamilies. They had shareii a common danger and
a mutual deliverance. They needed each other's assistance, like
a company, who, crossmg a momitain stream, are coi..i)eUed to
clmg cl()«e together, lest the cuiTcnt sliould bo too powerftU for
any who ai-e not thus supijoited.
^ On nearer acquainttince, too. Deans abated some of his pre-
judices He tound old Miu Butler, though not thoroughly
grounded m the extent and bearing of the real testimony ag^st
the defections of the times, had no opinions in favoinr of the
independent party ; neither was she an Englishwoman. There-
fore It was to be hoped, that, though she was the widow of an
enhusiastic corporal of Cromwell's dragoons, her grandson
might be neither schismatic nor anti-national, two qualities
coucemmg which Goodman Deaais had as wholesome a teiror a^
a^t papists and malignauts. Above all (for Douce Davie
Deans had his weak side), he pei-ceived that widow Butler
looked up to huu with reverence, listened to his advice and
compounded for an ocjcasioual fling at the doctrines of her
deceased husband, to which, as we have seen, she was by no
means waiinly attached, in cohsideration of the valuable counsels
which the Presbytenan aflbrded her for the management of her
little fann. Ihese usmdly concluded mth " they may do other-
wise m England, ueighbom- Butler, for aught I ken:" or "it
may be diflerent m foreign parts ;" or, " they wha think differently
on the gi-eat foundation of our covenanted reformation, over-
tmjimg and mishguggling the government and discipline of the
kirk, and breakmg down the carved work of our Ziou, might
be for Ba^vlng the craft ^vi' aits ; but I say pease, pease.'' Ad
as his advice was shrewd and sensible, though conceitedly given,
it was received with gratitude, and followed with respect.
uJh "';^' w "^f ""A^"^ *°"^ I^^^^« ^^*^<^ t^e f'^^'^ at Beer-
Bheba and Woodend became strict and intimate, at a very early
period, betwixt Reuben Butler, with whom the ;eader is already
m some degiee acquainted, and Jeanie Deans, the only chUd of
Douce Davie Deans by his first wife, -that singular Christian
woman, as he was wont to express himself, -whose name was
javouiy to aU that knew her for a desirable professor, Christian
Menzies m Hochmag.rdle." The manner of which intimacy,
and the consequences thereoi, we now proceed to rekte .
>oed in such a
>me iutimapcy
a daiiyer and
ssistance, like
coi.i|H3lled to
powerful for
e of his pre-
t thoroughly
tuony against
ivour of the
laii. There-
widow of an
er grandson
wo qualities
e a teiTor as
Douce Davie
idow Butler
advice, and
ines of her
was by no
ible counsels
tnent of her
ay do other-
u;" or, "it
k differently
ation, over-
i)line of the
Zion, might
ase." And
tedly given,
ipect.
ies at Beer-
k very early
r is already
ily child of
" Christian
) name waa
, Christian
intunacy,
te. .
87
™* lIE^UiT OF MID-LOTIIIAN.
CHAPTER EIGHTH
When both were lufr H 'I'.-'^'" ^^'^ '"^'"l'^ -•
Of h.«ty ovU Se lul "'°"^''* '* '^'""^^ '»
J D to luaKe tliem jioorer still.
CjiABBKs I'arLk lieuister.
he lands of Dtnnbiedikes whie , it Z T' T^ P^^-^^'^'
became gradually apparent tl.nf n "'*'''' ^""^ *« ^''cupy, it
^^ his ally in thJcS It FnT T '^J'''' *^^« ^^rife
"lau, and not muchT f fT • ^""'^ '*• ^^o former was a
woman, and decCintot^^^^^^^^ '' ^^^^^^rs. Kutl r .?
"^ time to have been Cancedtv ,f ^""''- ^^^'' ^'^««^^ «"fe'ht
wa. growing up to asstT ht t^TT^'f''' '^'' P^^"^««
Jeanie Deans, ^ a frirl TonM ,^''"^^"*her's labours, and that
father's burdens. But Dou •« n' ^"^j: «"PP«««J to add to her
aad so schooled and trailed h« "^^ ^'"^ ^«"«^ *hing
that from the ZeZTtm Zl' "''''''/ ^ ^« ^^'^^^^^ K
employed in some task or oihersiwfii ?T'^' '^^ ^^ ^'^ily
a circumstance which adlr^fn ^ ^^l^ l"* ^"^ ^^^ ^^^ ^'-ipacity •
and lectures, tendedto^v, h r m^f "' '"i'^ ^^^^^^^^'^
grave, serious, firm and rPfW.- ' ^'''" '^^^'^^ ** '-'hild, a
strong and healthTtemXmml. f°^ /""*' ^ "ncommo^
and eve^ other i^r XrwLwfr.'" '^ "« ^«'-««^
more noble function^, eo oftl J^. ^^"f *^" ^"^^ "^ 'ts
greatly to establish this fortitudp"'r' ^^'' "^^^' ^^^'^e^i
character. ^ lortitude, sunphcity, and decision of
thought ^tt^Ltm^^^^^^^^^ - -stitution, and,
doubtful, and appreheS He 2tnf ^.^r°"^^^^ ^^^'^
his mother, who had Xd of f pL \'^'^' tempeiument of
was a pale, thm, feeble siclly W tf °" ^ ^^^ «-"«• ^e
an accident in eLrly youth R« ^l^^^^e^hat lame, from
doting grandmother^ Sse too^l-T' ^''^^^' *^« '^^ ^f a
taught hhn a sort of mln^ L S?r"?.*"^^ ^^ -«-
overrate his own importance whirT' ""'^ * disposition to
--.uenc that chil^'n"<;:^.L^^t^^^^^ --*
m
if
88
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
Stai, however, the two children dung to each other's society
aot more from habit than from taste. They herded togethei
the handful of sheep, with tlie two or three cows, which their
parents turned out rather to seek food than actually to feed upon
tlie unenclosed common of Dumbiedikes. It was there that the
two urchins might be seen seated beneath a blooming bush of
whin, their little faces laid close together under the shadow of
the same plaid drawn over both their hoads, while the landsca])o
around was enlbro^vned by an overshadowing cloud, big with the
shower which had driven the children to shelter On other
occasions they went together to school, the boy receiving that
encouragement and example from his companion, in crossing the
little brooks which intersected their path, and encountering
cattle, dogs, and other perUs, upon their journey, which the male
sex m such cases usually consider it as their prerogative to ex
tend to the weaker. But when, seated on the benches of the
echool-housc, they began to con their lessons together, Reuben
who wfw as much superior to Jeanie Deans in acuteuess of in'
tellect as inferior to her in firmness of constitution, and in that
insensibility to fatigue and danger whicli depends on the con-
tormation of the nerves, was able fully to requite the kindness
and countenance with which, in other circumstances, she used to
regard him He was decidedly the best scholar at the little
parish school ; and so gentle was his temper and disposition, that
be was rather admired than envied by the little mob who
occupied the noisy mansion, although he was the declared
favourite of the master. Several girls, in particular (for in
.Scotland they are tauglit with the boys), longed to be kind to
and comfort the sickly lad, who was so much cleverer than his
coini,amons. The character of Reuben Butler was so calculated
as to offer scope both for their sjinpathy and their admiration,
the feelmgs, perhai)8, through which the female sex (the more
daserving part of them at least) is more easily attached
But Reuben, naturally reserved and distant, improved none of
these advantages; and only becfime more attached to Jeanie
D^ns, as the enthusiastic approbation of his master assured him
of fair prospects in future life, and awakened his ambition In
the meantime, every advance that Reuben made in leamingVand
considenng his opportunities, they were uncommonly great)
rendered him less capable of attending to the domestic duties of
his gnmdmother's farm. While studyii.g the pms adnorum in
bnclid. he suffered every crt^W.'. upon the common to trespass
wC^
ei^s flociety,
Bd together
B^hicb their
feed upon
ire that the
ng busli of
! shsulow of
e landscape
ig with tiie
On other
3iving tliat
rossing the
icountering
h the male
itive to ex
ihes of tlie
r, Reuben,
uess of in-
nd in that
3 tlie cou-
3 kindness
he used to
the little
lition, that
niob wlio
declared
ir (for in
je kind to
than his
calculated
Imiration,
the more
1.
d none of
io Jeanie
ured him
tion. In
ing (and,
ly great)
duties of
norum in
trespass
THE HEAKT OP MID-LOTIIUN.
Dustiefoot. could liavnaveVr^ Deans with her little dof
n.ont. Similar nu" ca^ilge' S J ht '"^ '"°''^1"^"^ ^'^^''
studies. He read ViJu^ o ■ l-lf P^'^^^ress iu his classiwd
from barley ; and hadHlv'T^f' *'^ ^ ^^^^ ^'' ^now here
while attempting to euUivte tn'^''^ ' •" '''^'' °^ ^^^^^'^ba
Columella alid Cato thfcelf ^'"^ '''^"^^ *' *'^« P^'^^'"^^ «f
had for some tLe enSned ^f ^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^--^
Butlerr-^rtl^tLTld"?^^^^ -"-t, neighbour
wark o' the mmistry. ^^ netr W^^ ^' • '"^" ^"" *« *b«
preachers than e'en nowTthpr.T^i ^n-'"^''""^'^ of poorfu'
hearts are hardened iZthneZ,-"^ ^'^'' when men's
regard none of these thint« ff "^'.l -«tone, tiU they come to
yours will never beable to ^o lltf''7' '^'' ^"^ ^^*^"* «^
as an ambassador from our Z ' ^f t' ^"^^^ '^^^^^ ^^ ^e
business to procure a renrwfe"l:Lfiffo'rtT" "^^ ^* "^
he will be a shaft clfinlv r...i; u , , *°^ *^e same, trustine
body of the kirr- aS fat^S* '. '"^ f'"* *° ^' "^^ '^^ thf
to wallow in theCe of iLtitfnT* *"™ ^^^' "^« ^^^ «ow,
shall have the wings of a dov!^H '^*^?««/°d defections, bu
pots." *• ""* * '^''''«' *^o"gh he hath lain among the
from the High School «rS' ^^ hastened to take Butler
mathematics tdStT^h?:^^^^^ "^ *^^^ ^'^^"^ '^
chanced to be in fa^luo^;^' the ti^'^^ ^^^'''^ ^d ethics that
than childish feeling tKothohn?"^'' ^^1 ^* ^'^ ^^^ °^ore
But they were yo4 and W^^'^l-'r^'^ *^« ^«P^^^ti«^
like those who h^opTfo meet aTin^Ta nf^' "'^^ *^'^ ^^^^^^
WhUe Reuben Butler w^ aSSx?^"TTh T "°"? ^°^-
.^drews the knowledge necessS^! i ' Umvemty of St.
Jg his body with the privSTlhl clergyman, and macerat-
food for his mind his lanTl v "^"'^ """'^^ ^^ «eekmg
Btruggle with he? 1 ttle f^t ,T ^'.T' ^^^^ ^''' ^^e t?
it up to the new La^d 0^^^ T.t^'^^f '' *^^«^
- no absolute Jew. and ^Tdtf eVht' r^S'^
90
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
bargain more than waa tolerable. He even gave her permlasion
to tenant the house m which she had lived with her hiwbuid
as long iia it shoidd be " teuantable ;" only he protested against
laying for a farthuig of repairs, any benevolence which he
possessed being of the passive, but by no means of the active
mood.
In the meanwhUe, from superior shrewdness, skiU, and other
circimistances, some of them purely accidental, Davie Deans
gamed a footing in the world, the possession of some wealth, the
reputation of more, and a growing disposition to preserve' and
mcreaae his store ; for which, when he thought upon it seriously,
he was mclined to blame hunself. From hia knowledtre in
agriculture, as it was then practised, he became a sort of favoujite
with the Laird, who had no great pleiiaure either in active sports
or m society, and was wont to end his daUy saunter by ciUlin<»
at the cottage of Woodend. "
Being himself a man of slow ideas and confused utterance
Dumbiedikes used to sit or stand for half-an-hour with an old
laced hat of his father's uix)u his head, and an empty tobacco-
pipe IV his mouth, with his eyes following Jeauie Deans, or " the
lassie, ' as he caUed her, through the course of her daily domestic
labour ; while her father, after exhausting the subject of bestial,
of ploughs, and of harrows, often took an opportunity of goiii.'
fiUl-sail into controversial subjects, to which discussions the
dignitary listened with much seeming patience, but without
making any reply, or, indeed, as most people thought, without
understanding a single word of what the orator was sayin<r
Deans, mdeed, denied this stoutly, as an insult at once to hk
Dwn talents for expounding hidden trutlis, of which he was a
mie yam, and to the Laird's capacity of imderstanding them
He said, " Dumbiedikes was nane of these flashy gentles wi' lace
on theu: skirts and swords at their tails, that were rather for
ridmg on horseback to hell than ganging barefooted to heaven.
lie wasna like his father— nae profane company-keeper —nae
swearer— nae drinker— nae frequenter of play-house, or music-
house, or dancing-house— nae Sabbath-breaker— nae imposerof
aiths, or bonds, or denier of Uberty to the flock.— He clave to
^e warld, and the warid's gear, a wee ower muckle, but then
ttiere was some breathing of a gale upon his spirit," etc. eta
All this honest Davie said and believed.
It is not to be supposed, that, by a father and a man of sense
and observation, the constant direction of the Laird's eyes
permlaaion
r husband,
ted agaiiiflt
which he
the active
and other
vie Deana
ivealth, the
cserve and
t seriously,
•wledge in
f favoujite
tive sports
by csJling
utterance,
ith au old
y tobacco-
s, or " the
J domestic
of bestial,
^ of going
sions the
; without
;, without
IS saying,
ice to his
he was a
n^ them,
s, wi' lace
ather for
heaven,
per — nae
or music-
inposer of
> clave to
but then
' etc. eta
1 of sense
rd's eyee
TUK H1.UKT OF MID-LOTHIAJ^. 9|
J'o::t,lTeVruchS'"-""^'^"^ This circumstance,
of his faiSra JTnd h^^ ."^f "^^'^ "P"" '^^^^''^ ^"°»S
take to Z\o.^^ t^"^:Jf' ^,^^'' ^bom he had chosen to
people were of opi^^n S Cl" n ^"^^ "( ^^ ^^- Some
prislBd into thi^^Z) Jor in ^n ^^ ^'^^^ ^^"^^^ «^"--
marriages orTvint?; Zl^ ^'°'?'' ^" '^^ ""^ ^^^^^l to
that stete of sS5r '"^^««' '"^d seemed rather to regiird
clipped the wings witrwhil 1°"^ °^'"'^' ^"^ which
tetSedtheSLTt^^^SoTck?^* w."°^ "P^^^' ^^
of wife and bairns HfTltl ^'- "^^ *^^ creature-comforts
material St vS^ from TX'^^' ^°^'^^^' ^^ ^ *^
he twice butted f^ hrsel?^th; ? ""' '"'''' "" ^"" ^^^« «««^'
tanglement. ^ **"' dangerous and ensnaring en-
maSL^ L^drs^m'!'^ "° ""'". *^^ ^^^ ^™ of
neighbour^'rold she fS w T^"" J^ invagination for every
DuLbiedikesTd he^Sa^U t'^'^^'^*" ^ ^^^''^ ^^twixl
regularly to f^wn fJd ^Sf ^"^H^ '^'^^^- ^he goodman used
There was noTkb. it nia^ L ' 'P/^^ °^''' ^^' ^^^ures.
form or m^r^'of thL ^.^r'''?^"^' ^'^ ^PP^^^S i^ the
Bleepish SSef o^frn ' ^fTv y^*' ^^^^^^^ ^^m
rii 1
1 9
1 "'' V
\Jk
92
WAVRRLEY NOVELS.
Thla good lady began to grow doubly iiiipa*iout on the sub-
ject, when, after luvviug boon some years marrioJ, hIio herself
presented Douco Davie with another daughter, who was named
Kui)heraia, by corrui)tion, Effie. It wiw then that Rijbecca began
to turn impatient with the slow pace at which the Laird's woo-
ing proceeded, judicioasly arguing, that, an Lady Duiubicdikfis
would have but little occasion fur tocher, the prmcii)al i)art of
her gudeman's substance woiUd naturally descend to the child
by the second marriage. Other step-dauies have tried less
laudable means for clearing the way to the succession of their
own children ; but Rebecca, to do her justice, only sought little
Effie's advantage through the promotion, or which must have
generally been accounted such, of her elder sister. She there-
fore tried every female art within the compaas of her simple
skill, to bring the Lau-d to a point ; but had the mortification to
perceive that her efforts, like those of an imskilful angler, only
scared the trout she meant to catch. Upon one occasion, in
particular, when she joked with the Laird on the propriety of
givhig a mistress to the house of Dumbiedikes, he was so effect-
ually startled, that neither laced hat, tobacco-pipe, nor the
intelligent proprietor of these movables, visited Woodend for a
fortnight. Rebecca was therefore compelled to leave the Laird
to proceed at his own snail's pace, convinced, by experience, of
the grave-digger's aphorism, that yoiu- dull ass will not mend
his pace for beating.
Reuben, in the meantime, pursued his studies at the university,
supplying his wants by teaching the younger lads the knowledge
he himself acquired, and thus at once gaining the means of
maintaining himself at the seat of learning, and fixing in his
mmd the elements of what he had already obtained. In this
manner, as is usual among the poorer students of divinity at
Scottish imiversities, he contrived not only to maintain himself
accordmg to his simple wants, but even to send considerable
assistance to his sole remaining parent, a sacred duty, of which
the Scotch are seldom negligent. His progress in knowledge of
a general kind, as well as in the studies proper to his profession,
was very considerable, but was little remarked, owing to the
retired modesty of his disposition, which in no respect qualified
him to set off his learning to the best advantage. And thua,
had Butler been a man given to make complaints, he bad hia
tale to tell, like others, of unjust preferences, bad luck, and
bard usage. On these subjects, however, he was habituallj
TITE TFRART OP MID-LOTIIIAN. 99
but "this did noHcad .o'ltp^^rmLr'r, !„r r'"™' '
«"y to make the cotbirr« /f »J'^'^™\"^ '^ »<1 "o found it necca-
months, With ''o:^:::^LVZn:^ z^^^^^ --
visit wa3 to WoolnT^ri 1 ^ ^"' grandmother, hi« first
warm cord ah- rSiSrJril''f ''''''J"^ ^^ "^^^"^^ ^^^h
disnuspcd from S miS 1^^'^ '"" ""'^'^^ ^"^ "«^«'- ^^«»
hospitality, and b/old DeL t ^ T '''^' g«od-hmnoiu-ed
defect™,, and dSoT A": S" XaZ'' ^''VT-
man of stanch Presbjtorian ZciX hnt d!,.T ''"•n-™'^' '
avo d givine nain tn hi. M PT'""'?™' ?"' "M «l«o willing to
little unportiTo L this L** ''^ ^P""''« "PO" Poi-^ 0/
come like toxoid mU ST ^° "'ft. '""'° •>»?<»• *» !■»"
But the Cdt on thtmld ofTrf- ?•?"''' '■"«"»S'"«™.
altogether so favourabte J^ith? h "u ■'"^''8'"°' ™ not
patcd. Old JuditirrintW ! ,, T, ""^ ''"I*'' "■"' «ntici.
L aa WcSlend ta ord ' to e,dot1h»"""' *»',-»!"« »
ncighbouraunonEeuhpXJ,!. "^> ° eongratnlationa of her
of which srwf teSe /tr- "^f -r" ''^,'"«'' """ta-^te.
mortiiied to find that Wr Mr- , ^ P™'"'' ™ somewhat
the .abject Th te'w^t Se^ex^S "'It^fi' ?'^','"'°
Suditrh',"**" f"" *™ -^-a'taWrLd U^'-n'^fSl
.ee;f S'n :S;^', STain', »,„-,r»<' "^ >-» ^-^ .0
«awL.~ ^"^^ '"^ ^''«-'" *- 'he neighbour's cncise
«^^M^.s-^^ten----erK^
'Il
94
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
world that's been Ha« like a father to him as the seJl o' ye nabor
Deans." '
" God is the only father of the fatherless," said Deaas. touch-
ing his bonnet and looking upwards. " Give honour where it
is due, gudewife, and not to an unworthy instrument"
" Aweel, that's your way o' turning it, and nae doubt ye ken
best ; but I hae kenJd ye, Davie, send a forpit o' meal to Beer-
eheba when there w^asna a bow left in the meal-ark at Woodend •
ay, and I hae ken'd re" '
"Gudewife," said Davie, interrupting her, "these are but
idle tales to teU me ; fit for naething but to puff up our inward
man wi' our ain vam acts. I stude beside blessed Alexander
Pcden, when I heard him call the death and testimony of our
happy martyrs but draps of blude and scarts of ink m respect
of fitting discharge of our duty; and what suld I think of ony
thmg the like of me can: do ?"
" Weel, neibor Deans, ye ken best ; but I maun say that, I
am sure you are glad to see my bairn again— the halt's gane
now, unless he has to walk ower mony miles at a stretch : and
he has a wee bit colour in his cheek, that glads my auld een to
see it ; and he has as decent a black coat as the minister
and" *
"I am very heartUy glad he is weel and thrivmg," said Mr.
Deans, with a gravity that seemed intended to cut short the
subject ; but a woman who is bent upon a point is not easily
pushed aside from it.
"And," continued Mrs. Butler, "he can wag his head in a
pulpit now, neibor Deans, think but of that— my ain oe— and
a'body maun sit still and listen to him, as if he were the Pain
of Rome."
" The what ?— the who ?— woman !" said Deans, with a stern-
ness far beyond his usual gravity, as soon as these offensive
words had struck upon the tympanum of his ear.
''?\f^^^ ""^ '" ^'^^^ *^® P^'^'" ^^°^^» ; " I had forgot what
an ill will ye had aye at the Paip, and sae had my puir gudeman,
Stephen Butler. Mony an afternoon he wad sit and take up liis
testimony again the Paip, and again baptizing of bairns and
rlie like."
"Woman!" reiterated Deans, "either speak about what ye
ken something o', or be silent ; I say that independency is a foiil
heresy, and anabaptism a damnable and deceivijjij error, vhiUc
wafisi«*«e
)' ye, neibor
saiii), touch-
ur where it
M
W
ubt ye ken
ial to Beer-
Woodend j
!se are but
our inward
Alexander
ony of our
in respeci
ink of ony
say that, I
halt's gane
retch; and
luld een to
minister:
"said Mr.
short the
easily
not
head in a
a 06 — and
e the Paip
til a stem-
! offensive
•rgot what
gudeman,
ike up Ilia
airns, and
what ye
y is a foul
•or, vhiDc
TUK UKAIiT OF MID-LOTHIAN 95
^^^^t^^^lZ^ %''^' ye mayna be right/'
the sawing and the ^wiW 1 J ^^ '''''/' ^"^gh* about
what for suld ye no be rSt Ibo^fT"! ^°f *^' ^'^^^''S, and
-but I doubt tliere wHl ll nl "^ '^ ^' ''''^ ' ""^e ^^ «on
walk. I inuckle fear h Jl i^lf ."It '", ^^'' -'^'^^ '^ ^is
He has ower mucU hlaf w^" f /^^ ^^^^^ °^ ^^^ ^^ace.
muckle about the form of the wL- t'T^' ^"^ ^^^^s as
Bomeness of the food-he inLn ? ? ^l^'''' ^^''"* ^he heal-
with lace and passments or i^.. ?' *^' "^^""iage-gannent
it's like he's sStTiS ^oud ^^^^^^ «°«"gh for him. And
whilk enables him to dfess ,m h?, ?^,^''°^?^ g^f<^« and learning.
But," added he, Tt see^rthT^d w ™? "^ *^'* ^« ^^ ^ress
course, "affliction my 1 Z . ^^ ' T,"^^^^ ^* ^i« dis-
grantan'/account/L^d ;^^^^^^^ apprehensions „„ he,
she had welcomed htaofSt^n A .*.' ^"^ '^* *"''*
cealed, in justice to Mr nf»„ . T ^^ " """* "»' •» con-
their eonferen" i.ad ™de a^ ♦ "^'T™'- """ ^-tkr, in
the occasion cal<^Zr^^ZfZ'uv7^'f '"^ '"'"'"« *'»'
"M"-. -ho, accnstoCl toeri ttt r*^^^^ *" "■'
eminent y entitled to du.fofo , 'f ^^^^^elt as a person pre-
ve-.y, felt ratter LmbetaSrtSfr' ."""J^* "^ '^""'-^
were placed in arrayrS him "J^f -hen learned authorities
the tinge of l^Jant^r^Z "natural I' ''^f'' '".'^ """ '^!>^
and was apt, on many oraLions ?7 7^ *"" *'' <»i''«>tion,
le<^^hen there waJnrj:fr„el?t;r'° "' "' '"™-
'oal^r^nron'trZ^-a^i^elTt" ^ ''' '^'"'' "
"f t...ir fa-nilies S t'h'rl',?„^'';i*™^ .3^ -»™-ta„"«
.• '■— t, peop..e instantly together i
If'
96
WAVERLEY HOVELS.
their old intimacy was renewed, though upon a footing better
adapted to their age ; and it became at length understood be-
twixt them, that their union should be deferred no longer than
imtil Butler should obtain some steady means of support, how-
ever humble. This, however, was not a matter speedily to be
accomplished. Plan after plan was formed, and plan after plan
failed. The good-humoured cheek of Jeanie lost the first flush
of juvenile freshness ; Reuben's brow assumed the gravity of
manhood, yet the means of obtaining a settlement seemed re-
mote as ever. Fortunately for the lovers, their passion was of
no ardent or enthusiastic cast ; and a sense of duty on both sides
induced them to bear, with patient fortitude, the protracted m-
terval which divided thera from each other.
In the meanwhile, time did not roll on without effecting his
usual changes. The widow of Stephen Butler, so lonp the prop
of the family of Beersheba, was gathered to her fathers ; and
Rebecca, the careful spouse of our friend Davie Deans, was also
summoned from her plans of matrimonial and domestic economy.
The morning after her death, Reuben Butler went to offer his
mite of consolation to his old friend and benefactor. He wit-
nessed, on this occasion, a remarkable struggle betwixt the force
of natural affection and the religious stoicism which the sufferer
thought it was incumbent upon him to maintain under each
earthly dispensation, whether of weal or woe.
On his arrival at the cottage, Jeanie, with her eyes overflow-
ing with tears, pointed to the little orchard, '' in which," she
whispered with broken accents, " my poor father has been since
his misfortune." Somewhat alarmed at this account, Butler
entered the orchard, an*! advanced slowly towards his old friend,
who, seated in a small rude arbour, appeared to be sunk in the
extremity of his affliction. He lifted his eyes somewhat sternly
as Butler approached, as if offended at the interruption ; but as
the young man hesitated whether he ought to retreat or advance,
he arose, and came forward to meet him with a self-possessed'
and even dignified air.
•' Young man," said the sufferer, " lay it not to heart, though
the righteous perish, and the merciful are removed, seeing, it
may well be said, that they are taken away from the evils' to
come. Woe to me were I to she4 a tear for the wife of my
bosom, when I might weep rivers of water for this afflicted
Church, cursed as it ia with carnal seekers, aud with the dea/1
if heart**
,:.«,«ii8*SKiW»*e% ;*«^
THE HEART OP MID-LOTIIIAN.
tmt He that givea the wild ciTnd "r- ?'' *'' "^ ««";
there have been times dnriog tS S i^^ """"• ' ''o"^'
•^■J »o rapt, that I kn„ f „t of^„ >, "^ ?^ ™"i«ion has
mth me aa with the worth^7o J^s™ ? 'T', " ""« >«"
obtamed both substance anS exlriln^ ' ^^ ' "°^ ^ ^« ^^^'I
that little farm, he reaolved to Sov f ^ '''' "management of
or cowfeeder, a^ they are c^Sed in ?i ^.i ? "^ * daiiy-fanner,
chose for his new settlemenTwt at a nl";, /^^ «'*"^««« ^
Cmp,,l^ng betMixt mnWvl tT ^f'^ ^'^''' ^''^'^^'^'^
Arthur's Seat, and acyoining to the .Tft • ' u"'"™**^ ^^"ed
naraed the King's Park from if, h! ^^^^f ^^e sheep pasture still
to the preservation ofthe I^ gt?^ ^^ 'r ^^^^ ^^ ^-ated
onely house, about half-a-mife dSS fr. '?; ^' ''""^'^ ^ «°^all
the cty, but the site of wS w t^dl T r "'''''* P^^* '^
now occupied by the buildinis wLt f ^•'u''"* ^'"''""'i' i«
suburb. An extensive pasW JS ^^ .*^" south-eastern
rented from the keeper of theXT'^ '^'^°u^' ^^^^^ »««"«
his milk-cows; and the uS^S ^^'/^^^led him to feed
Jeanie, his eldest daughter werTe^fJ^^^^^^ ^«*^^*y «f
their produce. ^ ' ^"^^ ^^^^*«*^ ^^ making the most of
wpaSleeTobtete^^^ -ing Keul.n.
the subordinate sitLtiofrf Sanf inT°*"^t"'?' *^ ^^«^P^
^me eminence, at three or for Iw ?• ? ^^'^'^^^^ ''^^^ of
Here he distbiguished hiS ^d b. *""'' ^'^^ *^« ^^J^^-
several respectable burge^TwL n ^"^""^ acquainted with
reasons, chose that theT:hi £ ^^^^^^^^^^ °^ ^^^^^ or other
tion in this little village R^ commence their educa-
brightening, and up^Svis^twlSr*'r^ ''^"^ ^^"ally
Jehad an opr^rCitT^^^^^f ^fj^- ^^-t Leonani^
Jeame'aear. These visits 4re nfc^^ ^ert^^P^^^ i«to
'ouvii., "^^°^*=- <^'»«Plum John. • -'^—
H
98
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
of the demands which the duties of the school made upon Butler's
time. Hor did he dare to make them even altogether bo fre-
quent as these avocations would permit. Deans received him
with civility indeed, and even with kindness ; but Reuben, as ia
usual in such cases, imagined that he read his purpose in hi«
eyes, and was afraid too prematxu-e an explanation on the sub-
ject would draw do^7E his positive disapproval. Upon the
whole, therefore, he judged it prudent to call at Saint Leonard's
just so frequently as old acquaintance and neighbourhood seemed
to authorise, and no oftener. There was another person who
was more regular in his visits.
"When Davie Deans intimated to the Laird of Dumbiedikes
his purpose of " quittmg wi' the land and house at Woodend,"
the Laird stared and said nothing. He made his usual visits
at the usual hour without remark, until the day before the term,
when, observing the bustle of moving furniture already com-
menced, the great east-country awmrie dragged out of its nook,
and standing with its shoulder to the company, like an awkward
booby about to leave the room, the Laird again stared mightily,
and was heard to ejaculate, " Hegh, sirs !" Even after the day
of departure was past and gone, the Laird of Dumbiedikes, at
his usual hour, which was that at which David Deans was wont
to "loose the pleugh," presented himself before the closed door
of the cottage at Woodend, and seemed as much astonished at
finuing it shut against his approach as if it was not exactly
what he had to expect. On this occasion he was heard to
ejaculate, "Gude guide us!" which, by those who knew him,
was considered as a very unusual mark of emotion. From that
moment forward Dumbiedikes became an altered man, and the
regularity of his movements, hitherto so exemplary, was as
totally disconcerted as those of a boy's watch when he has
broken the main-spring. Like the index of the said watch did
Dumbiedikes spin round the whole bounds of his little property,
which may be likened unto the dial of the timepiece, with un-
wonted velocity. There was not a cottage into which he did
not enter, nor scarce a maiden on whom he did not stare. But
BO it was, that although there were better farm-houses on the
land than Woodend, and certainly much prettier girls than
Jeanie Deans, yet it did somehow befall tliat the blank in the
Laird's time was not so pleasantly filled up as it had been.
There was no seat accommodated him so well as the " bunker "
»t Woodend. and no face he loved so much to p:aze on as Jeanie
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 99
occurred to himTat he w^^t nL".7f ' '* ^^"« *<* ^*^«
pivot, like the handB of thTwatchTf ^'"^ ^. '^'"^^ °« «
shifting his central poSt a^d exte^d^nt S— 'f *^^ P°^«^ °^
co^an^stepMSertSe^^^^^
had nevertheless sol o^:^ral ^ ^f^t^^^ P^«««°^«'
organ of speech to bflr.r+?fi ^ ?^^* ^« «^o^d caU in the
he bestowS on her throu^^^^^ expressions of admiration which
fareweU, she ?hoii4t to J? ^ '^""i ^^'^^ *^ ^^n.
For her' fathe hXver 3t^t,t^^^^^^ J -T" ^^^ ^'«^r
and religious I^rinl'L Z^^ot^'^ and independent in civil
laird of the laSd, so d?ep7v JnlT ^^ ^^P^"^* ^'' the
of the period. Moreover tf ?^^L V" *?? ^''^^^^ tenantry
yet his fund of cal^^Laml't oft n^^.^^^t^ ^^^' ^"*H
on David's part, which ^S^J^ '? ^^^. °^J''* °f «^casms
which certably iTSed ' o ^n.^ ^f-iT^'^ ^ J^^''^^^ and
whom they wer^eCct? l^^tV'' *^ Pf^^ ^^i^st
dikes would have presented 1^. J.T-?f ' ^ °'**'^ ^*^ ^"^bie-
to complain that heS hlleljrt t . fT' ^ ^"« ^^o used
0' the warld." So that Z>n ff« ^^^ -^^"^ ^'* ^"^ ^^^'
visits were disa^eeable to^i*?' T^^^"' *^« ^^d'« diurnal
consequences, ZTse^^a muoHn "" ?Pf tension of future
from the spo wheJe shTwaT W . '.T^' ^?' "P°^ ''^^^^S
the la.t of DmnSe^ Z K ^^ ^"'5' *^^* «^« ^ad seen
poor girl no more eS^d he 'n^^^ ^^ tobacco-pipe. The
her to Saint Leona^rCrL than^l^^^ ^' ^°"°^
cabbages which she had iX 0^^^^^^^^^ ''
would spontaneously and unS? ? ^^^ ^* Woodend,
journey. It waaThei^rhli''^' undertaken the same
sure that, on the sSh dav aftf f w "^''^'^^^ than plea-
she behehi Dumb~^a^t: t^e^Ct^ ^' ^^^°^^'«'
and, with the self-same erS^ of " w '.^*''^P'P«' ^^ ^
Whare's the md^V'^Z^. ^7' ^ ^^' ^^^ Jennie C
position in thf SaTe atS T ""^^^ ^.^« ''^^ ^^e same
and so re^arrXtf r wS« ^e^'^ ^^ «> W
however, seated, than with an un^rStZ oTT^C ^f
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WAV^ERLEY NOVELS.
conversation, be added, " Jcanie — I say, Jeanie. woman" — here
he extended his hand towards her shoulder with all the fingers
spread out as if to clutch it, but in so bashful and awkward a
manner, that when she whisked herself beyond its reach, the
paw remained suspended in the air with the palm open, like tho
claw of a heraldic griffin — " Jeanie," continued the swain in
this moment of inspiration — " I say, Jeanie, it's a braw day
cut-by, and the roads are no that ill for boot-hose."
" The deil's in the daidling body," muttered Jeanie between
her teeth; "wha wad hae thought o' his daikering out this
length?" And she afterwards confessed that she threw a little
of this Tmgiacious sentiment into her accent and manner ; for
her father being abroad, and the " body," as she irreverently
termed the landed proprietor, " looking imco gleg and canty, she
didna ken what he might be coming out wi' next."
Her frowns, however, acted aa a complete sedative, and the
Laird relapsed from that day into his former tacitiun habits,
visiting the cowfeeder's cottage three or four times every week,
when the weather permitted, with apparently no other piupose
than to stare at Jeanie Deans, while Douce Davie poured forth his
eloquence upon the controversies and testimonies of the day.
CHAPTER NINTH.
Her air, her manners, all who saw admired,
Conrteotw, though coy, and gentle, thongh retired ;
The joy of youth and health her eyes displayed ;
And ease of heart her every look conveyed.
Cbabbb.
The visits of the Laird thus again sunk into matters of ordinary
course, from which nothing was to be expected or apprehended.
If a lover could have gained a fair one aa a snake is said to
fascinate a bird, by peitinaciously gazing on her with great
stupid greenish eyes, which began now to be occasionally aided
by spectacles, unquestionably Dumbiedikes would have been the
person to perform the feat. But the art of fascination seems
among the artis perditce, and I cannot learn that this most perti-
nacious of starars produced any effect by his attentions beyond
an occae''r»'al yawn.
'jt'fiMK'fflSS*-.
*^,:.--g*.j)Ktei*a^K«*';»
I'HI HEART 0. MD-IOTHUB. JOl
too robust, the frequent objection to ScottUh b4utv te S
wea^ horse ouV «ve of'-^'S?' Ja/S^wtS"^
hL jrT^' '°,.«^°, "' a^^ylphJiie form thatTrifp^ to
rorjd\';:;-?aTttaT^irh^^^^^
S-^Xu^^rbrb^.^ ^ euou™brJe.-"1re S^ ^f
fortune to attract her attention. Even die riil^ w ^""^
of h^father'B ^.uasion. who held ^ch'tdX^^'r:^
and sense to be a snare "t lpfl<»f if ,.«* „ ."'"S^^i^e oi ine eye
the common and liereditarv ^Ut a^d imnerfcc^ior «- T
S.0 w. currency entitl.d'the LUy oTa wXatre
I- i^:
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WAVEIILIOY NOVELS
Which she deserved u much by her guileless purity of thought,
•peech, and action, aa by her unconunon loveliness of face and
person.
Yet there were points in Effie's character which gave rise not
only to strange doubt and anxiety on the part of Douce David
Deans whose ideaa were rigid, as may easUy be supposed, upon
the subject of youthful amusements, but even of serious appre-
hension to her more indulgent sister. The chUdren of the
bcotch of the inferior classes are usuaUy spoUed by the early in-
dulgence of their parents ; how, wherefore, and to what degree,
the lively and instructive narrative of the amiable and accom-
plished authoress of "Glenbumie"* has saved me and aU
tuture scribblers the trouble of recording. Effie had had a
double share of this inconsiderate and misjudged kindness
iiven the stnctneas of her father's principles could not cou'^emn
the sports of infancy and childhood ; and to the good old man
his younger daughter, the child of his old age, seemed a child
tor some years after she attained the years of womanhood,
was still called the "bit lassie," and "little Effie," and wai
permitted to run up and down uncontroUed, unless upon the
babbath, or at the times of family worship. Her sister, with all
the love and care of a mother, could not be supposed to possess
the same authoritative influence; and that which she had
hitherto exercised became graduaUy limited and diminished
as Ltfies advancmg years entitled her, m her own conceit at
least, to the nght of independence and free agency. With all
the innocence and goodness of disposition, therefore, which we
have descnbed, the Lily of St. Leonard's possessed a Uttle fund
ot selt-conceit and obstinacy, and some warmth and irritability
of temper, partly natural perhaps, but certainly much increased
by the unrestrained freedom of her chUdhood. Her character
wiU be best illustrated by a cottage evening scene
The careful father was absent in his weU-stocked byre,
foddering those useful and patient animals on whose product
his livmg depended, and the summer evening was beginning to
close m, when Jeanie Deans began to be very anxious for the
appearance of her sister, and to fear that she would not reach
home before her father returned from the labour of the even-
mg, when It was his custom to have "family exercise." and
when she knew that Effie's absence would give him the most
wji-ious displeasure. These apprehensions hung heavier upon
\ * [Tlie late Un. Elizabeth H«milton.l
[
most
upon
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 103
orief aa scarce to be uSd Wl ^ ^'' ?*^^' ^* ^^ «°
to half-an-hour, and an £ a^d r\P^"^^^ P^^*^^'^*^
had consideraby exceeded ev^n?^ ? ?v P'^'°* ^^^^^^^on
Jeanie stood at the £ li?h h ^f * ""**• ^^ °o«»
to avoid the ravs of Z' 1 , ^'' ^'^^ '^^^o^e ^er eyes
along the v^ioTtraL whir T' '"? ^^^^^^^ ^*™tely
-e if she could "eaf^te^Xhlt^^^
she ^^^diiit:';^^^^^^^^^^^ JO this IZ
Oue of them, a ml L^ S Sv Th ""'.^ °^^^^^*^«"-
crossed the stile, and advZr-Pd fl.n 1 7^ ^^% °*^^^' * female,
met her sister ^ith that^ecl n^^ ^''T^* ^^ ^«i«- She
her rank, and sometSfll^'tote Jbo^^^^^^ ^^^^^' ^
-- to hide surprise or coSitT^d Sru^r 2
••The elfin knight sate on the brae.
AMd «e d.„™a g.„e a„™ J,ue Em na. malr."
been sae late at e'en V song.— Whare hae ye
«' t5^ T ^**®' ^^^'" ^wered Effie.
sae late ?» "istorpnme nuis— Whare can ye hae been
" Nae gate," answered Effie
ifter .lay tiU '-g ar/.' ri ^ '^''^''' ^^ ^^ «a« gleg). da«
-«y "u „e are a like to gaimt our chalets »£"
■ 'I
104
WAVEULEY NOVELS.
•' Because ye ken very weel he cornea to see our father " said
Jeame, lu answer to this port remark '
J.lt'"^ Botuinie Butler-Dues he come to Bee our father
thats sae taen m' his Latiu words?" said Ellie, delighted to
find that by carrying the M-ar iuto the enemy's coimtrvsl^
could divert the threatened attack upon hersdf'and wij t
wi somSh.? iVT'^'*^ '' ^'' V'^' ^ '^y ^i^' i» ^J^i^i' there
waa Bomethuig like uony, as she chanted, in a low but m-irked
tone, a scrap of an old Scotch song— ^
" Through the kirkyard
1 met wi' the Laird,
The siUy pair body he said me nae harm :
But just ere 'twas dark,
1 met wi' the clerk "
Here the songstress stopped, looked full at her sister and
Ob ern,g h tears gather in her eyes, she suddenly flung hei
hraZtn' "'r'^' ""'^ ^'Z'"^ '^'"^ ^''^y- J«-^'«' though
hu t and dis, cased, was unable to resist the caresses of this
m. aught child of nature, whose good and evil seemed to fl w
rather trom mipuse than from reflection. But a.s she reUirned
he sisterly ki««, m token of perfect reconcUiation, she coSd Tot
suppress the gentle reproof-" Eflie, if ye will learn f,Jesanr
ye might make a kinder use of them." ^'
"And so I might, Jeanie," contmued the girl, elindnff to her
SIS or's neck; "and I wish I had never learned aneWem-
and I wish we had never come here-and I wish my tongue liad
been blistered or I had vexed ye " «'""b»e nau
" Never mind that Eflie," replied the affectionate sister • " I
r^ur^fX'!""^^^ "' °^^ *'^^ '' ^y '^ — ^"^ «> ^-a
"Dance !» echoed Jeanie Deans in astonishment. « Effie.
what could take ye to a dance 1" •^™®»
which'thJLilvT/sl''T'^'*' ^" '^' «o^^unicative mood into
wnicn tne J^Uy of St. Leonard's waa now surprised she mi^^ht
have given her sister her um-eserved confid.^^ S saveTme
the pam of telling a melancholy tale; but at the moment the
>.vord dance wa, uttered, it reached thenar of old Dr^^-rilla
said
"I
Tllii UKAUT OK MID-LOTfllAN. iQf,
prelate, or even S wo .1 , "^ ■ ^f ^'''''''''- "^'^^ word
tion, ho deemed moHt i]LrnT 7 ■ ^^^"^^ ^^ ^^ diatrac-
readkt ialortoTlt'^ i:!.,? ^^"«"« *'^^"«l^t.s, and the
the encouraging rdefenil. """'''' ^""^ ^« accu.mted
whether am?nL^hol o/lm^h f"'^','"'''''^^'^^**^^ ^'^ "^««ting«,
and absurd P^po or L t^t'of "I' '^'^'''' ^'"^^ *^"« ^*^"t«^tio
one of the mo.t^I^ant p oSfof^L^^^^^^ representations, a.
The pronouneing of the word ^/f f , " ^'^ "*"'*'^^ "^ ^*^tJ»-
at hi. own doof, now L^rLtr ^^ 'f, ^^" ^"^"^'^^^r^' -"^
"Dance !» he eicSt^ - i^T'" ) '^'' ""''^f '^' i'^'^^^^-
ye, liinmers that ye ^J to name st 7"^""^ ' '^'"^ ^'^ ^ ^^^"^
It's a dissolute profane Lu^t^r .^ '?!:^ ^* "^^ door-clieek !
at their ba.e JdCtal ,1 '^^ ^T^'"^ ^^ ^^« ^^^'^^^ites only
and by thrunWy it^, X "L '\^'}^'^ ^^^ at Bethe(
Baptist, upon wlSk chLlr M^ '"^ ^^.*^^' ^^^ *^^ J«h" the
farJher insLctron, Lfet ,1^^^^^^^^ '^^ ^igtt for your
that she haa cause to ruff h? i T "'"'^'^'' ^'^'^^^S ^'^'^l^ting
she suld hae sS a iSb on «• ^^' ^^^ "' '^^ ^^^^^ ^^at e'er
hae been bCa crip^l^and el'i^r^^^ ^''''' ^'^ ^'^ *<>
Bessie Bowie, be^Aawbr^tC't!. 1?"' V^' ^^^' ^^^^
fiddling and flin^g ^thritrshe^d ?\' ^/' ^""^'^'•^^'
that ony ane that ever bent a kn.! fit • ¥^ ^^^''^ wondered
ever dair to crook a hough t' ^ke InVfl ' "^'l' ?^P°^^' ^^^^^^
fiddler's squealing And T ki« ^n f/*^ ?^« ^* P^P«^'« wind and
Peter wXr l^' patklL'^aTS IpJJt^nr^^
lot m my dancine dav«, «,. Tj! f™^o^ort;,* that ordered my
dread of bloTdrLe^aid suSt hi 7^^^ ^^ ^^^o^t,
and pain of bo'ota '^d thSL tdd'a^d^r'^"' ^""^
and weariness, stopped thTSin? r^ *''^^^'"' ^'^^ness
wantomxess of my ir Aad^wTr'.^ "'^ *^^"'^' ^^^ *^«
sue muckle as naL danci^^ t^^thP^ ^'' ^"^ ^^^^'
warld as flinguiff to Md]^'!'. a ,^ ^'"^ * ^hing in this
as my father'f^^irU ^ w th the"tSt ^^ K^i' ^P^^«' «-^ ^"^
charge or oonce™ of ^e < gC ^ 11 ^' "' "^'-'^ ^^'^«'
hmnies, ' he added in s^Lr t^,^4- "^^ *^«"— gang in, then,
ters. but especS^h^e of Effi,' ^' ."^ '^ ^'^ ^^^^J^'
" Gang ia, Lrs, and wil se^f ^'^^ '' ^°^ ^«^ W-
, u we li seek grace to preserve us frae all
^ote ir. Petw Walker.
if:
\vAVKUIJ;Y NOVKIiH
maunei ot i^uf^ne folly, whiik causeth to si , and prouioteth the
Si of daiu/iosH, warring with tho kingdom of light"
The objurgation of David Deans, however woli niemit, was
unhappily timed. It created a division of feelings in Ellie'a
bosom, and deterred her from her intended confidence in her
I Z' -1 ?. ® ^'^^ '•''"** ^« »'^" ^'«"«r than tho dirt below her
feet said Etho to herself, "were I to confess I hae danced wi'
him four timei on the green down by, and anco at ]\raggi6 Mtuj-
queens's; and she'll maybe hing it ower my liead that she'll tell
my father, and then she wud bo mistress and mair But I'll
no gang back there again. I'm resolved I'll no gang back I'll
lay in a leaf of my Hiblo,* and that's very near as if I had made
an aith, that I winna gang back." And she kept her vow
tor a week, during which she was unusually cross and fretful
blemishes which had never before been observed in her temijer
except during a moment of contradiction. *
There was somotliuig in all this so mysterious as considerably
to alarm the prudent and aflectionato Jeanie, tho more so as
she judged it unkind to her sister to mention to their father
grounds of anxiety which might arise from her own imagination.
Besides, her respect for the good old man did not prevent he?
trom being aware that he was both hot-tempered and positive,
and she sometimes suspected that he carried his dislike to
youthful amusements beyond the verge that religion and reason
demanded. Jeanie had sense enough to see that a sudden and
severe curb upon her sister's hitherto unrestrained freedom
might be mther productive of harm than good, and that Effie
m the heaustrong wilfulness of youth, waa likely to make what
might be overstrained in her father's precepts an excuse to
herself for neglecting them altogether. In the higher classes
a damsel, however giddy, is stUl under the dominion of etiquette
and subject to the surveillance of mammas and chaperons: but
the country girl, who snatches her moment of gaiety during the '
intervals of labour, Is under no such guardianship or restraint,
and her ami.t-^nent becomes so much the more hazardous
Jeame saw all ^^ with much distress of mind, when a circum-
stance occum-^ V . . A . )pea.vd calculated to relieve her anxiety.
Mrs. Saddlfc^u fc^ iti. • 'hom our readers have ab-eady been
made acquaint-d, ;• aod to be c distant relation of Douce
* This custom of luakiji^- a mark by folding a leaf in the party's Bible.
r, r^' w™° "?^"*l°° ^ f°™ed, is still held to be, in somc.ense, ^
ippeal to Heaven for his or her sincerity.
i^fc-s..'-*****^*"
IIIK IIEAUT OF MID-LOTIIIAJI.
lor
r^nv L .^' ^.^ "** '^^ ^"^ " ^^'^^^ orderly in her Ufe aad
couyersatiou. and, moreover, of good mUiJ,, u sort of ^
th^ caxefnl dame, a%.ut a year and a half before our sto^;
^^e ^dthin ?h T."""'' 'V''' '^^"^ ^'"^^ ^e coi.ld get bin
t^L for 1 ^'^'^■'"nont Hou«e, and it waa an awkwar.l
Lad ca^t hor eyes upon her far-awa cousin Etho Dean^ ua just
ho very sort of lassie she would want to keep her Tn Znn£
nance on such occasions." tuunie-
In this proposal there was much that pleased old David -
thei^ waa bed bo^vrd, and bountith-it waS a decent situatTon-
..tri r' r^^^^? ^^^'^ ^f^«- Saddletree's eye, who had an
Sht stni b' \"^ ^r!2 ''''' ""y *^« Tolbooth^Kirk. in whi^'
m^ht still bo heard the comforting doctrines of one of those
LTlo^ to f^' ''"'"''^'J *°. ^r^'« expression, or become
accessory to the course of national defections,— union, toleia-
which had been imposed on the church since the Kevolution
call^ Qiieeu Anne), the ast of that unhappy race of S uarte
In the good man's security concerning the soundness of the
theologica doctrine which his daughter was to hear, ho was
to & f r^f '" ''T' '^ '^' «^^«« '^ ^ difler^it k^^
i^r s^- in thrTf so beautifuJ, young, and wihU, might b
^? csc.u m the centre of a populous and corrupted city. The
fact IS, that he thought with so much horror on all apLache^
to rrregulant es of the nattu-e most to be dreaded t m!h^^
Vml' 1^""^^"^ r"" ^'''' ^^P^^t^d a^d guarded ag2
tffies being mduced to become guUty of the cfime of Sr
Sth'sLTw^^./'"' ^'^ ^^°"^'^ ^^« "-^^^ t^« ^^^'^i
with such a worldly-wise man as Bartoline Saddletree, whom
David never suspected of being an a.s as he was, but consS
as one reaUy endowed with ail the legal knowledge to S
InlinJ pli^'^'''iv,''?^''^"y,*^°'" ^°°^«* ^^^^ ^ho sate a^
fonvnrHl "" 5 ' ^f "^ ^'"^^^^ «^ ^^ '^^^> had been
. -_ m prnmotmg the meaauros of patwiiia^, of the abjura.
108
WAVEliLEY NOVELS.
N tS f ' t '1
\U .
tion oath, and others, whinh, in '«he opinion of David Deaas
were a breaking down of the carved work of the sanctuary and
an intrusion upon the liberties of the kirk. Upon the daUrs
of listening to the doctrines of a legalised formalist, such as
baddletree, David gave his daughter many lectures: so much
80, that he had time to touch but slightly on the dangers of
chambenng company-keeping, and promiscuous dancing, to
which, at her tune of life, most people would have thoight
Effie more exposed, than to the risk of theoretical error in her
religious faith.
Jeanie paited from her sister with a mixed feeling of reirret
and apprehension, and hope. She could not be so coniident
concerning Effie s prudence as her father, for she had observed
her more narrowly, had more sympatliy with her feelings, and
could better estimate the temptations to which she was exposed
On the other hand, Mrs. Saddletree was an observing, shrewd'
notable woman, entitled to exercise over Effie the full authority
of a mistress, and likely to do so strictly, yet with kindness.
Her removal to Saddletree's, it was most probable, would also
serve to break off some idle acquaintances, which Jeanie sus-
pected her sister to have formed in the neighbouring suburb
Upon the whole, then, she viewed her departure from Saint
Leonards with pleasure, and it was not until the very moment
of their parting for the first time in their lives, that she felt
the full force of sisterly sorrow. While they repeatedly kissed
each others cheeks, and wrung each other's hands, Jeanie took
that moment of affectionate sympathy, to press upon her sister
the necessity of the utmost caution in her conduct whUe residinc^
m Edinburgh. Effie listened, without once raising her hvsl
dark eyelashes, from which the drops fell so fast as almost to
resemble a fountam. At the conclusion she sobbed again, kissed
her sister, promised to recoUect aU the good counsel she had
given her, and they parted.
During the first weeks, Effie was all that her kinswoman
expected and even more. But with time there came a relaxa-
tion of that early zeal which she manifested in Mrs. Saddletree's
"^Tf • .^'',^'"r'^ '''''^ ^^^"^ ^^^"^ *^e poet, who BO correctly
ajid beautifully describes living manners :—
Something there wa.s,— what, none presuired to say.—
Clottus hghtly passing on a summer's day ;
Whispers and hints, which went from ear to ear,
And mixea r..iKirts no jndfre on earth cor.Jd ,-I*u*?
cle&f.
aMMH
\,M^^^m^^<^^'
THE HEART OP MID-LOTHIAN.
109
Dumg ths interval, Mrs. Saddletree waa eometimes displeased
-w ^ • ^"^'"^f ^^^"^ ^^^ ^^ «^°* "Po« «"-aD'l« about the
shop business, and sometimes by a little degree of impatience
which she manifested at being rebuked on such occa^ioT But
she good-naturedly aUowed, that the first wa« very natural to a
girl to whom eveiything in Edinburgh was new, and the other
was only the petulance of a spoUed child, when subjected to the
yoke of domes .c discipline for the first time. Attention and
submission could not be learned at once-Holyrood Z not
built m a day— use would make perfect
It seemed as if the considerate old lady had presaged truly
Ere many months had passed, Effie became almost bedded tJ
her duties though she no longer discharged them with the
aughmg cheek and light step, which had at fii.t attmcTed ev 5v
customer. Her mistress sometimes observed her in tears but
they were signs of secret sorrow, which she concealed as often
a.s she saw them attract notice. Time wore on, her cheek grew
pale, and her step heavy. The cause of these changes could noT
have escaped the matronly eye of Mrs. Saddletree, but she was
chiefly confined by indisposition to her bedroom for a conside^
able time during the latter part of Efiie's service. This interval
was marked by symptoms of anguish almost amounting to
de^pan- The utmost eff-orts of the poor girl to command he!
hts ot hystencal agony were often totally unavailing, and the
mistakes which she made in the shop the while, were ^o^umer-
ous and so provokmg, that Bartoline Saddletree, who, during
his wife s illness, was obliged to take closer charge of thf
of the law, lost all patience with the girl, who, in his law Latin,
and without much respect to gender, he declared ought to
be cognosced by mquest of a juiy, as fatuus, furiom,, and
naHraMerJd^ota Neighbours, also, and fello™ .ants, T^
marked with malicious curiosity or degrading pity, the disfinired
shape, loose dress, and pale cheeks, of the once beautifuf and
still mterestmg girl. But to no one would she grant her
confidence, answering aU taunts with bitter sarcasm, and all
serious expostulation with sullen denial, or with floo<lfl of
tears.
At length, when Mrs. Saddletree's recovery was likelv to
pemit her wonted attention to the regulation of her household,
ft* _,?S "^."f un^^IIing to face an investigation maile by
stress, jiskcd Dcmiiasion
ii
pemii
BaftoJiae to
no
WAVKRLKY NOVELS.
wlh nTw \Tl '''.*''°' "^^'^^S iudispoHition, and the
rlnl-^'"? i^' ^°"'^* "^ ''^P^^^ ^°d the change of air aJ
the motiT^ of her request. Sharp-eyed tm a lynx (or con^i^
ng hunee^ to be so) in the nice shar^ quiUota Tlgd^Sl
sion, Bartolino waa as dull at drawing inferences from th«
occurrence of common life aa any Dutch professor of mathe^
matics He suffered Effio to depart withoSt much susSc on
and without any inquiiy. Buapicion,
botwivr^of i''''^'^' f""^^ ^^^ ^ P'"°d °^ •'' ^««k intervened
betwixt her leaving her master's house and arriving at St
state rather resembling the spectre than the living substancTof
the first time scarce seventeen months before. The lineerinc
Shop m the Lawnmarket, and Jeanio was so much occupied
during the same period, witli the concerns of her father's hS
hold, that she had rarely fomid leisure for a walk hi the cZ
and a brief and hmried visit to her sister. The you^g womet'
therefore, had scarcely seen each other for several months no;
had a smgle scandalous s-onnise reached the ears of the sechided
mhabitants of the cottage at St. Leonard's. Jeanie, therefoi?
he7 wfth in "^ - '* ^r ""'X' ^PP^^^"^^' ^* ^' ov'ei^heted
her with mquiries, to which the unfortunate young woman
returned for a time incoherent and rambling Lswei-r^S
finally fel mo a hysterical fit. Rendered too certain of S
sisters m.sfortune, Jeanie had now the dreadful alternative o
commumcatmg her ruin to her father, or of endeavouring to
conceal it from him. To all questions' concerning theTI^e o^
rank of her seducer, and the fate of the being to whom hT fall
had given birth, Effie remained aa mute as the grave to whkh
she seemed hastening; and indeed the least allfsion to ^ther
seemed o drive her to distraction. Her sister, in dltress ^d
m despair, was about to repair to Mrs. Saddletr'ee to conSlt iTer
experience, and at the same time to obtain what lights she could
apon this mos mihappy affair, when she was saved that trouble
by a new stroke of fate, which seemed to cany miafortur to
the uttermost.
wMrl'^ ^^f,^^2 5«^« ^^ed at the state of health in
which his daughter had returned to her paternal residence • but
Jra,„o had contrived to divert l,in, fmm particular ar.S spW^c
m
Q, and the
) of air, aa
or concoiv-
gal discua-
from the
of mathe-
suspicion,
intervened
ng at St.
iister in a
bstance of
;ottage for
I lingering
ven her a
cts of the
occupied,
t's house-
the city,
g women,
inths, nor
secluded
therefore,
"whelmed
; woman
ers, and
n of her
lative of
lu-ing to
name or
her fall
;o which
o either
;'ess and
suit her
lie could
trouble
tune to
alth in
e ; but
specific
THE IIKART OF MID-LOTIOAN m
«.^ tiV^ I cxtciulod and senscloBS upon hi» own hmrlh ■
by one or tw„r ^f^i; it™S:/bv\r T t"^
appearance nf a n«o„i, ^"""^f> assembled by the extraordinary
lamentation Evpn n„mK^ ii ^^^^> ^^^^ <^he house with
apathy and JronLrif- ^^'' """^ "^^"'^ ^^^"^ hi« ™ted
to reofvcr the aTnsT f t ™the°S"*!.^^?'' F,'^'^''
it^ thrw-i^n'' '"°°^ "^' ^"* '^^ «°°^« foul Xher sins
.onfo'lafen-fh/LS "i;";,""? *"''' "■■P"?*"' ™™^ "f
neighhour-0 Mr. Deans, it's a sair trial, doubtle«
!• r
A t
J
^^H'i^H
lis
WAVKULKY NOVRLR.
~»>..U,unk of th„ Ko,„c of .V-H, n..i,hhour-^thi„k of the pr.
an,i ,I.Hn«t to . no- , h , • T^ '''"' "^ "' *'"'<''« "«"••««
wickoa oxult in2 S"^^^ '">w will tI,o
-thoy will pu«|, ontl^:t: JT"^^^ «l-.«l.to,-wcHpo„«
»w thomsolvtu Hair Hiir r , ' ,^ ' "' '''*' '""" «^«» «'>''f»
c.«t«way-for U ;.S o ' '''"'?'' ""'«''''""'^. f"'' tho poor
wad Imo walked o.,t wi' naothi.T ,V *'"' '''''''^ '^"'"•«' ^
Hut if a .lollar, or a nla^k 1 %" • '^f^ ""'' ^'''^ "lan-
wadsavolu^roHm^K ^'''' '''' '' «H
t>at purchase LlSirfc^^^^
tor ail oye, a tooth for a toofcl. lif IJi-r i , ,^'*' "**' "" oy€
the law of man, au<l i 's t£^L of Go d 'v''""^ ''' '''^"'-^^''
mo-I maun wvrstle wi' hi rk? •'•'''''""' ''"-'««^«
knees," ' *""' *"*^ »» pnvacy and on my
dn.ighter «till in tin T, 'h of aft i^f '^"T '^'T^ *^° ^''^^'''''^^
supporting his loiid f i f n5„)"*"j '"'^ *''« ^'*'''«'' «tornly
"gain a>rakonin? Im Thus wLt^I ^ -fi T ^^^'"^'^ *^ '^^^^'^
"utU the morning after Polnn^« i Tu^ *'^' *^'«*«'^ ^^'^''^
are now arrived. P^'^"^" death, a period at which wj
mmfoM,^,. ::i»^mmM^tMm.
<^f the pro-
Hod that I
Ht'H ncaivHt
K— ft proHi-
'w will the
! — the pr«v
inunlororH,
or-wojip()iiH
even mv.h
>!" tho fM)or
or for tho
ihI houetit
ill p^ofro^
ling down
k snaro, I
ly Htaff to
)y man—
* hoddlc^
lishnient,
' ; (\n oy«
ood— lt'«
"3 — leave
oil my
thought,
thor and
[" sternly
lis duty,
to avoid
family
hicJx w«
'TUK IIRAUT OF MID-LOTUIAN. jjg
OllAVTmi TICNTII.
oupied in the prooo-ling amitivn ,l "'T ''^''*''' ^« ^^^e oo-
which he actLdly ^TTZl^ZTcZ'^^^^^^ ''''
which succoodod the execution 7? .^ ^'ags on the morning
fi"tora For this cl t^^ h^ ll o J^'^r^^'^'^^^^ »'^ "'«
to collect his thoughts, etmnue V al„?^ """'''"' ^« ^^»^«<1
the melancholy news of S ItL ^ ^^ •? '^^.^^^'^ ^«'-«' fi^«t by
by the frightful scene w^c he had' ^l"'"'",' ^^ ^^^"^^^^
ion also in which he sto S .iu'rZl^^^^^ ^" "'' f'*"*"
father, some ceremony, at letwt 80.1!? • ^ i''^"'® ^^^ ber
feaaon, wa« necessaryVwaruprtht"'' ?' f> ."'"« ^"^
mg w«a then the ordiaiT hour for L«? f^ '° "'' '"*^"'-
it should arrive beforeTe made 1 is 2 ' """"^ ^' '^''^^^^^ ^^at
Never dM houi. pl Tt l^^Xr
and enlarged his circle to while awav the fi. '^"^^f}'^ Pla<^
huge boU of St. Giles's toll «!ph ^ •*""?' "^'^ ^'^^^J the
tones, which were iStanSy Ttested TvT ^''";° «^«^^'"g
Bteeples in succeesior fie hod t!^i ^ *^°'' ^^ *^'« «^ber
maimer, when he began to thLk !.«,?'. f"'^ '^^"'^^ '« ^his
nearer to St. LoonaXfrl whl^^ '!",i"^« ^ '^PP^^^h
Accordingly he descendedTom^t loftH r^ ' '"^ ^^*^'^^-
bottom of the valley, which diVirlP« i°X ^^*^o» as low aa the
small rocks which t^ketlt^tfro^^^^^^^^ ^^ 'T ^^^
aa many of my readers may know aLn ^-n '°*'^- ^* '«'
scattered with huge rocks and frn!l f «P' w^^d* grassy valley,
from the cliflaandntoTp'Tenttet^^^^^^ We deacendi^
ihis sequestered dell, as well m nti^^ i
pasturage of the King's' Park waT abot F^^- '^ '^^ ^P«»
resort of the gallants of thrfine^ho tl ^J.^P^"'^'' *^*
discuss with the sword. Duela w^rlVi. ^" °^ ^°^'^^ ^
laoi, for tb- oen' r- w— - were then reiy common in Scot-
I
3i
a'l
U4
WAVMBLEY NOVELB.
'k
by faction, aud addicted to iiittnuporance, bo that there lacked
neither provocation, nor inclination to resent it when given ;
and the sword, which was i)ai-t of cvoiy gentleman's dress, was
the only weapon used for the decision of such diflerences.
When, therefore, Butler observed a young man, skulkijig, ajv
paroutly to avoid observation, among the scattered rocks at
Bomo distance from the footpath, ho was naturally led to sup-
pose that he had sought this lonely spot upon that evil errand.
He waa so strongly impressed with this, that, notwithstanding
his own di.stress of mind, he could not, according to his sense ol
duty as a clergynum, pass this person without speaking to him.
a.jore are times, thought he to himself, when the slightest
interference may avert a great calamity— when a word spoken
in season may do more for prevention th"u the eloquence of
Tally could do for remedying evil— And ibr my own griefs bo
they as they may, I shall feel them the lighter, if they divert
me not from the prosecution of my duty.
Thus thinking and feeliug, he quitted the ordinary path, aud
a^lvanced nearer the object Jie had noticed. The man at first
directed his course towards the hill, in order, aa it appeared, to
avoid him ; but when he saw that Butler seemed disposed' to
follow him, he adjusted his hat fiercely, turned round, aud came
forward, as if to meet and dely scrutiny.
liutler had an opportunity of accurately studyijig his features
as they advanced slowly to meet each other. The stranger
seemed about twenty-five y«irs old. His dress was of a kind
which could hardly be said to indicate his rank with certainty,
for It was such as young gentlemen sometimes wore while on
active exercise in the morning, and which, therefore, was imi-
tate by those of the inferior ranks, as young clerks and trades-
men, because its cheapness rendered it attainable, while it
approached more nearly to the apparel of youths of fashion than
any other which the manners of the times permitted them to
wear. If his air aud manner could be trusted, however, this
person seemed rather to be dressed under than above his rank •
or his carriage was bold and somewhat Bui)ercilious, his step
easy and free, his manner daring and unconstrained. Hi«
stature was of the middle size, or raiher above it, his limbs
well-proportioned, yet not so strong as to infer the reproach of
clumsmess. His features wei-e uncommonly handsome, and aU
ab.Mit hira would have been interesting and prepossessing, but
tor that mdescribable expression which habitual dissipation gives
u ,
MK IIEABT or MID-LOTUUN. HJ
the tti^xsrShnrhr^"'' r" ""■"'-""-. «
to reprt^fir T,;!;?;'" "" "" ^-"« --. '» - <<- -eaa.
«u^tl.u,g about what no raJTce^'you'^ '°'' '''™ *" '"I"
..Je^o^tpLTisrtt? "-^ ^ ^^- '^
mwiou u™ u your """ *'"'*' ''^--^ y™ t«* the com
the peace upon earth iiT^l™Trf' ''™^' «° ^iMiand
pr^tn^^Sinttotr^STC:!'^^' -"J -"■ - -
cloth in Scotknfl ouL . .^ ^^^ gentlemen of your
men's private affairs ^n't f^^''^^^' f intermeddling vith
than to be priSden^' ^ ^''' ^"° '^^^°^'^' ^^^ k«°- I'etter
decent?; fald 'oVr ^t fU' T' '^t.' ^^> ^* "^^^^ ^« "^-«
for the gratmc^tiroS.^ nV -^ '^''' ""^^ '"'"'" P"^^*« *ff^«.
you canfot We 1^^^^^^^^^^ S: T^^^^^/ ^^^^^ ^orse motives
Buch practicr Butt I m ."^"^ ^^'°^^ *^^ *« ^o^^emn
busv It^Tn^rS'^ f ^ ^""^'^ ^°^^^' I ^^ called to be
P^e mott^ r^ere w/ T'^' ""^' ^"^^^"^^ a. I am of a
BoeadL' '^ ZT ^*H- ^'' ^' *° ^'"^ y^^ co'^tempt for
g^», than the correction of my own conscience for being
* In the name of the dpvil i" Dai a *i,
say .hat you Lave ^t^ -th^' ^ l^^f.^^f^i-^^-tly,
for, or what earthly concern you Lve
say, then; though whom vou take
me
with me, a Btranger to
tB^l
116
WAVEKLEY NOVELS.
you, or with my actions and motives, of which you can know
nothing, I cannot coiyecture for an instant."
** You are about," said Butler, " to violate one of your coun-
try's wisest laws— you are about, which is much more dreadful
to violate a law, which God hunself has implanted within our
nature, and \yritten as it were, m the table of our hearts ^o
which every thrill of our nerves is responsive." *
"And what is the law you si)eak of?" said the stranger, in a
hollow and somewhat disturbed accent.
" Thou Shalt do no murder," said Butler, with a deep and
solemn voice.
The young man visibly started, and looked considerably ap-
palled. Butler perceived he had made a favom-able impression
imd resolved to foUow it up. '' Think," he said, " young man,"
laymg his hand kindly upon the stranger's shoulder, 'Svhat an
awful alternative you voluntarily choose for yom-self, to kill or
be killed. Think what it is to rush uncalled into the presence
of an offended Deity, your heart fermenting ^vith evil passions,
your hand hot from the steel you had been m-ging, with your
best skill and maUce, against the breast of a fellow-creature.
Or, suppose yourself the scarce less wretched sm-vivor, with the
guUt of Cain, the first murderer, in your heart, with the stamp
upon your brow— that stamp which struck aU who gazed on
him with unutterable horror, and by which the murderer is made
manifest to all who look upon him. Thmk"
The stranger graduaUy withdrew himself from under the hand
of his monitor; and, pulling his hat over his brows, thus inter-
rupted him. "Your meanmg, sir, I dare say, is excellent, but
you are throwing your advice away. I am not in this place
with violent mtentions agamst any one. I may be bad enough
—you priests say all men are so— but I am here for the purpose
of savmg life, not of taking it away. If you wish to spend
your tune rather in doing a good action than in talking about
you know not what, I will give you an opportunity. Do you
see yonder crag to the right, over which appears the chimney of
a lone house? Go thither, inquire for one Jeanie Deans, the
daughter of the goodman ; let her know that he she wots of
remamed here from daybreak till this hour, expecting to see
her, and that he can abide no longer. Tell her, she must meet
me at the Hunter's Bog to-night, as the moon rises behind St.
Aiithony's Hill, or that she will make a desperate man of me."
"Who or what are you," replied Butler, exceedingly and
l^jii&'SAutJiStilim
.ii»i««aiii»4-iii»»*,i'«i,».
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
Ml
(t
who charge me with such
au
most unplenaantly surpriserl.
errand?"
"I am the devil !" answered the young man hastily
peltoon m„,e odiom to him that Zin, thf is mbf„^ ■•"
determined tone "I havo tni/^^ r^'^^^' ^^'^» ^^ » fierce,
anc. what ^e A, '^^Tt ?'tr„at" f'J'"' """ ' ^"-^"'°
waa^aSter.:Seri„ra™:;;n'^tr^^^^^^
fierce manner of the aueri<»i- " Ro„k-1 t> I sudden and
the gospel " ^"erist— Reuben Butler, a preacher of
sthooCteratLibertonr "^P-'^'--''^ "i*„t of the
"The same," answered Butler composedly.
ii j
118
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
Begone, and look not behind you. Tell Jeanie Deans, that
when the moon rises I shall expect to meet her at Nicol
MuBchat'a Cairn, beneath Saint Anthony's Chapel."
Aa he uttered these words, he turned and took the road
against the hill, with a haste that seemed aa peremptory as his
tone of authority.
Dreadmg he knew not what of additional misery to a lot
which seamed little capable of receiving augmentation, and
desperate at the idea that any living man should dare to send
so extraordinary a request, couched in terms so Imperious, to
the half-betrothed object of his early and only affection, Butler
strode ha;?,tily towards the cottage, in order to ascertain how far
this daring and nide gallant was actually entitled to press on
Jeanie Deans a request, which no prudent, and scarce any
modest young woman, was likely to comply with.
Butler was by nature neither jealous nor superstition^ • yet
the feelings which lead to those moods of the mind were rooted
in his heart, as a portion derived from the common stock of
humanity. It was maddening to tliink that a profligate gallant,
such as the manner and tone of the stranger evinced him to be,
should have it in his power to command forth his future bride
and plighted true love, at a place so improper, and an hour so
unseasonable. Yet the tone in which the stranger spoke had
nothing of the soft half-breathed voice proper to the seducer
who solicits an assignation ; it was bold, fierce, and imperative,
and had less of love in it than of menace and intimidation.
The suggestions of superstition seamed more plausible, had
Butler's mind been very accessible to them. Was this indeed
the Roaring Lion, who goeth about seeking whom he may
devour? This was a question which pressed itself on Butler's
mind with an earnestness that cannot be conceived by those
who live in the present day. The fiery eye, the abrupt de-
meanour, the occasionally harsh, yet studiously subdued tone
of voice, — the features, handsome, but now clouded with pride,
now disturbed by suspicion, now inflamed with passion — those
dark hazel eyes which he sometimes shaded with his cap, as if
he were averse to have them seen while they were occupied with
keenly observing the motions and bearing of others — those eyes
that were now turbid with melancholy, now gleaming with
scorn, and now sparkling with fury — was it the passions of a
mere mortal they expressed, or the emotions of a fiend, who
seeks, and seeks in vain, to conceal his fientlish designs under
^^j^^: ^i^mimi^mm
THK HEART OF MID-LOTlIIAN.
Ii9
and
to
the borrowed ma.sk of inaiily beauty? The whole r)artoc k of
the mien language, and port of tlio ruined archangel ; and
jmperfectly na we have been able to describe it, the effect o^" thi
interview upon Butler's nerves, shaken aa they were at the time
by the horrors of the preceding night, was greater than his
understanding warranted, or his pride cared to submit to The
veiy place where he had met this singidar person was desecrated
aa It were, and unhallowed, owing t» many violent dwiths, both
in duels and by suicide, which had in former tiinea taken place
there ; and the place which he had named aa a rendezvous at so
late an hour, was held in genend to be accurBed, from u frif'htful
and cruel murder which had been there committed by the wretch
from whom the place took its name, upon the person of hie own
wife.* It was m such places, according to the belief of that
period (when the laws against witchcraft were still in fresh
observr.nce, and Ii.-id even lately been actea upon), that evU
spirits had power to make themselves visible to human eyea
and to practise upon the feelings and senses of mankind'
Suspicions, founded on such circumstances, rushed on Butler's
mmd, unprepared as it was by any previous course of reasoning
to deny that which all of his time, country, and profession
relieved ; but common sense rejected these vain idcaa aa incon-
Bistent, if not with possibility, at lea«t with the general ndea
by which the universe is governed,— a deviation from which as
Butler well argued with himself, ought not to be admitted as
probable, upon any but the plainest and most incontrovertible
evidence. An earthly lover, however, or a young man, who
from whatever cause, had the rigl t of exercising such summary
and imceremonioua authority over the object of his long-settled
and apparently sincerely returned affection, was an object scarce
less appalling to his mind, than those which superstition
suggested.
His limbs exhausted with fatigue, his mind hara.ssed with
anxiety, and with painful doubts and recollections, Butler
dragged himself up the ascent from the valley to St. Leonard's
Orags, and presented himself at the door of Deans's habitation,
vplth feelings much akin to the miserable reflections and fears of
its inhabitants.
• Note G. Muschat'a Caini.
vll
^;i
L iJ
120
WAVEKLEY NOVELS.
II
OHAPTER ELEVENTH.
Then she strotcliefl out her lily Imtid
And for to do lior boat ;
" Ilao back thy faith and troth, Willin,
Ood gie thy soul good rest I "
Old Ballad.
"Come in," answerer] the low and sweet-toned voice he loved
imnV H T."? ^"*^; ^P^^'^ ^^ ^^' ^°'' «f "'« cottage. He
lifted the latch and found himself under the roof of affl ction
Jeamo wru, unable to trust herself with more than one g£
towards her over, whom she now met under circumstan/cs sS
agonismg to her feeUngs, and at the same time so hinnS o
her honest pndo. It is well known, that much, botl of ^im?
IS good ami had in the Scottish national character ariJou
of the intunacy of their family connections. '' To be Zo n
honest folk," that is, of people who have bo^^ a fSrand
unstamed reputation, is an advantage as Jiighly prized amo 1
the lower Scotch a. the emphatic counterpart! "to^be of a good
family, 'IS valued among their gentry. The worth and resnfcta
oihty of one member of a peasant's family is alwavs accTnted
by themselves and others, not only a matter of honest pride
but a guarantee for the good conduct of the whole On the
contrary such a melancholy stain a. was now fl,mg on one of
«ie children of Deans, extended its disgrace to afl connected
Tvith him, and Jeanie felt herself lowered at once, in her o vn
eyes, and m those of her lover. It wa. in vain hat she ^e
pressed this feeling, as far subordinate and too selfish to be
mingled with her sorrow for her sister's calamity Nature
prevailed ; and while she shed tears for her sister's distress and
danger, there mingled with them bitter drops of grief for her
own degradation, ^ "^^
As Butler entered, the old man was seated by the fire with
his wel -worn pocket Bible in his hands, the companion of^he
oTthrTff. m\^'°^'''/^.^^ ^^"*^' ^^^ bequeathed to him
on the scaffold by one of those, who, in the year 1686 sealS
their enthusiastic principles with their blood. The sim sent ^
rays through a small ^vindow at the old man's bTck and
Lt " f !w1-^ *^'T^ '^' '''^'' *° "«« *be expression of a'
bard of that time mi country, Ulumined the grey hairs ^ thJ
THK HKART OF MID-LOTIIIAN. 221
their expression of'hal.-t;,I liTtv ?.' 'T'' '"^^' >'^t f^'""
tJn-ngs, an expression o7«SilSi^^j;"V.?u^ ^"^ '''^^^^S
boMted, in no small deffJen Tl « h -f .^''''* ^«"' ^^"'ness. JjJ
to the indent Snfen?: Itt t"!^' ^^T""'' '«-»-
aufl 8tubl,om to endure " tI wi f 7"' ^™ *" "''^i^t,
the lights might hav been liv^^ 1 1^?'*^ ^Ff'"''' "^ ^^'>'«h
would have required the fnrSnj^-^"'''''''"''*' ^"* the outline
Beans lifte? isl ^ But erl^'T '^.^''^'"'^ ^"^«J'^-
it, as from an object wI^ch«vo £^^^^^ ""'' ^°'*'""y ^^'*'"l'-«>^-
pain. He had assumed suclfwf ?'' ''""P"'^'^ -^"^J «"^'len
scholar, as he had TnlM^^^^^ T*' //"^ -"-'-'tte.l
of all men. under feelinirof nS f "''' "'"^' *" "'««t him,
fortune, and was a crns nLaffnn r !""' '^^^■'^^'^tc'i hi« mis^
the old hal,ad-.'¥aH rr;!;: Iny l^Sff""' ''' '^'""" ^'"'"^ ^
held it towards Bulern/Ln .^'''' "^'"^ "^ ^'^'- ^ »'« ^ouhl
»'••« body from ht ^ o tCrbi'' *^' ^""^ ^™« ^^^'^^^^
his countenance. Butl r chaZt „ ! '?^^, ""^ ^^"^^^^^g of
-"pported his orphmZlTrte^" nT^''^ ^nd which had
voured to say moTe than he ;o^'L°' n^^^^^ and in vain endea-
comfort you I" woras— God comfort you — God
nc^l' le'^stemi' Z 'idSof',^"^' ^^^^^^ «-
"ow, and he will yetlre inTs'^ "I J''l-^''''> "^^« doth
ower proud of my suS^in ' Z? ^'^' ^'T ^ ^''^^ been
I am to be tried with Sf ,^ia?k wt f"'"' ^'"'^^"' ^''^ ««^
into a reproach and ThLln^ n ^"^ "7, ^"'^^ ""^ g^'^^y
thought mysell than them that lav saft Tf ^' '^^"^^ ^ ^ac
deep, when I was in the mosIhaXr! '/''^ '^''^' ^"^ ^'^^^
I>onald Cameron, and worZ M^^^^^ ?.°'''' ^^^' P^^^ous
a^in; and how proud Iw^^o'^einf ri?^^''' ''^^'^ «»«««
and angels, having stood^ the nilT ^'^T^^''^^ to men
afore I was fifteen years old for fl. P'"""^/* ^^e Canongate
nant! To think, Reuben that I w^^ ^V^ * ^^"*^°^1 ^ove-
exalted in my yiuTnT^ when T w t"^''u ^"^^ ^^"""'•ed and
that hae boVe tesCny ^^^in ^e def^'''^^"^^^"^^
yearly, monthly, daily, hoJ^rl^minutelv i •'"' ^ *^" ^^'^^^
with uplifted hand and vo S ci^n J^Ilo T"^/"" *''^'^^>^"e
^-t all g^eat national snk^^f SiS^.Sl^? ^
Itf
11
/'rl
193
WAVERLEY- NOVELS.
if
'" H?"' if '^ D««ert.> printed at the K-h^ am" jF^t
all flyiDg atationers to to™ and co,mtry-and Z'»_! ^
.hp-aotaSr^ .^IS/^'al^CralM't: ^T'
pnue ms autiermgs, and the constancy of his teatimonv On
" You have been well known, ray old and revered fripnrl »
aihTt' s:'^^^^ '''\' ^^«««' -« -^-' rs/ji
natft It per t7ifamiam et hmam famam grassari ad vmrmrta.
immortal life through bad report and good report.' You have
been on of those to whom the tendi and fe^u-fnl souls Z
au^g the midnight solitude-^' Watchman, whZn^^^^^^^^^
-Watchman, what of the night f-And, Lwedly. this h^vy
.lispensation aa it comes not without diVine penj Jon sH
comes not without its special commission and ase™ '
Ln-a.sn nf%!f.fT\'* f T^'" '^'^ poor Deans, 'returning the
grasp of Butler 8 hand ; « and if I have not been taught to re^l
the Scripture m any other tongue but my native ScStisT"
13Tot"e^fh^^"*'l^^'^*^ '^"^*^*^- halnot helped
his notice), I have nevertheless so learned them that I tnnt
Reub?n n '"^.r^^r °^y ''' ^^h submission Bt^, oh
Reuben Butler, the kirk, of whilk, though unworthy I have
ye been thought a polished shaft and meet to be a pHkr
S°^'-,fT r^^'^^^h "P™^' '^' Pla«« of ruling elder-
what will the lightsome and profane think of the |,ir that
^nno keep his own family from stumbling? How wm they
^uZT T^ '°^ '^'^ ''^''''^^ "hen they see Tat the
children of professors are liable to as foul backsliding n^ Ihl
offspnng of Belial ! But I wiU bear my cL ^th^^^^^^^^
Xk nilt ^hmesfrae creeping msecte, on the brae-side, in
IrSd h° l^ wh/n fK ^''^''' '" 'he ee, because all is dkrk
wound it but when the mom coires on the mountains it k
;■ ■ i
patronago,
f Stuarts j
list powers
a ' Cry of
1(1 sold by
It Butler,
lan's ideas
ition and
conscious
ony. On
the bitter
bis mite
friend, a
t Jerome
vmmorta-
th on to
^ou have
jouls cry
e night 1
lis heavy
Dn, so it
ling the
i to read
Icottifih"
escaped
I tnist
Jut, oh !
I have
k pillar,
elder —
cle that
iU they
tiat the
as the
omfort,
mt like
3ide, in
is dark
H. it is
THE HEART OF MID-LOTIIIAN. 133
-y rTof hrl^^riif "^™ ^^ ^' And sae it shows, wi'
Mr Balre'SttrtTntrd ^ '\'''' ^^^^ ^^^< -<»
back on his heT^ .nth ! ? 1 1 ' Vf *^e«-Poi"ted hat set far
it in that cooTtsTtL/J, ,^^Jkerchief beneath it to keep
hia whole deplCt °k of f t^S T 'l '^ ^^°*^' ^"'
one day look to have a sharet th? ^.^"'^^''' ^^° «»'g^*
to hold the cunde chair itself " "^'S^'^^y^ ^ not actually
Rochefoucault, who has tnm tu^ -i i^
gangrenes of thi human he.7 . '"^ ?"*? '" °^^°y ^o"!
altogether unpIeLant to u in T'Z '."^ ^^T '^°^ °«*
friends. Mr. Saddletree wmil,\ "Misfortunes of our best
one told him that h« Sf 1 ^^^ ^''"^ ''^^ ^"^^^ had any
Deans, and the dltc oft r ^ ''' ^^r*^'' ^^^"'^^ ^^^
question ^heth^fC^ltm^^^^^ ^^«-*
importance, inquiring iWttttW fr °° *'" P''«°" ^^
on the whole affai Sri nif I f' "^'^ ^^^'"° ''^^^^^ the law
tion for the pah whifh pmV«t'' \'.''^ '^^\^^^^*' ^"" ^«°««J'>
his wife's kinswoman R^ LT^^'^^ °''^' ^'"^ '"^ '''^^^^^ of
business brthlend instead of T ^'' m-^^^ ^^ ''^''^^ J"^*^^-!
mon case, to intS S 5 ^ "'.= °^^'^«^' ^ ^'^ ^is com-
nor wantk and t?t I bT '° "l^" ^*^ ^^ "^^^^^^ ^^i^hed
he gets hia'flm new watoh^^i'^*^' f "'^"^^ ^ « W when
up, and has red halds an? .1 7^''^^*?""^ S^^s when wound
subject for I^ dluisSL Z I'^'^'t- • ^"' ^^«"^«« this
loaded with the aSr Pnln J • ""' ' ^^^°' ^«^« ^^«« o^er-
probable coiTequen^ to fhl 5 ^'" 7^'"' '^^"''^' ^"^» ^^ ^ta
what the French cdl LL ^ T^ .community. It ^^
arising from t'^L^ef m'^nLlth teT'lk^'f • ""^T"
consciousnesa of ,i..»i.i • yeaitn. tie walked m w th a
that you were acquainted with' mV. L!"^^^^^ "" '°' ^""«
imSl frn:tTalinfhl'"""i- '^^ ""°°^ ^^^ '^^ ^-^^^y
in his eyes^had s^Sn J of'r'^^^^^ ''''^ '^' ^^"^'^y^ ^hich,
JectofcL;eSrtion^thi^^^^^^^^ '"'''''^' ? ^^«^"«"* ^^h-'
Tha wnrthv WiT • ^°.\^^*^'^.^°* persons, such aa SaddlPtr^
" '"^^^ ^"'^^'^^' '" the plenitude of self-import^co,"no;
n^^^i
u'i
lii
124
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
awfu' times t" ®^ *^®'®' neighbour Deans,
. dyester's beao,, «„., ding a^lhta^ ™ft ™* tad w"™ *"
and its consequences whfk Rntw f , !/' *" 'n™rreoHon
»me private cCmti„?'tlfSeDi*%'r'™ t° "?
opportnnily he eonght, by leavingTh ro^'asiJinTl "",'""
of some part of her morning hbocr Swrl PT™''™
few minntes, leaving Deani Tcl^lfti^ZK^f'^"'
™,t^, that there waa Httle chance Vr^^J^S;' £
je2:r:^tL';tSra„i,s:'"r^T''''''-
her daii7. When Butkr f™™H 1 *""S"S. *» Prodnctiona of
her intothis piSe het^7lr,nPn""^ °I *"""« "««'
burst into teaii Iml^titf. .^ *; l^*^' "'* ■■««)? t"
had been aStoml^Xf lhilfrtZ™'7 r* ''?'**«
employ her hands in so^ Jm b^ch Jf ho„.lT^?' *"
she was seated listless in a corner St, . .f'' ''™"'<^
weight of her own thought^ ykTh^L^Pff'j' ""-ier the
dried her eyes, and rrith rto ri™ J; °J^ "?* ^' ™'«««J. *«
eh,™=^, immiiV'fJd ^Tntlt^n °'*"°^ °^ ^"
1 am glad you have come in, Mr. Butler "'sflirl «i,o « i^
Ended !" said Butler, in surorifiP • « or,^ r u x ,
be ended ?--I in-ant this i- .^ ' ^.^^d for what should it
1 grant this w a heavy dLspensa-tion. but it lies
Ill
busy
their
nif! UE.VUT OF MIO-LOTHIAN jog
^eame,whUetheyrat;iiitJ!r* ^^^.\ P^'g^ted troth)
" But, Reuben " ^d £, ^ '^°''^ ^^^ '« ^^^ep it."
atfection^tely, "l' keTwe^l'thT^ T^f"' ^°°^^ ^^ i^
yourself; and, Reuben I L^ on I J' *^"^ -^f^*^ °^ ^^ ^^^^
your weal than of my'ain V« ^ '"" ''^^*^^ *^^^ "air of
bred to God's ministi^ ^d Jl?/ T. '^ 'P""^« ^^«,
rise high in the kirk thml n /^f *^^* ^^ ^"^ «ome dai^
Poverty is a bad ba\ S T"'^^ ''''? ^" ^°"« «'«« "ow^
weel; but m-fanieTa waSr'a^r^.^'.lf'*. ^^"* ^^ ^^^ °^e
never leani through my J^ f^' ^^^ '^^^ « a truth ye sail
which, I trust^in God may vTf h« i ' ^"^*' ^^ S"^* t^^^o 4
ment ^-how can th^? aS fou or S" "'' "^'' °" '^^'^^
cryefCk'LrbetrgTtterit ^"^^^^^ ™ ^^^ «'->
the grund ? WiU it nof stS fn ^ "t .°" ^'^^« ^« ^^une
their veiy bairns' bins? To L^' "^i^' T. ^^^^' ^^^ ^o
man, might hae been iLg soltht? ?' '^"'^ °^ ^^ ^°^««<=
be the sister of a ^0 L God p ^ w'.^!,^^ ^^^^ b"*
^faer ^resolution failed, and sh^ bt t Tnr^ ^Llnl^?,
Ja? te:t3,tu1 trot%'^^ ^T^^- ^-^^'
to express herself with the same nn,^^ """^'^ ^'" composure
Keuben, I'll bring disgrace hr/^ '"'''''','" ^'^°^«- " %
distresses I can beTa^d t t? *i°^ "^^n's hearth; my air
siou for buckling ttiTon ot^r f f^^ ^* *^^^« ^ ^^^^ occu'
u.y 10^ aion^^et^^^^^ -a^e S'tltS^' ^ ^^" '^^
mission of the stranger^ had If -^.w^ ^^*^ ^^^ ^^m-
voice faltered aa he ITked « wwf "^^^.u*^^* '"^^^S- Hi«
her sister's present Ss n '' ^^^^ ^"* '^ «' ^e of
manner?" ^ ^^'^' occasioned her to talk in that
"lIU^'nofttTyef^r: ^'^ "^^i^^ -*^ -P^^ity.
way?" """^ ^^^ «n«« ^e spoke together in thi
i * . 1
k A'i
126
WAVERLEY NOVELa
myZ" ^^'"'~^>'' ^JO '^f ™b change, but the heart
" BuTir.'"''' ^"^fT" """'^ » '"'M promise."
^orf^a^ aa-ata, and in th»e .S^SJ&^^T:
tomJr ' ^"^ «"«>■"' Or what can onyane have to say
met this morning in the iTk " ^ "^ "^ *'"'«' '
,.«ylltfamtrhTlt*:t\5rha\\?a^"'^^^" r
80 s.,on aa the moon rises." ^luschats Cairn this night,
'' May TL^^J^t^Jl^'fy' " ' ?^^ ««rtain]y coma-
ready alacritrof tfe answ ^S^,o T^^"" ^'"'^'^^ '' '^'
are so ^^dllii to riv? Tfl' . ^^"^ ""^ ^ *° ^^om you
uncommonT^ ^ ^' '"''*^"^ ^^ ^ pla«^« ^d hour bo
woril-^eprd'jlr '''' '^^^ ^^"^« ^^ *^ ^0, in thiB
~wh?^rht;Sn^"^^r:tV:aw^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^- ^ *^-'
abl^who, or what il he ?" ^"" '"'" ^°' ^^^ f^^^'^'
;; I do not know " replied Jeanie, composedly,
iou do not know!" asdd Rnfi^/^ * •
through the apartment-" Ym p±ltV'!f''f « ""P»tiently
Whom you ,.0 not know «.t .7,!^ F^ , ?**' » 3"""8 man
-you W ;ou 1 Z'-uSt doThl"'' m a place so lonely
<lo not know the persTwro ^^,2^^;^''.^ T ''"''"
you l-Jeanie wha? am I to thS of Thr* "" "^''"'«' °'«
inmk only, Reuben, that I sceak tmtli o- ;e i
— er a. the h«t day.-i do not ff Sri!!ll' J^
THE HEART OP MID-LOTHIAN.
Kon that I evflr nn^ u- ■*'*'
^ you „ot ten ,„„, fett„, „ ^^ ^ ^.^^ ^_^__ ^^_ ^^
indeed brkk 2r. off ifd°£fV """'"', ''''P'^^^i. " we m™t
fflomeatous topic, it is a sTmtZf 5"A'"»d wife on sTcha
^tK°"°F^''»^dfeh''to' yo'Stf?'' h^^-Jways bee«_„iser
with aU the be\p,pUloZZZ„^"\' ■„'«»• "»- I can^'
Why will you not let me be vo„?„ ™?«''»''«g 60 desperate
«t least your adviser!" ^"^ ■«sistant-y„„r protector „
" But tfej tr r- S/r ,"??••■ — ^ ^-"i-
I" fact, the voices iu the^.«"^ '*"<»■ *« ■"> weeU"
^-d of a sudden, the caWe „f ff, T"" •^'^'^^ obstreperously
to^Wu Wore' we gTS^l'"'"'' '»«^«i«» it is n^^
-Poa the business which chieflvt^^' .^J' ^^^'^^^ entered
^.m.enoen,«,t of their c^n'^?."^'. *^«, ^«^"y. I" t^e
01. „^ ,ound oiii Deans, who
' '
U
I ^'.
]28
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
Iff
much subdued J; a dZ 'eeZ o? TT f P^°P°«^*i«^> ~
diHgrace, that he heLd wkoTr^nl^^ dmghter's danger 'and
understanding, oneTtwo Wn!? ^^ °? ?' P^^^'^P^ ^^'t^out
of the crime mputed tr^i J "^ <lisquisitiona on the nature
ought to be taS b consequet?'' H°' ' i *'^ '''^' ^^
pause was, " I am no mSbHr;>, .^ '°'^ ^^«^ ^* each
wife's ourVaj-awa cousr- ^ *^'* ^'" ^"«« "« woel-your
whf r^^itr'trth^a^X^^ "^^^^^^°^«' S^^'"^*-,
constituted authoritzS,™^^^^^^^^^^ 'f^^^ ''' ^
mterest, the murder, ia^Z of PorL ^/'^'' *°P^° «'
severe censure on the pXl'^oneern^^^^^ and pronounced a
peopftkVt^i^otr^^^^^^^ ^- ^-n«> -ben the
rightful magistrate i^tothet 7 "**? °"* "^ *^« ^^nds of the
and so I believe wUl Mr Pr "", ""."^^ «"P- ^ am of opinion,
this rising C:ff:^ofl^X7^:''"^ '.'.' ^"^^ ^^-°^S' 2
Saddletree,"trd dI^ "f "f ^'^"5 i« i^l to bear, Mr.
pomt wi' ;ou." ' ^ "^^^ "^ake bold to dispute that
SaS^e,^^^^^^^^^ nzanr' said
that e'er carried a pock wi' 1 Tl ^^. , *^®^®^ ^^ » valiant
perduellion is the Csr and^ r^'. "'^^' ,''"* ^ *^" ^^^^ ^^at
l«i"g an open convocain? of 2 t^^^.^^t^^ ^^ treason,
authority (mair espSv 1 1^ ' ^?^? "'^^ ^^ainst hi^
baith whii access£%"^e^"'aid'°lui'/'^"' '' '^^' *°
mucklewr^e than lese-maiestv 0^^, ^ ^T "^^"^ ' and
Bonable purpose-It ^Z & v *^' ^onceahnent of a trea-
" But it wm thoulh^ r.<^ ^ i^'P"*^' ""ghbour."
yo it will blTi dispf L-l netr S.'"' ' ^™ ^^ ' " ^ t^U "
doctrines, neighbour sSuetTee ^^"7 '^^^^.^«gal, fonnal
Parliament House., since the a;^„,^ j'^"^^ "f««, ^^ttle by the
honest folk that foUowed\he'R:v^"„,^^^^^^ of the hopes of
f^P^tllt^r^^^^^^^ -id Saddletree,
fast, and settled by taU^ie^'n vou i^ ^'*^ "f^- ''^^^^"^« «^ade
" Mr. Saddletree 'Wted n? JrT ^"""^ ^°' ^^^r ?"
that are wise after the m^toTThC^ ^Z ^' T ^^« '^ '^^
.our .., and ct in yorpo^^^^^. "^^l^Z '^
■'^Mmmx^s^m
wsitions, so
danger and
ipa without
the natiire
teps which
^er at each
«^oel — your
Saddletree,
ince for all
■ topic of
3ounced a
when the
ids of the
f opinion,
moil, that
reprieved
3ear, Mr.
)ute that
a?" said
i callant
you that
treason,
inst his
rum, to
ss), and
' a trea-
" I teU
, formal
by the
opes of
dletree,
3 made
?"
f those
e hand
d lang
^^^ IIKART OF MlD-LOrmAV
p^«, and keon with fJ,« ^29
;«d-Wear, o? «.e dtltTS^'J^^-P''^^^'' ^--Jn, of tV
this unhaoDv t;» i '^ *"^' 'lo efn' ,.^0^ .. , .™ ^* tni« our
^ero olS^i,fi"f ««!' ^hen their bS hL , *^7 ^"« ^'^
those who Li „""" f '^ ^^'J« of our swon, n ^. ''^ ^^^^^'ti'^n
the buIwarwTr^'''"^^ *^« towers oH^, ^"''^^^'-erH : when
. ; J --a 'il7-P^^^^^ ^^ °^ *"" -*« '^ -are,
«t-rhyt^-*/-b^^^^^ Sa.Id,etr..
tration of L^f l/*?'''^ Assembly ^j 1^^"""^^' «"'J
»)■ iand to yt "SLS""?™^™' ^»Sw ^I,T ""T"'"
waofu' bunch „'„«n^/'5'»'>»nt_wi,ati;?j ^° '^'' »f
regnlation, that f„ 1 • ' ^ ^"''M li-we ve t«, 7 ™J' "«
"I ken liSe J-t'''",'™'°»'''»t„f»"^'-~' >'-^. Mr.
f^
130
WAVKRLEY NOVELS.
Kntenc^'^rr'' J'^'"^*^ ^^ ^°™^^*«' countenancing
oy sentences, and quirks, and cunning terms of law th« lltf
In behiif of ' w'^'u^'']"^ ^^ "^« ^ ^«^'«^ted to bear testimony
^f trt rc£n L '^"^ *^' "^^"' '"^ deserted 2
VI irue rcigion, had swept honest David alone with \i- ihZ
law Ss it h« f.' • '^ '"'' ^""^ *' '^^^ *« do wi' courts o
land mf; be t^^tTZ 'T T'^' ' Plough-gate of
less or mair "<!^ ™ ♦ ? °!'^" '"« "»« '^'i« whatsoe'er,
from the^per rhrl'dW-f *"" ""^ ^-"'"^^ i*"^
part of a Sl«," « ti^M ^ '°^ *?■" '^' '^•'«»tl'
I ken hisK ^Tf/ '™" ^'- C>>»™yloof put to that-
defemlerZ ^Jlt f u ^"^ F^' *''»* *« "leStor wiU the
*ittuuana dupJiea, that mhl intmst de pot^n.
■4i^M&
intenancing
iv, the late
on, patron-
and body-
testimony
rted cause
th it thus
e recoUec-
ed at once
riumphant
I, and re-
t so much
ing in his
le doubt,
courts of
itique, by
aflfair of
gged out
lem over,
report, of
lands cf
3SS-b0Wb,
struction
rey-fowl,
defender
3 sixteen
ugh-gate
mstat at
tainty is
hen the
smyloof,
signifies
-gate of
atsoe'er,
ree read
•teenth
that —
tvill the
otland 1
'^R HEART OF MID-LOTHUN.
nnnr.^* i^ '^ ' *^ "onsense— thnf ;<, * ^^ ^^^ can be
« '« ^'umbiy meant md 2^ ^'"^'^ P^^ Effie: 'WLer^t
Firat PnrV ' "^^ ^°® act made in th« o \, *"® foresaid
£Jret Parliament of oiu- mosf w \ ^f ''^"^ session of the
Wilham and Marv «» • ,, ^^Sh and Dread <5^„ •
^% of the murder thl .^32 ^'l'.'^^ ^--^d'J^'d S
and pregnancy being fou^d 'll*^' '^'^ ^^'^ ^^ concealment
J^uphemia Deans'" ^^' ^^*' 'nevertheless, you, Effie or
Read no farther i" said n.
"O" «, what', ,o h, d,™ r ""^ *' ™''' »''• But tl,r„ur
ill
ISS
WAVERLKY NOVKT.a.
" Nothing," answerefl Deans firmlv '• l.nf fr „t -j .u ,.
for the pufr tlTikTlt^^^^^ 7? """'" •"^<-'«
« Tf iV » Its a tliinfir maun needf* be thought nf''
r..t IXr-buTi Ve";-?!," ""'-r ?-° "«h^ held
fashion o' their ain " "^'g^Dours , that w, after a eort o
policy, «»/eartu7bgnf fcir flf^ta"a?.°' ^ ' "'^ '»"''
periods of eloquence fra«l,™thl!S ^ reflnements, and
They <™„a, I z s?t'sr ™rrir^T°"^
muckle as ca' men thnt nr« co^ -n J , reading to me, sae
bapto them by the names TS TccZriit;; "T "''''
c^:^'y.ris:'i^Se''itrTt^:?^;rAt"""'"'^ ,»''•
uuiua speaK to Mr. Crossmyloof — he's wppI L-onV/ f^. ■"'"^>/
Bpnj. Presbyterian and a Jing elder tob^^t."' *" * ""''*
general owning of the'cauJiT^eX T^.Z^ f"™' "»'
tn.;"?h:x2J^,Xti^„feV''" -".^ ^--^^
" TTn ? +!,« f ""fK, tue uusc out ot a case sfev and well "
He/ the fause loon " answered Dp^tic <<k • ,
»ji«|-|1Hi#ili liMMaii!«^ii'
■"'"■ HKA,.r OK M„M,0T,„,«. ,33
«• i^-i!r^' '^"«^' ^"fc «omebodv vo m ^ '''"^ ^.f Gordon."*
Kittlopunt?" ^y ^" ^'^Wi Jme— Whttt think ve
;;"e'«anAnnmia,,..
♦Voodsetter?"
w n ; ^^^1^^'ewhaw /'
a"«ony thing ye like."
^ Young iVajmiuo?"
,, ^Je's aaethiug at ,•,'."
run oweT;li*p\f7ij^°;;^J^^^^^^^ ^•^''^ Saddletree: "I hae
your^ell; but bethiak ye ha'b ^^^^^^ ^« '/^l^"" «>'«" choose foj
there's Bafety.-What s^y yoto V" "'"^'il"^^ ^^ commllorl
'm^rrd^^^^^^ '^ ^-
Marian ii e^:^I^ ^' ^^^^^ the sturdy Pre.
ofthesamtsathisK-o's'e^ids? d1 T- *^'' ^^ *^« ^^lo^
to his place m' the name of the Bl^^ M^'f"^'^ ^^« "°<1 g^
he oe kend by that name s-L ll .1 ^ackenyie? and yLI
«peak the wo?d? Kthe )1 A?" '^"'«'« ^ ^^^ts tol^n
-ffenng dispenaati?.;td''^^^^^^^ that'sTdLl^
^^%^t: zz^ fa reTSn^^ s^e^s;-^
gather for Davie dS .'' ^ '^°"^^ * ^^« ^oun the water th^
S Br ^ "« -^^^^^^^ T'r ^^ ^-* -ten.
brought them both '« ben thAi?. ^^ ^"^^^^ ^nd Jeanie and
country. Here they found theT' ''T '^' ^^^Sn^of the
tween grief and zel^^e .f^r^% ?.1 °^^^ ^^^ frfatic bl
"u^es, his cheek inflamed ItT f ^^^^^^tree's proposed m^
^ed, while the tearThis le'^, t'""''' -^^ ^^ ^-^
his accents, showed thaf hi. : ' ^ *^^ occas onal auivpr nf
'^. Off the ooi^it rr^ss" tH^« ''
» Charge of leasi/^g-inaL^^n hi. ^*°'' ^^ t"ed m the year 1 7i i
134
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
z;^et,™r ""/'."■ "Si"'- to™ „g„, ,„„, M,,,
than any ™e who faaZl ,t T, ",'«™l>'.-"m"re patient
•Me time ca^ L pTtio 't an, ■ ""*"'' 'f"'""'''''?' of a mUor-
"Mtarians, n^r 8or Z ' ™j ■" '"J"""''' "■»' ^ "«1 "cither
grey hai^^ow tStT^f ^^IT "' """^™' '" '""■'uct my
When you J[ to . Xictu, ^ °?f * "=» human moan,.
tionHmonthenatuSMorla'"^^^^^^^
if ho dfdna iLfy^Tthat ttTl 'V ""^' '""^'^ ^ «»"
hand and left hand defeetiona o/ll,^ T* ' f"^ "' "■' "S""
Phy»ie shouid gang tht^Ty theA^i r' « «»""« "f hi,
done Tj:r:z^7. vrt": "" "ir°''™- j""'" '■■«'
bayonet.-" Thfafat^S iLir"""'; ??'' *'^«'='' "* *.
The a.m shine,, and te SL dea'S't Jh^ •' r'f "'^' »''•
and they are placed */>.„( Wi„?v' ? . J™* ""^ "■U'W,
frequentk Ld^ i^^^ ^ '"'^ "" ^'amstances which
perh.rLt ?he eJ mavT '*'"'"' "'«" »<«»l-"«abl'
verted by the g^d a„,l i*""™ ?" »PI»rt'>nity of being con-
among oC' tS^,' S'sS & tTt"!/'" "^'■'T' "*'
with the profane." ™"J*°'«' '» *hat of occasional muverM
Wtl'o'f'ai^^S'^ct'a'^"^';'" T"."^ "«^. "''-a your
Or what Sk^ye S the Cv. ""'" ""1"°'' ■«" >» *"ed)
Covenant, that i^ ^ ^^!J,™ r"^^' «)'™Pi™ of the
hiB gift, U grac^ tr, wLttIt r/ "T'*'^ 'I^' •«
-rrSh-i^a^-SJfr-f'^-^'
hunsdf up in his sleeptaTattmenr' "" '™''' ™* *» "^•■«
Butle' '-rhr h^ tXSl^tT"."'''^"^ ^
- get a CameroniJl^Sf rwCe™?h"eLd"":f":
h
ga
taj
tr(
thi
wh
for
mo
cup
out
i^mjsitmm^mmm
'iiid foeMc
patience,
nore patient
of a miser-
eed neither
instruct my
it the slur
lan means.
•I)08e, ques-
ough; and
' the right
Jtte of hia
Butler had
when hia
with the
duty, sir.
id uiyuflt,
Jes which
jpcnsable,
eing con-
Js nu>ht,
converse
'"'th your
defiled 1
IS of the
ipeak, be
1 against
c for me
mattered,
IS."
iots and
: to bid
to shut
Jtree to
will he
d of a
THE nWRT oir MID-LOTItUN.
P'uing the latter part nf f » • , .
^•th more than their Z..i ■ ""^"'""'y ««*"«• His eves
speaker then anotJjer fH. l ^"»«t'o», followed &1Z^1
the , hole fromTalT^tr^^^^^^ the melancholy tie"
tHiniy di it' iri''S:;jtr ^r-"* -i" -
but wLere's the siller to oTfrafri'^n"^ *''"^ ^^^ ''« "i
'wethng; and though Mrs Sn . "' ^«'"^s, ye see, will do
7^J ^H''*«"°^^eel4isher ,fM ^*''f'.*^''^ ^^'•■a^« Weud
f « wadna like to standto be boun/''^ '^T-'"''^ '' ^'^'^ yet
an expensive wark. An ifL ? "'^ f^-^'f . ^'^ ^«»m to uch
bimlen, something migh be d^ ' "l''^ ''""^ " «^^«r° «' ?1 e
wijigbo^dy":^.!^!^'-^^ ^-^- bo crcditable.r a' t^S
7eraWe/'LMVm\tdi&"^^^^^^^^^^ "f will be an-
And he was silent, starlr f in 1/ ^-T" "^ P""d« sterling "-!.
capable of such un;ontX ^uTi^n'^^^^^^^ "'. '^^'"^ himself
"God Almighty hie yo Sd P'^ ,T''^^' generosity,
ofgmtitude. 3 S Laird! «aid Jeunie, i„ a transport
Iooking%SSyXTomr'' «.retty," said Dumbiedikes
, "That will do\tvelf %^^^^^^ Saddletree '''
"and ye saU hae a' my skin In^f '^'fj ""'^^^"^ ^^ bands •
ak short fees, and be glad o' thTm ft ^'.7 *" ^^ ^'^^ b^^kiea
trow ye hae twa or thfercj^?f • ^~'*" ^^^^^ ^^^ring them
they U work cheap to get clTom Tf '"'^ ^'^"^"'^ on, Z
v^hamg an advocate .-g« na^I-fo ''. "^^ ^^« ^'^ ^hi^/
for our siUer aa we can nT , ° ,^^' ^ ^"ckle frae them
•nouth-it coste tlem^aTtMn^ '\''' ^"* *^« ^^d '. £
cupation of a saddler^hre mSlier^Tb' " "^^ --tched ^^^
ou unconscionable sJma juat forbSi\"l"?««« "^^^er, we are
0« I be of no use^^' said Bu£"1. Jj^ ^^ j-^^^^^
136
WAVHBLEY NOVELS.
only worth the black c«at I wear • hnf t
much to the family-Oanl L^oThin'r ' '°^ ^'""^~^ °"«
coJbuTfin'dX'^^et:^^^^^^^^
condition, «he wad rbrouStl^ w^ ^''^ I^' ^^^*^ ^^* «' ^^^
oiyloof teU'd me sae tS ^."^^^ finger-Mr. Cross-
prove a positifel-Wt I rSr '"^' ^^' e^"^ ^« <^^ved to
and It maJc^na inuckle matter whul mer^^^^^^^ ^ T n^'
libel maun be redarOTiAri >.., +1 ,*^nerelore, eays he, the
thatj" said Butler ' *^ ° °"™ ■»'^«'» ""»' Provs
from the oue 2tem4ll' 'S? "^ P'""''' o" ■> P'™*.
eipreesion. """'''"'^ '» ""' other, assumed a more bUtho
tioIf^^UUC tt';:?s„r r™ «™- *«'•-
oourt wiU more fuDy decUm hv »„ ^5 ,'° *" P™^*"' »» »•
commou form : but I Crtl,;'^ m ,"'5«''l°«"or of relevancy in
confessed her ^S ■• ^ ^' J*' '*'""' ^"^r. t<" sl^e has
thai m^nl't^S"'" "°'^^^ ■^^«' -"" » -o™
fo^lL^LZ^''" """^^ '^""«- "B"' ahe e<m.
'And what became of it th.»Ti ?» »„jj t
"Aiui who rt£?;int°srB^a^f "A"' 'r?"
meajis the truth might be Xcov.^ ^ ' ^"^^ •>? t*'
fly to her directly." <Iiscoyere4-Who was she « I „iu
"Iwish/'saidDumbiedikss "Iw>«
cmld^^wfrnl bfT ""^""^ ^■«^- impatiently.-" Who
" Then to hJLve^fy • ^®^^' *^** interrogatory "
w^.ii^;rri4"rt-;-4f^j^
i4^mmf^lMi^-i,7k
owe
B;"ifwe
lint o' her
Si. Cross-
jraved to
)ulclna be
am sure,
s he, the
defences.
this poor
st prova
Djuubie-
a pivot,
e blithe
) heaita-
as the
'ancy in
she has
scream
16 con-
not a
lan in
a."
by her
I will
lupple
Who
le de-
fare-
raah
no auKT 01 WD-ioiaos. u,
l^'tpj^"" *""■ -^ I'-well r and k, immediately
»■ -»« «aag „„/„u,^ S'th^"')"' r™^ "^^ for tie mi
ho^ togotheTi'^/l*™/; ^d Mletree, a. .he, left «,,
Thretty Dundfl i» K^^ j \; ® thretty pimds."
f the real Tte Z^,^^'^^- ?'''> waa now „„t
"I^oniyeaid twmty pwS" ^ "'^'^ ^^ generoeity;
toad/p1i;ra^dt*'S.^'S T -'^- P-'-tatio.
and made it thretty." ^ ^^ ^^^® ^^ amend your libel
** Did T 2 T ^ ■ • '
;But whatev^CidTil'stl 'J''tTT' ^-^-^-
jnth some difficulty, he added '^iinn'\'?'*"^« ^^ «teed
S.W *^" *^ in tiem 'Wd ?/',*^ poor Jeanie'«
Saddletree?" ^ gianced hke lamour beads, Mr.
in«ensibt'BLS?^.tlTT^^''''' '^"' ^^^^d'" ^epUed the
- weel free o' thei TntL l^oth^f'''^^"- ' ^ ^ -^^e
recollectmg the necessity^ol ^kS '"^ r?^^'" ^« «^M
domestic rule, "are under hLl ^^ "P ^^ character for
I.aUow neither perd^^^^t .^T^-"^'^ *^^ ^^^^^ Lai^S
rejgn authority." '*'' '^^^ les^m^esty against my sove^
-f> atj^^^^^^ in this observation as to
tation, they part<Ki in Pea^^pSl^^Tf fn^X^ ^^
CHAPTER TWELFTH.
ni warrant that feUow ft.^™ j
« Taa Tbmpkst.
from'^e'^^if *^:^^^^^ - -nt Of refreshment, although
ba.e been overcome^?h':ith'^ Tut t jf *' ^« ^^* ^^
which he hastened to the asa^Z"«, S^L ■ *^' ^"^^^^ with
he forgot both. a^tance at the sister of Jeanie Deans,
Im
138
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
hohi^r ' "^ ' "5 • «Ja«"lated Dumbiedikes, as he checked tha
hobbling pace of the pony by our friend Butler ' Uh 1 , h i
Its a hard-set wUlyard bea.st this o' mine "He had in t
jns overtaken the object of his cha.e at the very point bevin]
which It would have been absolutely impossiWe foi^ Hm tn
Bean (such was the pony's name) to have direreed a mr,! ZZ
the^th that conducted him to his own pa^dT '^
a«rS^^trhrp,;Tcri>lteSS°Le''^edT
It s a braw day for the har'et " "'
inftS"" '""' ""'" ^■'^ ^°''»- " I ™>" yo" good mon,-
wh:t'?LZX%ot;;'?°'"^ "™'*"««*«' "*»* ™ "0
place niiffht have dnnp ftT i . .' ^ °*^®™ "^ ^is
r» one ^d- p.:^L.^a:;:,7S-- ^ti^^J?
> BB aloiost
or behind
itic coughj,
and pony.
» making
Jrtunately
■t his own
iame with
!r stopped
ishing no
ourney.
jcked the
CTh! uh!
i in fact
t beyond
him to
i parted
influence
towards
of Rory
ird from
' breath
be were
raed to
so that
utter a
y, after
Butler,
I mom-
i^as no
lands,"
;e, and
Q take
in his
ellects
unent
THE HEART OP MlU-LOTIfUN. 139
to defend outposts. " r sav Mr n *i „ .
Mr Saddletree's a great Ja^iH"' Butler," said he, "ken ye if
Butle^Xr-Kdoif J*i* ^1 ^-•" —red
qualities." """ouotediy he best understands his own
sce'mS^ro'ily'K^^. ttt^^^ak'^e"™''^'^"' ^ ^ *-« -^-»^
Jfe," he pui^ied, -iTmilov^' ^'"^ ™'^°'"^'" " ^^ that
Novit (aiUd Nich I's son and Lif T °' ''"^^^^^^ ^^'^^
agent Effie's plea " ' ^ ^^''* ^ Sleg as his father) to
Pectd\?om7i,*^reSrrr ^^^^^^ *^- Butler e.
;;at, and by a ^^^-^^S^^'^ his gold-laced cocked
hJsnder's pleasure shoSdforZ>V° ^"^ ^^'^' ^^ ^^
a hint which the < • i - i ll T ^J'^^^^h proce-jd homewards •
with which mlaM^^^t'^^^^^^^
that entu-ely correspond ^h'thP^^Z- f^ "^'^ suggestions
Butler resumed V'/nn f °^ mclmations.
of that jealousy v.hich tRne'st Sf .^. ?^^"*'"^ ^^^^val
^ Deans had r,t different t^rS^ in 1'°^ '' '^'' ^^"^"^
was too generous long to nursV ZTtv ^'? ^°'°™- But he
selfishness. " He is " said Rnfi ^/''u'-'^^ "^^''^ ^^ allied to
want; whyshould ifee vLd tw ^ ^^at I
Bome of his pelf to render them ti^fcltJ^'t'^r* '' ^'^^'^'^
the empty wish of executi^i?r Tn n J. ^^'"^ ^ ''^^ °^y ^rm
what we can. May she be bJt hlw ' "'"J''- ^'' ^ ^^^'^ ^o
and disgrace that seems iZpnS^^^ "^'^''^'^ '^°«» the misery
^^^ of preventing the fSn? "^"^^'* °^« ^"* ^^d the
?nd farewell to othe? thougS^^lhoSr'^'^* '^ '^^ '^'^^^S,
in parting with them i>>^^^' though my heart-strings break
TolLltof rtther 'Sre^'hren.^*"' ^f'' *^« ^-^ o^ the
formerly been placed k-n..'^'' ^^"^« "^« door had
ftranger, the m^sage io J^nie ht > .^'^ *^« "^^^t^^o^
her on the subject of breSt' off .T*'*"'^ conversation with
and the interesting scerS^ olcl rl T"?"^ engagements,
pied his mind as%o dJo^ e^e, rTu' \^ '' '""'^'^y °c««-
eyent which he had witied fL ''v°^ °^ *^« tragical
attention was not recaff^^ bv thr^'^^ r^^- ^^^
t«;ed on the street in conv^r^tion l^uTu ""^^ «*^ «cat.
singers approached, orZTelltut"^ '^? ^"^^^ when
of tb. city police, su'pportj t Sf --^J?^'^°^ ^^ «ge°te
■^ .S3:Ji parties Of the military,
140
WAVaitLKY NOVKLa.
t"iiir«tt;srrii'\?r^^^^^ which were
looks of the W orS^nf ^ -^^ '"f''*"^ ^^ mtimidated
were Imble to aZicL^ ^ tT''^' ''^'' '''^'''''^ '^^' "^^7
a riot likely to rStW fn ^ T' "°* ^'"^^ «^ ^'^'^^ *«
humble and diZavIS i^n«^?'Ti? ^"^' ^^'^^^ ^^""^ ^ith au
exhausted in tCZ^ ^^It ^ ^'^^^^ose «pirite being
over-night, are ur^rw'^H:^""^^ «^ t ^eaperate debauch
the succeeding da^ ""' ''"^ uneuteipmng on
still more iuterS siTbieT Jnn T'\* ^^«^^"*' "^^ *« l^i^
to the prison, STrS^ sood before the entrance
mstead of bilte al7b!r^ Snt ^^t^^^f ' ^' of grmulkv,,
wied appearanwj of iiT ) ^*^"'^' «**"d '" t^e black-
fitaircaaeCraVlents 0^^%^^^?' ^^ '^« binding
public eye rec^?S^« w>; , ^' ^^^""*^' ""^ open to the
Upon d:'r:^^^x:^i sSf ;/ ^'^ r*'"^ ^'^^*-
thin, silver-haired turiiLv wK v, f^^ ^^'"''' *^« «»'"« tall,
evening, u.ade iS ^^^L: "" '' ''^^ ^^^" ^" ^^« ^^^-^"^i
tm^sctS' I^Sti^^^fwrn rr °' ^trr -^^
for in to see her yestr^n?'" ^ '^^ ^"^ *^** ^as
Mer adnutted he was the same person.
..id iut thToi S Tw J^"^ ""'."Woh 1^ oU opened
it was but «a wHd^il ^ ''°°'™«b, though at present
eutered the TO^to wh,n? ^f^ ^» »«"■" ^ad BuUer
the outaide M^Lt K, P"'Pp,'«>y. '"'d locked it on
" effect of the mS?! i?,h f fTS '^" """"oeu™ wa« only
But ^^i:^<^^Lt:rzi^r^>^zt ^'^rr'
and mimediately afterwards heard nT.i /"f °"* *^e guard !"
« he .. post/a ar^rrrhL^is;;^c:e'S'3
•'M*mSi:.''SM
and
^r. mxuT OF MrD-LOTiriAN. 14J
another Portooua 11^0™!^^ !!; f"™" 'T' "^''"od
wiU haud her ain now i,«ilM * P^'* ™ «(!am— the law
^^ „ aw now, neighbour, and that ye'll find to your
Butler, prewher o/tho^^ "' l^™- ^^^ ■^'' i» Reuben
"wdr t'L" T' ™r8''."'8aM the turnkey
you iTSuSi ";l'™ X" v« "^r ;; 4* ^ i-ow f„„
«» honest men shoZlo vT ™1 ^L. ^' ^'.u*"* "'"''' "' '•an'e,
~ to he ^ea.ee.KfZt rrtwin^'L^- 1^
a.|eLTernrt„'l'^:„"/rtr'"^'^ ''•'*'-'»« ^O"
•in bnaineee, and let leT^ W St" h'" ■""" ^°"'
that maan be ae the masistmte Jn' i . ' '*"'"« y™ out,
weel for a bit, for I Tarn '^ t,!^ '^'*'™""'- And fare ye
t™ 0' the doim that ;oZIie?Mt\^T^r P"' »" ^^ ''
Mr. Butler." ^ '"^ '""^ ''™''o down yeatemight,
waJl^^r.SSol'ij^SAt^^ ^"t the.
on a false accusation, hi b^L ^"^ ^ ?^Pri«oned. even
menacing even to m;nTf Zr^^ .•? '•* ^^^^^^^e and
Butler had to boast for S^thou^h H*'*,"*'""^ ''^' ^^^
tion which arises from a sen e JdnJ' 1 "'"^ °^ *^^* '^^^^
to discharge it, yet Z hhll r^ ^"""^ ^ honourable desire
of body delioa ef t w^ f^S. ''" ^^ ^^^^y' «°^ ^^^ ^^e
bility to dan.«rwhJt if ^•'"^ P«««^«i^g that cool ins«n«i.
~" ' ^" "^'^ "^^'Py Portion of men of stronger
«-1
i !l
Pi
i ;2
143
WAVKRLEV NOVKLR.
health nioro finn iiorvas, u.ul \^s >mMe sensibility. An indis
tbiot ..ioa ot pnnl, vvhid, ho .o.U.l neither luulomtaul nor wa^d
evir oT\ : "rf T'^ • "^ ^^"- "« *"«^ *« think ;;;rtte
mZ.- Tf , P'?'^«^^"'R "'Srtt. in hoj,ofl of dim^ovorinif some
amo . "f,,«^P'!""'»S ^! vindicating his conduct for apLZ
among the n»ob, since it immediately occurred to him t d ?
de en^on must bo founded on that circumstance! And it JL
ler the observation of any disinterested witness in the att!>.Mnt"
t t he made from time- to time to expostulate with the rS
a to prevad on them to relem,e him; The .listress of Deans's
y^mtu lie could not now hope to interrupt, had also their slrm,
m, If «'-'«' cw.--men< upon the cause of lii; confinement
and f possible to obtain his liberty, he waa mooted S I
! tp S fi A '^''^'''y '^P'"-t'"ent, he received a summons to
stilnl "TA "magistrate. He wa. conducted froTpr son
aSf ti;:f't.^ ' C?^ ^'/^^^^•«'^' "^*^^ " parade ofpTe
r, i ?/ ' "'"' '"",*"?'^^ '"^^^ unnecessary, is gener"tlly
is "lleTvh'^mlr'^ "''". *^'' ^°""'^^' ^'"^"»ber, as the place
tl.e couMl U8u,% assembled - U timt the preacher r 3
hin, sit f^; ,,^''%™n """^d i" the ufflrmativo. "Let
bur«t:;;;'brM;.^ "" ""*''"■ "^'" '■»■»'• f- «"■»
THR FIKART OF MID-L0TI?IAN.
present prooeodh^rin th^idrtlt" .'"'' ™""^*i°« ^a« at
one of .ho oonsniratore of IhTf • ?"^'^' ''*''^°^'"^« «0'"e
featuroa of this Cn wore BuSi.^ m ' '"^^*- , ^"* ^'^^"^h the
and cut vor^ short iTmm W 1? ^''i'- T"/^'^ ^'^^'^^h down,
an<l alroudT mot ied IX '^ov'^'^^^h^''*'^- "^^^
rathor knaveiy than viVo aJT rli I-'"''" ' ^""'^ ^^P''^*'^'''
"in^-, and mgiry, more tha fh« ^P"«'*'«" *° «h^P"e8«, cun-
sardonic smile, pr on tiS a^^^^^^^^ T' "'"'^ ^^*"^««' ^««'ly
what is callec lair.; th^^Lr f^'^'.^'r' him altogether
rally in.plios a tend"nV WenT '7.^^ ''''' "''^'^ ^'«"«-
could not for a moment have Sbted that '^^ '""''^^'' ^^•"
jockey, intimate with all the tricks of h;«. , ' """^ '^ *'°'«^
met him on a moor, you would not >? ' ^?' ^^^ ^''^
violence from him. His dreslw^ al.o I? .'^I'P/^^^^^ed any
a olose-buttoned jocwCt ^^^^ui"" *''''\''^^ ^^'-^^dealer.-l
termed, with huge nrelK tton« "^^P'^^^f^' ^ '* wa^ then
called boot-hooeL:;*f ^^p^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "PP- stockings,
slouched hat. He only wanted a in i f u- ""^ ^^*''' ^"'^ «
like SS „"e r"'' '"'" ™"''' "^^ '»'' -»*- "ame if I ,lid „„.
t Jer' "'"""^ '^"""f" » ^''■■' P'^^^t »an.e»_what i. ,„„,
VrZ^":£j''' '"'"™"^' "■>' I >•--' what yo wad ca'
"But," repeated the madstrntp «t.rK„*
living-your occupation?" ' ^^** ^'' ^^"^^ "^eans of
•. 'll^S:;-n!^"^\ ^' ^°"^ ^^^«' l'^^ that a« w«-,
144
"No matter,
examinant.
WAVERLflY NOVKTiS.
I waiit to hear you describo it," eaid the
Raf.l^^fjJ."!!!^ '7?^u *" T"'"* ''''°^™" '-^^ ^ »t *■'«» J««"nie
Kfttdiffe," responded the prisoner.
I' Come, flir, no trifling— I insiiit on an answer."
Weel, sir," replied the declarant, "I main make a clean
breast for ye see, wi' your leave, I am looking for favour-
pescnlw my occupation, quo' ye ?-troth it wiU be ill to do that
m a feasible way, in a place like this-but what ia't again that
the aught command says ?"
" Thou Shalt not steal," answered the magistrate
Are you sure o' that V replied the accxised.— " Troth then
my occui»ty)n, and that command, are sair at odds, for I read
It, than Shalt steal ; and that makes an unco d Terence, though
theresbuta wee bit word left out."
"To cut the matter short, Ratcliffe, you have been a most
notorious thief," said the examinant.
"I believe Higldands and Lowlands ken that, sir, forby
England Md Holland," replied Ratcliife, with the g;eate;t com
posure and effrontery. *
"And what d'ye think the end of your calling wUl bo?" said
the magistrate.
"1 could have gien a braw guees yesterday— but I dinna ken
Bae weel the day," answered the prisoner.
h.A^^u^^^ T"^^ y^"" ^^''^ ^^ ^' 'i<* J»ve been your end,
had you been asked the question yesterday?"
;; Just the gaUows," replied Ratcliffe, with the same composure
You are a darmg rascal, sir," said the magistrate; "and
how dare you hope times are mended with you to^ay ?"
Dear, your honour," answered Ratcliffe, "there's muckle
difference between lying in prison under sentence of death, and
staying there of ane's ain proper accord, when it would have
cost a man naething to get up and rin awa-what was to hinder
me from stoppmg out quietly, when the rabble walked awa wi'
Jock Porteous yestreen ?— and does your honour really think t
staid on purpose to be hanged ?"
hSi ?"" °°J know what you may have proposed to yourself:
but I luiow, said the magistrate, "what the law proposes for
you, and that is, to hang you next Wednesday eight days »'
JNa, na, your honour," said Ratcliffe firmly, "craving your
honour's pardon, I'U ne'er believe that till I see it. I have
Kenn the law this mony a year, and mony a thrawart job I hae
THE HRAnT OF MID-LOTIIIAN. j^g
with the rest „f the jail- bird, Iw, T ? ,'"'?™ J""" "'K""*
oomhct little to h„v„'bee„ e^Sr' """ "*"" ^"^ " «"» °'
that JCJ;™ ;r™„*°;«ht for » n,„„e„t „f ,,„^„^ ;„
expecting a hit poet in't " " *" """ P''"^". »"'■ I'm just
."Ppl,7ou''mSr" "•» "■««i««"; "a whipping.^,, I
l;av%"'b::i t'ur' tt'LXiS'fl'r' »7"",W""->"'- After
dead I thtok I a„. f„ h^TdttaXl "'' "* '"' ' ""»
=^:*Xe^enrj4d*r»^^^
fter folk, for I never tuK ^u'^l'" ™" ""» «« "eel i
less deal wi' a man." '^"' " ^^*' ™' »' 'he way, much
h.m, though ho mantled his ait „S, 1 Z"" '■^'^"'"" ^ '«"!
" But," continued the malt,!.! 't. , "«<'*«»" "f oddity.
1» trusted with a charg,^ TtrUori" ^^ "'1°'' y"'" '^''"
at yo^r own hand half 1hejaiKrdr'°'' '"""' '">"'•'
hand to keep other folk in I thS tlJ^ t ," "'' '«««'■ «
uess weel that held me in when I wnt?i ^ "^'^ '""' *«« t""'"
when I wanted to hand tlJmTn " ' '" '"' »'"' "' »»» ""t
J'e^ir^ri'rr:^ 'tn''""?- ^"' -« --"i' ■.»
removed. "nervation, only desired Rakiliffe to be
thf m^SaVs s ai/rtrt T r "^ -'"«.
fellow's assurance?" ^ ' ^^^* ^« thought of the
" ''' '" '^^ r.;:j^^' I-'" -plied the clerk : '' but if J...^
L
III
rll
ue
WAVKULKV NOVRI.H.
lijitoliHn Im) iiuilino<l to turn to ^ood, tlmro in not a man w'er
Ciuno within tlio portN <.r tlui IuiikIi couM Im) of nao niucklo use
to tho (Hood Town in tlio tliini' imrl hu^k up lino of buslnoHa.
I'll Hpoak to Mr. Slmrpitliiw nlm\it liini."
rJ|K)n K«tcliir«'H rotnmt, Huth^r wiw pliiood at tlm table for
examination The maf(intnito oomiucttMl hin in<inijy civilly,
but yet in a manner which pue him to uiHlorHtiUHl that he
kvlHiured ujidcr ntnuiK HUHpicioti. With a frankneBS which at
once became his (mllinK iiiul oharactor, Jhitler avowed hiH in-
voluntary prosonce at the mnrd.T of l'()rt(;ous, imd, at the
roqu»«t of the mimiatrate. entered into a minute <letail of tlie
eircnmHtjince« which attended that unliai)py nH'tur. All the
J)artieular8, such m wo have narrated, were taken minutely
down by the elerk from Butler's «lic.t'ition.
AVhen the narrative waa comiluded, the croaa-exjuuination
commenced, which it is a imnful t»wk even for the moat coiulid
witness to undergo, aineo a atory, Miweially if connected with
ngit^tmg and alanninj? incidwjts, can acaroe Iw so clearly and
distinctly told, but that some ambiguity mid doubt may Iw
khnnvu upon it by a atriug of successive and miimte iuterro-
gatorioa.
The magiatrate commonced by observing, that Butler had
Biud his object wks to return to the village of Libbcrtou, but
that he waa interrupted by the mob at tho West Port. «« la
the Weat Port your usual way of leaving town when you go to
Libl)erton?" aaid the magiatrate, with a aneer.
•'No, certainly," {uiowored Butler, with the haato of a man
aimoua to vindi.»te the accuracy of his evidence; "but I
chauced to be nearer that iK)rt than any other, and the hour of
ahuiting the gates was on the point of strikiug."
" That \*Tis imlucky," &aid the magistrate, drily, " Pray
bemg, as you say, under coei-ciou and fear of the lawless mul-
titude, and compelled to accompany them through sconea
disagreeiible to all man of humanity, and more especially irre-
concilable to the profession of a minister, did you not attempt
to struggle, resist, or escape from their violence ?"
Butler replied, "that their numbers prevented him from
attempting resistance, and their vigilance from effecting his
eacape."
" That WHS unlucky," again repeated the unigistrate, in the
snrna dry macquiescent tone of voice and manner. He pro-
ceeded with decency and uoliteneaa, but with a stiftiiess which
the
THK HRAKT OK MID-UvrifLVN ,4^
«rK'l(,(l IiiH rr.Mtimiod 8UHl)i,ion tn «.l,
«-"l<l<.Mly ;u.,l artlfdly rctull n "^ "'''*'*'' "'« ""4,'i^trat*
f'^rt of tho nu,.J,u.Zi; lo J^o ^r ^^ '^ "'*""^'^ «*«^'
J">wovor, (HMuimHl that ZTr '^""f^^'«'"" or cnntrmli,:tioi,,
tho Jr.Hgwtmto mid town r-Inri, T . ^'T *^> **t wlio..o mum
If t'.o into of th., Oo^r 'iwn I ,ul''T'''' Tf "^^"' ^'^'"-««-
nuiKi8trate'« knowing he iblZJ ?""''^^ "" ''«^ '^""''^J
could L, i::f L t >^^^ 's r"" r'^"'" ^^^^ «'^-
diH«"i«ed apparently ^h J''' ^T'" ? ^'^'"'■^'"' ^'''^^^ ^^re
Koii.« to butt 0, b. den ho ZJT^ T^'"''^' '''^« ^ ^^'^i^n
which inuHlod the trof ^'n "^ " '^^^ "^ ''' '^"^^^^ «'' ^"ii;
that he thought he couid not T''^'""'.1 -^'T^'' ^^« ^1«<^^'*^«
Phiccd before him hi a ^ ', V' f'"* ^'"^«« ^^"'"ir«, if
"light rocx>gui«e h^r voiclj^ ' ^'^' '"^' ^^'"' ^« ^>eheve,l' he
lefUhV'cl^"'"^^ "^^""^^^ ^"« «^- to «tute by what gata he
Wa« that the nearest roiul to Libbertr.u?"
"Which road did you tokeTst f ^T'^" C'««»."
" Indfiflrl 1 ««., "''*^""V. ^Tags, was the reply.
0.0 by one he obSod /ZSt1^„r '"" "" ^^'"
grouna v'v >• ' • - 'iBHcnption of evfirv nna «<• «.),„
ivsr
148
WAVKRLEY NOVFLS.
domeaayar, aiul appeanuico ; and, at length, came to the cir-
cumstanco of the mysteriou.s stranger in the King's Park On
this Bubjeot Butler would fain have remained silent. But the
magistrate had no sooner got a slight hint concerning the
incident, than ho seemed bent to possess himself of the most
mmute jmrticulars.
" Look ye Mr. Butler," said he, "you are a young man and
bear an excellent character; so much I will myself testify in
your favour. But wo are aware there has been, at times, a sort
VZ^^?:?'^-^'^'^ •" ''""' '^ y""^ °^der and those, men
irreproachable m other points, which has led them into doing
and countenancmg great irregularities, by which the peace of
the country is liable to be shaken.-I wiU deal plainly with
you. I am not at all satisfied with this stoiy, of your setting
whicTw^rhT" *" T^ ^T ^^'"^°« ^y *^« »«^eral roads:
which were both circm ous. And, to be frank, no one whom
Il^r '"'"'"'''it' '"r,*^"' ""^"PPy ^ff*^^ «°"i^^ t^ac« ^ your
appearance any thing like your acting under compulsion. More-
over the waiters at the Cowgate Port observed something like
wl'Z'fi r.'^ ^"'^* '!! ^r^ *^°"^"^*> ^«d declare that you
3hnr?ft f .T°'^°v ^^'"^ *° "P^'^ *^« ^t«' ^ a tone of
authonty, as rf still presiding over the guards and out-posts of
the rabble, who had besieged them the whole night "
for ,.vllf T' ^^'''l l" '"^"^ ^f '^ ' " ^ '""^y ^^«d free passage
for myself ; they must have much misunderstood, if they did not
wilfully misrepresent me." ^
': Well Mr Butler," resumed the magistrate, " I am inclined
to udge the best and hope the best, aa I am sure I wish the
best; but you must be frank with me, if you wish to secure my
good opmion and lessen the risk of inconvenience to yourself
You have allowed you saw another individual in your oassatre
through the King's Park to Saint Leonard's Cr^-I mS
know every word which passed betwixt you "
Thus closely pressed, Butler, who had no reason for conceal-
ing what passed at that meeting, unless because Jeanie Deans
was concerned m it, thought it best to tell the whole truth from
beginnmg to end.
"Do you suppose," said the magistrate, pausing, "that the
young woman wiU accept an invitation so mysterious ?"
" I fear she will," replied Butler.
'; Why do you use the word /ear it ?" said the magistrate
Because I am apprehensive for her safety, in meeting at
THE HEART OF MID-L0T,IUN. ,^,
inexplicable." ' ^^""'^ "^^'^^ vva« of a character m
BuLtVt^:^^^^^^ said t,^ ,.,,,,,,, . ^^
Remove Mr. Butler, and let hL i! '^. ^''^ ' detained^-
accommodation in all respecte" ^"^'"'''^ ^^^ decent
He was conducted back to th. •
the food offered to him^ weut rih ""^'^^^^y' b"*' '»
he waa lodged, the recomnr i T- *^° apartment in wiuoh
«trictly attended to '''''^'^'''^^^'on of the magistrate w^
CHAPTER THIRTEENTH.
D.irk and eerie was the night
And lonely w;u. the way, '
MUes Cross she did gae.
- Old Ballad.
his feeling that he wa^ bv bi« « "'°'* Predominant waa
POBs bility of a3sistinnhe\mUv'°;fT'f ^ ^^^"^^^ of aU
greatest need, we retiS-n to We D ^^*' ^x'°"^^'« ^ their
depart, without an opportun?/ of £?,"'' ""^^ ^^^ «««" him
that agony of mind with wwfth, ^ ''\''^ ''''*^°°' ^" ^"
the comphcated sensations so tll^Sd '^^^^^^^^ ^
that can most eaai y bfd^^J";^ ^f.^^ced Cato's daug^^^^^^^
emotions. She went for « 7^ ^ ^^^^^ 8°^ and min^rS
attempting to reS from\ riS^ '^^^^^^ ^^ ^S
moment's recoUection induced he^t^T'f f P^«^°"- But a
selfish and nronpr to h-- - ? ^^'^^^ herself for ? «.;./
- — -^ ^- "^-n aiicctzons, while her&U,^-^^
'' iiH
■ '•;
-4H
f , '
I,
B
iif
160
WAVEBLEY NOVELS.
3.Bter were plunged mto such deep and irretrievable aiHictioiL
She drew from her pocket the letter which had bSn that
mornmg flung nto her apaxtment through an open ^dow
and the contente of which were aa singular as the ex^S
from the most damnmg guUt, and all its desperate corLI
quonces,-if she desired the life and honour of her ^ster to 1^
saved from the bloody fangs of an unjust law,-if 2ell^d
not to forfeit peace of mind here, and happiness her^ter"
tretd't 1'""*" ''''' '' the',K)iyuratio'n, "shewt en-
sister. The letter concluded with incoherent but violent nrn-
SrS^* "^ '''^' ''^^ «— «^e hadTSg^^^
tJ^P.T!TA'^^''f *">'' ^y ^"*l^^ fro«» the stranger in
the Park tallied exactly with the contents of the letter h,^
assigned a later hour and a different place of meetU W
rently the wr^er of the letter had been compeE^fet bX
so far mto his confidence, for the sake of annLlf this
change to Jeanie. She wa^ more than once TZ Sint o?
Sf hin?/"^' '^"'*' ^ ?"^^^*^°° «f ^«^««lf from hexXei^i
hd^hinted suspicions. But there is something in stoopS to
justification which the pride of innocence <" oeslnT ^iaU ^^
willingly submit to; bLes thaTtrtl at" contat d i^Th^
letter, m case of her betraying the se. -et, bung he^^; on W
^Zll f P'°^f ^',! ^'^'^^^' *h^<^ h^d they remained lonSr
together, she might have taken tli£ resolution toTubm rf^f
whole matter to Butler, and be guided bv him .« 1 +1 r ,
conduct which she shoW adopflnd wh^ tv th^ T/^
mtexTuption of their conferenc^ shf lost tie 1 rtun"tv of
doing so, she felt a. if she had 'been unjust to aTend S^of
ooruectunng m what light the matter might ZCmjIlJ,
THE HJSAIiT OF AlID-LOTiflAxV. igj
«elf, the operation oHh fh co jcl ^ r'"^''' '" ^i«»-
by those best acquainted t^thhLVo'hf"^'*'^ "P'^" «^«°
female friend to have accomnanip^'j, . .f ^ requested some
vous, would perhaps We Cn 1 *° *^' ^^''"'^ ^^ ^^"Jez-
but the threate ofThe ^ter thaf Lf ''* '¥>^^ ^^P^'««"' '
prevent their meeting (orwS^hfpr^^^^^^^ ^' '''''' ^«"J^
depend) from taking place Tt all wn i??'' 'f^^^ ^«^ ^^^^ *«
making such a conXc^lv^n haS'^^^^^^^^^ ^^' ^^^^
whom she thought it could w;h! ? . ,. ^ ^^^"^ ^ Pereou la
Bhe knew none such Their act uan^^ ^'"^ been reposed. But
the vicinity had been venrSt '^?^'^^^^^ *^« ««tt««ers in
good neighbourhood. S W^ftt ^ f '.f *" *"^'°^' ^«'« '^
knew did not greatly incC W 1 5 "''""' ^"'^ ^^^^ «be
were of the order nf inn. ■ *^ *''"^* ^^"^^ of them. Thev
iound in thef sifu:,-^^^^^^^^^^ Str^"^'^ ^^^^'^^ "-%
all times few charms for a vonn. ^"^ conversation had at
the circumstance oZ ZL^vTiZT^' *" ^^°"^ "^^^^'^ ^"^^
and force of character superTort th« f^'? " ^'P**^ '^ ^'^^"^h*
whether in high or low SS ' P"^*^ °^ ^^'^" ''"^'
-oSetrfSLVSir^^^^^ --^' «^e -1
the poorest and most affliS ' J v '^' f 'P'" **^ *^^« «^ «f
prayed with fervent sinS thf. n J'^^^t, ®^« ^«^t' ^^d
her what course to fXw iS^'hlr 1?°"* """"^.^ P^^« *« direct
tion. It wa. the beHe7 o^ thi ^^ T^ ^^tressing situa-
belonged, that speciraSwl . ' ^f '''^ *« ^^ich she
characte; from Se Satt^''^''' ^^T^' ^^*^^« ^ ^h^ir
''borne in upon thSr mS " n 'n ' f *^''^ "^P^««««d i*>
tion. in a crisi^ of d^fficSty mt^T^''- *''" ^™^ P^*^'
pomt of divinity, one thinT is nil '"i ^ ^"*° ^ ^^^''^^
who lays open ha doubrfnd S r ^~~''?°''^^' ^^'^^ ^^^ Person
and sincerity, must nece^^iiy tl^^lT.T^''' ^^*^ ^««^-g
mind from the dross of 3^?^ • "' °^ "^^'^^ «", purify his
it into that state when The 2.??'°°" ?^ ^^''^^'' '^^ bring
selected rather from a ete of dT f'^'t^' ^^^^y to bt
motive. Jeanie arose froi^Lrdpv!^' *^^^- ?'"^ ^^ ^e^ior
fied to endure affliction Zd eL^rf? T^^ ^'' ^^^ ^^i-
''I wiU meetX'^hTppyTa^^d '' 'TI 'f ^^*^^-
happy he must be, since I doubt 4 ? T^ *^ herself-- tm-
^e's mialbrtune-Uuri in^^^it h^n f" "'^ ^'^^ ^*' P^'
— j.sv^c mm, bo IE Tor good or ill.
152
WAVEKLEY NOVELL
My miad shall never cast up to me, that, for fear of what mbht
be said or done to myself, I left that undone that might even
yet be the rescue of her."
With a mind greatly composed since the adoption of this
resolution, she went to attend her father. The old man firm
m the pnnciples of his youth, did not, in outward appeaknce
at lea^t, permi a thought of his family distress to Lterfere
with the stoical reserve of his countenance and maimers. He
even chid his daughter for having neglected, in the distress of
T^tZnt' '"""^ *"^^ domestic duties which feU mider her
«m!^5.^' "^^f meaneth this, Jeanie?" said the old mac—
The brown four-year-auld's miU^ is not seiled yet, nor the
b Z J^v 7 ffl-? ^^\ ^^ ^' '''^^''' y'^ ^«^l^y duties
in the day of affliction, what confidence have I that ye mind
the greater matters that concern salvation? God knows our
bowies, and our pipkins, and our draps o' milk, and our bits o'
bread, are nearer and dearer to us than the bread of life i"
Jeanie not unpleased to hear her father's thoughts thus
expand themselves beyond the sphere of his hnmediate distresT
nS is "^^ ?r^^'^ *° P'^* ^'' household matters
Z^JJ' ?^^ ^^r^ "^^^'^ ^^"^ ^^"^^ *° Pl^^e about his
ordmaiy employments, scarce showing, miless by a nervous
sigh, or twmkle of the eyelid, that he was labouring under the
yoke of such bitter afiiiction. ^
The hour of noon came on, and the father and child sat down
te their homely repast. In his petition for a blessing on th^
meal the poor old man added to his supplication, a prayer that
Li''l-If? ^ f^""' '' ^^*' ^^ *J^« bitter w'ters
Marah, might be made as nou' hing aa those which had been
poured forth from a full cup and a plentiful basket and sto^e
whlchT^Tf -.^^1 ^" benediction, and resmned tTe boret
J^^lnl. .^''^ ''"^'^r^^y "^^'"^^ P^^'^eeded to exhort
Xept^ ' ""'^ ^^ '^'^P^^ ^^''^' h"* ^^ ^^^ by
auomted himself, and did eat bread, m order to express hi6
Decome a Christian man or woman so to clinff to creature
comforts of wife or baim."--(here the words bZme too^^^
.:^sk>MMghmii'&^i, -:
THE HKART OP MID-LOTHIAN,
163
^rirftat; ^Z^i-r^: J«^y »»™8gle<i to recover
J^f or Sen ;° AT' "'..'*° l^' '"^''^ ^^^
emmenM „rth?r. ^"T.. ^'"' '"^ «'*' ''^y™<i 'he dusky
-TOi — , _ ..„i,VToru aiiuw at least, tliat
154
WAVKULllY NOVKLS.
in
fltoiml app.'Hrm>co of pa.tio,.t cn.lumnoo of all tho ovil which
mrth oouldl.rmK. wl.ioli wiw in hl«i npini,,.. «B8«ntial to tlie
cimrac or of one who ratol all oarthly things at thoir junt
estimate ()t mthxuiruvs^, Wlum iio had fhuHhod tho duty of
the ev.mm- ho ca.no up to \\h daughter wialicd hor Kood-niiht.
»>i-l, havin<r dono .so, continuoil to hold hor by tho hands for hain
ii-.ninuto ; thoii drawing hor towards him, kissod hor forohoad
.iu.i t>)aoulatod, - Tho (Jod of Israol bUv« you, ovon with the
blessings ot tho promise, my d(>jtr bairn !"
It w... not oithor in tho nature or habits of David DoauH to
scorn a fond lather; nor wius he often observed to oxporioaoe, or
at le,i«t to evince, that fulness of the hewt which seeks to
expand itself m tender expressions or caressa. even to those who
were dejirest to hiin. On the contraiy, he u.sod to censure this
as jj dogi-eo ot vfeok-^m in several of his neighbo.n-s, and par-
ticularly In poor widow Butler. It followed, however, from the
rarity of such emotions in this self-denied and reserved man,
that his chUdreu attached to ocwwional marks of his afi^ection
and approbation a degree of liigh interest and solemnity ; woU
considering them jis evidences of feol-'ngs which were otdy
ooicealmenf '*"" ^''"^ ^*'"^''' *°" '"'*''""'' ^"""^ suppression or
With deep emotion, therefore, did he bestow, and his daughter
receive, this benediction and paternal caress. « Ani you, rnV
d ar father exclaimed Jeaiiie, when the door liad chased ipon
the venerable old man, " may you have purchased and promised
bles^mgo multiplied upon you-upon you, who w.Uk in this
world jw though you were not of tho world, and hold all that
It can give or take away but as the midgea that the sun-blink
brings out, and the evening wind sweeps awav !"
She now made preparation for her night-walk. Her faf,her
Blept m aiiother p^ut of the dweUing, and, regular in all his
habits seldom or never left his apartment when he had betaken
huuseJf to It for the evening. It waa therefore easy for her to
^M I i! ^°"«\ unobserved, so soon as the time approached at
which she was to keep her appointment. But the step she was
about to tiUce had difficulties and teiTors in her own eyes
though she had no reason to apprehend her father's interference.'
tier life had been spent in the quiet, imiform, and regulaf
seclusion of their peaceful and monotonous household The
very hour which some damsels of the present day, as well of her
OT^T, as of hitrher degree, would c«oiuuder .-w the natiird ocriod of
THK UKXHT OP MID-LOTltlAN.
105
iKil lair l,a,r toicith tho riband, tl,„„ tl,o only mLZTi
cov„r winch j,„„,(, „„„„„ri„i ^,; ^,,,„"SIITTZ
d,a, and scatteed r„d<s, i„te„i™d with poon™i throth
had been the haunt of robbern Snd a^ 4nsThe .nolr! ^
council of the city, and even the parliament of Scotland h id
pcd for dispersing their bands, and ensurini safetv to thn
IrZ^m o? th ;; '*';'"*'''' ^^^^ «^'" remembered ^
Buburb Tn 1 H T""'''^ '"^^"^'^ ^'^^^ *he neighbouring
theatre for duels and rencontres among^h^lr^ S of tL
Ze t hVe f S°t t;""r*'t;>^'l bappened'sinc7l)e:::^
Sfore were !f h 1 i^^^- ^^^ ^^^"ghter's recollections,
intretore, were of blood and horror as she pursued the srrnl
carce-tracked solitaiy path, every step of whTlreyedX"
to a greater distance from help and dppnpr infwi! ^ ■
seclusion of these unhallowed precincts ^ ^" '"^"^'"^
As the moon began to peer forth on the scene with a doubtful
fl.tting, and so emn light, Jeanie's apprehensions took another
Z'fXr^'l'TT' ^"' ^"""^^ "' remain tnX'r
.^.,1 u) tracn ltd uiigui wiU require auother chapter.
158
'A'AVEIiLKY NO ELS.
CHAPTER FOURTEENTH.
The spirit I have seen
May be the devil. And the dovil has nowei
To assume a i)leasiug sti-ipe.
HAMIiET.
CV
Witchcraft and deii.?>olofj^ as we have already had occasion
to remark, were at thia |.pno. i.ellevfd m by almost all ranks
but more especially amoDg tj.,, stricter classes of Presbyterians'
whose government, wLea fAox party were at the head of the
state, !ind been mucli sidKud by their eagerness to inquire into
and persecute these imaginary crimes. Now, in this point of
view, also, Samt Leonard'a Crags and the adjacent Chase were
a dreaded and ill-reputed district. Not only had witches held
their meetmgs there, but even of very late years the enthusiast
or impostor naentioned in the Pandmmmmm of Richard Bovet
aeufcleman,* had, among the recesses of these romantic cliffs'
foum his way mto the hidden retreats where the fairies revel in
the bowels of the earth.
With a.'J these legends Jeanie Deans was too weH acquainted
to escape that strong impression which they usually make on the
imagination. Indeed, relations of this ghostly kind had been
famdiar to her from her infancy, for they were the only relief
which her father's conversation afforded from controversi^ argu-
ment, or the gloomy histoiy of the strivings and testimonies
escapes, captures, tortures, and executions of those maxtyra of
the Covenant, with whom it was his chiefest boast to sav he
had been acquamted. In the recesses of mountains, in caverns
and m morasses, to which these persecuted enthusiasts were so
ruthlessly pursued, they conceived they had often to contend
with the visible assaults of the Enemy of mankmd, as in the
cities, and m the cultivated fields, they were exposed to those
ot the tyrannical government and their soldiers. Such were
the terrors which made one of the^r gifted seers exclaim w' -
his compamon returned to him, : ^r having left him alone
a haunted cavern in Som in GulL . ^y, - It is hard living in t:
wor d-mcamate devils above the earth, and devils under th^,
ettith ! Satan has been here since ye went away, but I have
IVoUj I. The Fairy Boy of LeitL
^^t^amm^i^i^t^^uMmM
TlIK HEART OP MID-LOTHIAN J,*^;
I," dl^,.'™, ■"■'^''"'.'" " fidd-meeting at CrochJo Then
bttt;tr-7S„ra'^x^r}3
but with so httle success, that ten or twelve sZit me^wL hid
not drown; his design is to disturb the Ldw^V hvZ\l.
wonder and confusion in your minds to n ,7^^' T ^^
spirits aU that ye hae heJrd aTfelt' «£« /T ^T
Trained m those and «imUar legends, it was no wonder that
^Ttul'^'f ,r'"™'.," *■'' "^^toation not to om t an o^^
portunity of doing something towards saving her sister althmiX
Nol. J. trtercour.. of th. C<,^„™,t.„ „„h ll.e i„,i.il,|. „„rM.
inft
WAVKRLTnr NOTRLa
dangers ho dreadful to licr imagination. So, like GhriHtiana in
the Pilgrim's Progress, when traversing with a timid yet re
solved step the terrors of the Valley of the Shivdow of Death,
she gliiled on by rock and stone, " now in glimmer and now in
gloom," an her path lay through moonlight or shadow, and
endeavoured to overpower the suggestions of fear, sometimes by
fixing hor mind upon the distressed condition of her sister, and
the duty she lay under to afford her aid, shoidd that be in hor
power ; and more frequently by recurring iu mental prayer to
the protection of that Being to whom night is as noon-day.
Thus drowning at one time her fears by fixing her mind on a
subject of overpowering interest, and arguing them down at
others by referring herself to the protection of the Deity, she
at length approivched the place assigned for this mysterious
conference.
It was situated in the depth of the valley behind Salisbury
Crags, which has for a background the north-western shoulder
of the moimtain called Arthur's Seat, on whose descent still
remain the ruins of what was once a chapel, or hermitage, de-
dicated to St. Anthony the Eremite. A better site for such a
building could hardly have been selected ; for the chapel,
situated among thy rude and pathless cliffs, lies in a desert, even
m the immediate vicinity of a rich, populous, and tumultuous
capital : and the hum of the city might mingle with the orisons
of the recluses, conveying as little of worldly interest as if it had
been the roar of the distant ocean. Beneath the steep ascent on
which these ruins are stUl visible, waa, and perhaps is stiU
pointed out, the place where the wietch Nichol Muschat, who
has been already mentioned in these pages, had closed a long
scene of cruelty towai'ds his unfortimate wife, by muTdering her,
with circumstances of uncommon barbarity.* The execration
in which the man's crime was held extended itself to the place
where it waa perpetrated, which was marked by a small cairn,
or heap of stones, composed of those which each chance passen-
ger had thrown there in testimony of abhorrence, and on the
principle, it would seem, of the ancier.t British malediction,
" May you have a cairn for your burial-place !"
Ab our herohie approaclied this ominous and unh.-illowed spot,
she paused and looked to the moon, now rising broad in the
itorth-west, and shedding a nioro distinct light than it had
affordtd Oixriucr her walk thither. Eyeing the planet for a
* See Note G. Mvsd-at's Cftim.
v:4^t:..^'i;;.*„ ^ ■ ..«^;*i»k«»ai«l»*
TUT. IIKART OF MID-LOTIIIAN. 159
the cairn, from which it waa at first avprf^rl c:i,r '^"^^'«
disappoints!^ Nothing wa. vSe M " the itT" Tue'^o
Htones, which Bhone grey in the moonlight. A mStit do 0/
confiu^ed HUggestionB rushed on her mind^ Had her cor^^tnd
ttdvaTThI '^"'.?' ^^"^^^ ^^ appointment ?_rTSi
he purpose to blast her with the Budden hTrorfo^ ht^L «
I^Lr% ? ''";,%''*''' ^ *^« P^^^««^' rendezvous?' Se
a^ouB reflections did not prevent her approaching to the cS
with a pace that, though slow, waa detennined
When she waa within two yards of the heap of stones a figure
fol^ W r ^ !• '^^""^ *^^^ realisation of the most fright
however Id St'°% f' "^'^^'^^^^ ^«-«^ *<> «iJ«^-
nowever, and making a dead pause, suffered the figure to oDen
the conversation, which he did, b>^ asking in a voiL wh^J
agitetion rendered tremulous and hoUow, ^^e you Ihe sisW ^f
that ill-fated young woman V
« a" i ^'^~^ ^ *?® ^^*^ ^^ ^ffie Deans !" exclaimed Jeanie
u you can tell, what can be done to save her !"
smiarwe^^'T^.'^"f.^^ ^^ '' "^^ »^d,» was the
T fsd^^I 1 "" f ' d<^serve-I do not expect he will."
S tSt h^^tT ?' "^^'^ ^ " ^'^'^^ «^^^ than that
fo^t^^diplw if fi^«VP"J^«°> probably because the shock of
first addressmg her was what he felt most difficult to overcome
Jeame remained mute with horror to hear language exnrered
"tirS it?:f ,*? 'V'''''' "^^ ^'^^ -- been acqS d
with, that It mounded in her oars rather like that of a fiend than
withou Z '"'f ?' "'" "^'«^ P^"-«"«J his address to he"
Tw etch r.W- 1 ?'" fl '^"'•J^"«'^- " ^«" ««« ^^efore you
a wretch, predestined to evil here and hero,aft.,r "
for the sake of Heaven, that hears and sees us" s-iirl
uleiJ'bS^ «inn ,>-to the most nu'serable a^uonfth.
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Then should I have my own sluire therein," said the «tran
^ I. .r^} . '* ^^°^"^ *^ ^^^« been the doatn.nt,}nr> of the
mother that bore me— of the friend that I' j ^e- -ui- the
woman that truated me-of the innocent child that was born to
me If to have done all this is to be a sinner, and survive it
bde'^ed " "'''''''^^^' ^^'^"^ ^ ^ '^°«* ^"Jty ^"'i most miserable
" Then yod are the wicked cause of my sister's ruin V said
Jeanie, with a naturul touch of indignation expressed in her tone
01 voice.
"Curse me for it, if you will," said the stranger; "I have
well deserved it at your hand."
vol""* "^ ^"'"" ^""^ "''''" ""'^ '^^''"'^' "*° P'^^ *"* ^^°^ *° ^^'•gi^^
"Do as you will how you will, or what you will," he replied,
" I must fii.t know " said Jeanlo, " the means you would have
me use m her behalf."
'\^^t~^^^ J^"^* fi^^^ Bwear— solemnly swear, that you will
employ them when I make them known to yon "
"Surely, it is needless to swear that I will do all that in
lawful to a Christian to save the life of my sister '
" I will have no reservation !" >.und('i • 1 the sf nger ; " law-
fiU or unlawful Christian or heal;a.a, you shall swear to do mv
best, and act by my counsel, or— you little know whose wrath
you provoke!"
"I will think on what you buve said," said ,f.anie, who
began to get much alarmed at the frantic vehemence of his
manner, and disputed in her own mind, whether s^ .poke to
a maniac, or an apostate spirit incarnate— " ^ will ^hink on
what you say, ,tnd let you ken to-morrow."
u A '^°"™°"'°^ •" exclaimed the man with a igl scorn—
A^d where will I r,o to-morrow /-or, wheic will yuu be to-
night, unlo,'.. you swear to walk by my counsel ?-there wa« .me
accursed deed done at this spot before now; and there shiUl be
Md Bod " °'^*'^ '*' "^^^ ^''^ ^'^^"^ "P *"" ""^ guidance body
As he spoke, he offered a pistol at the unfortunate youne
woman. She neither fled nor fainted, but sunk on her knees
and a^ked him to spare her hie. '
" Is that all you have to aav V' ,^id the unmoved ruffian
THE HEART OF MIL-LOTHIA^J. igj
^ "IB that all you L ^ for y^ ifoTn ^'' ^°^-
to give ?--Wm you destroy vo^T«lf . ^""^ ^^^^ ^° P''*^"^'««
more blood V ^ ^^ ^*^' ^^ compel me to abed
'^Mavt^d fn' ^'^^°' *°^ ^«^d it toward, her
again!^^^^"^- ^- ^" «^e -d, preaalng ht'handa forcibly
he Z'^! teran'S^" tid"'' L7"^ "l^« ^^^ ^-'
a villain," he eaid. "steeTed T^fu \^ ^ Pocket— "I am
wicked -rough to' do yTi^L^'r? ^^^^^edness, but not
you into u 7 measures sLT ' ^ ^''^^ ^^ed to terrify
purtoof o/r: ■::lr Tdt^h^^t:/-- ^ -^-^y -^^«^
through the . o^g exertion of w' ?^' ,"" ^ ""^"^^ ^^ two,
collected herself suffi Iw il , "^^'^^ «^"«« ^d courage
personal iiyur;;: ^ ^ understand he intended her no
yo.ii^s^L,^17r/t; cild"li"1 ^^ *^ *^« ^^der of
her!-Mad, frantic Z I.r.' f °^ ^^ °^« belonging to
or mercy, given up toV^ P^in^S^'^^^^-f .'^ ^^*^^'«^
Bjen by all that is good iCou Td Z { ^ '^ ^'^^' ^^ f°^-
offered me for a bribe i But for .k "^f ^°"' ^^« *^« ^'«rld
to you, swear you wSl Vol w' *^® "^^^ °^ ^ that is dear
Bhoot me through tlfhtd 17 "T''^ '^^^ '^'^ ^«-m
your sister's wrong, X foUo^?,r ^ ^^"^ ^^^ hand revSg
which her life can be ^^.ed"^^^ ^^' course-the only course, by
" ^ ! is she innocent or guilty V>
tn^ted^vSiT^.^/ e;e7 thing, but of hav^g
worae than I am-y« ZiA^ ^ ^°' those that werf
inde^-thismiseiyh'S'nltrfit"' ""' ^°"«^ ^ ^ '-^
ously murdered," he ut^ i^ ! T""'^'? "^^^ waa barbar-
voice;-"but," he S h^tiW T' ^u "*t™ '"^"^ ^^^t^^^^d
consent." ^'"^ ^^^^^^'y^ not by her knowledgn or
VVI^ Yli.
M
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WAVKRLKY ,OVELB.
" Then, why cannot the guilty be brought to justice, and the
iniioceut freed?"
** Torment luo not with queatioufl which can jwrve no purpoee,"
he Btornly replied—" The deed waa done by those who are far
enough from pursuit, uud safe enough from discovery I — No one
can save Effie but yourself."
"Woe's mel how is it in my power?" asked Jeanie, in
despondency.
" Hearken to me 1 — You have seutie — you can apprehend my
meaning— I will trust you. Your sister is innocent of the crime
charged against her"
" Thank God for that I" said Jeanie.
" Be still and heaiken ! — The person who assisted her in her
illness murdered the child; but it was without the mother's
knowledge or consent.- She is therefore guiltless, as guiltless
as the unhappy innocent, that but gasped a few minutes in this
unhappy world— the better was its hap to be so soon at rest.
She is innocent as that infant, and yet she must die — it is
impossible to clear her of the law !"
" Cannot the WTetches bo discovered, and given up to punish-
ment?" said Jeanie.
" Do you think you will persuade those who are hardened in
guilt to die to save another? — Is that the reed you would lean
to i
"But you said there was a remedy," again gasped out the
terrified young woman.
" There is," answered the stranger, " and it is in your own
hands. The blow which the law aims cannot be broken by
directly encountering it, but it may be turned aside. You saw
your sister durmg the period preceding the birth of her child—
what is so natural as that she should have mentioned her con-
dition to you ? The doing so would, as their cant goes, take
the case from under the statute, for it removes the quality of
concealment. I know their jargon, and have had sad cause to
know it; and the quality of concealment is essential to this
statutory offence.* Nothing is so natural as tliat Effie should
have mentioned her condition to you — think — reflect I am
{)ositive that she did."
*'^ >e's me!" said Jeanie, "she never spoke to me on the
subject, but grat sorely when I spoke to her about her altered
k<»k.s, niid tlie change on her spirits."
* Noiy K. CLild Mulder.
THK HKART OK MlD-LOTHrAN. 103
"You a«ked lier questions on tho subi.vt ?" \.. -a
You t,m«/ remember her ttuswar wluV •^'"**"^ «^«'"^^'-
» cruel falBe vUJab cdl it-aL^ IT""^ ''"^P^^'^ °" t'^'^t-
and that ahe bore uSd^r hli^^^^ !'. "^" ^« umieco6«ary;
ffuilt ,uid her folly ^d th^t ZTi^' eousoquencea of hL
provide aafelv for l/nr^l l- '® ^^ ^""^e^ t»er be would
^vith a violent gmuT of Klif? ''' "*• ^ ^* "^''^ *« ^««elf, and
e-dod, ''You wmtmlS":S'' tS' tha?*^-" 7^^^-
necessaiy to be said " tiiis^—rhat la all that is
'•tJtJcS nrrtld'mr'^^^ '^^^^ ^^' «^P"city.
claimed! su^ddeS/"^-^": he7«^"" of apprehension?" he ex-
f^and, "I tell yoW^ak ' T.' ^^ H°^^^' ^^ A™ i^ his
hi^ breath, but S jrLeL^f ^^ ^'^ '^^'^' ^^ "^<l«r
«he told you all this, Sher SL ^'"T"*' ''^"^'^^^^^ that
no. You must repelt thk?l f ■ T"^ " '^^^^ble of it or
except in so far ^K^ ^t S,?7^"«^^ l^«^« ^^ «o falsehood
- Justicia^-whateverthey Si tLH', '^tj^ ''^^^ -^"^^^^^
Bave your sister from being i^LfdZn^lT^'?^^ '?'^'' ^^
murderers. Do not hesitate T,? J '^t^^^''' ^om becoming
i" saying what I have SS~v ^ '^ f ^'^? ^^^ '^^^^^'^^^^ that
truth." "'^'^ ^'^- y°" ^Jl only speak the simple
^ the very thing in which mv S^ ' • "^^^ ^ man-sworn
concealment for which poor EffietZ^'" T*«^' ^^^ ^^ « the
me tell a falsehood anent it " ^'^' ^'^ ^-ou would make
tha7yoTCiir yi^Ze'^^^^^^^^^ you ..re right, and
m *,rusting a vill4, d e he Sw^ ""' '^:i^ ^^^^' «^^«Pt
beatow the breath of your moS f /.f "'^'T' ''^tber than
to save her." ^ °'^'^^ ^ the sound of your voice
le^I!'' slJ^/e^Se' weS^'S^^ "^ '''' *^ ^-P ^- ^^aith.
right iBto wran^'oTS tit ^ T^' •" ^^* ^ ^^ ^^^ange
/'Foolish, li'd-heSd M ""'slif If ^'^^•"
afraid of what they may do to Ton/ T ?T^''' """' ^^^
reamers of the law, who co J^ ^^l L*l" ..^7' ^f the
will rgoi.:e at the escape of a creattrp t ^'"•'^""^^ <i" barea,
^ creature so young— so beautifuli
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that they wiU not suspect your tale ; that, if they did suspect
It, they would consider you as deserving, not only of forgiveness
but of praise for your natural affection."
" It is not man I fear," said Jeanie, looking upward • " the
God, whose name I must caU on to witness the truth of what 1
say, he will know the falsehood."
^ " Aiid he will know the motive," said the stranger, eagerly :
' he will know that you are doing this— not for lucre of gain,
but to save the life of the innocent, and prevent the commission
of a worse crime than that which the law seeks to avenge."
"He has given us a law," said Jeanie, "for the lamp of our
path ; if we stray from it we err against knowledge— I may not
do evil, even thdt good may come out of it. But you— you that
ken all this to be true, which I must take on your word— you
that, if I understood what you said e'en now, promised her
shelter and protection in her travail, why do not ymi step for-
ward, and bear leal and soothfast evidence in her behalf as ve
may with a clear conscience?" '
"To whom do you talk of a clear conscience, woman V said
he, with a sudden fierceness which renewed her terrors,— "tc
^i~\. ^^*^^® ^°* ^^°^" °^® ^°^ ™^^y ^ y®^^- ^ear witness
m her behalf ?— a proper witness, that even to speak these few
words to a woman of so little consequence as yourself, must
choose such an hour and such a place as this. When you see
owls and bats fly abroad, like larks, in the sunshine, you may
expect to see such as I am in the assemblies of men.— Hush—
listen to that."
A voice was heard to sing one of those wUd and monotonous
strams so common in Scotland, and to which the natives of that
country chant theii- old ballads. The sound ceased— then came
nearer, and was renewed; the stranger listened attentively, still
holdmg Jeanie by tlie arm (as she stood by him in motionless
terror), as if to prev jnt her interrupting the strain by speaking
or stirrmg. When the sounds were renewed, the words were
ihstinctly audible :
" When the gkde's in the blue cloud,
ITie lavrock lies atill ;
When the hound's in the green-wood,
The hind keeps the hilL"
The person who sung kept a strained and powerful voice at its
hifirhest pitch, so that it could be heard at u veiy consid(!rublp.
the
THE FIEART OF MID-LOTHTAN. 166
t'TLr^J^nf' r^ ''""f' *^'y «^^^^* ^^^^^ ^ stifled sound.
ToZJl? ^ "^^'T'^ ""^ P'^°°« approaching them. The
song was a^ain raised, but the tune was changed!
" sleep ye sound, Sir James, she said.
When ye suld rise and ride ;
There's twenty men, wi' bow and blade
Are seeking where ye hide."
"I dare stay no longer," said the stranger- " return' hnn>P
or renjam tdl they come up-you have noth^g to fea^but do
not teU you saw me-your sister's fate is in your hands " So
saymg, he turned from her, and with a swift^t cautious^
noise ess step plunged into the darkness on the S r^S
remote from the sounds which they heard approach^ and
waa soon lost to her sight. Jeanie remaineTbrthe c^^
temfied beyond expression, and uncertain whetherMe o3
to fly homeward with aU the speed she could exert ovZJtZ
approach of those who were advancing towrdsher Thi
ZT^JT"^'' 'f T ^°°^' *^^* «'« now dist'tlyl:
mif *^f ^fi^:«« already so near to her, that a precinitatl
tiight would have been equally fruitless and impolitfc. ^
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CHAPTER FIFTEENTH.
That carry but half sense : her speech is nothing.
Yet the unshaped use of it doth move ^
The hearers to collection ; they aim at it,
And botch the words up to fit their own thoughts.
Hamlet.
Like the digressive poet Ariosto, I find myself under fh«
necessity of connecting the branch^ of my stZ by t^L un
down to the pomt at which we have left thise of JeS Dean^
It m not, perhaps, the most artificial way of teUing a storv but
a knitted (^Tl' 'V^'^^ ^^^ ^^^'^^^ ofZLlTwha
a knitter (if stocking-Iooms have left sucn a person in thl
and) j,,ght c^U our ''dropped stitches;" a kbo™ wh ch
the^author generally toUs much, wi'thout Uing credit tbrht
^it±il
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WAVKKLKY NOTlf.hH.
J.l)^^"^ ?" '"',"'""''' P'"'""." »"«' the "ity's procurator
Si f-Mr ;?'■ '"" ""■""" "' «'T-nte„ac„t'of7„^^;i
^To «; , h . , "'°,'"™ """'"'■" ™y*-l«rtn.e„t; an' i(
sT.,™ V 'i nr«,'r'T .'" "™ '* '"'"»■'«''«» '» «» city
service, jc ll no hncl a bettor man.— Ye'll ffct nae siinta t„ i,„
o tnom; tor he never had ouy fears, or sonmlea or ,1™,),*.
conscience, abont ony thing yonr hono™ bS'ilin; " ''°''""'' "'
motion. Ifs an kwsonie thinX '^c VS cTty' T
aM&i:ii^sMsi;
"to
niK IfRAKT OJ MID-LOTHIAN.
-drift ,M,;i„, boforr;:t'„ whSr^^ea';""""" '°"""'* """ ^
no business any . „ 1 ^1 ' '"'^T'' ^'^"tloruan-I know
arul call^reK ^i t'Xt^r'''^"" ^'"^'^ ^"^^'
<lim.a core to l,ear ma r .W th« f T.f^ '''"''^. ^"^^«' ^^">
of Kedar aa thev .aVI ft. ". ,r '"^°f V'^'"' ^"^ ^^^ ^^e tents
than ther^'fnow for ttieves^^^^^^ f "l' ^'^^ ^" ^'^^^^ '^^y^^
and the back o' th/rnnl f^ ^^^^«n^« in the Laigh Calton
l>ide iSVth««T^*n'- ^"* ti'^t time's weel by, an it
from the Provost ?S In^? «.^*,"^« ^i^^'^tions and authority
thinkin?ni J!r' P"^ wi'Daddio Rat myeeU ; for I'm
ac'rd4lT^o;;?eTi^^^^^^ '' ^^^^ *-«*' --
saw Ratcliife iu^^Hvate *^' J^"^ accordingly, and
be^a Sem7;S •'^^ ' P^^'^r^cer and a profee^ed thief
mstohvS^tmZS^T' T'^^"? ^ circumstances. The
• A w . r ^^ P'"^'^"^ "P^" ^'« P^^y i« often
m
WAVRUl.RY NOVELS.
least applicable Soraetiniea the guardian of j„Htic.o htm the
air of a cat watching a mouse, and, whiia he auspeuda his pur-
pose of springing upon the pilferer, takes cfu-e so to calculate
us motions that he shall not get beyond his power. Some-
n^f'iSnTf?! ^'^/''° '"¥' ^^ "''« ^'^^ ""'^ "f fn^cination ascribed
to the mttlesuake and contents himself with glaring on the
To'r^'^'rnT^^ ""/'J' ^;™ «"*^«""^' certain 'that his
^^f W ''' a'^-^ f border of idea., will bring him into his
aws at last The interview between R-itclifTo and Sharpitlaw
ml an aspect different from all tho.e. They sat for five minui^
silent, on opposite sides of a small table, and looked fixedly at
ouch other, Avith a sharp, knowing, and alert cast of countenance
than anything else, two dogs, who, preparing for a game at
romp, are seen to couch down, and remain in'that fJl^sCe for
l^^!^le^^l^ "^''''^ "^^^--^' -^ -tu.g
"So Mr. Ritcliffe," said the officer, conceiving it suited his
dignity to speak first, " you give up business, I fi^d 1"
Yes, 8ir" replied Ratcliffe ; " I shall be on that lay nne
"Which Jock Dalgloish" (then finisher of the law* in the
"ar '^ " "■"' '-'" "■™ - -"^•" -"™" «■"
.J't^'^ ^^i7«;^*ed in the Tolbooth here to have him fit mv
erayat--but that's an idle way o' speaking, Mr. Sharpitlaw."
AT r plf ri f'P''^?- ^''','.''°°'^ y°" ^« '^"^l«r sentence of death.
Mn Ratchffe?" replied Mr. Sharpitlaw.
ti}\J ^?^TT. Y"^ °^^ ^"<^ "'"'^o'iy kens when it will
bo executi^. Gude faith, he had better reason to say sae th^
he dreamed off, before the play waa played out that mom^g ^
lanVi u2tt'rfo;r7h'u '""'r^'t'^^^ 5« -e called "Sulr-
his su^^oQ^T'' M 5 ^^\ Pos^— wth hi3 advice, to John Daglce.
tI/,! „ ^' ^'^ ^hipi^ed and banished 25th July 1722
" Desth, I've a Fuvour for to bog.
That yo wad only pie a Pleg,
And spare my Life ;
Aa r diri to ni-hangad Meg^,
T-hfl W«h,stor'5i Wlfa"*'
1
'f'^MMlMSM^Si^'.
THE HKAUT OF MID-LOTFIIAN.
169
Thi* Kubortflon, Haid Sharpitluw, in a lower and Honu-thnii?
Uko a coafidential tone, " d'ye ken, liat-that m, can yo ^ie u5
ony inking where ho is to bo heard tell o'V
JZT^\^^' ^^'^"P'^^""^' I'" '^« f'^^^ wi' yo • Koborteon i«
ather a out abuno mo~a wild deovil he was, an<l ninny a daft
prank ha pkycd ; but oxcopt the CoUector'H job that Wils-ni led
turn nf;o, and some tuilzioa about nin goods wi' the gaucers
|uid the waiters, ho never did onything tlfat oamo near o^Unl
'I Umph I that's singular, considering the company ho kept "
/'i«fc» «P0" my honour and credit," said Katcliffe, gravely
VVilson did ; I hae dune business wi' Wilson aforo now. I3„t
ln\ "^ll ''T.'' "" "• *""« > ^^^^'•"'^ na« ^ir o' him ; naebodv
wdMivo the life he has led, but what he'U come toU^or or
SharSw"' ''^'*' ^ '''' ^'^'"^' ^ ^'" ^°"^' ^ ^"PI^'^^^ ^" ««i^i
h«nl^^''i^^**^' ^°?' ^ j"^«°' *^'»" he cares to let on • he's
he ha. be f o'; f"' \ ^" ^'^ ^ ^'''■'''''' ^^ ^ -«^"- -ha
d^^ nnT '"'''' ^'"' ^°' "^ ^*^""« «« he iB, sao that it had
aamng and nonsense about it."
;; Pretty pranks he haa played in his time, I suppose V
"and" /Z^'''^*^^^'" f^'^ ^^*^"^«' ^'th a sardonic smile:
and (touchmg his nose) " a deevil amang the lasses."
8ta,ul nffT-r^"^ ' '^'^ Sharpitlaw. " Weel, Katcliffe, I'U no
mv oZ ^^ ^' ^? ' ^' ^«" *^« ^'"^y that favour's gotten m
my othce ; ye maim bo usefu' "
thiL^^^i°«If 'ff ' *? *^; .^''* °^ °^y power-naethlng for nao-
"l^w fh! ' "^M*^' •'®=^'" ^^^ ^he ex-depredator.
horse'^^if rtf P ' f ' > ^?^'' «« ^de as a nod to a blind
iiorse J uut Jock Porteousp i,>i — Lnrrl hpin Trn I t /
sentence the haill time God I tTl^^ T? T ''°^^'
gude for." ^' ^ ^^^ -hat hanging's
" (^orne. come, tin's js all
nonsense^ Rat," r^aid the procurator.
^
iro
WAVKIiMlY mVKlM.
S...I,. rri™,K y*£"' '' ^"" """" '^'"""•' Kif-Wf make.
«'Tl,r*. ' f N'TPOHe thiit will do me somo cudo?"
h>m plainly ?" ^ "®" f— But you saw
" As plainly as I soe yon "
his h J C ""■ «"«""■"« »f » w„m„,', bit mutch on
■;B»t <li,l 1,0 speak to no o„e?" s»i,l Sharpitiaif
Kaliff-7 JkT " '""^^''^^ "»'' «»''""« through other " said
r^r:i,:''h"o3;^x\';^'^« '- --^ -^ ^^'^-™
h. «p»,ed that i„.p:;^:; ,xls: '"* ™^'"""=^^- -
" But R^l^rtson's hoa.l will w«i^h Honiethinjr/' said Sharr-it-
Tffr: iiKATcr nv MiDLOTiriAN.
171
• ""1...*,; ™,t ti,o nice " I i„,i,i „„,„„t,,i,„, ,. 1 '; ; ™;,; '^
r re a city ,,fh,,cr cnlcml, ai,,l tol.l Shan/tlaw that tl,,.v
" rt's little matter now," said he "tli« fhir,™ ;„ * i
......her tun,; however, Oeci^e, ye ml.; ,^;,;^,'" '^'""^
UK ofhcer retired, ami introduced, up™, hi« return ,. ,M
"„ll,l ij5t, f" /"'"'S*'«l'«». with taniiHhcd lace, her hai/
aa;l „„«„,„„«, yet at a nttle°ra„cc''vtr:? Ty bS
iiciu 11 ner hand, dropped a courtesy as low as a kMv at a
totSt' '",'™!"*"' "'"'™' ''^«'f -Imtagfy S,rt:
to loiichstone's duections to Audrev and nnpnp,i f^. ^
tion without waiting tUl any qn^st^nn w'reTkfd ^ "'"""
Mr ShLlii ^?' ll'T\ ^'^'■"'"°' ^"^ ""ony o' them, bonny
Mr. Sharpitlaw !-Gud^e'en to ye, Daddie Ratton-.thev3
hands like lialf-hangit Ma^^gie Dickson ?" ^
.^Whisht, yo daft jaud," «aid RatcUffe, 'and hear what's
sa.id to ye.
vr
m
V u
icirt..
Kattcm. G
GneHt preferment for poor
172
WAVERLFY NOVKLS.
M'
Madge to bo brought up the street wi' a grand man wi' a
coat a' passemented wi' worset-lace, to speak wi' prov^ts and
aM'irani*r-1"^ '''' P^^'^^*^^^' ^ this ti'mo' d'ayl
for alee !'' "^ ^°°^"^= "' ''' ^^^^^^ ^ ^°"«^r <>" earth
"Ay, Madge,*' said Mr. Shari)itlaw, in a coaxinff tone • "anr]
^nhl^'" ^?,'?, ™^ ^°°^'''' *^^^'" ^''aid Madge-" Eh siroi"
n eTlootr "T "^^ *^,VP''^rtn.ent), "there's a minuter
lr-.;n*\ ^- r1?* "^^ ''^ '^ ^ ^^^'eless place now?-rse
"Hey for cavaliera, ho for cavaliers,
Dub a dub, dub a dub,
Have at old Beelzebub,—
Oliver's squeaking for fear."
to Bntllr'' '^'' ''' *^^* ""^ '^''"'^'' before ?" said Shavpitlaw
II Not to my knowledge, sir," replied Butler,
towa^ Ratliff^ r'^ '' '"^^'Y P^°«^^^tor-&caI, looking
maj onafto BuUef ' ''''''^' " ^'^ ""« ^^^«^^^'" ^^ ^^^^
"Ay, that I am," said Madge, "and that I have been ever
^uce I wa. something better-Heigh ho"^(and somethl Uke
melancholy dwelt on her features for a minute)-" But I Lnna
mind when that wa^-it waa lang syne, at ony rate anriM^ll
ne'er fash my thmnb about it.— ^ ' ^^ ^ "
I glapce like the wUdfire through country and town -•
Im seen on the cauoeway-I'm seen on the down • '
The lightning that flashes so bright and so free, '
Is scarcely so blithe or so bonny as me. "
wh'.' f^f IT *°°^'''' y^ ^^^S limmer !" said the officer
^vho had acted as master of the ceremonies to this extraorSa^
performer, and who was rather scandalised at the freedZo^S
'STurtnr 'T '' '"'- «h-Pitlaw'sttorta 21'
baud your tongue, or I'se gie ye something to skirl for !"
out ^'llZ T f' ^'''^''" '^^^ Sbarpitlaw, "diana put her
Rntil T^ ' ^1^ ',°'"^ questions to ask her-But first Mx
Butler, take another look of her." '
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" Do sac, minister— do sae," cried Madge ; " I am
worth looking at bjs ony book in your aught.— And I
aa woei
., . , ". , ^ J — — b — -ruuii J. can say
the smgle carritch, and the double carritch, and justification and
effectual calling, and the assembly of divines at Westminster
that is" (she added in a low tone), "I could say them ance— '
but It's lang syne— and ane forgets, ye ken." And poor Madge
. heaved another deep sigh,
"Weel, sir," said Mr. Sharpitlaw to Butler, "what think
ye now?"
"As I did before," said Butler; "that I never saw the poor
demented creature in my life before."
"Then she is not the person whom you said the rioters last
night described as Madge Wildfire?"
"Certainly not," said Butler. " They may be near the same
height, for they are both tall, but I see little other resemblance "
' Their dress, then, is not alike V said Sharpitlaw
" Not in the least," said Butler.
"Madge, my bonny woman," said Sharpitlaw, in the same
coaxmg manner, "what did ye do ^vi' your Uka-duy's claise
yesterday?"
" I dinna mind," said Madge.
" Where was ye yesterday at e'en, Madge 1"
" I diima mind ony thing about yesterday," answered Madge •
ae day is eneugh for ony body to wun ower wi' at a time and
ower muckle sometimes." '
" But maybe, Madge, ye wad mii^d something about it if i
was to gie ye this half-crown?" said Sharpitlaw, taking ou't the
piece of money.
I' That might gar me laugh, but it couldna gar me mind*
" But, Madge," continued Sharpitlaw, "were I to send you to
the wark-house in Leith Wynd, and gar Jock Dalgleish lav the
tawse on your back" ''
"That wad gar me greet," said Madge, sobbing, "but it
couldna gar me mind, ye ken."
" She is ower far past reasonable folks' motives, sir," said
Ratcliffe, " to mind siller, or John Dalgleish, or the < •^■aad-
nme-tails either ; but I think I could gar her teU us Bow^ining "
' Try her, then, Ratcliflfe," said Sharpitlaw, "for I vu tired
of her crazy pate, and be d — d to her."
I' Madge," said Ratclifie, " hae ye ony joes now ?"
"An ony body ask ye^say ye dinna ken. -Set hinj to be
speoiiiiig of uiy juoa, iiiiid iJaUdie iiatton !"
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" I dare say, yo hae deil met"
" •'!«« '{ I hf n'i then," said Madge, wth the Urn of the hmd
of atfrouted beauty- "there'8 Rob the Ranter, and WiU
Heming, and then there's Geordie Robertson, lad -that's
trentloman Geordie— what think ye o' that ?"
Ratclifte Uughed, and, winking to the procurator-fiscal,
pursued the mquiry in his o^vn way. "But, Mr.dge, the lads
only like ye when ye ha« on your braws-they wadn^ touoh you
wi a pair o tangs when you are in your auld ilka^day rags "
Ye re a leeing auld sorrow then," replied the fair one : ' " for
Gentle Geordie Robertson put my ilka-day's claise on liLs ain
bonny sell yestreen, and gaed a' through the town wi' thorn •
and gawsie and grand he lookit, like ouy queen in the kud " '
I dinna bebeve a word o't," said Ratc.Iiiie, with another
wink to the procurator. " Thae duds were a' o' the colour o'
moonshine m the water, I'm thinking, Madge-The goAvn wad
be a sky-blue scarlet, I'se war :ii,!! ye?"
*'It waa nae sic thing;^ .,sS Madge, whose miretentive
memory let out, m the oag<rr,<.^i of contradiction, all that she
would have most wished u> kvMjp concealed, had her judgn ent
been equal to her inclination. It was neither scarlet nor .ky-
blue, but my am auld brown threshie-coat of a short-gown and
my mother's auld mutch, and my red rokelay— and he de'd me
a croun and a k^s for the use o' them, blessing on his bomiy
tace— though it's been a dear ane to me."
"And where did he change his clothes again, hinnie?" said
tonarpitlaw, m his most conciliatory manner.
" The procurator's spoiled a'," observed Ratcliffe, drily
And it was even so; for the question, put in so direct a
shape, immediately awakened Madge to the propriety of beiriit
reserved upon those very topics on which Ratclitfe had in
directly seduced her to become communicative.
"What was't ye were speering at us, sir?" "she resumed, with
an appearance of stolidity so speedUy assumed, as showed there
waa a good deal of knavery mixed with her folly
"I aaked you," said the procurator, "at whit hour, and to
wiiat place, Robertson brought back your clothes "
" Robertson ^Lord baud a care o' us ! what Robertson ?"
Why the feUow we were speaking of, Gentle Geordie, as
you call him. '
"GeorcUe Gentle 1" answered Madge, with well-feigned amaze-
uient— I dinna ken naebody they ca' Geordie Gentle."
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" Come, my jo," naid SliarpitUiw, " thw will uoi do ; you
muat teU as wliat you did with these dothes of youre,"
Madge WUdfire luado no answer, uuleari the questiou nmv
Boem counected with the snatch of a Hong with which she
muujged the embarrassed investigator :
"x^**** 9.^ *'" *\' '^"^ ^"*^^' ring— bridal ring-bridal riiig t
Wbat did ye wi your wed.ling ring, ye little cutty qutaji, 1
1 gied It tdi a sodger, a sodger, a sodger,
I gied it till a eodger, au auld true love o' niiue, 0."
Of all the madwomen who have smig and said, since the
t^l ''{3!'!i^''^ ^^® ^^^' ^ ^P^^'^li'^ ^^ ^^^ iiiost aflecting,
Madge Wildfire was the most provoking.
Th.- procurator-fiscal was in despair. "I'll take some
meiui aes with this d— d Bess of Bedlam," said he, " that shall
make her find her tongue."
"^Vi' your favour, sir," said Ratcliile, "better let her mind
settle a little — Ye have aye u)ade out somethmg."
"Trae," said the official person; "a brown short-gown
mutch, red rokHay— that a^ecs with your Madge Wildfire,
Mr. Butler V iiutler agreed that it did so. " Yes, there wai
a suflicient m(*tive for taking this crazy creature's dress and
ntune, while he was about such a job."
2 And I am free to say now," said RatcMe
" When ,ou see it has come out without you " interrupted
Sharpitlaw. *^
_ ** Just sae, sir," reiterated RatcUfi-c. " I am free to say now
smce It's come 'Xit otherwise, that these were the clothes I saw
Robertson wearing last night the jail, when he waa at the
head of the rioters."
"That's direct evidence," said Sharpitlaw; "stick to that,
Rat-1 \siU report favourably of you to the provosi, for I have
busmess for you to-night. It wears late; I must home and
get a snack, and I'll be back in the evening. Keep Madge
with you, RtitcHITe, and try to get her into a good tune aje-aiiu''
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And some they whistled— and some they sane
And some did loudly say,
Wlienever Lord Barnard's horn it blew,
" Away, Musgrave away I "
Ballad or LnrrLB Musorave.
rY/"'' A'-""^ •? °®'^ "*^^ ^^ *h« Heart of Mid-Lothian h<>
resumed hia conference with Ratcliffe, of who.e experiencr^d
aas^tance he now held himself secure. ' "You ZHZ^'Zt
ha wench, Rat-this Effie Deans-you must sift her a wee
M 'v, r/'^f-if/ *'*^'' '^' ^^ ^^^ Robertson's haunts-
tiU her, Rair— till her without delay "
we'hfd" t\l^rtrat r ''* ^'^ ''^ ^ '^ ^^^^^ ^"^-g^t
FffilLflf^^ ^^''' '^'" ^^^ Ratcliffe; "I hae spoken to this
ways, Mr bharpitlaw ; and she greets, the silly tawpie and she's
breakmg her heart akeady about this'wild chieid ^Tud were she
the mean's o' takmg him, she wad break it outright "
She wunna hae time, lad," said Sharpitlaw; -the woodie
RaSf!" r^"^^ *•; *^' ^*"^ ^^y ^« ^^de o' sir," replied
tt i^ T. *° ""^^^ ^ ^"^S *^« «^°^' I ^a ^iidertake
the job. It gangs against my conscience "
"Four conscience. Rat?" said Sharpitlaw, with a sneer
."Ou ay, sir," answered Ratcliffe, cahnly. "iust mv mt,
atT^/S '" ' ""^T^' *^°^^^ ^* mayCill'vLrn
at It. I thinJc mme's as weel out o' the gate as maist folk's
.l.fW'^7',*'™''"^'^' ""^ Mmsdf to be introduced into
the little daik uiwftiuout teum.u4 lij tlio unfortunate Ktli.
Deans. Thj
THK HEART OF MIDLOTHIAJT.
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I quality
. 'seated on her little flock-l
better tL'n'f'^'' ?r" ^°°,^ '^''^ °^ '^'^ ^able, of a quality
lariy ±ed aid^ m ^r ''' T ^^« ^'-^^ "^°^« ?«"«"-
iuriy piacea, sa d, "that sometimes she tasted naethinc from
ratfr^T""" 'jl" "''°"> «"<'' ^mmanding the turnkey to
retire, he opened the conversation, endeayourinK to tZwfn o
c ir »* «>"°'«.'""";« "^ m»ch commieeratioa^ U e/;™
yet hX wing ^llf tTerd"'^^""'^ "'^^'^ '" •■'™->
condtwC ""'r''-" ""I'T"' Si^PiU^w, in the same
br:;\n?kt7etrerLt.;tT,et; »™' f.' ^"^ T
vol that ..wles3 vagabond. Wilson. I think, Kffief"
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" It wad hae been dearly telling him that he ^ad ne'er seea
Wilson's face."
"That's very true that you are saying, Effie," said Sharpit
law. "Where was't that Robertson and you were used to
howff thegither? Some^ate about the Laigh Oalt'^i, 1 ani
uhinking."
The simple and dispirited girl had thus far followed Mr.
Sharpitlaw's lead, because he had artfully adjusted his observar
tions to the thoughts he was pretty certain must be passing
through her own mmd, so that her answers became a kind of
thiiiking aloud, a mood into whicli those who are either consti-
tutionally absent in mind, or are rendered so by the temporary
pressure of misfortune, may be easily led by a skilful train of
suggestions. But the last observation of the procurator-f.scal
was too much of the nature of a direct interrogatory, and it broke
the chfvrm accordingly.
"What was it that I was saying?" said Effie, starting up
from her reclining posture, seating herself upright, and hastily
shading her dishevelled hair back from her wasted but still
beautiful countenance. She fixed her eyes boldly and keenly
upon Sharpitlaw;—" You are too much of a gentleman, eu-, —
too much of an honest man, to takr -ny notice of what a poor
creature like me says, that can h. ca' my senses my ain —
God help me !"
" Advantage ! — I would be of some advantage to you if I
could," said Sharpitlaw, in i soothing tone ; " and I ken nae-
thmg sae likely to serve ye, Effie, as gripping th.is rascal, Robert-
ion."
" dinna misca' him, sir, that never misca'd you ! — Robert-
son ? — I am sure I hac. naething to say against ony man o' the
name, and naething v:dl I say."
" But if you do not heed your owti misfortune, Effie, you
shoidd mind what distress he hr^ brought on your family," said
the man of law.
"0, Ueaven help me!" exclaimed 25oor Effie--" My poor
father— my dear Jeanie — 0, that's sairest to bide of a' ! 0, sir,
if you hae ony kindness — if ye hae ony touch of compassion—
for a' the folk I see '^ere are as hard as the wa'-staues — If ye
wRd but bid them let my sister Jeanie in tlu< noxt time she
oa'a • for when I heai- them put lior awa frae the dour, and
cMina clinib up to that high window to se-e sae muckle as her
fn)wii-tail, it'H like to oit me out o' v\y judgment." Ajid she
TliK HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
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looked on hiin with a face of entreaty, so earnest, yet so humble,
that she fairly shook the steadfast purpose of his mind
You shaU see your sister," he began, " if you'll tell me,"-
then mterruptmg himself, he added, in a more hiuried tone -
no, d— n It, you shaU see your sister whether you teU me any-
thi^ or no. So saying, he rose up and left the apartment
_ When he had rejomed Ratcliffe, he observed, " You are
right, Ratton ; there's no making much of that lassie. But ae
thing I have cleared-that is, that Robertson has been the
ather of the bairn and so I will wager a boddle it will be he
that s to meet wi Jeanie Deans this night at Muschat's Cairn,
Shtpwlw'^ ' ^^' ""^ "^^ °^^' ^' °°*= ^^^«°"
" But " said Ratcliffe, perhaps because he was in no hm-rv to
see anything which was li;:) to be connected with the discovery
«id apprehension of Robertson, "an that were the case, Mr
Butler wad hae kend the man in the King's Park to be the
same person wi' him in Madge Wildfire's claise, that headed the
-fJY ""jJ^rT ^^fference, man," replied Sharpitlaw- -
the dress, the ligh , the confusion, and maybe a touch o' a
blackit cork, or a slake o' paint-hout, Ratton, I have seen ye
dress your^ amseU, that the deevil ye belaag to durstna hae made
"And that's true, too," said Ratcliffe.
tnmifSllnfr'lf!^^''-^'''"^^ «arle," continued Sharpitlaw,
trmmphantly "the mmister did say that he thought he knew
pTwvT^ i f ' ^'^*f '' "^" ^^' ^^^'^ ^^^^ «Poke to him in the
1 ark, though he could not charge his memory where or when he
nau seen them.
cliffe^*'^ ^^dent, then, your honour will be right," said Rat
nilJl"!! ^\/''^^"^. I will go with the party oursells this
mgnt, and see hun m grips or we are done wi' him "
cMe! reTuctanuf ' "^ ' ^^^ '' ' *^ '^^ ^--^'" ^^ ^^
" Use?'' answered Shari)itlaw- -" You can guide the partv-
you ken the^ound. Besides, I do not intend to quft Sft o'
you, my good friend, till I have him m hand "
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wiil S'hLl'Tif '•'" "'* "'•" r """J SharpiUaw, " thai
Win seine mm, it it is necessary r i «>
t Jlfn '' '^/ """'T'^^'r^ KatcliffeV" I am sure I couldna under-
take guide you to Muschat's Cairn in the nisht-time I ke
the place as mony does, in fair day-light, but how to find if hv
moonshine, anjang sae mony crag' and l^^es.Z hke to each
other as the collier t^ the deil, is mair than I canTell I mi'ht
as soon seek moonshine in water " °
v;hluh^^^ the meaning o' this, Ratcliffe?" said Sharpitlaw
" No, sir," said RatcliflFe, «« that's a thing no easily nut nnt n'
tr„«7^i?^'''^ '• f ^^' '-^^ y°" <^^^°k me as mad as she is to
trust to her guidance on such an occasion ?" '
T t J t"' f "*" I' *^? ^''* J"^S«>" answered Katcliffe • " but
Jath-sh:ofte7l^'' '^ 'T' ^°^ S*" ^«^ ^--d the straigh
tb« Wi • '^''f °'''' ^'^ '^"^^^^s at)out among thae hills
the haill simmer night, the daft limmer." ^
Weel, Eatcliffe," replied the procurator-fiscal "if vo„
think she can guide us the right way-butSe hllZ
what you are about-your life depends'on your Sha W "
"Its a saix judgment on a man," said Ratcliffe « wC ).«
has ance gane sae far wrang as I hae donMhat deillbS hi
can be honest, try't whilk way he will " ^®
Such was the reflection of RatcliflFe, when he was left tnr »
few minutes to himself, while the retLinrof ^.^e fent to
procure a proper warrant, and give the necessiy direSns
The rising moon saw the whole party free froi thTwalls of
the city, and entering upon the open ground. Ar^huJsSeaf
like a couchant lion of immense L-Tgalisbury Craefl^^^^^^^
huge belt or girdle of granite, were dimly vSe HnM; J
the Abbey of Holyrooc House, and fromthence^uid thefr way
by step and stile into the Kind's Park THpv w«^of « f 7^
arm„d w,th «stol,, and c„«a,se,; EatdiffiPwl,„;I ^J "uS
with weapons, „st hom.ght, pera.lventuro, l,ayen«,l t,l,cm „„
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whom st^itLw d^s^^^^^^^^ -" ''^'' *"^ ^«^«^^«>
pose, and aTthelime tTm^to ^"'?'!*'^'"^^'^^^«^«^^^i^P^'•■
to wait for him atThisXe Ra'tU^''''''T.' ^^^ ^^'''''^
strength with some disoi^Ptn;i« V f u f J^ ^^'^ accessnm of
likel/that Rob:rt:otwho wl^^^^^^^^^^ stout'^^'f ^*^" - V
fell.w, might have made 1^8^00 11 4' "f^ '"^'""^"""^
single officer, by force nSL^il T- ^^^^P^^aw and the
he could accomplish hriT^^^S'^*" '*''• P"'"'ii'>galwaya
safety), mu»trby cSSKhTttl^ uT"'™^ '''' °™
of their apDroach Tt „I° v^T^, . ""'''' ''"« «<>™ signal
cHffehad& ttSiSart sitrr^^'-
considerabe confidence in i,„,".P'°'"°P"'y' having
Meed, she had .IrZlen tK?ot^ *" """ ''" '»"8^-
clamorous loouaoitv Zfei -f, *" "any specimens of her
her back ^^Z'oS^^mTZ^T''*'"^'''^ »»«""»
i"-s company a person si. ef t »":, ;fr,frfie1'L' £™"'^.i"
m a secret exoedition n cn«»v, j I yuaiinea to be a guide
approach to the hSs" and thZt' T'fl^ ^^' °P^" ^^^' '^'
to be so portentous over tholf* ""l *^' "^^°"' ^^"PP'^^ed
her spirits^iseTrdegree WolT '' V^" ^' ^^fi^^^^^ade
had hitherto exhib^terT^«^-{!l^ more loquacious than she
impossible ; autho ittive rm^nd^a?/ '"'' "^'°^ ^^^^"^^
sh'^ set alike at defiance and^^w T^ ^'"'/'''"^ entreaties
altogether intractble ' '"^ ""^^^ ^*^« ^^^ «^ky and
" that kn^s The^Vto'74 f' '^^^f-' -Patiently,
Muschat's Cairn-exoInH J fl- 'T'? P^^««--thi« ^icho
" Deil an An' ,f ''^P^^"^ *^J8 mad clavering idiot ? "
Madge ^<^wJ^thevt^ ^'-^ffP' "^^^«"'' -«l-med
sat on the g?ave frae batfl,^^^^^^^^^ fule cowards ! But I hae
gen»r„l k„Sl- • A ' *^"'""1 'hat, thouch tbev had •
g,_„.... k„owlod«„ or the epot, they could not undcr'take to'
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guide the party to it by tlie uncertain light of the moon, with
auch accuracy as to insure success to their expedition
"Wliat shaU we do, Ratcliffe?" said Sharpitlaw, "if he
sees us before we see him,— aud that's what he is certain to do
n^' go strolling about, without keeping the straight road —
■•oPmay bid gude day to the job, and I would rather lose one
hundred pounds, baith for the credit of the police, and because
the provost says somebody maun be hanged for this job o'
Porteous, come o't what likes."
^ '' I think," said Ratcliffe, " we maun just try Madge • anH
rU see if I can get her keepit in ony better order. And at ony
rate, if he suld hear her skirling her auld ends o' sangs he's no
to ken for that that there's onybody wi' her." '
" That's true," said Sharpitlaw ; and if he thinks her alone,
he's as like to come towards her as to rin frae her. So set
forward— we hae lost ower muckle time already— see to get her
to keep the right road."
" And what sort o' house does Nichol Muschat and his wife
keep now V said Ratcliffe to the mad woman, by way of humour-
ing her vem of folly ; « they were but thrawn folk lang syne
an a' tales be true." ^ '
" Ou, ay, ay, ay— but a's forgotten now," replied Madge, in
the confidential tone of a gossip giving the history of her next-
door neighbour—" Ye see, I spoke to them mysell, and tauld
them bygaues suld be byganes— her throat's sair misguggled
and mashackered though ; she wears her corpse-sheet drawn
weel up to hide it, but that canna hinder the bluid seiping
through, ye ken. I wussed her to wash it in St. Anthony's Well,
and that will cleanse if ony thing can— But they say bluid never
bleaches out o' linen claith— Deacon Sanders's new cleansing
draps winua do't— I tried them mysell on a bit rag we hae at
hame that was mailed wi' the bluid of a bit skirling wean that
was hurt some gate, but out it winna come— "Weel, ye'll say
that's queer ; but I will bring it out to St. Anthony's blessed
Well some braw night just like this, and I'll cry up AUie
Muschat, and she and I will hae a grand bouking-washing, and
bleach our claes in the beams of the bonny Lady Moon, that's
far pleasanter to me than the sun — the sun's ower het, and ken
ye, cummers, my brains are het eneugh already. But the
moon, and the dew, and the night-wind, they are just like a
caller kail-blade laid ou my brow ; aud whiles T think the moon
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but'mjse""'" ^"'^"' "^ P^"^^^ ^'' "^«- ^body seas her
This raving discourse she continued with prodigious volubi
wiin ner, wli lo ho endeavoured, m appearance at leaat if not in
reality, to mduco her to moderate her voice '
Ail at once she stopped short upon the top of a little hillo,.U
gazed upward fixedly, and said not one wofd fo? tl e sD^e nf
hve mmutes " What the devU is the matter with hef now V'
"' YeZl'lu^t t^*^"^"-'-^^^ ^'^" °°^ get h"r fon^dr
RatcUffe ^qiS ' ^ ^'^"^ ^ P''*^^"^^ ^i' l^er, sir," said
"D n hfr ' "f If ' ^?^ ^"'"^^^^ ^^ «^« likes'her eU."
time in~R J ' ^J Sl^^rpitlaw, -I'Utake care she haa her
«hi fl *^^ f eanwhile, Madge, who had loooked very pensive when
he first stopped, suddenly burst into a vehement fit of^LuI^e?
fitf Chter't?^'1 ^^"t^-*J^^- -- seized wi?h a sSS
vd^e Si^'g;!'^'^' """^ ^^^ ^^- - '^^ -oon, lifted up her
"f nrfthT";, ^""'^ ''"''■ '"°°"' good even to thee ;
1 pnthee, dear moon, now show to me
The form and the features, the speech and degree
Of the man that true lover of mL shaU he
xiutl need not ask that of the bonny Lad, vtcon-I ken that
patiently. "Drag her forward^^^ Sharpitlaw, veiy im-
raviilied to hae a »ra<A v,-i' you-liko to iike ye ken-ifs a
Mm
H1
;t V j
L84
! I
i '
WAVKKLFY NOVEIA
».. btllmtr! conscience-struck.and could notforboarraaking
ti ne Folk kiU w,' the tongue as woel aa m' the Land- w?
Mie word as weel m wi' the guUey !—
It ifl the bonny butclior lad,
Thnt wears the Bleevea of blue,
He nells the flesli on Saturday,
On Friday that he slew."
Bufcl 11 hao iiae .vj^e of RohertsoD's young bluid if I can 2
1 ; then Bpcaking apart to Madge, ho 4ed l^r " WhotW
she d.d not remember ony o> her auld sangs V' ' '
them, for bghtsonio «angs make meny gate." And she Hang".
" When the glede'e in the blue clou J,
iJie lavrock lies still ;
^^nif" 1:1"' ''°""'1'« in the greenwood,
i he hmd keeps the hill,"
•'Silence her cursed noise, if you should throttle her" Biid
teharpitlaw; "I see somebody yonder —Kpon lull 'f^' /'"''
and creep round tbe shouIderV ttheigl^ \lS
e ay you with Katcliffe a.id that mad yellh^g bS and you
awa and get his neck raxed for her? And fbia «,o^ ^ ^
Jfter c,j5cki„g like a pea-^n, and "kllbg lik^a ^.h^,„"^;
tl« baUl mght beWe, j,„t to hae haddfn her toZe when
"iei, J wihH j coiiJd set her on again without this
f
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185
blood-flncker kcnniuK ^vluit I am doing. Uut ho's afl uhfi a»
MacKeachan'8 elshi,,,* that ran through fiax plies of bend-
leather and half-an-inoh into tho king's hor;) "
Ho then l)egan to hum, ])ut in a very lovr and euppresfled
tone, tho first stanza of a favourite ballad of Wildfire's the
words of which bore some distant analogy with tho situation
of Kobcrtson, trusting that tho power of aaaociation would
not fail to bring tho rest to hor mind : -
" ITiero'd a bloodliouud ranging: TlnwaI4 wood,
Tliere'* harncgH (flanclni: "lieen :
There's a maidan sit* on Tlnwald brae.
And aha aliifa loud bctwean."
Madge had no sooner received tho catch-word, than she
vindicated RatclifFe's sagacity by setting off at score with the
flong: —
" O alcep yo aound, Sir James, nho aaid,
Whea yo auld rlae aad ride T
There's twenty men, wi' bow and blade,
Are seeking where y© hide."
iP'.'^w'^ Ratcliffe was at a considerable distance from thospot
called Muschat's Cairn, yet his eyes, practised like those of a
cat to penetrate darkness, could mark that Robertson had
caught the alarm. George Poinder, less keen of sight, or less
attentive, was not aware of his flight any more than Sharpitlaw
and his assistants, whose view, though they were considerably
nearer to the .irn, was intercepted by the broken nature of the
ground una !• which they were screening themselves. At
length, however, after the interval of five or six minutes thev
also perceived that Robertson had fled, and rushed hastily tc^
wards the place, while Sharpitlaw called out aloud, in the harsh-
est tones of a voice which resembled a saw-mill at work "Chase
Sr;r°^^u ~H^",? ^^^ ^r&e—I see him on the edge of the
hiil ! Then hollowing back to the rear-guard of his de-
tachment, he issued his farther orders : " Ratcliffe, come hero
and detain the woman— George, run and kepp the stile at the
Duke B walk--Ratclifre. come here directly— but first knock
out that mad bitch's brains !"
"Ye had better rin for it, Madge," said Ratcliffe, " for it's
111 dealing wi an angry man."
Madge Wildfire was not so absolutely void of common sense
as not to understand this innuendo ; and while Ratcliffe, in
* IBlshin, a phoemaker's awL]
18G
WAVKHLKY NoVKLa.
f^t^^^y tho cloak, and wl.o ren.ainod Htanding I.y' Muschat':
r !
OP[APTER SEVENTEENTH.
"'" dl^Zt.;^;""""^ ^'"'^ ^""^^'""' -"> «•" I'Hh..- the very ,...,.t
Mkahuuk kou Mrasuuk.
raising question. reauicst reply to any cinbar-
>vi"m%ddf „nZuir;idr *T"^.'V™ '^ "-"peaking
" I diuna ken, sir," again iterated Jeanie wlio reall,, rfi^ n „
) !•
IIIK IIKAKT OK MID-LOTHIAK.
187
hoiKMl luiKlit Ihi Hiicmwful. A» ItutclUFo approached, Slmrpifc-
law puHhcd the young womau towards him with aomo rudeacwa,
and betaking himself to the m .re important object of hifl
quest, began to scsale crags and scramblo up stoop bank«, with
an agility of which 'lis profcasion and IiIh general gravity of
demeanour would previously liavo argued him incapable. In
a few minutes there v/as no one within sight, and only a distant
halloo from one of the piirsuern to the other, faintly heard on
the side of the hill, argued that there was juiy one within
hearing. Jeanio Doans was loft in the clear nioonligl't, stand-
ing under the guard of a person of whom she know nothing,
and, what was worse, conceniiug whom, as the reader is well
aware, she could have learned nothing that would not have
increased her terror.
When all in the distance was silent, RatcliHe for the first
time addressed her, and it was in that cold sarcastic indiffereut
tone familiar to habitual depravity, who.sc crimes are uistigatcd
by custom rather than by passion. " This is a braw night for
ye, dearie," he said, attempting to pass his arm across her
shoulder, "to bo on the green hill wi' your jo." Joanie ex-
tricated herself from hia grasp, but did not make any reply.
"I think lads and lasses," continued the ruffian, "dinna meet
at Muschat's Cairn at midnight to crack nu( " and he again
attempted to take hold of her.
" If ye are an officer of justice, sir," said Jeanie, again eluding
his attempt to seize her, " ye deserve to have your coat stripped
froiL> your back."
"Very true, hinny," said he, succeeding forcibly in hia
attempt to get hold of her, " but BupiK)se I should strip your
cloak off first?"
"Ye are more a man, I am sure, than to hurt me, sir,"
said Jeanie; "for God's sake have pity on a half-distracted
creature!"
"Come, come," said Ratcliffe, "you're a good-looking wench,
and should not be cross-grained. I was going to be an honest
man— but the devil has this very day flung first a lawyer, and
then a woman, in my gate. I'U teU you what, Jeanie, they are
out on the hiU-side— if you'll be guided by me, I'll carry you to
a wee bit comer in the Pleasance, that 1 ken o' in an auld wife's,
that a' the prokitors o' Scotland wot naething o', and we'll send
Robertson word to meet us in Yorkshire, for there is a set o'
brav lads about the midlanu coimties. that I hue dune business
i
188
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
^h^Z^ '"' "^ "^'" ^^^^« ^'^- SWitla. to .histle
fl^J/r' ^°'^""^*« ^°^ Jeanie, in an emergency like theprcsent
that she possessed presence of mind and courage, so soon as th'
fi^t hurry of surprisa had enabled Jier to rallyli^r recoUection
such Z \"''^ '^l ^*f ^" ^^""^ * '"ffi^". who not oD^y wa^
such by profession, but had that evening been stunnfvin^Y
means of strong liquors, the internal aversion whTfeal
the busmes. on which Sharpitlaw had resolvedt ^pToy ^L^*
up y?nX;^"' "^ ^^"''" '^'^ «^«' - ^ ^- voicr*' he"
;; ^,? »-B«^bert8on I " said Ratcliffe, eagerly.
.uins^^f ^Xl^-UV-^-^^^^^^^^^
tiigh and low, on the nearest path homeward TT«r ; I •?
exercise as a herdswoman had put " We and meffl '"'> • T '
heeh, and never had she followed Dustlfnof Zhl^"" ^''
drew'sillntlvT ttir' "?l" ^'' ^**^«^« ^'^^"^t' -"^ «he
had taken to conceal her departure and return, hid prevented
him from being sensible of either. He was enaL«H^n I-
r»™,VT ■^ . ""' "*'"■ "=•'''<' «>»» hast given me to b.
shall hnnnni. fo+i,„« -^-i xi. "•»o_Kivtn to those who
Bhail honour father and mother
m
Vf all her purchased and
THE HEAIIT OF MID-LOTHIAN. 189
pronn,sed blesdnga be multiplied upon her ; keep her in the
watches of the night, and in the uprising of he morning tha?
all in this land may know that thou halt not utCly Sid thy
face from those that seek thee in truth and in sincerity » He
was silent but probably continued his petition in the'strone
fervency of mental devotion. ^
«hf if ^*"g^'^"f ired to her apartment, comforted, that while
she was exposed to danger, her head had been covered bT the
prayers of the just as by an helmet, and under the stSig con
hdence. that while she walked wori^hy of the protSn of
Heaven she wou'- ezperience its countenance. iWaa n tha
moment that a ^ ^ae idea first darted across her 3 that
something might yet be achieved for her sister's sSy on
scious as she now was of her innocence of the unnatural murde;
with which she stood charged. It came, as she described it on
her mind, hke a sun-blink on a stormy sea • and althou 1^^
instantly vanished, yet she felt a degrL of ^ompos^^^^^^^^^^
she had not experienced for many days, and could not helu
IZfArl^i^r^'^'^'^.'^f' b/soiie' means or other, st
would be called upon, and directed, to work out her sister's
deliverance. She went to bed, not forgetting her usuTl de
votions, the more fervently made on^ccount of her late
deliverance and she slept soundly in spite of her agitation
We must return to Ratcliffe, who had started, like a gre;.
hound from the slips when the sportsman cries hiUoo'i?oon
as Jeanie had pointed to the ruins. Whether he meait to aid
Robertson's escape, or to assist his pursuers, may be ve^ doubt
ful ; perhaps he did not himself know, but had resolved to be
guided by circumstances. He had no opportunity however of
doing either; for he had no sooner surmounted the st^en
ascent and entered under the broken arches of the ruins than
h m, m the king's name, to surrender himself prisoner. - Mr
Sharpitlaw! ' said Ratcliffe, surprised, "is this your honourr
Is It only you, and be d-d to you ? " answered the fiscal
^ sr.n1rPP°'^.^'^-"S^^* °^^d« y^^ i^^^e the woman?''
She told me she saw Robertson go into the ruins so I
made wha haste I could to cleek the callant." '
Its al over now," said Sharpitlaw; "we shall see no
more of him to-night; but he shall hide himse f in a bear°
hool, ifbe remains on Scottish ground without n.y Ldkg
turn. Call back the people, Ratcliffe." '' '^
> I
I ,
190
WA.VERLEY NOVELS.
Ratchffc hoUowed to the dispersed officers, who willin-'lv
obeyed the signal ; for probably there was no individual among
hem who would have been much desirous of a rencontre, hand
to hand, and at a distance from his comrades, with such an
active and desperate fellow as Robertson.
''And where are the two women?" said Sharpitlaw
Both made their heels serve them, I suspect," replied lUt
clitle, and he hummed the end of the old song—
"Then hoy play up the rin-awa bride,
For she has taen the gee,"
"One woman," said Sharpitlaw,— for, like all rogues, he was
l^A ^r '^'^]''^^^' «f the fair sex,*-" one woman is enough
to dark the fau-est ploy that was ever planned ; and how could
Ln -'"f, %^.' ^' 5° ^""P^'* *^ '^'■^ *^^^*^»gh a job that had
two m It ? But we know how to come by them both, if they
are wanted, that's one good thing." '
Accordingly, like a defeated general, sad and sulky, he led
back his discomfited forces to the metropoUs, and dismissed
them for the night.
The next morning early, he was under the necessity of making
his report to the sitting magistrate of the day. The gentleman
who occupied the chair of office on thi. occasion (for the bailies
Anghc^, aldermen, take it by rotation) chanced to be the same
by whom Butler was committed, a person very generally re-
spected among his feUow-citizens. Something he was of a
humorist, aaid rather deficient in general education ; but acute
patient, and upright, possessed of a fortune acquired by honest
industry which made him perfectly independent; and, in short
whfch KJld^ ^ '"^^""'^ *^^ respectabUity of the offici
_ Mr. Middleburgh had just taken his seat, and was debating
in an animated manner, with one of his coUeagues, the doubtfid
chances of a game at golf which they had played the day before,
when a letter was dehvered to him, addressed "For Bailie
Mjdd^oburgh; These: to be forwarded with speed." It con-
tained these words :—
" Sir,— 1 know you to bo a sensiDle and a considerate ma^'fl-
tjato, and one who, aa such, will be content to worsliip G.Ki
thouiTh the a.vU bid you. I therefore exMccL that, J.twitb'
Note li. CalnmnviW of the Fair Sflx
^'Vl
THE HEART OF MIU-LOTHIAN.
^N'illingJy
lual among
)Ditre, hand
h. such an
iplietl iiat-
]!)!
es, he was
is enough
how could
• that had
h, if they
ty, he led
dismissed
)f making
gentleman
le bailies,
the same
erally re-
vaa of a
•ut acute,
)y honest
in short,
the office
debating
doubtful
y before,
T Bailie
It con-
ip GoU,
lotwitli
etaudiug the signature of this letter acknowledges my share in
an action, which, in a proper tune and place, I would not fear
either to avow or to justify, you will not on that account reject
what evidence I place before you. The clergyman, Butler, ia
innocent of all but involuntary presence at an action which he
wanted spirit to approve of, and from which he endeavoured,
with his best set phraaes, to dissuade us. But it was not for hiin
tliat it is my hint to speak. There is a woman in your jail,
fallen under the edge of a law so cruel, that it has hung by the
wall like unscoured armour, for twenty years, and is now brought
down and whetted to spill the blood of the most beautiful and
niost innocent creature whom the walls of a prison ever girdled
in. Her sister knows of her imiocence, as she communicated
to her that she was betrayed by a villain. ~0 that high Heaven
Would put iu every lionest hand a whip,
To scourge me such a villain through the world !
" 1 write distractedly— But this girl— this Jeanie Deans, is a
peevish puritan, superstitious and scrupulous after the maunei
ot her sect ; and I pray your honour, for so my phrase must
go, to press upon her, that her sister's life depends upon her
t^timony. But though she should remain silent, do not dare
to think that the yomig woman is guilty— far less to permit
lier execution. Remember the death of Wilson was fearfully
avenged ; and those yet live who can compel you to drink the
di-egs of your poisoned chaUce.— I say, remember Porteous —
and say that you had good counsel from '
" One of his Slayers."
The magistrate read over this extraordinary letter twice or
tlmce. At first he was tempted to throw it aside as the produc-
tion of a madman, so little did "the scraps from play-books," as
be termed the poetical quotation, resemble the correspondence
ot a rational bemg. On a re-perusal, however, he thought that
amid its mcohereuce, he could discover something like a tone
ot awakened pjission, though expressed iu a manner quaint and
unusual ^
"It is a cruelly severe statute," said the magistrate to hia
assistant " and I wish the girl could be taken from under the
utter of it. A child nuiy have been bora, and it may have
been conveye-. away while the mother wan insensible, or it may
have pert^lu•^ tor warn of that relief which the poor creature
I
i.N
WAVEKLEY NOVELS.
herseif-helpless, terrified, distracted, despairing, uiid ex-
hausted— may have been unable to afford to it. And yet it
18 certain, if the woman is found guilty under the statu'te,
execution wiU follow. The crime has been too common, and
examples are necessary."
"But if this other wench," said the city-clerk, " can speak
to her sister communicating her situation, it will take the
caae from under the statute."
"Very true," replied the Bailie ; '« and I will walk out one
of these days to St Leonard's, and examine the girl myself.
I know something of their father Deans-an old true-blue
Lameroman, who would see house and family go to wreck
^'^.iTfi.'^^l'^ disgrace his testimony by a sinful complying
with the defections of the times; and such he will probably
uphold the taking an oath before a civil magistrate. If they
are to go on and flourish with their bull-headed obstinacy
the legislature must pass an act to take their affirmations, as
in the case of Quakers. But surely neither a father nor a
sister will scruple in a case of this kind. As I said before.
1 will go speak with them myself, when the hurry of this
I'orteous investigation is somewhat over; their pr-'de and
spirit of contradiction wUl be far less alarmed, than if they
were called into a court of justice at once."
"And I suppose Butler is to remain incarcerated 1" said
the city-clerk.
"For the present, certainly," said the magistrate. "But
1 hope soon to set him at liberty upon bail"
1 ,*!^,''J''? fS upon the testimony of that light-headed
letter ? asked the clerk.
^ "Not very much," answered the Bailie; "and yet there
is something striking about it too— it seems the letter of a
man beside himself, either from great agitation, or some great
sense of guilt." °
"^®V' f?.^^ *^® town-clerk, "it is very like the letter of
a mad strolling play-actor, who deserves to be hanged with
all the rest of his gang, as your honour justly observes."
» T5 ; 7*!i°°* <l?it« so bloodthirsty," continued the magistrate.
But to the point, Butler's private character is excellent ; and
lam given to understand, by some inquiries I have been making
this morning, that he did actually arrive in town only the da?
before yesterday, so that it was impossible he could have been
concerned many previousmachinationsnf these unhappyriotors.
THE HEA.RT OF MID-LOTIIIAN.
193
ig, uud ex-
Aiid yet, it
the statute,
>mmoD, and
" can speak
11 take the
alk out one
girl myself,
d true-blue
;o to wreck
complying
11 probably
e. If they
obstinacy,
niations, as
ither nor a
aid before,
rry of this
pride and
lan if they
ted?" said
te. "But
;ht-headed
yet there
letter of a
jorae great
e letter of
aged with
rves."
lagistrate.
lent ; and
'n making
ly the day
tiave been
pyriotora.
ancHt^is not likely that ho should have jomed them on a end
"There's no saymg anent that— zeal catches'fire at a slight
spark as fas as a brunstane match," observed the secretary.
I hae kend a muuster wad be fair gude-day and fau- gude-
rr^r ' ?T V^^ parochme, and hing just as quiet as a
rocket on a stick tiU ye mentioned the word abjuratiou-oath, or
patronage, or siclike, and then, whiz, he was olf, and up m the
au: an hundred miles beyond common manners, common sense
and common comprehension." '
" I do not understand," answered the burgher-magistrate,
2 f f ' ^Tf °?r ^,"*^'^'^ '''^ ^ «^ so inflammable a
character But I will make farther mvestigation. What other
busmess la there before us 1"
And they proceeded to minute investigations concemmg the
affair of Porteous s death, and other affairs through which this
histoiy lias no occasion to trace them.
In the course of theu: busmess they were interrupted by an
dd woman of the lower rank, extremely haggard in look, and
wretched m her appearance, who thrust herself into the council
room, ""vn
MiddTebiiigt ^°" ^'^^' ^^«^«^-Wlio are you?" said BaUie
"What do I want !" replied she, m a siUky tone-" I want
my bauii, or I want naething frae nane o' ye, for aa grand's ye
are And she went on muttermg to herself with the wayward
ZJfr °Vf«-" They maun hae lordships and hoCuTs,
nae doubt-set hem up, the gutter-bloods ! and deil a gentle-
^wTZ^rr~^^''' '^t f ^^"^^ '^' '^'^S magif trate,
Will your honour gie me back my puir crazy haiml— His
honour l-I hae kend the day when less wad ser'd him, the oe
of a Oampvere skipper," , tuo »^
r^ni^ «ir'^''°C f '5 *^' magistrate to this shrewish suppU-
cant- tell us what it is you want, and do not intemipt the
wi''tT^*''f.n °'"»'^'^ *? '^^' ^^'^' ^^^*i«' ^d be dune
Wit!— 1 teU ye, raiamg her termagant voice, "I want mv
bau:n ! is na that braid Scots 1" ^
gisS' "'' yo"?--who is your bairn?" demanded the ma-
wha^ld rv^i!~''\' '^^ \^'' ^"* ^'S Murdockson, and
vou^I Magdalen Murdockaonl-Yoiir
o
194
WAVEKLEY NOVKLS.
guard soldiers, and yoiu- constables, and your officers, ken us
weel eneugh when they rive the bits o' duds aff oiu- backs, and
take what penny o' siller we hae, and harle us to the Correction-
house in Leith Wynd, and pettle us up wi' bread and water and
siclike sunkets."
"Who is shel" said the magistrate, looking round to some
of his people.
" Other than a gudo ane, sir," said one of the city officers,
shrugging his shoiUders and smiling.
"Will ye say sae?" said the termagant, her eye gleaming
with impotent fury ; " an I had ye amang the Figgat- Whins,*
wadna I set my ten talents in your wuzzent face for that very
word ?" and she suited the word to the action, by spreading out
a set of claws resembling those of St. George's dragon on a
comitry sign-post.
" Wliat does she want here 1" said the impatient magistrate
" Can she not tell her business, or go away 1"
"It's my bairn!— it's Magdalen Murdockson I'm wantm',"
answered the beldam, screaming at the highest pitch of her
cracked and mistuned voice—" havena I been telling ye sae ' lis
half-hour 1 And if ye are deaf, what needs ye sit cockit up
there, and keep folk scraughin' t'ye this gate 1"
" She wants her daughter, sir," said the same officer whose
interference had given the hag such offence before — "her
daughter, who was taken up last night —Madge Wildfire as
they ca' her." '
"Madge Hellfire, as they ca' her!" echoed the beldam;
"and what busmess has a blackguard like you to ca' an honest
woman's bairn out o' her ain name?"
"An honest woman's bairn, Maggie?" answered the peace-
officer, smiling and shaking his head with an ironical emphasis
on the adjective, and a calmness calculated to provoke to mad-
ness the furious old shrew.
" If I am no honest now, I was honest ance," she replied ;
"and that's mair than ye can say, ye bom and bred thief, that
never kend ither folks' gear frae your ain since the day ye was
deckit. Honest, say ye?— ye pykit your mother's pouch o'
twalpennies Scots when ye were five y«3ar8 auld, just as she was
taking leave o' your father at the fit o' the gallows."
* [This was a name given to a tract of sand hillocks extending along tlw
Ma-shore from Leith to Poitobello, and which at this time were covered witk
««*tn-busheE or ^arza.J
1(1 to some
THE IIEAET OP MID-LOTIIIAN. lj>6
"She has you there, George," eai.l the assistants and the™
waaagenemllaugh; for the wit waa dtted T he merS
of the place where it waa uttered. This general applause so u"
what gratified the passions of the old ha|; the "E fttur:»
simled and even laughed -but it waa alaugh of'TLr scZ
saUy, to explain her business more distinctly, when the magis-
as itner folk, few ither folk had suflered as mucUe as she had
for;J'roL'''*,''?.f°^' fr^ '''' "^"^ '''' bersell wi?ht th
foTJf .K ff^-. ^¥ '""^^ P'°^« '^y fi% witnesses, and fifty
to that that her daughter had never seen Jock Port ous, al ve
dead smce he had gien her a loundering wi' his caiie the
neger that he waa ! for driving a dead cat at the p ovS ^^l
on the Elector of Hanover's birthday " ^
Notwithstanding the wretched appearance and violent de-
meanom- of this woman, the magistrate felt the lust ce of ht
To^Z^e'lT '" '^^ r^^*^- dearlotr^ r ato
foitunate and more amiable mother. He proceeded to invest?
fof WUd^'eTatrr "^'-^^^ ''' *° ^^'^^ Murdoron's
(or WUdhres) arrest, and as it waa clearly shown that she had
?h1t Z:rTi iV^^ "^*' ^' ^°"*«-*«d himself with ejecting
that an eye should be kept upon her by the police but that fnT
the preaent she should be Slowed tl reUiJnSme l^^^^^
mother. Durmg the interval of fetching Madge from the iaU
the magistrate endeavoured to discover whether^Lr mother h^
.>een privy to the change of dress betwixt that yoimg wom^
sfe nl'f r ^5 '^ '^'' P°^^* ^« «°^d obtarLlght
She persisted in declaring, that she had never seen RobeSn
smce his remarkable escape durmg semce-time Id tW S
her daughter had changed clothes wi r^^^U Weten
tzizt::r''' \''^'t ^^°^* two mnStt of to^^
that evfntfiJ^ft.'''' a''^''^ '^' ^^'^ P^°^« ^^^^ «te paased
that eventful night. And, in fact, one of the town-officers who
wom.lTZt''"?/^^^*^'^" ^^^^* thecotta^of awish^"
M.^^.^ ^\'^^'' ^*^« ^ evidence, that he had seen
-u _ .ue nouoD Ui wmch she waa a visitor,
m
f«^H
^^^1
IH
m^
Jl
■H
!]■
IMMP'T'-'
^.^■■■i
1
1
ill
196
WAVEnLRY NOVELS.
i:h\ ill
in respect that ho considered her as a person of no good
reputation.
" I tauld ye sae," said the hag ; " see now what it is to hae a
character, gude or bad !— Now, maybe, after a', I could tell ye
something about Porteous that you council-chamber bodiee
never could find out, for aa muckle stir as ye mak."
All eyes were turned towards her — all ears were alert.
" Speak out !" said the magistrate.
" It will be for your ain gude," insinuated the town-clerk.
" Dinna keep the Bailie waiting," urged the a&sistants.
She remained doggedly silent for two or three minutes, casting
around a malignant ^ and sulky glance, that seemed to enjoy tlie
anxious suspense with which they waited her answer. And
then she broke forth at once,—" A' that I ken about him is,
that he was neither soldier nor gentleman, but just a thief and a
blackguard, like maist o' yoursells, dears — What will ye gie me
for that news, now ?— He wad hae served the gude town lang or
provost or bailie wad hae fund that out, my jo 1"
While these matters were in discussion, Madge Wildfire
entered, and her first exclamation was, " Eh ! see if there isna
our auld ne'er-do-weel deevil's-buckie o' a mither— Hegh, sirs 1
but we are a hopeful family, to be twa o' us in the Guard at
ance — But there were better days wi' us ance — were there na.
mither 1" ^
Old Maggie's eyes had glistened with something like an
expression of pleasure when she saw her daughter set at liberty.
But either her natural afiection, like that of the tigress, could
not be displayed without a strain of ferocity, or there was somfr-
thing in the ideas which Madge's speech awakened, that again
stirred her cross and savage temper. " What signifies what we
were, ye street-raking limmer!" she exclaimed, pushing her
daughter before her to the door, with no gentle degree of violence.
** I'se tell thee what thou is now — thou's a crazed hellicat Bess
o' Bedlam, that sail taste naething but bread and water for a
fortnight, to serve ye for the plague ye hae gien me — and owei
gude for ye, ye idle taupie !"
Madge, however, escaped from her mother at the door, ran
back to the foot of the table, dropped a very low and fantastic
courtesy to the judge, and said, with a giggling laugh,—" Our
minnie's sair mis-set, after her ordinar, sir— She'U hae had some
quarrel wi' her auld gudeman— that's Satan, ye ken, sirs," This
explanatory note she gave in a low confidential tone, and the
m
THE IIEAIIT OF MID-LOTHIAN.
197
IB to hae a
Jd tell ye
3er bodies
^ere alert.
i-clerk.
its.
es, casting
enjoy tlie
fCT. And
it him is,
hief and a
ye gie me
m lang or
WUdfire
there isna
"egh, sire !
Guard at
there na^
; like an
it liberty.
ess, could
wm some-
hat again
1 what we
shing her
■ violence,
icat Eess
ater for a
■and owei
door, ran
fantastic
1,— " Our
had some
•s." This
, and the
spectators of tliat credulous generation did not hear it without
an involuutaiy shudder. "The gudeman and her disna aye
gree wcel, and then I maun pay the piper ; but my back's broad
enough to bear't a*— an' if she hae nae havings, that's nae
reason why wiser folk shouldna hae some." Here another deep
courtesy, when the ungracious voice of her mother was heard.
" Madge, ye lunmer ! If I come to fetch ye !"
" Heiir m her," said Madgo. "But I'll wim out a gliff the
uiglit for a' that, to dance in the moonliglit, when her and the
gudeman will be wliirryuig through the blue lift on a broom-
shank, to SCO Jean Jap, that they hae putten intill the Kirkcaldy
Tolbooth— ay, tliey will hae a merry sail ower Inchkeith, and
owcr a' tlie bits o' bonny waves that are poppling and plashing
against the rocks in the gowden glimmer o' the moon, yo ken.
—I'm coming, mother— I'm coming," she concluded, on hearing
a scuffle at the door betwixt the beldam and the officers, who
were endeavouring to prevent her re-entrance. Madge then
waved her hand wildly towards the ceiling, and sung, at the
topmost i)itch of her voice, —
" Up in the air,
Ou my bonny grey mare,
And I see, and I see, and I see her yet ;"
and with a hop, skip, and jiunp, spnmg out of the room, as the
witches of Macbeth used, in less refined days, to seem to fl> up-
wards from the stage.
Some weeks mtervened before Mr. Middleburgh, agreeably to
his benevolent resolution, found an opportimity of takmg a walk
towards St. Leonard's, in order to discover whether it might be
possible to obtam the evidence hinted at in the anonymous letter
respecting Effie Deans.
In fact, the anxious perquisitions made to discover the mur-
derers of Porteous occupied the attention of all concerned with
the admmistration of justice.
In the course of these inquiries, two cu-cumstances happened
matronal to our story. Butler, after a close investigation of his
a)nduct, was declared innocent of accession to the death of
Porteous ; but, as having been present during the whole trans-
action was oblig' +,0 find bail rot +o quit his usual residence
at Liberton, thau xie might appeax as a witness when called
upon. The other incident regarded the disapnearance of Madge
V\Udfire and her mother from Edinburgh. 'When they were
i
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L
na
1
WtM
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firi
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1
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198
WA^TERLEY NOVELS.
I 'i
In the meaiiM'hiJe the excessive indiimation of fi,« n ^^
in preference to the tLnnr J .r, conspiracy were consulted
thel chrLen ^\L a^'t n/ t^^ P^«P^« ^"^ ^he character of
dea h, by a very unusual and 6ever7enS;Z J^ ? ''*^ ''f
worehip Vow many Z^ rf^/^'T P,?"™"'' *" P*
rights and independencf of Scotland tI '""^ ' "P°° *^'
for punishing the cit7of FrS ,?i \ "^ ^^'°''' '*"?' ^^°Pt^«
lorao farther
w that thoy
the city so
3ftbrts could
5 Ooimcil 01
the murder
wn extreme
re consulted
character of
tily passed,
ould inform
penalty of
denounced
t what waa
)inting the
an, on the
amediately
to comply
, incapable
the second,
cotland.
i'ho might
dared not
1^ Presby-
aie of the
imodo, au
n of the
with the
bly alone,
d the sole
to public
religious
jonsidera-
iament, a
f a great
■ipon the
5 adoptoa
r charter
nob had
lought a
etrojtolis
TirK HEART OF MID-LOTIILVN.
li>!l
of bcotland In short there was much heart-burning, discontent
and disafiec ion, occasioned by the.e ill.con,sidor.-d measured *^
nff^"] 1 , f ^'''*' ^""^ (lisaonsions, the trial of Ettie Deans
after she ha. been many weeks imprisoned, w,v.s at leneth about
nal i^Sl '"'T'' '^"' '''• '^^^'*"°b"^=^h found le't^e
inquire mto the evidence concern ng her. For this nnrnoafl i -
chase a fine day for his walk towards her fatl^^r's hou'r ' ''
Ihe excur.^ou into the country waa somewhat distant in the
opinion a burgess of those .lays, although many .i the p^
sent inhabit suburban villas considerably beyond the snot tt
which we allude Three-quarters of an houf' U,\oTeU
even a a pace of magisterid gravity, conducted our benevo
of It^ni"''^'''' T-^''^ '^.*^^' ^'^' ^"^ *"^^-««a*. at the end
hand^ for in' ?r^'^'" "^'"^^^ ^'' ^^^t-hamess with his own
hands, for m hose days any sort of labour which required a
little more skill than usual fell to the share of the Sman
himaelf and that even when he waa weU to pas in th'e wo'ff
With stem and austere gravity he perseverecl in his task after
It would have been impossible to have discovered, from hTs
countenance and mamier, the internal feelings of aionTwith
which he contended. Mr. Middleburgh wSted T i^stl^t
expectmg Deans would in some measure acknowledge hT. ll
eence and lead into conversation ; but, as he seemed determked
to remam silent, he was himself obliged to speak first
fl,« 5^ T' ^Middleburgh-Mr. James Middlebu;gh, one of
the present magistrates of the city of Edinburgh "
inte'rHip^g h^ S^T""'' ""^ '"°"^^^^' ''' -^^-*
J7,''\'^^^ understand/' he continued, "that the duty of a
magistrate is sometimes an unpleasant one!"
* Tlie magistrates were closely interrogated before the ITonaa of PA«r-
tt , .v^' reply was considered a,s a contempt of the Tlons. of
oVt^yTe^SaSlrS '"^ ^"^^"^ -cordinglK tha^ ITdu&
; . *
, i 1-
200
WAVERLKY NOVELS.
"It may bo «uo," replied David ; "I haa naotlii.iL' to hav In
tln^contrair;" and ho w,u, again doi^^clly siirt^ ^ "^ '°
You must be aware," pursued tljo ina£,H.struto, " tl,at nor
Bons ,n my s.tuat ou are often obliged to'make 'painH, J n
terdut;.'-"' °' '■"'"''"'^' ""^'^ becauso^t is th^^
"It may bo fiao," again replied Deans; "I ],ae „,iotliimr to
eay anent ,t, either the tao way or the t'other, li. t I Jo\e^
there was anno m a day a just and God-fearing ma-n'tracy in
yon town 0' Ednd.urgh, that did not bear the swoi^ n vai
nath'TthTV''- '"'"t""' T' ^ l^™- *« Bulas kep t he
path. In the glorious days of auld worthy faithfu' Provost
the Kirk talking hand m liand with the real noble Scottish
hearted barons, and with tlie mngi,strate.s of tWs and other
towns, gentles, burgesses, and commons of all mnk" se ni
with one eye, hearing with one ear, and npholcling tl a'rk ^
their umtcd .trength-And then folk might see me deliver un
swnes. My father saw them toom the sacks of dollars out o'
Proves Dick's window intill the carts that carried t cm to he
army at Dunse Law; and if ye winna believe his einonv
there is the window itscll still standing in the LiicLnbooths-
I think It's a claith-raerchant's booth the dav+ nf +?.« •
st^nehells, five doors abune Gossford's Close -B^utTow wS ha"a
81C spirit amang us ; we tliink mair about the warsrwallvdS
m our am byre, than about tlie blessing which tho nnli nf n,
covenant gave to the Patriarch cvon af ? S a mlT .1 '
or the binding obligation of our ..lu^.^vots , ^'^^^^^^^^^
rather gie a pund Scots to buv ar, rno. nt fn .iJ * ! ,j
rannell-trees and our beds o' th T. \^'' ""* '^"^^
than we wad gie a pk^ tfrirtC lanTo" tt' ""^'^^
Anninian catenMllars,' Socinian pismL^^^lnd ddstSllii'
Katies, that have ascended out of the bottom Ip^.nTf i
this perverse, insidious, and hikewa^ g^Sn''^^*' '' ^''^'
It happened to Davie Deans on tliis occasion a« u ha. a
^% f "jed him forward in spite of his mental distrZ w i?e
•NoteM. Sir WiUiam Dick of Braid «"«ss, wniie
THE UKART OP MID-LOTIIIAN.
201
1.18 well-exerciaed memory supplied him amply ^itli all the
types and ropes of rhetoric peculiar to his sect and cause.
Mr. Middloburgh contented himself with auswerin.^— " All
this may be vory true, my friend; but, a« you said ju^t now. 1
have nothinrr to say to it at [.resent, eithci one way or other —
You have two daughters, I think, Mr. Deans 1"
The old man winced, as one whoso smarting sore is suddenly
galled; but instantly composed himself, resumed the work
which, m the heat of his declamation, ho had laid down, and
answered with sullen resolution, " Ac daughter, . ^r-only ane "
I understand you," said Mr. Middleburgh ; 'you have only
one daughter hero at home with you-but this u.fortunate girl
who is a prisoner-she is, T think, your youngest , u.ghter ?"
Iho 1 resbytcrian sternly raised his eyes. "Aft, - the worM
became a ch.M of Rel.al, and a company-keeper, ai. 1 a trader
in guilt and inuputy, she ceased to be a bairn of min, "
Alas, Mr. Deans," said IMiddleburgh, sitting down by him,
and endcaminng to take his hand, wliich the old ma. proudW
withdrew, " w;e are ourselves all sinners; and the err. s of our
offsprmg a.s they ought not to surprise us, being th. portion
vhicli they derive of a common portion of corruption uherited
through Its so they do not entitle us to cast them off because
they have lost themselves."
" Sir," said Deans impatiently, " I ken a' that a.s we- ' m—
I mean to say, he resumed, checking the irritation he .It at
being schooled-a discipline of the mind which those most ^eady
to bestow It on others do themselves most reluctantly sub it to
receive- I mean to say, that what ye observe may be m, and
reasonab e-But I hae nae freedon. to enter into my ain nrnS
S'r ''fSOTs~J,nd^oyr, in this great national erne;., ncy,
vNhen there's he Porteous' Act has come doun frae London that
IS a deeper blow to this poor sinfu' kingdom and suffering kirk
than oay that has been heard of since the foul and fatal Test—
at a time like this"-
"But, goodman," interrupted Mr. Middleburgh, "you must
"I teU ye, Bailie Middleburgh," retorted David Deans, "if
days-I tell ye, I heurd the gracious Saunders Peden-I wotna
^han it wa^; out it was in kiUing time, when the plowers were
ir
202
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
Thefrd Z tp r. T^' °° '^\^''^ '^ '^' ^^k «f Scotland
weie ton fW ^'^';?^«^' Sncle and waled Christians thoy
weie too that some o' them wad greet mair for a bit drowned
and that they were some o' them thinking o' ae thin<^ some o'
amther and there wa. Lady Hnndleslope thinkinro''ie?^^^^
Jock a the fireside! And the lady confessed in^myE^f
that a drow of anxiety had come ower her for her son that shf
-nl kins n.!?1i w ' f '^' ^'^' ^""^« ^'' ^ ^^*^^^y
*— -It kills me to thmk of what she is '"
j,T« iVu® ^'^"^ f .r'"" ''^^'^' goodman-think of that-if her
life coiUd be saved," said Middlebiirgh
" Her life !" exclaimed David-" I wadna gie ane o' mv erev
hairs for her life, if her gude name be gane-And yet " Ta^d hT
brought ti«2 T^ ^'' ^ ^^^^'^ ^«y ^^i^« tfaat she has'
Sd return for Ll\ 1*^^' f^' ""'^^^ ^'"^ ^^^ to amend
detemteV^n T'n '''^'' ''' ^f mair._No !-that-that I am
aetermmed in— 111 never see her mair!" His lips continnpd
to move for ammute after his voice ceaaed to be £d LThe
were repeating the same vow internally '
Well, sir," said Mr. Middleburgh, " I sneak to vm, s^ a
Dumbiedikes, is to do what carnal wisdom can do for her ii the
courts justice aa they are now constituted ; I have a tender
ness and scniple in my mind anent them "
ronian and do 7J' "f ^^;'\^»^burgh, '' that you are a Came-
ron an and do not acknowledge the authority of our courts of
judicature, or present government?"
''Sir, under your favour," replied David, who waa too nroud
of his own polemical knowledge to call himself trfolTower ol
any one, ye take me up before I fall down. I ca^n^ elwhy
hfname ^fXVf"^'""""?' "^^^^^^^ ^^ that^e haTgrvi
the name of that famous and savouiy suflPerer, not onlv until a
* SeQ U/e 0/ Pedm, p. li.
! Ifl !
THE IIEAPT OF NriD-LOTHIJlN. 203
regimental band of souldiers,* wliereof I am told many can now
curse, swear ajid .Lse profane language, a^ fast aa ever RicJd
Cameron could preach or pray, but also because ye ha^^ra.
far aa it s m your power, reudered that martyr's name vaL and
eprmg called the Oameronian Eant, which too many professors
of religion dance to-a practice maist unbecoming a professor to
dance to any tune whatsoever, more especially ''promSously
hat IS, with the female sex.t A brutish fashion it is, S is
the begmning of defection with many, aa I may hae LmZdl
cause as maist folk to testify." ^
"WeU, but, Mr. Deans," replied Mr. Middleburgh, "I onlv
IT^f ll '"^ *^/* ^°^, ""''' " Cameronian, or MacMillam^e^
Se oath', """f^ ^'°P^'' ^ '^'''' ^^° *^^"k i* inconsistent to
reified " ^ govermnent where the Covenant is not
" Sir," replied the controversialist, who forgot even his present
^tress m such discussions as these "you cLot ficSe me^e
easUy aa you do opine. I am note. MacMiUanite, or a Rus^eliTe
UlK^'^^'^^'l' '' " ^^'^'^^'' '' ^ Howdeni ej-l wm be
no veLl o?T ^^ Tr-^ *^^^ "^y ^^« ^ ^ cLtian from
no vessel of clay. I have my own principles and practice to
TaTe^L";:;' ""'""''' ''"'" for'thegude'auld«
«J?n** 'I '"" T^ ^^'- ^'^''" '^^<^ Middleburgh, -that you
>ivea,Deamte, and have opinions peculiar to yourself "
h... "^^l ^ "^^ ^^'^ ^'^ '^y '<' ^^i^ I^avid Deans : " but I
have maintamed my testimony before as great folk and in
sharper times ; and though I will neither exllt myself nor puU
klthetn^ w'^ '''^ r° ^"^^ ^''"^^^ i- tt^i« land ^ad
kept the true testimony, and the middle and straight path as
It were, on he ridge of a hill, where wind and wlter^shLT
amdmg right-hand snares and extremes, and lef 'hand S
Uidmgs, as weei as Johnny Dodds of Farthing's Acre and L
man mair that shall be nameless." '
"I suppose," replied the magistrate, "that is as much as to
^y hat Jolmny Dodds of Farthing's Acre, and DavW d" n^
ot bt Leonard's, constitute the only members of the true S
unsophisticated Kirk of Scotland V ' ^
* [H.M. 26th Foot.]
T See Note F. Patrink WoiVpr
t All various species of the great genuy'camoioni.in.
i"H
20^
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
I I
•■'God forbid that ] suld make sic a vain-glorious sneeoh
but this I maun say, that all men act according to their gifte
and tlieir grace, sae that it is nae marvel that"— ^
r hJ V ?'^ ^"^'" ^"temipted Mr. Middleburgh • « but
h?s ittrr ''?r^ ^ !^^^™^ ^'- The matte^L ha:id
this-I have directed a citation to be lodged in your daughter?
hTreV r'east tThT 'V'^ ''' ^' *"^' ^^ '^vL'eTd'enTe
mere is reason to hope she may save her Kisf or'o 1,-fi, ie f
any coMtrainod .cn,plo. abo„t L le^ „f hert^formto"
become the means of her losu.g it by a pr.,..ZZriC
So saying, Mr IMiddlebm-gh turned to leave him.
pr^abb- sen.ib^e that pifedTiaVi m ght dL^h Z
among those holding his opinions in religious matters how for
the government which succeeded the RevolutTonTodd be with
lopish, anti-rrehitic, anti-Erasti^tn, anti-Sectarian tnie PreTbv'
ICunTed t™'S "'■"" '™'"'"'^'' ™* - aoknowiedgTnraf
At a very stormy and tiimnltuous meeting held in 1(!S9 i^
t^ZuTr ^"^' "-^ "'"^^^ points" ft testinS ^
the faithful few were fomid utterly inconsistent with eachXr •
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
205
The place where this conference took place Wiis remarkably well
adapted for such an assembly. It waa a wild and very seques-
tered deU in Twceddale, surrounded by high hills, andi far
remote from human habitation. A small river, or rather a
mountain torrent, called the TaUa, breaks down the glen with
great fury, dashing successively over a niunber of small cascades
which has procured the spot the name of Talla Linus. Here
the leaders among the scattered adherents to the Covenant
men who, in their banishment from human society, and in the
recoUection of the severities to which they had been exposed
had become at once sullen in their tempers, and fantastic in
their reUgious opinions, met with arms in theu- hands, and by
the side of the torrent discussed, with a turbulence which the
noise of the stream could not drown, points of controversy as
empty and unsubstantial as its foam.
It was the fixed judgment of most of the meeting, that all
payment of cess or tribute to the existing government was
utterly unlawful, and a sacrificing to idols. About other
impositions and degrees of submission there were various
opmions; and perhaps it is the best illustration of the spirit
of those military fathers of the church to say, that whUe all
allowed it was impious to pay the cesa employed for main-
tammg the standing army and militia, there waa a fierce
controversy on the lawfulness of paying the duties levied at
ports and bridges, for maintaining roads and other necessary
purposes; that there were some who, repugnant to these
unposts for turnpikes and pontages, were nevertheless free in
conscience to make payment of the usual freight at public
femes, and that a person of exceeding and punctilious zeal
James Russel, one of the slayers of the Archbishop of St'
Andrews, had given his testimony with great warmth even
against this last faint shade of subjection to constituted au-
thonty. This ardent and enlightened person and his foUowera
Lad also great scruples about the lawfulness of bestowing the
ordinary names upon the days of the week and the months
ot the year, which savoured in tneir nostrils so strongly of
paganism, that at length they arrived at the conclusion that
p. 21). It affords a singular and melancholy example how much a met*,
physical and polemical spirit had crept in amongst these unhappy sufferen
since amid so many real injuries which they had to sustain, they were dk
posed to add disagreement and disunion eonceminjr the character ««.» »-
tsBi or sucU as were only imaginary. ~
m
206
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
they who owned such names a^ Mnnrii,, t i
Pobrua,y, and ao forth, 'Cmd them" t"^ IZ Z' ,1"""^'
if not OTeater Dunislimpnf +1, ", "^"^^f^^es iieus to the same,
theidolSofolT' ' ^^ ^"^ ^^^^ ^««"^°«d against
and though he SZ ;L • j\"'- """^ '"'1 ""'" «'™«<i
titles, favours, aTd ^SySr Wu""^ « T^ "f "^^
A.«omb]y which succeede " 2 ' iJoteio^ S" «'" «'=-'"^
made for the revival of the I^LTT i n ' ™ °™'™'« ™
horror that Dou» dL ,1 1, f l^'' Covenant, it was with
menof caLwrtand i,v I^^'.rr.''^ ^"'''='1 >-? '^^
Plicable to the p IS tt'^Cd nottn' '"""', '^ ^.™« "^P"
model of the chur<.^ TlTt' ■ "i"' *"'""? ™<Ier the modem
his conrtc FoV that Ihe L^l',? "' '^'"""' ^"^ ^'"^ '^''^^i
the true PrSMeri™' ^l^n 'ZTiT '" ■"" ""^ "'
r tS:rSfofiht ^s 1^:^^=^
sects of various descrintnnr! ^-n f Episcopacy, and of
viid thougrrgTorTof ?^' eTn. .^ 'i' ^'*^°"^ ^^"^^^^
that which had flShed frorTBlo fyi' w^ ^«"°^ *«
still it wa. a skui that il'^^^^^^^
terrors, retained at least th7fnr J i^ ^ '^'■^°^*^ ^"^ *he
model. Then came the irLtrtL^^^ ^T''^] ?f '^^^ J!'^"^^^
horror for the revival of hrPoS f i ,' ^^^^ David Deans'a
ciled him oreatlv tn f?i n^ ^ ^"""^ prelatical faction recon-
he grlol^d^r^L^l^f^rStl^"^ ^"T' -^^^^^'^^^
i..,vo.n ^irrjit bo BuspecDcd of a lean-
THE HEAfiT OP mD-LOTHIAN.
uesday, January,
eiis to the same,
3noimced against
aorable occasion,
B polemical com-
ughly heated hy
)f the discussion,
often returned ]
ion from others,'
able to come to
fact, liis natm-al
ersial zeal. He
lifferent manner
'er the errors of
Brian kirk to its
n even to those
many of them
le first General
1 overture was
nt, it was with
eluded by the
. as being inap-
ler the modern
s had increased
ivas not one of
more sensible
the moderation
e tyranny and
imes II. The
of the weight
mication, and
3pacy, and of
ional Church;
'ar inferior to
le of Dunbar,
igth and the
)f the original
Xavid Deans's
faction recon-
rge, although
d of a lean-
907
a:g imto Erastiamsm In short, moved by so many different
considerations, he had shifted his g,-ound at different times
concemmg the degree of freedom which he felt m adopting any
act of immediate acknowledgment or submission to the present
govermnent, which, however mild and paternal, was still un-
covenanted, and now he felt himself called upon, by the most
powerfiU motive conceivable, to authorise his daughter's giviuc.
testunony m a court of justice, which aU who have been sincl
caUed Gameronians accounted a step of lamentable and direct
defection. ^ The voice of nature, however, exclaimed loud in his
bosom agamst the dictates of fanaticism; and his imagination,
fertile m the solution of polemical difficulties, devised an expe^
dient for extricating himself from the fearful dHemma, in which
he saw, on the one side, a falling off from principle, aiid, on the
,!'■ ^ f T .^'T ""^'^ ^ ^^*^^^'« t^""g^ts could iot but
turn m shuddermg horror.
•\^T^^^^^^^ constant and unchanged in my testimony"
^id David Deans; "but then who hal said it of me, that J
have judged my neighbour over closely, because he hath had
more freedom m his walk than I have fomid in mine ? I never
was a separatist, nor for quarrelling with tender souls about
mmt cimimin, or other the lesser tithes. My daughter Jean
may have a light m this subject that is hid frae my auld een-
it m laid on her conscience, and not on mine— If she hath
freedom to gang before this judicatoiy, and hold up her hand
or this poor castaway, surely I wiU not say she steppeth over
her bounds ; and if not"— He paused in Ws mental Lgmnent
whde a pang of unutterable anguish convulsed his features, yet
hakmg It off, he firmly resumed the strain of his reasoni^g-
\.mtt' r''~?'^/°'^^^ *^"* '^^ ^^^^'l g« i^to defection at
biddmg of mme ! I wunna fret the tender conscience of one
bairu-no, not to save the life of the other "
difltonfTr'""'^'^ ^^^ ?.''"^''^ ^^ ^^"g^*«^ ^ death from
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m I
CHAPTER EIGHTEENTH.
To man, in this his trial state,
The jirivilege is given,
When tost by tides of human fate,
To anchor fast on heaven.
WaTts'b Hymns.
It was with a firm step that Deans sought his daughter's
apartment, determined to leave her to the light of her own
conscience in the dubious point of casuistry in which he sup-
posed her to be placed.
^ The .''.ale rqom had been the sleeping apartment of both
sisters, and there still stood there a small occasional bed which
had been made for Effie's accommodation, when, complaining
of ilbiess, she had declined to share, aa in happier times, her
sister's pillow. The eyes of Deans rested involuntarily, on
entering the room, upon this little couch, with its dark-green
coarse ciu-tains, and the ideas connected with it rose so thick
upon his soul as almost to incapacitate him from opening his
enand to his daughter. Her occupation broke the ice. He
foimd her gazing on a slip of paper, which contained a citation
to her to appear as a witness upon her sister's trial in behalf of
the accused. For the worthy magistrate, determined to omit
no chance of doing Effie justice, and to leave her sister no
apology for not giving the evidence which she was supposed to
possess, had caused the ordinary citation, or mbpoena, of the
Scottish criminal court, to be served upon her by an officer
dui'ing his conference with David.
_ This precaution was so far favourable to Deans, that it saved
him the pain of entering upon a formal explanation with his
daughter j he only said, with a hollow and tremulous voice, " I
perceive ye are aware of the matter."
" father, we are cruelly sted between God's laws and man's
laws — "What ehall we do 1 — What can we do 1"
Jernie, it must be observed, had no hesitation whatever about
the mere act of appearing in a court of justice. She might have
heard the point discussed by her father more than once ; but
we have akeady noticed that she was accustomed to listen with
reverence to much which she was incapable of understanding,
and that subtle arguments of casuistry found her a patient, hut
M ^
THE IIEAKT OF MID-LOTIIIAN.
mns.
his daughter's
jht of her own
I which he sup-
rtment of both
onal bed which
sn, complaining
)pier times, her
ivolmitarily, on
its dark-green
t rose so thick
)m opening his
B the ice. He
ained a citation
ial in behalf of
mined to omit
i her sister no
'as supposed to
ubpoena, of the
r by an ofl5cer
8, that it saved
lation with his
ulous voice, " I
laws and man's
whatever about
5he might have
han once; but
i to listen with
understanding,
r a natient but ^B
209
conStirwi^^^^^^^^^ --Ited at the
"can this-THis be a doTbfS ^ put upon his language,
Mind fflfL/fi; '\t ^^'^^""l or controversal matter £-^
that UsihiTvetiod rAr""5- "i *^' '^''imomea „(
°^"";rvr ^ ""'«'"^°"' ='"- ^^-^'^ Seth ^LS
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WAVERLKY NOVELS.
unlawfully, and againat his conscience, doth in some sort beju
false witness against his neighbour. Yet in matters of com-
pliance, the guilt lieth not in the comjiliauce sae rauckle, as in
the mind and conscience of him that doth comply ; and, there
fore, although my testimony hath not been spared ujjon public
defections, I hacna felt freed Dm to separate mysell from the
communion of many who have been clear to hear tliose minis-
ters who have taken the fatal indulgence because they might
get good of them, though I could not."
When David had proceeded thus far, his conscience reproved
him, that he might be indirectly undermining the purity of his
daughter's faith, and smoothing the way for her falling off from
strictness of principle, lie, therefore, suddenly stopjjed, and
clianged his tone : — " Jcanie, I j)erceive that our vile affections,
— so I call them in respect of doing the will of our Father, —
cling too heavily to me in this hour of trying sorrow, to permit
me to keep sight of my aui duty, or to airt you to yours. I
will speak nae mair anent this overtrying matter. — Jeanie, it
ye can, wi' God and gude conscience, speak in favour of this
puir mihappy" — (here his voice faltered) — "She is your sister
ui the flesh — worthless and castaway as she is, she is the
daughter of a saint in heaven, that was a mother to you, Jeanie,
in place of your ain — but if ye arena free in conscience to speak
for her in the court of judicature, follow your conscience, Jeanie,
and let God's will be done." After this adjuration he left the
apai-tment, and his daughter remained in a state of great
distress and perplexity.
It would have been no small addition to the sorrows of David
Deans, even in this extremity of suffering, had he known that
his daughter was applying the casuistical arguments which he
had been using, not in the sense of a permission to follow her
own opinion on a dubious and disputed point of controversy,
but rather as an encouragement to transgress one of those
divine commandments which Christians of all sects and de
nominations unite in holding most sacred.
" Can this be?" said Jeanie, as the door closed on her father
— "Can these be his words that I have heard, or has the
Enemy taken his voice and features to give weight unto the
counsel which causeth to perish 1 — a sister's life, and a father
pointing out how to save it ! — God, deliver me ! — this is a
fearfu' temi)tation."
lioamiug from thought to thought, she at one time imagined
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211
her father uudcrstood the nmth coiumaiidmeut UteraUy as
prohibiting falao witness axjainst our neighbour, without' ex-
tending the denunciation againat falsehood uttered in favour ol
the erunmal. But her clear and unsophiisticated power of
diacruninatmg between good and evU, instantly rejected an
interpretation so limited, and so unworthy of the Author of the
law. She remained in a state of the most agitating terror and
uuccrtamty— afraid to communicate her thoughts freely to her
lather, lest she slu)uld draw forth an opinion with which she
could not comply,— wrung with distress on her sister's account,
rendered the more acute by reflecting that the means of savmg
her were m her power, but were such as her conscience pro
hibited her from usmg,-tos3ed, in short, like a vessel in an
open roadstead dui-ing a storm, and, like that vessel, resting on
one only smc cable and anchor,— faith in Providence, and a
resolutior to discharge her duty.
Butler's afi-ection and strong sense of religion would have
been her prmcipal support in these distressing circumstances
but he w^ still under restramt, which did not permit him to
come to St. Leonard's Crags; and her distresses were of a
nature, which, with her indifferent habits of scholarship, she
fomid It uupos^^ible to express in writing. She was the^fore
compelled to trust for guidance to her own unassisted sense of
what was right or wrong. It was not the leaat of Jeanie's
distresses, that, although she hoped and believed her sister to
be mnocent, she had not the means of receiving that assurance
trom her own mouth.
The double-dealing of Ratcliflfe in the matter of Robertson
had not prevented his being rewarded, aa double-dealers fre-
quently have been, with favour and preferment. Sharpitlaw
who found _m him something of a kindi-ed genius, had been
intercessor m his behalf with the magistrates; and the circum-
stance of his having volmitai-Uy remamed in the prison, when
the doors were forced by the mob, would have made it a hard
measure to take the life which he had such easy means of
Sfffp ^1? ^«««^^e^ a full pardon; and soon afterwards, James
nt^^f tje.f eatest thief and housebreaker in Scotlaild, was,
upon the faith perhaps, -f an ancient proverb, selected as a
^r h'?*J^^ ?*^ *^« ^"^^^ °f ott«r delinquents.
When Ratcliffe waa thus placed in a confidential vitiation, he
was repeatedly applied to by the sapient Saddletree and othU
who took some interest in the l/eans family, to procure aa
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Ill
:i
interview between the sisters ; but the magistrates, who were
extremely anxious for the apprehension of Kobertson, had given
strict orders to the contrar}', hoping that, by keeping them
separate they might, from tlie one or tlie other, extract some
information respecting that fugitive. On this subject Jeanie
had nothing to tell tliem. She inforn,cd Mr. Middleburgh,
that she knew nothing of Robertson, tJ.cept having met him
that night by appointment to give hev s^me advice respecting
her sister's concern, the purport of whic^i, she said, was betwixt
God and her conscience. Of his motions^ purposes, or plana,
past, present, or future, she knew lothing, and so had nothing
to communicate.
Effio was equally silent, though f -om a different cause. It
was in vain that they offered a commutation and alleviation of
her punishment, and even c free pardon, if she would confess
what she knew of her lo» " a She answered only with tears ;
unless, when at times driven into pottish sulkiness by the
persecution of the interrogators, she made them abrupt and
disrespectful answers.
At length, after her trial had been delayed for many weeks,
in hopes she might be induced to speak out on a subject
infinitely more interesting to the magistracy than her own guilt
or^ innocence, their patience was worn out, and even Mr.
Middleburgh finding no ear lent to farther intercession in her
behalf, the day was fixed for the trial to proceed.
It was now, and not sooner, that Sharpitlaw, recollecting his
promise to Efiie Deans, or rather being dinned into compliance
by the unceasing remonstrances of Mrs. Saddletree, who was his
next-door neighbour, and who declared it was heathen cruelty
to keep the twa broken-hearted creatures separate, issued the
important mandate, permitting them to see each other.
On the evening which preceded the eventful day of trial,
Jeanie was permitted to see her sister— an awful interview, and
occurring at a most distressing crisis. This, however, formed 8
part of the bitter cup which she was doomed to drink, to atone
for crimes and follies to which she had no accession ; and at
twelve o'clock noon, being the time appointed for admission to
the jail, she went to meet, for the first time for several months,
her guilty, erring, and most miserable sister, in that abode ol
guilt, error, and utter misery.
;e8, who wew
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CHAPTER NINETEENTIL
siou : and at
-Swort sister, let nie live I
What Bin you do to savo a brother's life,
Nature dUpotiacs with tho deed ao fur,
That It becomes a virtue.
Measure rou Mkasvub.
Jbanib Deans was admitted into the jail by RatclifTe. Thia
fellow, as void of shaino as of honesty, as he opened the now
trebly secured door, asked her, with a leer which made her
shudder, " whether she remembered him ? "
A half-pronounced and timid "No," was her answer.
"What ! not remember moonlight, and Muschat's Caim, and
Rob and Rat ?" said he, with the same sneer;—" Your memory
needs redding up, my jo."
If Jeanie's distresses had admitted of aggravation, it must
have been to find her sister under the charge of such a profligate
as this man. H 3 was not, indeed, without something of good
to balance so much that was evil in his character and habits.
In his misdemeanours he had never been bloodthirsty or cruel •
and in his present occupation, ho had shown himself, in a
certain degree, accessible to touches of humanity. But these
good qualities were unknown to Jeanie, who, remembering the
scene at Muschat's Cairn, could scarce find voice to acquaint
him, that jhe had an order from Eailie Middleburgh, per-
mitting her to see her sister.
" I ken that fu' weel, my bonny doo ; mair by token, I have
a special charge to stay in the ward with you a' the time ye are
thegither." ^
" Must that be sae 1" asked Jeanie, with an imploring voice.
" Hout, ay, hinny," replied the turnkey ; " and what the
waur will you and your tittie be of Jim Ratcliffe hearin" what
ye hae to say to ilk other 1— Deil a word ye'll say that will crar
him ken your kittle sex better than he kens them already; a"nd
another thing is, that if yedinna speak o' breaking theTolbooth
deil a word will I tell ower, either to do ye good or ill,"
Thus saying, Ratcliffe marshalled her the way to the apart-
ment where Eflfie was confined.
Shame, fear, and grief, h.i contended for mastery in the
poor prisoner s bosom during the whole morning, while she had
aiini^tsHdi
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looked forward to this mooting ; hut whon the door opened, all
gave way to a confused and strange feeling that had a tinge of
joy in it, as, tlirowing herself on her sister's neck, she ejacidated,
" My dear Jeanie ! — my doar Jeanio ! it's lang since I hae
seen yo." Jeanie rctunied the embrace with an earnestness that
partook almost of rapture, but it was oidy a flitting emotion,
like a sunbeam unexpectedly penetrating betwixt the clouds
of a tempest, and obscured almost aa soon aa visible. The
sisters walked together to the side of the pallet bed, and sate
down side by side, took hold of each other's hands, and looked
each other in tho face, but without speaking a word. In this
posture they remained for a minute, while the gleam of joy
gradually faded from their features, and gave way to the most
intense expression, first of melancholy, and then of agony, till,
throwing themselves again into each other's arms, they, to use
the language of Scripture, lifted up their voices, and wept
bitterly.
Even the hard-hearted turnkey, who had spent hia life in
scenes calculated to stifle both conscience and feeling, could not
witness this scene without a touch of human sympathy. It
was shown in a trifling action, but which had more delicacy in
it than seemed to belong to Ratclifie's character and station.
Tho unglazed window of the miserable chamber was open, and
the beams of a bright sun fell right upon the bed where the
sufferers were seated. With a gentleness that had something
of reverence in it, Ratclifie partly closed the shutter, and seemed
thus to throw a veil over a scene so sorrowful.
" Ye are ill, Eflie," were the first words Jeanie could utter ;
" ye are very ill."
"0, what wad I gie to be ten times waur, Jeanie!" was
tho reply — "what wad I gie to be cauld dead afore the ten
o'clock bell the mom ! And our father — but I am his bairn
nae langer now — 0, I hae nae friend left in the warld ! — 0,
that I were lying dead at my mother's side, in Newbattle kirk-
yard 1"
" Hout, lassie," said Ratclitfe, willing to show the interest
which he absolutely felt, " dinna be sae dooms doon-hearted as
a' that ; there's mony a tod hunted that's no killed. Advocate
Langtale haa brought folk through waur snappers than a' this,
and there's no a cleverer agent than Nichil Novit e'er drew a
bill of suspension. Hanged or unhanged, they are weel aft' ha^
Bio an agent and counsel ; ane's sure o' fair play. Ye are b
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216
bonny lass, too, an ye wad busk up your cockernony a bit ; and
a bonny lasa will lind favour wi' judge and jury, when they
would Htrap up a growsome carle like mo for the fifteenth part
of a fiea'b hide and tallow, d — n thoui."
To this homely strain of consolation the mourncra returned
no answer ; indeed, they were so much lost in their own sorrows
as to have become insensible of llatcliffc's presence, "0 Ettie,"
said her elder sister, "how could you conceal your situation from
mo] woman, hud I deserved this at your hand? — had ye
spoke but ae word — sorry we might hae been, and shamed we
might hae been, but this awfu' dispensation had never come
ower us."
"And what gudo wad that hae dunel" answered the prisoner.
'• Na, na, Jeanio, a' was ower when anco I forgot what I pro
mised when I fauldcd down the leaf of my Bibla See," she
said, producing the sacred volume, " the book opens aye at the
place o' itsell. see, Jeanic, what a fearfu' Scripture !"
Jeanie took her sister's Bible, and found that the fatal mark
was made at this impressive text in the book of Job : " He
hath stripped mo of my glory, and taken the crown from my
head. He hr,.th destroyed me on every side, and I am gone.
And mine hope hath he removed like a tree."
" Isna that ower true a doctrine'?" said the prisoner — "Isna
my crown, my honour, removed 1 And what am I but a poor,
wasted, wan-thriven tree, dug up by the roots, and flung out to
waste in the highway, that man and beast may tread it under
foot 1 I thought o' the bonny bit thorn that our father rooted
out o' the yard last May, when it had a' the flush o' blossoms
on it ; and then it lay in the coiurt till the beasts had trod them
a' to pieces wi' their feet. I little thought, when I was wae for
the bit silly green bush and its flowers, that I was to gang the
same gate mysell."
" 0, if ye had spoken ae word," again sobbed Jeanie, — " if 1
were free to swear that ye had said but ae word of how it stude
wi' ye, they coiildna hae touched your life this day."
" Could they na]" said Effie, with something like awakened
interest — for life is dear even to those who feel it is a burden —
" Wha tauld ye that, Jeanie?"
" It was ane that kend what he was saying weel eneugh,"
replied Jeanie, who had a natural reluctance at mentioning even
the name of her sister's seducer.
" Wha was it?— I conjure you to tell me," said Eftie, seating
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herself upright.-" Wha coiUd tak interest in sic a cast-by as 1
am now ?— Was it— was it hvm ?" ^^ oy as i
"^Hout," said Ratcliffe, "what signifies keeping the poor
learned ye that doctrine when ye saw him at Muschat's Cain, »
waj It him Jeanie indeed ?-0, I see it was him-poor lad
aiid I was thmking his heart was as liard as the nether miU-
staje-and him m sic danger on his ain part-poor George i"
tl,. rr .'J^'^^.'^* ^* l^' ^"^* °f *«^d«^ feeling towards
* O FffiA ^'' niiseiy Jeanie could not help exclaiming-
O Effie, how can ye speak that gate of sic a man as that 1"
We maun forgie our enemies, ye ken," said poor Effie, with
JT^}"^^ and a subdued voice; for her conscience towTer
what a different character the feelings with which she regarded
her seducer bore compared with the Christian charity Sr
which she attempted to veil it. ^
"And ye hae suffered a' this for him, and ye can think of
" Love hhn !" answered Effie-" If I hadna loved as woman
seldom loves I hadna been within these wa's this day : aoid
trew ye that love sic as mine is lightly forgotten ?-Na, na-
{in /'' -'^-f *^' *f "j ^"* y« ^^°^^ change its bend-
And Jeanie If ye wad do good to me at this moment, tell
Effie 01 noT ' ^"^ ^^^''^^''' ^' "^'^ '"^ ^°^ P^^'
"What needs I tell ye onything about it?" said Jeanie.
Ye may be sure he had ower muckle to do to save himsell, to
speak lang or muckle about ony body beside."
" That's no true Jeanie, though a saunt liad said it," replied
Effie with a sparkle of her former lively and irritable ten^per
But ye dmna ken though I do, how far he pat his life in veni
tiire to save mme." And looking at Ratcliffe, she checked
herself and was silent.
"I fancy" said Ratcliffe with one of his famUiar sneers,
the lassie thinks that naebody has een but hersell-Didna I
Toi w? Gentle Geordie was seeking to get other folk out of tha
Tolbooth forby Jock Porteous ? but ye are of my mind, hinny-
better sit and rue, than flit and rue-ye needna look ii my face
sao amazed. I ken mair things than that, maybe "
'0 my God! my God I" said Effie, springing up 'and throwing
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217
herself down on her knees before him — " D'ye ken where they
hae putten my bairn 1—0 my bairn ! my bairn 1 the pooi
aaokless mnocent new-bom wee ane— bone of my bone and
flesh of my flesh !— man, if ye wad e'er deserve a portion in
Heaven, or a broken-hearted creature's blessing upon earth tell
me where they hae put my bairn— the sign of my shame' and
the partner of my sufi"ering I tell me wha has taen't awav or
what they hae dune wi't !"
" Hout tout " said the turnkey, endeavouring to extricate
himseli from the firm grasp with which she held him " that's
taking me at my word wi' a witness— Bairn, quo' she? How
the deU suld I ken onything of your balm, huzzy? Ye maun
ask that of auld Meg Murdockson, if ye dmna ken ower muckle
about it yoursell,"
As his answer destroyed the wild and vague hope which had
suddenly gleamed upon her, the unhappy prisoner let go her
hold of his^ coat, and fell with her face on the pavement of the
apartment in a strong convulsion fit.
Jeanie Deans possessed, with her exceUently clear understand-
ing the concomitant advantage of promptitude of spuit, even
m the extremity of distress.
She did not sufier herself to be overcome by her own feelings
of exquisite sorrow, but instantly applied herself to her sister's
relief, with the readiest remedies which circumstances afibrded •
and which, to do Ratcliffe justice, he showed himself anxious to
suggest, and alert in procuring. He had even the delicacy to
\^thdraw to the farthest corner of the room, so as to render his
oftcial attendance upon them as little intrusive as possible, when
Lttiewas composed enough again to resume her conference with
her sister.
The prisoner once more, in the most earnest and broken
tones, conjured Jeanie to tell her the particulars of the con-
terence with Robertson, and Jeanie felt it was impossible to
refuse her this gratification.
'' Do ye mind," she said, « Effie, when ye were in the fever
before we left Woodend, and how angry your mother, that's
now in a better place, was wi' me for gieing ye milk and water
to drink, because ye grat for it? Ye were a baim then, and
ye are a woman now, and should ken better than ask what
canna but hiu-t you— But come weal or woe, I canna refuse ye
onything that ye ask me wi' the tear in your ee."
Again Effie threw herself into her 'arms, and kiased her
('i I
t
I
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cheek and forehead, murmuring, " 0, if ye kend how lang it is
smce I heard hia name mentioned ?-if ye but kend how muckle
good It does me but to ken onything o' him, that's like goodness
or kindness, ye wadna wonder that I wish to hear o' him i"
Jeanie sighed, and commenced her narrative of all that had
pMsed betwixt Robertson and her, making it as brief as possible.
me listened m breathless anxiety, holding her sister's hand in
hers, and keeping her eye fixed upon her face, as if devouring
every word she uttered. The interjections of " Poor fellow,"-
1 oor George,' which escaped in whispers, and betwixt sighs
were the only sounds with which she interrupted the story
When it was finished she made a long pause.
"And this was his advice?""' were the first words she uttered
^ Just SIC as I hae teU'd ye," replied her sister.
"And he wanted you to say something to yon folks, that
wad save my yoimg life ?" '
'I He wante(l," answered Jeanie, "that I suld be man-sworn."
And you tauld him," said Effie, "that ye wadna hear o'
coming between me and the death that I am to die, and me no
aughten year auld yet ?" , uic uu
J I ^^^^ ^^.™'" "^^P^^®^ '^®^^^®' ^^0 °o^ trembled at the tuni
which her sisters reflection seemed about to take, "that I
daiu-ed na swear to an untruth."
"And what a'ye ca' an untruth?" said Effie, again showing
a touch of her ftmer spirit-" Ye are muckle to blame, lass!
If ye think a mother would, or could, mui-der her ain bairn-
Murder !—T wad hae laid down my life just to see a blink o'
Its ee i
" r do believe," said Jeanie, " that ye are as mnocent of sic
1 piupose as the new-bom babe itsell."
"I am glad ye do me that justice," said Effie, haughtUy;
its whdes the faut of very good folk like you, Jeanie, that
they think a' the rest of the warld are as bad aa the warst
temptations can make them."
" I didna deserve this frae ye, Effie," said her sister, sobbing,
and feeling at once the iiyustice of the reproach, and compassion
tor the state of mmd which dictated it
" Maybe no, sister " said Effie. " But ye are angry because
riove Robertson-How can I help loving him, that loves me
better than body and soul baith?-Here he put his life in a
flitter, to break the prison to let me out ; and sure am I, had it
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219
stude wi' him as It stands wi' you "—Here she paused and waa
silent.
" 0, if it stude wi' me to save ye wi' risk of my life !" said
Jeame.
"Ay, lass "said her sister, " that's lightly said, but no bm
lightly credited, frae ane that winna ware a word for me • and
if it be a wrang word, ye'll hae time eneugh to repent o't.''
" But that word is a grievous sin, and it's a deeper offence
when Its a sm wilfuUy and presumptuously committed."
^ Weel, weel, Jeanie," said EfSe, " I mind a' about the sins
presumption in the questions— we'U speak nae mair about
this matter, and ye may save yoiu- breath to say yoiu- carritch •
and for me, I'll soon hae nae breath to waste on onybody."
"I must needs say," interjjosed Ratcliffo, " that it's d— d
hard, when three words of your mouth would give the girl the
chance to nick Moll Blood,* that you make such scrupling about
rappmgt to them. D— n me, if they would take me, if I would
not rap^to all whatd'yecallums -Hyssop's Fables, for her life—
?f i"^ i *f> ^^* "'^' ^''^ ^^ rn&ttGTs. Why, I have smacked
call-Bkm| fifty times in England for a keg of brandy."
"Never speak mair o't," said the prisoner. " iVa just aa
weel aa it is— and gude-day, sister; ye keep Mr. Ratcliffe wait-
ing on— Yell come back and see me, I reckon, before" here
she stopped and became deadly pale.
^ "And are we to part in this way," said Jeanie, "and you in
sic deadly peril 1 Effie, look but up, and say what ye wad
hae me to do, and I could find m my heart amaist to say that
1 wad dot."
"No, Jeanie," replied her sister after an effort, " I am better
mmded now. At my best, I was never half sae gude aa ye
were, and what for suld you begin to mak yourseU waur to save
me, now that I am no worth saving? God knows, that in my
sober mmd, I wadna wi js ony Uving creature to do a wrang
thing to save my life. I might have fled frae this Tolbooth on
tuat awtu night wi' ane wad hae carried me- through the warld,
and fnended me, and fended for me. But I said to them, let
we gang whon gude fame is gane before it. But this lang im-
prisonment has broken my spirit, and I am whiles sair left to
myseil, and then I wad gie the Indian mines of gold and
diamonds, just for life and breath-for I think, Jeanie, I have
?uch roving fits as I used to hae in the fever : but. instead of
• The gallowB. f Swearing, j Kissed the book.
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the fiery een and wolves, and Widow Butler's bullseg that I
h gh blS Sb&r "^ ""'f-' ' ^"^ *^-king now'S I
Geo^e'^^^^^^^^^^^^ ifg^ b^her that
ast of mv wL« r.' "'^''^ '^° *^^^^ ^« I l^^d B^en the
Jeanie Deans remained with her sister for two hours during
her th.f ' 'tT''''^' '^ P°^«^^^«' *° ^'^tract somZ ig f rom
her that might be serviceable in her exculpation. But she had
nothing to say beyond what she had declared on her first e^
ammation with the purport of which the reader will be Ide
rershellS ''T; 'rVf ^'r- -They wldna S':
thaTthpr? J^ '' *^^."S^ reluctantly, informed the sisters
Novit" b« Ta^c''''T^^ *^«* *h«y '^om part. "M^
^ovit, he said, "was to see the prisoner, and maybe Mr
Langtale too._ Langtale likes to look a a brnyll
whether m prison or out o' prison." ^ '
Reluctantly, therefore, and slowly, after many a tear and
many an embrace, Jeanie retired from the apartaent and heard
eratri'tmT:^^^^^^^
separated. Somewhat familiarised now even with her T^^al
conductor, she offered him a small present in money with a
Sn ToT'' ^' "'^i 'T.''^'' ''' ^- sistera^ccotL
hZT ^^''^^'^"^P^^^'Ratcliffe declined the fee. "IwaTna
bloody when I was on the pad," he said, " and I winna beg™y
i^^li^k Teenl^^^^^^^^ and reasonable-now tha'tl at
m sne lock —Keep the siller ; and for civility, your sister sail
hae sic as I can bestow; but I hope you'll thiik bet er o„ ?
and rapan path for her-deil a hair ill thereTs in it, if ye are
man, bating the deed they deposed him for. as ever ye heard
claver m a pu'pit, that rapped to a hogshead if pfgtaiUobacco
just for as muckle as filled his spleuchan.* But maybe vS
keepmgyouraincounsel-weeUeeUhere'snaeCmLY^^^^
• Tobaean^pouoh.
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warm, and 1 11 try to gar her lie down and take a sleep after
dinner, for deil a ee she'll close the night. I hae gnde ex
penence of these matters. The first n^t is aye the warst
trtl Im Z""^"" ^'"'^ ^^.'^^ *^^* «^««Pit the^nght afore
nall\ °;?"^ ' T *^"^ «^««P^* ^« ^o^nd as a tap the
night before their necks were straiighted. And it's nae
ll"'V^" ""^''^ "^."^ ^' ^^""^'^ ^^^^ it's kend-Better a
finger aff as aye wagging."
CHAPTER TWENTIETH.
Yet though thou mayst be dragg'd in scorn
To yonder ignominious tree,
Thou Shalt not want one faithful friend
To share the cruel fates' decree.
Jemmy Dawson.
After spending the greater part of the morning in his devotions
(for his benevolent neighbours had kindly insisted upon discharff-
rng his task of ordmaiy labour), David Deans entered the apart-
ment when the breakfast meal was prepared. His eyes were
involuntarily cast down, for he was afraid to look at Jeanie.
uncertam as he was whether she might feel herself at libertv
with a good conscience, to attend the Coiu-t of Justiciarv that
clay, to give the evidence which he understood that she poss^sed
m order to her sister's exculpation. At length, after a minute
of apprehen.-- hesitation, he looked at her dress to discover
whether it seemed to be m her contemplation to go abroad that
mornmg ^ Her apparel was neat and plain, but such as conveyed
no exact intimation of her intentions to go abroad. She had
S?f ^\ Z r* f^^ ^""^ "^^"^'^g la^°^> for ^ne something
S t ''^"''''^' ^'^ ^^y °^°^« ""^^^ occasion of going into
hIZ' • , '"" '^'^'^ ^"^^* ^''' *^a* i<^ ^as respectful to be
Sl^"l I ^^P*"'^^ .^'^ ''''^^ ^ oc«^io°' while her feeUngs
mduced her to lay aside the use of the very few and simple
peraona ornaments, which, on other occasions, she permitted
he^elf to we.'u- So that there occurred nothing in her external
a )^arance which coidd mark out to her father, with anything
like certainty, her mtentioiis on this occasion. ^
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The preparations for their humble meal were that moruinP
anH S- "^^'^^^'f'^J'^,!^ "^'^ Other's eyes were turned to tl,em,
hnniZ ^^ 7 *^' '^"'^ ""'^^ ^^SU.st, when the aflcctionat;
imposture seemed no longer necessaiy.
.nnt^ ^T€' n-f ' T"'"*' °^ constraint were removed. The
ound of St. Gilcs^ heavy toll announced the hour previous to
the commencement of the trial ; Jeanie arose, ami with a
degree of composiire for which she herself could not accomit
Zantw Ir ^^'"l'.""^ "''^' ^''' ''^''^ preparations fo^a
np«« nf\ ^ ^^- ^^ ''"" ^ '*™'S« ^o^t'-'-^^^ l^et^een the firm-
ness of her demeanour, and the vacillation and cruel uncertainty of
purpose mdicatedm all her father's motions; and one unac
q^mmted with both could scarcely have supposed that the former
^^as, m her ordmaiy habits of life, a docUe, quiet, gentle and
even timid coimtry maiden, while her father, 'with a S ia^
« IS^""" . ^^1 '*'°5' ^°^ supported by religious opinions of
a stem, stoical, and unyielding chaxacter, htd in his time
und ipne and wi hstood the most severe hardships, and the
most immment peril, without depression of spirit, or subjugation of
his constancy. The secret of this difference ^a., thKS
uund had ali-ea(^ anticipated the Ime of conduct whichThe
Soht'fl • "^ '1 f*"'^^ ''^"^ necessaiy consequences;
h^nfilf wS^ ' Ignorant of eveiy other circumstance, tormented
himself with imagmmg what the one sister might saV or swear
oftheti'I' ""^ '^'^^'' ^'^'' "P*^" *^« awful event
He watched his daughter, with a faltering and indecisive look
until_ she looked back upon him, with a look of unutterable
angmsh, as she waa about to leave the apartment. '^''"''*'''
and !n^,f '.,^''^''"r^ ^'> "^ ^'^" ^^ ^'^^on, hastily
and confusedly searching for his worsted mittans* aid staff
jS^tL^t^^Li^or -r^^ ''-' *'°"^^ '^^ "^^^^^
^^J!^'i'Z'ff:^^7 ^°''" ^""^ ^^^' ^^
And, t^g his daughter's arm under his, he began to walk
from tne door with a step so hasty, that she waa alSTst unable
to keep^up with him. A txifling circumstance, but which
A kind of worsted gloves, used by the lower orders.
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marked tho pcrtui'bed state of his mind, checked his course,
"Your hounet, father?" said Jeauie, who observed ho had come
out with his grey hairs uncovered. He turned back with a
eliglit blush on liis clieek, being ashamed to have been detected
in an omission which mdicated so mucli mental confusion, as-
sumed his large blue Scottish bonnet, and with a step slower, but
more composed, as if the circumstance had obliged him to
summon up his resolution, and collect his scattered ideas, again
placed his daughter's arm under hLs, and resumed the way to
Edinburgh.
The comts of justice were then, and arc stiU, held in what is
called the Pai-liamcnt Close, or, according to modei-n i)hrase,
Parliament Square, and occupied the buildings intended for tho
accommodation of the Scottish Estates. Tliis edifice, though
in an imperfect and corrupted style of architectui-e, had then a
grave, decent, and, as it were, a judicial aspect, which was at
least entitled to respect from its antiquity. For which vener-
able front, 1 observed, on my last occasional visit to the
metrojiolis, that modern taste had substituted, at great apparent
expense, a pile so utterly inconsistent with every monument of
antiquity around, and in itself so clumsy at the same tune and
fantastic, that it may be likened to the decorations of Tom
Errand the porter, in the Trip to the JuMlee, when he appears
bedizened with the tawdry finery of Beau Clincher. Sed tran-
teat cum cwteris erroribus.
The small quadrangle, or Close, if we may presume still to
give it that appropriate, though antiquated title, which at Lich
field, Salisbury, and elsewhere, is properly applied to designate
the enclosure adjacent to a cathedral, already evinced tokens oi
the fatal scene which was that day to be acted The soldiers
of tho City Guard were on their posts, now enduring, and now
rudely repelling with the butts of their muskets, the motley
crew who thi-ust each other forward, to catch a glance at the
mifortunate object of trial, as she should pass from the adjacent
prison to the Court in which her fate was to be determined.
All must have occasionally observed, with disgust, the apathy
with which the vulgar gaze on scenes of this nature, and how
seldom, unless when their sympathies are called forth by some
striking and extraordinary circumstance, the crowd evince any
interest deeper than that of callous, unthinking bustle, and
brutal curiosity. They hwgh, jest, quarrel, and push each other
to and fro, with the .jamo unfeeling indifference as if they were
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a^sBembled for some holiday sport, or to see an idle processioa
Occasionally however, this demeanour, so natural to the de-
graded populace of a large town, ia exchanged for a temporary
ocIiSon "" affections; and so it chanced on the present
When Deans and his daughter presented themselves in the
Uose, and endeavoured to make their way forward to the door
ot the Court-house, they became involved in the mob, and sub-
ject, of course, to their insolence. As Deans repeUed with some
force the rude pushes which he received on all sides, his figure
and antiquated dress caught the attention of the rabble, who
often show an mtmtive sharpness in ascribmg the proper cha-
racter from external appearance, —
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" Ye're welcome, whigs,
Frae Bothwell briggs,"
sung one fellow (for the mob of Edinburgh were at that time
jacobitically dLsposed, probably because that was the Une of
sentiment most diametrically opposite to existing authority).
" Mess David Williamson,
Chosen of twenty,
Ran up the pu'pit stair,
And sang Killiecrankie,"
chanted a siren, whose profession might be guessed by her
appearance. A tattered caidie, or errand-porter, whom David
Deans had jostled m his attempt to extricate himself from the
vicmity of these scorners, exclaimed in a strong north-countiy
tone, Ta deil dmg out her Cameronian een-what gies her
titles to dunch gentlemans about 1"
"Make room for the ruling elder," said yet another- "he
"^"f^rt 1? * P^''^"' ^"^^^ S^°"fy ^o'i "^ tlie Grassmarket !"
Whisht ; shame s in ye, sirs," said the voice of a man very
loudly which, as quickly sinkmg, said in a low but distinct
tone, " It's her father and sister."
All feU back to make way for the sufferers; and all even
the very rudest aiid most profligate, were struck with shame
and sUence. In the space thus abandoned to them by the mob
Deans stood, holdmg his daughter by the hand, and said to
ner, with a countenance strongly and sternly expressive of his
mtenial emotion, "Ye hear with your ears, and ye see with
your eyes, where and to whom the backslidings and defections
of professors are ascribed by the scoffers. Not to themselvas
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a^one but to the kirk of wLich they are members, antl to its
blessed mid mvisible Head. Then, weel may we take wi' patience
our share aud portion of this outspreuding reproaoh "
The man who had spoken, no other than our old friend
Dmnbiedikea, whoso mouth, like that of the prophet's ass, had
been opened by the emergency of the case, now joined them
and, with his usual tacitiurnity, escorted them into the Court^
house. No opposition waa offered to their entrance either by
the guards or doorkeepers ; and it is even said that one of the
latter reftised a shilling of civUity-money tendered hmi by the
Laird of Durabiedikes, who was of opinion that " sUler wad
make a easy." But this laat incident wants confirmation
Admitted within the precincts of the Couit-house, they found
the usual number of busy office-bearers, and idle loiterers who
attend on these scenes by choice, or from duty. Bur^'hers gaped
and stared; young lawyers sauntered, sneered, and laughed as
m the pit of the theatre ; while others apart sat on a bench
retu:ed, and reasoned highly, inter apices juris, on the doctrines
of constructive crime, and the true import of the statute The
bench was prepared for the arrival of the judges. The jurors
were m attendance. The crown-counsel, employed m lookmr'
over their briefs and notes of evidence, looked grave, aud whis°
pered with each other. They occupied one side of a large table
placed beneath the bench ; on the other sat the advocates, whom
the humanity of the Scottish law (in this particular more liberal
than that of the sister-country) not only permits, but enjoins, to
appear and assist with their advice and skill all persons under
trial. Mr. NichU Novit waa seen actively instructing the counsel
for the panel (so the prisoner is caUed in Scottish law-phrase-
ology), busy, bustling, and important. When they entered the
Court-room, Deans asked the Laird, in a tremulous whisper
"Where will s^e sit?" '
Dumbiedikes whispered Novit, who pomted to a vacant space
at the bar, fronting the judges, and was about to conduct Deans
towards it.
" No !" he said ; " I cannot sit by her — I cannot own her
not as yet, at least— I will keep out of her sight, and turn mine
own eyes elsewhere— better for us baith."
Saddletree, whose repeated interference with the counsel had
procured him one or two rebuffs, and a special request that he
would concern himself with his own matters, now saw with
pleasure an opportunity of playing the person of importanoe
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He bufltled up to tho poor old man, and proceeded to exliibit
hia consequence, by eecuring, through his intercat with tho bar-
keepers and macers, a scat for Deans, in a situation wh-^re he
was hidden from tho general eye by the projecting comer of the
bench.
" It's gude to have a friend at court," he said, continuing
his heartless harangue" to the passive auditor, who neither
heard nor replied to them; "few folk but mysell could hae
sorted ye out a seat like this— the Lords will be here incon-
tinent, and proceed instanter to trial. They wunna fence the
Court a& they do at the Circuit— the High Court of Justiciary
is aye fenced. — But, Lord's sake, what's this o't — Jeanie, yo are
a cited witness — l^Iacer, this laas is a witness — she maun be
enclosed — she maun on nae accoimt be at large. — Mr. Novit,
suldna Jeanie Deans be enclosed ?"
Novit answered in the affirmative, and offered to conduct
Jeanie to the apartment, where, according to the scrupidous
practice of the Scottish Court, the witnesses remain in readiness
to be called into Court to give evidence; and separated, at the
same time, from all who might influence theu testunony, or
give them information concerning that which was passing upon
the trial.
" Is this necessary?" said Jeanie, still reluctant to quit her
father's hand.
" A matter of absolute needcessity," said Saddletree, " wha
ever heard of witnesses no being enclosed 1"
" It is really a matter of necessity," said the younger coim-
sellor, retamed for her sister ; and Jeanie reluctantly followed
the macer of the Court to the place appointed.
"This, Mr. Deans," said Saddletree, "is ca'd sequestering a
witness ; but it's clean different (whilk maybe ye wadna fund
out o' yoursell) frae sequestering ane's estate or effects, as in
cases of bankruptcy. I hae aften been sequestered as a witness,
for the Sheriff is in the use whiles to cry me in to witness the
dechirations at precognitions, and so is Mr. Sharpitlaw ; but I
was ne'er like to be sequestered o' land and gudes but ance.
and that was lang syne, afore I was married. But whisht,
whisht ! here's the Court coming."
As he spoke, the five Lords of Justiciary, in their long robes
of scarlet, faced with white, and preceded by their mace-bearer,
entered with the usual formalitiee, and took their places upon
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237
The audience rose to receive them ; and the bustle occasioned
by their entrance wai. hardly corapoBcd, when a great noifie and
confusion of persona struggling, and forcibly endeavoiu-ing to
enter at the doors of the Court-room, and of the galleries
annoimced that the prisoner was about to be placed at the bar'
This tumult takes place when the doors, at firat only opened t<;
those either having right to be present, or to the better and more
qualified ranks, are at length laid open to all whose curiosity
induces them to be present on the occasion. With inflamed
countenances and disheveUed dresses, struggling with, and some-
times tumbling over each other, in rushed the rude multitude
while a few soldiers, forming, as it were, the centre of the tide'
could scarce, with all their eflbrts, clear a passage for the
prisoner to the place which she waa to occupy. By the authority
of the Court, and the exertions of its officers, the tumult among
the spectators was at length appeased, and the unhappy girl
brought forward, and placed betwixt two sentinels with drawn
bayonets, as n. prisoner at the bar, where she was to abide her
deliverance for good or evil, according to the issue of her trial
CHAPTER TWENTY- FIRST.
We have strict statutes, and most biting laws—
Tlie needful bits and curbs for headstrong steeds—
Which, for these fourteen years, we have let sleep,
Like to an o'erg^o^vn lion in a cave,
That goes not out to prey.
Measubb fob Measure.
"EuPHEMiA Deans," said the presiding Judge, in an accent
m which pity was blended with dignity, " stand up and listen
to the cnmmal mdictment now to be preferred against you."
The unhappy girl, who had been stupified by the confusion
tnrough which the guards had forced a paasage, cast a bewil-
aered look on the multitude of faces around her, which seemed
to tapestry, as it were, the walls, in one broad slope from the
ceUmg to the floor, with human countenances, and instinctively
obeyed a command, which rung in her ears like the trumpet of
the judgment-day.
"Put back your hair, Effie," said one of the macera. For her
Deautiiui and abundant tresaea of long fair hair, which, aocoitl-
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ing to tho costume of the country, unmarried women were not
allowed to cover with any sort of cap, and which, alas ! Eflie
dared no longer confine with tho snood or riband, which implied
purity of maiden-fume, now hung unbound and dishevelled
over her face, and almost concealed her features. 0.; receiving
this hint from tho attendant, the unfortunate young woman,
with a hasty, trembling, and apparently mechanical compli-
ance, shaded back from her face her luxuriant locks, and showed
to the whole court, excepting one individual, a countenance,
which, though pale and emaciated, was so lovely amid its
agony, that it called forth a imiversal miurmur of compaasion
and sympathy. Apparently the expressive sound ot human
feeling recalled the poor girl from the stupor of fear, which
predominated at first over every other sensation, and awakened
her to tho no less painful sense of shame and exposure attached
to her present situation. Her eye, which had at first glanced
wildly around, was turned on the ground ; her cheek, at first
80 deadly pale, began gradually to be overspread with a faint
blush, which increased so fast, that, when in agony of shame
she strove to conceal her foce, her temples, her brow, her neck,
and all that her slender fingers and small palms could not
cover, became of the deepest crim ui.
All marked and were moved by these changes, excepting one.
It was old Deans, who, motionless in his seat, and concealed, aa
we have said, by the comer of the bench, fmm seeing or being
seen, did nevertheless keei) his eyes firmly fixed on the ground,
as if determined that, by no possibility whatever, would he be
an ocui witness of the shame of his house.
"Ichabod!" he said to himsetf — "Ichabodl my glory is
departed !"
While these reflections were passing through his mind, the
mdictment, which set forth in technical form the crime of which
the panel stood accused, was read aa usual, and the prisoner was
asked if she was Guilty, or Not Guilty.
" Not guilty of my poor bairn's death," said EfEe Deans, in
an accent corresponding in plaintive softness of tone to the
beauty of her features, and which was not heard by the audience
without emotion.
The presiding Judge next directed the counsel to plead to
the relevancy ; that is, to state on either part the arguments in
point of law, and evidence in point of fact, against and in
favoiir of tlie criminal : after which it is the form of the Court
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to pronoimce a pieliininury judgment, Geiiding tho cause to tb»
conusance of the jury, or aasizo,
Tlic couiiHcl for the crown briefly stated the frequency of the
crime of iiilUntlcido, which tiad given rise to tho special statute
under whicli the panel stood Indicted. Ho mentioned tho
vaj-ioii8 instances, many of them marked with circumstances of
atrocity, which had at length induced the King's Advocivto
though with gi-eat reluctance, to make the experiment, whether'
by stnctly enforcmg tho Act of Parliament which had been
made to prevent such enormities, their occurrence might be
prevented. " He expected," he said, " to bo able to estabUsh
by witnesses, aa well as by the declaiation of the panel herself
that she was in the state described by the statute. According
to his information, the panel had communicated her pregnancy
to no one, nor did she aUt>ge in her own declaration that slie
had done so. This secrecy was the first requisite in support of
tho mdictment. The same declaration admitted, that sha had
borne a male child, m ircumstances which gave but too much
reason to beliv.vo it had died by tho hands, or at least with the
knowledgr or consent, of the unhappy mother. It was not
however, necessary for him to bring positive proof that the
panel wiuj accessory to the murder, nay, nor even to prove that
-jie child was murdered at all. It was sufficient to support
the uidictment, that it could not be found. According to the
Bteru, but necessary severity of this statute, she who should
coucealher pregnancy, who shoidd omit to call that assistance
which IS most necesbary on such oc^'afiions, was held already
to have meditated the death of her offspring, as an event most
likely to be the consequence of her culpable and cruel con-
cealment. And if, under such circiunstances, she could not
^ilternatively show by proof that the infant had died a natural
death, or produce it still in life, she must, unler the construc-
tion of the law, be held to have miu-dered it, and suffer death
accordingly."
The counsel for the prisoner, Mr. Fau-brother, a man of con-
siderable fame in his profession, did not pretend directly to
combat the arguments of the King's Advocate. He began by
lamentmg that his senior at the bar, Mr. Langtale, had been
suddenly called to tho county of which he was sheriff; and
that he had been applied to, on short warning, to give the panel
his assistance in this interesting case. He had had little time,
no said, to make up for his laferiority to his leained brother by
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long and mmute research ; and he was afraid he might give a
ErTn f.^' T'P""*^' ^y ^'^S compelled to fdmft thS
accuracy of the mdictraent under the statute. " It waa enough
for their Lordships," he observed, "to know that uirwTtfe
law and he admitted the advocate had a right to call 1^^ the
Se^J r^''?u. l^lf^'^^^^y" But ho sfated, "¥at when
he came to establish his case by proof, he trusted to maklout
E%T:?-^^J'\^°^' satisfactorily elide the charge t the
She wn. S.. * • '^^ """^ ^ '^''^' ^^* "^°«t melancholy one
She was bred up m the strictest tenets of religion and 4tue
he daughter of a worthy and conscientious persTwho S^e^l
times, had established a character for courage and TeUdon Tv
becoming a sufferer for conscience' sake." ^ ' ^
David Deans gave a convulsive start" at hearing himself tlms
mentioned, aad then resumed the situation, inThicrwHh hi
face stooped against his hands, and both restin<. aeabst IZ
Siy'v\' ^^rf ^^ench on which the Judge? sate he had
hitherto listened to the procedure in the trill. The Whla
lawyers seemed to be interested; the Tories put up thei Up '
Whatever may be our difference of opinion "resumed th«
/w/t? '' "concerning the peculiar tenete of these people"
(here Deans groaned deeply), "it is impossible to deny them he
ZZt ')"{!?' '^^ 'T "^^ '^'''^'''' *he merit of SiLo
up their children m the fear of God; and yet it was the
u^)on, in the absence of evidence, and upon mere presimiptions
?r.,?"T' *T.,*°/ Chnstian and civilised countiy. It was
rue, he admitted, "that the excellent nurture and e^r^v
nstniction which the poor girl had received, Yad not £
sufficient to preserve her from guilt and error. She h^ faHen
a sacrifice to an inconsiderate affection for a young man of
prepossessmg manners, aa he had been infonne^^t ff a vei^
dangerous and desperate character. She was seduced uS
SrhT 1 "T^^? ^'''^''> ^^^«b '^^ follow mTght hav^
be ntued'unon^^ ^P^°^' ^'^ ^« ^°* -* '^^t S
been called upon by the law to atone for a crime violent ^i<?
despemte m itself, but which be«ime the prefacerLtW eleTt
ful histoiy, every step of which was marked by blood andS
and the fina^^ temination of which had not mryet arrS
He beheved that no one would hea. hhn without su^ rise wht
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231
he stated that the father of this mfant now amissing, and said
by the learned Advocate to have been murdered, wS no other
than the notorious George Robertson, the accomplice of Wilson
tue nero of the memorable escape from the Tolbooth Church'
and, as no one knew better than his learned friend the Advo^
cate, the prmcipal actor in the Porteous conspiracy"
nr.«.L^'^ 'TTi,*° ^*!":^P* a counsel in such a case aa the
present, said the presidmg Judge; "but I must remind the
learned gentleman that he is traveUing out of the case before
US*
The counsel bowed and resumed. « He only judged it neces-
saiy, he said, "to mention the name and situation of Robert-
son, because the circumstance in which that character waa
Placed, went a great way in accounting for the silence on which
his Majesty s counsel had laid so much weight, aa affording
proof that his chent proposed to aUow no fair play for its life
to the helpless being whom she was about to bring into the
world, bhe had not announced to her friends that she had
been seduced from the path of honour— and why had she not
done so 1— Because she expected daily to be restored to cha-
racter by her seducer doing her that justice which she knew to
be m his power, and believed to be in his inclination. Was it
natural— was it reasonable— waa it fair, to expect that she
Bhoula in the mterim, become felo de se of her own character
and proclaim her frailty to the world, when she had everj
reason to expect, that, by concealmg it for a season, it might be
veiled for ever ? Waa it not, on the contrary, pardonable! that.
in such an emergency, a young woman, in such a situation
should be found far from disposed to make a confidant of ever^
piymg gossip, who, with sharp eyes, and eager ears, pressed
upon her for an explanation of suspicious circumstances, which
females in the lower— he might say which females of all ranks
are so alert m noticing, that they sometimes discover them'
where they do not exist 1 Waa it strange or was it criminal,
that she should have repelled their inquisitive impertinence
with petiUant denials 1 The sense and feeling of aU who heard
him would answer directly in the negative. But although hia
client had thus remained sUent towards those to whom she waa
not called upon to communicate her situation,— to whom," said
the learned gentleman, "I will add, it would have been un-
advued and unproper in her to have done so; yet, I trust I
shaU remove this case most triumphantly from under the
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eUlute, and obtaui the unfortunate yoimg woman an honour-
ab e dismission from yoiu- Lordships' bar, by showing that s^e
did m due time and place, and to a person most^t for such
outd Ser^TT- *'' "^T'r ---stances in wMoh S
whPnhnw! 1 /^"^°°™"-«d after Robertson's conviction, and
h,-« J;L T IV'i^ "• F™°° ^ expectation of the fate ^hich
his comrade Wilson afterwards suffered, and from which he
tZnJZ f ""'^^ ''^'''f; '' ^'' *h«°' when^l hopes o
having her honour repaired by wedlock vanished from her eves
-when an union with one in Robertson's situatTn tf TtiS
a7di lont'hTr'f ' ^"''^"' '''"' "^'^ ^«^-^«d rat as an
nrovf tL? Z '^''^'''''-'^ ^^ ^M that I tru.t to be able to
prove that the prisoner communicated and consulted with her
dathter n^f l"? 7r^^/7«^^^ ^^ars older than herself, the
daughter of er father, if I mistake not, by a former marriage
upon the perils and distress of her mihappy situa^n " ^ '
hrn+T, ' »"" .ft J°" ^'"^ ^^^® *o instruct that point. Mr Fair-
brother," said the presiding Judge
. "■^^/i.r'"^^^®^'^ ^^^^ to instruct that pomt mv Lord"
r^iuncd Mr. Fairbrother, "I trust not only to serve my clint
but to relieve your Lordships from that which I know you fefi
the most pamM duty of your high office; and to gTvI fu who
now hear me the exquisite pleasure of beholding a creature so
young so mgenuouB, and so beautiful, aa she that k now a the
an"d iUZnl^''''''' '°"^*' ^^^^^^^ ^^^ *^-- - -%
tollo^ved by a slight murmur of applause. Deans, as he heard
his daughter's beauty and innocent 'appearance appealed to wa.
ZluS ' "" ""^^ '" *'^' ^°^^ ^ith stubborn
''Will not my learned brother, on the other side of tho bar "
7^ZV'LtTt^ after a short pans" tilt \"L
tt «^'L J "^^''fri '^" perfectly-he wLd ' S
2^!^s=^tpi:rs^£er?=-
remind your Lordships, that her present defenceis no whitt
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233
he narrowed within the bounds of her former confession : and
that It 13 not by any accoimt which she may formerly have
her, that she must ultunately stand or fall. I am not ^der
the necessity of accounting for her choosing to drop out of her
declaration the cu-cmnstances of her confession to her sister
nf i J." ^ ^"".^'^ °^ '^ importance; she might be afraid
of miplcating her sister; she might even ha.e forgotten the
circumstance entirely, in the terror and distress of mind in!
cidental to the arrest of so young a creature on a charge so
heinous. Any of these reasons are sufficient to accomit for her
hav^ng suppressed the truth in this instance, at whatever r^c to
• rselt ; and I mcline most to her erroneous fear of criminating
towards her lover (however undeserved on his part), and haa
o'P^Sar^ttr' ^''''''''' ^^^ '-'- ^«« *« -^
K3^\y Lords "continued Fairbrother, "I am aware the
Kmgs Advoca e will expect me to show, that the proof I offer
..consistent with other circumstanc<.s of the caae, which I do
not and cannot deny. He ^lU demand of me how Effie Deans's
^nfession to her sister, previous to her delivery, is reconcilable
Xll T^^l'V^ thf birth,-with the disapi^'arance, perhaps
lU,.r w ^-l"^ °°* *^«°y ^ possibility which i^camiSt
d^prove) of «ie infant. My Lords, the explanation of this is to
be found in the placability, perchance, I may say, in the facUity
and pliability, of the female sex. The duL Ama^^llidis d
nniT. '^'^"?' ""'" ^°'^' ^« ^"y appeased; nor is it
possible to conceive a woman so atrociously offended by the man
whom she has loved, but that she wiU retain a fund of for-
giveness, upon which his penitence, whether real or affected,
niay draw largely, with a certamty that his biUs will be an-
S x^no- P f^ P^o^e, by a letter produced in evidence, that
this jillain Eober son, from the bottom of the dungeon whence
he already probably meditated the escape, which he afterwards
accomplished by the assistance of his comrade, contrived to
exercise authority over the mind, and to direct the motions, of
tins unhappy gu-1. It was in compliance with his miunctiona,
ej^ressed m that letter, that the panel was prevaUed upon to
aJter the Ime of conduct which her own better thoughte had
2lT^h ?^' "^«*^ of temrimg, when her time of travafl
aODroachfid. tn f.li« ni.n+n/.+,v„ ^f u— ' /. .1 . , .
--• i-'-<'^vi.ion vi uci owu family, was mduceU tc
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1 1 1/
i"f
aeducer, aad by her conducted to one of those eolitarv and
secret purbeus of viUany, which, to the shamrof ourToh^.
stUl are suffered to exist in the suburbs of this city, where S
the assistance, and under the charge, of a person of hlr o^Tex
Wtter^Ssl'S'"'^'' T^'' circitancHhich adSedTebk
bitterness to the woe denounced against our original mother
What purpose Robertson had in aUthis, it is hJS^io^eU or
even to guess. He may have meant to many the girl' for her
^^'Z\ni:i '".'I?.'''- ^""'^ ''' thrterminLn of to
stoiy, and the conduct of the woman whom he had placed about
account. The unfortunate young woman waa visited bv the
fever mcidental to her situation. In this fever rheani to
have been deceived by the pemn that waited on her^aTo^
recovermg her senses, she found that she was cbUdless L that
abode of misery. Her infant had been carried oKrhl fbJ
the worst purposes, by the wretch that waited on her It may
have been murdered, for what I can teU " ^
He was here interrupted by a piercing shriek, uttered by the
Z: W^ Tr; ^)' "^ 7'^ '^'''"y brought to'^com
pose Herself. Her counsel availed himself of the tragical inter,
ruption, to close his pleadmg with effect
"My Lords," said he, "in that piteous cry you heard the
eloquence of maternal affection, far s^a^ing th^ forcH ^!
poor words-Eachel weepmg for her children ! NaS^e hersTw
beaiB testimony in favour of the tendemo^s and acute^ss of the
Egtiri^f ^^^- ' ^ -' ^^^^-- ^^^ p^-t
"He^d ye ever the like o' that. Laird?" said Saddletree to
Duinbiedikes, when the counsel had ended his speech. " There^
a chield can spm a muckle pirn out of a wee tait of tow ! Dei^
aaet he kens mair about it than what's in the deckratiin a^d
IZ^Zr^'VT^'-PT' '"^^ ^^ ^««^ ^^1« ^ «ay somethbg
about her sistor s situation, whilk surmise, Mr. Crossmyloof
K' rests 0° sma' authority. And he's clecki this great muckle
0' I'm f" X :'' ' >.^' ^f ' ""« *^« ''^ Cdrou
-But w^!trfY n ^^ "^y ^^*^'" ^^ ««°^ ^^ to Utrecht?
oTfet^cy/'' '^ ""^"^"^ ^''''''^'' '^' ^t^rl^'^^^r
i„dt^lT'^'?K^^l*^' 'l"^^'"' ^" * ^^^ ^or^> recorded thdr
judgment, whioh bore, that the indictment, if pived, wa. X
TUB HEART OF MlD-LOTHiAN. 235
'Zt^^^ "!^°' *^'° P'^ °^ ^^^ = ^"^ "lat the defence, that the
pane] had commumoated her situation to her sister, ^as a rel^
va^t defence : And, finaUy, appointed the said ijxd^ctment ^d
defence to be submitted to the judgment of an assise
CHAPTER TWENTY-SECOND.
Most righteous judge I a sentence.— Come, prepare.
Merchant of Venice.
of t^JJ^^''^^- °iy H^*f^tio° to describe minutely the forms
of a Scottish criminal trial, nor am I sure that I coidd draw un
of the gentlemen of the long robe. It is enough to say that the
jury was impaneUed, and the ca.e proceeded. The prioner wL
'Not a?" \f''' 'V^^ ^^-^«' -^ «^« a^am rSliH
Not Guilty, 'm the same hearUhrilling tone as before
The crown comisel then called two or three female wfmesses
by whose testmiony it was established, that Effie's siturtirhad
and fd^'^ ^^ *^'^.' ?^* '^'^ ^^d ^^'^ »^«r with the fact,
denial of ^^^ .^^^^''t ^^^d amounted to an angiy and petulan
demal of what they charged her with. But, as veiy frequently
h^per^, the declaration of the panel or ac'cused par X'elf
waa the evidence which bore hardest upon her case
Border it ,13^°^ *^''' ^f'' '^?' ^^^^ *^«^ ^^y ^^^^ss the
ifthA Arir^- cP'^?''.^'' ^PP"'" the southern reader that it
o ^^^hlf r "". ^'°* '^?' '^ apprehending a suspected person,
to subjec him to a judicial examination before a magLrate
He 18 not compeUed to answer any of the questions ^ked of
^^ ww""^^ '''°^"' '^'^* '^ ^« ^'^^ ^* ^'^ interest to do so.
dol «n^T- "^"^r ?.' A°°'^ *° ^^« ^« fo™^y written
nS.!? '^''^ ?,^«^"b«d by himself and the magistrate, are
produced agamst the accused in ease of his being brought to
S; in X, i' *^^^ ^^^^ declarations are not produced as
nZi w *Tf l'^'^ ^''"^^''^^ P'^P^^^y «o called, but only as
^ZZ f ^^^onj, tending to corroborate ' what is con-
n^n?" -^ r^^ P'°P'' ^^*^^^«^- Notwithstanding this
nice distinction, however, introduced by lawyers to reconcile
this procedure to their own general rule, that a man eZot He
xeyuircd TO Dear witness against himself, it nevertheless usually
'■m
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happens that these declarations become the moans of con-
demning the accused, as it were, out of their o^^ti mouths
The prisoner, upon these previous examinations, haa indeed the
pi.vilege of remaining silent if he pleases; but eveiy man
necessarily feels that a refusal to answer natural and pertinent
mterrogatories, put by judicial authority, is in itself a stroncr
proof of guilt, and wiU certainly lead to his being committed to
prison ; and few can renounce the hope of obtaining liberty by
giving some specious account of themselves, and showing ap-
parent frankness in explaming their motives and accounting for
theu- conduct. It, therefore, seldom happens that the prisoner
refuses to give a judicial declaration, in which, nevertheless,
either by lettmg out too much of the tmth, or by endeavouring
to substitute a fictitious story, he almost always exposes himself
to_ suspicion and to contradictions, which weigh heavily in the
mmds of the jury.
The declaration uf E^Se Deans waa uttered on other princi-
ples, and the foUowing is a sketch of its contents, given in the
judicial form, in which they may still be found in the Books of
Acyoumal.
The declarant admitted a criminal intrigue with an indi-
vidual whose name she desired to conceal. " Being inteiTO-
gated, what her reason was for secrecy on this point? She
declared, that she had no right to blame that person's conduct
more than she did her own, and that she was willing to confess
her own faults, but not to say anything which might criminate
the absent. Interrogated, if sae confessed her situation to any
T^'^°i ™^® ^°^ preparation for her confinement? Declares
she did not And being interrogated, why she forbore to take
steps which her situation so peremptorily required ? Declares
she waa aahamed to teU her friends, and she trusted the person
she haa mentioned would provide for her and the infant
Interrogated if he did so? Declares, that he did not do so per"
Bonally; but that it waa not his fault, for that the declarant is
convmced he would have laid do^\'n his life sooner than the
bairn or she had come to harm. Interrogated, what prevented
him from keeping his promise ? Declares, that it was mipos-
sible for him to do so, he being under trouble at the time, and
declines farther answer to this question. Interrogated, where
she waa from the i)eriod she left her maater, Mr. Saddletree's
family, until her appearance at her father's, at St. Leonard's,
the day before she waa apprehended ? Declares, she does aot
*Str.
THE HEART OP MID-LOTIIL\J^. 237
ja not a«ke<l to tell on other folk; Jadlito 't "at 7e iS?
that interval of time in tho Irvlm-nn. «^ „ passeu
made no answer. Inten-oD-ntprI if +1.^., • ,^^^^^y ^'^
wa, taken awayfro^S StlarL"1Sthe'M'2,''%"'"
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T^ M
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Unguage ; and that the deponent waa frightened, and crawled
out of the house when her back was turned, and went home to
Samt Leonard's Cra^, aa weU as a woman in her condition
«tlf • , Jl^"'^^*^^' ^^y «he did not teU her stoiy to h^
s^ter and father, and get force to search the house for her
chUd dead or alive 1 Declares, it was her purpose to do so, but
she had not tmie. Interrogated, why she now conceals the
name of the woman, and the place ,)f her abode? The declarant
remamed sdent for a time, and then said, that to do so could
not repair the skaith that was done, but might be the occasion
of more. Interrogated, whether she had herself, at any time
had any purpose of putting away the chUd by violence? De-
clares, never; so might God be merciful to her— and then
again declares, never, when she was in her perfect senses : but
what bad thoughts the Enemy might put i^to her brah ken
she was ou of herself, she camiot answer. And again soWy
mterrogated, declares that she would have been drawn with
wUd horses, rather than have touched the bairn with an™
motherly hand. Interrogated, declares, that among the ill-
anguage the woman gave her, she did say sure enough that
the declarant had hu.'t the bairn when she was in the brain
tever ; but that the declarant does not beUeve that she said this
from any other cause than to frighten her, and make her be
silent. Interrogated, what else the woman said to her? De-
clares, that when the declarajit cried loud for her bairn, and
. w S^ ; ?^® *^® neighboujs, the woman threatened her
hat they that could stop thelvean's skirling would stop h'S
tf she did not keep a' the lounder. t And thft this threat, S
tL hw'Vf *^' ^0^^, made the declarant conclude S
the bairns life was gone, and her own in danger, for that the
InTiJ? ' ^""P"?*' ^"^ ^°^^' «« *^« dedarant judged
tZrlld T!^"®' '^' T^- J'^^^ogaM, declares, that the
fever and dehrmm were brought on her by hearing bad news
uddenly told to her, but refuses to say what the said nrs
related to. Interrogated, why she does not now commmiirte
h^e particulars which might, perhaps, enable the magistrate
to Ztr.w ^' *^ .^^ ^ "^S °^ ^^ > ^d re^esteS
teaves the chUd m bad hands; as also that her present refusal
to answer on such pomts is inconsistent with her allied inten-
tfott to make a clean breast to her sister? Declares; that she
• ».«. Was able to do. f ifc The quieter.
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l^^f^tZTu"^' °^.^.^^' there is one that wiU
iooj£ alter It that for he- own living or dying, she is in Gotl'a
ha^ds, who knows her innocence of harminVher b^ with he
s^;r^ufwf ^ ^' '^t'"^' ^^ ^'-'^ herrolul':
speaJong out, which she entertamed when she left the woman's
lodging, on account of a matter which she ha^ since Te^^
And declares in general, that she is wearied, a^d wUl ™;
no more questions at this time."
Upon a subsequent examination, Euphemia Deans adliPrP^
:£S"f '^. "•" -" J =^= i
whosejodgmgs she was delivered of the child. Its tenor ran
"Deabest Eppie,— I have gotten the means to send to von
by a woman who is well qualified to assist youTn you^ a^^^^^^^^^
Lett r'f^r V '^' ^ "°* ^^^* ^ ''^^ ^h her, bJtYcZot do
better for you m my present condition. I am obliged to tmt
ttl "i *^« P/«««"t ^'-Jamity, for myself and you too I hZ
free I tSi'k* n"^y T T ^ ^ ^°^« P^^^' yeHhough^S
Si tT«I \^ "^^f ^^^' ^*1 ^ ""^y q^eer the stiller* for
t^ to mv Sr ^^ ^°^^ 7''' ^ ^' ^^ f'^r me writing
! to my httle Cameronian LUy; but if I can but live to be
a comfort to you, and a father to your babie you w^ hav^
sel-my life depends on this hag, d-n her-she is both deeo
b a beSrL':; ^'^, ^ ^°^« -^- ^^ -t than ever were
my LUy— Do not droop on my account— in a week I wiU be
yours or no more my own."
renlnt VS'^ * ^'^'"P*' " ^^ ^^'^ ^ust truss me, I will
T} I w^oL"mr4r '' ^'^ "^^ '"' p^^^' - °^ *^«
but^^noulh 'o? t^ T ^'^^^ ""^'"^ '^' ^^ ^«^«i^e<i *^ letter,
cTl 2^ p V5f '^^'y ""^ ^°^ ^0^' to ascertain that i
came from Robertson; and from the dato it appeared to have
niclmame Handle Dandie) and he were meditating their firat
Avoid tho galiows.
14<
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WAVEBLEY ^'OVELa.
■iU^rtive attempt to escape, which miscarried in the mamiei
mentioned m the begirminij of tills hiator/
The evidence of the Crown being concluded, the counsel tor
the prisoner bef^an to lead a proof in her defence. The first
witnesses weie .examined upon the girl's character. AU eave
her an exceUent one, but none with more feeling than worthy
Mrs Saddletree, who, with the tears on her cheeks, declared
that she could not have had a higher opmion of Effie Deans'
nor a more sincere regard for her, if she had been her own
daughter. All present gave the honest woman credit for her
goodness of heari^ excepting her husband, who whispered to
Dnmbjedikes "That Nichil Novit of yours is but a raw hand
at leadmg evidence, I'm thinkijig. What signified his bringme
a woman here to snotter and snivel, and bather their Lordships 1
He should hae ceeted me, sir, and I fihould hae gien them sic
a screed o testimony, they shouldna hao touched a hair o' her
head.
"Tm^"^* ^? better get up and try't yet?" said the Lakd.
" 1 JJ mak a sign to Novit. '
" Na ua," said Saddletree, " thank ye for naething, ueigh-
bour— that would be ultroneous evidence, and I ken what
belaiigs to that; but NichU Novit suld hae had me ceeted
debito tempore. And mping his mouth with his silk handker-
chief with great importance, he resumed the port and manner of
an eoined and intelligent auditor.
Mr. Fdrbrother now premised, in a few words, "that he
meant to brmg forward his most important witness, upon whose
evidence che cause must in a great measure depend. What his
client was, they had learned from the preceding witnesses : and
so far as general character, given in the most forcible terms and
even with tears could interest every one in her fate, she' had
already gamed that advantage. It was necessaiy, he admitted
that he should produce more positive testimony of her mnocence
than what arose out of general character, and this he undertook
to do by the mouth of the person to whom she had commmii-
cated her situation— by the mouth of her natural counseUor
and guardian— her sister.— Macer, caU into court, Jean o'
Jeanie Deans, daughter of David Deans, cowfeeder, at S^t
Leonards Crags." '
When he uttered these words, the poor prisoner instantly
started up and stretched herself half-way over the bar, toward^
the side at which her sister was to inter. And whi slowly
THE HEART OF MID-LOTIIUN, 'Jil
l^llif EfH?' "m'';;V*^' rJ"''' "^^^"^^^ ^' «^« foot of the
Stered from Tw f" T^°^? f ^^'^^"'^ ^^ ''«^ countenance
altered, from that of coniused shame and dismay, to an eafrcr
uuplormg and almost ecstatic eamr stueas of eitreaty ^th
outstretched hand«, hair streaming back, eyes raised^a^irlTto
her sisters face, and glistening through' tLs, excainid in a
tone which went through the heart of all who heard her--
Jeanie, Jeauie, save nir save me !" '
With a different feeling, yet equaUy appropriated to his
proud ajid self^ependent character; old Deans drew hhusdf
back Btill .arther under the cover of the bench- so that when
Jeanie, as she entered the court, cast a timid glance towards
the place at which she had left him seated, his vlTable Se
waa no longer visible. He sate down on the other si deTf
Dumbiedike., wrung his hand hard, and whispered -Ah Laii-d
hi3 IB wai^t of a'--if I can but win ower thr^it-^feel my
n^""''^pr' ^"' ""i^'''''' '' ''''''^ ^ his servant' weak'
rff ; !'\^ moment's mental prayer, he again started up
m If impatient of continuing in any one posture, and grZZ
edged hmiself foi-ward towards the place he had just quS '
Jeame m the meantune had advanced to the bottom of the
table, when unable to resist the impulse of affectioHhe sud!
denly extended her hand to her sister. Effie walTi^st withhi
the distance that she could sei^e it wit>i both her8,CL itl^
her mouth cover it with kisses, and bathe it m teai,^^th the
SendTd for hf %?''''''^.r?^ ^ to a guar'di^ sain
descended for his safety; whUe Jeanie, hiding her own face
with her other hand, wept bitterly. The sight woSm have
moved a heart of stone, much more of flesh and blood mX
of the spectators shed tears, and it was some time before the
presiding Judge hmiaelf could so far subdue liis emotion as t^
equest the witness to compose herself, and the prisoner to fo^
^ll.n?r''^-5,^^;^^^^*^^°' ^^^h' howevr natuS,
could not be permitted at that time, and in that presence
The solemn oath,-" the truth to teU, and no tm?h to con
stered by the Judge "m the name of God, and as the witness
should answer to God at the great day of judgment ,- an a^
IrhZ' "It ''^i'"^ ^""^ *° "^^^« ^I^^^on e'ven on tie
S ;^ "^T^t "^""^-^'^ ^^-'^''P *"^ ^«^out reverence for the
VOL >^i '^" "^ ^^ ^^"^' ""^^ ^^ ^^* soiomnity of a
It
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1
il:li
direct appeal to his person an.l juaticjo, awed, but at the saiue
time elevated above all cousidorations, save those vhioh she
could, with a clear conscience, coll Him to witneaa. She repeated
the form m a low and reverent, but diatiuot tone of voice, after
the Judge, to whom, and not to any inferior otficer of the Coiu-t
the task 18 assigned in Scotland of directing the witness in that
solemn appeal which m the sanction of his testimony.
^ When the Judge had finiHhed the established form, he added
in a feeling, but yet a monitory ton, , an advice, which the cir-
cumstances ai)j)eared to him to call for.
"Young woman," these were his words, "you come before
this Court in circumstances, which it would be worse than
cruel not to pity and to sympatliise with. Yet it is my duty to
tell you, that the tnith, whatever its consequences uiay be the
truth 18 what you owe to your country, and to that God whose
word i,s truth, and whose name you have now invoked Use
yoiir own time in answering the questions that geutieman"
pointing to the counsel) "shall put to you.-But remember,
that what you may be tempted to say beyond what is the actual
tnith, you must answer both here and hereafter."
The usual questions were then put to her /—Whether any
?Su /i. '"''*'""'^*^^^ ^''''^ what evidence she had to deliver 1
VN hethcr any one had given or promised her any good deed hire
or reward, for her testimony? Whether she had any malice oi'
ill-will at his M^esty's Advocate, being the party against whom
she waa cited as a witness 1 To which questions she successively
ansTN-^red by a quiet negative. But their tenor gave great
scajidal and offence to her father, who waa not aware that thev
are put to every witness as a matter of form.
"Na, na," he exclaimed, loud enough to be heard "mv
bairn is no like the Widow of Tekoah-nae man haa putten
words into her mouth."
One of the judges, better acquainted, perhaps, with the Books
of Adjournal than with the Book of Samuel, was disposed to
make some instant inquiiy after this Widow of Tekoah who
as he construed the matter, had been tampering with the evi'
dence. But the presiding Judge, better versed in Scripture
history, whispered to his learned brother the necessary explana
tion; ajid the pause occasioned by this mistake had the good
effect of givmg Jeanie Deans time to collect her spirits for the
painful task she had to perform.
Fairbrother, whose practice and intelligence were considerable
THE IIKAUT OK MID-LOTIIIAN.
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tow the uoccasity of letting the witness compose herself In
his heart he Buspectcd that she came to boor false witness in
nor sister's cause.
;'But that is hor own aflkir," thought Fairbrother; "and
It IS my busmcss h ,ee that she has plenty of tune to regain
composure, and > delupr her evidence, be it true, or be it tiilse
— vaUat quanli. m,"
Accordingly, he oomm* 4ced his interrogatories with unmter-
osting questions, ^Uivh a luitted of instant reply.
"You are, I thi. v, ine sister of the prisoner 1"
"Yes, sir."
" Not the fiUl sister, however 1"
" No, sii-— we are by diftbrent mothers."
sistlJr ^ ' ^"^ ^°" ^^' ' **'"'''' ^*^''®"'^ ^®^ "^'^^^ *^*" y"^
" Yes, sir," etc.
After the advocate had conceived that, by these preliminary
and immiportant questions, he had familiarised tho witness with
the situation m which she stood, he asked, " whether she kad
not remarked her sister's state of health to be altered, during
dletree ?'' *^™ ''^'''' '^" ^*^ """^ "^^^ ^^^'- ^■
Jeanie answered in the aflirmative.
"And she told you the cause of it,* my dear, I suppose ?" said
ofToue *' "" ^ ^'^^' ^"'^' ^ ''"*' "'""^ ^''^' '^ "^^"«*ive sori;
" I am Sony to interrupt my brother," said the Crown Counsel,
nsmg; but I am in your Lordsliips' judgment, whether this
be not a leaduig question 1"
"If this point is to bo debated," said the presiding Judge,
"the witness must be removed." e 6i
For the Scottish lawyers regard with a sacred and scrupulous
horror every question so shaped by the counsel examining aa
to convey to a witness the least intimation of the nature of the
answer which is desired from hlra. These scruples, though
tounded on an exceUent prmciple, are sometimes carried to an
absurd pitch of nicety, especially aa it is generally easy for a
Uwyer who has his wits about him to elude the objection.
*aubrother did so in the present case.
^ " It is not necessary to waste the tune of the Court, my Lord ;
•mce the Kmgs Counsel thinks it worth while to objer^t to t.hP
rorw oi my question, I wiU shape it otherwise.— Pray yonnj;
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woman did you ask your sister any question when you observed
her looking unweU ^take courage— speak out "
^ I asked her," replied Jeanie, "what aUed her."
.h. ri!7v> "l^^^^r^ ""^ time-and what was the answer
she made ?" contmued Mr. Fairbrother
Jeanie was silent, and looked deadly pale. It was not that
she at any one mstant entertamed an idea of the possibility of
prevarication-it was the natural hesitation to extinguish the
last spark of hope that remained for her sister.
lake courage, young woman," said Fairbrother.— " I asked
what your sister said aUed her when you inquired ?"
v«f f °*^"^f/' aiiswered Jeanie, with a famt voice, which was
yet heard distmctly in the most distant comer of the Courts
room,-6uch an awful and profound silence had been preserved
&'. ' ""^.r^' ^*r^^' ""^'^ ^"^ interposed betwixt the
la ^er s question and the answer of the witness.
lairbrother's countenance fell; but with that ready presence
of mmd, which is as useful in civil as in military emergenci^
at ^,"^^^*;ly;^i«d---'' Nothing ? Tme ; you mlnoSg
hpn?? J"-""*'"" """^ P?u^ ^ *°^' ^^^* ^ «iake her compre-
«Zi ff^^mj^'' ""^ ^'' ^^^^' ^ad she not been already
hrlV, ^f^' ""T ^epUed,-" Alack! alack 1 she never
breathed word to me about it."
A deep groan passed through the Court. It was echoed bv
The iT\ "^VT' '^°^^^^ ^'"^ *^« unfortmiate father^
w .?T to 7^ich unconsciously, and in spite of himself, he
had still secretly clung had now dissolved, and the venerable'old
man fel forward senseless on the floor of the Com^house with
his head at_ the foot of his terrified daughter. The unfortunate
pnsoner with impotent passion, strove tith the ^arlbS
whom she was placed. <' Let me gang to my Mher !-I^«
fl^ , Tr;^. '"^^ ^^^ *° ^™-^« ^ dead-he is kiUed-
l hae kiUed him!"_8he repeated, in frenzied tone^ of Sef
wh;ch those who heard them did not speedUy forget '
did not lose that superionty, wliich a deep and firm mind assures
to itspossessor under the most tiying cii^mnstances.
f^ fi, ^^"^^ father— he is our father," she mildly repeated
to those who endeavoured to separate them, as she stoopS^T
THE HKART OF MID-LOTnUN. 246
sWed^ a^ide to gr«y hak,, ami began a^dduouaty ,o chafe id,
from their sockets R„fw?ir ^ ^^^^ '^"'^^ ^^^^ started
The JiKirl' ^ T™'* ^^''^y ^i" ^''^e it« end at last "
the DSTn;,«fl , ''*^"^ ^™'"'^' ^^^ requested to know if
^,fTi i ^stressing scene which they had just witnessed
the truth on «,S u ^^ ^^ numerous refusals to speak
^LTi. T ^"^J6«*s, when, according to her own storv if
Idfd ^Thif""^^ r ^dvitageoiL, tX^'^^en
Sa^ to the fel Tff'' t'^'^*/^'^ ^^^^ °^ •^^"^t in his
doubtThat h« ni 1 ' "°''^PPy ^"^^^*- Neither could he
aouDt that the panel waa a partner in this guilt Who p1 J
" "^"^-'^-ona agiaic, m v'hose house she was delivered,
t •)!;«<!!
rn
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had the least temptation to commit such a crime, miless upon
her accoimt, with her comiivance, and for the sake of saving
her reputation. But it was not required of him, by the law,
that he should bring precise proof of the murder, or of tha
prisoner's accession to it. It was the very piu"pose of the statute
to substitute a certain chain of presiunptive evidence in place
of a probation, which, in such cases, it was pecidiarly diificxdt
to obtain. The jury might peruse the statute itself, and they
had also the libel and interlocutor of relevancy to direct them
in point of law. He put it to the conscience of tha jury, that
under both he was entitled to a verdict of Guilty.
The charge of Fairbrother was much cramped by his havmg
failed in the proof which he expected to lead. But he fought
his losing cause with coiurage and constancy. He ventured to
arraign the severity of the statute imder which the young woman
was tried. " In all other cases," he said, " the first thmg re-
quired of the criminal prosecutor was to prove imequivocaily
that the crime libelled had actually been committed, which
lawyers called proving the corpus ddicti. But this statute,
made doubtless with the best intentions, and under the impulse
of a just horror for the unnatural crime of mfanticide, ran the
risk of itself occasioning the worst of murders, the death of an
innocent person, to atone for a supposed crime which may never
have been committed by anyone. He was so far from acknow-
ledging the alleged probability of the child's violent death, that
he could not even allow that there was evidence ^ f its having
ever lived."
The King's Counsel pointed to the woman's declaration \ to
which the coimsel replied — "A production concocted in a
moment of terror and agony, and which approached to insanity,"
he Hi-ud, " his learned brother well knew was no sound evidence
against the party who emitted it. It was tme, that a judicial
confession, in presence of the Justices themselves, was the
strongest of all proof, insomuch that it is said in law, that * in
confitentem nullce sunt partes judicis.* But this was true of judi-
cial confession only, by which law meant that which is made in
presence of the justices, and the sworn inquest. Of extrajudicial
confession, all authorities held with the LUustrious Farinaceua
and Matthseus, * confessio extrajudicialis in se nulla est ; et quod
nullum est, non potest adminiculari,* It was totally inept, and
void of all strength and eflfect from the beginning ; incapable,
therefore, of being bolstered up or supported, or. according to the
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THE HEART 0¥ MID-LOTHIAN.
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law phrase, admimculated, by other presumptive circiimstancea
In the present case, therefore, letting the extrajudicial confession
go, as It ought to go, for nothing," he contended, « the prosecutor
had not made out the second quality of the statute, that a live
chilcPhad been bom ; and that, at least, ought to be established
before presumptions were received that it had been murdered
If any of the assize," he said, "shoiUd be of opinion that this
was deahng rather naiTowly with the statute, they ought to
consider that it was m its natiure highly penal, and therefore
entitled to no favourable construction."
He concluded a learned speech, with an eloquent peroration
on the scene they had just witnessed, during which Saddletree
fell fast asleep.
It was uow the presiding Judge's turn to address the jury
He did so briefly and distinctly.
"It was for the jury," he said, "to consider whether the
prosecutor had made out his plea. For himself, he smcerely
gneved to say, that a shadow of doubt remained not upon his
mmd concerning the verdict which the inquest had to bring in
He would not foUow the prisoner's counsel through the im-
peachment which ho had brought against the statute of King
WiUiam and Queen Mary. He and the jury were sworn to
judge according to the laws as they stood, not to criticise, or
evade, or even to justify them. In no civU case would a v^ounsel
have been permitted to plead his client's case in the teeth of
the law ; but in the hard situation in which counsel were often
placed in the Criminal Court, as well as out of favour to all
presumptions of innocence, he had not inclmed to interrupt the
learned gentleman, or narrow his plea. The present law, as it
now stood, had been instituted by tlie wisdom of their fathers,
to check the alarming progress of a dreadfid crime ; when it
was found too severe for its purpose it would doubtless be
altered by the wisdom of the Legislature ; at present it was the
law of the land, the rule of the Coiu-t, and, according to the
oath which they had taken, it must be that of the jmy This
unhappy gu-l's situation could not be doubted; that she had
borne a child, and that the child had disappeared, were certain
facts. The learned counsel had faUed to show that she had
communicated her situation. AU the reciuisites of the case
required by the statute were therefore before the jury. The
learned gentleman had, hideed, desired them to throw out of
consideration the panel's own confession, which was the plea
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WAVERLEY NOVELS.
HHuaUy urged, in penury of all others, by counsel in his situation,
who usually felt that the declarations of their clients bore hard
on them. But that the Scottish law designed that a certain
weight should be laid on these declarations, which, he admitted,
W-xe guodanmodo extrajudicial, was evident from the universal
practice by which they were always produced and read, as part
of the prosecutor's probation. In the present case, no person
who had heard the witnesses describe the appearance of the
young woman before she left Saddletree's house, and contrasted
it with that of her state and condition at her return to her
father's, could have any doubt that the fact of delivery had
taken place, as set forth iu her own declaration, which was,
therefore, not a solitary piece of testimony, but adminiculated
and supported by the strongest circumstantial proof.
"He did not," ho said, "state the impression upon his own
mmd with the purpose of biassing theirs. He had felt no less
than they had done from the scene of domestic misery which
had been exhibited before them ; and if they, having God and
a good conscience, the sanctity of their oath, and the regard
due to the law of the country, before the'- eyes, could come to
a conclusion favourable to this unhappy prisoner, he should re-
joice as much as anyone in Court ; for never had he found his
duty more distressing than in discharging it that day, and glatl
he would be to be relieved from the still more ptiaful task which
would otherwise remain for him."
The jury, having heard the Judge's address, bowed and re-
tired preceded by a macer of Court, to the apartment destined
for their deliberation.
CHAPTER TWENTY-THIRD.
Law, take thy nctim— May she find thA i • -
In yon mild heaven, which this hard w .-Id ^Idr' .<? her !
It was an hour ere the jurors returned, r 1 as they travereed
the crowd with slow steps, as men about to discharge themselves
of a heavy and painful responsibility, the audience was hushed
mto profound, earnest, and awful silence.
"Have you agreed on your cJiancellor^ gentlemen V was the
first question of the Judge.
t,mii0i^ii.s..
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THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
249
The foreman, called in Scotland the chancellor of the juiy,
usually the man of best rank and estimation among the assizers,
stepped forward, and with a low reverence, delivered to the
Court a sealed paper, containing the verdict, which, until of
late years, that verbal returns are in some instances permitted,
was always couched in wilting. The jury remained standmg
while the Judge broke the seals, and having perused the paper,
handed it with an air of mournful gravity down to the clerk of
Court, who proceeded to engross in the record the yet unknown
verdict, of which, however, all omened the tragical contents.
A form still remained, trifling and r .important in itself, but tc
which imafzmation adds a sort of solemnity, from the awful
occasion upon which it is used. A lighted candle --as placed on
the table, the original paper containing the verdict was enclosed
in .: sheet of paper, and, sealed with the Judge's own signet,
was transmitted to the Crown Office, to be preserved among
other records of the same kind. As all this is transacted in
profound silence, the producing and extinguishing the candle
seems a type of the human spark which is shortly afterwards
doomed to be quenched, and excites in the spectators something
of the same effect which in England is obtained by the Judge
assuming the fatal cap of judgment. When these preliminary
forms had been ^ -ie through, the Judge required Euphemia
Deans to attend to -he verdict to be read.
After the usual words of style, the verdict set forth, that the
Jury having made choice of John Kirk, Esq., to be their chan-
cellor, and Thomas Moore, merchant, to be their clerk, did, by
a plurality of voices, find the said Euphemia Deans Guilty of
the crime libelled ; but, in consideration of her extreme youth,
and the cruil circumstances of her case, ''^'d earnestly entreat
that the Judge would recommend her to the mercy of the
Crown.
" Gentlemen," said the Judge, " you have done your duty —
and a painful one it must have been to i.hiti of humanity likf-
you. I will imdoubtedly transmit your recommendation to
the throne. But it is my duty to tell all who now hear me, but
especially to inform that unhappy young woman, in order that
her mind may be settled accordingly, that I have not the least
hope of a pardon being granted in the present case. You know
the crime has been increasing in this land, and I know farther,
that this has been ascribed to the lenity in which the laws have
be-on exercised, and tliat there is thr/cforc no hope whatever of
m ■
.1 '^
'f 1
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1 !■
obtalaing a remission for this offciice." The jary bowed &^:^-hh
and, releaseil from their jminliii office, (iJ^persed themselveb
among the mtxr-s of bystanders.
The Court ibm asked Mi Fairbrother whether he had any-
thing to say, wiiy judgm^iiit should not follov, on the verdict 1
The counsel had spent some tim-, in parpuing and rep'-rusing
the verdict, counti..g the ieUer& in each jnror'a name, and
weighuMr every phrase, nay, every syl'; Me, in the uicest scales
ot legal criticism. But the clerk of tJie jurj had understood
]m buHiiiess too weU. No flaw was to be found, and Fair-
Ui-of;iUi' mourondly intimated, that he had nothing to say in
rw*;t of jiiclgment.
T.ie piefciding Judge then addressed rhe unhappy prisoner-—
•' i^uphemla Deans, attend to the senteisce of the Court now to
be pronounced against you."
She rose from her seat, and with & composure far greater
than could have been augured from lier demeanour during
some parts of the trial, abode the conclusioa of the awful scene
So nearly does the mental portion of our feelings resemble those
which are corporeal, that the first severe blows which we receive
brmg with them a stunning apathy, which renders us indifferent
to those that follow them. Thus said Mandrin, when he waa
undergomg the punishment of the wheel; and so have all felt
upon whom successive inflictions have descended with conti-
nuous and reiterated violence.*
" Young woman," said the Judge, "it is my pamful duty to
tell you, that yoiu- life is forfeited under a law, which, if it may
seem m some degree severe, is yet wisely so, to render those of
your unhappy situation aware what risk they run, by concealing
out of pnde or false shame, their lapse from virtue, and making
no preparation to save the lives of the mifortunate infant whom
they are to bring into the world. When you conceaK i your
situation from your mistress, your sister, and other worthy and
compassionate persons of your own sex, in whose favour yoiu-
former conduct had given you a fair pl^^ ^ou seem to me to
have had m yoiu: contemplation, at kasf death of the helti-
less cronture, for whose life you ne-lecte : ; j provide. How the
child disposed of— whether it ■ alt upon by another,
or by ,:-rself— whether the extrt .. uutry story you have told
18 ^partly false, or altogether so, is bo, ,>■ en God and your own
• [The notorious Mandrin was known as the- ^''f". in-General of EVannl,
mugglers. .Sc-e a Tract on his exploit., printed • '-^i.]
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351
coMcienco. I will not aggravate your distress by pressing on
that topic, but I do most solemnly adjure you to employ the
remaining space of youx time in making your peace with God
tor which purpose such reverend clergymen, as you yourself
may name, shall have access to you. Notwithstanding the
humane recommendation of the jury, I cannot afford to you in
the present circumstances of the country, the slightest hope that
your life wdl be prolonged beyond the period assigned for the
execution of your sentence. Forsaking, therefore, the thoughts
ot this world, let your mind be prepared by repentance for
those of more awfid moment^for death, judgment, and eter-
mty. — Doomster, read the sentence."*
When the Doomster showed himself, a tall haggard figure
arrayed m a fantastic garment of black and grey, passmented
with sUver lace, aU feU back with a sort of instinctive horror
and made wide way for him to approach the foot of the table'
As this office waa held by the common executioner, men
shouldered each other backward to avoid even the touch of his
pnnent and some were seen to brush their own clothes, which
had accidentaUy become subject to such contamination. A sound
went through the Court, produced by each person drawing in
their breath hard, as men do when they expect or witness what
la tnghtful, and at the same time affecting. The caitiff villain
yet seemed, amid his hardened brutality, to have some sense of
his bemg the object of public detestation, which made him
impatient of being in public, as birds of evU omen are anxious
to escape from daylight, and from pure air.
Repeating after the Clerk of Court, he gabbled over the words
of the sentence, which condemned Euphemia Deans to be con-
ducted back to the Tolbooth of Edinburgh, and detained there
until Wednesday the day of ; and upon that day,
betwixt the hours of two and four o'clock afternoon, to be con-
veyed to the common place of execution, and there hanged by
the neck upon a gibbet. "And this," said the Doomster.
aggravating his harsh voice, " I pronounce for doom."
He vanished when he had spoken the last emphatic word,
like a foiU fiend after the purpose of his visitation had been
accomplished ; but the impression of horror excited by his pre-
sence and his errand, remained upon the crowd of spectators.
The unfortunate criminal,— for so she must now be termed
—with more susceptibUity, and more irritable feelings than hei
* Note N. Doomater, or Dempster, of Court.
it
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father and sister, waa found, in this cmergenco, to possess a
considerable share of their cr.urage. She had remained stand-
ing motionless at the bar whUo the sentence was pronounced
and was observed to shut her eyes when the Doomster appeared'
But she was the first to break sUence when that evil form had
Icit his place.
"God forgive ye, my Lords," she said, "and diuna be angry
wi me for wishmg it-we a' need forgiveness.— As for myself
I canna blame ye, for ye act up to your lights ; and if I havena
killed my poor mfant, ye may witness a' that hae seen it this
clay, that I hae been the means of killing my greyheaded father
—1 deserve the warst frae man, and frae God too— But God is
mair mercifu' to us than we are to each other."
With these words the trial concluded. The crowd rushed
beaxmg forward and shouldering each other, out of the Court'
m the same tumultuary mode in which they had entered : and'
m excitation of animal motion and animal spirits, soon forgot
whatever they had felt as impressive in the scene which they
had witnessed. The professional spectators, whom habit and
theory had rendered aa callous to the distress of the scene aa
medical men are to those of a surgical operation, walked home-
ward in groups discussing the general principle of the statute
under which the young woman was condemned, the nature
ot the evidence, and the arguments of the coMisel, without con-
sidermg even that of the Judge aa exempt from their criticism
Ihe female spectators, more compassionate, were loud in
exclaniation against that part of the Judge's speech which
seemed to cut oflF the hope of pardon.
"Set him up, indeed," said Mrs."Howden, "to teU us that
the poor lassie behoved to die, when Mr. John Kirk, aa civU a
gentleman aa is within the ports of the town, took the pains to
prigg for her himsell."
"Ay, but neighbour," said Miss Damahoy, drawing up her
thin maidenly form to its fuU height of prim dignity— "I really
thmk this unnatural business of having baatard-baims should
be putten a stop to.— There isna a hussy now on this side of
thirty that you can bring within your doors, but there wiU be
chields— wnter-lads, prentice-lads, and what not— coming traik-
mg after them for their destruction, and discrediting ane's
honest house mto the bargain— I hae nae patience wi' them »
Hout, neighbour," said Mrs. Howden, " wo suJd live and
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263
lot live— wo hac been young ourscUs, niul we aie uo aye to
judge tho waret wlicu lads and laasea forgather "
"Young oursells ! and judge the wai-st!" said Miss Daraa-
noy 1 am no sae auld as that comes to, Mrs. Howden ; and
aa for what ye ca' the warst, I ken neither good nor bad about
tho matter, I thank my stars !"
"Ye are thankfu' for sma' mercies, then," said Mrs. Howden
with a toss of her head ; "and aa for you and young~I trow
ye were doing for yourscU at the laat ridmg of the Scots Par-
liament, and that was in the gracious year seven, sae ye can be
nae sic chicken at ony rate." > j w
Plunidamas, who acted as squire of tho body to the two
contending dames, instantly saw the hazard of entermg into
such delicate points of chronology, and being a lover of peace
and good neighbourhood, lost no tune in bringing back the con-
versation to its original subject.
"The Judge didna tell us a' he could hae teU'd us, if he Inid
liked, about the application for pardon, neighbours," said he ;
there IS aye a wimple in a lawyer's clew ; but it's a wee bit of
a secret.
"And what is't— what is't, neighbour Plumdamas?" said
Mrs Howden and Miss Damahoy at once, the acid fermentation
ot their dispute bemg at once neutralised by the powerful alkali
implied m the word secret.
"Here's Mr. Saddletree can tell ye that better than me, for
It was him that tauld me," said Plumdamas as Saddletree came
up, with his wife hanging on his arm, and looking very dis-
consolate. & j °
When the question was put to Saddletree, he looked cr;
scornful.^ " They speak about stopping the frequency of cUd-
murder, said he, m a contemptuous tone; "do ye think our
auld enemies of England, as Glendook aye ca's them in his
printed Statute-book, care a boddle whether we didna kiU ane
anither, skin and bini, horse and foot, man, woman, and bairns,
all and smdry, omnes et singulos, as Mr. Crossmyloof says ? Na
na. It's no that hinders them frae pardoning the bit lassie But
here - the pinch of the plea. The king and queen are sae ill
pleai^ed wi that mistak about Porteous, that deil a kindly Scot
will they pardon again, either by reprieve or remission, if the
baiU town o Edinburgh should be a' hanged on ae tow."
"DeU that they were back at their German kaleyard thaiu,
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wavkhlky nomsls.
His my neighhour MacCroskie ca's it," said Mrs, Howden, "an
that's the way they're gaun to guide us !"
"They say for certaiu," said Miss Damahoy, "that King
George flang his yi-rl^ ig ..,, .,he fire when he heard o' the
Porteous mob."
"He has done that, they say," replied Saddletree, "for lees
thing."
_ " Aweel," said Miss Damahoy, " ho might keep mair wit in
his anger— but it's a' the better for his wigmaker, I'se warrant."
" The queen tore her biggonets for perfect anger,— ye'll hae
heard o' that too?" said Plumdamaa. "And the kiug, they
say, kickit Sir Robert WaJpole for no keeping down the mob of
Edinburgh ; but I dinna believe he wad behave sae ungenteel."
" It's dooms truth, though," said Saddletree : " and he was
for kickin' the Duke of Argyle* too."
_ "Kickin' the I^ ike ol Argyle ! " exclaimed tho ' earers at once,
m all the various combined keys of ut ter astonisiiment.
"Ay, but MacCallummore's blood wadna sit down wi' that •
there was risk of Andro Ferrara coming in thirdsman." '
" The duke is a real Scotsman— a true friend to the country "
answered Saddletree's hearers.
" Ay, troth is he, to king and country baith, as ye sail hear"
continued the orator, "if ye will come in bye to our house, for
it's safest speaking of e* • things inter parietes."
W^m they entered is shop, te tlinist his prentice boy out
of It, .'.d, uix^ocking Lia desk, took out, with an air c '^ grave
and complacent importance, a dirty and crumpled piece of
prmted paper; he observed, "This is new corn— it's no every
body could show you t\^ like o' t'im. It's the duke's speech
about the Porteous mob, juet promulgated by ihe Lawkers.
Ye shaU hear what Ian P; / Oeauf says for hi: ;seU My cor-
respondent bought ^t in uio Palace-yard, that's like just under
the kings nosft-- 'inV ,e claws up thr- ■ mittans !— it came
m a letter about .- ,iis ill of exchange that the man wanted
me to renew for hi; . I wish ye wad see about it, Mrs. Saddle-
tree. '
Honest Mrs. Saddletree had hitherto been bu sincerely dis-
tressed about the situation of her unfortunate protdg^e, that
• Note 0. John Duke of Argyle and Greenwich.
t„ ril'^^n t"' the wruTior, a tmme persoDal and proper in the Highland*
to .Tohn Duke of .Argyle and Greenwich, m MacCunlniin was that of hi?
n>- .1 or digmtj.
TIIK HEART OK MID-LOTlllAN. 255
3he had suirored her husband to proceed in his own wav with
rmew had however, an awakening eoiind in them • and she
Bnatehed the letter which her hu«band held towards C Id
wiping her eyes, aad putting on her spectacles, endrvoured a^
f^t a. he dew which coUected on her glasses ^ould pe2 to
get at the meaning of the needful part of the euistle wl.i)^
her^husland, with pompous dovation,^ead JttrSrJm 1'
be one ''^ "'^*''' ' "'""^ '''"^ ^ °'^"^*«^' ^^^ I «o^er will
btlptoT^^^^^^ Httr "" "" '"^^"^' '^^ *^^ "^^^^'"
"He disna mean a mmister of the gospel Mrs Howdpn h„+
nerTudM^'^*^'" T', '^f ^^^^«' '.noScfnltVo 1-
ness and then proceeded : '« The time was when I might have
had dwl t?7 "" r^ ''",^ ^'^^ ^d ^ t'^^^ God that
Lt^e hlfL ^"^J ^ ''^"' ^"^^ *^°^« f«^ "^^iiitie^ which
I^ature has given me, to employ them in domg any drudgery
Tr i ^ i ^ ^'^^""^ ^^'^ ^^^e «et out more early), served
interest I h!i 7 *T^« ^ ^ ^^^^e served him with^4 Se
mtcrebt I had, and I have served him with my sword and in
bsVrndTrrr rT / ^^^^ ^^^^ empbyme/ts "S "hav"
eri'aki to 1 ^ i*^?^"^ '^^P"^'^^ ^^ ^l^o«e ^^^^^ still
dlerve T wS. ^fu ''^'^' J ^*^« endeavouro.i honestly to
ance, and to the laat drop of my blood "
Mrs Saddletree here broke in upon the orator— "Mr
Sa,ldletree what u the meaning of a' this? Here are ve
?'rt7brtk ' *'' ""f'f ^^''' ^^ «"« man MarSngi
woTder wh?f "1°"^,^^^' a^d lose us gude sixty pounds-I
Ir^Ip w.nn ^^t-'"'^- ^^ *^"*' q^otl^a-I wi.h the Duke of
^S o7th^ IZ ^h T T""'^~'^« ^ i° ^ *^o>--d punds
notX tf r. ^ ^"^ ""^ff ^' ^^'^ ^«^* ^t Roystoun-I'm
butTwJn .1 ' "^ '"? °°^''°^^"« ^"l tl^'-^t it's iude siUer-
but t wad dnve ane .aft to be confused wi' deukes and dmkp.,
"tte^iulT^^ folk up-stai., that's Te^D'eTs'^d t'
.11-,. -..j^.ioours, Its uy iiwi I u.eau to disturb yo«; but
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what i^twoeu courto o' law and courts .. atato, ai.d upper aud
imdcr parlKuuonta, iuid parliament hoimo«, hero aud in I^ndon.
the gudcmau's guno clean gyto, I think."
The gosflipe uuderBtood civUity, aud the rule of doing aa thev
would be done by, too well, to taiTy upon the blight invituUon
implied m the conclusion of this Bpccch, and therefore made
tlioir farewells and departure aa fjwt as possible, SadiUetree
whispering to Plumdamaa that he would "meet him at Mac-
Croskies (the low-browed shop in the Luckcubooths, ah-eady
mentioned), "in the hour of cause, and put MacOalluinmoro's
speech in his pocket, for a' the gudewife's dhi."
When Mrs. Sadflletree saw the house freed of her importunate
visitors, and the little boy reclaimed from the pastimes of the
wynd to the exercise of the awl, she went to visit her unhappy
relative, David Deans, and his elder daughter, who had found
in lier house the nearest place of friendly refuge
OUAPTER TWENTY-FOURTH.
ISAB.— AJas I what poor ability's in me
To do hiin good ?
Luoio. — Assay the power you liavo.
MeaSUIIB fob MEASaBE.
When Mrs. Saddletree entered the apartment m which her
gu^ts had shrouded their misery, she foimd the wmdow
darkened. The feebleness which followed his long swoon had
rendered it necessary to lay the old man in bed. The curtains
were drawn around him, and Jeanie sate motionless by the side
!> i'®,-^'^\ ^^- Saddletree was a woman of kindness, nay,
of feelmg but not of delicacy. She opened the half-shut
wmdow drew aside the curtain, and, taking her kinsman by
the hand exhorted hun to sit up, and bear his sorrow like a good
man and a Christian man, aa he was. But when she quitted
iJLt v^ l' powerless by his side, nor did he attempt the
Jlf' ^I ^T.^'^f ^«d Jef^«. ^ '*h lips and cheeks aa pale aa
awiee,— " and is there nae hope lur her ?"
"NMie, or next to nane," said Mrs. Saddletree; "1 hoard
the Jud«eH»rle »ay it with my ain eara—It was a bumino
TIIK HEART OP Min-r,OTOI,VK. 3B7
like them wurtUn i^r '^ «'"'?""> r'''l«. »"'l "<>»■ I
h«e_k.p.j};a-';r:;ti:;°^^^^^^
in e,C Uke he" " '"'°" «■" """"^ in eases of mur-i:
..eyerwant « friend i„ tUrA'Juiri';!.'"''" ' "■" "'»' ^»
betteT^afJ^VKtr '*^' ^«'-. ''»™'-Ve had
"-ittheTtan'd, C I Zun C";'" '"-"-'-^'h^ Toltoth
able to leave 'him I 7mZZ\t\rYl ' "?' °™'- >«
hearted he is— I ten i.» f '™.™,We— I ken how strong.
bo»« •.hym,i\r'atlLT^i„>' -'' '-'" «- --
i.e. y . thVwta^etV^t;;^:^^?^'"''^™' ''^«"'"'"
d.u.e'»d'iiSf;LTrd"ot-ii!?r'fT*^f- T'"^ '" ^0
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She had reached the door of the apartment, when, suddenly
fcuming, she came back, and knelt down by the bedside. —
" father, gie me your blessing — I dare not go till ye bless me.
Say but ' God bless ye, and prosper ye, Jeanie* — try but to say
that !"
Instinctively, rather than by an exertion of intellect, the old
man murmured a prayer, that *' purchased and promised bless-
ings might be multiplied upon her."
" He has blessed mine errand," said his daughter, rising from
her knees, "and it is borne in upon my mind that I shall
prosper."
So saying, she left the room.
Mrs. Saddletree looked after her, and shook her head. " I
wish she biuna roving, poor thing — There's something queer
about a' thae Deauses. I diuna like folk to be sae muckle better
than other folk — seldom comes gude o't. But if she's gaim to
look after the Icye at St. Leonard's, that's another story ; to be
sure they maun be sorted. — Grizzle, come up here, and tak teut
to the honest auld man, and see he wants naething. — Ye sUly
tawpie" (addressing the maid-servant as she entered), "what
garr'd ye busk up your cockemony that gate 1 — I think there's
been eneugh the day to gie an awfu' warning about your
cockups and your fallal duds — see what they a' come to," etc.
etc. etc.
Leaving the good lady to her lecture upon worldly vanities,
we must transport our reader to the ceU ia which the unfor-
tunate Effie Deans was now immured, being restricted of
several liberties which she had enjoyed before the sentence
was pronounced.
When she had remained about an hour in the state of stupified
horror so natural in her situation, she waa disturbed by thw
opening of the jarring bolts of her place of confinement, and
Ratcliffe showed himself. " It's your sister," he said, " wants
to speak t'ye, Effie."
" I canna see naebody," said Effie, with the hasty irritability
which misery had rendered more acute — " I caima see naebody,
snd least of a' her — Bid her take care o' the auld man — I aui
naething to ony o' them now, nor them to me."
" She says she maun see ye, though," said Ratcliffe ; and
Jeanie, rushing mto the apartment, threw her aims roimd
her sister's neck, who ^vrithed to extricate herself from her
embrace.
aUMtm^iimii-^
"^im&mitii^^k
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Tire HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 269
" n ' .*f ™ .^•1">' I feared !" said Jcaiiic
they hae heart ^eugftoSatlnhS'ln"''^?:''''' »"""».
but they aye bide the aax wj£tt f"a' 17' fr"'.."*'' '
I have beeu no',/?" ^ sterling— where would
ma^.^t'fiX^dioCtoTrhl'"'' •'""'^ *' f^*- °f "^
king aid Queen rf tl, j' ""/ i^^ •""■ P"''™ from the
h^rh^V^--'-^»^--"w^
her' u;?,1^f JiasS^,:^^'"^'',"'^ »» ^""»' ™
"•^^'/r °f^r^-^ ^"■^e^" -^^
^Ja there." * sea; 111 be gaae before ye
" You are mist.en." said Jeanle ; " it i. no sae far. a„d they
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go to it by land ; I learaerl something about tha« things from
Keuben Butler,"
" Ah, Jeauie ! ye never learned onything but what was gude
frae the folk ye keepit company wi' ; but I— but I"— she ymms
her hands and wept bitterly.
_ "Dinna think on that now," said Jeanie; "there will be
time for that if the present space be redeemed. Fare ye weel.
Uidess I die by the road, I wiU see the king's face that giea
grace— 0, sir" (to Ratcliife), "be kind to her— She ne'er ken'd
what It was to need a stranger's kijidnoss till now.— Farewcel—
fareweel, Effie !— Dinna speak to me— I maimna greet now— my
head's ower dizzy already!"
She tore herself from her sister's arms, and left the cell.
Ratcliffe followed her, and beckoned her into a small room!
She obeyed his signal, but not without trembling.
"What's the fule thing shaking for?" said he; "I mean
nothmg but civUity to you. D— n me, I respect you. and I
can't help it. You have so much spunk, that d— n me, but ]
think there's some chance of yoiu- carrying the day. But you
must not go to the king till you have made some friend ; try
the duke— try MacCallummore ; he's Scotland's friend— I ken
that the great folks dinna mucklc like him— but they fear him,
and that will serve your purpose a.s weel D'ye ken naebody
wad gie ye a letter to hun 1"
" Duke of Argyle !" said Jeanie, recollecting herself suddenly.
" what was he to that Argyle that suffered in my father's time
— in the persecution ?"
"His sea or grandson, I'm thinking," said Ratcliffe, "but
what o' that?" '
" Thank God !" said Jeanie, devoutly clasping her hands.
" You whigs are aye thanking God for something," said the
ruffian. " But hark ye, hmny, I'll tell ye a secret. Ye may
meet wi' rough customers on the Border, or in the Midland,
afore ye get to Lunnon. Now, deil ane o' them will touch an
acquaintance o' Daddie Ratton's ; for though I am retired frae
public practice, yet they ken I can do a g-ude or an ill turn yet
—and deil a g-ude fellow that has been but a twelvemonth on
the lay, be he ruffler or padder, but he knows my gybe* .i.s well
as the jarkf of e'er a queer cuffinj in England— and there'a
rogue's Latm for you."
It was indeed totally unintelligible to Jeanie Deans, who
" Paas t Seal. j jnetio6 of Peace,
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THE HEART OP MID-LOTHIAN. 261
drewback when he „"LTrt "tt^' '^\'^\*";''"- " *»
bite you, „, ^r/rl'^ »- Kt 'doilrZ
bla*»rfTv2 of th°eT tIV"" f^™*"" »d
lea™ nX":™g7"^' ^"»"^' ^»« -"■ ^ay Hettly, to
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asked her young mistress, whether she would not permit her to
remam m the house all night? '«Ye hae had an awfu' day
Bhe said and sorrow and fe^vr are but bad companions b
himsdK *^^ '''^^*' "^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ *^® {?udeman say
" They are ill companions indeed," said Jeanie ; " but I maun
learn to abide theu: presence, and better begin in the house than
m the field.
She dismissed her aged assistant accordingly,— for so lieht
wfus the gradation in their rank of life, that we can hardly term
May a servant,— and proceeded to make a few preparations for
lier journey.
The simplicity of her education and countiy made these pre-
parations very brief aud easy. Her tart<'m screen served aU the
purposes of a riding-habit and of an umbrella ; a small bundle
contamed such changes of linen as were absolutely necessary.
Barefooted, as Sancho says, she had come into the world and
barefooted she proj)osed to perform her pilgrimage: and her
clean shoes and change of snow-white thread stockings were to
be reserved for 8i)ecial occasions of ceremony. She was not
aware, that the English habits of comfort attach an idea of
abject misery to the idea of a barefooted traveller : and if the
objection of cleanliness had been made to the practice, she would
have been apt to vindicate herself upon the very frequent ablu-
tions to which, with Mahometan scrupulosity, a Scottish damsel
some condition usually subjects herself. Thus far, therefore
all was well. ' *
From an oaken press, or cabinet, in which her father kept a
few old books, and two or three buncUes of papers, besides his
ordinary accounts and receipts, she sought out and extracted
trom a parcel of notes of sermons, calculations of interest
records of dymg speeches of the martyrs, and the like, one or
two documents which she thought might be of some use to her
upon her mission. But the most imj.ortant difficulty remained
behmd, and it had not occurred to her untU that veiy evening
It was the want of money ; without which it was iuipossible she
could iindertake so distant a journey as sJie now meditated
David Deans, as we have said, was ea^y, and even opuleut in
h^ circumstances. But hLs wealth, like that of the patriarchs
of old consisted m his kine and herds, and in two or three
siuns lent out at interest to neighbours or relatives, who far
froixi being m circumstances to pay auyiiiing to account of' the
THE IIE.UiT OF MID-LOTHIAN. 263
annual rent. To these debtors it woiUd be in vain there-
^e\oJA''''' T^' ^^^ ^^^^'^^'^ concurrence; n"; could
■ w thmT, , h ^'" '"'^ concurrence, or as«istance in any mode,
mithfc 1. \''"'' 'n explanations and debates ^ she fel
mght d hj totally of the power of taking the step
necessary for tiying the laat chance in favour of her sister
cSctnl:? ;f/n ^^^^™--> J-ie l-cl au in^'Jd
n^Tr. , f *^^ ^^^^"'^'^ of her father, however just an^
spirit of the tune to admit of his being a good judge of the
mrnTt^ 'r'T' " ''''' ™- H-eff mo? fexible ^
hlrrsenr??^ "' ^T "P^^'^^^ ^" P™^^P^«' ^^e felt that to a^k
drl^Z \ T- ^'^^''}^^S^ ^^'0"ld be to encounter the risk of
beS ifr? "" ^'''T P^'«'"bition, and under that she
believed her journey could not be blessed in its procuress and
whTch sf M?^' ^'^ '"^ ^^*«™-^^ "P- tlfemTans b?
which she might commmiicate to him her undertakinc. and
Its pmpose, shortly after her actual departure But U Ts
impossible to apply to him for money without afteinc. d
arrangement, and discussing ftdiy the propriety of h r ]o™
with Z Sadit '" '^'tr '^f. '^' «''°"^^ ^'-^^^ ««"«^^lted
wica Mrs. baddletree on this subject. But. besides the timp
that must now necessarily be lost in recurrinc/ to hrassist.ince
Jeame mternally revolted from it. Her heaxt acknowleZ^j
khdCeS 1 ^^ «-Wlet^-'« g-eral character amft
she ^elffh ,VI °1r''' '^'^ ^""^^y misfortunes; but still
Tsh. 1 ' f ? , ''" f ^"thusiastic view of such a resolution
^m^^ ''^■'f''^ t"^'^'^'' *'^« Vo-^tvnth her, and to
Li it hi 1 T''^'°" f/? P^OP"^*^' fo^ the means if carry.
B ^ rr T' ''"' .'""^^ ^'"^^^ ^«^" S^^ ^'^^l wormwood. ^
autier, whose jissistance she might have been a.^smed nf
fb i
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WAVfiRLEY NOVELS.
M
CHi-^TER TWENTY- FIFTH.
You have waked me too soon. I must slumber again ^
As the door ou its hinges, so he on his bod, ^ '
lurus his side, and his shoulders, and his heavy head.
Djh. Watts.
The mansion-house of Dumbiedikes, to which ^ve are now ^^
mtroduce our readers, lay three or four nSet!no matter fS
he exact topography-to the southward of St. Leonrd's It
had oncel^rne the appeanince of son.e little celebrr for the
auld laird » whose humours and pranks were oCm^ndoned
u the ale-houses for about a mile round it, wore a sword W
a good horse and a brace of greyhounds ; brawled Tore and
betted a cock-fights and horse-matches; followed Some^rnie
of Dnuns hawks, and the Lord Ross's hounds, and called^S
elf pornt demse a gentleman. But the line had been veiled ^f
Its splendour m the present proprietor, who cared fo? no rnli.
amusements and wa« as saving, timid, 'and retTed S hi S
tK i^lr.^-^^^ ^"^ ^^^™^ extravagant^^dltg:
Dumbiedikes M-aa what is called in Scotland a single house •
£k^£&;chT\-r T^^^"^ ^*«-^«^« 4^' J:^n
Ddck to tront, each of which single apartments waa illuminated
by SIX or eight cross lighte, whose diminutive panes and heavy
frames permitted scarce so much light to enter L T\Z.Ji
one well-constructed modem window Thi inmmS S"
exactly such a. a child would build with ^X^H^^^^^^^
flagged wih coarse grey stones instead of slates : a ha Scid r
turret, battlemented, or, to use the appropriate pi rL bartLS
on the top, served aa a ca^e for a narrow tm-npike stS bv Xb
an accent was gained from storey to storey anrattL lit w
of the said turret was a door sfudded li W h^ded nlik
There wa. no lobby at the bottom of the towfr a^d sc^c^a
landmg-place opposite to the doors which gave access tHho
apartments. One or two low and dilapidaferoSuse eo^'
mlstn ' Lr'^r^^ ,7" «^"-"y ru-oi., surrounded tTe
mansion The coui-t Jiad been paA-ed, but the flags beine oartlv
displaced and partly renewed, a gallant crop of doSs ^3 twS
.Piung up between them, and the small garden, whkh o^l^S
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 265
by a postern through the wall spflmprl nnf f^ i •
orderly condition OvJit 7 TV"" ^^ '" "" "^"^^ "^ore
at armorial bSj and nT T'- '""^^'^^^ '''''' ^««°iPt
had h^,r^cr fZ ^ ' above the inner entrance huncr and
picking a mXf L^^ ^i&f ""'T'' ^' *« h^ ""<!
domains, of which it ir,,l t It ,i . m™sion-house and
little encouragSt SU.S vtmelTtr'" r," "> ''^'' »
Btinct how to apply, iight h™ S Ki"S 'Xef "'•
she waa no person of taate beyond h«r tilTZT' f^™''"'''
etn,ct„; in its Tar^d rSt ^^^tZT^'i^ ^r^^'
splendour of her old ?dmi^ S S 'l *'" "^^^dged aU the
property, never for a mon,™t . ""f '«'™. a»d the value of l,is
Laird, BntleTor heS tf. - T"* ^*™«" '"'''oing the
Ughe; rank wCld SL heSTo'd? :' ^7' '"'"^ »'
less temptation newtated to do to all three on much
t^^o^sZ'\ZT.':^^^^^^ 'r ' ^^« ^-^«d round
that she wished to see hi^Af^/"y "^'T'"' *° ^°^°"^««
to open one door it IZ .1 f} T ''^'''''' '^^ ^'^^tured
deserted, S^Ls M^In ocZil!,;^^ ^'^^^'^'^ ^^^'^^^^^e], now
testify, 's, a w Jhirg-i oSr'she trled'anS '''^r^^' *^
roofless shed where the hawlr« ^n^ I another-,t wa^ the
from a perch or two not vlt nn 1 T '"'' ^'^*' ^ ^W^^-'^^ed
I: 1 ^^
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266
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I
the coal-hoHso, which waa well stocked. To keep a very good
fire was one of the few points of domestic management in which
Dumbiedikes was positively active; in all other matters ol
domestic economy he was completely passive, and at the mercy
of his housekeeper — the same buxom dame whom his father had
long since bequeathed to his charge, and who, if fame did her
no injustice, had feathered her nest pretty well at his expense.
Jeanie went on opening doors, like the second Calender want-
ing an eye, in the castle of the hundred obliging damsels, until,
like the said prince errant, she came to a stable. The Highland
Pegasus, Rory Bean, to which belonged the single entire stall,
was her old acquaintance, whom she had seen grazing on the
baulk, as she failed not to recognise by the well-known ancient
riding furniture and demi-pique saddle, which half hmig on the
walls, half trailed on the litter. Beyond the " treviss," which
formed one side of the stall, stood a cow, who turned her head
and lowed when Jeanie came into the stable, an appeal which
her habitual occupations enabled her perfectly to understand,
and with which she could not refuse complying, by shaking
down some fodder to the animal, which had been neglected like
most things else in the castle of the sluggard.
"While she waa accommodating " the milky mother" with the
food which she should have received two hours sooner, a slip-
shod wench peeped into the stable, and perceiving that a stranger
was employed in discharging the task which she, at length, and
reluctantly, had quitted her slumbers to perform, ejaculated,
"Eh, sirs ! the Brownie ! the Brownie !" and fled, yelling as if
she had seen the devil.
To explain her terror it may be necessary to notice that the
old house of Diunbiedikes had, according to report, been long
haunted by a Brownie, one of those familiar spirits who were
believed in ancient times to supply the deficiencies of the ordi-
nary labourer —
Whirl the long mop, and ply the airy flail.
Certes, the convenience of such a supernatural assistance could
have been nowhere more sensibly- felt than in a family where
the domestics were so little disposed to personal activity ; yet
this serving maiden was so far from rejoicing in seemg a sup-
posed aerial substitute discharging a task which she should
have long since performed herself, that she proceeded to raise
the family by her screams of horror, uttered as thick as if the
THK HEART OF MTI)-LOTHIAN 267
the presit Tht ^n^) ^« ««^^I^1 went-the housekeeper of
aJl fiftv^f f ff'^od-looking buxom woman, betwixt forty
and fifty (for sucl, we described her at the de^th of the S
aS ' fondTh' ''''r'-''''"^' «ld dame of seventy or hrl
eS 'that b^r 7 ^^'?' ""^ J^'^*""^ '^ ^'' ^"thori y. Con
^t the tLo of trr"'^'^" -^'^^ °"' ^^«* «° - «"^« - ba.L
introdu edTnto t^,^ f , Pr^^netor, this considerate lady had
r„a tn ), ''"°"""' ™'""" "■ *« ™r'<l but Jeanie DeaiiT
"Si tno^ t ,"' "f T'^'-'wli-ft tad her own >measy
muugnis upon the almost daily v sits tn cjf t n^«„ 7> /-i
lonjale tolerably young, and decently ivell-looldn.» who ^ImZ.!
IC^ 7T-* f\^°r °' D™b-'iU'e- «u,hh»tor
K„ h^ :a^tranrattrt:^.ctirhet
harboured vnnniHti^ contra omnes mMes P'""'^^^^^^ *^^* ^^o
whnJ t f-f'" ^'' y'^" '*^^^ ^he fat dame to poor Jeame
formerly entertained for this t,^rm ut JL k ^
sinn'Wlv «f n,.,^i • 1-1 , i"nn. ,^ut, when she waa occa-
sionally at Dumbiedikes on businer- of her father's.
268
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
«filka idle traniper that cornea about the town, and hiiu m
Ills bed yet, honest man V
"dV^no S ^''^t^}^ "-^P^^d, J^^ie. i° - «"bmiflBive tone,
d ye no mind me ?— d'ye no mind Jeanie Deans V
Jeanie Deans !" sjiid the termagant, in accents affecting the
utmost astonishment; then, taking two strides nearer to her
Bh. peered mto h.r face with a stare of curiosity, equally'
mTJffr^H'frT-."^ ''^ ^"^^^ ^^''^"^ indeed^:-. Se
your tittle and you hae made out, murdering uf^pu^ wean
and your light 1 nnner of a .istcr's to be hanged tbr't, a-sweel
H^ie deserves ..-Ami the like o' you to come to on^ hones
mans house, and want to be into a decent bachelor gentleman's
^T ^ W 1" "" ^ommg, and him in hLs bed !-Ciae
Jeanie waa struck mute with shame at the unfeeling bruta'itv
? .-'.^accusation, and could not even find woias to iustify
4eu.if from the vile construction put upon her visit. ^Vhe^.
":'!' Pji;^^™*i«. seeing lier advantage, continued in the same
r^-w , Come, come, bundle up your pipes and tramp awa wi'
fin- ,7f I ""^^ be seeking a father to another wean for ony
thmg I ken. If it warna that yom- father, auld David Deans,
had been a tenant on oiu- land, I would ciy up the men-folk
dud hae ye dookit in the bum for your impudence "
Jeanie had already turned her back, and was walking towards
the door of the court-yard, so that Mrs. Balchristie, to make her
kst threa unpresszvely audible to her, had raised her stentorian
voice to Its utmost pitch. But, like many a general, she lost
the engagement by pressing her advantage too far
The Laird had been distm-bed in his morning slumbers bv
bv'nom:!^''- ^^^^^™*^«'« '^^J-gation, soimds in themselv ^
Zt^^^^'^.^'TTT' ^"* ^'^ remarkable, in respect to the
on L .^ '* "^I^'i '^''^ ™ ^°^ ^'^'^- He turned himself
on the other side, however, in hopes the squall would blow by
^hen ,n the course of Mrs. Balchristie's' second explosiln of
wrah the name of Deans distinctly struck the tympanum of
h^ ear. As he was, m some degree, aware of the small portion
of benevolence with which his housekeeper regarded the family
at, St Leonards he mstantly conceived that some message
of hi«tT7'1- .' '""'' 'ii *^^ "°*^«^y '''' "^^ g-^tting out
mght-gowu, and some other neoessaiy gaimeute, clapped on hig
ad hiiii la
ssive tone^
■ecting the
er to her,
5^, equally
I — Jeanie
>t o' wark
u^r wean,
t, as weel
xy honeHt
lUtlemaTi's
3d!— (,ae
briita ity
X) justify
. When
tlic same
awa wi'
for ony
i Deaus,
iien-folk,
towards
nake her
teutorian
she lost
ibers by
emselves
t to th(!
himself
3low by,
osion of
mum of
portion
B family
message
ting out
irocaded
on hie
THF HKAItT OF MID-LOTUIA\
269
t^oul' [ft? if ''""^ ""1 (''' *»^°"^h '- -- -Worn seen
7hThl ii f • -."^ P'^'P®'' *° contradict the poindar reoort
that he slept m it, aa Don Quixote did in his helmet [T.d
opemug the window of his bedroom 'eheld fn ^f. ' *
wWeh t mT t "^^t°'','^°^*"^^' *h«^« ^ere points on
wmcn ne mj^ht be provoked, and that, being provoked he had
i-i„ur_b„t X t!;rt;lT;edJrv™'^it *"°
sTS ;^.' ^"^ ^°- '» '^' ^^ i^-Dr^drattj:.;
hae ta^lf ?^ ■""' "" W'-'to^t wi' the Laird, ye might
by S' L7 r ""^ """? f««''-Kang yoi ways in
™tSy. *" "'"'" ' *' ''~-- »f the hou» with a
wad rather do it atmdmg here, Mrs, Balcliristie. "
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i
we mauna guide ye that gate neither — And how's that douce
honest man, your father?"
Jeanie waa saved the pain of answering this hypocritical
question by the appearance of the Laird himself.
" Gang in and get breakfast ready," said he to his housekeejxir
— " and, d'ye hear, breakfast wi' us yoursell — ye ken how t<^
manage thae porringers of tea-water — and, hear ye, see abuno
a' that there's a gude fire. — Weel, Jeanie, my woman, gang in
by — gang in by, and rest ye."
" Na, Laird," Jeanie replied, endeavouring .-is much as she
could to express herself with composm-e, notwithstanding she
still trembled, "I canna gang in — I have a lang day's darg
afore me — I maun be twenty mile o' gate the night yet, if feet
will carry me."
" Guide and deliver us ! — twenty mile — twenty mile on your
feet!" ejaculated Dumbiedikes, whose walks were of a very
circumscribed diameter, — " Ye maun never think o' that — como
in by."
" I canna do that. Laird," replied Jeanie ; " the twa words
I have to say to ye I can say here; forby that Mrs. Bal-
christie "
" The deil flee awa wi' Mre. Balchristie," said Dumbiedikes,
" and he'll hae a heavy lading o' her ! I tell ye, Jeanie Deans,
I am a man of few words, but I am laird at hame, as well
as in the field ; deil a brute or body about my house but I can
manage when I like, except Rory Bean, my powny ; but I can
seldom be at the plague, an it binna when my bluid's up."
"I was wanting to say to ye. Laird," said Jeanie, who felt
the necessity of entermg upon her business, " that I was gaim
a lang journey, outby of my father's knowledge."
" Outby his knowledge, Jeanie ! — Is that right ? Ye maun
think o't again — it's no right," said Dumbiedikes, with a comi-
tenance of great concern.
" If I were ance at Lunnon," said Jeanie, in exculpation, " I
am amaist sure I could get means to speak to the queen about
my sister's life."
"Lunnon — and the queen — and her sister's life!'' said
Dumbiedikes, whistling for very amazement— "the lassie's
fleniented."
" I am no out o' my miud," said she, " and sink or swim, I
am determined to gang to Lunnon, if I suld beg my way frae
door to door — and so I maun, unless ye wad lend me a small
if feet
THE IIEAKT OK MID-LOTHIAX. 271
sum to pay my expenses— little thine will rln if • on^ „ i
my father-a a .au of ™bsU.c., and^dte °ni' 'a,'^' fl^ f^J
you, Laird, come to loss by me."
Dumbiedikes, on comprehending the nature of tl.;« a,.r.i-
out stood with hjs eyes nvetied on the ground.
fare ve weef "15° *"■ '^'?""«^ "'' ^»"-" ™<1 J««"H "«.e
.^rt^ -ft Sd^r.ef t ;rt.?zs:r!fi,ru''o
thatj d,d„a think o't before," he said, "but ifstaek S my"
J^:;r ^dtr^S ^it^d fa^e'Sed-ittt^rS
ir Sri -Th-^'-"- ^- ^^^
a recess ol the wall ; he opened this also, and pulling out twn
« ^^^1S^ ''- - -^^ -^' SiS
^^na^e o your goldsmith's bills for me,f they S^Zl'To
Then, suddenly changing his tone, he resolutely said
Jeame, I wil make ye Lady Dumbiedikes afore the sun s^^T
JVfa, Lard, said Jeame, "that can never be-my father's
^f/™ 7 ^*^f« situation~the discredit to you"-^^
rhat s my business," said Dumbiedikes : " ye wad sav n^x.
thing about that if ye werena a fule-and yet I Uke Te Tht
better for't-ae wise body's enough in the ma^4d state ^Bu?
f your heart's ower fti', take what siller will sem ye and le
It be when ye come back again-as gude syne as Tu^e":"'
Pvnii -r' ^r ' ^^ '^^'^' ^^« felt the necessity of bein-
^Uefth^i tr '^r*"""^ ' ^^^^^' "I ^« ^otkerZl
oeiter tnan you, and I camia many ye "
-"w'T.Z'J^f'^ '.'"^ ,'ne, Jeanie r said Dumbiedikes
f>?i
S72
AVAVERLEY NOVELS.
"Langer! It's do possible!" exclaimed the poor Laird.
It canna be ; ye were bom on the land. JeSe womn
ye haena lookit-ye haena seen the h-lf o' the gearT hTS
B erlW Zt "^ *^? rental book, Jeaiiie-clear three hunder
? nlTf^rl * '^^^'''' ^'"*'''^^« «a°J' 0^ bm-den-Ye haeiia
lookit at them woman-And then my mother's wardrobeT^d
heir^'^ir Y' ''^^/--^"^ ^«^« ^-' «t-d on tS 1^ '
their pearhne-Jace aa fine aa spiders' webs and rinf«, nr, i no!'
nngs to the boot of a' that-th^y are a' tthf ch3er^' de^
—Oh Jeanie, gang up the stair and look at tliem t"
But Jeanie held flist her integrity, tliough beset 'with temnta-
|ons^ which perhaps the Laird of DumbifdikeTdid not Sw
err^m supposing were those most affecting to her sex '
word till him, If ye wad gie me the haiU barony of Dalkeith
and Lugton into the bargain." ^ i^aiReitn.
" hl7lZ r^'^ t"* ''"^I," '^^^ *^' ^*^^^' ^''D^ewhat pettishly •
but wha IS he, Jeanie ?-wha is he?-I haena heard his name'
yet-Come now, Jeanie, ye are but queering um- t am no trow
u.g that there is sic a a^e in the warld-ye hut maZ
fashion— What is he ?— wha Is he ?" ^
said jranie^'"^''° ^"*^''' '''"*'' «^^»^^«^^te^ ^t Libertoi,"
"Rei.ben Butler] Eeuben Butler!" echoed the Laird of
?ntw''.f '5 ^'•'"'^ the apartment in high disdain,l'< Reuben
Butler the dommie at Liberton-and a dominie deDute on°
-Reuben the son of my cottar l~^r,^ ^eel, jini Ks Jm,:
woman will hae her way-Reuben Butler he hast irhis
pouch the value o' the auld black coat he wears-But it disna
signify." And a. he spoke, he shut successively Id w th
vehemence the drawers of his treasury. "A feir offer Je-rnt
butTrr «.^^-^-^« -- -ay brig a ho^L to I'et? '
but twenty wmna gar him drink— And as for wasting mv «nK
stance on otlier folk's joes " ^ '"^ ^""^
noncst priae.— I was beggmg nane frae your honour " she
aid -least of a' on sic a score as ye pit it on.-Gude mon.
mg to ye sir ; ye nae been kind to my father, and itl^na S ml
ht-axt to thmk otherwise than kindJ^' of you » ^
nil
•- ! I »
il I ■
r,implici',y,
)or Laird,
iie woman,
He drew
bands for
ee hunder
-Ye haeiia
Irobe, and
beir ends,
and car-
iT of deas
h tempta-
ot greatly
break my
Dalkeith.
)ettishly j
his name
no trow-
> making
iberton."
[iaird of
' Reuben
Lite too !
?s, wilfu'
' in his
it disiia
id with
Jeanie,
? water,
luy sub-
Jeanie'a
IT," she
I morn-
I in my
THE IIKAIIT OF MID-LOTIUAIT. 273
shame, which an honest 27 f!»i i '^* ''^' "'<bgnatiun an.l
ask a favonr, which nd Zn t 'T'''^ '''^'^'''''^ '^''^^^ *<>
of the LairdWmd an^onrr''''*''"^ 'f "'^^'^- ^^''*^" ^^"^
pace slackenedrhe i'er coll anV'-^'" ^ ^^"^'•-^ '"«'"'' ''«^
the consequence of tf, .,,!!'/? v^"""'""' anticipations of
influence hJr with ott S^^^ >>«.-. to
ber way to London? "or «nl" , f ^^'"^ "'^" ''^'''^"^^3' hcg
she turn back a T olidt ht fX f ' '''''' f'' ' '' "^"«'
so lose time, w'hich ^.Zm:^^^!/^ '^'^'•'^'
of TtrsSi^'^lTLr^*^^^^ heard the clatter
She looked round and s^jf-"" ''''''' ^'"^"^^ ^'' »•'^"^^■
^hose b.e brk'an7V:Xrts3 Tw^^ t t ^".^. ^^"^'
flippers, and laced cocl-ddiat of the rl.l.ln v "'^j'^^^"'",
importance than Dumbiedikes hi m.plf t T"^'"' ^^ "'^ ''^««
pursuit, he had overcome mn the h5.1 1 '^V'^'^Sy «^ ''^^
Bean, and uomnelle.! ih^ V^f • f f '^l'^^'^ obstmacy of Kory
symptoms of"?eiuX £inlTir?,e^f ^^^^^^ ^" "^'
every bound he made in advance wh 7^\'i '^'-'^'ompanymg
indicate<I his extreme vv,M? fn ? f'^''^''°= "^''*'o«' '"'^ich
nothing but th? on tl'eJ^^^ ^"'^'^^"^'•^ ^^^^^^
could ;ossibiy i:::^^::^ "' ''' ^''"' ^ '^^^^ ^^^ -^^^-»
wonmn at he; first word r^ ''^ ""' ^'^^^^^'^"'^ ^>'« ^^^e a
"Ay, but ye maun take me at mme Lain! » so,- 1 r •
less, come o't whTlUce " itTf °''"^ ^^.'^ ^"^"' ^^^^ «Uler-
If
274
WAVEllLEy NOVELS.
ower wcel used to n gate tliat luaj'bo lit- and I hae gium owet
afteu, and lie'U gang nae road else,"
" But, Laird," said Jeouio, " though I kou my fatlier will
satisfy every i)enny of this siller, whatever there's o't, yet 1
wadua like to bonow it frao aiie that maybe thmks of mm&-
thing mau- than the i)aying o't back agaui."
" Tliere's just twenty-ti\c guineaa o't," said Dumbiedikos,
with a gentle sigh, " and whether your father pays or disna pay,
1 make ye free till't without another word. Gang where ye like
— do what ye like— ajid miury a' the Butlers iji the coimtry gin
ye like — And sae, gude moiuing to you, Jeanie."
"Aiid God bless you. Laird, wV mony a gude morning!"
said Jeanie, her heart more sol'teued by the unwonted generosity
of this micouth character, than pcihai)s Butler might have
appi-oved, had he known her feelmgs at that momeu°t ; " and
comfort, and the Lord's peace, and the peace of the world be
with you, if we sidd never meet again ! " '
Diuubiedikes turned and waved his hand ; and his pony
much morowilliiig to return than he had been to set out'
hurried him homeward so fast, that, wanting the aid of a
regular bridle, as well as oi" sadiUe and stirrups, he was too
much puzzled to keep his seat to permit oi' his looking beliind,
even to give the pm-ting glance of a forlorn swain. 1 ani
jwhamed to say, that the sight of a lover, run away with in
nightgown and 3lipi)ers and a laced hat, by a bare-backed
Highland pony, had something in it of a sedative, even to u
grateful and de^scrved biu'st of affectionate esteem. The figure
of Dumbiedikos was too ludicrous not to confirm Jeanie in the
original sentiments she entertained towards him.
" He's a gude creature," said she, " and a kuid— it's a i>ity he
has sao willyard a powny." And she immediately turned her
thoughts to the im]3ortant journey whicdi she had commenced
reflecting with pleasure, that, according to her habits of life and
of undergoing fatigue, she was now amply or even superfluously
provided >vith the means of encountermg the expenses of the
road, up and down from Loudon, and all other expenses vfhsJt
erer.
I; 1
BA'.-,«r..iii»,J«,>,ai,
TUi: UKUiT OF MID-LOTHIAN.
276
^1
"and
•Id, be
<^H AFTER TWEJI^TY- SIXTH.
•'Omereyl-tomy^elf'lcried.
" Lucy bliouJd be dead I "
WOBDSWUKTU
dens wore .haded with stra S.f w?if ° ^T^' ^'^«^« '^^au!
could «ee the cottage. orWooSd.^7p ^'1 f ^^^- ^^^' '^^
and habitation ol" h^er ea ly m^i"; ! , f^f «^ ^^e hauut.
nion on winch she had «o often ^nn-ZT '^''''''^''^^ the eom.
of the rivulet where «he Cl ' ] J .h "^''''^^\""^ '^' ^eces«e.
^ro^m and «ceptre« for her St S '' ^'^'^ ^"^^^^' ^^^ P'^"*
«I-i]ed child, of about 14 ym^^^^^^^ ^^^-"tiful but
tile .scene brou"-ht witl. fi ^ ' "^^^ ^collect oiis which
dulled thenar he vv'uh W jr," '^"^?' '^^'^^' '^-' ^^^
with tear«. ' '^ ^'"''^ ''"^'^ '^^'''^ -'"id relieved her heart
t wa^iaair be«eem£c, t,Vank L V" ^"^' ^°'-"^' ^"^ ^hat
kindness and oounten°uce t L^ -^f ' '^''' ^^^^ "^^^^ved me
a Nabal and churl, but vhrwr^o'fhr' *'f "^^^ ^'^''^
ever the founUin wa. free of ITJtr'rf 1 f "r '" '' ^^' ^^
fecriptui-e ab„ut the «iii of iLT.f Ar 'i ^^^ ^ "^"'^'"^^ ^^'^
^miruaured, although MoL ha] t- T^'^' '^'^'^ ^^' ^^'^P^^
rock that the con.^-egadormVlf. Tf^ T^'' ^'''^' '^^ ^ly
not tru.t niysell vdth rothef f ""^ ""^ ^^^^'^^ ^ac, I wad
very blue reek tha? LToS'oV hi' f T ,^^^'^^^"'^' '''' '^^-
of the cl.mge of marktrd^y^vlth t '- "' ^''^^ ^'' ^^ "^ "^"^'^
Jou^e^ttHrtrbevS^t" ^^"^^^ ^^^ ^--^ ^-
leotion., and not dltantfrom fW ^ ''' '^, ^lelancholy recoh
which, with its olXSLnTJ V'^^^^'F ''^'''^ Butler dwelt
tuft of tree«, o^/^^X ^S^ steeple, rises among a
of Edmburgh. At a uu^i.r 5" i "^''"^"^'^ ^ ^^^ «o5th
square tow^, th. re:idZ':f th^ ^ of lT^ ^ ^ ^^"^^^
W tuue. with the habit. J^J^^aSl^t^:?^^
r , (_. 1
276
waverlp:y novkls.
umiiy, 18 said frequently to have annoyed the city of Edinburgh
by intercei)ting the suppb'es and merchandise which came to
tho town from the southward.
This village, its tower, and its church, did not lie precisely
m Jeanie's road towards England ; but they wore not much
n-side from it, and the village w.us the abode of Butler. She
had resolved to see him in the beginning of her journey, because
she conceived hiui the most i)roper jicrson to write to her father
concerning her resolution and her Iioik'k. There was probably
another reason latent in her affectionate bosom. She wished
once more to see the object of so early and so sincere an attach-
ment, before commencing a i)ilgi-image, the perils of which she
did not disguise from herself, although she did not allow them
so to press upon her mind as to diminish the strength and
energy of her resolution. A visit to a lover from a youn*^
person in a higher rank of life than Jeanie's, would have had
something forward and improper in its character. But the
simplicity of her rural habits was unacquainted with these
pimctilious ideas of decorum, and no notion, therefore, of
impropriety crossed her imagination, as, setting out upon »
long journey, she went to bid adieu to an early friend.
There was still another motive that pressed upon her mind
with additional force as she approachcfl the village. She had
looked anxiously for Butler in the courthouse, and had expected
that, certainly, iji some part of that eventful day, he would
have appeared to bring such countenance and support iis he
could give to his old friend, and the protector of his youth,
even if her own claims were laid a°ide.
She kiiew, indeed, that he wa.s under a certain degree of
restraint ; but she still had hoped that he would have found
means to emancipate himself from it, at least for one day. In
short, the wild and wayward thoughts which Wordsworth has
described as rising in au absent lover's imagination, suggested,
as the only explanation of his absoiice, that Butler must b(!
very ill. And so much had this \yrouglit on her imagination,
that when she approached the cottage where her lover occupied
a small apartment, and which had been pointed out to her by
a maiden with a milk-pail on her head, she trembled at anti-
cipating the answer she might receive on inquiring for him.
Her fears in this case had, indeed, only hit upon the trutli.
Butler, whose constitution was naturally feeble, did not soon
racover the fatigue of body and distre&s of mind which he Lad
>.'>»4'AaiiiWi*'«ji*«
THU IIKART OF mB-LOTlIJAlf.
breathed on by nnJclon 'IZ ^'^ *^"' ^""^ '^"-'^^^r wm
But the mo8t cru a,kliZ ^^r''^'!*>°» *« hi"^ diatro.ss
T^eans or his family It UH , ?". ^ corummiication ^vith
them that some tier n^^^^Sl:^^^^^^^^ likely to
that family by Robertson Xo^S, t Jn ^r"" ^"««^Pt^^l with
th.3 they were aT.xious to'inteS T.T^T. '^ ^"*''"'' ^^'^
measure was not meant ^TT.l ^ •''""' '^ Po««ible. The
part of the magisti^os bt.t t "b,^"™"'.^'^^"^^^^ ^''«
pressed cruelly hard. He mLrr^^fu" ^''''''^'^^'''> '*
bad opinion of the person wL 1 be suffering under the
"npututionofunkindTsertion thlt^rr' '' '^^°^' ^^'^ -"
^ This paii,ful though ;reTsi:f^nr'/'''" '' ^'' ''^'^'''
brought on a successtn of owi.d H ""' ^'''^^ '"J-^^'^'
which greatly impaired hS hZhlJrfT° ^^'''^ ^''^'^^
bis bread depended. Fortunailv <- u L .,','^°^^' ''^ ^^bii^h
was the principal teacher^f'^e iittJ^n!/' .^^^^bairn, who
waa sincerely attached to Butler rT- r??'''^l««tablishment,
of his merits and value as a^ as;istant w?-*?\' ?' '''' ''^'^^
the credit of his little sTh^r bf '-^''^ ^^ S^«^% ^'^d
himself been tolerab y eSittaTn^r' ^'^'^^'^^«' ^^o L.d
lore, and woidd gladly SXTSpf^ ^^'^ ^r classical
was over, by conSing over a f^\ iS'^^ "^ ^^^ ««hool
with his ushir. AsimiSvofrrP °^ ^""'^'^ ^^ J"^enal
ingly he saw ButlerTiSi„?debilit°''' -^J"^''''' '^^ ^^^°^^-
roused up his o^vn energier^o tLht! ?. ""? ^'"* compassion,
hours, insisted upon hi? ^sL tant'^^r^^^
period, and, besides, suppled him wSr"? ^^''^^ ^* *hat
K^a^f^^^- ^^^^M anVj^ o^^ n^^s ^tde^It
Pif w\r hfd^t^tT^:^* ^^,^-1 ^-elf to the
racked with a thousand feSZ °'^.'° ^"^ ^^^y hread, and
of those who were ZrelTC'l^'T' 7.'"™^° *^« ^'^te
^^con^tionofEffieoi--^:^^
-t t'l: Sldt trste^^^r -n^- " ^elW-
P-- on the melan.ho,y -^^f ^^ Sl lj^i^\:>^
;t|
!^
378
WAVFRT,F'\' N'nvrrr.R.
ite affony of horrorH h.fore Iuh ..vorueiated imn^ination That
Blcp sho„l.l have viHited Iuh eyes after such a n.r few "otc wL
•or. all m«h , and in the n.orning he w,« awak d Zm a
ev^nHh .lumber, by the only circumBtance whioht dd L2
iuldecl to Im distmss,-the vi.sit of an intmsive a.s8
Ulctiec. rhe worthy and sapient burgher had kept his an-
pou. ment at Ma<,Crnskio's with Plun,':iamas and sle otW
Jghbours to dKs,.ns.s the Duko of Ar^ylo's spee^h/tirjast X
f tti.e Deans'H condemnation, and the improbability T er
btaunng a rej.neve This sago conclave disputed hVl a
drank deep, and on the next morning Bartoline felt as ho ev
pr-ed It, a.s if his head wa. like a " c'onfused pro^ !, " w it "
To bring his reflective powers to their usual sefenitysJle-
tr e resolved to take a morning's ride upon a certain hackrev
which ho, PIumdama«, and another honest shopkeeper comb n.^l
^> nuuntam by joint subscription, for occa.ior!SXnts I T
purpose of business or exercise. As Saddletree had two chi dren
boarded with Whackbairn, and wa., as we hav^ sin rather
cnjd of Butler's society, he turned his palfrey's lead tow!n
Liberton, and came, as we have already said, to dve the
unfortunate usher that additional vexation, of which Wne
complams so feelingly, when she says,- ^ *
" I'm sprighted with a fool—
Sprigbted and anger'd worse."
If anything could have added gaU to bitterness it w«« fi,.
choice which Saddletree made of% subject 7orh "pi t
hamngjies, being the trial of Effie Deans and theTrobabS
of her being executed. Eveiy word feU on Butler's eS like the
knell of a death-bell, or the note of a screech-owl
Jeame paused at the door of her lover's humhlo oT.«,i«
hearing the loud and pompous tone. or^M^;::^^^^. ?C
t^ie inner apartment, "Credit me, it will be sac Mr Butler
Brandy cannot save her. She maun gang down the Bow w?'
he lad in the pioted coat* at her hetls.!-I T sony ^ tl'
tussie, but the law, sir, maun ha« its course- ^
V'ivnt Rex,
Currat Lex,
aa^the poet has it, in whilk of Horace's odes T know not "
low ^t\:\Z^^' " ""'^ °^ ^'-"^ - ^-'^ ^^y -d aUver, Ukened by
TFTR rrRART OF Mrn-LOTfriAN. 279
'^""tonce. But Sa.i.llete uL ot .or t ^""^'«'^'"-''t« "'to one
nnpn^sioa which he m^oSZaZn'T^ ^' -•n^Uvo„rHhle
c'«c«lo<l to (lo.U forth hi,s 8cr n of hS ? ^''? ';'"'''"'^- "« P""^
''W.^sit,,aapity^n7fi t, i ?,'; ' ^™'' self-complacency
1 missed the chaa'^l'Sm n^^^^^^^^ H'^ve.f^
W.irac>hael.ena..o2-!:::^;ri!K^,^
hausted tone 'of v ce 1 LSnt^T'- ?'? ''""' ""*^ «^-
brayofBartoIine '"stvntly drow.ed in the sonorous
not' r ^ -J-tand o., man ? .o.., .-, Latin for a huvyer, i. it
JeJ^Stota "" ' '"^^^ of," answered Butler in the san.e
"The duil ye didna .'—See min T r,-^* iu
morningoutof a memorial of' mTp ^ * .*^^ '^^^'^^ ''"^ this
is, ic/«. darissinvus eTTL^Jr ^'••"■'^«"':^'oof's-see, there it
printed in the ItaJian type^T^^'''^''''^'^''^-'''^ ^' ^< ^r it's
iuri^oZ,:::^"" y»nW«./,„«_7,,, j, ^„ abbreviation for
abbr^tll^t'radiS"^' Saddletree, " there's nae
servitude of wate -drap- h^t t"^ ""^ '^'' ^ "' ^''^"* '''
yo'll say that'., no uZ n^tL in^^' f "?'"'^* (^^^^^
High Street." neither), m Alary Kmg's Close ii, tlie
per:eveX'tf''hirir ^//f-'^-vhelmed by the noisy
you." ''''^'- ^ am not able to dispute with
tl.^^2.^^)^^|;;,-.f . Butler, though I say it
"Now, it wUl be twahm. o ' '"' ''*"' ^'"^^^ ''flight,
and as ye are no wed I'l Is t w ' vof'?'' T"*''^ '" ^^^ «^h:j«.
t'yo the natiLre of atilM^d^J' vT "^'T ^^' ''^ ^'^P'^in
He meant, probably. .^,%«rff^.
If-
£i itiil
280
WAVKffl.KV NOVKLR.
o't wi* credit, win she or lose slm v„ » i •
tenement or I.wh honsownL ?' ,'*"'' ^""'^ ''" '"'"ri^r
tl.o Hllicide timt IH .t\ P"^" ""'"*«"' vcs to I,. l,„r,Ien«d wi'
wator-drap\ .r« c irr ""'f *'"' ^" '"^-i^-" the ..atnra
"'•-l.e«. God kens wl at oufa h ''";"" ''^ " '•^■^' '""' «''«
the hm to tell 1^1^'/?^' L»;'k.o Mu.I'Iuil sent down
/,'anlyloo out of tife w i w ndo^"^'^^^ I"' '''^' '""' '""''^^ ^''^
landmen that werosnS.rP r' '•"* ^'^''^'^P^^t for twa Hiyh-
suldna he tried VtrZTJi^V'V '?' '''' '«^"'*
Court-The Hieland li nlr .7' T ^'""^ "'^o the Ten-ALu-k
free-but hand yXe!^!^Z V'-- ''"'"^ ''^ ''''"' *""^''*
not Saddletree h:nZ^,X^ Zlf^' r^'^'''''' '''
<loor. The woman of the iSe wher lltl flof T'' "' '^''
ing with her nitcher frn.n '""'^^ ^'/^^V '^'^ M^^i'd, on return
ing water for Umit 1 .n/'" Y""'''"'"" ^^'^ '"^^' »'^'«" ^^t^'^-
ing at the door iuSt oT^ ^f'T ^'^^'^ ^'^'^"^ ^t''"^'!-
yot uuwillin. t; e ter untill ? ^n'u '^''^"^'" of Saddletree,
Pli JCio." '" *"' -'"" »'^- «"«-. '> '.eV„t leisure," r.
with, "Mr. Bmler heX' "''"r "«1 'h" '"iJitional ,^8itor
Tie Burnr^rlf n .1 '^' ™°'* '" "I'^'k tVe."
attoed X Jle "Ir Zf "T'A"-^" ''"""«• ^^» -""
annunciation. "°' """"'' •"« »l"tracut upon this
rcatoSt^S'iek a^i*f T. '*, *-^. *le alarn.
w no. ccn«,i j„, w''aff;;f:xt-;: i:^°re:
TJiK iii.:a!it op MID-LOTIIIAJ/ 281
1u;.;;n„, di^naso a„.l anxiety ..f un„.| ,..1 .„«.,e io her lovert
" Ay, to ho Hur,. " J, I'^T n ' •^^"iio-or your fiithor."
•^-•n i" the tail. e. ";;"',,;: '"Jl'/f "^ '[ ^"^"'« ''-> »-'cr
y"'« out to Libert or "ao 1 i. .. ' ''"'"' ^"•'''' ^^'"'* '>"m;,^8
lyi"fe' ill in tl.o LuilklnlluH?" '" '""""^'' '^"^ ^'""^ '"''^^-^
to whirl, she had resort I^ ZT ^ *''^'>' '^"'"^"'^^'^ "^ t»'« «<^tion
waa uhiiost QmlSe «l.o ' '^'^ f '^'"^ '^'"«'-'^tion for truth
I wanted to s ^ J fh' Mr ^"[.^'i'^^^V"'"^'"'-" ^''^^^ '« ^o suy,
father's an.l puir Etfio'3 " ' ""^''^ ""'"' *^"'^^««« ^'<' "'y
hJi:ttLtL';:j;o^^^^ ^*1-^ "^^^--^ ^r it be, yo
" It is not 1n«f 1 ^ . °" *^'^* ""^^J««t than his "
Hble'iirv 1 en^^:;:i, --^ «^'1 f-"-' -^0 -w consider.
tl.o secret purpo« o 1 elTournr Tl'r '''' ^''^'^'^'''^ "^^o
write a letter for «,e " ^ ' ^"* ^ '"''"* ^^'•- «"tler to
whIt^'lia:^;f^^i,S^^jtr.; ;^^ ,ry,u ten n.e
does to his clerk -Gc t v.. ' ^1*"^' ""' ^^'- (^^'-oHsmyloof
Butler." '^"'^^— Cfet your ,)en and ink /. initialibus, Mr.
^^tZ^ '' ^""^^' ^^^ ™^ •'- ^ands with vex'ation
Bit^of'gX^S o'fti^Sf' f "^L ^^^ -- ''^ —
will be soniewhat affront ,7 " f ^' J^*^* ^^'•- Whackbairn
up to their lossorL " ^°" ^" '^°^ ^'^^^ ^^^ boys caUe<i
a.k'allrf'play'daf "^^^^^^^^ -d I promised to
an.I see the handL u^i.i ''' ""l *^^* *^« ^^^^ '"iffht gang
their young S^sot\hr"' ^"^^^'^ ^ pleading effec't on
come to theLeS_!'S,f/«,.^;^ ^nowiug what they may
Deans; but ye maun use vSrLn ^\""°^ ^'' ^^'^ ^^«'-«' J^^^i^
-Keep JeJe heriilU Cfback mTr'h""^ ^-P^'^^^ ^'
ten minutes." ^^' ^^^- ^"tler ; 1 winna bide
hettvTdVc'n rrJ^^^^^^^^ ^^' - --^diate retun,,
" Keul^n." said tl e !jrr"r '' '^^ '™°^^-
-Lie, "110 fcaw ihe necessity of using the
I) i\
nil
282
WAVRTILEY NOVKLS.
"1 ™'''bl,'^ "^T "' ■'''■'""«'"« "'"" " ''""gl.t l.cr them,
,.,„I qije'"^. ' • '■"" «° "> I»™<l<'"-!'»x address the kmg
mau and UmL .CTlue ISd their t""/" " ""'","'
no .e bad folk =. wK' JS 'Jthe'^' """ '"^^ "=
crowns ou their heads -mr] fi,..,v i yery grand, wi their
everything, tZ":fhistta£.''' '"°« °' ''*'" "'-
relatfng toTeot?" saTB,'Ser™'?K'' ^'^ ""?' """"^ words
bring „e to speech of the k;:^. 2' '„:"' f'"™ '''' ''"' ™«'^
"Wi ■
THE HEART OF MTD-LOTHTV-V.
283
little Kfrrt'""" '"* """ '"•" ™''' •''»'"»• """" ■
willwritftoi'n',^'''h'''«^''^' ""'"' J ""' prove it._I
melfti T' •"?'? ''^- ''''™" y" ™tera„d tw'
i;; nl. mean^''™ " '"' " P°°' *-™ "f »--»• ^t we win
.10 'u\TV7 *" "Tf ■" '''P"''' ■'"»'"<' i " l"" "i'i»g wiu„a
h.1.~ * "™°''' '™''' ™<' P«>)'. M«I belt, and beiech «
the hiimao voice cau do to the huiiau heart A t« Jff-i '.^
m„sic that the ladies Imve for th™Tpi„?t L„t , '/fj ^VY
«core.s, compared to the same tune plaTd „r 8^.- ff^l Y,
u,o.,th mam. do it, or naething, feE"' " * ' """"^ "'
; ou So^;S d^t.t - s:- ''' — -
Alas, Reuben!" said Jeauie in her turn, -this mus* nnf
be,- a pardon wiU not gie my sister her fJr Zl iain or
xnake me a bride fitting for an honest man Z TlfJ'
ZT'-.^li' ^'"^ ^^^^ ^^'^^* he said in thTpu^it that
^^,::^r'' ''-'-' '' ' ^--- ''^' -^ condem'neSVt'
" But, Jeauie," pleaded her lover " T fin nnf k„i; i r
cannot believe, that Effie ha. done tids deed " '''"'' '"'" '
" hnfZ''' ^^""t ^' 5' '^^^°^ '^' ^«"ben,'' answered Jeanic ■
but she mami bear the blame o't afte" all " '
on you!" '^' ^^'^'' ''''' '^ '^'" J""*^^ ^"^^ ''^ ^''' ^l««« "ot fall
"Ah Reuben, Reuben," replied the young woman "ve km.
^t IB a blot that spreads to kith and kin.-IoLbod i ly ^Z
■t '
I
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ma
284
WAVRIfLKY NOVELS.
father says— the clorv is .Jonnrf^^ f
poorest .n.ui's house hfu. ^^1^^^^^ ''''''''''''> *"'>'* ^«
«livir,e heart, aiuiau hmiest fZn A , T; '^" *"'^ '^''"'^J". «
U.S 11'." """•''^ t.uiio— And the last has gane fr,ie
protect y.m?-a,id w o «h^ i «J';"rnoy without a mm to'
husband?" '"°"''^ *'''^t protector be but your
to .narry or be ^^Z^ Kalf'th f "Z!'^ '^ "V""'
»naun be in another and a hfl<-£ en ' , * ^"^'^ *'^«'' ^e, it
y« .^Pmk of pn)tecti " me of rnv "•~^''^^' '^'''^'' K«»l^«".
protect and tike care ^f Tou /IvL J"""'^>^r,^^''^ ' ^'^« ^i"
8tan,b-,ig for ten minutes oitl^lli"^ 7^"^ '""''"^ *^«°»W« with
a journey as far T^^onr '' '"^ ''''^'^ ^'"^ ""'^^^-t^^ke
jnorrow," ' '*^***^'^ ^ shall be quite well to-
fmn, kindly b. his fac^ she ad. 'f "^tW^"'''^ >\"^' ^"^
to me to see you in this vav But L I ? ^ ^^'^ *^« '''^'
for Jeanio's sake, for if sKna vo l^t T'\^'V^ ^^"^ ^'^^'^
wife of living man And nmv 2 !?' '^' ^"^ »«^«^ ^o the
-re, and bS God sp^'rif my^ ?' '^'" '" ''^^^^""^
, -^''«re Wiw something of romajicPh, 7 ;..• »
tion; yet, on consideration^^ Lnm J ' "^ -t"'°'^ ''^"'"-
by persuasion, or to givHer^ssi f? wT'^^^" *° ^^^^^^ i*
after some farther de^mte nut fnfn I'' Y ^^ "'^^*^«' ^"tler,
de.-:red, which, with £ ^n^;eVron in'\^'.°'^' '^' P^P^'' «''«
were the sole memoril ^1: . V"^^'"^ it was folded up,
Butler, his grandSer mnt u£ "' ff':"'^*^*^ ^'^le
Jeanie had time to take up his nod e/ R-n"^'' VrH' ^^'^""^^^t.
a scripture," ,he said a.s sHp sf • > J^' ^- ^ ^^^^ ^"''^''ked
kyle™ pen, that S be tefTto ''VJ'"^' "^^^^ y^^^
t-ik the trouble, Reuben to wrte J .1, .'''''*^' "^"^ ^^ "^^»«
help me, I have neitS header h ? ? '^^ ^'''^'''' ^°^' <^«d
time, forby now; and I tit hbn ."". ('' '""^^ ^^^'^^^^^ ^* «»y
THE UBABT OP Mltl-LOTIIIAN. 286
...a.....,a take l»l „' " ^i' T' "''""'' """"■ "•""" '"■'■ "" '
•."tercd a,Kl retu«l fro '«„,,! '" ™".'' ^■''"•'' "''" '.»'!
wl.o emere.1 i„„„c lia tev .L™ f "««"',"'>"• SuWIelroo,
™a mtl. les,U di4.1S Ir ZcC'rr''''* •"'""■'
meaning. At len<^th tlm ino-^ i ! ^^"^''•y^f' *« '»"» no iota of
wa. a Baron Cotfto h d at ' "'rV^^^^^^''^'^^^ ^'''^^ ^''-«
containing two or threfnL„ . ", f''^'''^' «"'-^"««. '"^ Paper,
With a black l^d 'end «^ f ^' '^f^P^^'^ ^"^'^"^ 'he book
twenty-fifth ver^ of tl h" l'^ """"'Y '^« ^^^^^'^"th and
thata^ightcouTLn^'h h^ifblriht t^'^'T^^ ''"^«
wicked."--! have boon yZnTZ^ ^' "«hes of many
I^- seen the righte:/rLC:rhS:^/t^
hi« wants: he pSc tt g iVto Mslf/r^^^ «"PP'^ <-
ever tne metal wa« greeted wih v ^ ^^ "":"■" ^^""^ *^'^"
devout firmness ancl^Sll! ^etir?'' .1' '"'^'"^'^ ^«'-
ambition, and hLs iirst Z^ !Z H . ""'' ^^'"^ P'*^^' «^ hi«
Deans of hi« daughter's rt I Vl T" "" '''■''"""' *« ^^^^^
8t„rJ,>H »vrn- ;" • ^^^'' -fO" ''"'J journey southward TT»
'" v.cT^ ^.„timent, and oven every phr«.o, w"hldi h;
If
:'i|i
J^
28G
WAVTiRLEY NOVELS.
adverted to But 3^00!'.;^^ f ^'"'1'''''^ ^^''" ^'' ^'^'<^^f^^^
clo^vn, who had freau.nfT r '^'u 5' '^'''^e of an honest
d'do^ product ax rS r r7' ""^ ""' ^ *''' '"^^ '^^ ^'^
CEAPTEE TWENTY-SEVENTH.
■' Aly native laud, good uighl, "
LoKD Byeon.
occasion tK;irfrL , ' 'f^' ahve remember that upon one
l'o.^Om.ATtJZ IJ^thXcne'leS^'it"'. "■^h'^^'l
end J fatgu " To Ce fe hf 'T,''^' ""'^« ^l"" ™'''
constant el,ige o?;„t™a.t\tT £'"'f„r'°th''eTh \''
SSrfrC^^^^^^^^
ti,.,e» VarthetV/er* Z t:S ^'^t^'ATT^,
sdvanced as far as Durham. ™ "'^ "' Scotland, and
I'HK lIEAliT OF MID-LOTIIIAN. 28?
or ^:'^2JXJ'z:^^T^ ''' °^" -""^^-^«^^'
too familiar to attract ml to^tlo f Bur" ."" ^ "^'^'^
she perceived th-it hntu 1 "-^^""oii. But as she advanced,
though iH her hlf .lu f ^^f^^^^^'^ '^«^« escaped; and aJ-
to Sifeer it a pa X!^ t™ '?' '' ""^'"^^' ^"^ ^^^l^ospitable,
attire, yet eL haTVe S '" "''"'"!' "^ *'^« ^^^^^^ «^ ^^^
clreas which attrfctS in /''? *,' ^*'^' *^««« P^^^s of he:
screen was 11 iedlrlll "''l^ observation. Her chequed
to the nat o3 eSt-Tln ^'^ '^«^ bundle, and she conformed
t].e whole day st S^V'T"^' 1^'^'^ "''^ ^^^'^^^'^^^^^ ^'>'-
v^astrife,it wilanfor2?.,n^^ n^ ''^''' ''^''^'^^ ^^'^
Bhoes a.\nthout them t 1 ''''^'' «ae^'omiortably with the
by the road-side! -^tha "^^Th:^^^^^^^^^ ^^^f-
t]ie screen, which was driu-,.!, fi , , "• "'^'"^ ^^''^t of
those worn byX Pn'iL '•",'^ ^*\^ '^>'S« «traw bomiet like
" But I th ul^ttco £i"?^^^^^^ ^^^?"""^' - «- fields,
put on a maiTiedTomant ;I ^ " f'' ''^''^' " ^^'^ ^''^ ^"^e I
With these chai ;r.h haTS ^f T^ ^' ^'i"^' "^^^^^"•"
kenspeckle M-hen Bhfdidna sik»l,T,'^^^' '"'^^^ ^'^^ "^^'^^•
•Irew do«-n on her so Z?v i f«' f !"' '''''°* ^"'^ ^^"S"^^'"
?^«^oi« by far thZhera^'Hf' T^ ^'^''' '°"«^«^ ^ ^ ^^'orse
tcrest to talkStlJeanJi, tn "^'" '°'" -^"^ ^^ ^^'^ ^''' ">
therefore, civO ah Lt ons of ^ "•' ^'''''^^'- ^^' ^^'^'^'<
courtesy, and chose S\n •'"'•' P^'^'^Sers with a civi
of repo'; as lookedl ^nP.T?', ''''^'P^'^-^on, such places
found the clmon neol TV,^^^^^^^^^^^ She
coiu-tesy to str^^ers S f °lf ^' '^^'^""°'' '"^^^^^ ^
more unfreq iTef ciuntt v./''' *^'^ ^''''^'"^ ^" ^«^' «^™
deficient iii trreal duHo V ' "fv *^'' '^■^^^^'^' '^>' "« "^e^ns
food, and shelteJ and n ^f of liospitabty. Slie readily obtained
sometimes th'^^^^^^^^^ ^ ' ^^ moderate rate, which
I'se ne'er take ,en,.voT.f • l^""^ '''''^' '^^"'■^' ^^^eo, la;s,s, and
fa-iend thoitn'S ^ the^^"^ "°"^^'^ ^'"^^ ^ ^^'^ ^^^ best
i--„.ji.j aoppeu fur tlie btial part of a day,
? I
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388
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
partly to in I e two S ' ? T % ^^ '" ^°'"»try woman,-
in operation of Ze 1 1 ^ lm7J''Y' ft^-"'"^-' Butler;
moans tlu-se of liteZ o"! t on ^ h'f ^^^'%being by no
the following words Z '°"'^''''^'°"- ^ ^''-^t *« her father was in
heai^andZS™^^ P''^'^"* P"»^™«S« more
it i.s Without yourSv H'll tr *" "«^^^ ^h'^'
trary to iriv heart • fnr ^ "5'/^"'^"' ^od knows, was far con-
daugl^ter inlTuU be^^S'"''^ T' ''^''^*'"^« ^°^ ^^ the
father,' where n it mv It ^'''*''""* *'^« ««"««°t of the
journ^ -ith:;:;^ ri ,r^^:ia*;t ^'i: ^^^^
upon my nind that I slmnlJ >,» ^'^ V ''^^"^^^^S' i* was borne n
Bitter in'this extllt;': t^^^^^^^^^ to help my poor
wealth or for world's 4r or for h;.^ .^f f ^^'^^ J ^ad not, for
Lugton, have done the [ikL'Ii '-f ^^"'^' ^^ Da'keith and
knowledge. Oh L- fi,l ' ""'fl'"'^ ^""^ ^''^ "^i" and
Jom-ney,1,„d upo;/y^uM^^^^^^^ ''^\^''''' "^ ^'«««"^-- ^n my
of con'fort to yo /poor wf ' T/1 " 7'"^'' '''^'' ^ ""«
Borrowed and suffered and vpS j i '\'. '''^ '""^*^'^' «he ha^
forgie others, al we pnv ^o t f •'' *^''^ '"^' "^'-^^ ^« "'«"»
my saying this" Sle'lr U dl rLo''"" ^^^^'-'^»-'e
instruct gi-ey hairs • but J S f . "^ "" y*'""^ head to
yearns to^e'a', a"l fail! 1:^1 ZXT/e\l\1 "^ 'T'
trespa^ss, and sae I nap fJnni.f • , ^® "^^^^ ^o^S'^Q her
The folk here are civil and oZ^'T ?'" "^'^ ""'''^^ ^^^
apostle, hae slmmneiZtht., '^^^"^"''^"« ""to the holy
chosen 'people in the land for^h"''V "^'^ ^^'''' ''' ^ '<>'^ ^^
organs tLt^re Hke ou^ld ar. 7n^f '""?' ^''^' ^'^h^"*
the minister preachL Sout a go.^^ Ir^o;^^^^^^^^^^^ ^'^'^
are prelatLsts, whilk is awfu' to S- and TT f *^' '°^*^
were ministers following hunds ashnn^^ ??'^^''' ^'" ^h'"^*
the young Laird of Loud thSl' .,f ^°'^^° ^r Driden,
A sorTo4' sight to bel ddl^ Oh' T ^l^^^^' ^ ^^'^^^^^
be with your down-lhiiand n^ ' -^ ^1^''' "^^^ ^ Messing
prayers /our a/fer/aTe^^terc^ir"^'^^ ^" ^^^^
"Jkan Deans."
A postscript bore, " I letmied frnm „ ^„ ^
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
,.„ . — 289
boiled wi' «ope ancl Ct8hon^^ ' ""^^'^^Jy a mutchkia,
creature's tWwi'anewSi YnT'- ^f. ""'"^''^ ^'^ ^h
fueled yeiu--auld q«ey an iH;.. n ^V ^^ ** "'^ *h« ^ausou-
She wa.s a kiud woman m. 1 1 °^,fe^'Je, it can do nae iU.^
When I reacS/Lrnor ifj^'"^^
Gl-s, the tobaconi^H't the s ^ o' L' Tl^ > '"J^ "'"'"" ^'''•
a^ to send you down your sruch !n fJ '' ""^^ '^ "'^ ^'^^^i'
Bhe must bewoU kend in io^'Tlrr V'"' ^^ ««
out where she lives." ' ' ''°"^'* "o* e'^^^ to find
rar't^'^mret?^^^^^^^^^ confidence thu.
i.apa.t to the reader hrrLte'rhTw; '''' '^^°"'^' ^^
^^^^^Z^T^^,'^-'''^^' yo^ ^ette,
am not wearied uithwallZb^;;^,?^ ff^'^^^'^^vn safe, and
;ave seen many thin.^s wh c7l trL to f' '' ^'' ''- ^^ ^
the muclde kirk of this ptce • 2 lu ^'^ T ^^y* ^««
mills, whilk havenamu kle whedsnorr ij'l7°^ l^' '^^ ^^«
tlie wind-strange to behold Tne mill t"?'' ''"* ^^^ ^^
and see it work, but I wati not for T « ?^"^ '"^ ^'^ ^^"g ^^
to make acquaintance JthrL^^ 'V ^f ',7' "^ *^^ «^"^h
and just beck if onybody sSs ^^ J ^ *S' '^'^'^'^^* ^^^'^^
"aebody with the ton^bift Zm.l !? ' •'''^^' ^^^ ^'^^^ers
B'itler, I kend onytLg hT w-V nT^ ""^ ''^^*; ^ ^^^h, Mr.
-f medicines in Ls t?^^ o • yl Tit wa^'"' '" c?'^^ ^^
and siu-ely som. of them wad h^ t.ui! V '"^ ^ Scotland,
ye had a kinj^y mo h^W bodv tf ' ^""^ complaints. I(
wi' the bairns in the sSrT / •''^'^ "'"^ *^^° ^"e^h
good heart, for we are m the hand. o^aJ^u ^^'' ^'«P ^
what is gude for us than we ken what ,W ^'^^ ^'^ ^'''''
nae doubt to do that for wWch I am nnl / ""''"""• ^ ^'^^
I wim.a think to doub ir^beca^ T^J "Tf, ^°"^^ ^^
how shall I bear mvsolf w7f>. ' . ^^^''^ ^^ assurance.
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i
rowing ^ay * co,.ldim IciU the tln-ee silly poor bog-lams. And
If It bo God'.s pleasure, we that are sindered u. soitow .nav me" t
again in joy, oven on this hither side of Jord^ui I dinna b i
ye nund what I sai.l at our partin' aneut my poor faZii
that rnisfortnnate lassie, for I ken you mU doL for he X
of Chnstian charity, whilk is mair than the ent eat es oftr
that is your servant to command, ""cacics oi ncr
"JkANIE DKANg."
This letter dso had a postscript. " Dear Keuben If ye think
that ,t wad hae been right for me to have said mSand k ler
things to >o, just think that I hae written sae, since Han ur«
IbuTit'^'X fT"'f" 'r" ^'^^° J'-eaiu/shoon evTo!
a it'slhn W^^ here for decent, bodies, ai.d ilka land
J as it s am Janulaw. Ower and a])oon a', if laugliing davs were
eer to come back again till us, ye wad laugh ;eel to see Tv
round face at the far end of a strae fio../n,r., that looks is
r«l 1 'I*^ """"^ ''V^'' ""■^^'^^" ^^'^'^ "^ Liibc-r on Kirk Bu
t sheds the sun wecl aff, and keeps uncivil folk frae starinf4
wi'X Dule r7T f "^J '''' >'« ''y -'^ ^^- 1 -™' -
uL 11 f ^'^^''' '''^^'" ^ ^'"^ "P to Limnon. Direct a
hne, to say how ye are, to me, to the charge of Mrs uZVi
Glass, tobacconmt at the sign of the Thistle, LunnofXk
easier. Excuse bad spelling and writing, as I have ane iU pen."
to JetirfaXTttr'' these epistles may seem to the southron
to require a better apology' than the letter expresses thou-rh a
bad pen was the excuse of a certain CalwegiLi laM fo bad
[March said to Aperill,
I Hfie three hogs* upon a hill ;
Bnt when the bonvwed days were'gane
The three silly h ogs came hin.lin bame.]
• A young sheep before it has lost its firwt floe.ie.
Att-uttrnf/UMli
ran irnART or .wid-lotklut. ,5,
teiou /brm the «tro„gJ cm r JV l""™'''?'™'' »"'*.'»''«
thc,rcorr«,„de„cou,„ll,;-,ttrtl"' '" '•'""^ "*^» *'"-'■
»i.e actually felt. But thi wa, wmS ^ • n"°f *"<»' 'I™
I'fr lather au,l lover from araXl ""^''' "''^'' '"'■•<>li«vtag
*c wa» sensible m,«t ^"atK t^'T •°".?"'' '«^'™"'. -vhicb
'liey think mo >reel ami 111,! .1 '""■ """■■'' 'rouhta. " j.
u.tf th^'^&i^^: :srh:m:„rr^' "-^ "-' «-
concerning the time in which tW t ' , i *f ""^^ '"l^^es
burgh. MTheo t^is duty wS perfol ', ^t^^ *' reach Edin-
'er Iandlady'8 pressing L^TticSrto fH ' ' 'f f^^^'^ '-^^'^^P^^d
till the next morning." S1^^L\l o ""'J'' ^''' ^^ ^«"'-i^
countrywoman, and the eaimerwith T^ ^ '"'^^' ^^ ^''
meet, communicate, and, tf Se exS rit -^'""^^^ P'^'^I''"
each other, although it s often oSt.fl f ''' ^''^''' ^''^'^
and narroM-nes. of sentiment so^uftn th' "" "^ " P^^J"^"^«
from a most justifiable and honrr'oM f'''''^'^^> to arise
combined with a convirt on which -f f'""^ '^ Patriotism,
smce have been confute bvpln- '^^r^^'ed, would long
principles of the nation ^e a sohT''^''' ^'^^^ *^^« ^^^its and
of the individual. Tt ty T, % f "^T '" *^^ ^^--*-
this national partiaJity be coS' d ! '"'^I'l'.'^' ^^"^"'^e of
"ig man to man, and ca^S Wh^ "'' f^^''''^ "^' ^^^d-
can render them to the ^ZfrZt \ f""^ ''^''' ^^ s"^^ a^
we think it must be found t^^eeed' ^'^P'^' *° ^^^^ ^^«^«
motive to generosity, tha more im ! T ? ^'^^^ ^"^ ^^^^^t
of general benevolen e, whiX ' E ' '.°'^ ^^^'^ P^^^^^P^^
the CastlZt^'io^'^L ?; r'"^* "^ *^« Seven Stars in
prejudices o'f her S^ WeJdlfi' T ."" ^^^^^^
ness to Jeanie Vem7 (helT \t^ ^''^^T'^ '' "^""'^ ^<i-
woman, 7aarc/ud with Mid Tni, • f.^^^^' ^^' '■ » Meree
showed such moCw^^d t^^^ "" ""^/'^ "^^"^^ ^^ bom)!
^her progress, that'Se w;'"*^ T^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^i'
Jeanie .boaght nerself safe, though by
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WAVPIKLKY NOVELS.
te.nper m.ffioiently cautious, in commuuioatin, her whole stor,
effeotu^U good advice ^ ^^ ^^"* '^'' "^^ ^^^^ ««°^«
'Ay, but highwayTiien, hwsie," said Mrs. Bickerton • "fnr v«
are come into a more oivili^pd tlmt !. t -^'CKerton , for ye
to 8cora. bJ °ln. thn, ,f fl,'- t"^' """^ ™"''' '™Sh thee
direction intl jS"fe *h " J " w V "'*' '"""■" ""■ "'"' ""' "
.Me^scott.. .1. rtSv, ^vrjsjiCtioS's
her .„i„a .c„.e<, u. wh,« t^ttj^t 'STh^S
'HIE HEART OP AriD-LOTlirAN.
It
O" « sJver call, whioh wm L„ t > ""'' •';'" '''" "W'^'W
6.™«m„, „„,, a ii,r,p™'»"^' ""h " li»tchewace, a «,„i„t, a
«- «p'S'r (*V:r^-;"i ■•- -..0 ...■ authoHt,
, " ,%e, eye, Cta, fci^ ™f »»»' tinnp «■ the road." '
.ho,, den, tewUt a rc^C'Z X '*' "'™««'"'-' '"«
Mi^. Bickerton, ha«dr/l,; ! ^.T' '''"^^'"'^ ^^^^ '"est, man V said
^ve« Jea,ie D^T "^ ''"" '^'' P^^*^^*^«" which Ratdiffe had
When Dick had looked af *},„
eye extended his ffrote^nn! * '.W' ^« ^^^^ked with one
navgable canal, scrSeT 's head Iw T ^'^ ^-' "^ «"
Ken .'—ay—maybe we ken Inf^ / ^'^"^>'' ^^^ then said
hmi, mi«tre8s !" ^'° '""'"^a*' an it werena for harm to
ant habiliment, "17™ ,1 1 "'f,'"'J'«t"ient of that i,nport
^e-lh ™ the ;„,d, anTatt S ""'' •*" *■"' I* ^endTed
country a while as rl-kf u ."""~^"^ ^^'« ^««^ ^"t o^hJ^
ro^o' this side Stamford^ ^ ^oS T^^^'^^' ^ '^-P^ t^
Without asking farther m ?^ '^'""^ P^^^^-"
'^' question., the landlady fiJJed Dick
HH
WAVKRLKY NOVELS.
I'll pHr)tr tor It will Herve thee, assure thvaelf"
A neat httlo supper concluded the evening The extiort^d
Wtter fia rt t. *'^''. ''°''' "■ "P"" "f "" entreaties to
ehls of'fcl; ::S ■"" """"'« °"^ "l"" ^"«<"«We., with a
'^^oLt^TlS'U'°Ji T «'\.-»P'«»» «f any
rtn inded her of the precautions she should adont for ..nn
' 'HAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTH.
And Need . ,: Misery, Vice and Danger, bind.
In sad aUiuuce, each degraded miud.
nrK URxuT OP Mir.-LOTnuy. jpf
'V'in h..l^\V..,' ;j \^ «"-'-j^ Hill, .oung o.!^
VHle of Hover. jZLZLi \ ^''' ^" ^"^"'^ y*'' '" *»'«
honed 8tco I which Lwl^, ^' ■ ""'"'"' '''«'''" ^ *»"' raw-
liobin If 00,1 wa« « yeon,«n Huht good
An.l hi.s bow w(w of truHty vow '
An.l -f Uobi„ HaU .tuu.I on K. ;«•« loa-laml
I ray. vvby hI.ouJ.1 not we «ay «o Jo r '
Jwmio pursued hor jouniev vvithm.f f.rH • •
conforeuco. A painf.U "', 1' "" *"* P''"'""^ '»'«->
bridge, the best T hen 1 1 ^TrT'^ ^'''^!^' ^^^^ to Ferry-
road ; an,l an intr du ' ° ^ , Z' Tl '^ ''''''' "^'^*''-"
«wn simple and .,uio n L.r ' ^.'^:^«'"t"n. addo<l to her
conve.uent acconunodatiou o f a nir "^T ^'''''''''^ ''«'• '''e
turning to Tuxford so hut in ^ '" v".'^ poHt-horse then re-
day after leaving^ the J IT-''^'''^''''^"''^^^ *^« ««««"''
She wa« a good lalttig d bfu LS^^^^^^ '.T' ^^^ "^^'^•
ehewaa loss accuatomed th-u, to wni? ''V'*''''""'^' *« ^hieh
later than usual on tl e e^" '7 "^'' ^"' '' ^^^ ^"''«'derably
able to resume he p^r^"^ T""''' '^f t ''^' ''^^^^^
Trent, and the blackin d ruinfof Nel^ r 'l? ^""^l^ed-anned
the great civil war, lay before her ^''^ ^'''^^\> demolished in
that Jeaiu,. had no curisitv n mL ^V™'^ '""^^^ ^« «"PPo««'i,
entering the town Z t !■ >> ^^^ "^jt-iuanau researches, but
been directed at F;.7b dt 1vhn« >' '"" '' ^'"^^ «''« ^ad
ment, she observe.l theTrfwhn > If •^'"'^"''^^ some refresh-
several times with fixed nn'I '?"^^* '^ ^ ^^^^ looked at her
her infinite ^.X^ntuJe ffT"' ^*"^*' '^^ ^' ^^t, to
those of Dandie Din.nont ■mau7A/l„- ^"T^ ^'' characters, were
»i.tcliffe in the Heart o/mI^HT''^''^' ^""^''l ^^ ^ W. a^d
J
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296
WAVEKLEY N0VP:LS.
versal cms torn, shj answered the question by anothei, reqiiestuig
the girl would tell her wliy she asked these questions 1
The Maritomes of the Saracen's Head, Newark, replied, " Two
women had passed that morning, who had made inquiries after
one Jeanie Deans, travelling to London on such an errand, and
could scarce be persuaded that she had not passed on."
Much surprised and somewhat alarmed (for what is inex-
plicable is usually alarming), Jeanie questioned the wench
about the particular apj)earauce of these two women, but could
only learn that the one was aged, and the other yoimg ; that
the latter was the taller, and that the former spoke most, and
seemed to maintain an authority over her companion, and that
both spoke with the Scottish accent.
This conveyed no information whatever, and with an inde-
scribable presentiment of e\Tl designed towards her, Jeanie
adopted the resolution of taking post-horses for the next stage.
In this, however, she could not be gratified ; some accidental
circumstances had occasioned what is called a rmi upon the
road, and the landlord could not accommodate her with a guide
a,nd horses. After waiting some time, in hopes that a pair of
horses that had gone southward would return in time for her
use, she at length, feeling ashamed at her own pusillanimity, re-
solved to prosecute her journey in her usual manner.
"It was all plain road," she was assured, "except a high
mountain called Gunnerby Hill, about three miles from Gran-
tham, which was her stage for the night.
_ " I'm glad to hear there's a hill," said Jeanie, " for baith my
sight and my very feet are weary o' sic tracts o' level ground-
it looks a' tlie way between this and York as if a' the land had
been trenched and levelled, whilk is very wearisome to my
S(X)tch cen. When I lost sight of a muckle blue hill they ca'
Ingleboro', I thought I hadna a friend left m this strange land."
" As for the matter of that, young woman," said mine host,
" an you l)e so fond o' hill, I careiia an thou couldst cany Gun-
nerby away with thee in thy lap, for it's a murder to post-horses.
But here's to thy jouiuey, and mayst thou win well through it,
for thou is a bold and a canny lass."
So sajnng, he took a powerful pull at a solemn tankard of
home-brewed ale.
"I hope there is nae bad company on the road, sir?" said
Jeanie.
" ^V}ly, when it's clean without them I'll tliatch Groby poo)
THE HEART OP MID-LOTHIAN.
297
wi' pancakes. But there arena sae mony now ; and since they
hae lost Jim the Rat, they hold together no better than the
men of Marsham when they lost their common. Take a drop
ere thou goest," he concluded, offering her the tankard ; " thou
wilt get naethuig at night save Grantham gruel, nine grots and
a gallon of water."
Jeanie courteously declined the tankard, and inquired what
was her "lawing?"
"Thy lawing! Heaven help thee, wench! what ca'st thou
that?"
"It is — I was wanting to ken what was to pay," replied
Jeanie.
"Pay? Lord help thee! — why nought, woman — we hae
drawn no liquor but a gill o' beer, and the Saracen's Head can
spare a mouthful o' meat to a stranger like o' thee, that cannot
speak Christian language. So here's to thee once more. The
same again, quoth Mark of Bellgrave," and he took another
profound pull at the tankard.
The travellers who have visited Newark more lately, will not
fail to remember the remarkably civil and gentlemanly manners
of the person who now keeps the principal inn there, and may
find some amusement in contrasting tliem with those of his
more rough predecessor. But we believe it will be found that
the polish has worn off none of the real worth of the metal.
Takmg leave of her Lincolnshire Gains, Jeanie resumed her
solitary walk, and was somewhat alarmed when evening and
twilight overtook her m the open ground which extends to the
foot of Gunnerby Hill, and is intersected with patches of copse
and with swampy spots. The extensive commons on the north
road, most of wliich are now enclosed, and in general a relaxed
state of police, exposed the traveller to a highway robbery in a
degi-ee which is now unknown, except in the immediate vicinity
of the metropolis. Aware of this circumstance, Jeanie mended
her pace when she heard the trampling of a horse behind, and
uistinctively drew to one side of the road, as if to allow aa much
room for the rider to pass as might be possible. When the
animal came up, she found that it was bearing two women, the
one placed on a side-saddle, the other on a pillion behmd her,
as may still occasionally be seen in England.
" A braw good-night to ye, Jeam'e Der^ns," said the foremost
female as the horse passed our heroiiie ; " What thmk ye o'
yon bonny hill yonder, lifting its brow to the moon ? Trow ye
d ' ■' !
298
WA\^RI.EY NOVKr.3.
bere'^ ratter .Irei^h faiUp^at ' " '^' "'°"«'' °"^ ""^^
oa, ta w„r<,3 wUeh Jeanle tart b i^Xir '° "^^ '"
" Trnfl, , in. ' ° ''""'™ »■■ 'eU e ttcr J"
wha i:^""J^J;r' "° 3'*,"'?,?™'' I ''""^'. »"'i-»S
at its ain toe ■«" V,° "f!/"' f,"^"' " ""^ "s^* '*« ai" totti?
strange coluu" titlut ,aZ " J "f " ■°''™--' »»" i- »
Wore her, ca.e near to &!X.^ZLZi"SZ^
tion tf the passaTl/hp ?!,-,'''''',"«, """'1"'=' "" ««""™a-
this singuIaJS™^ ° iappilyapphed to JeauieDeaus upor,
word could be LSfe !„Tn f*'''' '"'.' "«""■ ^ »""''' »
meritorious. She had not. l/*^. Protection iu a taslc m
calmed by these reflection. "^ ,, '"""''' '^'^''"- '^*'' » "'»''
and more insra^t S'T'of ^ *° ^ '"'^""'"^ •>? » ""
taking amonrsome col ^Tl ^™ '"™' "'«' 'atl been
■net her T the roll T' "' "" "» *« ^™"«''. and
«"« 'oaJ m a menacmg maimer. "Stand and
-maybe we
our rainny
, and half
while the
urge her
it is your
onsiderirtg
ain battle
iwa^ inan,
drowned
he inarti-
hensions
and in a
ming, by
appeared
[)mus : —
snt, and
ontinua-
.us upon
ate and
such a
;ask so
a mind
a new
d been
d, and
id and
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Sl'ljf torn bv'^'"' ' ''"' '''''' '^^^°"' "' ^* «-ook-frock,
umt ^ waggoners. '
„r,.i . 7^an," said the other, a tall thm ficrure "does not
understand the words nf nntinr, v^ "oi"e, aoes not
your life." action.— Yoiu: money, my precious, or
teuderit"' tW ""'Z^^^^' T'''^' gentlemen," said poor Jeanie
prS d Htn ^ Pfr" ''^^'^ '^' ^^ «^P^^t«d from he
prmc.pal stock and kept apart for such an eraer^encv • ^'bn
'"iZTi'f '' ""'''. ''' '' ^« «"« ^- mrfave'i',"
thesWern';^^'' "^^i^""^- u^"" "^'^ ^ ''' ^^^^^ P^« " «aid
itefon theTotS /. "^'/''^^^ gentlemen are to hazard their
fn J?h,-? u^ *"" ''^ '"^'^^^^^ ^ <^^i3 way ? We'U have everv
^-thmg you have got, or we will strip y'ou to the S, ZZ
siol^LT^?'''''' ""^^ '"""^^^ *'' ^a^« somethmg like compas-
a d 'no IT' T - ''"^^^ countenance now ex^ e^S,
take he? word f<^'n " "" "T '^ '^' ^^'"'^^ ^^*^^-«' ^'^ ^«'"
proof Hrt f '' '^lio'^t putting her to the stripping
rtheT;.?n ^'' ""'^ ^'' ^^' ^^°^ "P to J^«ave«, and say tWs
isjhe la.t penny you have about ye, why, h.mg i^ we'U let ^
that w^^'tC ^T^jy^'i 'tf'''''' '^"°"' "that's a coin
to sei^e her ' ''''^ ^* ^''^ '^^' *^"^« ^'^^le a motion
''^s!::^\^^l^-^ suddenly occurring to her;
BavalJ^tffiau' ''i^n '' '^ f^*'^"'^^' ^^^^^" '^^^ ^^e more
it f jS^Tth^S^^^^^^^ If^ ?~" -« ^^ ^ -^^ -^
looke'd':t'thV"wt o'Tap'r ^,^f '''T *n'^^^' ^^^^^^^'
cutter's law." ^^ "^^^ '^^''^^ "'"^^ Pa^« by our
^lZ^oX:^^^r^^ "^- ^- lea the lay,
talJJrSf ;S.' '"' '"■" '"" ^^™ ^" ^^^^ «-<' -^ the
_ " But what are we to do then V said tb« shorter roan « W-
P-mz.ed, you icnow, to strip the wench.and send h^f^Vj^;
M'l
• m^
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kVATKRLEY N0VKL3.
hX™'" "" ""^^""-^ »"°''y. "»J now you are for l„„i,,
Am't keep chattering till «„,,. 't„„„n "*""' " "'™. '"'i
of ::rr"dLT/:i'irt:ttii;:ri';'n-^""- •'°™
Iiave in tlie w<,r].I " ^ *''*' '^'^'^^^ •' '"'^th'-'r take all I
"ot leave the road a^ud come S ,« ".° ^'""' ''"^ ^^>'«" ^>"
your h,-ai,Ks out where you "Ld"' "' '-'^ "^«' ^"^ ^'^ beat
Leicester hcans raUle iu thft^ ''n/ ''"'• ff ^^'^« ^^e
-.U not .mow him to lay a W^tri/""^^ ^^If' ^^^^' ^
on with us ; but if vou kopn {.w, I, ' "^ y''" '^''^k ^'-"etly
l^^ave hm. to settle ir^tli^'f'^^^^ '^''''' ^"'^ '^«' ^u* ^'^^
only protection from the most Wni\ f «f '"J^er mood" her
not ouly followed him .7etn tl , S T'^^ ^^' ^^'^^^^'^^^^
E^edly ..rel ^c'St t tSd^ tr^^^^^-f
JI;x;sihe;j^jL^r;::.;^^ f'^^'f ^-^-^ --
a sort of track or by-path whiohr '.^'"'''^ *^'"* '^'^ M
appreheusious, wWch ^^oldd have ? ^^^^^^"^ P'«^ of her
they not «eemod to foUow a detel^T ^T'^^ ^^^^^^^ had
After about hajf-an-hourwaiw "^^^ '^^^?''^^°^^ '"«"*«.
they approached an old b-JTr J;?,t k . !' ''^ ^^'"''^''""^ «"eDce,
cuJtivated grn,md but em^; fT ''""?•"" *^^^ «'^^« ^^ «ome
It wa. itstif, ho^'fer Tnt ?T 7''^^^^^
window.s. • tenanted, for there was light in the
One of the footpads ecratohed nf f»,o a
by a female, and they enteml ^"H .. ' ""^''^ ^^a.. opened
An old womkn, whoTo. T'^^^^^ Prisoner,
stifling fire of lighted oh JoTSf d ^^ .^ of a
^-^ ^"'^^' "1 the name of the
e for letting
il vlii.spered
t then, and
• nab us."
a," said the
u were born
' taJve all I
'■ the other
if you will
It I'll beat
on, — "An
■ make the
"1, girl ; I
Ik quietly
e, but I'll
lagiiiatiou
lood" her
therefore,
e, lest he
1 he was,
!uoe, and
eceive no
iJg more
hey kept
t of her
sed had
i route.
silence, .
3f some
•itation.
in the
opened
risoner.
ce of a
of the
THE KKART OF MID-LOTIflAN.
enough, but not such a« vo^ would lb ' "^T ' ^'« '^^« ^'"^
"Sho has got a i^rk Lr T p /.'a-^'^^ ^^'-^"^^^
fallow, ''andLnkCwt^h^n^''^'"'' .^'•^'^ '^' ^^-'^
the mill." '^*'" * ''^^ 0^ 0^^ Puttiiig her through
"No that I wUl not bv n ,i i"
oM Moth,. Blood JM^lX^L:Z7fJ'''':'',- "''"' "
her iMk to Scotland without )^nr„ u " '","" ^'"'«. »"• «»"''
iu tli„t_„ot I." ' ' '"'"'"=' •"»•. ^'hy. I see no har,n
held a knife „p ,„ it Z,t ti, ;li '^""1 ,"'" ?"'^" (»•"' «!'«
best Mood in ;„t U^"™; '^l^f '- "■««) "in ti.e
on hi, gnatd, he^void d t, 1 LSetv i'fTI' "^ "" ™
«n^s::ti:i:,s^^^^^^^^^^
-;:?"!• S' trh"j:„thotrtt'."^T "- -^ ^°"-
forced the hag backwar,!, by nuUn W w ,„ ","'' '" T'"«' ''»
until she sunk on a himeh Sll ' T''" ""■'"'« vehemently
hands, he held >,p ht, C t^wSheHo t "' '""■°« «° ''^'
by which a maniae is intimSS by hiL w""?* ''°*"™
to produce the desired e/rect • f™. .1 i- .'"^'^l*'^' I' appeared
from the seat on wSch t ha,f „I , i'' "'" ^"""l" '» ■•«
me.u,ures cf actual violeme b,,, „V "''I ^'"•■'"' '" '•«™'' m
i».po.en^.,e,andI*°ria^^
F-i r- tht?enS^sSt: ^r'ftris rth '<%■■ -'^
^Vo^irr - -«^ f h^^r^erl^: if rteti
" '" ^^^^ -^^omur, who entered witb
■-«
I
PI
.ill
302
WAVKRLKV NOVKLS.
i»' su:„- :i^',!: - -r -r "-' "
wanl. to brW un ' V rr/ '"=?'V«'^^''"g your prayers back-
The tone of Z^r f '^^■^"^"'t'^'^e tJie deil aiaang ye?"
or for what cause, she was tnt.,n/o+ i x ' *"?"^h by whom,
the style of her ronvemtion S ) "'' ,*' conjecture. From
knowledge in hi^feir Se t ol L '^ "^'-^'^ P'^^'^^'^ ^'•
of our Dcmativ-e ^ acquaintance in the earlier part
the'SlfofTdraSt of'l^r' ^'''V''' '''' '^'^^^^^ -
means of accomiatV^^^^^^^^^ ^e had found
lam prinks, and your dim -rfrl'- "^^ ^''"" ^''' ^f Bed-
in th? devil sX; IZ tTe " Z;?' " "^'^ ""=^* ^^^^ 'l"^^*^^
jug out of which htld ten'd^ W^^^^^^^^^ ^"""^^ ^^« ^^1^-
a. to the true uature d-TS s^ltf' " '^.T' ?' '"^'^™^"^^ ^'^^
it,-" What's thi o'f ;f f *?*<^^°"' and the danger attendmg
"Douce Davie De ns he aSl-rfT'^. ^^^^^^ ^^^^fire^
a gipsy's barn, and th; nigh s ti it fV''' '7'''''^' '-
een!-Eh, sirs the fallinrnff n- fi ^his is a sight for sair
.ister. in the ToLtf o \ t^^^^^^^^ ^'-t'other
for my share-it's my mothe w^t ' ill Tn T'' ""7 ^'' ^'''
though maybe I hae L muckle X " '" '''' "^' "^ ^^~
suchTToUVS;^^^^^^^^ r-"' "^°" ^- -^
may be his dam for th^t I Sw" at "°*'"' ^^^«
your kemiel, and do not let thSl enter thou Jh Tf Hf \'
m God's name " ' tnough he should ask
iier from the
our mother?
ram brought
'rayers back-
nang ye V
reanie imme-
it of ^he pair
circumstance
low that tlie
?h by whom,
ture. From
probably ac-
earlier part
listurbed in
5 had found
ess of Bed-
live quieter
the broken
cing up to
itched the
ced which
>rming her
attending
Wildfire,
ughter, in
lit for sair
le t'other
y for her,
no me —
have not
;ber, who
t'oman to
lould ask
hold of
>r decent
the like
It. Sae
a' sleep
TTIE HKARr OF MlD-LOTHlAN. 303
tm tl. ;,angman waulcen ye, and the., it will be wed for the
-^^^^''ZZ^l^^^^^ r^-'y to prompt her.
coal fire, with t',e refl ^iin of If' ^r "-""'"'^ ^' ''' '^'''"
and distorted featLs markedl ^ '" ^'' ^''^^'''''^
yery picture of H^ite'at 1? i r"^ evJ passion, seemed the
dropping on her la ei said ^LlhT^^ ^'t««; and, suddenly
child, " Mammie hear me 4^ '"''"T ^^ ^ «^'^ ^ars' old
and say God bless my blv^c?^ ^'''''' Y''' ^ ^^ '' ^^^'^
^ "The deil flay the h "''o' to If T^'^ ^' '^"^ 'y^'''
the old lady, aiming a buffet at th. r'' ^"'^'' ''''' •'" '^^'•^
duteous request *^' supplicant, in answer to her
e.p'lLt:.rhte^^odet t::^r' 't^''^ -^"-^ed by
fer her matenial benedfctt.! r f ' ^''*^'' ^^^ ^'«°t to con-
great dexterity and qSr The T* .f ^"^'^ ^^°^*^^ ^'^^h
seizing a pairkold fii-eWs" wlvi 1 ^^ *'^'" 1^'"*^'^ "I^' ^"d.
by beating out the brains e1«> or of T ^'^'^^'^^ ^^^ °^°tion
did not seem greatlyTc 'e , ^ 'wf'^^t^'^
more arrested by the man whom fi^' fl i"" ^^"^ ^^'«^ ««««
seizing her by 'the sSdlr 1 "Vef f' ^
violence, exclaiming " WW ATn f ^ '"Z ^'"^ ^''^^ ^^at
my sovereign presS^ce -.w't ./^'r''^^^"-^^''^'"- ^nd in
your hole ithyrpilSSw or'S ^1f. '^^ ^'^^"^"^ ' get to
here and noting to'jtf ^X' ''"" '^"^ '''' '''' *° P'-^^
Blumber. The Sht «, It Srf T^''^ ''' '''^ P^"-P°«« '^^
pillion, a pack-saddiraml If' T^^ ^° ^P^'^ ^«^«' "PO" a
furniture of Mad^td her ' n ^° ^""'*^' *^^ t^veUing
e'er in your life, " 'slid Md^'stdaS^ f ^"' ''^ ''
see as the moon shines dmv^ «! ,, ^ ^ chamber of deas?
There's no a pleUtJrBeXf^^^^^ '^^f «*-^ ^
^s on the outside. Were yel^rtlidtm" ''"" ' ''^'^ ^ ^*
the wa; in"^S'it';r^^^^ Zf'\'' *^^ ^-^-' -<i
comp<anion, being in d^Stlf ^? *° ''°*^^ ^er inaane
even the siciety^of t^^^^W 17^'^^"^ ^''^^^^^ that
of protection. g^t^benng madwoman seemed a species
lilt
fe
"M
S04
WAYERLEY NOVELS.
;; Never," repeaW jZk "''"«'' '
to bS to' tl^^hlf^'r^*'' "''«'"'"''«-■''' nacbody
for whenever I aT br^^LTTu ""^ I" ""™ '""P^t for ,J
denti,.! lone) "t„ t,li „' i'"" ""' "'" '» » verv confl.
wa.u- than heU. I eft^l 't'?, 'S™"'. "«'"' '""'"» "-o P'»"
hon«,._ But what are they t,lfa„ If "'', ."?!*'«' ^ "' 'he
ane „■ them'e get in here-[t w.^n?> " "^"''"^^ for!-DeU
•ny baek again the door ^Irt ''t "^* ' ' «« * wi'
" Madge ! ■'_" mZ; •■ Tt "? "'tr^ '^'™"g •""■"
deviJ. what have ye d„,e";itb '^'^^^"'"^'""-"Madeo
a-*ed by the men wftl„r '""^'" ™ «!»'"«%
"deiL:;\ete"e^l"';„:,rS'o Tn'it"""*-' " ""^"■™'' «<- !
and then ^e wad hae C;. yoln" Jil' .r " ''^"'"S Wm.taV
j> mr';^'^,;;:,™^7t wLeT-"'*^, ""'™-" ^^O'
Be(Uam brains out i" " ''° "■ " ^ "i" knoA y„ur
an a.«nt of great ind^ition ' ""'"'"^ ""' "'>'''• '"h
yo^gVt^t^ot'ihlpllirZ'r''^' "' ™'" '"^ «»"- »f 'he
the' "nl^w^Sl t tZti" *^''">0"obber; "bnt what
quarter, Zo,, Za and b^"Ti' *''""' ""'^ ^* "■" » ™«h
g™n<,m„ad; .ea^rho'e^LrbeS;.!,; .r^" '"» »"
done^.. tlTd °re:;,:^„r *^ ^^ "' "' "h^'-" i^ '0 he
resting agahist the door of the hove! ST' '"* ^'" >«*
ward,, wa, in this m>Lt t™ TuVbv th."' '■ T'"'''' '""
pereon. ^ ^"^"^ '^y the weight of the
TUJS IIKAKT OF MID-LOTlflAN.
Madge ;
305
"ue Wlmwu.!} wi ? /"^'"^ ^''* '^"'" "^•^t^'^r to think
i" the Told a^^lh Xrr Tf " '"" ''''' ' ''' --
iu-e to my mmdJ T^^^^^^^^^ , /''" i^aiu'riormen of E<liub.irgh
l>olt., fetlS, ba : S ToS I T>' "'^'"'^^^' ^^^•
" lu the bonny cells of BeiUain,
Ere I waa aiie-and-twenty,
I liail hempen braoeleta strouL-
And nieiTy whips, ding-UouK,
^nd prayer and faating plenty.
"Weel, Jeanie, I am something herse tho nirri,^ „ a t
«u. ™« .,.a,o .ai,; an. trotf, rTiu^ , "^^^^r to
duiet to consider tho ml'ira ,a ,:;' ouTiliTv Tw''''' '"'
WM veiy careful not to .ILstuib her Tn„ "• , '^'^^'
for a mi„uto or two, wit , her evL i>alf^ rl^""^' '"""''"^'••
restkas enkit of l,«r m, i ^ half .closed, the unquet and
l.er liXlfs^l but S'T,"''"'' !'■'''«''■ «'«'^'>'l
never si ep tiVmrbonnVlaS. M ^' me sae sleepy-I amaist
X
306
VVAVEJtLKV NOVELa
" My banes are buried in yon kirkyanl
Hae far ayont the sea,
Audit i. but ,uy blitbosome ghaist
J bats speaking now to thee.
another question. mUes I tl\^""' ''■ Ff"Tlai.d-therc'a
ken v,ry weel it's bui-iea!!lLS ^^•?""" ^'"""'^ ^^^'^-i-y"
''/"I it on my knee 7 bun.l red thl"f' ?'' T'*'"'"^- ^ ^^^^^
«uice itH-a/bt.ried-ai7twcS%ha ) ''""•'''^'ll *"! that,
ken ^-it'8 merely i„,possible'^Tnd h?,f '"' '* *^''^^' ^^
overcoming the rever es JLr ; ■ ■' ''''"*' ^^onnction half-
of crying f„d e^Sn '' 'wae^r f ^^^^ 'T^'^* '"*'' ^ «'
t> Ut length she moaned and sobbed H? '"f ' T'' ""^ •'"
which wa. soon intimated brher brelthi ^t H ? ' '^''^ f''^>
to her ow. melancholy re Jtions aid ob.^^^^^^^^^^ "^-"'^
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINTH.
rifln""?.f"'''^u'"'-'^y this steel,
1 11 tell, although I truss for company.
Fj.etchjsb.
J^ier::ta^tr:!:;t^l^^ «^« -^^- -abled
e«c.t,>e in that direction ; fo the atrtZ '"T-^J "^''^'^"^^^ ^er
and so narrow, that, could The hnT' ? T '"^'^ '"^ *''« ^^all,
^ve 1 doubt whether ,^ wo, ^ have t t 7^'' '*' «^« ""S^'t
body tlirough it. An un.' ces^^r Pf™'"^'' ^'' '' ^''^^^ ^^«^
sure to draw down worse 1^^^ tl^t ^ '"'"P^ ^^'""'^ ^e
ehe therefore, resolved to watTlr ?^ ''''''< ^^^
making such a perUous effolf FortlT^ ^°^ ^ T^""'^ '''
herself to the ruinous clay Dartitinn , 1 P,':"^"'^ «^« ^W^^ied
which she now was from the ^T' )!u^' ^''^'^^^^ *^« ^^^^^l in
decayed and full oJ^cracS ll T\ '^' T? ^'"■"- ^' ^^a.
with her finders cautrnnci f"^ ^' ^""^ ''^ ^^^^^ «l^e euJai-ged
obtdn a Plain ^LT , fol" W^^ ^"^ ^^^ -^
' o'fl i«g and the tailor ruffian, wbom
11." Here
TUK IlEAJiT OF MIIJ-LOTJILVJV.
eel wha'g
— there's
riead — ye
I have
till that,
(lead, ye
tion lialf-
into a fit
i's lue ! "
♦?p sleep,
S Jeanie
enabled
ng her
e wall,
might
as her
:ild be
d, and
lly ere
pplied
vol in
t was
arged
could
ffhom
307
'''^<1 a hideous Jt onSn'ed n i'-^'^*"''''^^'''^ ""^^ ^^«"^^"
humour, and those of Zn" / f ''''''■^*" "^'^^''^« '-^"'l i""
able, were suoh ^^^r^Z^ ^t^i;::fly ^^ -i^-our
a hiwle.s8 profession. licentious liabits, and
Mr. James lien wick ^o IZT ""^u '"'* ! *^^« ^'^«««^l "'artyr,
true reformed K^of S otS Jfi^ ^5f fallen 8t;uulard of the
Itichard Oan,eron,lr it t i'^td '' '" ^"^ '^ '""' ^'""^^^"^'^
tbe swords of the\S at 2l ""'''-'"f ' ''^^^^ *^"^" *^"^o'>g
of tlie wioked nKdrfactors nt 27' '"'^ ^^^ *'^^ ^''^'■y ^^^^'^^
fined withal, were n elte b^e wax Tth "^^"" f^^^' ""'^ ^«"-
f ne : and I bethought niysell That t . "^T! "f '^''' ^'^«-
fcliew in their etniit wad To tf' t "' ''''^•" ^^'^^ ^^•«-^ ^1'
watch the Lord's hrJindn, . •'" !""^''' ^" ^ '^^^^ but
frctm their snar ^i Tt^TX ''' ^'^''^^'^^^^ ^ny feet
r«alnust, whilk he tiisteUi on 1 t'-'''^:"'' '^^ ^^"^ blessed
m the forty-third jUm-' wSartTh '"^ '^1 «>^ty-seeond as
and why art thou dLTueted wkh^ ? '''S' ^"^'°' ^ ^^^ ^^'J'
Bimll yet praise HimrwfMCh^^^^^^ ^^'^P' ^'^ ^'^^^' ^"^ I
iny God.' » ' ^^''^ ^^^*^ «^ n^y oountenance, and
thSuS^4;^;S::j£j^% cam, sedate, and finn, 1^
to attend to, ^n.^ZX^ri' 'J^:^^^^^^^
conversation wh'.h passed befunvf^i ^^ ''^ ''" ""tore.sting
had fallen, notwithsfand ng at the t? '"'' "'^"^ ^'"'•^•^ ^^^^'
&"i.^ed by the occasional 1 of It to n. T"?"' T^ f^"''^'>' '^'«-
not the import, by the Tw Ln "l ^ ' , T^"'^^ ^'''''''- '^^^«^^
tbeir mode of uppMn. ^)e^ ?r ' 'f '^'^y ^P'M and by
«igns, a. i3 usual IZZ t lo^e of Sr ^i'^^r ^'^ '^'''^' -'^
The man opened thf co vl I- f ^''""^'I'-'Iy profession,
you see I am true to^ frLT^f '^y^^^; "Now, dame,
plunked a churv * whi^h hS^A ^T """^ ^^^^'^'^ that you
Castle of York!' and ca^^t^r ''"'"^'^ ^''*^ '^^^^ '' 'he
questions; for onrltiT ^ ^° ^""^ ^^^^ ^"^hout asking
Madge, who's Tlfud JTomTr^f '"• ^"^ "^^ "'^'
and this same Tyburn CddieTs «f b^ ^^u-' !" somewhat still,
Oun-ialeJ a kriilfe.
lit!
308
WAVERLKY NOVELS.
"I w™ V?"^ ^ """''' ""■™' "''' ''°«." """""reJ tlio robber-
ThTrnlT"' '""^^ °?^ JistiuguLsh the word sister
Iho robhor answered n a louder tonf. " Fn.v i .,
and what the devil is your busiuess wfth it ?'' '"'"^^ ''''''
ijusiuesa cnoufTh T tiling t*' *.i i.
that .silly cull ;W11 iVher!'- '^'' ^^ '''''''' '^'^ "-««'
;;A.u1 who cares if he dowl" said the man
WMlSl-Ha I ha"' hat" • """' " '"^ -»-Many jaS^-e
oi-hU., But 1'i.ow tha.T/l"t'u?CSLr,.rZ
TTK HEART OP Mm-LOTFIIAN.
MiHO il, that, tl,a„ i„ w S C V mr „If I "°"''' '* """•"
bred I ™rt ';;;:'""'■;" '"■ "''•, '""■^"" » '-■' «»■ your
" Whore aL L IS t*;™ ^ni"''"'*-''''"'? '''" "'■"""''™-
bo™ but I hate n,it,.L5:V„r"rhi'|-' r.k'".'" "" "^ ""'*■
wm, ™kc,l II, MI ." '™"^' '"''™' '" 'I"' "'outh that evef
th;s,iJr''rhai;7j'irr uLT ""'"*=•, '""■■••• -■"
With." ^ " ^ "'^« l^^'^' «'iu«e he dresses it
have wrought hani o^i 7 CI 7 ^f'^ ""'' ''^'^^•'^^^•'^- ^
eiimed for ifr-Hu 1 [ wi 1 havo^r '"Tr^ ^'' ''-""^' ^ ^ave
heaven or in hell i" '*""'"' '^'^^''^ ^ ^^^^^her justice in
hag. He was too much T^ le' ed Tvt ' ''''"-"' ?^ "'^ ^^''^
sho(,ked with them-too im f? ^ f """''' °^ ^'^« *" he
to catch any parlTf thet^^'^r^iJ^^^^^^^^^^ T"^
he said, after a pause "still T «n^ f^* v ^•^' "*' mother,"
you ah^, take t »' th:^:.'41;„!r,;LS»^» ^» ^"^ -.h,
driuking—" I wish r„,H?l Tr ?i™i*ug the action .,f
"Au3 why mt '^''"-b"' "o-I caDuot-I earmot."
u,iUed the Bank of E„ghr^t*r„^s I^rt^'*"' ""-
Old iot;' S4 t Connect ""-V'.anawe^ed the
Want to it, ..J. tourt l^li^'-'^'i/^-'-'S -
„ — !„ .!.„ j.xoveu au adder to me—
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310
WAVERLKY NOTT^LS.
asai„8t herself; "I have thZhtn?-* ^ W™"™ of rage
the first bairn I ever mir«t ?11 T Til '— ™. na— he was
ken what woman fil° ?!■;;" L " ''f "r""'' """> «>» "o™
bosom !■■ "'" '""™ *e has helil first to her
yo.. c,^ the'n,. iit hav "c Jr°n ^o^"' '° °*" ^™' "^
h~j r".rer?:i,£„*' "" ^-^pSaiire.-^
,nS„n?';:?;Vetfrn," ts-;"''"" -r^ ">»
hand, sto e it awav from n>. „ *^ , "• "'"' "ndosed her
her Bide, while shT proLied w X"' ""' "^f ™" " '» M by
pare>king, lad-^hr«5 Ju h bai™/'rf'-''"»'™^'
had a misfortune wi- ane-and the S „ Madge, puir thing,
B<mk so mueh, that Jeanie thonrf.,,^ ""'''"" """• ™™
could not catch a word sh^ M^^lr.^'i.""'' "P™ ""' «tch,
the conclusion of the sent„"!l "go £, '■'"'''' t"' *™^ »'
threw it into the NorMock I tmw " *"' "" ''''' '■"«"'.
"iadeherseIfh';>rdfrom wXofre;::: '""^ ^'■'"'-' »"
the other Wench St S^.Z'.!"" -»»— "By Hea™ !
lmifel:Le:n''thf;liSf,;:toThe''R^^^\'''^ ' »" "-"the
apparently she TS. ^'""™ """^ "f *« •'"
Pricking h°e7w,?h tS poYntT: S 7"ti '^^ *■-" ^y
»■:-• *™«ed her plL, ani the'dSr tn S^'^"' ^* » '»'
"f preventing, or a-^LC her in^v !?' ."''"'f "^^ « ™''
tate. ,.ould not be well "gucTsed ""^ ""'f^ "'■<' "Wht medi-
.t.».d her friend „, .his ?« ,tl ci^t ^HT "' ^"'^
^nnm. bhe had resolution
(;e; but,
rims, aa
— n me.
now
THE FIEAKT OP MID-LOTHIAN 31 j
attitul ' ^"°'' '° "" '» correspond with he?
Jean?e\eafd thi hi apartment, .ind seated themselves,
but r.t mJi „ I ° *^^ "^^^ '^«°^^ ^nd torment the other
ye like it'll > ^%T '' "'^ ^"«°''' ^^ ««^e ye the way'
Moonshine's ueat luZr L ? , ® I^^' ^^^ «« 0° l>oard Tom
four weekMnSLSplet yt^BuTr' '' ''? "^^ *^^«« °'
harm her, miless they havra mt^Mn t? "'^ '^u^^ ^°' «^^"
plums — rV., « nr„li k I • ,. "^" *^ ^^°^® 0° a brace of blue
tTat thl d^ri™ """ ^''''' ^^ ■ "'* y»» -'' ", Meg, were
henven an hour sooner for m« ? ^'<'— ^""f »li«ma gang to
-it's her sister-™ wi .'"""" ^'"''"" ^"^ "^ ^ *«
jo^^^pose aecording,,, .„„ „u w^silrt ? this't:^^ :'f
th'Zo'ZftZ thTr"'- .*' "-^t-f <l»y=he heard
woman fo^soTe ttaT m. ' "'JPr^hisporing to the old
by persons rf her "™ ^t Z? ?"* "'"' "■" ""^ ^'^'^
i^«istih.e,assit„de°ar;en^^h tCw S rM-staXf""'' ""■
W onrsalvea down to sleep. " '
IV' 1
M;jit!'
-m
M
- w^^MHaiH
itfiH
3-12
WAVKRLKY NOVKLR.
ohanced since ,. hae "Cln tS^^T'rr'' '''"'^
hne hcen here, woman and 1 1 .v ^nf , ' ^^'"^ constables
<lnor,and they wlnVlV^I.e l.t .^ n'r '"^"'"'"•^ ^* "^«
wheat. -Dear ! thae En4sh p1 m- .f f ''"" '^'''"* *''« '»«"'«
^>^-ule of wheat or gra. ^s a S n ^ •"" ,"" ""^^'« "^'^t a
kins and his nnnV-pSr' Now ,t 1""'''^^' '^""* ^^'^ ">••^'^
a fine jink; we wKl awa nut Inl Hi I ^'" ^t'' "''^'" ^'^^'^ ^heiu
nnco wark when they mis „s L. " ^'^^^-they will mak
dinner^time, or before dark niS ""'' T "''^'^y ^^ '^"^^'^ l^y
f'-olio and fresh air -S t m tl o °"^' ''*f' f"^ '^ ^"^ '^^-^"'o
breakfast, and then lie dL""j'-.r Tl'' f^ *^ *«^^ -">«
whiles I caji sit wi' my Tad fn n l f ?!7 y^^' ^^'''^'^
havena a word to ca.fat a do^-L I'"; '^'' ?f ^ '^^y^ ^^^
canna sit still a moment Tb.S^T 1. ^''*''* ^'*"'««' that I
but I am aye cannreneui^Vet?; *''ff «'"'k me warst,
me." -^ «"eugn— ye ueedna be feared to walk wi'
or r.Ji^::n l^^^z^jz s«, :"-«»■ ■■-«
nahty, vaiying, probably from thl inf '^f'\ '""'^ ^^ '"atic^
causes, Jeanie would 1 a^dlHave oSn^;^'^*^' "^"«* *"^''^'
captivity, where she had so ^I f ' ^T^' « P'''^^^ «f
a..^ured Madge that she d o c LiTforf-M ''^^'^^«^^^
desire whatever for eating • -m )?nn^ • 5 "^ ^r*^^'*^" ^'^^p, no
not guilty of sin in Sfgso ',^5'"! '"^."''"^ ^^''^ «'^« ^'a«
humour for walking in the^vo;df ^'"'''^ '^^^ ^^*^P«^'« «^^y
no that thl^y^^e I^heg her bad oil'"'-.'; *'^^ ^°^^' ^^"^s
queer ways wi' them, and I 2f^« d mn^f''^^^"' '^''^ ^^^''^
weel wi' my mother ^nd me Srew. J . -"v/* ^^'^ ''''' been
With the haste the ov th^ f! '^?^«'«-^ike company."
eaptive, Jeanie snkt leM^^^^^^^^ the hope of a liberated
into the free air, and eaX/v l.l ""?'' ^''"'^^^'^ ^^adge
habitation; but Ce^Z'Xt:' ""he '" f ^ '^""^-
cultivated, and pnrtiv left in if! . , ^'""'^^ ^as partly
tbe fancy of the^IL,T a^ric^ri'^^^^^^^^ «'
natural state it was waste n .., / ^^^ *^^^^*^«^- T" its
trees and bushes.T oTX swa mn^' ^f"f 'T''"^ ^^'^ dwarf
downs or pasture grounds ^' '°^ '^''^^^^ firm and dr^
Jeanio'y active mind next led h^r f..
»<vl her to conjecture which wuy
THE TITIART OF Mm-LOTIIIAIT, 313
son, or arrive at 8 L S^ ? ' "'"!'^ '''"'' '"^^^ «oii,e per-
and roqueat .olZ 'Xt "j^^f;! '^'''' ^'^" ^'^ A,
saw with retrret th;i !L T 1' '^ ^^'"'^'' around Iier, she
i" clepondonce up^nVer'^ LfeCS '" sf n ^"^ '''"^ '''^
"pou tJie high-road V said she T'Mn ' .'^'^'^"^^e not walk
a nurse uses to coax a cS '^''Hf^^'^^'' \^^^h a tone .i«
tl.un an.ng thae woS SL and'^i "" "^^'^"^ ^" "'« ^^^
anS:^:rCietiS^ .^? *^^« ^-tion,
seemed to indicate cTm,.W? ""^ scrutinising glance, that
judging." ""''^"'« y*'"^ Jieels save yo.u- head, I am
t/ytooutstrip'and gtrSof ht ^t?^ *if'' '^" '^^"*' '^"^
direction to fly ■ she x^l^ hJ ^ '^'^ ^''^'^ °ot in which
prove the swtffest a^d nerf^^fi"" ''''^' ^'"'^ "^*^* «1^« ^onld
her bebig pTued ^d Zh^ ""T"''' ^^''''^ ^" ^^e event of
madwonfan^r stren^tl, Sh th' '^Z ^'^"'^ ^'' ^''^'^''^'^ *« ^^e
the present of atteSngtfesca^^^^^^^^^^ "P *'^°^S^*« f-
a few words to allav Mn in-!^ ^^^^^.^.^ *hat manner, and, saying
apprehension he waS prb?"V'f ^^"'^"^'^ "' -™
proper to lead her. Madl inL ^f ""^"'^^ ^''' ^"^« "^^"ght
ciled to the present TceT'Jh! °^.P^^'P««e' a^^d easily recon-
-ith her usuJ? Sl^s 'oftdfr' ""' ''"''" "°" ' ^ *^^^
likett?1";re1;trlt'^h^'"r'« - « fi- -orning
wheen duddie b^i^^s to be t^'^ a " ''^' 'V'''' ^^'^ '
warld's wonder iust bpl„l "^ ° .' ^"®' ^ ^^ ^ne were a
and better pStlorthLXln '• ^'.'^^^ ^ '^ ^^^^^-^^^^ ^«^"ier
sm never be Vroud ? btw c2h^"V*^""°^^' '^^'^^i^' y«
"le ! they're but a snLo^r ' i'u' ^^^eauty neither-wae's
what caie o't ?" ^ ^'' *^°"^^* better 0' them, and
woods afdmoreTmTtUtm\thl^.S"^ '"^" ^*^ *^^
and ^a/fo';"shf.Idir? LTr^^ f 7J.^^ "ving here,
..wn r i might nae Jorgott^n,
ft 11
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'WAVERLKY NOVELS.
By this time they' had SoUl ',' "'"f '' "" "^^^ '^^«-"
woocUand. The treos were Tltf^o ^'^''f ,P^''^ "^' ^ P^^^^^ of
and at the foot of on. onhem f ??'f '^^ ^'■'^"' ^^^^^^ other,
ofinoss, .s,„.h a. the poet 70, 1^"'""*^'^ P?P''^'-> ^^as a hillock
^l Bl.e arrived at thisTpot Ah r"^,';^, f ''""'•^"^- «" -°"
above her head witli a loud . 1" iu '"' "''^'"'"^ ^er handa
"'"I? I^erself all at once 1' I?"^ *^f' '"^^^^""^'^^^^^ ''-^"ghter,
there nwtiouless. ^"^ *^' 'P«'' '-^"'^ reniaiued lying
•beanie's first idea was tn fnir« +i,
hor desire to e JpV^X t^a .nr"?!''*^ °' '^'-^'^^ ' t>ut
the poor insane being who le h1 tf '"^- *," '-^PP^^J'^n^ion for
of relief. With an^ tf^rt ' wic h i^^^ ™^^''^' P«™^' ^^'^ want
be termed heroic, she stoomi in , "^''^""^^^ances, might
a;rKi endeavoured tfra se 1 h r^'P'^^ ^" ^ ''''^^^S to^ne,
t bis with difficulty, am 1 L nl!ced7 '''"*"'"• ^^^ ««'«^t«^
sitting posture, she obsem with „1 '' T'"f *^« ^^'^^ '» «
"sually florid, was nordeadlv .T^^'^S*^^'^^
bathed in tears. Not^it sSin" her'"' *''* '" ^^«« --
Jeame was affected by the sitinSf .r ^ '''^' ''^^'''^^^ ^''^"^er,
rather, that, through "^tleMh ft "^^^^ '^"<1 the
consistent state of mind and line n? f'' '"^^'^^^ ""^ ^^•
general colour of kindnlrl 7 '^t «on<luct, she discerned a
gratitude. °'^"''' ^"^^^''^ J^^^s^W, for which she fel?
ash^pa:;^^:^^-^^^^^^^^^^
does me good to weep. T anna lHfl\'^ °^« ^^°^"
twice a year, and I ave come ?o wS 1 T ^* '"''^^^^ ^»^« ^r
the flowers may grow flir ^d ? J " *'''^ ^^^'^ ^^em. that
''I^"twhat'is''th:t:krls^oTr":J•^^"^^^^^
<io you weep so bitterly ?" ^ ^ ^^''^ Jeani^-" "Why
"There's matter enow," renlied f^« i .•
ae puir mind can bear, I trow sL \ r'''^?'-"^'-^^^ ^ban
about it; for I like y; Jeanle Belli ' ^f' f"^^ ^'" **^" ^^u a'
ye when we lived in the pC,,mr 7 .^J^^-'P'^" ^^'^^^ ^^out
0' milk ye g..« „,e yon darXn rTfj^l^ """^ "^^ *^« ^"'^
for four-and-twenty houS^'looS/for h^''^'\^*^'"-'« ^eat
was sailing in " ' ^"^^ ^""^ *^« ship that somebody
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fcv . . 316
wanderer with some food whicl shil ''"?^ ^^'' ""^appy
oi a famished person. Thlt dent f J'"'^- ^' '^ *'^« '''^«'e
present of f,Teat importance if ^f 1 'i ^]^'"/ '" ^'^'^^l^' ^^^s at
a favourable and pemSt ^"r^ -^'^ ^' ^"^"^^ *'' ^''^^^ rnade
rnincl,.f the object ^:TeXi7"""" " '" '^^^'^ °° ^^e
ics," said Madf'p "I'll fnii . ,
decent man's dauS-Dou:" ILt t"' ^'' ''^^ ^^ -« «
maybe ye'll can teach me to find ^Tfl '""'' ^' ^^°-^"''
8trai,?ht path, for I have been bn,^,',"^?'"'" ^^^' *°d the
walking through the ^v.ry tildt^^^^^^^^ -"^
°;o"y a .lay. But whenever I hTnk .bn . "^'' ^'' ''"^"^ ^^^^
like to cover my lips for shame " R« l^T ''''''^ ^ ^™
Binded.--"rt'.s a'strang thmao^ ri'^' ^T^'^ "P ^"<J
."'ords to you in ten nnmites than T7 i ',^'^' ^^^^^ g»^l«
tn as mony yoars-it' riirt I Jb .?-'f '" "^y >"other
whiles they are just at ^ otue' end Z^T ^'"'^-'^'"^
cle.il, ami brushes my lips\itb hf, hi , ^^^"^ '^^^« th«
broad black loof on my mouth-L . hV'^S^^^^' "°^ ^^^^ his
and sweeps away a' mv 2leTb , \^ '^ 1°'^ '^ ^' "^^^ie-^
words and pits 'a whZ 'fSe san'f^^i S '^^^^^^ "'^ ^^'^^«
place." '^""^ ^^ uUe vanities in their
Just resist the devil a^d he will Xp f ^''"' ^^^^" ^'-^i^^—
aa my worthy father' tells me tLr.f"' ^f V"^ "^^^ ^^at,
our ain wandering th^ ' L » ' '^''' '' ^^' ^«^ «ae deceitfu' ai
IC.^aStrr»^ up; "and
gate that you wiU like dearly trgaiSut^^^^^^^^^^ 'f'' '
your arm, for fear Apollyon should «fr? "'^ * ^"^^ ^aud
he did in the PUgrim's Pro^JL - "^^ '*"^' ^«^°«« 'he path, aa
be^tltat ffrtr^; ^.^il'/^^^^^ ^-e by the arm,
panion's no smaU foy LL'^'^LT'' I'V"''^' *° ^^^ -^-
meander^ of which"' she seamed trf T^''^ P"*^' ^^^^ the
endeavoured to bring her Ta^t \nT^ ''^^quainted. Jeanie
fancy wa^ gone by In L. Tv, "^^ '^ confessional, but the
resembled nothing'so mu h 1 .' '"'°'Vf '^J' ^''^^^Sod boing
rnay for a few mCeTreml stmf ' "' '^^ '^^^^'«'^' ^^ich
P-ed and put in motion CZ fit^ViT^Jf T^^ ""'""-
I'i
f tr
sir,
W^AVKRLKY NOTRLS,
f>e the woman, Christiana an.l T will i^T "^"'^ y"" «h^"
for ye ken Mercy '.^0?^^ f!h ' /'" "'''^''^^"' ^^rcy-
"Il'Tinff than her^ ^ p:L j^^^-!"^^^
'log here, it w.mJ.l be Grea ho. h • ^'^'V"^ ""^"^ "»«««^n
wa. e'en as bauld, that he tdS ^ S''^^^ '"^ ^«
tunes his size: and that wal pW.fi 1 .f """^ *'^"'ff ^^^ntj
Corporal MacAIpine' heeTs ae Ln' ' k "^ '""'' ^«^ ^'« ^I
i".? me to the giard-hou e and S""^' 1^''\ '''^•>' ''''' J'^"''
l>it fiiithfu' thing J hi^ LnhL;^"'^^ /laoAlpine killed the
banes 0' him." " ^''''•^'''' ^-"^-^^^I l«ke the Higldand
"O fie! Madge," said Jeanie, "ye ^hould n.f
words." ' -y" snouia not speak such
lying a,ang in the gu tt'^.r' bS ittS .f 'P'/^° ^ ^^^ '*
baith caiild and hunger when t Inf r " """'h *"' '^ '''^'''^
there is rest for a' CZlrl 2 '""f '"'^ ^" *^^ ^''^^^
bairn, and me." ^ ^'^ ^''' *^^« ^o^J^io, and my p,ii,
suZa""^^^^^^^ that by speaking o„
bring her^eomp^^^^^^^^^^
WhatforshouIdnalhreabaTrnnnJ'i ^'/"'' "^^ ^airn.
- your bonnie tittie, S U of sfwd'e'r '''' "^ ^'''
blessmg if it hadl been f^ mt if^V ^^^ ^^«« b««" «
queerworaam-Yesee thee JTJ *''?.' ^ ^"* my mother's a
and a gnde clat /£: uSdelZT^f^ '^'^' ^'^' ' ^^' ^^d,
Feeblemind or Mr Cdy to hnlwt /n'^ ^^'^^^^^ ^^ ^
from Slaygood the giant 4enh1wl,/'^^^^^^^ '^^"^^^^^
pick his bone^, for^Sla;good wa' o^^V ^''""'?'^^^°"**«
eaters-and Great-heart killed Gi.nt T^ """"'Z' '^ ^^'' ^''^•
doubting Giant Desnair's Tn^a v • '''P''"' t^o— but I am
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which she oouM MO ' but f . . I "*^' ^^ ^^'^"«'« ^'''^torv.
also (lesh'ous. if ..os ihln I V'^ ^^^ ^^'^^^r- She wuh
narrative whi;hJS:t^lrriT^^^ '" -'-
for she was iu rn-eat .m.T • °, '" "^ ^''^^^ *«°« of voice
Mad,e'« conv^LCslSlCrhor"/ '/^ ^^"^^ "^^^ "'
swiroh of them. * ^^^^ "'^^^"'' "J" the robbera in
<<
" And so the aiihl carlo " cmM tit j
r wish ye had J"T' l"^^?'' ^«P<^i^tin.
'I wish ye had seen him sZk^l^^
other, wi' a kind o' dot-and D^rnV.5 . .' ^ .^'' ^""^ "° ^ the
0' hi« twa less had hdZn^uT f°^°>otio"> ^ H' ilk aiie
could take hL aff brawSh T?'^ ^ w-^^"' ^^°*^« «^"^S«
^gan, hip-hop like hS-^fd'nlTen T if v^^f^,^^"^^
tS-^enthanwhatIdo^^£5,^:^„J^^^
bri^^frlUr: h^?tJ::,^^°^^'«^" -^ ^--> endeavouring to
^^^:'^tt:tu^ti,Z^^ -h- ^e w. in
is But what is your bu.i f. • . -^^ neither-His name
upon sudden reclIZn '^^It r "'"'J" f^ «^^' «^ ^^
folk'snames^-HaveyeamindT.1 n' ^' *° ^" ^'^"'S ^^'
your ribs, as my motlfer sa^s r '''"'' °^^ ^"'^« ^«'^««"
Je.^eh'^tene"t:7itWt:tr" *°^« ^^ S^^"-.
accidental question wh -h she h!^ ^^^^^nce of purpose in the
went on somewhaJjlSl "'^'^' "^^ ^<"« Wildfire
ha^f^Z^t l^lk V^^£r;f °^ ^^^^^ ^- -
them ca'd the ither by h^ n2! i^"^^"' ^^'^ ^^'^^ ^« '^'
the most miciviJ uX navT/ h? ^''If ' ^^"'^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ««
aye asking fasMous qu^tS ^LenTJ '"'' '^^'^^ ^^«
man ; and if ye dinna ken th«.V n ^ ^"^ ''' ^ ™^' «^ si^' a
mau- speer'd aboutT" '™''' ^'' '^'^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^e na«
thilpLtirfrS ^r *^ ^^"^^' "'-
are taken against the pS o^S ? "^^ P^^f -«
father or Reuben ButJer think if I vTre to tel^^^h '7."^^ "^^
81C folk in the world? An^ -^ were to ten them there are
demented ciettu e , oh 1^1 ?. ""? '^' '^^^^^'^ «^ '^'^
-^ • t.'h. that r wci-e but auie at Lame amang
layiill
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briath'^thaf.^t'lr'' ^'''^^' ' ""u^ ^'" ^^^ «^'>' ^^ile I have
breath that p aoed me amongst thoso who live in His fear and
un.1er the sharlow of His wing." '
She was interrupted oy the'in.sune langh of Madge Wildfire
as she saw a magj^io hop across the path '
country, but no just sac hghtly— he hadna wings to heb his
ttt JeT^i *""^ '"\' '^^"^'^^ ^^ ^-« married him for ?
that, Jeame or my mother wad hae been the dead o' me But
then came m the story of my poor bairn, and my mother
n bett'the'lt'r '"7' f "'« '^''- ^^^ «^^ l"' ^^ -y
gate and I LlTt "^ ,*"^ K""'"'^''' ^'''' *" '^^ «"* «' the
feate , and I thmk she buried my best wits with it for I have
uever been just mysell since. And only think Jean e after
ZZ^Jfe t'"'^ r ^'-^^^^^ I--/the"u:id'S b' dy'
Johnny Drottle turned up his nose, and wadna hae audit to
say to me! But it's little I care for him, for I have led a
iTutTe tn -TT' "^' ^^'" ' ^^^" gentleman i\fm:
ove SI tT ''f ""'m ^^""^ '' ^^P '^ ^'^ Ji«rse for mere
nnlLf ;. ^"'^ ^'" '^ '""^" °' ^^«™ P"t theii- hand in their
S^el-t^^d f^;."^^ " '^"^'^^ - «^^-- ^' ^ ^-«' J-^ ^or m;
Sh J wT'^ ^^!f "JT^" ^ ^^'^ ^«^g^t i^to Madge's history-
mother h^T^"^!!^ by a^ealthy suitor, whose addresses £
Td defotlt^ A"?^ *^« objection of old age
and delonn ty. She had been seduced by some proflitfate a^l
to conceal her shame and promote the advant^eous match^h;
had planned, her mother ha<i not hesiteted to desTroy tl e off
prmg of then- intrigue. That the consequence sho7d be the
elttd bTSdT' °' ^"^^' "^^^'^ "- constitutlaUy un!
Bctt ed by giddiness and vanity, was extremely natural and
s-uch was, in fa<;t, the history of M.ulge Wildiire's ULsauity.
THK IIEAKT UK MID-LOTHLLN. ^19
OHAPTEK THIKTIETH.
So free from danger, fieo from fear
Ihey crossed the cuurt-ri-ht glad' they we,^.
CllRISTABEL.
oftrep. .fl! 1 . ''^'''''"'' ^'^'■^ «««'^ emhosomed iu a tuft
liable. unsettled state of mmd are particularly
joiB^ed^L' wS^^^^ unintermpted, went on with the wild dis-
Twhth she w^ n^^^^^ imagination suggested ; a mood
history a^dtC "f^ .'^^^^ «°"^'"»"ioative respecting her own
made bv^Lpt . '''' ^^^"^ '^'^'^^ ^^ere was any attempt
tlJ bi^'Var^dth? It r^' ■ '"^ ^^^^-^ ^ -" «I--k about
body's ^d no^t a?n ll f uh^'^r ^ '^ '' ^'"^ ^''^ ^"^^^^^
abo/t i^^d yJuter Tt^lJ^P"' '' ^^^ ^^ »^-*
Jeanie replied in the negative
t,, „^y ; but your sister had, though-and I ken what came o't
hrlt^:yJttT' ' ' \" ^^^^^^ -^ ^«^y' ^^ then
you L-1 th^^k ft' '«"ghing-"A]ia, la.s,-^tch me if
eTdTk^n n, .^ ' f^^ *^ ^^ y^" t'-o^^ "»y thing.-How
^ our iifci.es and uiiue; but these are
f"
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jad taIo« to tell -I maiin just siiig a bit to keep up my heart-
It. a saug that Oontle Geor-e made ou ine lang syne when I
went w;th him to Loold„,to„ wake, to see bun aft u^ou a stage
m fiiie clothes, with the player folk. He n.ight hae du'.e waur
thau married me that night as he promised-better wed over
the nuxeu* as over the moor, as they say in Yorlcshire-ho
may gang farther and fare waiir— but that's a' ane to the
Bang,
•I'm Madge of ti.e country, I'm Ma.lse of tlie town,
And 1 m Madge of the iad [ aia blithest to own—
1 ho Lady of Beeve in diamonds may shine.
But has not a heai^; half so lightsome as mme.
* { am Queen of the Wake, ind I'm Lady of May,
And I eud the blithe ring round the May-pole to-day •
The wildtire that flashes so fair and so free.
Was never so bright, or so bonny, as me.'
" I Uke that the best o' a' my sangs," continued the maniac,
because he made it. I am often ^iuging it, and that's maybe
1«'T f -.^^ ""' ^^''^°' ^^''^^^^^- ■ ^y« ^^ver to foe
name,^ though ifa no my ain, for what's the use of making a
"But ye shouldna sing upon the Sabbath at least," said
Jeanie, who, amid aU her distress and anxiety, could not help
fc^ing scandalised at the deportment of her companion, especiallj
as they now approached near to the little village
"Ay ! is this Sunday V said Madge. " My mother leads sic
l^%l!i T^ "/^.^ '°? ^^y' ^^'""^ ''^^« ^°««« a' count 0' the
days the week, and disna ken Sunday frae Saturday. Besides
Its a your whiggery-in England, folk sings when they lik^
And then ye ken, you are Christiana and I am Mercy-and y^
ken as they went on their way, they sang. "-And she inimi^
diately raised one of John Bunyan's ditties°—
" He that is down need fear no fall,
He that is Ioav no pride.
He that is humble ever shall
Have Gotl to be his guide.
" Fulness to such a btirthen is
That go on {lilgrlmage ;
Hera little, and hereafter I^-iss,
Is beat from age to age."
ft,!/ \°T^^ P'°^r^'' «'^'fj'^"S l"3tter wecl a neiglibour thau one fetched
from a distance.— Ml xen sLmiifies dunghill
THK HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 32 1
of the herb ^cdl^C tal", "'°™:."'''' "'' " ™™
silk and velvet Uhe^l^rri^'tT.^' ^'il'^ '""' '-
CaIv..Ut, but ttatwa^to a m'Sr; 11^; » "«'^
gation, so that his works U,] «« J®°^''^^ ^J » Baptist congre-
of divinity. Madge howevor.r ^''!°° ^A'^^ Deans's shelf
wel^ acq/aintTi%tTp;Sed whh '^1'^ '^^'^'^ ^^«"
periormanees, which indeed mrplvf-i . ^°f * P^P'^^'^^ ^^ ^^
.ion up» ohihtren Jp'e.fp.e'rfhltwrr ^^ " '^^ ^P""
of theS/riestSf'frA"' T 'T^"' «»y I am oome oat
dwellB at'lSXler^Ldt"? Jfa- Baf«yeMhat
Tan., they n=ay be likeneTto Clund S' i, "J'^ '^^""^
loping up, and struck the poor SS^t^Sl '*''"* T* «"■■
great dub, and atnln ^ h,iTf r"^"" ,'» the ground w th a
.pending moSv Sd a„ h^^ >l "'^J"' ^"'l" "'^ »>"' of his
more. But no^ Z^JSl ,™^ f i™ t '" """y- »"'' "i" do to
ken a num thTwm Xv thX^ "^rl-'^-Treter's home, for I
eyes lifted upt Heav 7 h tetV'^*" J'l' ' ^^ "« l-aa
of truth written on hfaim ^? !,» .^ V "" ^^^"^^ *« ''"'
men-Oh, if I had mindef Iw l,. ■f^'*."' "^ ""^ P'«»^«d wi-
been the «tawly cmte thtf l'':^",!^' S ^In ""' "''"
^S^?'bXr»,^i?,«aS
^XteJ;.iSlrierlf?"it''^'S^^^^^^
™, ye ken, wiU f^ l^/ari^^r .""° Merey-that'e
Inteiireter, hafa M?sCton blit Inforpreter-ye,, the
me-thafi poor, M d^ZenwTo-rthThlT "°^ '^''
come back again a^d w^l^TT v. ^^^"^ *^^ ^^ *ime« ^1
.S^t;eeeh33r^^«--
!>./<.* lii.i- ,,,. ,,1 „ f f"^ "ao offended ; an attemnt thi
"Tor™ '^ """'^ '» '^^^^ '^ ■»"=« "ore inlo~conti?
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with law and legal protection. She, therefore reaolved
to bo
for her o'wn aafety-acii^ding" t'o" Z^ZZ:.^'''''''''^ ^' ^
Ihey were now close by the village, one of those beautiful
«c nes winch are so often foimd in merry EnglanrwK the
c ttages, mstead of being buUt in two d^ect Ib^ on Ss Je
of a d.iBty high-road, stand in detached groups. inteXS
not only with Lugo oaks and elms, but with frSltX^
many of which were at this time in flourirh thrTfj;! '
seemed enamelled with their crunln ^r:KdoToJl''Z
«.e cen re of the hamlet stood the parish church, andTuttle
"We will wait here until the folk area' in the church-thev
tt^'for'Ifr' ''""^ ^\^-Shnd, Jeanie, bo sure you S
that-for If I waa gaun forward amang them, a' the gvteT o'
hS Ml T ^^^f 7"-" '' ^''^SO WildfirJ^s fail, the
itt e hell-rakers ! and the beadJo would be as hard upon us a^
f ,f ,r^ our fault. I like their skirling a^ ill aa he dZ I ca^
ell hun; I'm sure I often wish there w'aa a Let p at do^ thd!
throats when they set the.i. up that gate "
Conscious of the disorderly appearance of her own dress after
ana (lenieanour of her guide, and sc-asible how imnn.fmt it
vas to secure ,,r. attentive and patie.t audience to her ale
stoiy from some or. who might have the moans to protect her
Jranie readily acqu ..ced in Madge's proposal to rLt under the
trees, by which they were still somewhat screened untU the
commencement of service should give them Tll^H^ty^f
entermg the h^unlet without attracting a crowd aTund hem
She made the loss opposition, that Madge had intunated that
this wa. not the village where her mothfr wa. in crtody ml
She sate herself down, therefore, at the foot of an oak, and
up for the use of the viUagers, and which served her as a na-
tura nuiTor, she began-no uncommon thing with a ScottMi
mai.' -n of her rank-to arrange her toilette in the open ^ ^d
bm, her <!ress soUed and disordered aa it was, intfsucrjrTer
as the place and circumstances admitted.
She soor perceived reason, however, to regret that she had
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323
indications of iLS h^ft ^'^'^^'' ^'^''' ^°°« °ther
thoae cham«, to which ' i^fact Tt r'^^Tf '^ °P^°^«" <''
whoso mind iko Zr^l' ' f? ^"'^ °^ed hor miaery, and
about rrdoV^/^rfrlf ^^ "T '^^^'^^ -^^-"
Jeanie begin to arrS^.r^l^^^ "P"^^^' "° «°°°«^ t)eheld
rub the dit t'om h^?hn >"■', ^1^'' ^^'^ ^^""et in order.
kerchief Td Stat tTT T"^' ''^'''' ^''' '^^^'^^'^^^^i-
she began to bedS „^ f • ?"?' *^'^ ^^<^'» i^iitative zeal
romnanteof beSv fi^« *"^^iff««if out with shreds and
bundle, and ^h^Kt'Z] ""^''^ '^'' '''^ '^' ^f a Uttle
her appearance ton CrmorTS ^'^^^^ P^^^°"' "^^^^^
been before. "^ ^"""^^^^'^ '^^ ^pish than it had
80 tjl^'^ll^ \rl'"* '"'^^ ^°^ ^*«^-« - - --ter
wore, Madge pi a\ , I 'i""^ '' "^^ ^"^ ^^'^''^^^ «ii«
accted wUlf .ue whicS h ^^ "^^'f'^^ ''^'^' ^''^'^^''> inter-
cock. To bf r .^^7 J- v^''" '^''^ fr°°^ <^J^e train of a pea.
Btiteked jid 2 ,T^^^^^ " ^^ «f riding habit" ^.t
art- .cial'tio^S^S^ nlr.r'' mT^' " ^^^" ^"^^ebw of
first bou^.cked a'lalTquit^l^'^'^'^ t'/' ^^'^^ ^^'i ^*
and da..led the itt ^f 1h!'s S^Lw ^^^^^^^^
ot yellow sUk trimmprl T^ifw- i , " -^ tawdry scarf
8e(-n\n.hard serZ ibilLr K '^'""^^''' ''^''^ ^^'
w.. next flun;":r\rstXe' :„.ffTf ^ ^ transnnssion,
the manner of a shoii]/lpr k^u l' f, . , ^^^"^^ ^^r person in
off the co^e ordtaSl 1' ' v^ ^"^«« then stripped
by a pair of dirtyS on^ J '? f ' T'' "°^ ^«P^^^«^ ^hem
tlie sc^, anHSw ^;,'P'°°^'2.'^;^,«'«b^oidere^ to match
wiUow s;itch ifw lr5:?,^'! ^''^- ^^« i^-d cut a
fishing-rod. This L°ff^ ir""'. ^°'* «^ ^°ns «^ a boy's
wa. tLsfirmed into su ,- '^'™"'l^ *° ^''^' "^^ ^^^" ^^
Stewaxd beara on nubl?. on ' "l *^' '^'^^'^^ °^ 2^^''
p./j_^ "° f.^' «^nce, without a DOsitivA nnnrrol „,U% *!,-
m«u.«xaan, wmc., in the cireumstonces. woulliavo bee^v^
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dazzling dim Z Sf^t satisfaction concerning her own
hamlet witaUdin?r/PP'^''^''- They entered the
being ne^ y " hifc f ^'P* Y ^"« ^^^ woma.,, who.
thini very Lemd SnW ' '"'" '"^^ '°°'^^°"« *^^* ^o^^^:
deep a reverTnceTS!^ u"^ ^T'^^ ^y' ^"^ dropped as
minced, she ambledT^iled Iff' ^^^fapprobation. She
Deans forward with tT^!^^ ' ®. ^'^Pe^^d, and waved Jeanie
to the capital ^ °^ ^ ''"^*^ ^^«« «^ ^^' ^^t jolimey
grotMhlfsrtlr^^^^^^^^ ^?,t' ^- ^y- fixed on the
-/go in b?;ou];^lXu h^^^^^^ Ltd^^^ ^^^^^ -^^-
one ofth?|;tllTes""'^' ^'^ "" ^^°"* *° -* ^-elf upon
hn^lXZ7otZt ^r '^""'l "^^^ «^« *--«d aside;
strides, and with^vT^ l/t ''" -''i '^' ^°"°^«^ ^^^ ^^^ W
and seized lr4tE^^^«^^^^^ P^«^^"' ^-^^ook
hair to boot, S t^ew it u^lt'^'''* u^ * ^^^^"^ '^ ^''
stuck fast jZip'« w • ? "**^ ^ °^^ yew-tree, where it
she might rS dSvT'^w *''°'^'^"*«^^««^«g
assistant of^Ze^t^thT,^^'!^ '^' ''"^^ «^*^^ t^f
THE HEABT OF MID-LOTHIAU. 325
and read these words .JT^ ner to read it. Jeame obeyed,
Madge' IToJt Z' noT?ai f • rV^^ ^^ -«^'" ^^
with a'step wU to1e^l^!il ?^*" ^""^ melanchoi;, and
and moui she iJh^ Sre&tjoy, was uncommonly quiet
church. ' ^''^ ^'' compamon towards the door of the
wJ^Z f^ufntt"4til^^rm^f t ^ «^-^-
reverential pSL of wSi^ tL^ ^'^ '1"^^' *^«^"*' ^d
be fomid inlTotS Lid ^^ P«^^,aP\ anywhere to
decent solemnity of ite rtJ^' ^t ^'*' notwithstanding th^
directory of the S-^L?ri!n I'mTV^ *°° ^^^^^^^ *« the
place of worsMp, S^S ^I'^J'^'ir''''^ * ^''^^<^
thought that sho bXd in theC-Hi,'*^'' "1^°^' ^^'
her father waving her back fr!. }^'''^ ,^^^ venerable figure of
in a solemn to^! %^e ^Ti-^w"^.''' ^*^ pronomicing
which causeth to err fZ' thJ w .^' *? i^"^ *^« instruction
her present agitatS an^ 1 -^'^ -^^ knowledge." But in
safety to this forbidX nk.. T''"'^ ^1*""*^°°' «^« looked for
will sometkTes seek 3^^^^^^ ^'''^^' "" *^' ^"^*'^ ^^'^
habitationT'i, other^^^^^^^ T"^'^' ^^^^^ ^ tJ^« l^uman
and habit .CevL^^^^^^^^ 'ff.T^ ^^ ^^^ ^'^ "^ture
two flutes whiTac^rpadtd 21:^ *^? ''^""' ^** ^^°"« «r
foHowing her guMe in^ C ItX ^ Y^r'^ '" ^°"
bir Sb :VS^^^^^^ and
spectators, thrshe resLZlM. °5^'!* °^ ^**«^*^°^ <^ ^^^
deportment which somrtriSn^/'^^*!' extravagance of
banished for an ZZT qJ ''"''* *^"'^ °^ melancholy had
centre aisle, ^ag^fiea^^^^H '''^? '^ ^^^^ "P t^«
the hand. She 3d Sp/I t«;». ^^^om ^^^^ held fast by
pew newest to lh:ti,l'??eft'^;iJr .^^ *^'
--C- ~ sijuvtiu in uer OWE
.'■ '11
it-
> ?
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mannpr and al,;^e to the high places of the Bynmme • bu»
pnm smlc „p„„ her lips, and « mtactag ™t to. wlKr tads
which corresponded with the delicate mi aircct«l mcc at whS
she was pleased to move, seemed to lake the gmerS^rtaS o^t
h-Sh comphmcDt, and which she returned by ncL S' Wf
Seed in^i^^^^\f,. «)"™««"=<»- Her absmdity Z,
dmTcit evT^d . r ""firi™. who, with dishevelled hai^
Madge's airs were at leagth fortunately cut short bv her
enoonntenng u her progress the looks of the de^an who
ascribed to insanity Evptv nprar^n :« +t, • • ' f.^ naturaUy
drew back from f Ma ^^I^a^ "" f^^"^ immediate vicinity
his hand, and ascertained the lesson of the dav Tjf« S,
r^r.rCdtrot^'^wnjsix^S
in ^t?t^fl *J"- ""^^ '"0 ^«^»«'»' ''Weh •'eanie felt
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 327
ri*e^lThTi; '"^ '^' was confirmed in the resolution
Dy Observing that he waa an aged gentleman of a iMmuf^t^A
appearance and deportment, who read thTsm co S an
attention those younger members of the congregation who had
been d,s tirbed by the extravagant behaviour of iLge WiWfir^
To the clergyman, therefore, Jeanie resolved to malco her apS
when the service was over. ^^
It is true she felt disposed to be shocked at his suri.lice of
whn-h she had heard .0 much, but which she hacT neve iJL
5 bv'th'oT "' ' rt' ^^"'« ""^'^- T'-« «h« w- c'on-
vd by the change of posture adopted in different parts of the
f* t^^^^^^^ ^ ^^?^ ^"^^«' *« ^hom fhey seemed
m.n I *^®, opportimity to exercise authority over her
piJl^ag her up and pushing her down with a bustling aiLTduitv
which Jeanie felt must make them both the objectf ofpamtl
attention. But, notwithstanding these prejudices it w^rhpr
prudent resolution, in this dilemma, to im^itate rnearly^ she
could what waa done around her. The prophSt shrth^i.t
pemitted Na.man the Syrian to bow eC'i^\t house of
strange to me, the Lord will pardon me in this thing
in this resolution she became so much confirmed; that with-
drawing herself from Madge aa far as the pew permit;*! she
endeavoured to_ evince, by serious and composed^a^n^'n to
what waa passing, that her mind waa composed to devotion
fm'et bTtT "^'^^ "°* ''J''''' P«™^^^d her to remain
qmet but fatigue overpowered her, and she feU fast asleeo in
the other comer of the pew. ^
Jeanie, though her mind in her own despite sometimes re-
verted to her situation, compelled herself to%Ve a^tlS to
a sensible energetic, and well-composed discfurae u^n the
practical doctrines of Christianity, which she c^uW nThdn
approving, although it was eveiy wd written down 2l r^l
by the preacher, and although it was delivered in a tone md
gesture very different from those of Boanerges StormheavTn
who was her father's favomito preacher. The f erious aTd pS
attention with which Jeanie listened, did not escape the S
man. Madge Wildfire's entrance had rendered hbi appreS
ZibleT'i^*'^^""'."' t ^''''^' ^°^^°«<^ ""^^^s a^ far ^
possible, he often turned his eyea to the part of the ebora
ill
^' fill
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congregation, he ohBerZdh^ll *"? ^' dismissed the
terrifiTlook, J i?^cIrteiS whl? . '^'^"^^^^^ « ^d and
and noticed that ahe^mr^hl^ '°T '^' °"«^* *« adopt,
of the congrcfemtion ^^11,^' '^^° '^ *^« "^°«* ^ecen
bacK timidly, ToCvi^ir that tr *^'^' T^ ^^«° «^^
Avoid her. The cler™^ ^1 r ^« T°''^ *° «^»»" and to
thing oxt^ordbaiy SThiTldt^^'f ^^'''^J "^"^* ^« «««»«-
a« a good ChristS^LS heiv^l 1°'"°^'^* "^^' «« ^«"
more minutely. ' "^^^^^^^ ^ "squire mto the matter
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIRST.
— There govcrnca iu that year
A stem, stout ohurl-an angry overseer.
ClUBBB.
you, but I mauu gaug m/aiu Id '■ ' ' ■"" "'""^ '"'''8«I ««
I '•■ill eu- yo 08 good"-—! ' ^ ' '"' 5""" 'al'e I -Hut
...el^-SM™^-'-^;,? » »au who »t«>d b«M,
S^-a. „f tbo We. Ola. „f t,.e M.„i„„e™ now ,,,^,
Tllfc HEART OP MID-LOTHIAiJ. 329
Barkf^on !"^^^?*^.«^T"^y P"ir auld mother, is in the stocks rt
BarkBtor, !~This is a' your wyto. Miss Jeanie Deans -TrTM
bo upsides wi' you, a^ sure as iny name's Mad^rWilrlfirllT
mean Murdockson— God helu me I Wt n.?, ^^dfire— I
confused wmste " ' ' ^^^ ^^ """"^ ^»"^« ^^ this
.;- ™«"'S »' tie pamh charge, young woman." ^
VVh«e ™ I to g„ aon )" .aid Jeanio, in some alann.
Why, I am to tulte thee to his Reverence, in the S nlaca.
fe> gie an account o' thyseU and to eee thou comenTk, K
burden upon the parieli." comena to be a
i-
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11
*• I do not wish to burden anyone," replied Joanie : " T havt
en^^gh for my own wants, and only wish to got on my journey
"Why, that's another matter," replied the headie, "and if it
be tnie—and I think thou dost not look so polrumptious as thy
playfoUow yonder— Thou wouldst be a mettle lass enow an
thou wert snog and snod a bit better. Come thou away then
— the Rector is a good man."
" Is that the minister," said Jeanie, " vvho preached"
"The minister 1 Lord help thee ! What kmd o' Presbyterian
axt thou^-Why, 'tis the Rector— the Rector's sell, woman, and
there isna the like o' him m the county, nor the four next to it
Lome away— away with thee— we maunna bide here."
I am_ sure I am very wiUing to go to sey the minister,"
said Jeanie; "for though he i A his discourse, and wore that
surplice, as they call it here, I canna but think he must be a
yeiy worthy God-fearing man, to preach the root of the matter
m the way he did."
The disappointed rabble, finding that there waa like to be no
farther sport, had by this time dispersed, and Jeanie, with her
usual pttience, followed her consequential and surly, but not
brutal, conductor towards the rectory.
This clerical mansion was large and commodious, for the
livmg waa an excellent one, and the advowson belonged to a
very wealthy family in the neighbourhood, who had usually
bred up a son or nephew to the church for the sake of inducting
him as opportunity offered, into this very comfortable provision
In this manner the rectory of Willingham had always been
considered as a direct and immediate appanage of Willingham
Hall • and as the rich baronets to whom the latter belonged had
usually a son, or brother, or nephew, settled in the living, the
utmost care had been taken to render their habitation not merely
respectable and commodious, but even dignified and imposing
It was situated about four hundred yards from the vill^e
and on a nsmg ground which sloped gently upward, coveTed
with small enclosures, or closes, laid out irregularly, so that the
old oaks and elms, which were planted in hedge-rows, fell into
perspective, and were blended together in beautiful irregularity
When they approached nearer to the house, a handsome gate-
way admitted them into a lawn, of narrow dimensions indeed,
but which was interspersed with large sweei chestnut trees and
beeches, and kept in handsome order. The front of the housf
^w|i''**
THE IIKART OK MID-LOTHIAN.
33)
ms irregular. Part of it seemed very old, and had, in fact, been
the reaidence of the incumbent in Romish times. Successive
occupants had made considerable additions and improvements
each m the taste of his own ago, and without much regard to
symmetiy. But these incongruities of architecture were so
graduated and happily mingled, that the eye, far from bnine
displeaaed with the combinations of various styles, saw nothing
but what ^aa mteresting in the varied and intricate pile which
they displayed. Fruit-trees displayed on the southern wall
outer staircases, various places of entrance, a combination of
roofs Mid chimneys of diflferent ages, united to render the front
not mdeed beautiful or grand, but intricate, perplexed, or, to use
Mr. Trice 8 appropriate phrase, picturesque. The most consider-
able addition waa that of the present Rector, who, "being a
bookish man," as the beadle was at the pains to mform Jeanie
to augment, perhaps, her reverence for the person before whom
she was to appear, had built a handsome libraiy and parlour
and no less than two additional bedrooms. '
"Mony men would hae scrupled such expense," continued the
pw-ochial officer, "seeing as the living mun go as it pleaaes Sir
Jiidmund to wiE it; but his Reverence haa a canny bit land of
his own, and need not look on two sides of a penny "
Jeanie could not help comparing the irregular yet extensive
and commodious pde of buUding before her to the " Manses " in
her own countiy, where a set of penurious heritors, professing
^ the whUe the devotion of their lives and foriiimes to the
Presbytenan estabhshmenfc, strain their inventions to discover
what may be nipped, and clipped, and pared from a buildmg
Which forms but a poor accommodation even for the present in-
cumbent, and, despite the superior advantage of stone-masonry
ni? ?' '?r^ ^^ ^^''y ""^ ^^ y^' ^g^ burden the?;
descendants with an expense, which, once liberally and hand-
somely employed, ought to have freed their estates from a re-
currence of It for more than a century at least.
Behind the Rector's house the ground sloped down to a small
river, which, without possessing the romantic vivacity and
rapidity of a noriihem stream, was, nevertheless, by its occa-
sional appearance through the ranges of willows and poplars
that crowned its banks, a very pleasing accompaniment to the
landscape. "It was the best troutmg stream," said the beadle,
whom the patience of Jeanie, and especially the assurance that
-»he was not about to become a burden to the parish, had ren-
js.J;
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dered rather communicative, "the beat trouting stream in aU
J^rJ^X'ihSgt" '" ^' '°""' *'"^ "" -^^^^^^ *^ ^
Turning aaide from the principal entrance, he conducted
Jeame towards a sort of portal connected with the older part
of the building, which was cuiefly occupied by servante, and
knockmg at the door, it was opened by a servant in grave
purple bvery, such as befitted a wealthy and dignified clergy-
"How dost do, Tummaa?" said the beadle-" and how's
young Measter Staunton V
"Why but poorly-but poorly, Meaater Stubbs.-Are you
wantmg to see his Reverence 1"
"Ay, ay, Tummaa ; please o say I ha' brought up the youns
woman as came to service to-day with mad Madge Murdockson
—she seems to be a decentish koind o' body : but I ha' asked
her never a question Only I can tell his Reverence that she
land" °' ^'^^^^' ^"^ ^ ^** ^ *^® ^^^ °^ Hoi"
Tummas honoured Jeanie Deans with such a stare, aa the
pampered domestics of the rich, whether spiritual or temporal
usually esteem It part of their privilege to bestow upon the
poor, and then desu-ed Mr. Stubbs and his charge to step in till
he informed his master of their presence
The room into wh. !. he showed them was a sort of steward's
parlour hmig with a comity map or two, and three or four
Ki" ^^^r^'^"^ r^"'"'"' '^o'l^ected with the county, as Sir
WiUiam Monson, James York the blacksmith of Lincoln * and
the famous Peregrine, Lord WiUoughby, m complete aAnour
looking asj^hen he said, in the words of the legend below the
" Stand to it, noble pikemen,
And face yo well about j
And shoot ye sharp, bold bowmen,
And we will keep them out.
Ye musquet and calUver-men,
Do you prove true to me,
I'll be the foremost man in fight,
Said brave Lord Willoughbee,'
When they had entered this apartment, Tummas as a mattei
Londlt mi.f *^* ^""^^ '-^ ^'^'^'' ' *""*'«« *>" E°«l^»> Herald,^
how's
THE TfKAUT OP MITD-LOTHTAN. 333
a^'War7oV:r^ a« a mazier of course Mr. Stubbs accepted.
LmmT^f 1 * ^i^ *^''' ^'^S <^^« respectable relics of a
gammon of bacon, and a whok whdskin, or black pot of BufR
an mvitation to Jeanie, in which Timimas joined that his
prisoner or charge would follow hi, good example. Xt dthoi,.h
she might have sfood in need of refreshment, considering "he
had ta.sted no food that day, tlie anxiety of the moment he?
own sparmg an.l abstemious habit., and a bashM aTeLtn to
hVcZtr' So«h^ two Strang^ induced herTriin
ana Mr. lummas, who had chosen to join his friend in con
sS"m^wt°TT 'I '^ ^''' ^^^^ *^ afLZaftenioon
service, made a hearty luncheon, which lasted for half-an-hour
Ighfbeu'otWT'^'^ "^^'^"'t!' ^'^^ -^ ^- '^^^^^^
Thon ITl' ^."°'™'"' ""^^ ''^^'Sod to attend his master.
Ihen, and no sooner, to save himself the laboiu- of a second
journey to the other end of the house, he r^oi^ced to 1^
The'cltTot '' ?• f*"''^' "^^'^ *^« otherTall"
aa he chose to designate Jeanie, as an event which hari iust
aken place. He returned with an order that Mr Stubbs S
TCK'Tif 1""^' ^ "^*'^"^^^ -h-«d up to the libr^'
washed down the greasy morsel with the la^t rinsings of the
pot of ale, and mimediately marshalled Jeanie through one or
two mtricate passages which led from the ancient to the moJe
modern buildings, into a handsome little hall, or iterrm
SC^? ''' "'"^' ^°' ''' '' -^^^^ - gla^sloT o3
J^Stay here," said Stubbs, «tiU I tell his Reverence you are
^saying, he opened a door and entered the library
Without wishing to hear their conversation, Jeaiiie as she
thrdrrTntrV'""' "°* ^^^^^ ''' ''' - stursC t;
the door, and hia Reverence waa at the upper end of a lari
room their conversation waa necessarily audiWe in thelteroom
^U.ht ^T \ ^/°"^^* *^' y°^S woman here at last, Mr.
^ubbs. I expected you some time since. You know I do not
h^^/r^fjT-" > 'T^, ^ ^^*°^y ^ «^°°^«^* ^tho^t some
inquiry into their situation."
" Very tnie, your Kevereaee," repUed the beadle ; "but thf
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young womau had eat nought to .lay, and ao Meanter Tumma*
dul set down a ilrap of drink and a .noreel, to bo si.re "
of thfoH""" "^/"T "''''^' ^'- ^^"^^i '^'l ^^l»^t h'oH become
of tho other moat uufortuiuito being ?" ""»a«u«
JiiY^J^C '"^"""^ ^H:, ^'"^^' " ^ d''^ *J"»k tlie Bight on hci
wou^d but vox your Kcvoronce, .uid eoa I did let hor go ho
ways bock to her mother, who is in trouble in the next pLiah!'
Sbiuntou "^"'"''' "' P"^""' ^ suppose r' said Mr,
;; Ay, truly ; aomothing like it, an it lilce your Kovoreuce."
Wretched, unhappy, moorrigiblo woman I" said the clcrirv-
« *wi ^'^ """* '"'* ''^ P*^^'" ^ "•« conipjuuou of hers ?"
Why decent enow, an it Uko yoiu- lloverence," aaid Stubba ■
"for aught I acea of her, there's no harm of hek and she saja
Bhe^h^vs cash enow to atriy her out of tho comity » ^
.h. tT i , ",^T*3^« ^^l^at you think of, Stubbs-But, hoa
S^ onfeUr ^'^ '" "^^^-'^"^ ^^" ^^« -P-^^ «^ *^W
"Wliy yoiu- Reverence," replied Stubba, «'I cannot just aay
--I will be sworn she waa not born at AVitt-ham :* for Gaffer
Gibbs looked at hor all the ti.no of acrvioo, and ho says she
ri Tm r ff V^^^' ^^««" ^^' «* Christian, evenl ih
ahe had Madge Murdockson to help her-but then as to feSg
for hersell, why, she's a bit of a Scotchwoman, your Reverence
and they say the w^^rst donnot of them can liok out for JhS
SS;?^ '^" ^ ''"'*'^ P"* °° ^"^"' ^'^ ^'' bechoinched
StubW^ ^'"^ ^ ^''■'' *'''°' '^'^ ^° ^'" '^^ '^^^^^^ Mr.
This colloquy had engaged Jeanio's attention so deeply, that
door, which, we have said, led from tho anteroom into the
garden, ^ opened, and that there entered, orTatW was
borne in by two assistants, a young man, of 'a vei^ p Je ^d
pS '^r^' -VT'^"^ *'^^ ^^ *° *^« neaxest^couch, Z'
^out of tZ S™ ^^ "^r """^"^ *^"« arrangement. Stubba
came out of the libraiy, and summoned Jeanie to enter it. She
fcl^-""' f* ''!^^°^* *^'^°^^ f«^' te^ides the novelty o?
the situation, to a girl of her secluded habits, ahe .'elt Xol U
« pe^Sr^We^iPr'"' *^"^°° ^ *'^* *^^*y' *^ ^««»»» '»"^
TIIK inURT OF MID-LOTIIIAN. 335
leant tUl Hl.7«l oul 1? W 1 .T'^^^^n'^^^" ""d protoetioi,, at
P<.sed thr^t ^1^^^^^^ While these things
can record, or oven STrLTf ^"^^^^'^ our pen and ink
traces, Joiu fZd L^jf ^^^^ ^ the moanmg of ita
presence of the lector of l^ir ?'^^«'''H!| ^^^rary, and in
presses and shelves wichl J ^t".?' ,^^'« well-furnished
apartn.ent, c,S::it: rr£ ^^^^ "''^ ^'^"'^-'-
i» the worM, hemg acZtonTl f. m '''''° ""^^'^'^^ «^«ted
lection two f r shclvrTarn , 'T'^^^I '"^ "" ''^^^^^'^^ col-
mid a fews?uftid a „!?« /„T'^^ *^^° '^y ^ther;
caic'olated S' the wtleTdifib'r '^^'^'^^ "^^«*y' ^^
divine worsh n he wiZr^n /u f ^ *^® congregation during
of herself blWji' °'T*^«^T ^'^ ^^^^«^ ™ account
todenmnd. HewLai2« r ^^\^ ^' '^^^ "^^S^* «««^
as a clergyman ''"" ^ J"«*^«« ^^ I^ce, he informed her, aa well
ve^cltiuTdi:^?'' wL^ Tultt"* ^^^^^^ ^~) "--
bring out. ' ^ *'^** P°°^ J^ie could at firet
pererSorii;:!-Cd'whft 2ZJ7''^ iJ? ^^"^^"' "^-«
such (Smpaiy^-We Slow nn T n^° "" ^^'^ '°"°*^' ^^ in
« T o»« !r{ ^ "° strollers or vagrants here "
«ou.eu by .nc, supposition. " l am a decent Scots 'i^^J^
SS6
WATKRLEY N07EL&
Ung hrough cho aud on my own buBiness and my own exmmc* -
md I wa^ so unhappy aa to fall in with bad coLrvTr vJL'
topped a night on my journey. And this pT Sure Z
is 8ome^hmg light-headed, let me out in the morning^ ' ""^^
Bad company I" said the clergyman. " I am afraid vn„n<,
«i,nn •? ' ' '^*"™"' *^*''^^^' "I l^avo ,>en brought ud to
shun evil communication. But these wicked people were thioL^
and stopped me by violence and mastery " ^ ^ ""'
r^:?::^^'' «^-*- -'t^- you charge them with
"No 8ir; they did not take ao much as a boddle from mo"
JuK J^g rf "" "'"■•«»' ^™ ™" "« '"-d over to p^
EnS'law" rjSfr'*;'' Ir-r" "» «^'»»^. *•"" the
■JigiMii MT in addition to the inconTenience sustoii.^,! h,
Hh/'r''f f^' "*?* ^''^ ''"^^"^^ a* I^o^don waa express • all
she wanted was, that any gentleman would out of S«ti!n
chanty, protect her to some towu whereTe could bi^^
XtionT"' " '"= '""^ ™ ""' »"- • "-«' ^^^
^r^Stamiton stared a Bttle, and «*ed if her faUier ™ .
;; And what is his name, pray!" said Mr. Staunton,
near SSr- "' ""'"'" ** ^' ^■"^'» C™«^
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Some noiso ami I j,;„?;,,T , ,™ ""'"'■ "IMrtmont.
«W fur the best r « rf^; .Jr^' """ °° ''"° '«"«•«' "»
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEOOND.
IPMtMUo pMsloM' majj,^ ^
pursue. She waa impatieTl V'°""^ ^«^ t)est for her to
foar^ she could no^£''^,''Z'?''^^ '''' J^^^^' y«t b^^
and her a^istanta were ij ten^lt' ^? «°,^^« ^i^o old h^
a repetition of their vioL.e S ?.°"'^r^' ^^^^^^^ ™k,-nf
from the conversation v^uTsh.^t n.T^' ^\^ ''"^^ «>l^ecf
from the wild confessiona of Aladl i^^ ■? °^!?^J> and also
had a deep and revengeful Ltive ?oJ w '' *^** ^^^ mother
If possible. And from ^Siom ouJ<f «i f™'""^' ^*^^ J«^ey
not from Mr. Staunton? S whl n ^'^' ^"' ^^^^^^^-'^ ^
seemed to encourage her hopes nlTf"^'' ^'^ demeanour
hough marked with a deep^lt 3 1 ^^Tl ^''' ^^^some,
language were gentle and enc^a/in7^'^^^^. ^'^ *°^° and
in the army for several yeaJs dS f •^* ^"'^"^ ^^« ^^ «™d
hat eaay frankness whi'hTpe S to /l"'''^' }""''' '''^^^^
Ue was, besides, a minister nfff^ *^'^ Profession of arma
worshipper, accor'ding o JeLl '/''^'^ ^^> although i
Gentiles, and 80 benfghted 7^1"'*'°^' ^^ tl^e ^^^^t of the
read the Common P= Z^J^^ ^ ''^^''' ^'^ongh he
sermon before deliverinju -^d^jJl ^^"7 '^"^ ""'"^ "f his
strength of lungs, as wdl as ^h ^''"^^ ^° ^««' moreover,^
infflri<.r *n Ti„„°-! ^^ as pith and marrn^v nf ,iL^-_- '.,
VOL. ni. **"' *'®anie still thought he must
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^ \7^][y J^f^erent person from Ciirate Kilstoup, and othei
drunk in their canonical dress, and hound out the draffoona
against the wandering Cameronians. The house seemed to be
Iw 'f *r^'?' ^"t.* ^ '^' '°"^^ '^^t «"PPOse she was alto-
gether forgotten, she thought it better to remain quiet in the
notkeThe7 '' ^""^ ^'^ ^'^' *"' '°°'' °"' ^^°^^ *^^«
The first who entered was, to her no small delight, one of
To'lT^T .r-' ^ °^?*.h«^';y;lo«king aged person of a htus'ekeeper.
f. J;r! ^^'^{u*'^ ^ housekeeper did not encourage too much
fi^miharity with a person who was at the EectoiJ on justice-
b™s, and whose character might seem in her ejes somewhat
precarious ; but she was civil, although distant
a mZlT^ ?'^^'''\ '\' '^^' "^^^ ^^d a ^^ accident by
LvJZ f 1 °'''' ""^If^ "^^'^^ ^^^ ^^^« *o faiiiti^g fits;
wlr ?J'" "^7 '^ Jlf * ^°^' ^^^ ^t waa impossible his
not ?ear bi, S"^ ''n ^T ^"^ '"^' *^«^ ^"t that she need
not fear his domg all that was just aad proper in her behalf the
C offerinrtf t^'\'" ■'"^"^" attend'ed to/'-S^e coSed
rnl^S ho"f keeper, i: whose estimation order and cleanliness
ranked high among personal virtues, gladly compUed with a
request so reasonal le; mid the chan^^f iess wS Cde^
bundle furnished made so important m improvement ^hel
^ad ^ i.r- 'II ""^T ",**^^ ^^°^«^ the violence she
had sustained, m the neat, clean, quiet-looking little Scotch-
woman, who now stood before her^ Encouraged by sul a
favoumble alteration in her appearance, Mrs. Dalton vetted
pleased with the decent propriety of her conduct during the
« I hope .ne, madam," said Jeanie, mirprisod at the question ,
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a Leicester pIoW, and tUw CnlT' T,' ^^'^ »'■"<' ^
houB would make aU their MorcWH,^^' '^'^"°« f"^ *^^
md to »d. Take thou the Ck^f^™/"^ **■* B""« *»■»
wrh„fh's''e:si'^^^^^^^^^^
of Scnpture, not for her own eSatil Yv^ "^ '* """"« ^ «««
nind of others for the reUef^her wS; nffl- 1? ^°^^ "P^'^ *he
tWrupuku3 sense of duty, she seSffin^'?"'^ ' ^^ ^^^^^
of the prophet Isaiah, and Sad it nnSw^'^'.^'''^^''^' » chapter
pevery one woi.e than t'othe^ If thof t^ ''"^*^' ^ ^^^^
has hke thyseU that wanted a place L'l?.^- ^^ ^^^^
character, and would not go laUcSr«'T.f ?. "^^^ ^"^^ * ^^od
and wore shoes and stocWs fte d^ ^ Z^^"" ^^ ^^,
!7 ?"* ^e might find ro^ fo7her at tLT^r^^^^' ^'" "°*
the pain f re^^TbXent^cfri^l'^-ie -- spared
had seen before. ""ranee ot the same man-servant she
wal'S^radtoJ "" *^ ^°™S «- ftom Scotland"
^™ ^I yo^A-Sr-i^ ^ f * - ^ou can. »d teU
Mton. "I will fold downXS L '"? "'^' ^^^ Mrs.
mth some nice muffin a^fli, ^ T^^ y™ » «np of teZ
you seldom see in Scotfi^/.?" °™» -l"™. »"1 tta?s wS
pati^H^*^' "*-« f- 'ho young woman," said T^nmas im-
yo^^'o^^i^Lit^Z ^i:^r '"^ "usines, to put in
^ Keve«»,ce, seeing 2 h" ndL^i™,*" <^ ».. StaVton
m^toing, meast«Sg hL 1 ifTS "'T!^™. "d not be
As Jriu,f. ™,. ,-* "^>^ « ne were a little mttv .„„;„ ™
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Tummas, tho footman said nothing tiU ho got into the naasaM.
Tumraas led the way through a more mtricate ranee of
passages than Jeanie had yet threaded, and iXed W into
an apartment which was darkened by thi closii7of most of Th«
T^r^T"' *"' "" ""'''' ^^^ bed^^sfh^hns:
'" V.'^ l?f" ^V ''°.^"'''°' '< ^^ T^™mas.
Very weU, said a Toice from the bed but not thaf ^f !,,•»
Reverence ; " be ready to answer the beU Id ^e the r^or^
her^I in' r^r' T^^'C ^^ J««^Vconfounded at Sg
thTtl'mSS^t:??!!^'* °' "^ ^^^^^ "^'^^ ---* told mf
"Don't trouble yourself," said the invaUd. "there is no
mistake. I know more of your affaire than my fath^ L ?
can manage them better.— Leave the room Tom " S. *
we have little to lose. Open the shutters of that winTow »
liif f n ^\^^ f ^' ^'^ «^^^« *^« «"rtain of his bed the
bght feU on his paJe comitenance, as, turban'd with b^d^J^
tte b^ m a nigh1.govni, he lay, seemingly exhaust^l^n
lecr^ei" '* '"''" ^" "^^' "^"^^ ^^' ^ yo" ^ot ^col-
coimJ^\%"^' ^''' '"^ °' ^^^^- "^ -- --- - this
fainf^rJ!5^T°^^*'T^'^"^y°""- Think-recollect. I should
f^ fn ^ J name the name you are most dearly bound to loathe
and to detest. Think— remember !" "uuu w loaine
A terrible recollection flashed on Jeanie, which every tone of
ce^Sty. '' '""^'^' "^' "^^ ^ ^-* words^reXed
%ht%h'tT''^~''"''°'^'' ^^'^"*'^ ^'"^'^' ^'^'l *h« «^oo«-
in i^^j^ """^ ^""^ '" " "^^^^ ^*^ ^^^P«<J hands, and gasped
with^^'JSr ^ "f'" *''.'^^' ""^« ^ ^^»«h«<i «Dake, writhing
with impatience at my incapacity of motion-here I uTXf
a iZ tW ^r ^'i " ^^^^"^^h' *^ evei; mei^'to ea^
a life that m dearer to me than my own,-How is yZ sXl
.■ *«.V!«Sili!iKili4jS^)aift,S'^
upon
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errands of foUy and ^Sckelt^ T^'f T '"^^'^ '^'^ ^ tho.ifl'and
^ith me on the olTo dtTsltr k' '^'"^^ '^^^« ^^^ke do^
But I must rein mmTZZZlt^' undertaken for yeaT^
I have much to say^^G,vrmeTl^ 7f? "^^^ ^^d,ire it,^d
on that teble.-Why do you t'eS^ ^' ^""^'^^ ""^''^ '^^
causo.--Let it stand-I need Hot ' ^"* ^°" ^^"« ^^-* ^^^^
wmS fee^e^lX^^^^^^ t? f -^ ^-
There is a cordial for the S • .^"^? ''^^ forbear saying,
from their tmnsgressions, and^e^^'^the Ph' ^'^^^^ ^ ^
" SiJence !» he said stendy-!''^^' '^A^^^^^^^ of souls."
me, and lose no time in doin. so wW ^^ ^°"- ^"^^ *«"
^untiy ? Remember, though h^vH^'" ^« ^'^S in this
enemy, yet I will fler;e her with thl ^ T"' «i«*«^'« ^o«t
wiU serve you for her bZ o^a ^® ^* ^^ "^^ Wood, and I
pmpose, for no one cL k^t ^017 '^ ^'^^ ^^^ *« «'eh
without fear." ^^® cu-cumstaaces so well—so speak
" I am not afraid sir » ooj/i t .
"ItmtinGod; and if it mL^'^L?"'^'^^ ^^^ ^P^^t^-
capt'vify, it is aUI seek, whoso^fr Sf^K ° '"^'^"^ "^^ ^^^^'^
sir, to be plain with you IdaTZ *^' ^strument. But,
were enabled to see tLt'it ^corT Jl^ f^^, «°"^«el, unless I
K>ly upon." ^^°"^ ^'tfa the law which I must
" The deviJ take tho Puritan t" rri.A n
we must now caU him-'Tw vou^ nl^'T ^*^""*°°' for so
unpatient, and you drive meST m'f i ^"^^ ^ ^ ^atumlly
do to teU me in what sitnnHo^ ^^^^ ^"^ ^^n it possiblv
o^ectations of bebg aft^asS w" ^.'^^ ^^ y'^^
refuse my advice when I offer a^twlvf ' ^* ^' *™^ ^^^^"^h to
I speak calmly to you thou^h^fl . • ^.°" ""^^ *^k ^P^oper
urge me to impatSe-?f ^ 0^^' 7 °^*"^« ^ b«*don'i
serving Effie." ^« « wdJ only render me incapable of
asoSrtri^^^ra^tSs'a^rm;':^
prey upon itself, as thTiSpTtien^ ST^2^l "?l^^ «^^«d to
with churning upon the bit X ! J'^ !^^ ^^^^'^^^^ itself
oocurred to Jeanie that L ^Lt ZT/f '''^^'''^^^^> ^^
bim whether on her sister's ac^tor he nl ^I'^f^'old fr^m
of the consequences of the cSwhlh /^S*^' fatal account
to r^ect such ad-i-- ^ -• -^ ^"^^ ^® ^ad comj^ifw —
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might be able to suggest in the way of remedy. Accordindv
f J !^ V ,^ ^i condemnation, and of her own journey aa
Z.T v^r""^ ?' ^PP*^^'^ *° l^t^^ ^ the utmost S Tf
nr ''P'^'^'l '^^ ^°^^* «^Pt«^ of emotion, whX
Sv«^lf T ?f "^"'^ ^^' *^« ^«^J«^ "^o^a^ch on his bed
of hve co^, only the contortions of his check, and the a^exZ
of his Lmbs gave indication of his sufferings. Tomuchof wTat
she said he hstened with stifled groans, a.^ he wSe on?y Jm
S h^ nTn^ «te Puirsued her tale through the circmnstances
Ttfi^-i "^terrupted her journey, extreme surprise and earnest
hi f h« «fn '^^t'^- He questioned Jeanie closely concern- ■
Z h^oZT^'Vi *^' *T «^^"' ^^ *^« conversation S
m^. T ^"^ ^'*^'''' *^« *^«^ of t^em an^' the woman
When Jeame mentioned the old woman having XTd to
Sf S^i^food^ *^.° *"'^': ^/ -^^ ''-^ the'sotcetm
to m« fill ^!?? , ' T^^'l^ "^^°*' °^^* ^^^^ communicated
to me the wretched-the fated-propensity to vices that were
strangers m my own family.—But go on "
M^rha^fnoSL^^^^^^ ^:;ei?3 m%htTZ eS
iTrr Xf ^^ ^^ ^- '-p-^-' id?h::SSrfS
and^Tin^.iS!'''*''''! ^^^ •^'' ^ "^°^^^* ^ P^«f«>««d meditation
and at length spoke with more composure than he had vPt
^S tT"' *''" interview.-'' yL are TseLbnt /eU
S Iff ^T^ T r^^' -^^^ I^«^°«> and I will teU yormore
of my stoiy than I have told to any one.-Story dH ^ ^h^
^because I desire your confidence in return-tL.t\ .at you
^re^redo I'^pe^^^ "^''''^ '^ ^^ ^^- . d ciir:S
rh2,^ ^"^ ^^^^ "^ ^""'S ^""^ a sister, and a daughter and a
eZr Sfn to th« r f^°°^ *u^^J '^°"^^ ^°«^« ^*° ^'^ «oL
« ^in^i! f , pf ^??^?« ^^i^h causeth to err."
headn„fho r'^*^'^^^^"^^- "Look at me. My
Sshed ti?h tl?* ""^ ^""a ^. ^°* ^^°^«^' °^y ^^ds are not
garnished with talons; and, since I am not the very devil
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^l:^^^\t Zf^z^' '^^^?, ^-*-y-^ the
patdently, and you wiU Z t^L^ J ^ I'^te^ to me
counael, you mav VVn ^ ^^^^>J^^^ you have heard my
pocket/if youTavf a rn ', ''T^^ ^^"^" ^^^^ ^^ ^ YoZ
prov^tri^ht^^P T'"^^"' ^^^ ^ explanations uBuaUy
Native M)m^lf;i^'"^^^^^^^^^ ^T "^^"^ ''''' ^ ^''^<^' "ar^
ner at^nceToo Zmit?^ "^jff communicated lu a man-
to admit of our STw? nf;.r *°°7"«^ broken by pa^ion,
read from a mlSS whfrr.T'^- u ^'^^ °^ '* ^^eed he
information ofrSo^^^^^^^^^ ^-- "P ^or the
8he had beei Z nuLe Lf ? r^!?'^ ''"^^^ °^ «»y father--
a cottage near thr^t" 5""^°/ ^^ dead-she resided in
and wi tr a^'LtTuTbt v^^ ^ddfJ^I^^ ^^^^
s^^h^e n^TbC !:.^^ r?? "^^ -^^ -^^^'^%
waa familiar w? h me ^ 0^7* ' ^'^ '""^ ^' frequently -She
I^in a word T T' Tl ^^^^cnon seemed to permit-and
yourlUbt^rSit wl'"^f^-^^^ "°' - bad"'
should have beeTh^r ILT '^^^^^^'^^ viUanous- her foUy
abroad-T^ do my^thr ,S- -/t'u '^''' '^^ ^ ^^^« ««"*
it is not his f^ul^he t,/ 1^' f ^ ^^^' '"™°^ «"* * ^end
I found the wre^hprl nAi ^"^ °!'^'^'- ^'"'^^ ^ returned,
disgrace, and Z chted frt' tr^ ^'"^^'^ ^^'^^ ^'^"^^ ^*^
in their 'shame and Srerv wTr ^T*'^— ^^^ ^««P «l^ar«
harsh langTg^teTuSrd TlTt-^^ ^''^'' "^'^ ^'^
of strange adventZ r^ZT '^' ^^ ^"^'^ '^^ ^^d a life
my fathers hmna' ^ ""^ ^^^^ *" ^-^^ "^ father or
yoiii.'^^ridTt oi'*'^'-'^r^' ^ p^* ™y !"-« into
not worth saw Tut tt ZT ^l' ^^^^' ^"^ ^'^'' ^
and the honour of a famL n?^ •/ ^- ''espectable old man,
society, as suc^ pronenS T'^''^*^°"- ^^^ ^°^« ^^ 1°^
termed J j S'^f?. "" ^ '"'" T^^^ ^^^ ^« n^nally
nat,ire,'wh^h if notdetr.T"'"!'^^^^' ^°^ ^^icated a
been fit forbitL t^T r i^i'^^^f debauchery, would have
wild revel, the lowtimour ft« '''' ''«"^'f ^ ^'^'^^' ^ '^'
with whom I a^lTa^i i ik th ""'' r^^- "^"^'^ °^ *^^^«
4.,./., a^ m tho 5pmc of adventure, presenca
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T£»rl
:ii
a sweet and pleasant retrfat V « ^ •' lory f— la jt not
He pau«i, and then proceeded wift mora comZre
than I had yet been conce^rin 1 '"°'"'?^ ^'^^'^
character Mng swfor tn tf^ l . determination of hii
mina W,.er„\rS"l ftif ^^ tS', ■"T"'^ °'
Btrange was the cotu-age and addiess wl, W^ll T-' ""''
pmeuit.. W!:i'i I wl engag^ in diS;"-'','" :'' l'^"^ "" 1™
60 strange ani . Kcm™ » „,;„'. °^lf ■ " -- >ntures, under
3-ur unLun..Sr:r ST^t ^ ^^ -^"-ted wit),
the suburbs, which she freq^nterbrste^H ' /. ^^^ ^
proved an mterfudo to the tragic scenes in w- " ' '' """^
deeply engaged. Yet this lot mfsay~the vill- ' ' """^ ^^^
meditated, and I was firmly relolved J I ? ' ''!? ''^^ ^'^'
which carriage could d, si soTn^^ I^^^^e able^^L^X
mmhmk^,i^^M
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conducting her a^ if to some ivi ^ "^^ ^ions -virions 0/
at once to nmk Jd forZl T ''*''^*' "^^ introducing her
at my request, atT^tdTne^Sn ^.T ' 1 ^ ^^-^^
v^as protracted for some timA 3 ° V^^ "^^ ^a*^er, which
At length, andTust ThenTlT/'^*!^^^^^
'«anied by some meaTor othTmv in?^ ^'^"^^ P^^^"' ^«
exaggerated colours, which ^0^^.^^^' ^^^ ^ even
wrote me a letter— how ^ZS ^°^^' unnecessary. He
y a sum of money and Zw' """^ ^^°^ not-TcIosSg
despeiate-I bec2 ^i °T"^.T 'P^ «^«r- I becamf
periloua smuggliuHdveXi T:l;^y J°^«^ Wilson in a
«^gly bliSded b/hL bl J '^-T' °^«^ed, and waa
officer of the custoS t^ fTJ^ fT^f ^""^ ^^^W of the
Hitherto I had observed a cert^^nr -^ honourable reprisal
stood free of assaSte iSon n?,?^, ^' "" "^^ criminality, and
^d pleasure HTg^ciSg mClS ^'T^^' '^"^ ^°^ ^^^^^
" The plunder w^o ohJ?^ ^ """t^ ^ I^^We.
comrades,'^^d ody Xd ll«°f T. ^ "^^^^^^^ *t«t to my
that when I stoJd^?h mv^f °^^^''- ^ ^"^«°^her well,
while theyconStoTthetwThT^^^^^ *^« ^°«^
own safety. I was only meSi """^ * *^°"^^t ^^ ^y
wrong from my family mvt.tt^^/*^"'^ ''"^^ °^ «"PP°««^
how it would sound ,>.f^Ti,P?*.'°* *^^t ^^ vengeance and
lingham, that one of thi H "^^^^ "^^ °^ *^« ^7 of m
of ttf honou^^ho Jd7e:SS7;^^^^^^ t^e heir'apparent
for robbing a Scottish gaS of ^^1 "". "^ J^' ^^°^«°
paxt of the money I hadTmy loole^oT T'^ '' ^^^^^^^
I expected no less We wZ E?T . ^e were taken—
for. But death^ 1,; condemned— that also I looked
the recoUectXot S"YJ.T' ^".'^^ ^-V -1
me on an effort Js^e ly L^^f *« ^^ff^on detemined
m Edinbui^h I again LTf^i ^"T^ *° tell you, that
daughter.^She haf M^ed tie?.'"'" ^"^^ockson and her
now, under pretence of I triSnVS''^'" young, and had
habite, with which she had^£, ^1^'' '^^"^«d predatory
first meeting wa. stomy lutl^J ?t'° ^. ^^^"^^- ^u'r
h^, aad she forgot, or se^eied l fl^et th? •' "^^* "^^^^^ ^
had received. The unfortunate JK' ^t """^ ^"^ ^^"^^^ter
to Imow her seducer, farTeS to^lt '^ '''^''' ^^^^ «^«°
Bhe had receive HeT-,^^ ? f-"" ^^ '^^^^ ^ the im,ar^
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!lii
i''.i
mg to her mothei^B account, is Boinetimee the consequence of an
unfavourable confinement. But it waa my d^ H^e\S
hL^± r -.^^'i?^ l^J^-«vei7 word of this poor creatu^-
^J^^.?^^~~J'T.^^'^''^ recoUections-her aUusions to
things which she had forgotten, but which were recorded in my
conscience, were stabs of a poniard-stabs did I sayl-th^y
ZZ^^r^ ^S^ ^^'^' «"^ ««^^« *ho raw wLd with
burmng sulphur-they were to be endured however, and they
were endured.-! return to my prison thoughts. ^
It was not the least miserable of them that your sister's
tu^e approached I knew her dread of you and ofX SI
Sow t; T "^' """y^J ^^ * ^^'^^ deaths ere you should
know her shame-yet her confinement must be provided for
i^Z ^ rT M^dockson was an infemal^^ but I
^h« Wl n' ^'^i "i',' "^^ *^** "^°^«y ^°"ld make h r true.
She had procm-ed a file for Wilson, and a spring-saw for me •
1.^ '• "^^^ftp^^'-^^dily to take charge of Effie during Ter'
assistance. I gave her the money which my father had sent
r;h« ^''''.•''*^'^*^^*.^^« '^'^^ ''^'^^ Effie into her hoS^e
?shonSTffT' ^^ ""^'^ ^°' ^^*^^^ ^^''^'^ fro^ ^e, when
1 should effect my escape. I communicated this purpose and
recoUect that I endeavoured to support the chai-acter of Mac-
£''^rt%r?T'*rT-" ^^^ W' ^^^^-^^^^^ rum^, i^o
w game to the last Such, and so wretchedly poor, wi my
ambition ! Yet I had resolved to forsake the Curses T h^d
^L'"^^"^. ^' '^'"^^ ^ ^' '' ^°^^*« ^ ^ escape the
gibbet My desi^ waa to many your sister, and go over to the
I^n i^ f?V ^^i"^.'*^ " considerable sun; of money left, Z
Wal^ wh'f',-5'/?'"'P* *^ ''^P'' ^d ^y *te obfitinacy of
Wilson, who insisted upon going first, it totally miscarried,
Mt'^r^lrl,-''^^^'^^ "^^^'^ which'lie^Sc^
STTolbonth ^ ^ '"'°'' "^^ accomplish my escape from
^/w th ? ^r^' ^°" "^r^ ^"^« ^^d °f-^ Scotland
rf s^kVof ,•/ T * ^^^* ^d extraordinary deed- All
Et?^n.^ ofit-all men, even those who most condemned the
M nis mendship. I have many vices, but cowardice or want of
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gratitude, are none of the number. I remivi^ *» _„„i.. ...
g«iero8ily, and even your siBter's safely teZfa t3^
e.deratiou with me fi the time. tT^^^SJ^^T'
'" Z ffil°f ^n X ' ^-^-^ "^S tt."^™
2r.'^rtrn^-Ti&SE
where the men engaged in that desperate trade axe THS
security for themselves and their Jcustomed eoS M^ f?
msensible to the clamis of courage and eeneroaifv w^ J^
the idTf ^^ , ''^"^'"^ T'^ '^^y ^ 1«^ tlie onsS on
hv5 '/ ^r^^ ."^ ""^^ °^ ^«"o^e™ ^to engaged to stand
by me and returned to Lothian, soon foUowed Kme sSv
associates, prepared to act whenever the occaafon S reql^/
"I have no doubt I should have rescued him fwfrn tv.!?
aoose that dangled over his head,''Te'"c:nti'^:,U^t^^^
fa^on which seemed a flaah of the interest which he h^^;[
tmtrt'^'l*"^ ^^* "°^°^^' °*^^ precautions' the mS:
trates had taken one, suggested, aa we afterwards learnS^
the unhappy wretch Porteous, which effectuaUy Cheeked
my measures. They anticipated, by half-an-hou^ th^ oXS
shonl/ . V. °^^^T^*^o^ ^om the officers of justice, we
should £.v show ourselves upon the street mitU the tSe d
action .Koached, it followed, that all was over beforTonr
attempt at a rescue commenced. It did cZTnce WeveT
and I gained the scaffold and cut the rope with my ow^ w'
It more ''Id "^'^ '°''' «tout-lieJed, gene^usTriS
waa nc more— and vengeance was aU that remained to us— a
IZTw'^ "" I then thought, doubly due from myLTd. to
^om WilBon had given life and l,>^.rty when he 3 ^
ea«uy have secured his own.**
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WAVERLEY NOVELS.
into
"0 sir," Baid Jeaaie, "did ♦»-»> ''>"ripture never come
yonr mind, 'Vengeance in ...a«, anu i .vill j\pay it?'"
" Scripture ! Why, I had not opened a Bible for five years "
answered Staunton. '
'' Ww's me, sirs," said Jeanie— " and a minister's son too !"
'' II, 18 natural for you to say so ; yet do not interrupt me,
but let me finish my most accursed history. The beast Por-
teous, who kept firing on the people long after it had ceased to
be necessary, became the object of their hatred for having over-
done hw duty, and of mine for having done it too well. We—
that is, I and the other determined friends of Wilson, resolved
to be avenged— but caution was necessary. I thought I had
been marked by one of the o ncers, and therefore continued to
lurk about the vicinity of Edinburgh, but without C.lng to
venture within the walls. At length I visited, at the hazard
of my Me, the place where I hoped to find my fiiture wife and
my son —they were both gone. Dame Murdockson informed
me, that so soon as Effie heard of the miscarriage of the attempt
to rescue Wilson, and the hot pursuit aftor me, she fell into
a bram fever; and thai being one day obliged to go oul on
some necessary business uad leave he alone, she had taken
that opjxjrtunity to escape, ■ id she had not seen her since.
1 loaded in > 'nth c proachc to which she listened with the
most provoking and callous composure ; for it is one of her
attnbutes, that, violent and fierce as she is upon most occasions
there are some i- which she shows the ' .ost imperturbable
cahnness. I tiireatened her wit justice ; she said I had more
reason to fear justice than she had, I felt she v, aa right, and
was silenced. I threatened her - ^ch vengeance ; she -.plied in
nearly the same words, th to jn^-e by injuries received, 1 had
more reason to fear hei g. ce, than she t dread mine.
She was again nght, and as without an ana wer. I flung
uiyself from her in indiguation, and employed a comrade to
make mquiiy in the neighbourhood of Saint Leonard's con-
cemmg your sister; but ere I received his answer, the opening
quest of a well-scented terrier of the law drove me from the
vicmity of Edinburgh, to a more distant and secluded place of
conceabnent. A secret and tnisty emissary at length brought
me the account of Porteoiw's condemnation, and of your sister's
imprisonment on a criminal charge; thus astounding one of
mme ears, while he gratified the other.
" 1 again ventured to the Pleasance— again charged Murdock-
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THE HEART OP MID-LOTHIAN. 349
Jirr 4uX^- £3, f ^^"J ™nrc
".d S'e ^',?SJi'^"f M woman give of Effle
her eye on euch poSSTZh, IT^^^'J "'"'"'«'' '»''<«?
mufortunes. "*■" "^* '«''t on he, aster's
the ta might have thr»™ fhe^Sirmrth^Xrtrri''*'
A ^ot't^fe^t*:; ^^c icr;sr o» £'
But ihat ™d I K1!!'■"'"'^"".'™<^"™S'»^'ure.-
therefore, my whofe th „VteV^ tCu 't-''fr«-^''-
I was under the cuse, neceJtTojT ™"'^ ''^ '^«'5'-
towards Mur,lo.fao,Tmv uHS to KT"! T ''"^
cared not for ■ but on mvl.ft: k,!^ J? . . ^^ hand— that I
tte wretch fii^l "a^^^i"^^^; «/ ^-^r. I s^ke
to adopt for voir™ wf^L^f^T''* "■««»» I «"«"
.xdted'amon.?e SS. "i'/S^; "' V" ^""^ ^«
— _. ^..luDUxgu Oii 6ccoiu.i, of the
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reprieve of PorteouB, suggested to me the daring idea of forcino
wlio had, like me, been disappointed in the hope of al^tS
fnrI!o *u . ., ™ ^'^ ^^^'^ ^'^osea another leader- because T
jaU. But for no persuasions which I could use in th7h„rL «1
«mate giri be prevailed upon to leave the prison His ar^,
obU.tdri'" T''^ "r *^« ^^^*"«*«d 4t^; ani he^'
obliged to leave her m order to attend to his own safetv wlJ
aTeirr' '■ ^"\P^^^,^P«' h« Pe-evered I^S siSSy in iS
attenipts to perauade her than I would have done " ^
the SlZ rt5' * "^ ""^'" "^' •'-^^^ "-d I love her
II Why will you say so ?" said Staunton,
by means of yourself. How I ur^ed it an^ LI ^ *™^
loaded, I «„ oon™ce<I, «, prfndpk, .„/ „<,» ,o mdiffl™
I
.•Mtmmm-
-"ID^
TIIK UEAKT OP MID-LOTHIAN.
availing. In thia ^Hnn „„*?' ?^ ^4^ ™y ^^^rts wore un-
thought of whrmSht iL Aon/V^""' ^^* ^'^ '^l ^id*-, I
their influence. iTed from Ztl^J I'^T "[ "^^ ^^"^^ '^"d
my miserably WHatedZdul. ^'^~^ '^^^^ t^i« Plac^
n^y father tl^L S a^^^^^^^^ P^''^^^^^ ^^ from
even to the moet^ndl^t^on Tn^^^ \"i^'^^ *" '•«''"^.
anguish of mind, which th^rn^j!' ^^ •^'^'^ ^ ^*^« awaite<l in
event of your sistS triL " ^'^ ''^"°^^ ""'^^^ ««vj, the
ably; and it is onj^ tto^ia/s s^eT.l-t'.^?^^'^^ "^^''^ ^--«'^-
me. My resolution w^ ZaX t^ *^' r"*^^ "^^^ ''^^^l^e.l
horse with the puiporo of TaS^ ,^^'"; ^ ^"^^^^ ^7 beat
aud there com,.!undW witlTs^Ll 7w ?* ,^^^ ^ London,
safety, by s JenderSg to him i^ thf ^^^''l' ^''^ ^^"^ «^*^'^'«
family of WiUineham th« n.?' ^ ^^^e person of the heir of the
weU-known le^er of the Poto^'^'b" '"*' ^^°°' "^^ "-
ment^"' -old that save my sisterr' said Jeanie, in a^tonish-
"QuL'we^'eUt wJrL%r- 'T^'" ^' S*^-^-
Beem to esteem it itl^^ t^Y «"bjecta— Little as you
the prince to the pe^t^Tri::^'^-^^?^ ^ ^^''^' ^oZ
power of gratifying^^rei JTv T^ ^'^' "^ ^^ the
The life of^an oCcLrX^gi^^ ^^^ '^? P^^^-
of the cro^vn-jewels for k^t yf! L^^i ^ ^^* ««k the best
spiracy at th'e foot of 'Tltt.">f '"'^ ^>««^«°* '^o^-
gratified. All my oth-r n] !^ W^V^*5 ?! "^^^^^^ ^f being
Heaven is just, however tdZ J! ^^^' ^"* *^ '^'Jd not-I
this volunti^y ktonTment for thetw' ^T"^ T ^^^ ^^^^
I had not rode ten miles when m^. Tu ^T ^""^ '^^'
sure-footed animal in this^unf^ ^^i ^u' *^® ^* and mo«t
of road, as if he hJle^^^'J^ ^*^ "^« ^^^ a level piece
greatly hurt, and wm b^uZ k \^? ^ camion-shot. I was
which you now bJZ»^ " ^""^ ^ ^' "'Edition in
A young Stauton had come fo fi,» t •
Oldened the door, and wi^ a ti^^ J?°oIu8ion, the servant
rather for a signal thai mZ^! J "^ ""^'^ ^^^ ^tended
**His B..er:^i^!'^^\'!:i^o^Hor a visit, said,
—o -r "VTstsB w yrtiil Upon you."
is il-
Wf IV-
mi i i
"II
i'"ll
S62
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
"No, sir," said Jeanie; "as I am here for nae ill I canns
consider"-?!!^ ^^'"^ ' '^'^^"^'^ ^^^g« Staunton, "do but
ariil'''^^ "^"^^^'^ *^' '^^**^^' ^^ f^*^^«r e^t«red the
ij ;
"i\ i
CHAPTER THIRTY-THIRD.
Ard now will pardon, comfort, kindness, draw
The youth from vice f will honour, duty! lawl
CnABB£.
righting yo,^™! Jin *h!. ' mterrogating you, and of
Its unwitting on my part that I am here •» a^,-^ t. •
"George," said Mr. Staunton, " if you are still «. . u
scene J this » ^ " '^""' ' ^'"^- «»* » disgraceful
Tire BKAET OP MID-tOTnUN. 353
you do ! » ^^''^ ^'"'^ '^'^ '«e injustice. By my honoui
ture from this lunise If your -Sh ' ^''^T* ^^^ ^^P^^'
than a pretext to find n/mf ■ '^"*^'' «toiy has been other
aociety iS which you Lt^^^^^^^^^ '^ (f ioh, from the
doubt), you will fiid a Stice K ' ^J?^ ^' P^^^^^^^d to
whom,.ore properly thfu^^h^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^ -^ et^
feel: ~ tlo^L^^^^^^^^^^^^ St..ton, atartin, up to his
become cruel and inhospS on mv ? ^^f ^-^^^ shall not
eaves-dropping raacal/' S? ' V Thn'^S. ^V °^^ *^^^
hartshorn drops, or what beLr J •'^'^' ""^ ^et what
famting, and I wiU exptu to you in twf T.^"« ^^^^
ctxtro-rmrrh^ff t^^^^^
fa^Hy -eady/andTU.t\^^- -t^^^^^^^^
whl'^rmt iTigd t ctef rV^ *^« ---*^ and
him. Then, addressinrht L i! '^^. f ^"* *^^ door behind
what new prWo7yoi?1nW°L«l''^^ '*'"^^' "N°^. «i^.
Young Staunton Ca^S.r H*? ?^P^* *° ^« «"
momenta when thole who L^t ' ''"^n ^'^ °°« "^^ *^ose
advantage of a stead;;o::?4a^d\^^^^^ P--- «-
the superiority over more a7dent Ln^ w ?''^' '^° a-^«^e
. " Sir," she said to the elX |a "\on - ^"^'^ '^^^^
right to ask your ain son to rlrS. ' ^5^e ^ave an midoubted
But respecting me,T^ but T^'l/ ■'^''' '^ ^^ ^^^^duct.
obligated or indebtdV^ouX^ 'T""'"' ^° ^^^^
which, in my ain coimt^ \^Ll • ?' "'^ ^^ ^<^at
according to their abilifv fo fi, "^^'^ S'en by rich or poor
forby thft, I ^ .£^to 't?; ^^° °«^d it; and for wCh''
would be ;n affrorS^o^r ^m^ ^^^^ V. ^^' '^^ >*
dinna ke, the fa^hioi^^f^J/e^i;;; ''"" ^^ ^^^^^^ ^
.0. d^ s^.:^7anTir^ s: -i.«i: 3!---
2^
it
Si, 'H
354
WAVERLEY N0VEL8.
f, fti! -'■
B
Jamh'B language to simplicity or importinoncc—" this may be
all very well— but lot me Imng it to a point. Why do you
fitop this youug man's moutli, and prevent his comniunicatinc
to his father and Ins best friend, an explanation (since he says
10 haa one) of circumstau<!08 whicli seem in themselves not a
little suspicious?"
" He may tell of his ain affairs wliat ho likes," answered
Joanio;^ "but my family and friends have nae right to hae
ony stones told anent them without their express desire • and
as they canna be hero to speak for themselves, I entreat ve
wadna ask Mr. George Rob— I mean Staunton, or whatever
his name is, ony questions anent me or my folk • for I maun
be free to tell you, that he will neither have the bearing of a
desi'r?'^ °^ '^ ^®"*^^"''^' '^ ^'® ^^®^ yo" against my express
" This is the most extraordinary thing I over met with " said
the Rector, aa, after fixing his eyes keenly on the placid vet
modest countenance of Jeanie, he turned them suddenly upon
his son. "What have you to say, sir?"
"That I feel I have been too hasty m my promise, sir"
answered George Staunton; "I have no title to maki an'v
commmiications respecting the affairs of this young person's
family without her assent."
The elder Mr. Staunton turned his eyes from one to the other
with marks of surprise.
" Tliis is more and worse, I fear," he said, addressing his
son than one of your frequent and disgraceful connections— I
msist upon knowing the mystery."
" I have already said, sir," replied his son, rather sullenly
that I have no title to mention tlie affairs of this younff
woman s family without her consent."
" And I hae nae mysteries to explain, sir," said Jeanie " but
only to pray you, as a preacher of the gospel and a gentleman
to permit me to go safe to the next public-house on the Lunnon
road.
" I shaU take care of your safety," said young Staunton :
you need ask that favour from no one " '
eJiPr'' ri 7 '' ^^^""'^ "^7 ^a'^e^" ^^^ «»e justly-incensed
father. Perhaps, sir, you mtend to fiU up the cup of dis-
obedience and profligacy by forming a low and disgraceful
ommage'? Rut let me bid you beware."
" If you were feared for sic a thing' happening wi' me sir"
his may be
t^liy do you
iinunicating
ice lie saya
jlves not a
" nnawerod
gilt to hae
esire; and,
entreat ye
r whatever
'or I maun
earing of a
my express
with," said
placid, yet
ienly upon
mise, sir,"
make any
g person's
) the other
■essing hia
actions — I
r sullenly,
lis young
nie, ** but
entleman,
e Lunnon
staunton ;
^-incensed
p of dis-
isgracefuJ
me, sir,"
rn,! HEART OP M,D.LOT,,u« ,„
*»id JeanJe "Tpi, i "
M^ as sho passed the door-war 2 ™'°'' ^'^'^B Urn-
fort or satfafaction from hto IfT. '*™" '»<' *» iop" ">m
l>«lKvo me, that whatever,™/^ "?'""''«« I '"Ppoae™
connected you with Geo L^W ciretumtances may hav^
them through the better ^' ®'°'"'™' *"" »oner y„I C2
avenger of blood is behir,,]^^ °^^'. "' ""« «!Me, that th«
«««nstnn-»ehief bylhe™/"^ """^ '^ I <"» but Tsured
. . ■* "a"«'e made umiirv " «aiM fi i
Pjcious character you dl'crSd %t'f^^.. "after the sua-
^^^rouB ; but a. they mav 1^ ^^J^^, ^'^ their pkoe^
- - ' ^.^.ui- m tae aeigfab()ui-h(x>d,
-i
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WAVERLEY NOVELS.
and M you say you have special reason to apprehend violence
from them, I will put you under the charge of a steady person,
who will protect you aa far as Stamford, and sec you into a
light coach, which goes from thence to London "
" ^ coach is not for the like of me, sir," said Jeanie, to whom
he idea of a stage-coach was unknown, as, indeed, they were
ihcn only used in the neighborhood of London.
Mr. Staunton briefly explained that she would find that
mode of conveyance more commodious, cheaper, and more
safe, than traveUing on horseback. She expressed her gratitude
with so much singleness of heart, that he was induced to a.sk
her whether she wanted the pecuniary means of prosecuting her
journey. She thanked him, l)ut said she had enough for her
purpose ; and, mdeed, she had husbanded her stock with great
care. This reply served also to remove some doubts, which
uaturaUy enough still floated in Mr. Staunton's mind, respect-
ing her character and real purpose, and satisfied him, at least
that money did not enter into her scheme of deception, if ail
mtipostor she should prove. He next requested to know what
part of the city she wished to go to.
"To a very decent merchant, a cousin o' my ain, a Mrs
Glass SU-, that sells snuff and tobacco, at the sign o' the
Ihistle, somegate in the town."
Jeanie communicated this inteUigence with a feeling that a
comiection so respectable ought to give her consequence in the
eyes of Mr. Staunton ; and she was a good deal surprised when
he answered —
" -Aiid is this woman your only acquaintance in London, my
poor pi ? and have you really no better knowledge where she
IS to be found V
_" I was gaun to see the Duke of Argyle, forby Mrs. Glass "
said Jeanie ; " and if your honour thinks it would be best to
go there first, and get some of his Grace's folk to show me mv
cousin's shop " ''
"Axe you acquainted with any of the Duke of Arffvle'a
people ? " said the Rector. ^^
" No, sir.'-
"Rqt brain must be sometning touched after all, or it would
be impossible for her to rely on such introductions.— Well "
laid he aloud, '' I must not inquire into the cause of yoiji
journey, and so I cannot be fit to give you advice how to
mnage it. But the landla^ly of the house whei-c the ooack
d violence
[ly person,
ou into a
, to whom
they were
find that
md more
gratitude
ed to ask
iuting her
h for het
ith great
fcs, which
:, respect-
> at least,
ion, if an
low what
, a Mrs,
n o' the
ig that a
ce in the
sed when
idon, my
'here she
: Glass,"
I best to
7 me my
Argyle'a
It would
-Well,"
of yoijtr
how to
le coach
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHUN. 357
doubt to be well tetoTtt I™™ ,!™ "* ^°*' ^l" ^d "»"
And now " saiVl ha u t '*^'"".
out immediately." ' '^"^'^^ S""" ''"' ^ desirous to set
answered Jeani™'" wadTotif^™ ""^ '""f '"" f«8<™S-plMe,"
day for travelling ; Ui Tl? ™ ''™™"^ *» ""» 'l-^ Lord's
my,doing so willVot be topuS" " •'°™'^ "^ "^y. I '™»'
evening^ buT/aS ^t^n"^^^:^;:* ^ ^*- ^^ '^^
with my son, who is not Tnr^^ ^^^' Mrrespnndence
.our^. whatever yo^lfl^EUrb?^ for a person of
to wish the geieZ. Xto'„tr»dr f' "°"' '"^-"°'
bm between the een again ■■ ^*'°~^ °«™ w«h to see
BeriZ/dVoX^glJit tr- "T. ^- -- '0 "e a
ui the hall this eveni^5' ^' ^ "^ ^"™'' '^i^y m™Up
myattSS^wofeSSn-.' "^■" I ™ doubtful if
^ How!" said the Hector- <'.^
tunate enough to havP dnnl,7a' ^°^y°»ing, and already unfor-
" God forbid sir '^'St^°° *^" ^""^^^ of religion !"
I have been bSd iL ft tlf T^; " l'"". °°* ^^^^^t but
Presbyterian doctrine i^ S otW /nrf''"'^/'^^^^* ^^ t^e
lawfuUy atter.l u.u. yow fS f ^ ^\ doubtful if I can
been tes'JSed ..^n,t by manv nr?.; '^°'f 'P' ^'^^^ ^^ ^^^^
special by m/w.^i./Sj, ^'^^^^^ ''^ "^ '^'^ kirk, and
^mRe, ^ffl^^^^^^f'"' ^itli a good-humoured
and yet. you ought trre^o^ect«ir.V^'"^'^^^°'^^i«^^«;
dispenses its streams to oS? 1 *^^ ^"^« divine grace
A^ it is a. easeS to tr ^ST "^ "f" ^ ^'^ ^oot^d-
^ants, its springs vaiS jTn n^ f ' "^ '''^*'' *« "^^ earthly
world." ^ ^"^ abundance throughout the Chriatiau
"^. K" said Jeanie, - though th« ...... j,,„_ ^a --
"If
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WAVERLEY NOVELS.
I1 1
■I 1^
C'e^ Tl^M*?'' ''r- "" "^S "P"" tl>™ may not
Ie™«^.™ 0% the wate™ of Jordo. tha't w J IctXd foi
H,K,*^1i'!.' '?'? "■* ''**'^' "™ '^'l "ot ™ter upon the si^eat
debate betwat our national churchea at present We Suat
mdeavour to satisfy yon, that, at least, afflonpTour orors we
JeS^ to her^™H-*'r- "f""" '"'» ^ P™™". and corg^ed
W IL -fl P^'™'" "'■a'Se, with directions to be kind to
^de 1. "^Yf"^' '^'' '^'J' *" the mom^g a t™ty
»her^:.Xrfy:tL-^ «*-:ft^
.p;i:Zt™"Br5,r'""'^ "^'"^ hUkee^rhTr :i
srLh^'i*iT2 y™ ritat^^' ? '^ "^
Japped into her hand by thHaiS'T™ ^hil Eal^
1 ell your young master," said Jeanie, openlv and reo-ard
fS|^nXShe:3TtS:re'hC^S^^^^^^
the house you live in tLTt ^ '°^* ^°" '''^' ^^
™': Se°Ssl^r^'{^^cl«r-^'''^^^^^^^^^^^^
harm done, you see " " ™ '"'™ '"™*' ""«'« »»
r™sr^:,titr-irt:rth:e afv"" 'r "-t-
Reverence shall make a dear tte of yon ■■ ^ ™* '^'"' "^
Thomas retired, abashed and in diamiiv The rp«t of .1,.
•vcmng passed away without anything woSy of notS
.mami^
THE HMET OF MID-LOTUUN. 353
precedmg day ; and suc^;^ her .nf^'^^'.f^ ^^'^^^^^^^P^ of th?
until «ix o'clock, whershi wi awaJf ':,*^*/^^'' «lept soundly
acquainted her 'that he/S ami ^'^ ^^ ^^'^- ^^Iton, whJ
attendance. She haatily rSf and ,fwT ""''' ''''^y' and in
w^ soon ready to resume h^rtmvet T^ "^'""r ^^^^^^^^^^
thehouaekeeperhad provide Inn of , ^?® ^^otherly care of
had partaken of thisShment sf/f 'f ?"*' ^^' ^^*«^ «he
o» .a piUion behind a s ourLLo^nl^"^^ ^''''^ '^^' ««ated
besides, axmed with pistol t orT f h"*' P^"^*' ^^o waa,
which might be offered. ' ^ °*'"* ^'" ^^^mst any violence
^ot Jean, or Jane/Deans o^^ '"* ^'' ^^'*^«^ ^«^ °ame waf
with some surprise ^'Th^n here^aTrl. ^ *^« ^«^^"^atiV^
you," said the man, hanS it ov.r . f / ^'^^^ ^ •concerns
from young master; a^iTule Zf ^ ^'^* '^^'^^e^- "It'a
ham is fain to pleiure h m el?r ^7 "^'" "^°"* Willmg
come to be landlord at lastTf ?.? '''' ^"''^ °^ ^^i for he'U
feanie broke the seL of ih^^^^^^^^^^ they like."
and read as foUows :— ^*'' ^^'"^ ^as addressed to her,
" You refuse to see me t c,
character: but, in paintin. mysKlr T '^''^'^ ^* ^y
^ve me credit for my sincerity j ?'\f / f"' ^^^^ ^^^^^d
You refuse, however, to see me .n^' ^''^^' °° ^^Po^rite.
natural— but is it ^sei T T' ^°"^ 'Conduct may be
repan. your sister's mriesat'Ih/^P'^^^^^ ^^ ^™ty
my family's honour-m^"?^' Ue T^' '^ ^^ '^«"°^>-
debased to be admitted emTsi^ifi ^ ^? *^^^ "^e too
of honour, fame, and life i^ ^ Taut'' 1v />""« ''"^^^S
despised, the victim is sti UquaUvT/ 7'"' ? *^« ^^^^^r bf
may be justice in the decreeTlCe^t. ^'?^ T^^^^ *^«^«
the melancholy credit of appearing toll. ^ '^^ "°<= ^ave
my own free good-will. C^^ toH *^f r'^'' °^t of
currence, must take the whnl« ,„f ^ ^^'^'^ declined my con-
Duke of Argyle, ^^y^l^^oSl ^'''^'^- ^'' *^«°» ^0 the
you have it d ;our powc to brL foT'? ^'^ >^"' *^" ^m
mos active conspirator in the Pntff . ''?'^'" P'mishment the
^n this topic, should heZ,^^?:'!^'!!^''?}'- %^ hear you
••■ vrcij- ucaer, Make your own
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WAVERLEY NOVELS.
^ii
terms, for they will be at your o^vn making. You know where
I am to be found ; and you may be assured I wiU not give you
the dark side of the hill, as at Maschat's Caini ; I have no
thoughts of stirring from the house I was bom in ; like the
haro, I shaU be worried in the seat I started from. I repeat
It— make your own terms. I need not remind you to aak your
sister's life, for that you will do of coum ; but make terms of
advantage for yourself— ask wealth and reward— office and
mcome for Butler— ask anything— you will get anything—
and all for delivering to the hands of the executioner a man
most deservmg of his office;— one who, though yoimg in years
IS old m wickedness, and whose most earnest desire is, after the
storms of an unquiet life, to sleep and be at rest."
This extraordinaiy letter was subscribed with the initials
U". b.
Jeanie read it over once or twice with great attention, which
the slow pace of the horse, aa he stalked through a deep lane
enabled her to do with facility.
Wlien she had perused this billet, her first employment was
to tear^ it into as small pieces as possible, and disperse these
pieces m the air by a few at a time, so that a document con-
tainiug so perilous a secret might not faU into any other
person s hand.
The question how far, in point of extremity, she was entitled
to save her sister's life by sacrificing that of a person who
though guilty towards the state, had done her no injurv, formed
the next earnest and most painful subject of consideration In
one sense, indeed, it seemed aa if denouncing the guilt of
btaunton, the cause of her sister's errora and misfortunes would
have been an act of just, and even providential retribution
mt Jeanie, in the strict and severe tone of morality in which
she waa educated, had to consider not only the general aspect
of a proposed action, but its justness .and fitness in relation to
She actor, before she could be, according to her own phraae free
to enter upon it. WTiat right had she to make a barter between
the lives of Staunton and of Effie, and to sacrifice the one for
the safety of the other ? His gmlt-that guUt for which he waa
amenable to the laws— was a crime against the pubUc indeed
but it was not against her. '
Neither did it seem to her that his share in the death of Porte-
ous, though her mind revolted at the idea of using violence to any
one. was m the relation of a common murder, against the perpe
'■'**"i'-'-v-iTi'rniiKmii'fni,ii
initials
which
TUB IIEAKT Of mu-LOmUN, 361
'f^'^t^^^^^^ ^'^ public .a^trat.
in the eyea of those iT Je^fj^s ;iuk S' vT'*""^«^' ^^^^^^
gether deprive it of the cWte 'of ^uW^'l ^^^ ^°* «^*^
most atrocious features, ^e a^efv nV ??°'^' '^^ ^^*' ^*«
obtain conviction of some of fi,! « ^, ^ *^^ government to
increase the pubUc feelS^ li ^ "'^'''' ^^"^ b"* '^^^^ to
violentandii?egi^L^SftLnl^^ '^' ^''''^' '^ongh
ence. The rigo^rouTCmJ^ ldL° r^^'"* "^"°^^ ^d«Pe«*
city of Edinburgh, The Sent It '' ^'^'f ^^^t the
extremely unpopular 2d fnWr • '"'^'"Po^^ of Scotland-the
Scottish cler^^OiZ toTh^r""- '^'^'^' '^ ''"^^^S the
to promulgate from S7n^n? J ^"''"^i'' '^^'^ ««^« ^^ duty,
very of thf perpTato^ o^^iL^at'^r^ .°^'^ ^°^ *^« ^^^^
public mind the opposUe conlpnni^i''' ^^ P'^^uced on the
«d Jeanle felt cSt/trtThrv^^hrd',^"^ f ^"^«^'
concerning that event ai^d fo. Iw "* ^""^^^ "^^^^ation
done, it would be consiSSredl a^^ T. ^"^'^ '' «^^^* ^e
dependence of Scotland wS^nr, i''?'^" ^^'^ *^« ^-
Presbyterians, there wa^ al™ L- Tf '^^ °^ *^« Scottish
feeling, and Jeani. trimbled T tr^'^ M'"" '^ ^«*^°^^
faaiided down to posteriTwitir f ] 1 ^tt °^ ^'" °^°^« being
and one or two oCs who h 1*^' / ^' ^^^"'^ Monteath,"
cause of their cott^', Tre daZf ,^^«^*«d and betrayed the
and execration among^ t peasS VfT*""^ remembrance
life once more, when a S ^" ^'*' ^"^ P^ ^^^ Effie's
-erelyonthemiroflerlernt^^^^^ '-' ^^' P-«<^
seeJttli^t::^^^^:' -^d Jeani, «^. ,
ain strength." ^ ^^"^^ JiAculties far beyond my
nicative. He eem^Ta sensibTe sWl"''^^"^" ^ ^ «'°^
more delicacy or pmdence th^^^^^^^^ P''''^*' ^"* «°* having
situation, he,\f cS cLse^h. A^^? ^'^ ^^'^^^ ^^ ^if
subject of his convention FrlTlt^^^'^'/^^^Uy as the
some particulars of which she had hit ^.T '^•^' ^^^d
which we will briefly recanit,lf„ r \^ ^'" ignorant, and
reader ^ recapitulate t<v ,^he information of the
wealthy plante. By ^^\^^^^^e..^
862
WAVERLEY NOVKLS.
Staonton the unhappy young mau who hoa been so often men
trf^n'°/^f.^.''""'- ^° i>'"^ t^« fi«t part of r ea?h
youth under the charge of a doting m(,ther, and in he sodetv
of negro slaves, whose study it wi to gratify his cvet S/
His father was a man of v orth and sense • hV.f „a i ^f
belonged to he was mi,oh engaged with his duty BesW«,
Mr Staun on did do towards comiteracting tl,; bSul eS
of his wife's system, oniy tended to render it lr2L1m,«
^0x7^'^ '^^fi^^ So iia
^wge . uaton acquired, even in childhood, the habit o
^<:^CJ^ as a ngid censor, from whose severity he
^^ of emancipatmg himself aa soon and absolutely as
bZZn llStrhX"'-, ?"^? S'a^toWno^
to ahn«A if w"^ ? *? , f ^^'^^'^ ^^ independence, and how
of hi !/• ,P^^^^*^f i^ad endeavoured to rectify the defect!
a"S'of''n"'"^"^°"'^'! '" "" ^™*» wl' toe^ertoto exS
atiom of prociirmg such a command of money as en L,?w.!^
to anticipate in boyhood the froUcs and foil „ Jf ™
f^h' :?'i "f '^^^ -™pSn"nTs'h ™1et3 TZ
fatt^s^hands =. a profligate boy, whose example m^ht niin':
h J'L"""- "J- ^^T'""' "'«'=" ■"ind, since his wife's death
living of Wmin,;w7 tL Staiuiton mto the family
g oi wmmgham. The revenue waa a mattei of covsl
.*,dk,*».
Tnb' IIEAKT OF AIID-l,OT,iUN. 353
He took hia son to residfi v„uu 1 •
«oon found that his dJoJJ^^^s nrl ?! 'u- '^' '''^'''' ^ut he
"^^to. And a. the youn7merof hf ^™ "" ^**^^«^^ble in.
endure the purse-proud Seuce of tjf^^^^ rank would not
ta^te for low society, which i« 1. **it^^«oH he fell into tliat
shipping, or hangi^^;. "^i^^^Xr *^? >^«««i^g to death
onyretuniedwildfrandmoredtnel^^^^^ tmi abroad, but he
hiB unhappy youth was notTith3 J ."^ ^'^°''- ^^ ^ *^«.
live y wit, good temper reckSf°l* ^ -f °^ 1"*"«es. He had
whae he waa muler^e^tSt S'nn^ ^} •"^^"^^«' ^hi^h!
aU those availed him notSS^' B.J^ ""'^ "^ ^'^''^^t^- But
the turf the gaxning-tab e,le co^k nTa.^'" ^^"^*^'^ ^^^^
vous of folly and dissipation tharhi?^' ^^•^^^'^ ^°™« ^«"dez-
He :nacle h. shame hisllo:,, "^u'^'e ^^^ , „.
body want m he hi itT ^ '^'^' ^^ ^^^« ^e* a poor
themsy^^^aJelr'^^^^^^^^ ^^ -^-h, indeed, they
by thenzlgara^acloaSLa^^^^ « readily admitted'
munLX^ - sitbti^ ?rr ^ ^^^^^ 'y ^- -
although termed a ligh? one .^p ^^''' ? *^^ ^"^^^^ ^bich,
tban six horses, only^r^ched Lon.ln""'^'.?'*'^ ^^*^ ^° ^^we;
second day. The rio^^atl "^ *b^;, afternoon of the
procured Jeanie a civil Mention 'f .,' ^^ '^^'' ^'- ^t^unton
stopped, and, by the aU of Mr. t ?'."'° ^^^'^ *^« ^^ge
found out her fde„d an relS M^''^''' correspondent, she
km^y received and hospitaWy ^^tt"^^ ^^ -^«- «be wa.
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FOURTH.
My name i3 Argyle, you mny well think it stran«L
10 live at the court and never to change.
Ballad.
WkT^n^^'T """'" J<^^o^ble mention in the history of
Scotland, dunng tbs penod, than that of John, Duke of Argyle
^nemlW Xt A^t ''^'''^ ^ " ''^'''"^'^ ^^ ^ 'oUiev were
genemUy admitted ; he was not without ambition, but " without
the Uhesa that attends it"-without that iiregularity of though
^or T^Z^^ °^'^ T*'' ^f ^* "^^"' ^ his peculiL situation
ihLLr ! ""'"^ P''"^^' °°' ' *° ^^P *he n^eans of raising
IZ- "" p ^T'^f^ *^' "«^ °f ^^h^^^i^S ^ kingdom int?
confusion. Pope has distinguished him as *» ^ '"
Argyle, the state's whole thunder bom to wield
And shake alike the senate and the field. '
He was alike free from the ordinary vices of statesmen, false-
,S,- T^^!,^"^, difismiulaticn; and from those of wiriors.
inordinate and violent thirst after self-aggrandisement.
bcotland, his native coimtry, stood at this time in a verv
PnZ7wl'^'"^*^^ f ""*^°^- ^^' ^''-^ indeed miited S
Pm! k •*l'?°''^*.^'^ "°* ^^^ ^^' to acquire consist,
hpttivf f?%"'S.f •''°, °^ •''"'^'''* ^°^'^ «*^ subsisted, and
S^ of 1 ? •'f r^^ °' *^,' ^''''^' ^^d *b« supercilious
disdam of the Enghsh, quarrels repeatedly occurred, in the
r L his ^ *^« "*^o«^ danger of being dissolved. Scotland
f«^L« I'. ?« disadvantage of being divided into intestine
^171' ^^'tJ't'^ '"'^ °*^^^ ^^"^^-^y' «^d waited but a
signal to break forth into action.
rank of Argyle, but without a mind so happUy regulated would
ft^'Z"' n ^r '"'"^ *^^ ^*^ ^ the whblwkd, and Zect
Its lury. He chose a course more safe and more honourable
r«,-SiT? ^^'^^ *^lP'"y distinctions of faction, his voice was
Mm durW ^^ ''"l';'*- ^'' ^'^^ °^*^ *^^^^t« enabled
tJ the Zi nfT""''"^^' ^^ ^^^^' ^'^ ^^'^'^^^ ^"^h services
-o the House of F.^over, a^, perhaps, were too gre^t to U
I
i'-mmm^-
false-
THE HEART OF MID-LOTIIU.V. 3gg
tion to the unforhinT« T.^.i consequences of that inaiirec-
esteem and afSon of Ss f ^' '"^^ '"^ '«^^^^«^ ^^^ t^^e
This popularitv w fK o r ! *^ "^ ^ uncommon degree
to become dan^ermrL = "^ v '^ '1.* '''"'*' ^^ere the power
the inclinltfonTrt'S^^^^^^^ t itself obnoxious, though
Argyle's independent an sle J ! ,^' t^''''^'',' *^" ^"^^^ ^^
Mmseif in pirliaCnt am) ^r ''"^,'',*^ ^'''^^ of expressing
to attract ro^ fovoJr H^ ^^ "i, P"'^"'' ^"^^« "^ «^««iated
and often empby d kit hfwZ' therefore, always respected,
Second, his coLrt'jrSmnrorritr^'i ^'"^^ *^^
in his life, the Duke mrhrh« .n -^ At several different periods
at court, althougthrfo'dd\3;'Te'^^^^ f f-«
member of opposition tt^Jc Ta ? , . *° '^® a declared
land becauseTri J,tTe -t^^^^^^^ *^«-^
displeaaureofhissovereiCT- Mf^m^ ft- ^^ '"'"^^^^ *^e
Porteous mob, the Sated Zd Xn f "^'^ ^'-"^^"^ °^ *^«
had offered ti tL 7ever« r-= '^^'i"?^* ^PPoaition which he
adopted towards the c^tv of Sr'i7^'^ T^' ^^°"* ^o ^e
received in that metroDdif «!1^^^^^^^^ *^« "^''^^ ^r^^^^ly
interposition had Ivefpe/so^^^ *^^' *^«D^«'«
hS conduct iiSIf I? .^^''''® *° Q"^en Caroline.
ScottTshitr?o?theVIt^^^^^ ""'-J^^''^' *^^* °^ ^ ^I^e
exceptions, hTbeen in t W^!' T^'^ '^" ""^ *^^ "^^<>rthy
p.Ua? tradition, cZZL^^ h"^' r^l/rLr *r^ r^'^ T
been given alreadv ■>r,-t .„„ ,■ "^^^ *''"'™ Caroline, has
Cliancelior, Lor 1 Cdt^uT^'' **• .^' '^*°'*"' »!»■> «>e
himself in tl^caL mTht', ">™"='«°'' that he hafstated
appeal," JZ^e ^^oThe HouS *i"° ^ •" J-Ose^-"!
.abinTtdaLthe'ZTS^ fZ that^ '"'"h^ " '^'
honour. I have showr, n™.'f .u , ■ , "' °™ "ttach to my
loyal aubjeet If myTnf ^I U'Ltfo f "^ «'»'>T-the
an instant's regard ^to tfe fro™ oTi^ o°f 'TS' fj™'
.^.onoed both, and a,„ prepared ZklmtZTt^r iS
\' ',t|
366
'VVAVERLB7 NOVELS.
it apnea? that ff ^'"' ^'' '^'^'''^^ *^^ ^'^^' ^^^ ^ave made
miion^rfl ri^ll'T^^^- *^ *^« internatiouaJ treaty of
anion, to the hberty of Scotland, and, reflectively to that of
England, to common justice, to comi^, n sense and t^ f iff
pubhc mtercst. Shall the metropolis of Scot M 'tl^capL of
an independent nation, the residence of a long £ rf ^Tarlf
Z^t TX^^^ *"" "^'^ "^ *» -dLrvedlS:^^
tl,.°.'„''r/*"'^"'™ ■"? ''"'*°"- '»"' S«°tt«h Md English used
the same argumente, the hUl was gradually stripped of its' Z,t
oppressiTe and obnoxious clauses, Li at SSm il a fi?«
The court, however, did not forget the baffle they received
IcJ to1r;r V'' S"'^ '' ^'^''' "^« ^'-^d contrxbn eT
nmcn to it, was thereafter considered as a nerson in rliaoT^nl
au'^X^ierp^^^jr t^i; -;7-'ed '"" *"« P-eeding
«Si:nhtra%'o"„s»i^^^^^^^^
of speaking with his Grace. ' °^' ""^ ^"'""^^
.oJ".i^ «of *^-f rf, and from Scotland !" said the Duke • " whnt
aTd t:t ?"'"^^* ^'^^ '^^ ^''^ '^ ^'^^^^ ?-Some W pressed
nanVnSt w"" 'i ''*^'' ^°^ ^*^*'^«' ^^ ^^«3« counte-
nance might be termed very modest and pleasing in exDresBior
Lough sun-bumt, somewhat freckled, and^otTosTeZrS
'.•T -.utr.n., wa3 ushered into the splendid libj^ SLeX
i*te»i^:«*iia&*»«
have made
J treaty of
to that of
ind to the
e capital of
' monarchs,
-shall such
of rioters,
tes and its
the havoc ?
nd reckon
ince of my
hamo; and
?lish, used
f its most
I in a fine
dow. So
less fierce
laid, such
received
ib'ited so
disgrace.
e reader's
preceding
entlemen
desirous
; "what
r pressed
Punds, or
'body to
lis same
iir coun-
her in
count©-
pression,
ig regu-
•he wore
THE ITE.UiT OP MIh-i.OT,riAN. g^y
f: h^tantt^'t^ SriS :!"?' ^^ ^ P-«^ to cov«
tity of fair hai;, disposed with '1? J" r'"^'^'^^' ^ quan-
appeared in froit of he mmcT^rl "^fr^^ '^'^ °«at°esa,
which the solemnity of hJr m.ml 1. f'^^-^'^'^'^^od face, ti
rank and importance Jave an «iT ' ^ ^^'' '"^^ "^ the Duke'«
Blavish fear,l nZrlahZS^T^'' ''? '^'' ^"* ""to
was 10 the style of ScotS Sens^f T* "^'^^""^^'^ ^^^
arranged with that scrupulous ^tLnH. * ^'' °'^ ^^^^^ ^"t
lines, which we often fi2i unLd w^t^,*", °^*"^^« '^"^ «^e^-
which it is a natural emblem *^'* ^^^ty of mind, ol
ishe stopped near the entrance nf th.
reverence, and crossed her Ta^clf ul T T^' ^^ ^««P««t
uttenng a syllable. The DuS of T ,^^,^«««^» without
Jer; and, if she admired hi^^.i'Pi' ^^^°'^ <«^ards
dress, decomted witTre orders^ht^ ^TJ'"^^* ^^ ^ch
bestowed on him, his c^teou«^ J ^^^ ^^^° deservedly
gent cast of coun'tenanTie o^ TT."^^ ^^'^^ ^^ intel/
deservedly, struck wiTh the „lf -P^'* ^"^ "«* less, or less
pressed in the dresrma^ei^Tn^ "^^^l"'^ "°^ "^^^^y ^^
comitiywoman. ' ^''' ^^ countenance of his hiunble
^^^^^Ct^^^:^^^^ lassr- said the
he connectiou betwi^tlem a^ cou Jr^'fV'* 'T ^^^^wledged
to see the Duchess ?" country-folk ; " or did you 4h
LoSpfe'^ ^'^^^^ ^^"^ ^--' -^ I^ord^I mean your
«d"'and tlTJ4tnf ^f : f ^ the Duke, in the
the attendant. « Leave n. A?l^!^^T^' '^^"^e looked at
wait m the anteroom '' The^ntf'!'^'^ *^« ^"^e, "and
down, my good lass,%aidlhe dTc -'f^^' "^^ ^'^ '^
your time, and teU me what vmilfn^ ^^ ^'^ breath-take
your dress, you are ja t come up frl'V? ' l' T ^ ^^« ^y
streef ris-alrrdioln't w^' '^f' ^ ^ ^ o' thei,
increasing as she h:^:72u^:'^^ f'^^J '^^ ^'^^
voice m such a presence • "Z f t ?i,*¥ '°""^ ^f her o^
it's Mrs. Glass, a't t,7Z oC tt^' ^ ^'^^ ^^ ^—
0, my worthy suufi'-merdnnf- 7- i ,
Mrs. Glass when I purchSe ' v^A^r.'^r^' ^ ^^^t with
^ 1, TTnii. but
36b
WAVKRLEY NOTELS.
your business, my bonny woman — time and tide, you know,
wait for no one."
" Your honour — I beg your Lordship'a pardon — I mean youi
Qrace," — for it must be noticed, that this matter of addressing
the Duke by his appropriate title had been anxiously inculcated
upon Jeanie by her friend Mrs. Glass, m whose eyes it was a
matter of such importance, that her last words, as Jeanie left
the coach, were, " Mind to say your Grace ;" and Jeanie, who
had scarce ever in her life spoke to a person of higher quality
than the Laird of Durabicdikes, found great difhculty in arrang-
ing her language according to the rules of ceremony.
The Duke, who saw her embarrassment, said, with his usual
affability, " Never mind my grace, lassie ; just speak out a plain
tale, and show you have a Scots tongue in your head."
" Sir, I am muckle obliged — Sir, I am the sister of that poor
unfortunate criminal, Effie Deans, who is ordered for execution
at Edinburgh."
"Ah!" said the Duke, "I have heard of that unhappy
story, I thmk— a case of child-murder, under a special act of
parliament — Duncan Forbes mentioned it at dinner the other
J >»
" And I was come up frae the north, sir, to see what could
be done for her in the way of getting a reprieve or pardon, sir,
or the like of that.'
" Alas ! my poor girl," said the Duke ; " you have made a
long and a sad journey to very little purpose— Your sister ia
ordered for execution."
" But I am given to understand that there ia law for repriev-
ing ner, if it is in the king's pleasure," said Jeanie.
" Certainly, there is," said the Duke ; " but that is purely In
the king's breast. The crime has been but too common — the
Scots crown-lawyers think it is right there should be an example.
Then the late disorders in Edinburgh have excited a prejudice
in government against the nation at large, which they tliink
can only be managed by measures of inthnidation and severity.
What argument have you, my poor girl, except the warmth of
yo'U- sisterly affection, to offer against all this?— What ia your
interest 1 — What friends have you at court ?"
' None, excepting God and your Grace," said Jeanie, still
keeping her ground resolutely, however.
"Alas!" said the Duke, "I could almost say with old
Ormond, that there could not be any, whose influence wai
vou know,
mean youi
addressing
' inculcated
s it was a
Jeanie left
Feanie, who
her quality
f in arraug-
h. his usual
out a plain
1."
)f that poor
r execution
it unhappy
ecial act of
sr the other
what could
pardon, sir,
ave made a
)ui sister ia
for repriev-
is purely In
mmon — the
an example,
a prejudice
they think
md severity,
e warmth of
Hiat is your
Jeanie, still
iy with old
dfluence wa«
THE HEART OF MID-LOTUIAJ,. 36^,
smaller with kings and minstera u ia i
situation, younc. ^SmnT, TT.l rA '^ "" ""^-'^ ^^'^ o^ our
circumstinceTthr^^" Kr^ ''^u*^*' ''*"^*'0" of men in my
theydottT^s^L'a.tnaSt^inT-'i' f '^T -"^^^nce which
them aasistaC which we hav«n\"^ ^'l'"^ '''^^''^ ^^"^
candour and plairTdealin. isbfL r'^'^''' 1 '''"^^''^- ^^^^
must not let you mS vof . ^''''' ""^ ^^''^ °°^' '^"'J ^
which do not e2t tT^Xr '^ r f"""'""''' ^ '"^^ ^"^'"euoe,
no means of a^Sg yo^^',^,Xftt^^^^^^ ''" '?V"-^ ^-«
" We miifif a' .iin • » . , r "^^o— She must d^o."
for Z\sk\^:^z-z'tTt' :'",f ™j »-™ioo.
out »• the worU tS wh'„t „ , ""'''"1 ''^'™ "^ "'l""
_^^„ »omi, tnats what yoi.r honour kens better than
out you seem to ZZmtZl ^atZ" r'^^T' ™"''"''
and you must know that :/ ,,..?', '° ^'"" ''™ "^ ''h
that (he mur,,Ie;e°7hl.,,;e]; Ji", ^ "" '''^' <" ""^ •"'• "»".
pro;e^ri„Tifi:-,t;..\;i'^,,T f "..»-«»a >«
take her life notSSi;,.^vh" is ft t.f"'' T'^ "'^ '""
then?" «"uiiio, wiu la it that is the murderer
staL't^^vTi^'^IilTr^^ ''' ^^'^^^ "-^^ ^ -° f "-k the
yeh£pr^:ri-i^^^^^
a.onfof"T4fbStSt^''>'"-^^ !^>^«> "t^-gh,
that camiot s^m vou nr r I! t ''! '" "^' legislation. But
would entitle me to a^k from iZ It i • *.^® sovereign, as
What could ternrJt ^n v ^® "^"'^ msigniiicant favour.
^^^^ could tempt you, young woman, to address yourself te
" It waa yoursell, sir "
j:^rf '" l" «P"^<1-" I am sure you have never seen me
his"cJ'rry\' fri;,td -t/S ir, '^\ ''% ^-"^ °f ^^'» -
for the right and thatTw !/ i?*" '"' •*» "«'"' -^d «?«*
and so thVCt tSc'thiZi^JL" ? °" f'T' ^'™''
your shadow : and if yo^Z^ZJ^^^ '^T J? "'"«" ""<>«
uoce„t^.^^„n^^f^„Srw&SS r^ot'-.t
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soiitlionis find 8i,rnngors ? And maybe I liad another reason for
troubling your honour."
"And what is that?" asked the Duko.
" r hae uiuUn-stood from my father, that your honour's house,
and ospocially your gudesire and his fatlier, laid down their
lives on the scaflbld in the persecuting time. And my father
was honoured to gio his testimony baith in the cage and in the
pillory, as is spocially mentioned in the books of Patrick Walker
the packman, that your honour, I dare say, kens, for he uses
maist partly the wcatlaTid of Scotland. And, sir, tliere's aiie
that takes concern in me, that wished mo to gang to your
Grace's presence, for his gudesire had dino your gracious gudo-
sire some good tuni, as yo will see frae th«iPo pajicrs."
With these words, she delivered to the Duke the little parcel
which she had received from Butler. He opened it, and, in tlie
envelope, read with some surprise, " ' MusterroU of the men
serving in the troop of that godly gentleman. Captain Salathiel
Bangtext. — Obadiah Muggleton, Sin-Despise Double-knock,
Stand-fast-in-faith Gipps, Turu-to-the-right Thwack-away' —
What the deuce is thisi A list of Praise-God Barebono's
T'ai-liament I thinic, or of old Noll's evangelical army — that last
follow should understand his wheelings, to judge by his name. —
But what does all this mean, my girll"
" It was the other paper, sir," said Jeanie, somewhat abashed
at the mistake.
" 0, this is my unfortunate grandfather's hand sure enough —
' To all who may have friendship for the house of Argyle, these
are to certify, that Benjamin Butler, of Monk's regiment of
dragoons, having been, imder God, the means of saving my life
from four English troopers who were about to slay mo, I, having
no other present means of recompense in my power, do give
him tliis acknowledgment, hoping that it may be useful to him
or his during these troublesome times; and do conjure my
friends, tenants, kinsmen, and whoever will do aught for me,
either in the Highlands or Lowlands, to protect and assist the
said Benjamin Butler, and his friends or family, on their lawful
occasions, giving them such countenance, maintenance, and
supply, as may correspond with the benefit he hath bestowed on
me ; witness my hand — Lorne.'
" This is a strong injunction — This Benjamin Butler was youi
grandfather, I suppose 1 — You seem too young to have been his
daughter."
s name. —
run HEAJIT or MII>-lOTflIA.V. 37]
0.. that „1i ™'',J^\^;'^. h-til,_..„„ ho., not ,l«rto<. you
»am' jS; "iri !;:a";rtj;;!k°f 'T " """' '" ""'-■'"-■■
He is a clorCTnnn »ir '^ 'l !', '""" "" ™' ■•^•' f'" "lysell
" -Kin „™ »' J ''■■''■™'' °" '"y kindrcl." ^
you reall7c„me f f™,,rS,r '««'™ /"'"""'f Ami have
hopo>»a"oIicita;rt^™urSS-f".'°°'' '" »"'"*' ""»
For^b^^rd'thrii.rcolrF!!:''"" I " » "»- f"""
" Rn^nnol V. u ^^^°™^ff ^^ur sistcr innocent V
. ioo4aTtletX^f.^«^^
her departure aurS^;].lSr?T ^"*^'' ^^ procured after
to Mrs. Ss's care so tW ^ '^T ^T"^'^'^ '' London,
neces^aiy foTsupporti^^ W T^ -'^^^ *'^« documents, so
arrival '"PP°^t"^g ^er suit, lying in readiness at her
I ^^^etr tt*p:pet^^ "' ^°^' ^^^'" ^^^^ *^« ^"^^'^ " -til
briefly, yetTitnteS ^ '""f • ^'' '^" *^°»«h *^e papere
along^ IC reS^^iT?"'^ memoranda as he\ent
seem^edaCt^sptk te^hiT i\'^''' ^' ^''^'^ "P' ^^
committing himsR ^t^^'^^u^"" P^^«' «^ "" afraid of
over again' irfi^rVL'hte'ri '^TS ^°' ''''
most important M «if! h.T? • t f "^"^^^ ^ ^^^
supposed by men of oX . 1'*^ '" '>'*'' *""« ^^^^^ «^n bl
aciXaTTrl n f! .■ ""^f "^^ talents ; for hi., mir.d w.^ -f tHt
*c«te and pcnetratmg character which di.scovers. with the glaiiol
Mil
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of intuition, what facts bcai* on the particular point that chances
to be subjected to conaidcnition. At longtli ho roao, after a few
minutes* deep reflection. — "Young wonuvn," said ho, "your
sister's case must certainly bo termed a hard one."
" God bless you, sir, for that very word !" said Jeauie.
" It seems contrary to the genius of British law," continued
the Duke, " to take that for granted which is not proved, or to
I>unish with death for a crime, which, for aught the prosecutor
has been able to show, may not have been committed at all."
"God bless you, sir !" again said Jeanie, who had risen from
her seat, and, with clasped hands, eyes glittering through tears,
and features which trembled with anxiety, drank in every word
which the Duke uttered.
" But, alas ! my poor girl," he continued, " what good will
my opinion do you, ludess I could impress it upon those in
whose hands your sister's life is placed by the law 1 Besides, I
am no lawyer ; and I must speak with some of our Scottish
gentlemen of the gown about the matter."
" 0, but, sir, what seems reasonable to your honour, will cer-
tainly be the sfirnw to them," answered Jeanie.
" I do not know that," replied the Duke ; " ilka mau buckles
his belt his ain gate — you know our old Scots proverb ? — But
you Bhall not have placed this reliance on mo altogether in vain.
Leave these papers with me, and you shall hear from me to-
morrow or next day. Take care to bo at home at Mrs. Glass's,
and ready to come to me at a moment's warning. It wiU be
unnecessary for you to give Mrs. Glass the trouble to attend
you ; — and by the by, you will please to be dressed just as you
are at present."
" I wad hae putten on a cap, sir," said Jeanie, " but your
honour kens it isna the fashion of my country for single women ;
and I judged that, being sae mony hundred miles frae hame,
yoiu: Grace's heai-t wad warm to the tartan," looking at the
comer of her plaid.
" You judged quite right," said the Duke. " I know the full
value of the snood ; and MacCallummore's heart will be as cold
as death can make it, when it does not warm to the tartan.
Now, go away, and don't be out of the way when I send."
Jeanie replied, — " There is little fear of that, sir, for I have
little heart to go to see sights among this wilderness of black
houses. But if I might say to your gracious honour, that if ye
ever condescend to speak to ony one that is of greater de(p%e
Hi
TnE HEART OP MID-r,OmiAl». 373
an»worm,:ci;!l'b„tL'v "f "' '""«'■'"«■ ""' """" ™sl.
honoured hS ^'''' ^*'^ "^^''^ ^^ ^^^^ had
CHAPTER THJRTY-FIFTH.
nnn ,. ■ Ascend,
VJ^ilo ra.1.ant mirnnier opens all its pride,
1 .y h.ll, c ehghtful Sheno 1 Here let us aweep
T lie boundless landscape. ^
Thomson.
^tTcuL \^^ •'"'^ f '■ " '' ^"* ^'^"^^^J^-'^^ g08«ipin- friend
^rnn^'^U 77 ^°!! .'"'^ ^y® *° '''^7 2^^^ ^^^''^ to him V said tl,r>
Dutel" ^'""'™' "^ ^°" ■"«> ^ '"■•''tag him, and him .
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" Weel, weol," answered the good lady. " His Oraco ken*
me weel ; so I am the lees anxioua about it. I never fill his
8nuff-box but he eayg, ' How d'ye do, good Mrs. Olasa? — How
are all our friends in the North?' or it may be— 'Have ye
heard from the North lately V And you may be sure, I make
my best courtesy, and answer, ' My Lord Duke, I hope your
Grace's noble Duchess, and your Grace's youu^' ladies, are well ;
and I hope the snuff continues to give yoiu- Grace satisfaction.'
And tlien ye will see the people in the shop begin to look about
them ; and if there's a Scotsman, as there may be three or
half-a-dozen, aff go the hats, and mony a look after him, and
' There goes the Trince of Scotland, God bless him I' But ye
have noi told me yet the very words ho said t'ye."
Jeanie had no intention to bo quite so coumiimicative. She
had, as the reader may have observed, some of the caution and
shrewdness, as well as of the simplicity of her country. She
answered generally, that the Duke had received her very com-
passionately, and had promised to interest himself in her sister's
affair, and to let her hear from him in the course of the next
day, or the day after. She did not choose to make any mention
of his having desired her to be in readiness to attend him, far
less of his hint, that she should not bring her landlady. So
that honest Mrs. Glass was obliged to remain satisfied with the
general intelligence above mentioned, after having done all she
could to extract more.
It may easily be conceived, that, on the next day, Jeanie
declined all invitations and inducements, whether of exercise
or curiosity, to walk abroad, and continued to inhale the close,
and somewhat professional atmosphere of Mrs. Glass's small
parlour. The latter flavour it owed to a certain cupboard, con-
taining, among other articles, a few canisters of real Havannah,
which, whether from respect to the manufacture, or out of a
reverend fear of the exciseman, Mrs. Glass did not care to trust
in the open shop below, and which communicated to the room
a scent, that, however fragrant to the nostrils of the connoisseur,
was not very agreeable to those of Jeania
" Dear sirs," she said to herself, " I wonder how my cousin's
Bilk manty, and her gowd watch, or ony thing in the world, can
be worth sitting sneezmg all her life in this little stifling room,
and might walk on green braes if she liked."
Mrs. Glass was equally surprised at her cousin's reluctance
to stir abroad, and her indiflference to the fine sights of London.
n'E lIKAItT OP Mlr).LOTmAN.
— •••/HI. 37fl
hat'l'metlSlr/C ilk It C 7"^ '''" ''"'«'" «^« «-id, "to
Jeauio w,u. unii^umlublo ' "^'^ '^^ ^"^ "' ^^^^^e^." But
Tho day after hor interview with fh« r^ i
•'hope d..Iayed, which maS uf h^t^;it".'^''^rP*°' '" ^'^^^
after iniuutea-houiB fled after hm!^ A ^^'""^^ ^'''^^^
have any reasouable o^cpectation n i ~ .^*''^*' ^«« 'ate to
day; yet the hope wSHhoW? ^T".'« ^'"•^"^ '^« ^»ke that
every ca«ual sound in the hop ^^7 iT '"'' '"'^'!^^' ''^'^^
day wore away in the anxictv of' , . V . 7"^ "" ^'^^^ The
pectation. ^^"^^ °^ piotracted and fruitless e:£-
aud requested to see aToun? woXTr^'f ^^"- ^^'^'^ «top
" That will be my JZ^jl ^J'""" ^^"'"'d. ^'
M«. Gla^, with a \Ctsv 0?^/ "^' ^'- ^'-^'"'"dd," said
message for her rromhTG^LTTTJ' " ^^^'« ^o" any
M^GllT ' "^"^^ ^"^ ^- *'- trouble of stepping down.
comer of the shop ^^etTX""^'^ '"^'^'^^^^ fr^^t^e
Deans, I say! coie do;^ std^^LK^?r\ " J^anie-Jeanie
Argyle's groom of the^rill^"^^ ^''^ ^ the Duke of
ThiB was announced LaTdceeoTn '' T ^°" ^««''^-"
chanced to be within hearinHw ' orL"^ *" "^"^^ ^ ^''«
cation. ""^ *^are ot the important communi-
'" •• I mlr "'' ~™ stra ™°'' ^'^ '» f™' '^»'
ArchiwS^'wUh dviit™" "' ^°" °™i"J' » littl« way," said
.■J™'"'i««.>-««iy,sir,"saidJ«u,io
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i
sure of Mrs, Glaas'a company, as hia message was particukily to
the yoimg person.
" Particularly to the yomig person V said Mrs. Glass ; " is
not that uncommon, Mr. Archibald ? But his Grace is the best
judge ; and you are a steady person, Mr. Archibald. It is not
every one that comes from a great man's house I would tmst
my cousin with.— But, Jean'c, you must not go through the
streets with Mr. Archibald vdth your tartan what-d'yc-call-it
theie upon your shoulders, as if you had come up with a drove
of Highland cattle. Wait till I brmg down my silk cloak.
Why, we'll have the mob after you I"
** I have a hackney-coach in waiting, madam," said Mr.
Archibald, interrupting the officious old lady, from whom Jeanie
might otherwise have found it difficult to escape ; " and, I believe,
I must not allow her time for any change of dress."
So saying, he hurried Jeanie into the coach, while she inter-
nally praised and wondered at the easy manner in which he
shifted off Mrs. Glass's officious offers and inquiries, without
mentioning his maste. 's orders, or entering into any explanation.
On entering the coach, Mr. Archibald seated himself in the
front seat opposite to our heroine, and they drove on in silence.
After they had driven nearly half-an-hour, without a word_ on
either side, it occurred to Jeanie, that the distance and time
did not correspond with that which had been occupied by her
journey on the former occasion, to and from the residence of
the Duke of Argyle. At length she could not help asking her
taciturn companion, " Whilk way they were going?"
" My Lord Duke will inform you himself, madam," answered
Archibald, with the same solemn courtesy which marked his
whole demeanour. Almost as he spoke, the hackney-coach
drew up, and the coachman dismounted and opened the door.
Archibald got out, and assisted Jeanie to get down. She found
herself in a large turnpike road, without the boimds of London,
upon the other side of which road was drawn up a plain chariot
*nd four horses, the panels without arms, and the servants
without liveries.
" You have been punctual, I see, Jeanie," said the Duke of
Argyle, as Archibald opened the carriage-door. "You must
be my companion for the rest of the way. Archibald will
remain here with the hackney-coach till your return."
Ere Jeanie could make answer, she found herself, to her no
imall astonishment, seated by the side of a duke, in a carriage
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
3/7
suki'ly to
lass; "ifl
1 tho best
It ia not
uld tmst
ough the
i'yc-call-it
h a drove
ilk cloak.
said Mr.
»m Jeanie
I believe,
she inter-
which he
, without
planation.
jlf in the
in silence,
word on
and time
ed by her
ddence of
Lsking her
answered
aiked his
aiey-coach
the door.
She found
f London,
m chariot
I servants
e Duke of
Ifou must
ibald will
to her no
a porrioore
winch rolled forward at a rapid yet smooth rate, verv different
in both particulars from the lumbering, jolting vehicle which
she liad just left ; and which, lumbering and jolting aa it wa.q
conveyed to one who had seldom been in a coach before a certain
lecling of dignity and importance.
"Young woman," said the Duke, "after thinking as atten
tively on your sister's case as is in my power, I continue to be
impressed with the belief that great injustice may be done by
the execution of her sentence. So ai-e one or two liberal and
mteUigent lawyers of both count--g whom I have spoken with
—Nay, pray hear me out before , . thank me,— I have abeady
told you my personal conviction is of little consequence, unless
1 could mipress the same upon others. Now I have done for
you what I would certainly not have done to serve any purpose
ot my own— I have asked an audience of a lady whose interest
with the king is deser;'edly very high. It has been allowed me,
anrt 1 am desu-ous that you should see her and speak for your-
self. You have no occasion to be abashed : tell your storv
simply, as you did to me."
"I am much obliged to your Grace," said Jeanie, remem-
bermg Mrs. Glass's charge, "and I am sure, since I have had
the courage to speak to your Grace in poor Effie's cause, I have
less reason to be shame-faced in speaking to a leddy. But sir
I woiUd like to ken what to ca' her, whether your grace or your
lonour, or your leddyship, as we say to laii-ds and leddies in
:5C0tIand, and I will take care to mind it; for I ken leddies
are fuU mair particular than gentlemen about their titles of
honour."
"You have no occasion to call her anything but Madam
Just say what you think is likely to make the best impression
—look at mo from time to time— and if I put my hand to my
cravat so— (showing her the motion)— you will stop ; but I
shall only do this when you say anything that is not likely to
please."
"But, sir, your Grace," said Jeanie, " if it waana ower muckle
trouble, wad it no be better to tell me what I should say and
I could get it by heai-t 1"
"No, Jeanie, that would not have the same effect— that
would be like reading a sermon, you know, which we good Pres-
byterians thmk has less unction than when spoken without
book, replied tho Duke. "Just speak as plainly and boldly
w Uiis lady, as you did to mo the day before yesterday ; and if
■Ti
s. 'P,o
I I
11! I
i
il
1
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you can gain her consent, I'll wad ye a plack, aa we say in th6
north, that you get the pardon from the king."
As he spoke, he took a pamphlet from his pocket, and began
to read. Jeanie had good sense and tact, which constitute
betwixt them that which is called natural good breeding.
She interpreted the Duke's manoeuvre as a hint that she wua
to aak no more questions, and she remained silent accordingly.
The carriage rolled rapidly onwards through fertile meadows,
ornamented with splendid old oaks, and catching occasionally
a glance of the majestic mirror of a broad and placid river.
After pasfiing through a pleasant village, the equipage stopped
on a commanding eminence, where the beauty of English land-
scape was displayed in its utmost luxuriance. Here the Duke
alighted, and desired Jeanie to follow him. They paused for a
moment on the brow of a hill, to gaze on the unrivalled land-
scape which it presented. A huge sea of verdure, with crossing
and intersecting promontories of massive and tufted groves, was
tenanted by numberless flocks and nerds, which seemed to wander
mu-estrained and unbounded through the rich pastures. The
Thames, here turreted with villaa, and there garlanded with
forests, moved on slowly and placidly, like the mighty monarch
of the scene, to whom all its other beauties were but accessories,
and bore on its bosom an hundred barks and skiflFs, whose
white sails and gaily fluttering pennons gave life to the whole.
The Duke of Argyle was, of course, familiar with this scene;
but to a man of taste it must be always new. Yet, as he
paused and looked on this inimitable landscape, with the feel-
ing of delight which it must give to the bosom of every admirer
of nature, his thoughts naturally reverted to his own more
grand, and scarce less beautifxil, domains of Inverary. — " This
is a fine scene," he said to his companion, curious, perhaps, to
draw out her sentiments ; " we have nothing like it in Scotland,"
" It's braw rich feeding for the cows, and they have a fine
breed o' cattle here," replied Jeanie ; " but I like just as weel
to look at the craigs of Ai'thur's Seat, and the sea coming in
ayont them as at a' thae muckle trees."
The Duke smiled at a reply equally professional and national,
and made a signal for the carriage to remain where it was.
Then adopting an unfrequented footpath, he conducted Jeanie
through several complicated mazes to a postern-door in a high
brick wall
It was shut ; but as the Duke tapped slightly at it, a person iu
THE HEABT OF MID-LOTIIIAN.
e say in ih6
, aud begau
h constitute
d breeding.
:hat she wua
jcordingly.
le meadows,
occasionally
placid river,
age stopped
Inglish lajid-
3 the Duke
aused for a
vailed land-
dth crossing
groves, was
id to wander
tures. The
anded with
ity monarch
accessories)
kififs, whose
the whole,
this scene ;
Yet, as he
ith the feel-
ery admirer
own more
ly.— " This
perhaps, to
1 Scotland."
have a fine
just as weel
i coming in
ad national,
lere it was.
cted Jeanie
}r in a high
, a person iv
379
InfifL *• .^ ^^^' recomioitrmg through a smaU iron grate,
They entered, and it was immediately closed and fastened
behind them This was aU done quickly, the door so iSTtly
dosmg, and the person who opened it so suddenly disappearing
that Jeanie could not even catch a glimpse of his exterior
Ihey found themselves at the extremity of a deep and iarrow
f^\ "^^f ^ *^ *^^ °^°^* '^''^^''^ «^d close-shavenTurf
which felt hke velvet under their feet, and screened from the
sun by the branches of the lofty elms which united over the
path and caiised it to resemble, in the solemn obscurity of the
light which they admitted, as well as from the range of columnar
stems, and mtncate union of their arched branches, one of ?h^
aarrow side aisles m an ancient Gothic cathedral.
CHAPTER THIRTY- SIXTH.
I beseech you —
These tears beseech you, and these chaste hands woo yoa
Ihat never yet were heaved but to things holy-
Things like yourself— You are a God above us •
Be as a God, then, full of saving mercy I
The Bloody Bbothkb.
Encoueaged as she was by the courteous manners of her noble
count^aa, it was not without a feeling of something like terror
that Jeame felt herself in a place apparently so lonely with a
man of such high rank. That she should have been permitted
to wait on the Duke m his own house, and have been there
received to a private interview, was in itself an uncommon and
distmgmshed event in the aimals of a life so simple as hers : but
to &id hersdf his travelling companion in a journey, and then
suddenly to be left alone with him in so secluded a situation, had
somethmg in it of awful mystery. A romantic heroine might
have suspected and dreaded the power of her own charms • but
Jeanie was too wise to let such a silly thought intrude on her
nund. btill, however, she had a most eager desire to know
where bhe now was, and to whom she was to be presented.
_ She remarked that the Duke's dress, though stiU such as
indicated rank and fashion (for it was not the custom of men
ot quauty at that time to /IrAan t^iowooUr^^ i;ua *h~'— —^
n
n i
iRii
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WAVERLEY NOVELS.
coachmen or grooms), was nevertheless plainer than tliat in
which she had seen him upon a former occasion, antl was
divested, in particular, of all those badges of external decoration
which intimated superior consequence. In short, he was attired
as plainly as any gentleman of fashion could appear in the
streets of London in a morning ; and this circumstance helped
to Kh?.ke an opuiion which Jeanie began to entertain, that,
perhaps, he intended slie should plead her cause in the presence
of royalty itself. " But surely," said she to herself, " he wad
hae putten on his braw star and garter, an he had thought o'
coming before the face of majesty — and after a', tliLs is mair like
a gentleman's policy than a royaJ palace."
There was some sense in Jeanie's reasoning ; yet she was not
sufficiently mistress either of the circiunstances of etiquette, or
the particular relations which existed betwixt the government
and the Duke of Argyle, to form an accurate judgment. The
Duke, as wo have said, was at this time in open opposition to
the admmistration of Sir Robert Walpole, and was understood
to be out of favour vnth the royal feraily, to whom he had
rendered such important services. But it was a maxim of Queen
Caroline to bear herself towards her political friends with such
caution, as if there was a possibility of their one day being her
enemies, and towards political opponents with the same degree
of circumspection, as if they might again become friendly to
her measures. Since Margaret of Anjou, no queen-consort had
exercised such weight in the political affairs of England, and
the personal address which she displayed on many occasions
had no small share in reclaiming from their political heresy
many of those determined Tories, who, after the reign of the
Stuarts had been extinguished in the person of Queen Anne,
were disposed rather to transfer their allegiance to her brother
the Chevalier de St. George, than to acquiesce in the settlement
of the crown on the Hanover family. Her husband, whose most
shining quality was courage in the field of battle, and who
endured the office of King of England, without ever being able
to acquire English habits, or any familiarity with English
dispositions, found the utmost assistance from the address of
his partner, and while he jealously afiected to do everything
iiccording to his own will and pleasure, was in secret prudent
enough to take and follow the advice of his more adroit consort.
Ho intnisted to her the delicate office of determining the various
iei^rees of favour necessary to attach the wavering, or to confirm
THE HEART OP MTO-LOTniAN, 38]
With aU the winning address of an elegit, and accordinp
to the tunea, an accomplished woman, Queen Ca^oS v^^^l
the masculmo soul of the other sex. She wa^ prouTbyTrro
Sfce'ltChT'' "^ ^^''' ''"^'''^ ^- ^'^^^^oi
uiHpxeasure, although few were more ready at reoairinfr nnv m.^
S: s%'i1' n^?/" T'^"^^ cam?uVto tKiZft
passions. She loved the real possession of power rather thin
the show of it, and whatever she did lierself thTwL e ther wise
or popular, she always desired that the KinrslS have tS
that by addmg to his respectability, she was mos likely to
Daintam her own. And so desirous was she to «)nmlv with
Ji^ri'^'r'i*^'*' "^^" *^^^^*-«^ ^i^h the go't'sh^ ha
c fd bat?thlr"r *° ^^'f °^ *^'^ ^'*' ^>- *b« ^!«« of th
to i?pnriVi f • ^ endangering her life, that she might be able
to attend the kmg m his walks.
tn ilJ"^ "" ""^"^ consistent part of Queen Caroline's character
?n n^t? "P. "'^''^ P"^^'" correspondences with those to whom
slod m'^'h The"'' 7f-r?,'f^> or who, for various re^"
stood 111 with the court. By this means she kept in her hands
herself to anythmg, could often prevent discontent from b^
::ZL^'''li'C' ^'"^^ ?'" exaggeratinTit^lf int
I^!l \ .^y ^y accident her correspondence with such
persons chanced to be observed or discovered, whTch she took
etC'if J.T *r'?"'"*' '' ^" ^^P^^««°*«^ - a more inter
course of society, having no reference to politics • an answer
with which even the prime minister. Sir Robert WabolewL
bad's*" ''^"^ '"'^^'^^ ^^^^ he discovered that th Qul^
had given a private audience to Puiteney, afterwards eS^ of
Bath, his most formidable and most invetemte enei^
in thus maintammg occasional intercourse with several npr
sons who seemed most alienated from the crown ft may readUv
be supposed that Queen Caroline had taken^ e nXUbS
talente, the es imation in which he waa held in his ovk country
the gr^t services which he had rendered the house ofX^7k
m 1715, placed hmi high in that rank of persons who weTot
msist-M taieats, ssoppea tne irruption of the banded'force of all
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WAVERLEY NOVELB.
ill:'
li-'i!
tbe Highland chiefs ; there was little doubt, that, with tho
slightest encoura^mcnt, he could put them all in motion, and
renew the civil war; and it was well known tliat the most flat-
termg overtures had been transmitted to the Duke from the
court of St. Germains. Tho character and temper of Scotland
waa still little known, and it was considered as a volcano, which
might, indeed, slumber for a series of years, but was still liabla
at a moment the least expected, to brealt out into a wasteful
irruption It was, therefore, of the highest importance to retain
some hold over so important a personage as the Duke of Argyle
and Caroline preserved the power of doing so by means of a
lady, with whom, as wife of George II., she might have been
supposed to be on less intimate terms.
It was not the least instance of the Queen's address, that she
had contrived that one of her principal attendants. Lady
buffolk, should unite in her own person the two apparently
mconsistent characters, of her husband's mistress, and her own
very obsequious and complaisant confidant. By this dexterous
management the Queen secured her power against the danger
which might most have threatened it— the thwarting influence of
an ambitious rival; and if she submitted to the mortification
ot being obliged to connive at her husband's infidelity, she was
at le^t guarded against what she might think its most danger-
ous effects and waa besides at liberty, now and then, to bestow
a few civil insults upon " her good Howard," whom, however
m general, she treated with great decorum.* Lady Suffolk lay
under strong obligations to the Duke of Argyle, for reasons
which maybe collected from Horace Walpole's Reminiscences
ot that reign, and through her means the Duke had some
occasion^ correspondence with Queen Caroline, much inter-
rupted, however, since the part he had taken in the debate
concerning the Porteous mob, an affair which the Queen, though
somewhat unreasonably, was disposed to resent, rather as an
intended and premeditated insolence to her own person and
authority, than as a sudden ebuUition of popular vengeance,
btm, however, the communication remained open betwixt them,
though It had been of late disused on both sides. These
remarks wiU be found necessary to understand the scene which
is about to be presented to the reader.
From the narrow alley which they had traversed, the Duke
mmed mto one^of the same character, but broader and stiU
• See Horace Walpole's Rflminiscences.
"mmmmat
lat, with tho
I motion, and
the most flat-
like from the
r of Scotland
olcano, which
as still liabla,
to a wasteful
mce to retain
ke of Argyle,
y means of a
it have been
'esa, that she
(lants, Lady
apparently
and her own
lis dexterous
i the danger
? influence of
mortific ation
lity, she was
nost danger-
n, to bestow
m, however,
r Suflfolk lay
for reasons
eminiscences
e had some
much inter-
the debate
teen, though
ather as an
person and
vengeance,
twixt them,
es. These
scene which
!, the Duke
3r and still
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fc S'e twX^^ :roaT \\^^ '^' -*^-^ *^-
Thev were fwrTi ?• ^^PP^oachmg them.
">e ot/erTyeVnot lfZLZ:f "'°" ?^^^^^ ^ ^^*«« ^^^-^
replying to whatever ^Wrv.- ^''^'^^ ^'' ^^""^ ^^e^iring and
lady who walSrforemoTf """^"^''''''^ *^ ^'' ^^ '^'
trouble to t,irrhe7Zon 1 "if "^^*^"* ^'' ^^^ th«
Jeaniehad time to stJidy their featuieL'nrr''"^ "'"^ '^"^^'^'
puke aJso slackened his pare ni?fr /^PP^^rance. The
bereelf, and repeaterllv LS 'T *° ^'"^^ ^^^ *'"^e to coUect
who seemed thTprS^^^^^^^^ T* ''^ ^,^ ''^^^'''^^- ^he lady
though somewhat inSedbvtP ^^™f ^'-^^y good features,
scourge which each X^ 7 t^^ small-jjox, tliat venomou^
now tame as easX as fS t'S^'^'f-i'^'"''^' '' J«°°er) can
The lady's eyes Jer7 ^L^'tZ^^ ''''^''''^''^' ^^h«°-
nance formed to express at w 1 Sv. .^°°'^' '''"'^ ^'^^ «"'inte-
form, though rathefSll 1 ''*^'' """"^^'^y ^^ com-tosy. Her
the elasticity Zl^^Z'TtJ:^ nevertheless gracefd; and
what was actually Zc'tW «i^'P ^T "' '°°^ *« ^^^P^^t,
a disorder the moft unfa^o^- ll f ' '"^^'"'^ occasionally from
dress was rather ricrth?.? **> Pedestrian exercise. Her
and noble. *^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^r manner commanding
and^rsi^^fc:: ^xr r ^^^^ ^"^^^ ^-- ^-
lutely regular wer! S ^'"^ ^^*"^^«' ^thout being abso-
been^^txfaiy'hSo^f 'Pf 17 ^^T^^ «^-° ^^ thfy S
expression, for wS her lot^av. ??'^'\'' "* ^^^<^ ^ P^^^^e
when she 'was ailent,Tut'„frwt t'^ T'^ ^^^^^^
humoj^ed smile .hen she sp'l' ^LyVe ''^'''' ^"^ ^^^
^^^""L^J^^ T ^*- ^-^« of these
and fitepphig forward himseTwi.w '^?^^ «t^nd still,
to him, made a profS oUf ' f T "^^'^ ^«« ^^tura^
in a dignified mS^er ^e^^ bi S'^ "^^ '^"^^"^^ ^^^
approached. ' recumea by the personage whom he
"tL?/S?o';Sfklt::^f^'^^°^ condescending smile,
has been of lateTaslS K uJ '°"^' ^ *^' ^^' ^^ Argyle
where could w^h^i^ f^^l^!^ "" ^^ '"^"^ *^«^« ^d e^
add'd! '?tS tr:^?^if':,^,^: ^r^^*^^ -"^" -^
before the TTnnc. -V^r i '"^^^^^^^ to the public h isinesc
- - ^e» «^ th, t.me occupied by a late joi^tv
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to Scotland, had rendered him less aasiduous in paying his duty
at the levee and drawing-room than he could have desired "
When your Grace can fin.l time for a duty so frivolous "
replied the Queen, "you aie aware of your title to be well
received. I hope my readiness to comply with the wish which
you expressed yesterday to Lady Suffolk, is a sufficient proof
that one of the royal family, i^t least, has not forgotten ancient
and important services, in resenting something which resembles
recent neglect." This was said apparently with great good
humour and m a tone which expressed a desire of conciliation.
The Duke rephed, " That he would account himself the most
imfortunate of men, if he coiUd be supposed capable of neglect-
ing his duty, m modes and circumstances when it was expected
and would have been agreeable. He was deeply gratified bv
the honour which her Majesty was now doing to him pereonally
and ho trusted she would soon perceive that it was in a matter'
essential to his Majesty's interest that he liad the boldness to
give her this trouble."
" You cannot oblige me more, my Lord Duke," replied the
yueen, than by giving me the advantage of youi- lights and
experience on any point of the Kmg's service. Your Grace is
aware, that I can only be the mediimi through which the
matter IS subjected to his Majesty's superior wisdom : but if it
IS a suit which respects your Grace personaUy, it shaU lose no
support by being preferred through me."
" It is no suit of mine, madam," replied the Duke •
t(
have I any to prefer for myself personally, although I feel in
luU lorce my obligation to your Majesty. It is a business which
concerns his Majesty, as a lover of justice an<l of mercy, and
which I am convinced, may be highly useful in conciliating
the^ unfortunate irritation which at present subsists among hia
Majesty s good subjects in Scotland."
T ^i^^^^^®^® *^o Par^ of t^ speech disagreeable to Caroline
In the fii^t place, it removed the flattering notion she had
adopted, that Argyle designed to use her personal intercession
m making his peace with the administration, and recoverim^
the employments of which he had been deprived: and next"
she waa displeased that he should talk of the discontents in'
Scotland aa irritations to be conciliated, rather than suppressed.
^ Under the influence of these feelings, she answered hastUy.
1 hat his Majesty has good subjects in England, my Lord
Duke, he la bound to thank God and the laws— that he has
tn : but if it
™ HKART OF Min-LOTHIAN. ^
'rabjrv^tfl in Scotland I think k
Bword." *°"' '^^^ he may tl.a.ik God an,] hfa
Quit S£ti;'2bre o7trovr r r""^'";^^' -' t,.
Big the ieast change of mi„ntl ' ^''''"'' "'"'""t iii»i,lav-
•wn «. origin ™S.cho7Th^r' •"'' ■" "■ W'" wor,i, l3
f^th^fhrjtn'":^, rt" "■' "'? "'*« «-' of m
their real right, a^i u>Z^l *™p»' ' » ■-pcsiHe to separate
and xtd8unde™tM,d each otZ" ' "" ™ '''»"''' ■"«"«Btn,e
gard3thefat':'^:t?okrr""' ''" ^■■■^^ °f Arg^le "^^
lying under sente^oe^rdS^ ^^^ """"■"^ '» Scoti^.d', now
highly probable that she i^tn^^t Td °' "?'"'' ' ">tak it
'■'■5,»^T„rna i"" -J-. »d ahe did . over
regard of control, she at lenU reS[ed „ "f^' ^ f 1"" =""*«
not ask your motives for tddr3n^%„^^ ^"^ D"^*. I mU
cu-ciunstances have rendere<l «,,T ^ to me a request, ivhich
road to the King's Zlt Tt^^'fT"^'^ ""'' ^our
titled to request an audience <v^!f " .P'^y-eouncillor, en-
Quee. wa. in the fet heat ofLpl! /rf.^ ''^^^ ^^"^« ^^^
same firm, yet reepectfuJ poZrT^X^t' ^*/'"^^^«d ^^ the
the interview. The Queen S^^^f \^^ ^^'^^d d^^ng
command, instantly Sed h^ .^"' situation to sej
agamst herself by yiddhiTS . *''*^^® ^^e ^ ;.:,<; gj^^
oond^cending an5 S^ tot'T^ir 'hf S ^ ''' ^^
yoL. vn. - ^—*^ ohe uad opened the
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interview, " You must allow me Home of the privileges of the
Bex, my Lord ; and do not judge unoliaritably of me, though I
am a little moved at the recollection of the gross insult and out^
rage done in your capital city to the royal authority, at the very
time when it was vested in my unworthy person. Your Grace
cannot be siuprised that I should both have felt it at the time,
and recollected it now."
"It is certainly a matter not speedily to be forgotten,"
answered the Duke. " My own poor thoughts of it have been
long before your Majesty, and I must have expressed myself
very ill if I did not convey my detestation of the murder which
waa committed under such extraordinary circumstances. I
might, indeed, be so unfortunate as to differ with his Majesty's
advisers on the degiee in which it was either just or politic to
punish the innocent instead of the guilty. But I trust your
Majesty will permit me to be silent on a topic in which my
sentiments have not the good fortune to coincide with those of
more able men,"
" We will not prosecute a topic on which we may probably
differ," said the Queen. " One word, however, I may say in
private— you know our good Lady Suffolk is a little deaf— the
Duke of Argyle, when disposed to renew his acquaintance with
his master and mistress, will hardly find many topics on which
we should disagree."
"Let me hope," said the Duke, bowing profoundly to bo
flattering an intimation, " that I shall not be so unfortunate as
to have foimd one on the present occasion."
" I must first impose on your Grace the duty of confession,"
said the Queen, " before I grant you absolution. What is your
particular interest in this young woman? She does not seem"
(and she scanned Jeanie, as she said this, with the eye of a
connoisseur) " much qualified to alarm my friend the Ducheiis's
jealousy."
" I think your Majesty," replied the Duke, smiling in his
turn, " will allow my taste may be a pledge for me on that
score."
" Then, though she has not much the air cCune grande dame,
I suppose she is some thirtieth cousin ir. the terrible chapter of
Scottish genealogy 1"
" No, madam," said the Duke ; " but I wish some of my
nearer relations had half her worth, honesty, and affection."
** Her name must be Campbell, at least V said Queen Carolina
''^A^iik^*mm>iM>m^
ilegea of the
lie, though I
ti\x\t and out-
f, at the very
Your Grace
at the time,
) forgotten,"
it have been
essed myself
lurder which
nstances. I
is Majesty's
or politic to
I trust your
n which my
vith those of
lay probably
may say in
le deaf — the
intance with
ics on which
imdly to so
ifortunate as
confession,"
Vhat is your
s not seem"
he eye of a
e Duchess's
iling in his
me on that
rande dame,
a chapter of
ome of my
action."
3n Carolina
TUB HEART Of mD-r.OTI,IAN. Jg,
^y>^ aever been farther oorth in her Ufe than E,U„buxgh,
yo7tl^°*:S»Scf,»M"«ud the Queen, ■■ ^
of your prot%ce."^ ^° "" "•""'''e to explam th^ aS
wh.oh . the dia^et.e.% -^%5t:pSc:',:^^-,r
w ?^^Si^e *:;rt'h" !::; Tf , -^'f * d«™
rartioDS which Jeanio had m-,.1? f^S'^ ""^ atfectiramte
whose sake she waTSi^g J^^ .';!''f . "^ » ™ter, for
Kience. '' «»tnlice all hut truth and con-
it mSTbe^'^SS";' T ''""*° ' «"= ™ -ther fond
in what the Duk" toM C for"Sr!:«"°'',~'' f"™"! """"«
"It appear to me, my LorTSf ''^?V'«<« '» hi3 request,
severe law. But still iMsijd "''"^' ""■■" «"» « »
hoUBd to suppose, as the law o7 h^ "P°1 ^°°^ P<"«'<1«. I am
been eonvictS under it Th" Jert "r'T' ™'' ""= «« >"«
construes into a positive nrlf 7 '^""ptions which the law
f that your G,^c;"CS™c2„T: '- ■>.-,?-« i ""d
that, by M^7trthe''a;:±fen*t''h ™"''' '''" "" "^ «iou3,
led to a diBcSn 4 th"^„^f ° ^"S^'u"" "^^ inevitabi;
to be hardened in her oCILl '?,*''? **''^° ™ 'i^ely
™t of mere respect Z 22Z^"'^^t t '^« "wU
If your Majesty" he sairl "JZ^a , *^® cnmmal suffer,
countrvwomii hekeU Saps shf ""f f" ^ *^ '^^ °^3^Poo'
own heart, more able tC I ^t Zb!; .^."^7"^ ^ ^^
by your understanding." * ^^^* *^® ^°"bta suggested
The Queen sefiTTifiH fn y.^,,,-^^^ , ,
^qmesc^, and the Duke made a signal
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for J«an,e to a<lvanc« from the spot vhorfl she ha^l hithertc
ren,H,,.od wat.=hin^ r,ou„t«,uxn.... whinh wore tooTo J a^^
^ined toBupprc*, all apparent HigT.« of emotion, to Ziv% to
n<furo ot the httle Scottthwomon advmimj towards her and v«f
more at the firnt sound of hor hroad northed acceitB^u
wrlJZ "^ r T'. ^'^ "!"^ «^^'«^*'y *""'^. ^« admirable thinfn
womai., and eke besought " hor Leddynhip to have pity on a
poor miHjfuuJed yo.m^ cre^vture," u. t^L si affecting ElikS
"Stiuid iij, youns: woman," paid the Queen, but !■. a kind
^ne " and tell me ^vhat H<,rt of a bar],arous peop e ^ou^ countt
folk are, where chdd-nmrder is become so common as to r Se
the reetrauit of laws like yours ?» ^
"If your Leddyship pl^w-s," unsweroxl Jeanie. "there aru
rt muHt be olfsorved, that the disputes between Georjre the
SecoiKl and Frederick Prince of Walei were then at tlie Sost
t"e ot en sT' T'^I ^ '' ^''^ P"^^^« '^^ the blame n
the gueen. She coloured luj,ddy, and darted a glance of a most
ponetratmg character first at Jeanio, and thenTt the dTo
Both eustamed It uTunoved; Jeanie from total uncon c ue^
ot the offence she had given, and the Duke from his habiS
Has with this uckless answer shot dead, by a kit.,1 ^f chanl»-
niedley, her only hope of success. '^
iut'^^^. ^""^A^^'- .^""'J-J'»"^'"^'e(ily ami skilfuUv, int^n^M in
thiB awkward cnsis. " You should tell this lau' ," .he «iid to
'r y^ IZ^-^-- -'-- ''''^' -'<^- this;:ri;TcoTimo^
" Some thiilks it's the Kirk-se^Hsiou— that is— it's the-if ,
T^u" .':^,*^^ '^' 0^ reiKjntance, madam, if it please vour
SrT; r"T^ ^^^' ''^"^«^^^ 'if« a" J convTiX.
Si t tbll^/ '^'' T"u'^ r "^""'^•" Here she raised U'
eyes to the Duke, saw his hand at his chin, and, tot^ly uncon^
TUK HEART OF MlD-LOTHlAN. «^
^'^J^^'^^^^^ effoot to
^ A.H for Lady Suffo k «L ret^r^ti^ "^' *""^""^«'l-
e-. have ...., U X^^^ f /^ t ^ ^f;
l««el« right and left! "^'"^^"^ «*^« ha« hit with Luth
hav;i'^«^tl';^ti ^^^ «'-« "^ ^^« -fi.i.., fo,
Je felt much m Te cirlr^Z^'f'" ''^^ ^""^^^ «^^^"'»« i
having introduced his Sri^S "/ * .'^"''^ ^^'^^^ ^'h^
«>«ni, ifl doomed to mC th^^- r""*^^^^^*^ ^^^'"g"
^i^ to china and tTClc^' ^J'^'' ""^ ^^'^^'« ^^i«»»
^'"nely frolica. Jeauio's W ?.r^' ^- ^f ^^"ence of ita u„-
the m impression^h ch tl tvT^i'' ^'T'''' '^^^^^^
Majesty had not ao lont thffJ^r ^'''" '^« ^^^^ ^^^ her
Queen but that nhe .^1 enjoTa ilt A.^^' "' ^^^'^ '^^ «
good Suffolk." She tun.P.l^^ j' *, "* '^® ®^P«'i«e of "her
a smile, which n^kJTy^^^TZt'?^'^''-''' ^^'^^^ ^'^
Ben-ed, - The Scotch are a ri^^LT^';^ '^^' '""^Ph, and ol>-
applying herself to Je^r«KL?r^ ^V^^''" ^^«'^' ^^
Scotland. ' ''''^ ^^^^ how she travelled up from
" wCt 1 ^';:i* ""^^'y' °^"dain," wa. the reply
" J^^vf-and-tweaty u.iles and a bittock "
of Ar^k ''''^''" "^^ ^^« ^"^"«««' ^-king toward, the Duko
''^"r/Z'^rj-';; -P^ the Duke.
Bhames me^«^y »'" ' ^'^ ^^^«V' «aid the Queen, " but thi«
-^^ ^Zlf^l^ZZj^'tT r.^ ' '>«-^' that ye
^ That can,e bettor off STthf n\^^'" «^^^ "^^^^i^-
she ha« said to the puisr ^ ^"^'^ **« ^^^ ^^^ thing
Il^d^wli^^^^^ ham way neither, for
fr«ni Ferrybridge-and div^'ntJ^ ^ ^^ *h« ^^^ ^f a horse
<^tting abort h!r sto^ for she ot' ^T"^'" «^^^ J«^e.
«igu he had fixed ujwa "^"^ 'h'^ ^^^ made tha
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"vnn mLi^ thcs^ accommodatioDB," answered the Queen,
you must have had a veiy fatiguing journey, and, I f^ to
httle purpose; since, if the King were to pardon yoi sisS b
aU probabiUty it would do her little goo^ for I sulT voS
people of Edinburgh would hang her out of spite" ^^ ^
bhe will sink herself now outright, thought the Duke
But he waa wrong. The shoals on which Jeanie had touched
Lt^tn t? ''.r 'T'^'° ^ ""^«^ ^°^d, and were u^
kno^ to her; this rock waa above water, and she avoided it.
She was confident," she said, " that baith town and country
Srdtu^?''" ^^^"^^^ *^^ --^-^- - ^ p- -
*he'(^L^-M^^f ""'^ ^^^^ ^* '° ^ ^ ^^^ ^'^<' said
.he Queen ; "but L suppose my Lord Duke would advise him
t t^i"^ ^ ?' ^""^^ °^ *^« ^^^^1« themselves, whrshodS
be hanged and who spared ?" «'"ouiu
'; No, madam," said the Duke ; « but I would advise his
consort ; and then I am sm-e pmiishment will only attach itself
f w 'i^ ®'''° ^^^"^ ^'^^ ^^"t^o'^^ reluctance "
do n^ 'L'X^"''^'" 'ft^^' ^^J^^y'" ^" ^^^' fi^e speeches
m.rk nfT . ""^ °^ *^t' P'°P"^*y "f «o «o«° ^bowing any
it nM T *' ^'^~5 '"PP°^« ^ °^^«* ^°* ^y rebeUious ?
-but at least your very disaffected and intractable metropolis
Why,_ the whole nation is in a league to screen the savage an j
?t p"s"w^^thT f '''' "^'^PP^ "^-' otherwise, how is
It possible but that, of so many perpetrators, and engaged in
so public an action for such a length of time, one at leS must
have been recognised? Even this wench, fo aught I mi^eU
may be a depository of the secret.-Haric you youn^Tom^ '
had you any friends engaged in the Porteous mob ? ^ '
?L negate ' ""'^ " ^''^ ^"'°^^"^«' ^^^^^ ^' ^^
"But I suppose," continued the Queen, "if you were dos-
" ir it like yon, madam," said Jeaaie, " I would hae gaen to
f**feA^Kiti;;S«6te«£i
THE HEART OF MID-LOTIIIaN. 39^
doubt hoJa'lamZeduCT^""!^''''' ' '"''^^* ^^4
though it may becoi^tho ^ , ^ -'^^ ''''^"^^^ ^^ his blood
dead and gan/to trpLe auTL^v? t^^^ ^^^ ^° «°- ^e 1
answer for their ain £t ^t m7 ^* ^'^' ^'^ ^ °^u«t
ftill Uvea, though hefdays Ji 1 ^^ *''' "^^ P^ ^^^r, Effie.
Hves, and a word ofthe K Ws ^Zl ''' T^^'^^^ ' ^he stiU
broken-hearted auld mlnZt ZT "^l^^^ '""^''^ ^^' to a
exercise, forgot to pray ^'at h , M •' ^ ^"^.^^^ ^^^^ lightly
a long and a prosperous reil Sl^'"L^'^' ^ blessed with
throne of his posterit^ mSCaLhr\^^' .*^'"^^' ^"^^ t'^^
O madam, if ever ye W what 't w^^^'^'^ "^ righteousness,
a smning and a suffiing creltu * thZ • T'^ ^"^ ^^ ^'^^
she can be neither ca'd fit to hi or T T^ '' '^' ^'''^ that
on our miseiy !— Save an honpTv,! J ^""^ '"'^^ compassion
unhappy girt not eTghTeeS ^s JaLrf '^^°°°'"' ^^ an
dreadful death! AlaJi it i« w u ^®' ^^"""^ »» early and
-en-Uy oui^elvea thTt^we li^ Z^'^^ '^''^ '''' ^""^ w^'-
Our hearts are waxed Tilhr^fr,-" ^*^'{ P'^P^«'« sufferings
righting our ain ^^3^^^^, ^hl "« '^^^, -nd we are for
when the hour of troS c^mes fo tifp ""^ T ^^"^^- ^"^
and seldom may it visit vnT? ^1 ^- "'"'^ ^' *^ tbe body-
of death comes, that^lsTh£W;^"^^^^«° *h« ^^^^
it be yours l-Oh, my Leddv th^ ."^ ^^-I^ng and late maj
for oursells, but whaTwe Ke fo T ^^f ^^ ^^« ^une
maist pleasantly. Arid the Iho^Ll .w '"'' .*^^* ^« t^^nk on
spare the puir thin^ life JS "be "f ^^ ^^ ^*«^^ened to
when it may, than tfa word^vonrT .1' "^ ,*?"* ^°"^' ^^n^^
Porteous mob at the taJof ae tow^' ^°"*^ '°^^ ^^^ ^^^ haill
cause with a plthos which was Tton^i '^' F^'^^''^ ^'' «^ter's
"This is eloquence ''«ni A t^^^ """P^® ^^^^ solemn.
"Young wom<' sh^ coit'd T^*° *^^ ^^« of Argyle.
"/ camiot gran a naJLTn ' ^'^^^^^^S herself to JeSie
wantmywaTintercS;^^'',/rM^*''--^^* ^^^ «taCot
wife case," she contSueTpSL a t'f' 7^'^ ^^^« ^^^"^^
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Imees, and would have expanded herself in gratitude ; but the
Duke^ who was upon thonis lest she should say more or Inaa
than just enough, touched his chin once more.
" Our business is, I think, ended for the' present, my Lord
Duke said the Queen, "and, I trust, to your satisfaction.
Hereafter I hope to see your Grace more frequently, both at
Richmond and St. James's.— Come Lady SuJafolk, we must wish
his Grace good-morning."
They exchanged their parting reverences, and the Duke, so
soon a^ the ladies had turned their backs, assisted Jeanie to rise
trom the groimd, and conducted her back through the avenue,
which she trode with the feeling of one who walks in her sleep
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVENTH.
iSo soon as I cau win the offended king,
I will be known your advocate.
Cymbelink.
The Duke of Argyle led the way in silence to the small nosteni
by which they had been admitted into Richmoufl Park, so long
the favourite residence of Queen Caroline. It was opened by
the same half-seen janitor, and they found themselves beyond
tlic precmcts of the royal demesne. Still not a word was spoken
on either side. The Duke probably wished to allow his rustic
pToti^g&e tune to recruit her faculties, dazzled and sunk with
coUoquy sublime; and betwixt what she had guessed, had
heard, and had seen, Jeanie Deans's mind was too much a^tated
to permit her to ask any questions.
They found the carriage of the Duke in the place where they
had left it ; and when they resumed their places, soon began to
advance rapidly on their retiu-n to town.
"I think, Jeanie," said the Duke, breaking sUence, "you
have every reason to congratulate youraelf on the issue of vour
mteiTiew with her Majesty."
"And that kddy was the Queen hersell?" said Jeanie- "1
misdoubted it when I saw that your honour didna put on Vour
hat--And yet I can liaxdly believe it, eveu whm I heard her
apeak it hersell,"
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393
" It was certainly Queen Caroline," replied the Duke. " Have
you no curiosity to see what is in the little pocket-book ?"
"Do you think the pardon will be in it, sir?" said Jeanie
with the eager animation of hope. '
"Why, no," replied the Duke; "that is unlikely They
seldom carry these things about them, unless they were likely
to be wanted; and, besides, her Majesty told you it was the
Kmg, not she, who was to grant it."
" That is true, too," said Jeanie; "but I am so confused in
my mmd— But does your honour think there is a certainty ot
Lfhes pardon then?" continued she, stiU holding in her hand
the unopened pocket-book.
"Why, kings are kittle cattle to shoe behind, as we say in the
north, rephed the Duke ; " but his wife knows his trim, and I
have not the least doubt that the matter is quite certain "
^^ "Oh, God be praised 1 God be praised !" ejaculated Jeanie •
and may the gude leddy never want the heart's ease she ha.s
gien me at this moment !— And God bless you too, my Lord i—
without your help I wad ne'er hae won near her."
The Duke let her dwell upon this subject for a considerable
time curious, perhaps, to see how long the feelings of gratitude
would contmue to supersede those of curiosity. But ^o feeble
was the latter feeling in Jeanie's mind, that his Grace with
whom, perhaps, it was for the time a litUe stronger, was obliged
once more to bring forward the subject of the Queen's present.
It was opened accordingly. In the inside of the case waa the
usual assortment of silk and needles, with scissors, tweezers
etc. ; and m the pocket was a bank-biU for fifty pounds.
The Duke had no sooner informed Jeanie of the value of this
last document, for she was unaccustomed to see notes for such
sums, than she expressed her regret at the mistake which had
taken place. "For the hussy itseU," she said, "was a very
valuable thing for a keepsake, with the Queen's name written
in the mside with her ain hand doubtless— (7aroZi»e— as plain
as could be, and a crown drawn aboon it."
She therefore tendered the bill to the Duke, r: -nesting him
to fand some mode of returning it to the royal owner
"No, no, Jeanie," said the Duke, "there is no mistake in
the case Her M^esty knows you have been put to great
expense, and she wishes to make it up to you."
"I am sure she is even ower gude," said Jeanie, "and it
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glads me muckle tl)at I cm pay back Duinbiedikee Im siUer
without distressing my father, honest man " *
nntV^^A'^^'f ^^.^*' ^ ^'"^'°^^^ «^ Mid-Lothiaa, is he
mill ?^^ Grace whose occasional residence in that county
made him acquum ed with most of the heritors, as landed
perso^ are termed in Scotland.-'' He haa a house not fJXm
Ualkeith, wears a black wig and a laced hat V
Yes sir," answered Jeanie, who had her reasons for beina
brief m her answers upon this topic ^
fhri.^'' "^{-"H ^"^^""i Dumbie!" said the Duke; "I have
thrice seen hmi fou aoid only once heard the somid of his voice
—Is he a cousm of yours, Jeanie V
"No, sir,— my Lord."
u v^^^ ^® ^^^ ^^ ^ well-wisher, I suspect T
withltsiiS;:"" '^"'' ^"'" ^^""^' ''^'' ^^-^-^' -^
«oJ,w-''°' l^'"/^«^'«^ed Jeanie, much more readily, but at the
same time blushmg much more deeply
"WeU Jeanie," said the Duke, "you are a giri may be safely
rusted with your own matters, and I shall inquire no fSer
about them. But a^ to this same pardon, I m^t see to get i
S wil r^', M ^""P" '^"^ ' ^'^^ ' ^-^'« ^ friend i^fffii*
who will, for aiild lang syne, do me so much favour. And then
iZlir ] '^"^ ^'^ .''^^'' '' ''^^ ^ «^re«« down to'
Scotland, who w, travel with it safer and more swiftly than
you caji do, I wm take care to have it put into the prop^
chamiel; me.inwhde you may write te you? friends by pJst ^^
your good success." ^ ^ '
" And does your Honoiu- think," said Jeanie, « that wiU do
as weel as if I were te take my tap in my lap, and slip my ways
hame again on my ain errand V ^
"Much better, certainly," said the Duke. "You know the
roads are not very safe for a single woman to travel "
Jeanie mtemaUy acquiesced in this observation
And I have a plan for you besides. One of the Duchess's
attendants and one of mine-your acquaint^ce Ii-chSr-
Tvf t' t" "? r"^ "^ ^ ^'^''' '^^h, with four hofses I
have bought and there is room enough in the carriage for you
^owith tli.,m as far aa Glasgow, wh.re Archibalfwm |nd
means of sending you safely to Edinburgh.- And m the wafl
'MM
iikea hxu siller.
iiy, but at the
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHlAN. 395
b«g you will teach the woman as much a.s you can of the mystery
of cheese-makmg, for she is to have a charge in the daii/ ^^
"Does your Honoiu- like cheese V said Jeanie, with a deam
of conscious delight aa she asked the question ^
what w^ tVfnlW *^f ?^'' T^r g^d°^t^e anticipated
What was to follow,— « cakes and cheese are a dinner for an
emperor, let alone a Highlandmau."
.^•!i ^f^Z^" ^? Jeanie, with modest confidence, and great and
evident self-gratulation, "we have been thought so parSL in
SS- aTV*''* r" 'f^' '^^ '' as'gude The reS
twa blithe, and fam, and proud it wad make us? But maybe
LttTr^. ' '^K !r"^' '^^' ^' *^« Buckholmside* Se
better; or maybe he gait-mUk, as ye come frae the Highlands
-and I canna pretend just to the same skeel 0' them : but mv
l^'^iZ^X^:^' Lockermachusin Lammennuii, l"co3
"Quite unnecessary," said the Duke; "the Dunlop is the
very clieese of which I am so fond, and I ;vill taTu ^ the
geatest favour you caji do me to send one to Carolie1>aik
yourself, for I am a real good judge."
"I am not feared," said Jeanie, confidently, "that I mav
ple^e your Honour; for I am sm-e you looklis if you co^d
hardly find fault wi' onybody that did their best; and weTis
It my part, I trow, to do mine." ^ ^ , <^na ^eti ra
lers^^!^.f!T'^'%^;J''^';''^ ^ ^^^'^ "P-^^ ^^^^^ ^^e two travel-
lers, though so different in rank and education, found each
a good deal to say. The Duke, besides his her patriotic
quabties, was a distmguished agriculturist, and proud of ht
^owledge m that depai-tment. He entertamed ^Jeanie wfth
his observations on the different breeds of cattle in Scotland
71 tZ T'''^ ?' ?' ^^' ^^ ^«^«i^«d so much informa!
W a coun^irn'''^.'"P'"'°^^ ^ ^^^^^' '^^' ^' P^o^^i^ed
IL ^^ I Devonshire cows in reward for the lesson. In
short, his mmd was so transported back to h« rural employ-
mente and amusements, that he sighed when his carriage stopped
<w*.milk cht^^ilih^lZt^f^ T' ' '"^ ^"' t^^'^cing the beat
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wavehley NovELa,
opposite to the old hackney-coach which ArrhiWi.? k ^ .
attendance at the place where hlyhacfleft^'^ m ^.^
are actually settled ; and you may refer the good lady to Archi
bald, If «he presses you h^ird with questions Sh« i« K i ,"
" At the sight of Dumbarton onc« «gau,,
I U cock np my bonnet and march amain,
With my claymore hanging down to my heel
To whang at the bannocJo. of barley meal "
objects IS more accurate ; t!ie hinh n.,] n,« i™ "™"^™l''e
e^tcJ i„ each other'a «ite f he fedCTkir!,'"'*';
relationship are mo^ widely U^mf^d t a S Zt
bo^da of patnofc affection, always honouxabta even when !
of the Thistle mTgZ wit i v." " '"' '""'°""'' «S»
expectation, now mhed M „f^ '"™ "'.'™« "■"* ^"'^
mouthed iiJterroIatrn ui^on^ur hcS T""^ '""'•"'r
umble to sustain' the ovemhZin "2acAf C ^'V'^
which burst forth with the ^MmtyTr^Lt^ZTH^
mu« laOiu!- Had she seen the King, Ued bless him-tbe
THK rrKART OP Min-LormAN.
897
Qucen-the Pmice of Wales-the Prince««-or any of the re«
itn r'T'^ family ^-Had aho got her aiBter's pardon ^^W«
--How far had she goiie-where had she driven tol-^^had
ahe een-what had been said-what ha,l kept her «o £"
Such were the vario,,s questions huddled upon each other bv
a cimosity so eager, that it could hardly waitTr ^o^Ltf
S'sed bniV') '^^^ '^-T '^"'^ ^^- BufficieriyC"
jShM who r r'''^,T;'^ ^^'^'^ "^ interrogations, had not
ATciubald, who had probably received from his ma« er a hint
to that purpose, a.lvanced to her rescue. " Mrs G W' S
Archibald, " his Grace desired me particularlv to sav th.t 1^«
would take it as a great favour if you wS LHhe vo„n^
woman no questions, as he wishes to rn^infL ^ ^
distinctly th.an she ..; do hoirr'^I tl ,ld^o'n:dtT:i:
on some matteiB which she cannot altogether^! weTexph^^^^
"His Grace is veiy condescending," said Mrs Gli«i hor ^^■i
L7ortSst'^' f- the present '; the dext'ousTlm'"^^^^^
tion of this sugar plum— "his Grace is sensible that T mn?n »
manner accountable for the conduct of my yo^g kinswoman and
no doubt h,3 Grace is the best judge hoVfar he 2^ Intrust
her or me with the management of her affah-s "
His Grace is quite sensible of that," answered Archibald
with national gravity, "and will certainl^ tnist what he hS
say to the most discreet of the two ; and therefore Mrs mj^
Im Grace rehes you will speak nothing to Mrs Jean DeZ'
either of her own affairs or her sistfr's, S he see^Tou
maself. He desired me to assure you, in'thTme^whTe that
aJMvas going on a. well aa your kindness could wi^Cm^
Archibll^T n ""'7 ^^<J-^ei7 considerate, certainly, Mr
Archibald- -his Grace's commands shall be obeyed, and_Bu
you have had a far drive, ]\Ir. Archibald, as^ Cess by the
mie of yom. absence, and I guess" (with an engSg TmUe)
"you wmna be the waur o' a glass of the right RoSis^^
"I thank you Mrs. Glass," said the greSt maX^elt man
And . T- y.'' '^' "'''"'^'y "^ '^*^^"^ ^ ^y Lord directly^'
"I am fflad vour affpirs hav nrr oA - v '
,, (_i aii,,u« siavv proojjciea ho well, .ieiuile. my
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iiiiiin
to take them into Cd, I v^?Ltf ' """^ "^ condescending aa
because his Gra^Tho i« n^f ? T °? ^"''*^''°« *^°"t ^^^^*
matte™, intend teU ^"'aJltr'^^^ ""^ P™^«°* ^ «"«^
doubtlei a great d^ Zt t thT '^^^ ^^^^f ' dear, and
heavily on yoTmind m^y'^' i^p^ Sl'thtt"? "^
as you see it is hia n«,«„»„ i^«*hi to me i^ the meantime,
about it." ' ^ '""'^ ^ «*^ you no questions
^^ZZ:Z:Z':^^^^ S^e thought that the com.
might have in her power ^0^^^^.^?' *^" ^^^ °^^« «he
Woman. But her nn^d-^ '^^ '- ""^ ""^ ^°^P'**^^«
secret interview with oCn n T*'^*^^. '"^^^^^^ *hat her
underacertrrsortofmZrv w^^^^^ ^'^'^ '^'^.^^ *° ^^
gossip of a woman Hke ^^^0^ of T^l '"^^'^^ ^°^ *^«
mu.h better opinion tlw^eTp^^,^^^^^^^ '^e' t 'f *
answered n mieral thnf tha n,,, i^TV ; ^^®' therefore,
kb.dness to mke v^iy 1^^^^^ ^"^ ^^}^' extraordinaiy'
affair, and that heZnZt^tl^SVl!''' ^'' ^"^'^ ^^^
it a' straight again, butILt he p"to"^^^^^
thought about the matter to Mrs. Glafs herse^ "" '^'* ^'
ThSS "hinTt titw^'^ penetrating* mistress of the
she been a' that time at Irlyle Ho J^? 1^?. T , "^^
her the whole time? ar,H S \ , ^^ *^o Duke with
she seen the yoZ la^es 1. ''T, *5«?»«hess? and had
beU?"--To the^rauestinnrr -^'"'^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ Camp-
she knew so h'^tleTtrto^^^^^ *'^ f^^^ ^^P^^' t^a^
where she had been thaVriTi, 5 !^^ '°"^^ "^* *«" exactly
knowledge, ThatTh; h^ il^f °f ^^ *^^ ^"«^««« *« ber
understood bore t£n^ of n J? ^"^'""i °^^ °^ ^^^"^' «he
could not tell about trmalr""'' "' ""^' ^^^ «^>^' «^«
'l»l
•mmim:...
TUB HKAllT OF MTD-tOTmAN. 899
doubtlesa, r BhaU know more particularly through hU Grace.-
1. P^M^^« °H^«k, for I have been waiting this houi for
fn W1 i^^""' ^"^ * '""^^ "^y'^' ^^' «« they used to 1
-there w lU talkmg between a full body and a laatiuK "
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHTH.
S^r^ ^t *?'?«''* ''"«" f""" "^'^^ ^'^etch's ai.l,-
Soine baniahed lover or aome captive maid.
POPB.
By dint of unwonted labour with the pen, Jeanie Deans con
tnved to mdite, and give to the charge of theT>stmZ.nft;
rZf t^he^h Tt ''" '""'V^'''-' anteSrXg ,
Btrange to her habits; insomuch so, that, if mUk had hn-Tn
ett ^'ThltiT^i: '^^^ "^^^^ *^- -lyDuSo"
Cheeses. The first of them was very brief. It was addressed
r r^' ??^*,""' ^'"i-' ^* the Rectory, WilE^gtam bv
S iTLm'th'"'"' '^"^ ?"* '' the^onnXfsTe'h^
extracted from the commumcative peasant who rode before C
to Stamford. It was in these words :—
c.ough%7JrZr' ^5^f ^.t''^'^'''.^^'^^^^^^^^^ ^^th been
i.ougn, comes these : Su-, I have my swter's pardon from tliA
Queen's M^esty, whereof I do not doubt you wiU W^d h^vJ.
had say naut of matter, whereof you know tL piSport So^
Su- I pray for your better welfare in bodie and soul a^d thlt
It wUl please the %cian to visit you in His go^ th^e' ^wl^S
" Ye ken wha."
The next better was to her fafhpr t* ;„ * i ,
DeaBKST and truly HONOl/EKD Fathi^p Vhi
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face and yet livTfo^hf^ l^'^'.T''^. ''''' ^"'"°» f'«^« to
like a blue hm S'^^at'^/'^.o.nr " Tlf^ ^:^*'"^"' '"'^^ ««»
Great Giter. to whl ,U i e W l'"?^ "'"' "^''""y "•"'*^'- ""«
for us by the Duk of iJue ! 1 "'«^"""«"tH, wrou^Mu forth
wise skooly enow in beSl hnlf . ,'' ""'' ^'" "^-«"J ^ikcv
*A.a Devonshire kye of vhil h« t "^ '"""'"^'"^ *" ^'« ««
still baud by the reli ha vk A^' , f..;r"''T'''''^' '^^''•*»^''' ^ ''«
nnsod him a cheo.se ad Tw-.r^ ^'^ced-and I have pro-
cow, has a quey, tl/at'l'sl^' Zk ^^'r'futr'-^ ''-'^-*
cnven to understand he hafl i.onl nf h . ''^ '^'^^' ^ ^ »"'
scomfu' but will take a ZJT "''^- '""^^ «'«' '"« "ot
lighten their h'^tS'tl-^ ""^^ ^^' '""^^3'
Also his honour the Duke w^ tint «n«f ^^'''r!^''^ '^^^ '"'"•
and it sail bo my faut h"aT)e ter tl "^'"' ^""^"P «'>«'^«««.
-[Here follow sonieobemto^V"^ '7 ^T'^'*^ '" ^^'>^'J"'-"
and the produce of tirdaTi^^wZM/r"'^- 't^ ^''''^ '^^^^^^^^^
to the Board of A^HcS; 1 <^ ^ IT T*'"*'«" *° ^^^^^^^^^
matters of the afteXr^8nT;«nprT^^^^^ *^^« '^''^ ^"^
Providence hath giftSl™ whlT,^ '^ *^' -™* ^^^^ ^^^h
life. And oh my dear f^I^or • "?'. "" ^"'^^'^^''^l' Poor Effie's
merciful to he'r Zt^. not wri' ^* 'f^ ^^''''^ <^-l to b
make her meet 'to bet e vlel of C ^'•«^1T^0". ^''ilk wUl
yoiu- aiu grale hairs Doir pLf ^^'f,' ^^^ ""^'^ « comfort to
that we iSv-e had Sen£ Xatl 7; J'^ ^' ^'^^ '^'' ^^"''l J<«"
talent whilk he lent me Sf 1^^'^, ^^n*" ""' '^"^ "^^^^
some of it to the fore • Zd ^e rZ S'?^""^ ''^P"^^" ^ h'"*
aue purse or napkin ^^1,, Ll l!^ '' ''''^ ^"o^ted up ir
heir, whilk I auTied is" ^^^ ^ ^^ '^^ fa^Inon
through Mr. Butler W.l^h J ''iV.'"^^- , .^'J' '^<^^^ f'^ther,
for their had been kimW v? ^^ ^"'"'^''^^P ^^th the Duke
troublesome til^Tbye^p^r ^rrs^Gf '^T ^ ^''« -'^'
my veiy mother. She has a br.i , ^ ^^ ^° ^i"^ hke
mmmmmmmmMi..
THE HEART OK M1Ij-L0t„un. 401
Honour's Bervm.t«-tl at is JoZ A '7T; """ ^'' '^" "^ '""«
p'"tlcn..-u,, M,Ht says ho 1. w /eon vf I '''"'''' " '^'''^' «>'''^'-'y
l^u n,aybo yo wi.,na iniL t, -f'"'"'' "* Au«hten„u«sitio-
«•"! Mrs. Dolly Di.tto at iTT T'^' '"^'" '^ ^'^'^ '"'^n-
rnnch to win ha.ne, wluik I Jp/^f^^ ^^1" '"^^o ik nae
of «" Kood things keep yo i v 1 ^ "'■ ^^"^ *'•" ^^'^^'••
whereof devoutly pruyc/h y'^M.^,^ ^-'^ «-' --mings,
tl'at all I (•arue''for Ys," thanksll* t'^'rVl ^'^'T'' *° ^"" *« ^^''n,
g;'<ioe"<l, and that yo, /orbcn^s wf^' """'^'^""^ ^'"^ *« ^^'e
tlio J:>uko of Argile an th- th '' ''*'^ "^^'^ ''^^'oim to
kylovino pen in^ mL bli' T*'/'"'' '"'""« ^"^ ^vith a
do for you either wi' a^ule ' '^^^^^^^^ ^'- ^e .ill
as I am assured. Aiid I have seen fL' '"^ T^ "^ ^aith,
a hussy-oa.0 out of her own hand ^t TT' '^^''^' ^*^« "^«
skeptre, but they are laid I ^fo" her ^t)f T' ^?,^^°^^ ^"^'
to bo worn when she needs th.Mn I ^'^^ ^^"^« ''««* liaise,
toiir, whUk is not 1 ke the ton of t -n ^^'^ ^'' ^««P't >"" '
-ifar, but mair like t^^'ef tc^'^f -'. "- i^' ^-•^'■
buildings were taen and fet lovT n fi? ^.^,'"^'"-&h, if the
Loch. Also the Queen wis von,T .^' '""^'* '^^ ^^^ ^or'-
worth fiftie pounds, ^"iZZZTT' ''''''' "« ' ^^P^
and back agen. sie, Master Zw \ ^"'^ '"^ '^P'"««« ^^^^
bainis, forby onything elsT that -X' h "? '''''"' ^^^ "««bours'
us, I tniBt youVinnf krin p to Sn'? 'f 'P°'^'" ^«^^^^«"
J:onr health, since it siSf nn/TJ'' T^!*"* '« '^^^dfu' for
BJler, if the other wanSlTLr/S' "^^^ '' "« ^^ *^«
ye to onything whilk ye wad ratW f f "^2 "^"^^ *° ^^"d
charge of a kirk or a scule l.l /?'^^*' ^ ^^ «uJd get a
be a scule, and not a kirk hp"^' '"J^V ^°^>^ ' ^^Po i* will
aiths and l^atron^t^i ^^'S''' "^ tf ^'^'''^^^ ^^ent
father. Only if % VoTihl J^'^^* ^"""f '" '^''^ ^' "^y honest
parish of Ski-eegh-mrdS TT "" *'J™°"^«"« call frae the
wad please himfveel s^S IV ^""-^^^ ^'^ °^' ^ ^^^ it
VOL. VII. ' "''^ ^ ^"^- ^«^'^ ^'m ^^y, that tho root
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parisn tn.u m the Cmion/?ate of IMinbsxrgh. I wiHh I had
whaten bookn ye waited, Mr. Butler, for they hao h^' hou^
of thorn here and they are obliged to aet sum out in 2 TeT
whdk are sa^d cheap. doubtlcHH, to get them out ofUi w^'
It la a muckle place, and I hae seen sae muckle of it thtt mv
poor head turns round. And ye ken langsyue. I am na^'* ^at
pen-woman, and it is near eleven o'clock o' the night I am
SyT.s n' Mr« Ol'lT' ''^u^''' f ^'•'^"^"^^ ^^' kend folk,
luy CO Lsm, Mr« Glass, has a braw house here, but a' thinir i«
eao poisoned wisnuli; that I am like to be sc^mfished whL
Bu what signifies these things, in comparisoirof the ™t
dehveranco whilk ha. been vouchsafed to my father's hfu^
m wlulkyou, as our auld and dear weU-wisher,%vil] I dout3'
rejoice and be exceedingly glad. And I am, dm Mr Butter
jrour sincere well-wi«her in temporal and eter^al^ing^,' '
" J. D."
ZJ^I^::^ '' the h art-stir rnsSfn:;T^^
Twh re 1 hfd'Ur'f ^A"'^^^ '' ^^^P««'* ^'^ burden of
^y, wnere she had before laid her doubts and sorrows in tlm
warm and sincere exercises of devotion ' ''*
abot? her shon ^"l^^ '^' '"'^^'^^ ^'^^^ ^^«- ^^^' ^^'geted
auout her shop m the agony of expectation, like a nea ^to usa
a vdgar simile which her profession rendei; approp?L) iZ
o^^e of her ovvti tobacco pipes. With the third moS dme
^le expected coach, with four servants clustered b^h?nd1>n L
foot-board, m dark brown and yellow liveries the DnL in
rr's;"'VT' ^°^*' ^^^^-^^^^^^ cane, star ^ndJtfaS^
as the story-boolc says, very grand. ^ ' '
w,>?! I""^'""^'^ .^''' ^'^ ""'^ countrywoman of Mrs Glass but
without requestmg to see her, probably because hTwas un^
w?i h f2Z Sr °' ?^"^^^^ ^tercourre tt^St'tlS;
• : \T ^ °^^^^t have mismterpreted. " The Ouppii " hL
hr !;i, ^'^X 'r' ^^^^" *^^'-« '^' ^- Wns^om 'into
taedl.";; ?"^"'' 'tr''' '^ '^' elder sister had^o«!
oescended to use her powerful intercession with his Maiestv ^
=on«^uence of whi.h a pardon had been despat'h^ to ^^
THT^ FIKART OF Mir.-I.OTl£lAN. 40«
Hcoa ^-^^-« ---J' ss:".r^,ro:2S
abuneV? itcd at ,^vT'F' ^'^ *« ^^« E^gli«h folk
man, but it is^ iKlrd* hi '^' ^^""^^*^ * ^'^'^ d«««"^
BP-king of such a 1^ byi;' ri/^lL^T P"?- ^-
la««e to do in a foreign land^^^Whyl^ 'f^' Tt' 'V''' ?'"
her to p ay tho same pranks ower aSin out of 'm^ iV" ''5^«
of her friends. " ^^ ' *' ^'^^ "^ht or guidance
0- to iI^S4 aa7;:™Jul/-^"'2; r-'"" ""^
gone." •'^ ^^" '°' ^ that is come anf'
supplied the Thistle thi, r^J^^ Ephraim Buckskin, that haa
a U tie that «e™ our f.™- ^T.'"'.^ '"''•■"•■'« "'"' " " no,'
ana hale and heart7r? Ln . ■'"'''' " ""' '>'»™ s^y,
from .y handZS!/ SetelK Id "EZ'^n ""*. ' "^^
»tc;t";i*^.^r^^^^^^^
nSaS:S^eot,rryr"^=; "he..i.e,doe«„„t
oo much the better for us " fwviri tv. J t^, i ^ j ,
for those who meddle with ,?r' « ^"?®' *°^ *he worse
«ay8, Mrs. Gla^ LTnnrT J'''^ ^°^ old-fashioned sign
miiures I haTe taf^n for J. '^ ^'" ^^ "PP^^« "^ *he
friends." ThrhrdeLiltl Im "Sf your kinswoman to her
-qualified 4>p?oUt?on v^h V^^^^^^^^^ "°^ ^"- ^'-« g--« her
•e»tence. "Sid Tow Cm ^ ^^ * ^^^^^ »* e^«7
. ,: .''*''^' .^«- <^^' yon must teU Jeanie. I hnri
lis s All Ui ouii tbut touts iu own luMu] '*"
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Al!.i!^?\f u ^°'^^*' "^y '^'««« ^^b«" sbe gets down to Sootknrf
Archibald haa my orders to airange aU hfr expe^es " "^^
Begging your Grace's humble pardon," said Mrs Gla^s
It s a pity to trouble yourself about them : the Deanse^ ^o
w^thy people In their way, and the laas ha« moneyT hel
GllJ"'^ Grace is better at giving than taking," said Mrs.
" To show you the contraiy," said the DukP « T win ah
^mt^ ^„?T "*«''• 1 ■">■ '^"''■' M"- Gl-^^'B power to
tT^ a™^ST.?,'V'/; f -^ .»''™x' ™a one or
niE HEART OP MID-LOTHLU. 405
«f loud, and twicfimSe^ th^o"" ^!^/"^ «Poke twice
the same goss-hawk .1^0 tha^-I "^^ ^^' ^"^ '^« ^''»^"'''
knee bend ; and though she had 7^V^^^ '^% ''''^' ^°^ '^'^
loafof sugirand twa n,!nl f . ^ ^'""^y ^^*«d ^^er with a
thesweetKhatrheCnhL^l,^'^'^' ^^^^^ ^'"^«^t''e?
into her hand. " ^ ^^ ""^^^ «^« P"* the needle book
~S! h\?it72t^A: "1-r^^"- °^ ^^'-^
her sister's pardon whirh JS • *^« qualification added to
position. On tS'suS hc^I ^'T^ ^'' affectionate dis
relieved by a leter S ahe rir- ^f-""^^ ^^^ «°"^«^hat
answer to that wMch The L 1'h 7^"^ ''*^° ^^ P^^*, i^'
affectionate blessi^^' t tSt ht^^^ ^'' ^^^^- ^ith his
whi^h she had taken, a. onetti wT°^'"'v '^ *^« '"'^
of Heaven, and which she h^iL I ^' immediate dictates
she might become the mL 'f «. f^J' ^ "^^^ ^ °'^^^ ^^'-^^
, " If ever a deliveranTeTideS S ^ ^'™^^^ ^°"«^^«ld.
letter, "is a dear and precS deL^o P^~«'.*H" said tlie
be made more ^y.-eetZl7o^Tl'."t^'^V^^'^''''''^ '^^
hands of those whom we hoM ^h ? f '* *=°"^^*^ ^7 the
not let yo.^ heart be dLueted with f "^ "Tf^'^^" ^^ ^*>
who is rescued from the hor^ of 2fl ^°"\*^'* ^^'^ ^'^^>
fast bound by the chains ofCl^' ^*''' thereuntil she waa
yond the boinds of 0^ iLd i fi' f •''^'' *" ^' ^'^^^ he-
those who lovetheord^anTesof ChS^^ •! " ^'f^^^ '^^^ to
land to look upon, and de^ to ,1,? r*Z' '"^^ '^ ^ ^ faer
their days; and Cl sa^f flf •^.•'^^° ^^^" ^^'^1* i« it a'
John Livin^gstone a IZ in P •'"'^'?"' ^^"^*^^' worthy
Patrick wXr reDortS I Borrowstouness, as th^ famouB
Scotland w^a g£A ofVw' ^^^^^^^^^eit he thZ^U
yet when he was abrS bf «? '^l"?-^^'" ^« ^^ ^t home
evils of Scotlan^he fo5 ever^r'^ ^*,T P^^^« ' ^^^ the
he found nowhere BrweJerbon'.^^ '^' ^''^ '^ S«°tland
land, though it be 0^ nlti^ 1 ^^^ ^ remembrance that Scot-
is not like Goshen^ E^t 1 ' l^v l\' ^"^^ °^ ^^^ ^-thei.,
and of the gospel shLtW , ""^"^ *^' «^" ^^ the heaven^
world in utSartrf '^Zlt^'^r''^^' '^' ^' *^«
crease of profit at Saint LeonSJp' ^? ^^^« this in-
^nd bla4ig from the frozen i^^^^^^^ may be a cauld waff of
plant of grai took ro^t T^-l^ ?^^ "^^^^ ««"> ^here never
K root or grow, ana Decause my concerns make
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depart out of H^ a! ri.hT 1.° .^''"* Etfie a« a caU to
rx.y father's Ll^^md ^fLZTA^^'^'''^ '' ^^^' ^^ ^^^^^
niould of them who ZveLTtt ''"'^^"^ *^« ^^^^^ ^^
-Hit to be mingTed wrthTe eum' l'^^^' °^^' '^^ ^^^^^^
And my heart is lightened trdoi f ^ ^r"'''' ""^ "^^^ «^'^-
dec;ay of active mdlaZt rJ- -' S'" ^ ^''^^ *« °^i«d the
height and the Sth ?lff i J^ "J '^^ ^'^^' ^°d survey the
derations, and how th love of ""^ -"^^ ^^'^'^^*^^' '' ^^^^^^-^
cold; and I am st7en.thiZ t7"^ '' ^',^."°" ^"^«™« ^nd
domicile likewise, as f herthaLt^ ' T'^"''"" *° '^^''^' ^^
ea^y mail in Northumberland ItT^r' "^^ *' ^^ ««* ^^ ^°
«ou]8 that are of or'^e tLr.^ ^ '' "^^ '''^"^ ^''''''''
fo part of the kyeTr "ckt lIuSeT^r"^^^^^^^ ^'
driven thither without incommod,>v ^ \ ^^.r^^'^P' "^^^ ^
gate, keeping aye a shoSher tn i^^T^f ^ ^^°"* ^^'^J^'"' "^ ^^at
«auld to ^de pUtd ad'alta^^^ XV^' '^^ '^'' ^'^ ^«
and guide these gifts of tt tS ' T^e lIIT" ^^ '' "^«
friend on our unhappy occasion, .n^ r ^ "^^^'^.'f^ been a true
aiUer for Effie's mStlTTh^reof i ^^ P^^ ^''^ '^'
tim no balance, as the SdZ^T.^^' ^''^"^ ^^^* ^«*"™ed
But law licks up a' ""^Ztmin tl'^'P''' ^^ ^^^ ^^« •^«"«-
siller to borrow out o^ s^ n^^^ ^S? '^y* ^ ^^^^ had the
give the Laird of Lot^Ck aThlL ^'\ ^'t^''"'' ^^^««^ *«
merks. But I hae nrbrnJ ofl ^ ^" ^''' ^^'^ ^^^ ^ t^o"«and
that a tout of XoTatZorn^^T''?'? ^^'"^ ^^'■"' ™°"^"'g
faithfu' ministers of Scotlidmroflh^-*^"'^^?^' ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^
fall mise an adjudicati n thl Mr%S^^^^^^ ^^"^^«^' '
instead of the auld apprisii J arS !5n ^^,^^^«*^«« ^^ys comes
with the like of him tf^rmfv!!?,^ ''''} '°'' ^««^-^on gear
the credit that she hath donY to a If " "^ '^ '^' ^"^^"''"d
mercy and the grace ye fS wither '?'^' '^^"^^*^''' ^^'^ ^^e
weel-being here and herelfter f^^l, ''. Iv^ ""^^ P^^^^ ^^^ her
now and for ever, upoHhrtW n.^^ ?°^^^' '^ ^^''' ^°^^«
not but what you toU her mSv fW%' ^^^'°^' ^ ^°"b*
Deans of whom there wS a S *^A^ ^ *^" '^"^^ ^^vid
noited thegither the hITs of tw / *^' Resolution, when I
eious GmcS the prlt^ t !-"«/ '^' ^'*?'''*'' '^''' ^^^
being expeUed from the C^^lnH "^r"" *^' ^'« ^Ireet, after
• Not. r Err . noWeman, who pleads the
i^ou,!. Ej^puteion of th« Scotch Bwbops.
THE HEAKT OF MID-LOTIflAN. 407
oaiwe of tho poor, mid thoae wlu, have uoiu- to hdn ff,.„.
his rew(u-d ahaU uot be l^^n. unto h n I I. ' '^^
which there were eavouXfeS^ta i l^r'^I t^*" »'''" "'
haste down, for you wtTJ^^tS^^:.^ r?' ''"' ^^ "'»'"'
A lover's hope resembles the bean iu the nurserv t'de 1.^ if
a tew hours the giant Imagination buUda a castle on the too
aud byand by comes Disappointment with the "cLaJ i.^'
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for a matron's ciirch-aJl i^Cif j^l "'''"^'^ '^'^ ^^^^^^^^^'J
house, listening to words o^SeSL ^^ 'f *^« ^'^ ^^^ti^g-
powerfd by the affecLat' t e'^T^^^^^^^^
the preacher. She cherished suohM J 'f"^?'^ ^^'"^ ^^tJ'
her residence in Londo? beC trSr^'"'^ ^'^ *^ ^^^' ^
tedious to her; and it was with nnlr ' ^"PP^rtable and
received a summons from IZ]? xT^^ ^^^^^^^tion that she
%« to be prepared to jX l^f^l^^d^a^^^ ''' '" ^^^
CHAPTER THIHTY.NINTII.
^1 T* * ^''""'«' ^^o had grievous ill
m Cbabbe.
«*nr^rSSt=tr^-^^«^--^-
Mr'VlXlTa^ St^^t^ took a-gratef,U farewell of
required, placed heS ZTe t^:^^ to her particularly
chases and presents had ereatlv ^n^l ' • ^'^'''' ^'^^^h pur-
a^cl joined her travelLf SpSri"'^' ^f ^"^^'^'''^^
apartment at Argyle House m? .! ° *^® housekeeper's
ready, she waa iJbrmed ?hat thi Dnl ' -T^^^ ^^ getting
her ; and being ushered hTn t ?"^ ^^^^hed to speak .vith
prised to find that he wi^he/to t?'^^^. f °°"' '^''^^' «"-
daughters. '^^'' *° P^^s^nt her to his lady and
(Bingtag the well.k„o,v„ bXl)!! ' ^''«"«""'if. «.>d yot"
lio Deans had
THE HEAItT OF MID-LOTHIAN.
But of ae thing I-nig^re, that
A Dattle tliere was that
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I saw, man,
bo Jtl'^^o^2.n\^:^^^^^^ wili
"We may all turn TolTCthe t\?i ''° *u Scotia.,!!"
remaining Whirls " biU] thaZ i *^^'^"'^^ ^^« ^ave got for
" Wf^lf J^ni 7 ' ^® ^®'^°"'^ young ]ady ^
pntlern^s^rU^aSn^iS^ ^.^^^^ "^-^^ P-
battle, when he wa. told the H~bjtr\*^f^ "'^ *^« ^^'^^ <>^
to pieces with their claymcaes " '"* ^''^ ^'^^ ^""^
Duke^-'^eHoTl^rtllX^^^^^ olaymoL," said .he
yet,' a^ the song goes. J^ButTome ' n./ "" *^'^'^« ^°»« '"«
your countrywoman^I ^L7e'haS S f' " "^^^ ^''^^ *''
«ense ; I think you may bTS leal S f ;, ^'' "^^^ ^^^^'y
The Duchess advanced^dt ^l^^^^-^f^^'^d-"
-« as much kindness ^ Sy Uu !lT'- V^^^^ "'«-
which she had for a character To T ? !'''''^ °^ *^« ^^spcct
and added, "When you get LI 5' ''°n*'' "°^ ^'^ «° A™,
me." ^°" ^^* ^'^"^e* you will perhaps hear from
to the land we love so well '• ' ^ ^^^ ^« a credit
qimiuted with her beh^Mr ™T^'!™ ,'"«' "^ W™ ac
answer by hl^htag tn^es^^^^td S^' "-^f ™'^
•^ok „TaX" Sr.^'jt r ™' » «» ""'le. He
and olreiTgj^oWng^t ^'^ """ '"'''' Sootto"-
ta^terw'L'rClife^""^ "' ''^^' "*'»' *» ^ never
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of my house. " ' ^°^ ^^^ eat, to save the character
;;Putiti„ your pouch SSe'lfdVe'^^ "^^ °^ ^ «^-^
It before you see St. Giles'sTtella T •'. ^^^^ ^^^ ^e glad of
see It as soon as you ' Zrl .r \ ^ '""''^ ^'^ heaven I were to
at and about Auld'lebe rdTbli^"^" '' ^" "'^ f"-d
Acd, mixing the franW ^^^^J^^^^^y to you."
fabnuy he,f,^-^^^^^^^ .ith^i, natu.^
to the charge of Archibald safi«fi J?i ! 1®' ^""^ 'committed her
-ently for her being attended to bvf ^ '''^ ^''"'^'^ «"^-
unusual attention with which hp )? fi^^« domestics, from the
Accordingly, in the cou^ ^ of te^^^^^^^^ ?T^ ^«^-
companions disposed to pay her L' '^'. '^ ^^^^^ I'oth her
her return, in point of oomlrtaJZrf^' '"'^'"^'y' «« «»at
tra.t to her jomiiey to London '*^' ^'™«^ ^ ^^^o^g con-
appreheS;irdrrf^^^^^^^^^^
view with the Queen at Smond P Vlf ^'^''' ^^^^ ^nter-'
so strangely capricious, tharwhe, freS f '^' ?r^ «^^^ ^^
real misery, it becomes open and Z. v /'^'" ^'^^ P''essure of
ideal calamities. She w^Z t rd,W '? '^' ^ehension o
had heard nothing from ReXn Stltf ^'^'1"^^^^, that she
"f writing was so much more fami^'ar S 7^""' *^^' ^P«^"^««n
,^ ;' It would have cost him sae^^i J .">/* J"^ ^'^ h«^««lf
;for I hae seen his pen ZgJtll Iw ' .? ' '''^ *° ^^^^^If ;
djd ower the water wheVft Tvlr in T ^'"P^"' ^ '^'' ^
Wae's me! maybe he may be badlv W.P^ ^"''''' «'»'&•
itely hae said something fbout it^V"* ?T '°^' ^^''''' ^^d
«?e rue and kensna hoi to le mVwof nf'v \' '""^^ ^«« ^^^^
He needna be at muckle fal Tbo^? T. °^ ^'' '^^^Se of mind,
herself up though the tear of hontt nri^. %^^"^ ^^' ^«^t'
gathered in her eye, a. she iteSed t """^ "^ "'^^ ^^««««
J>eai.s wno the la.s to pu' him bv ft /"'^'''""'-^
'"S^^^^^^^^^^^&^^^ii
hf> son of Rechah,
uk no wine."
more sense," said
'• i^ut, however,
save the character
lor would he per-
rest on a salver
u wiJJ be glad of
Heaven I were to
'0 all my friends
to you."
i'ith his natural
d committed her
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esti(;s, from the
ated her,
found both her
civility, so that
3d a strong con-
THK HEART OF MID-LOTHIaN. 4^
that I bear nae malice " A»<] «u .1 •
tear stole over her eye ' "uagmed the scene, the
guished and fa^hiSe folnnaTr ''""'^ ^" * ^^^^
conversation, in which it waf'absoiffl '' "^.""^ *"P^^ "^^
have either pleasure or porZsh"^ '^' <^^^^
leisure for reflection, and even fof If ^ '^'''^'''' ^^^^^^t
who were gathermt tow^ds tha T"^ ^''"^ ^^°^« P^««°gers
ward, that the caase of Ji« ^"'^ ''""« ^^m the south-
desire " to seeVdotmed ScotT'^T ''^' *^« ^^"^^ble puwt
due upo' Haribeebroo- yoSe^^^^^^^ ""^ *^^^ ^'' half o^f £
never seed 1 wt^'figeTl* ^ ^t^^^ *^^« ^^ «^-t^ ''I
a« made a goodly spectaclf" ^ '^'' '''"^ ^"'^ ^0"^ men,
hJlift'^SerX'^uTr in' fe"^^^.^"' ^' ^^^^ed
undergo "the terrible behrs of ,.t »"^^m^'' countiywoman "
man of sense and delicacv in M. ^' . Moreover, he was a
of Jeanie's family wi^^tie causITf T^ '^' ^''' circumstance
were not unkno;^ to him so thS l"" "''^''^''''' *« ^^^^don,
impossible to stop, a^ he muTt h. ? ^'''""^''^ ^"^^ '* was
business of the Diki's «J T ^f^^ ^* ^^^^s^e on some
get on. '''^''' ^d h« accordingly bid the postilTons
The road at that time passed at o>.. *
distance from the emSe Sl^d R 1' "^"^'^ '^^ ^ «»"«'«
which, though it is ver^ mode^'^- '' "' Harabee-brow,
theless seen from a gS S^!^ '''f ^^ ^^^^h*' ^^ never-
of the cotmtay throf 'h whSwh! %T^ '"^^ '' '^' A^^ess
outlaw, and border-rfder of 1 >^\.^^f ^°^«- ^ere many an
wind dming the w^san^ 7"^ kmgdoms, had wavered in tne
the two countrii UpoT HaX ^''',^°'*"^ *^"^^' ^^tween '
ions had taken place ^'thr^tt'l "' ^^'''' ^"^«' ^^^er execu-
for these frontier p^^vinZ^^emlld T"'"'""^ ^ con.passion ■
P ovmces remamed long unsettled, and evep
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The postiliona drove on, wheeling as the Penrith road led
ofTC nil n T "^ ^^'",'^'^^' ^'■°"^^- Yet stiU the eyea
of Mis DoUy Button, which, with the head and substantial
person to which they belonged, were aU turned towar.l8 the
scene of action, could discern plainly the outlijie of the mdlows-
ree, relieved against the clear sky, the d.-u-k sliade formed by
the persons of the executioner and the criminal upon the light
rounds of the tall aerial huider, until one of the objects, launched
into the air, gave unequivocal signs of mortal agony, though
appearmg m the d^tonce not hu-ger than a spider dependent
at the extremity of his invisible thre^id, whUe the remahiinp
form descended from its elevated situation, and regained with
aU speed an luidistmguished place among the crowd This
termination of the tragic scene drew forth of course a squall
from Mrs Dutton, and Jeanie. with instinctive ciu-iosity, turned
her head m the same direction.
The sight of a female culprit in the act of midergouig the
fatal punishment from which her beloved sister had been so
recently rescued, was too much, not perhaps for her nerves, but
for her mmd and feelmgs. She turned her head to the other
side of the carnage with a sensation of sickness, of loathing
and of famtmg. Her female companion overvyhehned her with
questions, with proffers of assistance, with requests that the
carriage might be stopped-that a doctor might be fetched-
that drops ipight be gotten-that bunit feathers aoid aaafoetida
fail- water, and hartshorn, might be procured, all at once, and
without one mstant's delay. Archibald, more cabn and consi-
derate only desired the carriage to push forward; and it waa
not till they had got beyond sight of the fatal spectacle, that,
seeing the deadly paleness of Jeanie's countenance, he stopped
the carriage, and jumping out himself, went in search of the
most obvious and most easily procured of Mrs. Button's phar-
macopceia— a draught, namely, of fair water.
WhUe Archibald was absent on this goid-natured piece of
semce, damnmg the ditches which produced nothing but mud
and thinking upon the thousand bubbling springlets of his own
mountains, the attendants on the execution began to pass the
stationary vehicle in their way back to Carlisle
From their half-heard and half-understood words, Jeanie
whose attention was involuntarily rivetted by them, m that nf
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in thoHO in the
children is by ghowt stories, though they know the pain with
which they will afterwards remember them, J«.>:inie, I say, could
(liBcem that the present victim of the law had died game, as it
18 toruied by those unfortunates ; that is, sullen, reckless, and
impfmitent, neither fearing God nor regarding man.
"A Hture woife, and a dour," said one Cumbrian pea.sant, aa
he clattered by in his wooden brogues, with a noise like the
trampling of a dray-horse.
" She has gone to ho master, with ho's name m her mouth,"
said another ; " Shame the country should be harried wi' Scotch
witchas and Scotch bitches this gate— but I say hang and
drown."
" Ay, ay, Gaffer Tramp, take awa yealdon, take awa low-
hang the witch, and there will be less scathe amang us : mmo
owsen hae been reckan this towmont."
** And mine bairns hae been crining too, mon," replied his
neighbour.
"Silence wi' your fule tongues, ye churk," said an old
woman, who hobbled past them, as they stood talking near the
carriage ; " tliis was nae witch, but a bluidy-fingered thief and
murderess."
"Ay? was it e'en sae. Dame Hiuchupl" said one m a civil
tone, and stepping out of his place to let the old woman paas
along the footpath—" Nay, you know best, sure— but at ony
rate, we hae but tint a Scot of her, and that's a thing better lost
than found."
The old woman passed on without making any answer. *
" Ay, ay, neighbour," said Gaffer Tramp, " seest thou how
one witch will speak for t'other— Scots or English, the same to
them."
His companion shook his head, and replied m the same
subdued tone, "Ay, ay, when a Sark-foot wife gets on her
broomstick, the dames of Allonby are ready to moimt, just as
sure as the by-word gangs o' the hills, —
If Skidtlaw halh a cap,
Criffel wots full weel of that"
^ " But," continued Gaffer Tramp, " thinkest thou the daughter
o' yon hangit body isna as rank a witch as ho ?"
" I kenna clearly," returned the fellow, " but the folk are
Bpeakmg o' swimming her i' the Eden." And they passed on
their several roads, after v,i?,hiiig each other good-moraiag.
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Ww.xt lauKhtor an.l «..,vn,nin>: ' ' K h it,' * '" ".""""''
t«>ne to that of tl,« most it. o„h J T .""'^ <'lmnKin« I.^r
t'uun lot nu, ,a„, .> ^-t l.^'^:; .^'^1: IV: ^JT ^^
— sue 18 mv niotlinr w ui. . . "^ * '•* ■'*'' ''"wn
wn«n.u.ta,ulLr r\ t^ '""" '"""^'■^- •'«•• voice
^•renture. B,.t VooL '" '""' '""'""'' ^'"^ ""fortunate
♦vsonpo from hor by Ir t ' ; ' Thin"'"' ""^' ^'"'^ """^'''^
1- aohiennl without someCo ^Z^':''m\ ,""1' /j?"^
and reuowed hor fmntic entrS^^L f ^^"'«"'*' i .^^''<J^'e hold fa,st,
box mother. " It™ s hu w ' '^''"""^^'' ^« «"* '^'^W"
what wa.s that ti a «' S" "Vr" '''''"'''' "'''' "-^^
a pan^ of s,u.uredookinrfelIo ^ butd oT 'T ''^' ^'''''''''
fiUAl distemper, which thdru^ ^^^^••»*P '» v^ry goj.oral and
Till.; IIKAUT or Mlhl.;TIIIAN
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•n<l I will tdl yo whiit oumo o' t,h«- - ." 'ri,„ ,,.„t „f hnt
witr.«it,i«H w.'rn <lrow.u«| it, tlin hIiouI* of Mm, r/il.hio
oxclaitiioii .Jmiii(^ to Aniliilmld. ' '
JJ..I j\,.l„l.al,| ; ...1,, not ,,«. J„.r ill, tukn her Uforo the
,," ^y- '|y. w»''«" f"w euro ...low on hor," armwnrfMl ono of tl.e
[;;|;;2^;; '^•"'« ♦•""« % ^nU, ,„an, ,.,..1 .ni,.,l t,i,in« own
" lln'H u Hn . |,y Iuh tonK-u)/' Hui.l miotl.nr ; " ntu] an f,n will
ocmin onfc o Iuh MinrliKiK tin,,,. IW ^in l.in, Inn tartan ,.lai,| fV
o hrokori baimH." '
Ttum r|r-,r noM.iMK •'••"iM l.o .lono to rm-.m MmlK« • an<l
Arnlubald >v:io w.u^ a nuu. of hoioanity, .oul.I only hi. tl,.
lH.Ht> lonn nuy on to (Jarlinln, tl.at l.„ ...iKht r.l.tain nun,,,
iiHHiHtanco to Mm nnlortunato wonmn. Ah tlioy rlrovo off tlirv
liounl ilm JioarH,! r.mr with which thn n.oh ,,r.>fa(;« a.;tH of riot
or crnolty, y.,t „von abovo that ihv.p and diro noti,, they oonid
diHoon. tho H.uvaniM of tho mifort.inato vi.aini. Thny w4 Hr,on
out ot hoarn.K of tho .ri.H bnt had no Hon„„r «nt(,red th« HtreetH
ot OarliNlo, than Ardi.bahi, at Jeani«'H mrumt and nr^rnt on-
tmity wont to a inaKiHtrato, to ntatn tho cruelty which wiw
liUcly to bo oxorciH(!d on thin unliapj.y croaturo
lu about an hour aud a hnii' ho rotuniod, and rofK.rted to
JcHnio, tliat tho niaRiHtrato hml very n^adily ^r„„e in pcrHon
with Honio aHHjHtanco, to tho ro^cuo of tho unfortunato woman'
and that ho had hunsolf accompanied him ; that whon thov
oamo to tho muddy f.ool, in which tho nmb woro ducking hvH
luuwdniK to thoir favourite mode of i.uniHhment, tho maKiHtrate
Huccced,.d in rescuing her from them- hundH, but in a state of
uiHcuHdMlity owing to tho cruel treatment which nhe hml
received. Ho ad<led, that he had 8een her carried to the work-
houflo, and undorHtood that «he had been broiipht U, hcndf
and WM expected to do well. '
Thia last aycmient was a Blight alteration in point of fact
.or Madge Wildfire w>w not expected to Hurvive tho treatment
Mr A vf f7^'^i ^"^ ?^"'^ "^""''"^ ^ "'"'^h ^-itated, that
Mr. Ajchibald did not think it prudent to toll her the worHt at
once. Indeed, she appeared bo fluttered and diHordered by thia
ai*nmng accident, that, although it had been their intention to
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ing from hor if nZ He f,, 1 -f .?P'"''''"''.'' "^ »""''''■
Hor acquaintance with 1 .' . , ""'' ''" ""ter eo dear,
acquire frorie mr,ifi,l h,tnlr" '"","'' ''"'" """ "I"" ™U
ber only cliance of olrtainin<. a nv k ,^Tf 7,!? .•'"'"' ' """
was loath to lose the opiJiunity ""f"™"""", aiid she
lodged, anaroughTbifrjithlttl' T {"Vf™'
positively forbadf her seein - £o^' mZ^^ "'T'f''
thought it oSm t717. "^ "W",'" '" ""> <»toWishment
wandering fltofmild^,^! T"" ^"'" ''? '•^''' >»■* """ ">«'
beds of whiXe'^Sn^slS:: ; I^IS ™" '^"
wuXtchTorrgfa^dXVotLr^V^'"^^'- ^
oveistmined by falsf soWb, w « ' T""? ™™ "° '»"««
longer able to express herwar.dermg id^i^wSd nT r
her fortner state of exalted ima^-ination Sere w^ Z^ -^
wi^oh a .„ui r;'-hrinzsr '^: itL%:st
II
B fiKftCj^ ^a,
^-^»^«iF'<iML4
i!
i^ninuB judged It
wlio resolved, U
Wildfire. Con-
nitivo of George
unity of oxtniot-
icerning the fate
r BiHter bo dear.
f poor Madge'H
e tliat she could
n, since Madge's
for ever, it was
ttiation, and she
saying that she
w, as a matter
er i)resont mi,s-
y went to the
in the sufferer
lical attendants
the application
ihibald was in-
osed, insomuch
1 establishment
d, but that her
his departure ;
chose it. She
tion than she
ig her. They
here were ten
ipied.
?ing her own
oioe no longer
tied, and sub-
), but was no
wfld notes of
waa death in
is moderated
g sound with
entered sii«
THE nEAIlT OF MID-LOTfllAN.
417
h^nl first the air, and then a part of the chorus and words, of
what had been, perhaps, the song of a jolly harvest-home :
" Onr work In over — over now,
ITie goo<linan wipes his weary brow,
The last long wain wend/i slow away,
And we are free to djwrt and play.
" The night comes on when seta the sun,
And labour ends when day is dono.
When Autumn's gone and Winter's come,
We hold our jovial harvest-home."
Jeanio advanced to the bedside when the strain was finiflhe<l
and addressed Maflge by her name. But it produced no symp-
toras of recollection. On the contrary, the patient, like one
provoked by mterruption, changed her posture, and called out
with an impatient tone, " Nurse— nurse, turn my face to the
wa , that I may never answer to that name ony mair, and never
see mair of a wicked world."
The attendant on the hosnitul .u-ranged her in her bed as she
desired, with her face U> m,. wall and her back to the light So
soon as she waa quiii in this new position, she began again to
smg m the same low and modulated strains, as if she was recover-
ing the statp of abetraction which the intemiTjtion of her visitants
had distiu-oed. The strain, however, was different, and rather
resembled the music of the Methodist hymns, though the mca.
sure of the song was similar to that of the former :
'■ When the fight of gi.:ce is fought—
When tho marriage vest is wrought—
When Faith hath chased cold Doubt away,
And Hope but sickens at delay —
" Wlien Charity, iniprison'd here,
Longs for a more expanded sphere,
Doff thy robes of sin and clay ;
Qiristi-'in, rise, and come away."
The strain was solemn and affecting, sustained aa it was by
the pathetic warble of a voice which had naturaUy been a fine
one. Mid which weakness, if it diminished its power, had im-
proved m softness. Archibald, though a foUower of the court
a^d a pococurante by profession, was confused, if not affected •
the daky-maid blubbered ; and Jeanie felt the tears rise spon'
taneouflly to her eyes. Even the nurse, accustomed to aU modfv,
in which the spirit can pass seemed considerably moved.
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^'AVERLEY NOYTIM.
time to tC Ld bvlt?/.. "^^^^^^ ««^«^ her from
the spirit of melodv wT,? 1, X ^ V*.*^® ^^* ^^^A^ct. But
possessed this ,S„^^.'*' """"^ ""^^^ ^ave so strongly
SitervaJ of etc To tril^H ^T "^'"^^' ^^^"^«d' *<^ «^e^
«ongs ^ometh^rapp^^^^^^^^^ ^T' ^^*'^''^ ^ ^^^
coUateraUy so to W n^.! *' -.^^ ^^^^""^^ ""^^ obliquely or
" Cauld ia my bed, Lorf Archibald,
But thine saU be as sad and cauld.
My fanse true-love I to-morrow?
For he for whom I die tonlay
Shall die for me to-morrow."
"^''«^^,?^'*'''''® '•'' '" the wood.
Walking so early ;
Sweet Robin sits on the bush,
smgmg so rarely.
" 'Tell me, thoa bonny bird
,__^en shall I many me ?'
When six braw gentlemen
•Kirkward shall carry ye '
' ' Who makes the bridal bed,
Birdie, say truly?'—
The grey-headed sexton,
That delves the grave duly
;■
" '"'ov^'f.'T:'?™ °'«'" ^^e and stone
Shall light thee steady ;
^t?^^ from the steeple sing,
Welcome, proud latly.' "
that she never liSLwyeT^r'^ T"^^"^u' ^^^""^^ t^em
.The nu^'s pro^^pr vedl" 'tL'° ''' '^'*^ ^^'^
with existence, without ZI „ Hn • " P°°' ""^'^^ P^^^d
But our travel/era did rnt^ !^^ ^ '""^'^ ^^ ^J kind,
the hospiSi 1 Bcin^ Z Cr\*^^ catestrophe. They left
elucidation of IrTte^^^S,"^ '^'^^'^ ^'""'^^ '^^' °o
Ajmg pereon.* «»i«fortunes was to be hoped from the
• Note R. Madge Wild6re.
3s monotonous.
THE HEABT OP MTD-LOTHIAN. 419
OHAPTER FORTIETH.
Wilt thou go on with me ?
The moon is bright, the sea is calm,
£^ ^ow well the ocean paths
Thou wilt go on with me !
Thalaba.
The fatigue and agitation of these various scenes harl «,rifof 1
Jeanie protested against 4 delay^Tr'DukeTA"' T° '^"*
this e^rsi^ o deJ^^^^^^^ \^. y°»*>^ (^t least he used
poundeTrsk Inlt .1^^'' having thirty years before,
man, the s^i^n at G^^^^^^^^^ T"' ''w' "^"^^^ ^^^^^
matter of heithw^ in quSn '^'*"^''' ^^^'^^"^^ «
ma?e l^p; 'ipS^^^^^^^^ symptom, and having once
case, all farther Stan .?!.! ^* ^'^"'"^ P^'^^^ to Jeanie's
acquW and^'^f to ^'.^^^^^^^^ ^7 '\ ^-f «he was glad to
ordpr fhnf oK^ . °,^*^ S*^ *o bed, and drink water-gruel in
toemX ■"«■■' "^^^ ^^' -"• to «™t and*:;^'*™"
shB w«i^w I ^ '"'™ '"""' expected to occasion Vet
*r±'™tb. !^°"f-to.led, se^iMe yom, w„ma«, 1,1
master's nmS. . j^? "? ^'^""^ conuection between his
sister hadM ll^ st,^ ™happyarcmn,taaces in which her
Archibald had inwdiln -„ nr^^r-.-, «-^ r
-r-<««'^ an opporcunity of t-xprciHine thip
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precaution A pedlar brought to Longtowa that evening
amongst other wares a large broad-side sheet, giving an acco.int
of the Last Speech and Execution of Margaret Murdockson
and of the barbarous Murder of her Daughter, Magdalene or
Madge Murdocl«on caUed Madge Wildfire ; and of her plou
conversation with his Reverence Archdeacon Fleming:" which
they left Carhsle and bomg an article of a nature peculiarly
acceptable to such countiy-folk as were ^vithiu bearing of the
transaction the itmerant bibliopolist had forthwith added them
It^J f "\ *T^'-, , ^^' ^•^""^ ^ ^^^^'^^^ ««««er than he
nXwJ fi' Archibald, much applauding his own prudence,
purchased the whole lot for two shillings and ninepence: and
the pedlar, delighted with the profit of such a wholesale trans^
tion mstantly returned to Carlisle to supply himself with more.
The considerate Mr. Archibald waa about to commit his
whole purcnase to the flames, but it was rescued by the vet
more considerate dairy-damsel, who said, very pnidently it
^n' ,f ^'^^ \ "^"^^^ '° °^"'^ P^P^^' ^h^'^h "^'Sht crepe hair,
pm up bonnets, and serve many other useful piuiDoses: and
who promised to put the parcel into her own trunk, and keep
It carefully out of the sight of Mrs. Jeanie Deans :" Though
bj--the-bye, she had no great notion of folk being so veiy nice'
Mrs Deans might have had enough to think about the gallows
about ft """^ ^ ^ "'^^^ ""^ '*' '^'^^''"^ ^" *'"^ *°-do
Archibald reminded the dame of the dairy of the Duke's
particular charge that they should be attentive and civil to
Jeanie; aa also that they were to part company soon, and con-
sequently would not be doomed to observing ^ly one's health
or temper during the rest of the journey. With which answer
Mrs. Dolly Dutton waa obliged to hold herself satisfied
On the morning they resumed theu- journey, and prosecuted
It successfully, travelling through Dumfriesshire and part of
Lanarkshire, until they arrived at the smaU town of Ruther-
glen, withm about four miles of Glasgow. Here an exDresa
brought letters to Archibald from the principal ^ge^t ofT
Duke of Argyle in Edinburgh. ^ f »& i lue
He said nothing of their contents that evening: but when
they were seated in the carriage the next day, the faithful
equire informed Jeanie, that he had received directions from
thft DuRos factor, to whom bis Gmi^fl had recommended him
si«:4,i;*te*s*ii»wii.'ii.'Ss,
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHUN 42I
liftlSl
subfactors who waa coming down from the Highlanrto ^fn
Moved t-. ^3 .^o' anxious to see her-there were other frtel
ehe ha( werena weel in health. She was willms to n^
The groom of the chambers exchanged a look with his fflmal«
^f onythi^g tHat h." Z^nT^^-^^'lF^:^,: t^^^
sake-for pi y'8 sake, tell me, and dimia keep me in silnse ."
cham'ber:"' ""'" ^°*'"^' ^^«- ^^^-'" -' ^^^^ grooTorthe
fi,r^^^ ^Tm~^ *^ ^"^®' ^ '^ows ^ kittle," said the dame of
the daily, while some communication seemed to tremble oT her
lip«, which, at a glance of Archibald's eye, sheTppmed to
swallow down and compressed her lips ther'X So a sJe
itsboSTtVf '"^l firmness, a. if she had been 2.id ?
Its Doitmg out before she was aware
Jeanie saw there was to be something concealed from her
and It wa. only the repeated assurances of ArchTaJd hTt he;
father-her s^ter-all her friends were, a« far aa he knew weU
a^d happy, that at aU pacified her ala^m. FrmsuSp^ct
able people aa those with whom she traveUed shrc^Sld Xt
hend no harm, and yet her distress waa so obvioiL, that St
bald, as a laat resource, nuUed out, and put into her hand a sho
of paper, on which these worda were written :- ' ^
"Jeanie Deans-You will do me a fayn„r h- ^m^ ^th
ArchiK^Jd and my female domestic a da^B~joafnS"
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'AaoYLE&GauEafwicH."
waflL'^lVteJr^^^^^^^^^^^ fi-- a nobleman to when, she
objections toVe pro^ '^ Lt^l°^' f^^ aU JeaJe'a
gow seemed iaow no longer Z^Z.. v f ^^^g ^ Glas-
traveUere. On the conZL *., f ''^J^* ^*^ her feUow-
the river Clyde, a^dSAo^^^* the left-hand side of
ana changing views do^n 7e « W^^,^^^^^^^^^ beautifiU
ceasing to hold its inland charactpr Si? ?^^' '*"^^°^' ^iU,
a navigable river ^naracter, it began to assume that of
remember that the Captahof n«rr,- if' '* "? *^^^ ^^^ds %>
with his HighlandmenI CtiiTe^;''^, ^;^^^ "P«" ^^em
and then we would be too Ul Zeitd * /I' ""'^ ^ ^725,
IS best for us, and for me in nnr? i .^^' ^* ^^ ^ate, it
to possess his Grace's S 1^^"^^' ^T' ^« «»PP<>««^
good people of the GorbX to^t !^^ Particulars, to leave the
importance as truth. ^*^"^ ^^y as much self-
The carriage meantime roIVd nr, . *v. •
and gradually assumed the Stv 'f 1' T' '"'P^^^^^ ^*««";
eea. The influence of the aScL ^^ ^^^^^ '' ^"^ "^ *^«
more and more evident Jd In th«T ^v T*"""'^ *"^«« became
laurel wreath, the river' waxed-! """^^"^ ^^^^ «^ ^^ of the
In 1725, there was a great rinf in r<i
Among the troops broughtTto r^tore'^f/ "° ^•='°™* "^ «>e malt-tax
companies of Highlandtra le^edTr^""'*^ «°« «f the independ^i
TUfi HKAllT OF M1J>-L0T111AA. 423
A broader oud yet broader stawun.
* * • • »
The cormorant stands upon its shoals,
His black and dripping wings
Half oi)en'd to the wind. *
'|Which way lies Inveraiy?" said Jeanie, gazing on the
t^^.T f ^^^^ ^' ^'^^^^ ^«^' Pii^d above each
other and intersected by many a lake, stretched away on the
rC^f hol1f> ""' "^ ''^ ^°^'""^ '' '' '^^ ^^^^ -^^«
"tha^'«1hf^;i ^T'^T^^^ ^^P ^^'" ''^^^ Archibald,
F,^L K .^ ^ T^^^ f Dumbarton, the strongest place iii
governor of it m the old wars with the English, and his Grace
b ScoS" ""^ '"'''"■ ^^ ^ ^'^^^' """^"^^^^ ^'^ *^" ^'^^ ^^"
"And does the Duke live on that high rock, then?" de-
manded Jeame.
"No, no, he haa his deputy-governor, who commands in his
absence ; he hves in the white house you see at the bottom of
tne rock— His Grace does not reside there himself."
^ I think not, indeed," said the daiiy-woman, upon whose
mmd the road, smce they had left Dumfries, had made no very
favom-able impression, - for if he did, he might go whistle for
a dairy-woman, an he were the only duke in England. I did
not leave my place and my friends to come do^vu to see cows
starve to death upon hills a^ they be at that pig-stye of Elfinfoot,
as you caU it, Mr. Archibald, or to be perched upon the top of
8t2?'vidow'?"'^'^ ^ ^ '^'' ^"""^ '^* "^ ^ *^''' P^ "^
Inwaxdly chuckling that these symptom.s of recalcitration
had not taken place untU the fair malcontent wa3, m he
JJ'tw fi, f?^f^ '*' "^^'' ^'' *^^'^^' Archibald cooUy replied,
That the hids were none of his making, nor did he know how
to mend them ; but aa to lodging, they would soon be in a
bouse of the Duke's in a very pleasant island called Roseneath,
where they went to wait for shipping to take them to Inverary
tJ* EZbiT'^* *^^ '''"'''^^ "^^^ '^^''"' "^^^^ ""^ ^ ^^^"^^
.,^"^ ^l"^*^*" ^'^ '^^^«' '''^°' ^ *he com^e of her various
and adventurous travel, had never quitted terra firma. " tCl
» LF««. Soiitimf TluUaba, Book ti. nr^UM MJ
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oio^''^"4Mtsr..s°f^ ^^.f «»». -••-.
heusions wliateoeveT-' ' '^^ "'^^ *» ™''er no app»
miles about." ^ ^^' ^- -^chibald, were it ten
fcappens^o K L^'dT °^^'^' ^'"' ^*^^' «« Ii<>«eneath
" If it were ten islands " saifl fho ;« • ^
mrable good one why yofSZof r,t "JT*!"!' " ''»* «» «d-
feed his master's IZZ^ fj^ '» " ^^ ^i" And,
hand, and the driv™ t™it "^ff T' J? '"''"'«» 'ri"' hi
t«_wards a smaU haLS' of ShL t„t *' J^^'-'^' P«>«*ded
what more gaflv decorat^H rt ^ "'l' ''''«™ » 'haDop, some-
having a ii^ wMr^dSa^.l^^t iJ"^ '"«' ^«' =«»"
duoal coronet, waited wSh to„ ' T^' ''^' <=«s»8d with a
Highlandere. **'' »' "^ seamen, and as many
hoS,: SX'^SC"" the men ^ *« »»Me their
of the baggage ftom tte ISTITI'^''' '^' ™"°' "
^Joline been long a^Z^s^^d 'tt^ /^ne ^T^
'^Sr-^^^-' »^»^''«'^So^^^'' -" '^«•'
-id'th'lL :^a"°b'erSed^.,^°™ "^ "---k then,"
«nd notice-theyZv stan^lf** """? *" ^''<^<V when I
">« "»''Ier's._ZaS,»tldded""'"nI=' ''"«r^'=hiWd
«Iv«r«dy; , ^^t'not l^fete tii'"^ ^"" "^ «»' ^o"'
*at there painted ^^1^^:!^:*-^ i*-"
Da, as Roseneath
ig over the seas
pool, and she's
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 435
"Xft *^,^H^g!^^de^ who was lifting a travelling trunk)
that truiJc m rrnru, and that there band-box, and thft S
maU, and those seven bundles, and the paSw ^d fftZ
he shmlKi X , ' ^^ receivmg no countervailing signal
he shouldered the portcxuateau, and without farther notiST*
Je^e ^tTifli'^^ "'^""'^ ? '^'*y' M^- ^ol^ibald handed
Jeame out of the carnage, and, not without some tremor on
the C He""h*nT.^^^°"^^ *^« «"^ -<i ^-^ -
cne Doat. He .,hen offered the same civilltv to Viia foiin«r
servant but she was resolute in her refusal^ii'thj'^^^^^^
in which she now remained in solitaiy state? thrrteS^
concerned or unconcerned with actio^ for wagS^^d tf
wages, damag^ and expenses, and numbering^^ ^? Ss
the fcH? Z' ''^'^ 'fi^^^*«' '''"- ^^«^ she seamed S
dve htself tT/trTr*'^^ ^'l'"''- ^- ^«^ib^d did no^
give himself the trouble of making many remonstrances whi^h
mdeed seemed only to aggravate the dLsel'stdSon but
spoke two or three words to the HighlandeiB in Sc ^d
he wUy mountameers, approaching the carriage SouX
and without giving the slightest inthnation of their Tteron
at once seized the recusant so effectually fa^t that s^e could
neither resist nor struggle, and hoisting her on their shoiddera
m nearly a horizontal posture, rushed down w^^her to tl^
t^^ ^ufflfn A''"^^ *'' ^"^' ^^ "^^^ -' otheTLonvelt
btr^^ Iff. r"'^*' " "**^«' ^«P°«i*«d ter in the boat^
Dut m a state of surprise, mortification, and terror at her
two ^r r'°^t'^*^°"' ^i!«h rendered heJ absoluLty iut t
Z} ^11 ' "™T'-., ^^' ^^^ i'^Ved in themselves • one
^U^r '''''^'t *^^ ^' ^^ pushed off the boat, mdtZ
St ^,1!^ ^. 'T^^ouB. They took thei; 71 Zi
^yJl ^5^1 '''-'' *^^" '^'^ *^- ^ -^ <^ove
" You Scotch villain ! " said the infuriated damsel to Archibald.
u M r ^?" "^ * P^^°^ 1^« °^e ^ this ^r ^c^bald,
Ma-.^, said Arehibaid, with infinite composure, "it's high
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time you should know you are in th. n i .
that there is not one of tW IS^ the Duke's oountry, and
out of the boat L^cl t^^lr-f ^""'J'"^^ *^^ ^^^
pleaaure." ^ ^ ""^ '*' ^ ""ch ww« his Grace'a
«If?feht^i;;l'^"ei?TL°l"''" T' ^- ^"^^^'^
you." "^ ™^^' -f ^<^«Jd never have engaged with
Du:^:..s'tii'"'"'rii!:t'^ " '^>* "»-■ «-
Highlands have thefrpwL vT^/?"' "'"' "^ *"<> «■•
the laT-'butTZn T'' *° "^ ""'- '^I^- Archibald," aaid
poor mind." ' '™" '^'Wy «" »"e side, in my
well, or we fao wit wS ^n ^ ^ *^^'''' '^°™ »» W
our p«,ple meeting titTX^cfdem Tri^uT "^ ""^ "^
from the opposite shorn l,,,tf*i, .■ *°"''^ '""'« crossed
which made^^ rpr^ribr L'^'o*! I^""^"^ at Glasgow,
the city." "^ ™ *'""*' people to pass through
adiX'°Je^t,';!Ti.'^:et^-" -0 *"« -W-vesta^
of mind, by the sid/^f a; TJ S "".^ """' comfortable stat^
helm ;-.4e you ioUL^i'??'''' "^^ '''■"»<='' ■"»"'>ged the
taees and of Z nut^M of I Z'^lT" "* "'^^'^'^'1
-d cbwn like a skilSH^IlifhraX^Ur' ^''''"* ""
'-.r^ ^i.' ^T^TCZ ^'-'""WX to have
whatever should bef Juh'em " ™^' ""^ ""■=' ^' "»"i"
met^1^St^„''Ji^^^P--on bi» ^^„^
bto^lf, as a sensible Td 1SS^° f,^^^- »« applied
"■eans the ascendency whiShe hlT^Kf ?"' ,'°,,°°"""' ^' «*
-e violent ; and h^ su^dtd^ ^^Tt^^ ^t
raiC HEART OP MID-LOTHIAN.
427
thB idle nature of her fear«, and the imposaibUity of ieavine her
unTitr'r.r"^'^ - emptyUiagef thai ti^lsi^
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CHAPTER FORTY-FIRST.
Did Fortune guide,
Or rather Destiny, our bark, to which
We could appoint no port, to thin best place /
Flktoheb.
The islands in the Firth of Clyd., which the daily passage of
so many smoke -pennoned steamboats now rendered ZilJ
accessible, were in our fathers' times secluded sporfrequrtS
by no travellers, and few visitants of any kinf They a^e^f
exquisite, yet varied beauty. Arran, a mountdnous r^^ or
ThT^' ^ ^ "" •! ^ '''^^'' ^^ "^o^« ^«<^^and character
l!5«l ^"^^J;^y«'f ^ ^ e^ibit a contract to both, are ^een
level, and bare, forming the links of a sort of naturd bar S
B drawn along the mouth of the firth, leaving large i^eTvals
unThTfil''"^- . ^T"^*^' ^ '"^^'^ ^H lies mucTMghe;
up the firth, and towards its western shore, near the onenbi^
J^i nfl^h w V' *^t? ^'^y ^'''^' '''^''^ ^i^d from the moun
tarns of the Western Highlaiids to join the estuaiy of the Clyde
In these isles the severe frost winds which tyramiise over the
StlT"" ^^.^°\S-ttish spring, afe compaxI^Uly'
mtle felt ; nor, excepting the gigantic strength of Arran are
S SftoTr' ^ '''','^'^<^ «t--«. lySg landlocked ^d
protected to the westward by the shores of AxTshire Accord-
S\nA ^'^H^-^"r' ^^' ^«eping-bu'ch, and other trees of
^IdTl^^^:^"'^ '^'''^' ^""^^ ^ *^^«« ^^^^"^ed recesses
TJ t^ ii^known m our eastern districts ; and the air is also
B^d^to possess that mildness which is favourable to consumptte
culL^\S'*T^"' ^"^""^y^* ^^^ inland of Roseneath, in parti-
ciUar had such recommendations, that the Earls and Dukea n4
^r^yle, irom an early period, made it their occasional residence"
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WAVERLEY NOVELS.
>: ii lliilj;
ii'''t;
into a palace. It .^^as in Z oS!? • ? •'" '^' transformed
bark which we left tmvei^L 4^"^^?/^^*^ ^^«^ *^« «"!«
ter approached the sCT^'thfui^'' "' '^' '"^ '' ^' '"^^P-
mi^ed with hazel-bushe^^Two ,r thZ^f"^ °"^-*^«««' ^"ter-
awaiting their arrival ToTLl t ^ ^/^^ ""^"^ «een aa if
that it was witha shock of «,^^^-T' ^''^ "*"« ^^^^^^^on, bo
being «u^ed by tVett^^ STthS^al ttf t' ^'^*^ "^"
received in the arms of her father I ^^°'®' '^« ^^
It waa too wonderful to be believPfl tn^ i. ,.,
dr^m to have the stable fedinT7reairtv T^ ^' ^ ^W
self from his close and affeoZl S^~~^^^ extricated her-
arm's length, to satisfy her mlH^^ '"^ ^«^^ bim at
the form w.« indisputabELSote Sl^^^ T "' S™' ^ut
best light-blue Sunday's coetS.h^ ,'"'?, ^^"^«^"'' ^ bis
waistcoat and breeches of tt Tame M^t""'*"^ ^""°"^' ^"^
leggins of thick grey cloth-thpS^' ^"""^ gramaahes or
Rowland blue bfnn'et L^^^l^^Tre M \V'^
Heaven in speechless eratitn^I^^^ ? ^^^^^ bis eyes to
from benctS it doZ'Sst^Ve tS^ ^^ *?' f^'^d
and furrowed forehearl fi,n ''"'^^,7^'^en haffets"— the bald
years, gleamed b^TtTndoi^^^^^ '''\ *^^*' "^'^"^^^ hy
penl.house-the f^tLs umll/ so sS' '!? ^'^^ ^^^
melted into the unwonted eirSnnfi? ^^«toical, now
and gratitud^woe all tho^of Sav^S n^ "^'"^ J'^' ^^^^^i^"'
did they assort together that shoiSlT '^"^^ ^^ «° ^^PP%
Wilkie or Allan, I wiS try to Vo^^^^ T\ T^ ''' ^^ ^i^^ds
of this veiy sceie. ^ ''°'' "•" '*«^^ ^^^ them a sketch
-tLetirrCl'TelTS,^^^^^^ dutiful bain,
thee ! Thou hast redeemed nnr' fu ^ ^^'^^ ^^^hy of
honour of our hm,sr.Bl^s thee Z^''^'y~^^o^Sht back the
mised and purchased f hTt Eet?Z '^TiJ'^*^ "^^^^^^ P^^
which He h'aa made thee the St«T '• ' *''^' "^ '^^ ^°°^ «^
w Jo?rmliSf l^r tj^J^ *T *^-^^ I^avid
tion, withdrawn the speLtot from t^^ ' T*^ ^'^^°^*« ^**«°-
wood and setting sun aJone IrlSf "^*«J^ew, so that the
, their feelings. ' ""^^^ ^'*"^««« of the expansion of
THE HEART OF NTTO-LOTmAN.
439
And Effie?-and Effie, dear father?" was an eager inter-
JectioniU question which Jeaiiie reixiatedly threw in amonjr her
expressions of joyful thankfulness.
''Ye wiU hear— ye wiU hear," said David hastily, and ever
and anon renewed his grateful acknowledgments to Heaven for
aending JeMie safe down from the land of prelatic deadneai
and schismatic heresy J and had delivered her from the dangers
01 the way, and the lions that were in the path
.. a" ^^ ^Sf Jr J®P««*«d her affecti .nate sister again and again
fli"?r^- ^^^° '^"''^'^ '^® ^^^® "ai*^ B«"or, but she modi-
fied the direct inqiui7y-"and Mr. and Mrs. Saddletree— and
Dumbiedikea— and a' friends V
'* A' weel — a' weel, praise to His name !"
!!^^~^'*- Butler— he wasna weel when I gaed awa?"
He is quite mended -quite weel," replied her father
Thank God— but 0, dear father, Effie?— Effie?"
"You WiU never see her mair, my bairn," answered Deans in
a solemn tone-" You ore the ae and only leaf left now on the
auld tree — hale be your portion !"
;' She is dead !— She is slain !— It has come ower late 1" ex-
claimed Jeame, wringing her hands,
" ^°' -If^*?.'" returned Deans, in the same grave melancholy
. . . ^?® ^"^^ "" *^® ^^^' ^°^ ^ at freedom from earthly
restramt, if she were aa much alive in faith, and as free from
the bonds of Satan."
"The Lord protect us!" said Jeanie.— "Can the unhappy
baim hae left you for that villain ?"
"It is ower tnily spoken," said Deans— "She has left her
aula father, that has wept and prayed for her— She has left her
sister that travailed and toUed for her Uke a mother— She haa
left the bones of her mother, and the land of her people, and she
lir'fl-i •' ""^Ar' *^* '"" °^ Belial-She has made a moon-
hght flittmg of It." He paused, for a feeling betwixt sorrow
and strong resentment choked his utterance
"And m' that man?- that fearfu' man?" said Jeanie.
And she has left us to gang aff wi' him?— Effie, Effie
b^n Sid ^ "^""^^^ '*' '''^*^' ''" ^ •deliverance as yiu had
OS, rephed David. « She is a withered branch wiU never bear
^it of grace-a scapegoat gone forth inte the wilderness of the
<^orld, t*> carry wi' her, m I trust, the sin. of om Uttle C0ugrt>
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WATnujPT irOTBA
elected, Hia ain hour «T1 ^w*? '* ' ^^ «^« « ^^ ^'i*
have skid, tharfamous L^ IT ).Y^'* ^'"^^ *^«^ «°"ther
Naught, ;ho^ mlZ i iSo rfl^'" '"'^t'^"' ^^^<^ Mao
NewbatUe, and a rt?f Lit ^^^^of Bwec't Bavour i„
«a^Iet her Irt ^et hi'^T"'" '" ^"^"' «"' be it
ain bridle-Ci;^' klTif ^ ^"-^ V'^' ^^'^ ^'^ «" ^er
pmyerB, and miy not ptve a^ r~^^/ ^"^ *''« ^^ «'
Jeanie, never moVe let Cr LI i T^'T^' ^^"* '^«^«'-.
in^She hath pZ^^ZZuk^thrt\^'Zr ^^^ "^"^
when the munmer waxeth wnl f !• ^'^^r^ '^^'''^ vanisheth
Pa38, and be Jgottln^' ' ^ ^"*''°* "^^^^ «*i*^i«t her
view with StaunCat h^ ^^r -^^"l *" "^'°*^°" ^'' ^^r-
running over the p^L^ ;f u'" ''^^*«'7' »'»*- on hastily
on the whole, theyCe iTikel'v tT"'"'^' '^' *^"^^* ^^at^
his distress of mind ShTt,?rn. ? ^..! "f^*"^^*" *^^ ^i"^i"'«h
this painnU suS resolvinrt ' "^T.' ^^' ^^««""« f^om
she should see SeHrom Vh JT°^ ^"^^'^ ^^^"^ ""^il
particulars of her iXmtr ''' "^'^^^ *^ ^^^ ^^^
not tS;rSnfhe'^r ^"*'",? "" « ^»««tion she could
eager to esca^^ffomT^E^f t"^ ^^^ ^^«-' - ^
pointed to thi opposite shore of nl ^1 ^T^""^ '^"^^t^^'
Jeanie "if it werena r T I ^"^^bartonshire, and asking
intention of rerrg hifeSlth' '" f''''''' *« ^«^ ^^
"iu respect he was Xited t'^, Smc^^.^: n t^^^""*^'
a.s one well skilled in country lablr 2 J I.? ' '1 ^^^«'
flocks and herds, to superintend a^'f^r *^^* ^PPertamed to
had taen into his ain C for th« • '™' ""^"^ ^^ ^'^^
Jeanie's heart s^k wftht I ""PT'^^en* of stock."
aUowed it w^ a ZL 'n H i '' '* ,*^^ <ieclaration. - She
to the west^^euf SThe d^^.* ^"S.^? ^^''^^ ^<'^i?y
be vei7 gude, for^h^ ^^^^ ^' *^* *^7^^« "^^^ht
weather had been. B^t w^ far f \ ^'' "" ^""^^^ «« the
she wad be often thbMnl Ttt ^ ^^'' ^^ «^« ^^^^^^ht
Leonard'fl." "^ ^ong-cups, amaag the Crags at St
Tire HEART OF MTD-LOrniAlf.
4S1
"Dimia upoak nn\ Jeariie," said her father ," T wiah never
to hoar it naiiiwi inair — that \b, after tliti roiipiiig w ower, aud
the billg pjiid. But I brought a' the l)eafltri owerby that I
thought ye wad like best, Tliero ia Gowan-*, aud there's your
ain brockit cow, aud the woo hawkit ane, that ye cVd I
needna tell ye how ye ca'd it— but I couhhia bid them sell
the pettetl creature, though t! . i.i«i.t o' it may sometiuioH gio
us a sair heart — it's no tho {)oor dun b creature'^ fault- And
ane or twa beaHta uiair I hae m^rrved, i nd 1 cauHcd them to \m
driven before the other beaswv ;lmt, vun might say, as when
the son of Jesse retiuued from ! J.,, ■ TIhh is David's spoil.' "
Upon more particular inquiry, Jeanie found now occasion to
admire tho active beneficence of her friend the i)uke of Argylo.
VVhile establiwhing a sort of experimental farm on the skirts of
his immense Highland estates, he had been somewhat at a loss
to find a proper person in whom to vest the charge of it. The
conversation his Grace had upon country matters with Jeanie
Deans during their return from Richmond, had impressed him
^th a belief that the father, whose experience and success she
BO frequently quoted, must be exactly the sort of person whom
he wanted. When the condition annexed to EHie's pardon
rendered it highly probable that David Deans would choose to
change his place of residence, this idea again occurred tu the
Duke more strongly, and as he was an enthusiast equally in
agricidture and in benevolence, he imagined he was serving the
jiurposes of both, when he wrote to the gentleman in Edinhiu-gh
entrusted with his affairs, to inquire into the character of David
Detms, cowfeeder, and so forth, at St. Leonard's Crags ; and if
he found him such aa he had been represeuted, to engage him
without delay, and on the most liberal terms, to superintend his
fancy-farm in Dumbartonshire.
The proposal was made to old David by the geutleman so
commissioned, on the second day after his daughter's pardon
had reached Edinburgh. His resolution to leave St. Leonard's
had been already formed ; the honour of an express invitation
from the Duke of Argjie to superintend a department where so
much skill and diligence was required, was in itself extremely
tl.ittering ; and the more so, be<»use honest David, who was
not without an excellent opinion of his own talents, persua«lf¥l
himself that, by accepting tuia charge, he would in aome son
repay the great favour he had received at the hands of th«
Aitgrle family. The ^pointiaeuta, including tho right of suflS-
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WAVERLEY NOVKLS.
frffif"?!?^/*'' * '""^ '*°^^ «f '^i^ own, were ampiy liberal
«id David 8 k^n eye saw that the sikiation waa convS fo,
trafficking to advantage in Hi<Thland cattlft Tho^^^ ^ • i \
" her'shin"* frn«, +i,!r • ui^ . ®- ^"ere was nsk of
nersnip from the neighbouring mountains, indeed but the
a^d^a tnfle of hlack^u would, David waa aw^e, assuThS
The wtJT' ?«'r^«^« *^o points on which he haggled
2? wS^ toToin '^T"^''' *be clergyman with whose w^ShTp
Ihe gentleman of the law smiled, and said, "There was no
womrieft Sc'oEdf' t"" -^ «trictly-that Se ^JJ^^^
r heT fatLX i ''.^ ^'"^ r""^^'' °^ ^^«" ^««H and cam!
CO her father's new residence by sea from the western side of
S h^Littr {hr^'..""^" f ^^r ---al, or at S nobody
rL extei^^ve V^^^^ ^ ^^« ^«r disturbance
ine extensive hentable jurisdictions of his Grace excluded th^
mterference of other magistrates with those UvinTon htSttt
reiw^'V^l ^''' ^ ^"^«d'^*« dependenceClTi wodd
receive orders to give the young woman no disturbance L^nt
ouVo;sXl tt^^^r^t T""'' indeed,rsaid'^r^'
Sattn/' ' ' ^'^°'^ *^' ^"^^^ of ordinaiy law and
th?^^ I^eans waa not quite satisfied with this reasouins • but
orfti f^ fP^'l "^'^^^^^^ °f these circiLtanc^ ^^
ordeiB act accordmg to the instructions he sho^riecdve
J'^tht^ow It^^^^^^^ *h- -ttei. to
er, now stoppmg, now walkmg slowly towards the
caus^S^S^^yTSIr p^:S!;;!jta -'t *« ^ -w obsolete ; b..
f;
THIS HKART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 43J,
utmost advancp he Zr m J i , ^ ™'''' '"'^* »'« "«
lue present lad, said David, again grimly inimacin? " i« T
thmk ye may haa see. hin afore; an/^ere'hf ™S't„ Tee!
Re'truttlt"^^ '™ ^'""' «» " - "» «*« tha«
III
if
CHAPTER FORTY-SECOND.
No more shalt thou behold thy siater's face ;
Thou hast already L.id her last embrace
Eleqt oh Mas. Anjtii KauaaEw.
bvTheTof 'Z""" ^?f ^? accomplished foi Jeanie Dean.
oy tue jod of the same benevolent enchanter whose now..7Ta*
traL.planted her father from th« nr« J^ gi 7-°n-T
' m^r
WAVEKLEY NOVELS.
t^lfjf/^ft ^T ^rf • T'l' ^"^' ""^ ^'•Syle was not a person
tjfu A^ J?^«d[tary debt of gratitude, which had been
bequeathed to him by his grandfather, in favour of the grand-
son of old Bible Butler. He had inteAiaUy resolved to pS
tor Reuben Butler m this kirk of Knocktaxlitie, of which the
mcumbent had just departed this life. Accordmgly, his agent
received the necessary instructions for that piupose, under the
qualifying condition always, that the learning ajid character of
Mr. Butler should be found proper for the charge. Upon
iZ^A • l' ""''" ^^^"'^ "^ ^^^^^y satisfactoiy as had bSn
reported m the case of David Deans himself.
hpn^fifi^^'l-^'f-'T^*^' P"^' °^ ^gy^« "^0^^ essentially
benefited his fnend and pvot6g6e, Jeanie, than he himself waa
aware of, smce he contributed to remove objections in her
fathers mmd to the match, which he had no idea had been in
We have already noticed that Deans had something of a
prejudice agamst Butler, which wa.s, perhaps, in some degi-ee
owing to his possessing a sort of consciousness that the poor
usher looked with eyes of afi-ection upon his eldest daughZ.
Ihis, m David s eyes, waa a sin of presumption, even although
it hould no be followed by any overt act, or actual proposal
But the bvely mterest which Butler had displayed in h^Z:
tresses, smce Jeanie set forth on her London expedition, and
,^5 Jf^ *^erefo^e he ascnbed to personal respect for hhnself
with which David had sometimes regarded him A,id while
he waa m this good disposition towards Butler, another incident
t«ok place which had great influence on the old man's mind
So soon as the shock of Effie's second elopement waa over it
waa Dean. 8 early care to coUect and refimd to the Laird' of
Dumbiedikes the money which he had lent for Effie's trial and
for Jeanie s travelling expenses. The Laird, the pony,' the
cocked ha^ and the tobacco-pipe, had not been seen at St
Leonard s Crags for many a day ; so that, in order to pay this
debt, David waa mider the necessity of repaiiing in person to
the mansion of Dumbiedikes.
wnS'm!Z^iT-* ^A ^ '*^*' ""^ unexpected buatle. There were
rj^ ^frt^ "^T •°"'' "^ *^' '^'^ ^^"^"fe-^' ^^d replacing
ttc^ with others altenng, repairing, scnibbing, painting, and
^ h.T nT T^" """f "° ^°^^^ *^« «ld house, which
had been so long the maiision of sloth and silence. Tbi Laird
THE HEART OP MID-LOTHIAS.
436
tory as had been
himself seemed in some conftision, and his reception, though
kind, lacked something of the reverential cordiality, with which
he used to greet David Deans. There was a change also, David
did not very well know of what nature, abou^, the exterior of
this landed proprietor — an improvement in the shape of his
garments, a spruceness in the air with which thoy were put on,
that were both novelties. Even the old hat looked smarter •
the cock had been newly pointed, the lace had been refreshed'
and instead of slouching backward or forward on the Laird's
head, as it happened to be thrown on, it was adjusted with a
knowing inclination over one eye.
David Deans opened his business, and told down the caah
Dumbiedikes steadily mulined his ear to the one, and coimted
the other with great accuracy, interrupting David, while he was
talking of the redemption of the captivity of Judah, to ask him
whether he did not think one or two of the guineas looked
rather light. When he was satisfied on this point, had pocketed
his money, and had signed a receipt, he addressed David with
some little hesitation,—" Jeanie wad be writing ye somethinjr
gudeman?" ^'
"About the siller ?" replied David—" Nae doubt, she did."
"And did she say nae mair about me?" asked the Laird. '
" Nae mair but kind and Christian wishes— what suld she
hae said?" replied David, fully expectmg that the Lau-d's long
courtship (if his dangling after Jeanie deserves so active a name)
was now coming to a point. And so indeed it was, but not to
ihat point which he wished or expected.
" Aweel, she kens her- ain mind best, gudeman. I hae made
a clean house o' Jenny Balchristie, and her niece. They were
a bad pack— eteal'd meat and mault, and loot the carters magg
the coais— I'm to be married the mom, and kirkit on Sunday "
Whatever David felt, he was too proud and too steady-
mmded to show any unplea,sant surprise in his countenance and
maimer.
" I wuss ye happy, sir, through Him that gies happiness—
mamage is an honourable state."
** And I am wedding into an honourable house, David the
Laird of Lickpelfs youngest daughter— she sits next us in the
kirk, and that's the way I came to think on't."
There was no more to be said, but again to wish the Laird
joy, to taste a cup of his liquor, and to walk back agam to St
Loonard'H, muBing m the mutability of human affairB and
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WAVERLEF NOVELS,
humaa resolutions The expectation that oue day or other
Jeanie would be Lady Dumbiedikes, had, in spite of iii^etf
kept a more absolute possession of David'^ mind th^ SS
eeU wa. aware of. At lea.t, it had hitherto seemed^ mdon^t
aU times withm his daughter's reach, whenever she might choose
i^wlV'- »f^'".* ^'''' any degree'of encouragement!ld now
It T^^"^ H' ^''''- ^^^-^d ^«*^"^«d, therefore, ki no vei^
gracious humour for so good a man. He ^as angiy mU S
for not havmg encouraged the Laird-he wa« tl^withThe
iZj7 'i!'^-™^ encouragement-and he wl'^nj^ wJh
himself for bemg angiy at aU on the occasion '^
T)„t« nf A '"^i"^ t. ^^^'^^ *^« gentleman who managed the
the master just walking himself aff his feet "
and a^J^'^''''!?''' respectmg the xarm had been talked over
and arraoiged, the professional gentleman acq-iainted Dadd
woSTtTw*' t T""^ ^""^™«^ th^staTof pubUc
worship, that it was the pleasure of the Duke to put an^xcel-
lent young clergyman, called Reuben Butler ito the t)^^h
which was to be his fiiture residence ^ ^
ush:r^:?LLS'' " "^^^"^^^ ^avid-<'Eeuben Butler, the
PvZ^u ''T^ f-^^'" '^'^ *^« I>"ke's commissioner- "his
hereditaiy obhgations to him besides-few minist^ Jl?h«^n
comfortable as I am directed to make Mr. bX " ^" ''
-Cbef Bn?fi~^?' Ijuke ^-Obligations to keuben Butler
excSed J^^'d ^ ^T^ .^^T^'^ °^ *^« K^-k «f Scotland?"
Td Cn l2 bv'tr« h^™"'"^^' astonishment, for somehow he
naa Deen led by the bad success which Butler had K^h to met
li ^/xf undertakings, to consider him -. o ■ ^f thZ
anflT IJ^'^I' ^^°°^ '^' *^^ts with unr^^i-V igo^
and ends with disaiheriting altogether. " '^ '
so wZ'^f atS ""' *r "' ^.^^^^ ^« ^« ^P<^'^ to think
w«^!S*!^ • !?^' ^ ''^^'' ""^ ^^ ^ standing higher than
'elu W ISJ'' r*'^^ f °*^«^- When asLe'd of the
StVtLfStin \t'°^'' '^ ^''^P'*^^' ^^^d «^^e««ed his
great satisfaction at his success in life, which, he observed wa^
entirely owing to himself (David). "I advis;d his ^Z^Zt
a^i^lM^fei^
one day or othei
I spite of himself,
lind than he him-
seemed a luiion at
' she might choose
agement, and now
Brefore, in no very
angry with Jeanie
IS angry with the
wa8 angry with
'^ho managed the
him, with a view
. Thus, after a
or Edinburgh, so
was to end with
been talked over
kj'iajjited David
estate of public
to put an excel-
into the parish,
iben Butler, the
lissiouer ; " his
1, and has some
sters will be so
r."
Reuben Butler
: of Scotland 1"
for somehow he
id hj*-h ^io met
'■^ o.' ; rf those
'oasi-^ .igour,
iposed to think
ng higher than
assured of the
expressed his
observed, wa*
us piiir grand-
THR HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 437
m^^i.""^'" ,T ^"* ^«% ^omm, to breed him up to the
Butler.-' ""' ^'"''' y^'" ^^ ^«" '''^> '^^^ ReuS
forfe'ttkf }!rr^ *^' "^^ ""l ^'''^'''' ^°d ^-^ked homeward
J'ad now iftp ir "^teUigence gave rise. Honest David
mmrfn' *?'"'??,''"?!: " """sA"™ to accept of this prrfer-
thoulhT tW .^t^H-"' ^'"^''' ™''J«^' =« David at pS„t
thought that eataWistiment ™ to the Erastian encroachmenta
of the end power* This was the leadin. quS IT h.
r£^f '* r"!"^- . "^"^ Kirk of ScotSZ'ahom
aitoSio'^eXm td" C'rl^h """ 'T^'I'S ^'^''-
Hi« i;t» ^P*u- xr- , ' "' ^ --^ all her spots and blemishes
the like of this Kirk was nowhere else to be seen upon ^ h ''
Dli for fL ^ ^^T' ^^^ ^^''^ ^^^^ fe^en an humble
rushW ttn ir.^ 'i'^ "^^'^ ^ " ^«^^1 ^^y' but without
rushing mto nght-hand excesses, divisions and separations
But a« an enemy to separation, he might join the riSand
of fellowsbp with a minister of the Kirk of ScotlS in ft.
favor^O E D^'^pf *'"' ""i^"^ ^''^'^^^ ^'' f^^dship or
lavour— (^. h D. But, secondly, came the trying point of lav
^mK b'v tt ""'f ^"^ ^'' '^'^ m^tLT to'Ve 'a
coming m by the wmdow, and over the wall. 9 cheatin,. su^A
starving the soiUs of a whole parish, for thetVposfof I'th^j
•.ne oack and filling the beUy of the incumbent " "^
[
rM
rSiilfe/'fi
438
WAVHRLBV NOVFt*.
This prraeototioii, therefore, from the Buke of irp,h what
DO ktod Jf , •"* "" ''• " P""' "^ °f 'he evU thia?, aud^th
i» a ge.0^ JZ I^Z'^'^Z/^Zi^
»«m qmte eu evident that the existenw ottKV „„v ™1
mth-.of < L ' ,.f '"''^''"^ ■"^""'i "" '» tie k«, m virtue
Karate "■ '" *" °^ °P™» *»' l" "«'" Bafel/so act
these fearful wov7s-I^i IT. /f^T' r"''''^^ °^ ^^^^^g
ejiacted. Mmioters had reai».rf t^TL, • . - ™' "^"y^
and tho8eoftl>.rbrethr™ Id it ™.''.'" -■'"*-'^'».
fl.at the reins . *^SrC'tatZpV^r'.;; "^0^°^
»ir.omake«ueh^SScesin^.rhe"t;'' ™ °°! "^"^
ae church without in'Son, iV-^by Serh ' 'r^^? "?
why, upon the whole, David T^^J^Jl "t / "^^"'*"'.';"''
mSi^mK
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
9 of Xrgyie, what-
t nobleman, was a
H thJa/?, and with
a mind to fivour
tiiotri selves joined
p^tor, if iM Qot
ihis UiJiappj pre-
'iO cemlorts of hia
;lie kirk, in virtue
eneral call of the
David allowed it
^pted of the cure
led to teach, and
'->n, David, after
a."% through the
ght safely so act
—the oaths to
rymen, in which
aenii, and homo-
d and Scotland,
aart and portion
•pery, had made
r mitre. These
ciade David cry
id at the very
)w-head matron
• swoon, beyond
ely on heai-ing
Is spiritual and
a the proem to
e, therefore, a
3-1 ii snare, and
**'>- not always
Itj; L. nsciences,
^ later period
•y the General
particle came
?iia not called
g vi: vjntry into
'*|>pointment,
'^jKjuioa, tiuit
439
the said mcumbent might lawfully enjoy the spirituality and
temporiility of the cure of souls at Kuocktarlitie, with stipend
manse, glebe, and all thereimto appertainmg. '
^ The best and most upright-minded men are so strongly
mJauenced by existing circumstances, that it would be some-
what cruel to inquire too nearly what weight parental alfection
gave to these ingenious trains of reasoning. Let David Deans's
situation be considered. He waa just deprived of one daughter
and his eldest, to whom he owed so much, waa cut oflF, by the
sudden resolution of Diunbiedikes, from the high hope which
David had entertained, that she might one day be mistress of
that fau- lordship. Just while this disappointment waa bearuig
heavy on hia spirits, Butler comes before his unagination— no
longer the half-starved threadbare usher, but fat and sleek and
fair, the beneficed minister of Kuocktarlitie, beloved by his con-
gregation—exemplary in his life— powerful in his doctrine—
(lomg the duty of the kirk as never Highland minister did
before— tiUTiing sinners aa a coUcy dog turns sheep— a favourite
of the Duke of Argyle, and drawing a stipend of eight hundred
puuds Scots, and four chalders of victual. Here was a match
making up m David's mind, in a tenfold degree, the dis-
appomtment in the caae of Dumbiedikes, in so far aa the good-
man of St. Leonard's held a powerful minister in much greater
admiration than a mere landed proprietor. It did not occur to
him, aa an additional reason in favour of the match, that Jeanie
might herself have some choice in the matter; for the idea of
oonsultuig her feelings never once entered into the honest man's
head, any more than the possibility that her inclination might
perhaps differ from his own.
The result of his meditations was, that he was called upon to
take the management of the whole affaii- into his own hand
and give, if it should be found possible without sinful com-
pliance, or backsliding, or defection of any kind, a worthy pastor
to the kkk of Kuocktarlitie. Accordingly, by the intervention
of the honest dealer in butter-milk who dwelt in Liberton
David summoned to his presence Reuben Butler. Even from
this worthy messenger he was unable to conceal certain swelling
emotions of dignity, insomuch, that, when the carter had com-
municated his message to the usher, he added, that " Certainly
the Gudeman of St. Leonard's had some grand news to tell him',
foi he was aa uplifted as a midden-cock upon pattens."
Butler, it maj^ readily be conceived, immedmtely obeyed the
^*i' ■
i
440
'^^AVRRLRY NOTRr.S.
lir
i I
on this occasion, gave him . f"''T^'^ ingredients • but In^
^ceived an mti;^ of theT^" ^f^^« ^^ ^^^ss] He C
Xerp:s r"^'^° ~ or,r/zrtr^^
At the same time, he also detpm.?.?^ .^ "aportant inteJJiffence
ference he would' permirSHea Jt "^ *'^. ^^P^^^ef c^
upon the proposal, in all its ZJi ^'^ expatiate at length
either by inteirupt on or contaS^^' T^^^^^ irritatinrhlm
prudent plan he coidd have Sm , ^'"^ ^^* ^^"^ the mo^
^ere maiiy doubts which Dlvidl)* ' ^''^"'«' ^though there
h. own satisfaction ^e? le'I^g^Cn^j 'r^^''^ "P ^
posed to accept the solution «/ "ave been by no means dis
engage him in an argm^rt "^^ £ f " P-on;7nd t
him at once anrl for ever in ih^ • ^ ''^^^ certain to confirm
He^ rSiv °^"''°" ""^''^ ^""'' '^"^
gravity, whi7h real nSrtu^'lf, ^^PP^^nce of important
?6ide, and which beloZd T .. "^ '''"^ compelled him toZ
modto? ^^P-^^-^^arovfr wSoVZr' ^^ ^'^^^
ReuLl '"!*r*t^ff the crofts of BeeZeh^ '^ *°^ ^'"^^ated the
«eul)en, with great prolixitv ., f ^^^^^^a. He made known to
present residence for theThi^ *^ P^^^^^^^^ ^^ changi^rht
^ai^mDumbartonshire^'d^^^^^^^^^^
"; the situation with obvious s^r.? .f''^"*''^ advantages
renT T' "* *^' '«^« that, b? h^ Z,"'"'^^ °^°^«d him to
Sp . "?"'' '^P^rtant s^rvLs to S, n ^''^'^^' ^' ««nld
ATgyJe, to whom, " in thf> iJ , ^ "'^ ^race the T)uhn J
'«- dialed the ap«« tf i;tt;r^,r'™»ta.c:..'^itr.'
"whatr,V^X™SS^arC*,H^ ^^." ->« -.»ued
THK HEART OF MTP-LOTHTArr. m
«..,S'!?^-^''^"' T«7, ri?H lad," answered the n,nn,>..
.-.ir ».n .u.«c..nce is the first thing to be satisfied -Tor "ho,'
Hill
'^r:
1^;
Imm
m
mm
lilii
^. .. 1
I I!
442
WA7ERLEY NOVELS.
g«'f»r aud manse, money a;,/ ' ^^"\ «^% P/eferment, sic m
behind which he my tak^ It m .' " ^*^^i°ff-h"«e, C
better tlungs of you-^d s^edallv v« ''^°^ V ^"' ^ ^'^^ fS
act altogether on your al S^ T f '""^ ^ ^^^ed not to
eair -mistakes, back^hvL^ ind Zf V ^'' therethrough corned
tbo ri^^ht. If there weTe'^ic altif f^^^^ '\ *^« ^^^ and on
you, who are a young lad, MoZlt L.^ f' ^ ^°"' ^«"l'«°>
the carnal tonguea, ai.d th^se S wp^ ^ i ^' ^' «^'^«^ ^i'
IS now the seat of the scariet Zn^ ? ^^^"^ ^* ^^me, whilk
^ whom the Gospel wil fLtCl 7/ ''^^ ^ *^« ^^«4
be entreated by your weel ^T^ !'7^^ nae-the-less ye may
prudent and Jo/vedJrlrt^^^^^ ^^^-^ «" S
hae kend what it waa to iurk on bS l^S^"'^ P'"''^' "^' ^^a
and m cavcms, and to risk the noril nf ^ ' u "^'««^' ^" bogs
renounce the honesty of the heart " *^' ^'^'^ ^^^^r thS
he hoped S':il?h1 h:?r^L^^T^^ -«h a friencf as
seen so many changes in tt ^rc^f^^^T ^^T^> ^bo h^
Sl^sr:.:J"^ --v^sk-- ^^ou^,^
wi^ inS:^:^;;;-:^^.- '. Bejjb.." .id David Beans
cament where.,] I hae s^okpn J^ ^^^ ^^ "^^^^ "> the predi'
duty to gang t. the "otT'the' mLrf J / T^'^ ^^^ ^^ -7
ulcers and impo-,! ,^nes, and th^' S ^d .' .^""^ *^ ^«" ^^e
£>avid Deans waa now in hia 1.i
Ration of the doc^^at^ ""'l^f^ . ^^^T^- -i his
with the very Culdees, froi i « n "f P^*^^ ^'hm-ch
from John Knox to the i., ^ ^ rP""''^..*^ '^ ^^ Knox,-
Bruce, Black, Blair, Liviu^. nT J^^ *^" ^^^'*b's tim^--
at ength triumphant period af ?he vTy^ *° ^^' brief, and
dour, until it was ove^^the ^S^^^ ^^-^'« i^^n
followed the dismal timesTf preW^^^ Independents. Then
number, with aU their shaded £ bZli '""'^"^Senees, seven in
the reign of King James th^ ^1^^^.'^.*". ^' ^^^ at
been, m hu, own mind, neither a^ll^^f^ ^' ^"^^ had
sufferer. Then was Butler doomM f^T *"*? ^°^ an obscui^
U ;, „
learned the Scrip-
\ preferment, sic aa
lich ia not his in a
talking-horee, from
» But I look for
be minded not to
lerethrough cornea
a the left and on
It to you, Reuben,
> ye are giited wi'
'n at Rome, whilk
id by the Greeks,
■e-the-less ye may
counsel of those
? profe"' . rg^ wha
mosses, m bogs
'ead rather than
'uch a friencf as
limself, who had
y, he sboul'( be
3 experience and
THE HEART OF MID-LOTIHAK.
448
3omme)- ed his
™tian Cliurch
J"hn Knox,—
Sixth's time—
the brief, and
'hiiich's splen-
dents. Then
nces, seven in
he arrived at
• himself had
>r an obscure
Qost detailed
ird before,—
David Deaufl's confinement, namely, in the iron cage in the
Cauongato Tolbooth, and the cause thereof.
, We should be very uiyust to our friend David Deans, if we
should "pretermit "-to use his own expression-a na^tive
which he held essential to his fame. A drunken trooper of the
Royal Guards, Francis Gordon by name, had chased five or six
of the skulking \Vhig8, among w' .m was our friend David-
and after he had compelled them to stand, and waa in the act
of brawkng with them, one of their number fired a pocket-
Pistol, and shot him dead. David used to sneer and shake his
head when any one asked him whether he had been the instru-
ment of removing this wicked persecutor from the face of the
^ \ D . ^,'\J?^ °'^''* °^ ^^« ^^^^ ^y between him and his
firiend, Patrick Walker, the pedlar, whose works he waa so fond
q;»ot"iK- , Neither of them cared directly to claim the merit
. dencmg Mr. Francis Gordon of the Life-Guard., there being
Bo^ia wild cousins of his abort Edinburgh, who might have
been ven yet addicted to revenge, but yet neither of them
cli< t .. disown or yield to the other the merit of this active
detcnce of t ^u- reUgiouB rights. David said, that if he had
bred a pisu hen, it was what he never did after or before.
And as lor Mr. Patrick Walker, he has left it upon record, that
his great surprise was, that so smaU a pistol could kill so big a
man. These are the words of that venerable biographer, whose
trade had not taught him by experience, that an inch was as
good as an elL "He" (Francis Gordon) "got a shot ii ais
head out of a pocket-pistol, rather fit for diverting a boy than
kilmg such a furious, mad, brisk man, which notwithstanding
killed him dead ! ' *
Upon the extensive foundation which the history of the kirk
afforded, dnrrng its short-lived triumph and long tribulation,
David, with length of breath and of narrative, which would
have afltounded any one but a lover of his daughter, proceeded
to lay down his own rules for guiding the conscience of his
mend aa an aspirant to serve in the ministry. Upon this
subject, the good man went throi.^rh such u variety of nice and
«4suistical problems, supposcu so many extreme cases, made the
diBtmction^ 80 critical and nice betwixt the right hand and the
ten hand— betwixt compliance and defection— holding back
and steppmg asidfr-«lipping and stumbling— snares and errore
— that at length, after having limited the path of truth to a
* Not* 8. Death of Franoia Oonion.
Ill,.f'i'i
444
Hj, I
i W i"
^AVERLRY SOVVXB.
^hmga and j^ • 7 /"^"'ff mend ouc-ht m +j • i '^"
^vheSr h« '"^^jP'^Jed by the voice of k- ""^ "P°» *f'««e
feelings
toward!? Jftiois.
•wad admisflion. lUt
'd a certftin view 0/
encounter, wouJd h,
i the exan.plea aucj
a kirk on the pre
partiality to Butler
118 own view. And
? think upon these
'3 own conscience,
t aa the charge of
>nial conviction of
i-angue, which wm
^y, on the part
"Shed to find that
W''«hed to arrive
eu ho had argued
'Off and speaking
'eral proposition
ate For, under
'1 that most men
^ourite measure
'hen obIio;ed to
«s]ty of seeming
much more fair
^cit meditation
nought himself
to explain that
" (hy his own
1 Butler would
n that David
smmunication,
^t he had said'
wer the next
>avid on this
r with him—
^ two bottles
her merits—
ed Butler so
ards Jeanie,
THB HEAllT OF VTID-LOTUUN. 445
l'l.'"brid;?Sn^"M ''^^"fy ""^«"^ «he was to
oate to abridl^hfL^'i^^^ if .they thought it indeli-
stipulated Xemed uT L ^*^''l'«"^t'"" ^hich Reuben had
that there wraTtr'o ^ ^"Stf oV^^^^^^^ *^'«-'
Knocktarlitie, providin/the coni . ^""""^^^ "^"^^'«^ «'
man of h„„-^ I correspoiideuce with the Duke of ArtTle'a
Tevi't^rof riTpS'thatTh: "-." t^ "^* •'■•
Jeanie, on her return ITv V V ^ "^"^ "^^ "^^* ^'^^
lodge L LZlth "^ ^"^^'"^' ^' *^« ^"^^''^ h-^«-g-
and^tuCSl.r/'' "^ '^'f^'''"^ ^«^«« «f J^^ie I^eans
the ptrX aa^Itfve' r^^^^^ ' '^ explanationTf
already mTtLT ' ^ ^^''^ '^'"'^"^ °" '^' ^^^^> ^'•
CHAPTER FORTY- THIRD.
" I °°""^'' ^« faid. " my love, my life.
Thy fathers house and frienda resign.
My home, my friends, my sire, aie thine."
LOOAN.
the opinion ^f^XS' jKlf'"' "' ^'' ^^ ^^^ *^«^
of hii younger dav^thlr^^^^uP""^^"^ ^^ champions
laws of^sSure^L 1 . .T' *^°"^^ honourable by the
was at whiir ioS7f""^tr ^^^f««i^' i^« «aid,
which lin.1 ft. "ioromate tor kirks, stipends, and wives
tt':l d^r!^.,r^'°PJ^ O'-eadrcomplianee'^lS
-ji„uo.„^ „. ,he wiiica. iie cnUeavoured to make
i
446
WAVERLEY NOVKLa
\>h
!"
when the famous DonaJd^'i/l' -^"^T"^ husband-that
Wood, in Lanarkshir^TbKiH '""5 *^'". ^^^^ ^ ^e^
tunity, many RobeiTMl^Vstt^'^.'' ^?» T^ ^P<^^-
pressed himself- "WImfwv, • ? ^ ^^^^> ^^ had thios ex-
woman? herm'J^JZomX^^r^ "^^^^ *^ "^^ t^]^
way long-his thrivin~are dofe'""^^^^^^^ ^ ^^«P *^«
ment of which prophecy Kh c!^^ , ^° *^® ^ accomplish-
with the enemy wenrhom«n?/^"'° ^*° ^^ul compliance^
into other step^' 7 Lotion tl'T'^ the curates, declined
Indeed, he observed that tt ' f ^T^^ "^^^^^ esteemed.
Cargill, Peden, Oaion a^d iSnf • ?\'^}T '^ *^« «*^"dard
the bonds of iaiony tT^t?'''\?^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ tyin^
Bterial work; an^thoui tL r*?/ ^T °^ *^«"- ^^
parties, nor /efuse thenice tL?n m °'^i\' ^"^^^ ^^^^
t« it aa an evidence of ^Snce onT ''1^ ?l^^^« «^"«d
whom it was solemmsedT t^' ^^ ?^ ^^^^^se between
day. Notwithstan™\owet Ta? ^'^-^"^ '^^^ '' *^«
unto many, David was of opTuTon/l^LTPu^"" ^ «°^«
his practice) that it was in TShlt ' 1. ' ^' ^^^ '^''^^^ in
were such that hones^men Id h. "^^^'' ""P^^^^^ ^ *^««
hanged, or banished and hTd T '"'"^^ ^^^^ ^ei^g shot,
tain themselves, a^5%hoseth.tnnVr^*'"*i^"^^°^ ^^^^ain!
therefore," a. he conlVed ,om^^^^^^ "^^,
Jeanie and Butler, who S fl^, 1 7? .^^^Ptlj, addressing
had been listening to Vl^Jt^^T l"gh-coloured as crimson;
^- 1 -- - -ii^^-r^^Ce^r^^^^^
«elvt,!^St^^tbr^^^^^^^ to them-
respected their present feeZs 1. ^^ *^" '^^«^' so far as it
pass it over, and only meS S« f^P ^■'''^''^' ^^ «^^
received from Butler ^concern W w Ir^^^^^^ ""^^^ ^^^
contained many particul^ JS^„u 'u ?*f ' elopement, which
from h.r father. ^''''^ *^* «he had been unable to extract
St I^nard's-thXtS4' ^^^^^ Jf^ *^«-'« ^"^se aJ
child, which had taken pCw^i^^^^d and his ening
P^ before she was liberated &oa
■^mmmk,
rHE HEAJRT OF MIB-LOTHIAIT.
447
prison, had been toucliing in the extreme; but Butler could not
jappre«s hia opinion, that, when he waa freed from the appre^
henBion of losmg her in a manner so horrible, her father had
faghtened the bands of discipline, so a^, in some degree, to gaU
the feehngs, and aggravate the irritability of a spirit naiurally
impatient and petulant, and now doubly so from the sense of
merited disgrace.
On the third night, Effie disappeared from St. Leonard's
leaving no intimation whatever of the route she had taken'
Butler, however, set out in pursuit of her, and with much
trouble traced her towards a little landing-place, formed by a
small brook which enters the sea betwixt Musselburgh and
Edinburgh. This place, which has been since made into a small
hai-bour surrounded by many villa.s and lodging-houses, is now
tenned Portobello. At this time it was surrounded by a waste
common, covered with furze, and unfrequented, save by fishing-
boats, and now and then a smuggling lugger. A vessel of this
descnption had been hovering in the firth at the time of Effie's
elopement, and, as Butler ascertained, a boat had come ashore
m the evenmg on which the fugitive had disappeared, and had
carried on board a female. As the vessel made sail immediatelv
ana landed no part; of their caxgo, there seemed little doubt that
they were accomplices of the notorious Robertson, and that
the vessel had only come into the firt;h to cany off his paramow
Ihis was made clear by a letter which Butler himself soon
afterwards received by post, signed E. D., but without bearmg
any date of place or time. It was miserably ill written and
spelt ; sea-sickness having apparently aided the derangement of
me s veiy irregular orthography and mode of expression. In
this epistle, however, as in aU that unfortmiate giri said or did
there was something to praise as weU as to blame. She said in
her letter, " That she could not endure that her father and her
sister should go into banishment, or be partakers of her shame
—that tf her burden was a heavy one, it was of her own bind-
mg, and she had the more right to bear it alone,— that m
fiiture they could not be a comfort to her, or she to them, since
every look and word of her father put her in mind of her trans-
gression, and was like to drive her mad,- -that she had neariy
lost her judgment during the three days she was at St. Leonard's
—her father meant weel by her, and aU men, but he did not
Rnow the dreadful pain he gave her in citing up her sins. If
Jeaiue had been at hame, it might hae dune better— Jeanie was
tH
■n
ri'
f . !
448
>> hi
^1 ■
WAVERI^Y NOm.8.
r««kon their tZlZsS^'n'^ ?''''' '^^^P^orsuu.ers tb.
heart of a' ff„.f V ^ ^ *ne thoiiffht th«f rr„, l ^ Jeanie
satisfied with ^w ^'^t she desired J,L ^ -, ^ "^^^^^r
rilHi UEAIIT OF MID-LOmiAM. 449
hop* for h...U^\iSXXo^Zl%l''"'fTl '™ •""'"
percoive ; but alio was not at 1 w^f . ■ "' '"^ '"'™ "l*'" '»
of poverty, and in littlfl rislr «f i. • 8«^"ro 'rom the pressure
guilt. She com not ^LJ'7^ ""fT^ "''-^ *''« I'^^'hs of
public what it was clftS/net":' t EtH '"\ "^'^'"^
couif(jrt to conceal tlm .M,.,.nf^ "tccssary lor Ethe's chance of
and George Koberl^on Af Tl' T'^^\ '^ ^'''^e Staunton
liable to trial for Ler wiL condemned for felony, and
and the de^ee of lis m.onH ' 'S'^ ^f ^' ^'« ^^"^ in life,
t« reflect, tlmt she e S ' ' "'' '* ^*'^" melanchoi;
dreadfid ecret i wa mo t tr7/,° F'"''''^*°" •^" *^'« ^^^'^^'^
to his own fee ngs and f^r S h! ^'/""^^' «"' «^ ^^^^^'l
her to see poor Effie Afte™,'- '''?^' °'^'' ^^'^»» P«™it
valedictory'letter he ^av 'else to' her ?T'''''-' '''' «'^^«^'«
tears, which Bu ler in vain tm.lnl f f "^'^ "' ^ ""^'^^ ^^
soothing attentionTuhsnoL T" r'^''^ ^'^ ^"^^
length to look vp and w ne iT^* ? T '^'*'"^"*'' ^'"^'^^er, at
had allowed tl^ lover! LrenSh? ''' 't''' "^"^^ ^^
advancing towards them frnmr^? ?' conference, was now
Captain of KSduZ T *^\^"^f' accompanied by the
Ploits had rendered pTcutTy'^X^^^^^^^^^ """ ^"'"'^^'^^ ^^■
This Duncan of Kuockdunder wa^ a person of fir«t mf •
por ance in the island of Roseneath * u,d ?f ?^ ™:
parishes of Knocktarlitie, Kilmr Lul «n f .1 ^"*'"«"^al
influence extended as far a7 S^.l w^ .°'^^ ' '^^y' '^^^
obscured by that of another fao7of' '!n\' V^'^'^' ^*^ ^^«
im-oucfon under them, of Uttle e.teTiui';fut*'S'a
* [Tim i., ,„o„ „„„„i,, ,,,e^i . ,,.ui^,„^j
vol. ni. '
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i t
:5j!l
160
WAVERLEV NOVELS.
, I L «
own persou the dress nVTi^fu-^iT^® ^* ^^«^ *« ^ite m his
on hi^ head a blaTtie *?/ Highlands and Lowlands, wmin^
deeply guarded S tufaT^Ttt ^' ' '"^« ^^^^^^^M
«^tod of the plaid ind pSa£ S.V*^ ^^ ^^« ^««« con-'
diBtnct which was partly HiST m^^r f^Pf^^tended a
fore might be supposed to tS' ^^^^ ^"^^'^'^' ^d ther^
order to show his mpartialLTTr • ^^'^^.f^^ional habits, in
gniity, hoM^ever, had a Slvn "^''^ T f^^*^" ^he in. on-
made his head and bodytr^'^bl"'- "^^ '^'''' «- '*
dmduals; or, a^ some one said who ho", ^"^.*' ^^^^^^ i^-
the insurgent prisoners i^ mll?'^^ T^ !^« executions of
enchanter, having recaU^d the «. ff ! ^. ^ '°^« "^^^^bite
his haste, an Endishn.n,l J 5 ^^'' *° ^^«' ^'^d clapped in
finish the porS, t beaSoTrh'''^'^"^'^^'^ ^<^S^^^ ^
brief, bluff, and coiequentiaT ^d L ^''?'^ ^^«^ ^'^
copper-coloured nose TSed Thl/ h "^''"''^ *^° ^^^^^ «h«rt
to wrath and usqueba^h ^' "^^ somewhat addicted
" I tak:^h:^rXlr t ^^^^^^^^^ V'. ^"«er and to Jeanie,
Planner, « to salute you; dS^ l!?,1 ^ ^ ^^^ consequential
Ja^s to be-I kiss e/e^preTtv S th f ^ ^'^^^ ^^^ ^^^^g
virtue of my office." Ha^SdJ ?• * 'T^ ^'^ Koseneath, iS
out his qtud, saluted J^^tiTh 1 h-^^ V^'''^' ^^ *^°^
welcome to Argj^le's count^ Then S ^ ''^''\ ^^ ^^^« ^^^
Ye maun gang ower mid meet thlpl^''''"^ ^"^^''' ^« ^^^d,
mom for they will waiit to do your lb T^^^f ^""^^^ ^^^
usquebaugh doubtless -thevseZn' f'^ T"^ '^ ^^^^ ^'^th
kintra." ^^^^ ««^dom make diy wark in this
farther expt^a^tSll'"''^ ^""^^ ^^«' ^ddiessing Butler in
-h': ?; ^n^ci^rz^^ ^-- ^ : ^^^ ^a ken
proper title." ^ '^°''*' "^^ ye gie shentlemens their
. "^^® Captain, then," said David "„
>B unanimous on the pi-t^thfmA- ^""^ ""« *^a* the call
caJl, Reuben." ^ *"* *^^ Panshioners-a real hannomou«
"I pelieve," said Dundftn «u
I>« exp*ct^. ^i,^ ^^^ J^ halj JT>,''k^?™"^^"« «^ could
- n«'^ the bodies were claveriu^
usually adminiatered
TH£ HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 45J
tongues to ken mc^X\^V:^ ^f T^^ t^« giit of
beat end of it was «Tm„7i- ^^.^^ «aid— but I pelieve the
dunderi'-AndaTt'it^? • ^''' ^^^Oallunuuoro aiid Knock
to ken fat ittZ thf c^KewT" * ^ ^^ ^^^^
but what the Duke and^'eU n^^j^,f^ '"^ '^ ^ -^ l>ocly
bave'X^lt^S; th'icf sott^:^r^ ^^-^^^ ^^^--
sincere professors, shodd beTa 2 nf "^^''^ "' *^« ^^^ ^^
to remove " ^ ^"^^^^ ^^ ^n opportunity of tiying
Knlk'^SeTaCLf I^J' «-/' i^tern^pted Duncan
been bred up to LmX m,t v "i^" ' ^"^^ ^« «' ^^^em bas
And if Bio a^thSg sdf hS^«f '^'' 'y^' ^i^den to dt
sincere professor, L ye ca' h 1? ^ ^1 '^'^ ' ^' '^ ^^« "^«
'or a few furlongk H Z ^^.Tf 1 .*^ '*'"^ «^ ^^^ ^^'^t
-tors:ta^,Tcrhe\tri:r ^r -^ ^--1-. gurgimg
recusants with no ge^ irmeaiTs If ^'''' '"'^ ^^^'^ ^^^"^^^^
would certainly havf Sn^aS t 'T^'"'^''- I>avid Deans
Christian congfegatiL'to be 00^^^^^^^^^^^ '^ *he right of the
pastor, which, in his estiLnnn ^ *^^ ''^*'^'^« ^^ their own
inalienable of\he^ ^^^^^^^^^^ 7 f the choicest and most
conversation with Jean e ami w f h '*^ "°'^^ '"^^^^^ ^^ «i«««
u use to take in affa^rCiTl t T') "''''■^' '^^ ^« ^^
biB reUgious tenets wL inntXff • ^ ^."^ ^^^'^upatioii and to
J^ondon journey This 'L^'''"T ^^*° 'ho particulars of her
fomedfinds^p JtwLtTma'uftTp'".*^^^^ ''' '^' «-"
^> hich rested, in David's o Z ? ^""^^^"^ ^^ Knockdunder,
given of his ^kill k ia?u^rri' ?? ^^' P^^^^« '^^ ^^^d
special charge transnS^teS^n ' ^*' "^ '^^^^ "P"u the
agent, to behave^tT 1 u • •osf'^? ^'"^ *^^ ^^« ^^ ^^^
family. ^^'^ ^^^^'<^^t attention to Deans and his
And now eii-a " oiA ii
»ui to pray ye a" 5 co! . n "^T' "^ " ^^"^"landing tone, " I
Ai-chibald hif faa^sied and a r '"^^''' ^'' ^'^^^^^ ^ ^^•
her een were fieei^ out o' hi F T\?^''°' '^'"^ ^^^^ ^ if
siie had never seei^^'l shentWn^^ "^u-T ^'^ ^^"'i^'*' ^ ^^
" And Reuben Butler ''.^' r ""■ f'^'^''^'^" i"'^'^'^-'
^-anUy to .tire, that h^ ^ pi:^: I^ S^dt^^^^
! !: M'
M-
402
WAVEIILEY NOVELS.
"Hout tout, man, itVZt i ,^, T''''''^ ^eshytery." ^
rupted the Captain/ '' T dl a au o 't'. " '^'"' them/'Tntei.
of the hot venison pasty wh^^h I sn..ir'r """^ ^^« ^^' ^^^our
"P in the air) "a" the way fVae th. T ^^"■''";^ ^^ ^1"^^ nose
or you either, can say to%!em '' ^^ ^^'' ^'' ^ *^"* ^^^- ^^^^K
he;2Sa;^Sr tlii^il^y *^^^^ *« ^o .ith a Oanio, a.
Mowed the Captain to thl i "^*' ''' ^*^« ^^ttle. Thev
with great ceremony round\'S,r;\™^-d themselvS
only other circumstance of tl.t T, !^^''^'^ «"PPer-table. The
«, tlrnt Butler pronZ'ed tt b r"'' "'"''^-' '" ^ '''''^^^
found t too long, and David Detn?'"^^ *^"' Knockdunder
from which the charitable rirnr''"^'?^ '^ ^ '''' '^^H,
the proper length. ^"^ "^^^ '^^^'^'^'^ude it was exactly
lii' m m,
CHAPTER FOKTY-FOURTH
m Burns.
■IHK next was the imnortant .io„ i
and ritual of the Ssh KkCi'V'^'i''^^ '<> ^^e fonne
ordamed minister of Kno ktaxiS ^'t"\^'''^'' ^'^ ^ be
And 60 eager were tl.^^f f ' ^^ *^« Presbyteiy of
Dutton, the deSd CowSo?"^'^' '^^* ^' ^^-^4 Mr.'
early hour. ^''^'^P ^^ ^^^veraiy, M^ere stirring at Si
tern^et rCtXTfuUr-" ^r^ -^ ^- - his
breakfast, where there^^re at W^^'^'"^ '' ' «"bstantS^
rations of milk, plenty of coW \nZ ''\"^ ^^^«^«^^ P^epa-
fggs, a huge cag of butter 1, if VT^''' ^"^^^^ and roasted
broiled fresh ancl salt, and^'^^^^^^^^^^ !!«^'>- boiled ani
•t, which, as their laidJord assured tf' ^°'>^"^ *^^' ^^d
wink, pointing, at the same tinTe 'o 1 1 tt?' Ti'^ '^ "^^ ^^ «
dodging imder the lee of thelland nfj f"**? T^«^ «««"^«<i
fetohinc; ashore. ^""' ^'"^^ <^bem little beside the
\h i&i
THE HEART OP AnD-LOTHLVK.-
morals." ^ " ^^^ unfavourable to the people's
that he had said all' th:;^^^"^^ jl^? ^^ *« '^^
Butler was a man of Dnirlpn^!^^ "^ ^ ^^ ^'^"^'^ance.
«an only be obtained by rel"!^ ^7^« *^^* ^eal goo<l
-I^tuned, so for the ;=t^V:SL~rV:
as 5- '~dThe^t^r^^^^^ «rf ''!'. ^°"^' - «-
" Goodmorrowtoyou macW'« 1 ?^ ' '""^"^ ""'"^^ ^«'••
"I tru.t your early S.^tTnot^i^-^^y^^^^^^ ^^
Pleas'ed ttr^tSitS^t ,^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ ^'^ -
Bhe added, -J was like the m- i^'^' "^^ '"^ "" Cheshire,"
bed while his bre^hraro mSn/f ^1"°°!^' ''^^ ^'«« ^^
up the right bundle to mTrooL t.f^ 7 P^ ^^^^ "'' ^""^
others by mistake one Jter tSer wil ^'^"^'^^ "P ^ *^«
for church to-day, aa I miderst.n^'~~S^ ' ^ '"PP°'" ^« ^^ aU
to ask if it is the fashion fryouNo^^y "^V ^' ^^ ^^^^^ ^
go to church in your petticoats rInf°i'T*^ gentlemen to
" Captain of Wkdum Pr r:. f ^ "i- Knockunder ?"
under to no manTand in^^;^^^^^^^ ''^"''' '" ^ ^^^^
church as I am at vour «.r!? i ""^ ^^'^' ^ ^^^all go to
in bed like yot^'M^jo^ WhaX^ ^ ' --« ?« «e
mended, I might be'there aU m'/itfe reinfl"! ^T'^ ^''^
of them on my person but twice in mvTfP^ii^w ^^^ * ^^^
to remember, it peine' when thp n ?t ? ''\^?ich I am poimd
when her Gmce peh°o7ed to b« 1 ?^ * ^'' ^'''^''' ^«^«'
the minister's trews for thltw! ^'""T^j, '' ^ «'«" P^^^^^ed
«tay-but I wilT pu rnvse^ ^^' ^'"■^'''' ^^ P'^^d to
for no man on eart^ or Tman e^!/^^ confinement again
always excepted, aa In' duiy pound " ' ' ^"^^ ^"^^
«how, that tho ZZ, of7eZLT''^'^''^^ P^^^^ to
degree mjured her a^tite. ^ '^^"^° '^^"^« ^^^ ^^ ^o
When the meal waa finishwT fi,« r* x •
to take boat, in order that M,!.' t ^^P*"*'" P^^P^^d to them
of residence .nH h„ h. k^' '^.'-''"'« "^'Sht see her new nln,^
!i' ; -I
I >
404
WAVEHLKY NOVEJA
luroea aa it it had been an inland ake. Even Mm Dnft™,".
S Thit T "'""'^^'' ■""•• «■>« "^ been bforS' b^ tehi
»rior^d''^a::a,';b^e^e^„rd &:s^^^^^^^^^
tmmm
approach *tT?*^''lu'''^^"^^ ''''^^ ^' ^^ ^^'^ "Pon thek
a^escnption of a forgotten Scottish poet, which runs nearly
The water gently down a level slid,
With httle din, but conthy what it made v
On Uka side the trees grew thick and lang,
And m the wild binlfl' notes were a' in sang ;
On either side, a full bow-shot and mair. ^ "
«Je green was even, gowany, and fair :
With easy slope on every hand the braes
To the hills feet with scattered bushes raise ;
With goats and sheep aboon, and kye below,
The bonny banks all in a swarm did go *
«'or-'^ Knockdunder, a homage whVh he ZveS
peremptory m exactmg, and to see the new settleiB sIZ
of these were men after David Deans's own heart Pld^r^^l
• «««•■ F<yrt*^twU ShtpKtrdeu. Edit 1778. p. W,
THE HEAKT OP MID-LOTHlAN. 455
nrcuruatancef he '^ Teen h" m' to sV^ thatl ''^° 'r. ">^
Knockdunder would have swore him^iut ofM« ^"^'f^ ?'
his hmnoiTr " ' ^ ^ "^^^ '^^^'^*''* temptation that crossed
Besides these, there were a wilder spf nP r,a..,- u-
taineers from the upper trlen nnfl ! r f "^S'^^e^s, moun-
Gaelic, went about Zed and wore th.T^i^"^]' ,^'^^ '^'^'
the strict commands of /ha nT\ , highland dress. But
order in this'ro'? ^L ttitS ,1 Tctf 7\ ''''
hved upon the best possible tern^^f ';:Vne gSrh^^^^^^^^^
^^ZltV'^J^^'^^ - f parsoLge'Ltled in
mnl)osomed in a Trove ..f «v,. ^^ 'T''' ^"^ «*«o^l ^""ffly
in fronfc/boiSded'brthefmr^^^^^^^^ ^''^'^'
from th; >^ndot,TaX c^n^^^^^^^^^ ^^^'^^^
bounding hedce Within Th«S, ^1 ^^^ i^V«hes, trees, and
than it might have blen To'r ff h«ST ^'"^'1 ^''' comfortable
incumbent" but woSn W Wn I'T "^'^^'''^ ^^ *^« ^'^
tions of the CaptaTof Knockd^der .n7?f^ ""^"^ ^^' ^''''■
Duk. of Argyle to put iUnfn ^ ' 5^ ^* S' ^^P^^«« «f the
,•„ » u J r^ O'^^®' "* Put^ It into some order. The old «' ninr,;.,!,
ing" had been removed, a-'i neat but nl«,-n 1,0, ^7. ^P^.
had been sent down b^ the Duke in a W of v°^'^^"™^^"''"
the Caroline, and wa« now ready to be pk'ced t'T '"V
apartments. ^ ^ *°^^ ^^ ^^^^^ in the
The gracious Duncan, finding matters were af a «fo.,^
the workmen, summoned' before him fh.f ?• ^'^ ''^^^^
pressed aU who heard h im w h L "en'e of h^^^'"/^' '"^ ^
the penalties witf. which heXeatened thi f *"f>''"^y', l>y
tK^^oJ'r Sr'f .^^^ «>^arhTist?d S::z^?^
either, 'and they m g sTlaw for it^w^ '^Tu '^' ''''^'' ^^'
The work-peopfe humbled the^set^lS th^^^^^^^^
taiy, and spake him soft and fa^ Tnd !f r .^""^"^ ^^^^-
Butlor recalling to his mind hnf^' 1 * ^^''^*^' "P^^ ^r.
that the workmen w^re probabl v Zt' '^' J^^'f^^^^^'day, and
Knockdunder agreed to f^rdve'them n,^^ "^ ^'^"^ '" *^^"^^'
aew minister. ^ ^^™' °" ' ^^ ^^Pect to theii
" Rut an I catch them nedeckinir
I' I n:
1:1 : ■ I
mm
jam, aii
utiei,
m
I 'II
WAVEKLEY NOVTXS.
4in^f S7i£^- ^Z^^f- -*^^-- -d
ft'ui iiseful aa I,o trusted To be tZ^^ ^"« '''^^^^ honoured
how often an intelligent glance ^ Ix^h ^''^^T*^'-^'^ ^'^^^^7, and
Joan,e whose good-1.umou.TC loofr'^^-^^'r* ^''™ "'^d
from tbe expression of modesty ^nd^t 7 ^'"''''^'^ ^'^'^'^^^'''e,
faction, which she wore whcTvisitii f\ ''' ""'"« ^"»«' «^«^ti8-'
Bhe was soon to call herself nitr^^ S . ''^^'\f^^ <>f which
fenve n,ore open indulgence to erldinf %Tr^f "^ ^^^^^^^^ to
tion, when, leaving the Manse tlo^' ^f delight and admira-
anune the clestined Imbitat i^of S vwT"^ ^''''^''^'^ '" «^-
•feuiiie f .und with ,.i.n ., J-^avul Deans.
B'.ot from the iir, t^t";7 '^i' '' ''"'' ""^^ above a musket-
tlnnk she ^uight 'b^olX ^^^^^ ^ \t" ^Vf ^^^^P'"- ^^
father, :,, ■ ,he was aware that th.r! ^^»«t^ec from her
his act:. ; ;. Vivinjr i,, +7 "^^ , ® ^^^^ ctrong obiection« +«
brief u....;;;X^^;-^^^se with Bu&.^l7^
Tbc i.r,H-house was o?theln of n •' '"'^^ ''^"^^ ^^'«^«d.
contrived uith great regard f J ^" "nproved cottage and
garden, an ordwd andT L tofT"^'"'' ^ "^ oxcellenVliUle
J.e best idea, of the time, eom^^^^^^^^^ ^n^plete, according ^
Labjtation for the practic^lTrmrVnyf ^ '' ' "'^^^ ^««-^We
a Woodend, and the small Eo a S^iTr' *" *^« ^ovel
Tlie situation was considerablv m!i ^* ^''"^^ Leonard's Crags
and fronted to the wes S^S^^^^^^ that of the Mant,'
"^g view of the little vale over wS T'''^''^?'^ ^ ^^^^ant-
preside, the wincUngs of tirstrT.^ . ??^'^"" «««^ed to
associated lakes and'^omanti^^isST' tI ,* n ^'''^' ^^th its
«hu-e, once possessed by the fierc^ ekn ^,^'J^'"r^^""^'^^«D-
a crescent behind the valley and far t. ?f ^^?f ^^^anes, formed
dusky and more gigant c monnf?^ ?' "^^^* ^^^^ «een the
«eaward view of tK ^tteTd *Ttl'^ /rgyleshire, with a
Arrnn. "^^'^^^d and thunder-splitten peaks of
^y^^^^fZ'l^^^^^^^^^ Picturesque, if .he had any
the faithful old May IMv a?'?' ""' ^H^tivated, the sight of
them in her clean toy, Sdrv's t'^f'^ '^' '^''^ to rfcei^e
-smoothed ^^^Z:T:S^^2L^
"^^^^^ms^
^u/M); for what IiaA
[^ony day put s,m-
he necessitous uae«
let satisfaction and
lis (hiys, honoured
^stored valley, and
t betwixt liini and
""tively iiaiiflsoine,
twe time, ol'eatis-
rtuients of which
> left at liberty to
liglit and admira-
profioeded i- ex-
above a niiisket-
ber happiness to
stance from her
«g objections to
»tler. But this
' she had any
tbe eiglit of
or to receive
blue apron,
t^hole varied
THK nKAKT OP MlD-LOTHIAN. 457
''thatbaithtJ^.gi,demana^?l,^.^'r^f^^^^^^^ t« a««,u-e he'
after as she I)osHSyrdd^ontrt ''^^^ ^««1 «««»
rest of the clpany, May the^Wied TT "^ ^''' -^''"^ '^'
the office., that^l.e^ni,ht recl'rlti^^ ' ,7*^-,^
lor her care of tiift pmva t • ''"\\"'"Pi"" no exi -^cted
her heart, to «V tel^^ge oZZoT':^; 1!"^ ""^"'"^ "'
of our heroine, OowausT.l tl,„ „,r ' "'« mule favouiit™
««nce l,y lowing tZilr ,,,»*■: "'*»''''''«iS«<l her j.ro-
" hut' » 7o r Jet* 7/^ '" - ye 5u %;i, May ;
hao heeu up tVrr„'ra„d ::/rr;"S't"'^™'"^^'t
a' the braw folk l\ut xvh^ i, » , ; , ' ^^^^ ^"^ King, au(
"what I'll haeto ^fyett^^^^^^ "^'^ .^-T «'"y>
wuuua lang be Deans " 'distress, for I am thinking it
^I^CV me your ain Jeanie, May, and then ye can never gang
vvhivireirk^^tf tin ^ ''r ^- -« ---'
May, who had watchec h wL Tsv^n jf ' '"" '" ^^«^-
immediately observed, in an Tder tone ^1^;'^^ f'^'^'''^'^"'
Borts that beast himsdl and is kinder t^ ,> . ^"'^"I!^" '^^^
the byre; and I iced L wJ^,w -''^° ^^ '^'^^^^ ^
-griest, iid had mai^t cause o be anlr^t^^ -^^'^ ^« ^'««
heart's a qu. or thm? t~l\W « ^'^gry—Eh, sirs ! a parent's
las8ie~I am thScl! Z-H """^'^^ '^« ^^^ ^^'^^ for that puir
w 1 J . i-ome ower and ower acain wi' < Trffi-J
blinded misguided thing 1' it was a^ ' Fffi^i Fm ,, VP""
l«u a chaHf'pra:;^ ''nT u"c„ wonder for I wot she bl
sae Hithely aa thl^oodmau vJad Ml E'f T'Mf"' ™'>™'
Brooii„.„ ealf will L Cm^tm, t^t- -'^'-*°>«''
- - 1-11, Kig tni3 ruiCo weeks y«?t.
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^AVERLEY NOVELS.
-Id expressed her saStionZ^ .^''"^^-^ ?°^ *l^« ^-^.
ers had been managed in ber absence 7^°°'' -^ ""^''^ "^«^
of the party, who were eurveWnTthe If "'' T'""'^ *b« ^««t
excepting David Deans and ffier wi. f? °^ *^« ^""^^^ ^U
churcli to meet the kirk-session and Th. \"^ ^'"' ^'''^ *« ^^e
byteiy and arrange matters for the dutv ITT "^ *^« ^''^■
In the mterior of the onnlZ n ^ ''^ *^e day.
Jo the exterior. It' ZTZrtXT^l -/-^ suitable
the Duke, as a retreat for a faS^^i^"'^* ^°^ ^"'^^hed by
class who did not long enfov h TZu ^T^'^'" "^ the higher
"months, so that every thS wo • ^"'^ '^'^^ ^^^'^ only a few
°^der. But in JeaSs Slom '" '''^"'°* ^'-^^^^ and good
^eatly excited Mrs. Dutt^n wl^tv' T ^''' ^^'^^ "^al
the direction, " For Mrq Tnn ''^'^y, for she was siu-e thaf
own woman. May Hettly produred f i i °?^'^'' ^^^ Duchess's
v^^hIch bore the same adta inj .f '\ J '° ' '^^"^^^ P'-^^^^l
label, mtimating that the tn mk "nd^t^ '? *' "^^ ^^^^ '^'^ a
of remembrance to Jcanie Cns rmlV'"*^*' ^«^« " « token
of Axgyle and the yomig laS" ?b^^ ^T^^ "^« ^^"^hess
as the reader will not doubt S« r . *"'"''' ^^^l^ opened
apparel of the best qnalty suited tiT'' '', ^' ^"" oh^g
sacques, kissing-strinrrs and .n ; S "''''^ *'™« of manteaus
information evei to th^ miUin's^tir^' ^^"^^^ ^"* ^S
■""^ with my kind friend M^l K5 ?® ^^^^tents of the
promised, should the pubg cZ^lf^' ^^^^^^^^^^^ who has
subject, to supply me with a ml ^-''T '^*«^««t«d ^ the
^nentaiy. Suffice it to ^N^H "? ^'°^T ^^^ ^^-
the donors, and w.15 suited to l" sfrnar '' ?'^ ^ ^^^^e
«.at evciy thing w.^ handsome .ndn^ '^ "'^ ''^ceiver-
^^otten Which belonged to ^^rZ7T^:^^
persons of hor d©
Jcount of domastio
^es and the dairy
ler in which mat
e rejoined the rest
' of the house, aU
gone down to the
YToxen of the Pres-
e day.
neat, and suitable
and fiirnished by
tic of the higher
' dead only a few
i taste and good
runk, which had
le was sure that
hmgower, parish
'e, .he Duchess's
a. sealed parcel,
the key was a
J were "a token
'dsthe Duchess
hastily opened,
full of wearing
ikin life; and
ar donors were
of the general,
.in the noble
jr appropriate
I yet in prose
of manteaug,
vey but little
day. I shall
ntents of the
ody, who has
■ested in the
T and com-
h aa became
the receiver;
and nothing
B/? person in
THE IIEABT OF MID-LOTHUN. 459
ct^;f "'" '"^ ^^«' *^« '^-^^ bride of a ..pectable
ad^,>;tto^th^^ltr"r/^^^^^^^^^^ "Pon, and
think the queen had mL nr w ''^° . '^^f,'^^^, "she didna
the envy o'f t^e northr Cw' ^ Th^unf ' Tt"'' *°
very unnatural iisnositinn n7 ^' i ^J^ "^amiable, but not
unfounded criti'cisTto Z 1 ^''^' ^''^' ^"^^ '"^ ^""diy
they were sev a l7exh;b t^ '' '^' ^^i«J««. ^
character, when at th« Wf ^"^ 'f/'^^"'"^^ a more direct
white silk, veil' latlvLt^^^^^ 1■u^ T ^"""^^ « ^^' of
silk to bo^t, Xap'Jer Sin,o^^^^^^^ it' t''' ^"''/"'^ ^^^^^^
present from the Duker/^lTe to h^' tr^r '' ^"^ '
''i'JT^T ''' ^ ^'^- «^e should ^^^^^^^^^
Ar«s":° £'/"'"" r '"°^^^' ^"* whisp rTinio Mr
^heXo e ^t^^^^^^ *.° be a/scotchwon^L:
have been hanged w thout It If Y ^^^-^-<^^'^^, might
pocket handkerfhief » ^ ""' ''"^"^^ her a present of a
"" 'Ctl'd^ r^rv '''' ^^' W^' MsTtr "^' "^ '°
dund!^*"^ji:;VJ^h.^^^^^^^ the Captain of Knock-
be tm he came "* ' ^''^ *^^ ^ny sport wad
xvote r. Tolling to gemce in ScoUand,
lf(
r^
1/ *
■I
4G0
^AVERLEY NOVELS.
the occasion h,A the Jfortil ! "'?""' P^-o-Sced S
So soon flu f>i«
rurninaging the leathern Zrsel^t f"^'^ ^^L'^^
petticoat, produced a short tnW '^ ^'^^ ^ ^ont of hi
vviui mhiiite composure dnHnrr fi. ,,P^*'^''"""i<'» and smoker]
0Mmm
'^' «•" If he were in a change-house - ^^ P"®^^ *'>bacoa.
THE HEART OF MlD-LOTHlAN. 4^1
beTeS'^?'^; f -^f^' ^"^ ^«-^ it wa« ''far fra.
rest of f),» wZ-u ' , -'' S'™ »f Knocktarlitie, like the
»Siae4 Z^t lanf S rLZ D,Ctf T ^f, '^
n Mi;
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m
. M'
OHAPTEK FOKTY-FHTH.
" ''^e to bree,i a rupture,
0' wrath that day.
^J^ubeii Butler, ai.d a]n,o!t^j S ^'''*'^ *»* ^^^ ordiiiatSn S
Ue fea^t wa., mdSZ\fi^^; Respectable part of thopmiBh
always at Duncan of Kuodcl ' . "^^^ ^"^ '"'^""^ dinner " We
-uttou ou the braes, trfiXuTri; ^'"^^ ""'^ *^^« ^<^' a-d
the brooks, and firth ■ ^ai, « .f «"Jt-water fish in the lochs
leveret, were to be halT the'S.'"'' 'T '''' <^«- oti
-ioors Jieatlis, and mossed ami r T "" *^" ^"^«'« Crests
[lowed aa freejya.. water ]>. ^^^^^^uor, home-brewed ide
had in those 4pyT£v o rdl'^^'^f ^^^"--
c/aret were got for notJiinir Bh Zi^ ^^,' f^^"" ^''"^e wine and
'; w "L^^'^sst tri/'T '-X^c
I?
'H.
»•
Dale's cost, regaJed
tho ordination oi
'i^ of the paiish.
If fuiniflhed ; for
md dinner" were
^as tlie Leef and
'sh in the lochs,
^ tJie deer to the
"Duke's forests,
omfr brewed ale'
"gh both were
wliite wine and
3nsive rights of
^cask which is
Scotland, when
3rt, as Duncan
»more a plaok
ly liberal, but
M« bumper,
'UJsza that his
2h the pledge
pon this me-
iulgent, that
ipeia struci
the reverend
M" honours •
rethren slily
THE IIEAUT OF MID-LOTJIUN. 46I
aubjomed the a<lditioii of « a «. i •/.
the Manse in order '' On tj ""^^ *" °"'" ^^"^^^r. ^o keep
liverod of his fi^lbo.n L"^anr'"" ^'1^ ^^^"« <^'
wa. accompanied y^h mmv' Zl ^^I'^'^^^y "^« Parturition
about his physiognlv a^d L ) , .' /"' '"'^^^^ "^'^ '^« twist
before /- Juld'^e^^X c^L '^tf T'^? ? 1^ "^^^''
»vedded to his spiritual h..^ ,•* ' i ,' ^^'*^ ^^^ ^eijig now
lioarao aud brief kurii «n,l T, ,T , ^'" "'"" I»UKli«i a
if abashed at his ^^^^'^^^ ^-ve and sH^cnt, as
the flXnaU^iT iLT' '"'T'''''- ^^"^' -^ -ch of
eence, retired to DavTd'neJTwT^ ''W'^l' ^'^^ ^^^^^ I--
the gentlemen to their potitll!^^ "' Auchmgower, and left
whIr';i^rnTdtu:!ltr,>'^r- ''^^« ----^-^
always strictly canonical but nt .r?'''""' ^^ "^' i"J««<l
being Bcandal^ed Tenil .^r K ^^"'t ««*^P«J ^"y risk of
recap.tulation of 'the suEl o a""" f ^'' ""'''^^'^'^'^ i" ^
during what was cal Jl th« ^ ^^'■'^"'■' """"^ Lanarkshire
the p^dent mT Meiklot.«« )•""'"" '^ ^^« ^1^^^^^'^"^ Host
tobwer theifvoice^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^,^" time to time'
at that onslaught, Ld broth tl^T" ^''^f' ^'^^^^^ ''^'^ l>««'^
and that Dunin i^no 2ke l ^1 "^T " f ^' P^'"^'""«'
what he kend " ^ ^ ^''^ ^^^ tbere himself, for
David Deans acc'om^ishlThi^re!;: ZTb ^ *'^^^^^-
watched an ODDortunifv to f- n *^Tr' ^d Butler anxiously
ever,desh-ous,Te sir of known'' ^^ ^'^^^kdunder, how^
minister, had no intention to n^^lS't-''"^ ^^ ^ *^^« ^«^
him pinned to his sidewlf^r 1^ ^"" '° '"-'^y* ^ut kept
obligbg violence miSte^^^^^^ -i'h
pould seke an opportuJty of Sg t AtZut ''1^ ^ ^^
mg was wearing late a venenh « iTVu [ ^^' ^ *^® ^^^n-
Archibald when thev m,I??l ^'''^®' ^^^'^^ed to ask Mr.
caput, as he woui?lTufe to t-^ *^^"^'' "*" ''^
neath. Duncan of w wlT ?"' "' *^' ^^^« «^ K°«^
glomerated, and who k ' ' thV^'^'T ""''' '°"^«^^* «>"■
catching up some i^j^fTcTsounf n7f.' ^"^ T ^^* ««^*^^^'
speaker was drawing a tar■!lh^^ ""' T^' ^"^^^^^ the
Donald Gonnt, of blit L^'^1. r'" '^' ^^« ^^ «"
oiuit, and bemg of opmiou that Bu<ih com-
If -
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!l f
STZZ. ^^^"^' ^"^^^^ *^-> -d prepared hi.«elf to be
«-u'^4^td'^ts^a;r* ii™ ^he captain
««^. D'ye think I do noTw G^LT'V^^ "^*^ ^^
Apparently not, sir • "--anh^ i '"""^ ^^*^ *"
j™. and ^^, „'p-, 7j^_ i:rer;t'tlroo^r
betwixt the offended part esan Jt^! l' .f'^^'bald mediated
was engaged by their dSteBut^!;^^^^^^^^
effect hia retreat. ^ ' -^"*'^' *ook an opportunity to
breakin^ut ^'t^'^^/^r T^^y anxio. for the
arrangement, that althou^ iCi/'n^ '^ ^«^ « Part of the
Auchmgower, and Butler was W nft?! '"^"^ ^'^ ^^^^^in at
the Manse, yet Jeanie, 1^^ ? *,*' ^^^o possession o
jere not yet provided in her fX^s }T^^'^' --accommodations
day or two to the Lodge at Rospn '.\ "'?' ^^ *« ^etnrn for a
KnLT r^^«^ --orl^^r^^^^^^ been
Knockdunder's return, but twil o-u ^ ^^'^^'^' therefore, for
"vam At length Mr ArSSd S'' '"^ *^^^ ««" ^^ited
had taken care not to eCed t L ""- "" """^ of decorum
Pearance, and advised the fe^^^le s r^^^'*^' "^^^« ^^ «^'
^land under his escort; obS„' f.Ti^ *« ^^tiuTi to the
which he had left the CaZ^fJ^'^' ^^°^ ^^^e humour in
he budged out of the vSXLTih T^'''^'''' ^^^^her
laa es The gig was at thoir disoosol L ^, company for
«tiU pleasant twilight for a partyTS Z'"""^' ^^ *^«^« waa
Jeanie, who h-iW /.««„•• 7 , y "'^ water.
dence, wSLtely a:;" tft T''^"" ^ ^«ald's ,ra-
gotten, she agreed to set out othp^- u*^® ^'° ^^^^t could be
tfoor, rather than stir a sten pl^' '^' ^^^^ «^eep on the
the question, and IrchtSd ^^7?.^? ^ ^^"^ ^^ out of
pressing as to requireTnpulstn Ir *^^ '^« ^«"J<7 ^o
«smg the Captain Venr no Si T:, ^® observed, it was not
f/j; "but aT it wi:^mnt'^^t1^P^^^ ^im of his colfh ^d
he woiUd use so much freed^ hf T'^" ^® ^"^ntly said
I
wed himaelf to be
THE nRART OF MID-LOTHLLN. 495
r^^hejide; the large boat should, therefore, be at Mr«. Dolly',
BuSef Itlt sle^'infe"'befo^tf r^; ^^^^^^^ ^7
sembled, and ere they weTweU ''V^ ^'*?'° ^^^^ b« «^
the pale moon waa Jmloverthelm and r ^ -"^^ *^ ^^P^'^
reflection on the broad a^d duLin ' ^'"^"^ * trembling
pleasant waa the 2ht thaf p ^^ '^'*''''- ^»* «« ««« and
Jeanie,had - ';pTetUf J t^afet^^^^^^^ T^^" *'
Diore extraordinary Mtb Dnllvrfif , *^' *°^ ^^a* ^ yet
air was soft, andTarT^VfAt ^^Hn?^"™ ^'^^ ij^'' °^- T'.e
summer fragrance Thr hp«nfT ^ ^^""^ ""'^^ something of
car.ea, and b^ aroJnd them w^h'?." \°' ,^^^^"^"'^' ^^
mountains, were dimirvisibrin a ^' ^^?^,^ ^^"« '^^^^ of
rfa^h of the oara maI^^e wat«- ^' ^^^^j'S'^*; whUe every
brilliant phenomenon Lied Th?sLte°^^"' 'P"''' "^'^ ^^^
to --tetXX"rn\1^^ and served
'ittle bay, which seem^to retnr/. ^"^ i*^'^ approached the
mto the sea aa if to welcome them ' '"^ '^^ ™^«^ ^
from\VrLtg"t&^^^ U: rr?-f « mUe'a distance
large boat com% quite cCf to ^fe fl'^r T '^* ^' ''''
served aa a pier, Jeanie, who waa Lib Lu f '^^^^ ^^'''^
sprung aahore : but m/s 1)011?^ •.• Y"^^ T^ *'*^^«' ^aaUy
herself to the skme risk ihfcoLr?t''^'^^« *° «o«^mit
the boat round to a mo7e retZ?^r* ^'' ^'^^"^^ ^'^'^^'^
distance along the shore ''^^^..^^^^-P'^ce, at a considerable
that he might, b the me^whn? ^""^""'^ *° ^^^ ^^^^^
Lcxlge. But ai there wT^o^f'/r^^P?!^^ -^^^^^ to the
which led from thence to th« ?^^^ }^^ ""'"^^^^ l^^e,
showed her one of h wWte chit'''' ^^ "^ '^' "^''"^^^^^^
which embosomed the buUdint r'-'T^,.°"* °^ *^« ^^o^
with thanks, and riuested h?^' f"^^ ^'f^^ tbis favou,
who, being "'iB a XT^l^ t ZZ''^ ^^^ ^- ^^"7,
her had mair need of coStlrce " "^' ^"'^ ^ «*^^^« ^°
^li^d^^S^o^^ot'f;;^^^^^^^ -^ -i^^t even
used solemnly toaver that shp i: * ^^ *"'^' *« «^« herself
fear, if she had bLriefraiot TLTrt""''' '"^'^'^ '^^
landere in kUts. **'® ''^a* ^th six wild High-
The night was so eymiisifpiv hp--,„fifi,} ^1, * t -
voi^ vn. i -'•'^'7 tifttutifiii, that Jeauie, insteed
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WAVERLEY NOVELS.
an<l the jomun, or rnel S j^fco^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ *'" '^''''^-'
oil the eur with Hofteucl m,d «vZl ^ *i" "'^'*'''> «0"""«
Still Je^mie renmii o,I in thl ''"^ o»>«ervHtion.
the iK.i„t where ehj Btoo.l Id ahe t? ^^ f '•'^'•^•'' *^'''"' ^'^"^
%[f'"^^*%«Ii-dthei;Cl]th "er ""^^^ '^^^^« -
them. Yet Jhey Z^^Tt'.:':^^:'^^'' ''' '^^ ""«
A^ u,man haj,pi„e.ss is never nif^.t ,'''"' ^"'^^•^'- «'^"^-^«^
lumds are ueve; more se"^ I if .i ',-^"'' "^ ^vell-oonstructed
hey love, than when tSl^tit fa^:^? r^' '' '^''' ^•'•'^'»
them Jeauie's affectionate rcLts t- ' ^'^"' -^ '""*''''' '""'''
poor sister— the child of JZ. . ^'''^ *° *^« ^'^te of her
of so -a.y ye.vrs-nowL eviTC'r; ^-""^^ --^4
eut on the will of a man of wl'. ''^'^'M ^^''^^ ^vorse, depend!
to entertain the worsTo^ilrt d ^t!" ''' '^'' ^^'^^ ^~
paroxysms of ren.orse, hid arJiS in' '"? '"^ ^"^ «t^'^"ff««t
4\% °^''^^ I^«"'te"ce. ^^ *'° "'"^'^^ ^ stranger to the
reUl^",fe!;\:r^^^^^^^^^ f;^ these melancholy
copsewood on her rio-ht h-md T • ^^^"'^ '^''^^ fro'n the
of apparitions and ^mith ten hv"' r^^'^^' ""^ *^« «torie
«i uations, at snch time^ a'nfin J.w 7 *^'^^'*^"-« i" wild
full upon her iniagiiiatiiu tL «''' """ l'?^' «»d(leuly came
came betwixt her aSd the moon She "7' ^^"^'"^ °°' ^^'^ «« it
appearance of a woman. 7 sort le n '"^''^ "^^* ^^ ^^^ the
-Jeanie ."-Waa it indeed J^odd'Ttbltr ''^^'"*'^' ""^^-^"^^
-- Waa she still among the W ' \' fl^'' °^ ^^^ «>"«ter f
Its tenant ?-Ere she could ?e thp. ^' ^'"^ ^''^''^" "P
I tho Jxxige, Btoo<]
from tJje Bide, aud
of her companions
ed in tho dirttunce,
;lie rowers, coming
ri, until the boat
lervation.
looking out upon
iuio ere her com-
"ce by the more
feater than from
fiorry to have an
had wonglit in
nost de.sj)aii-, to
.'il>j)im'8s, passed
t the tears into
I another source,
well-constructed
'■ of those whom
a contrast with
the fate of her
'oudled nursling
woi-se, depend-
ad every reason
a his strongest
stranger to the
ae melancholy
tself from the
iid the stories
'oilers in wild
suddenly came
)n, and as it
>at it had the
!»ted, "Joanie
of her sister i
■ave given up
to her oAvn
in her aims,
lig her with
phaist, to see
rUK HEART OP MID-LOTHfAN. ^QJ
-';uU'::ir:%n^^^^^^^^^^ ^'-.^^t .. to
•peak to yoimd „™i,, jlu.il I, ^'^°"'' ™'™ J >"" to
Thcro xva, B0,„rthi,« ff Ul 'r " " ^ "^ """ """g sell )-
embraced, a„d laughed, „„d weptfyTma^ "'■""" "'"'»'<'^
jea„fc'.L"s;"/;:^ir:;° r,"- ^r'f .v'^"-.- -«
will make ye welcome f„J,;ijSr' ■"'" «"•'« "I' "-ero tl,at
e«caped *e gallow^ by your be^^ .C'r'n ™""»' »™™
sister that ever lived- ™"Lr^ *","'*'■■" "'"' ">e best
eveMf there wa, „™ da„"cf'.'or""'""° ° '■°'" «^"*' f™"-^
beanie ^,4"""..^^^^,™ rwlS/ V""^";-", ^
a»ce--wowillbo.a„l,„,„y'a..he!^therr "^ g."« for
.ow tht:7LXt'":,/,trErbr''!? 't ".^ *•' «-»■
were danger to mvsell ,,r „o ,? .T . uV "'' ^''''^'hor therj
with ".y?bea^the-S:;"'^;rS,f„°" """'■"'^ "" ' -■"»
grand friends " "'"™" ""J" '"^r among het
;.»ba,W lassie, diu4Te d,f; tdt™ ^1^?''"^-''
i:rtrns;!tr'ai:!rert7H:h""lr^^^^^
- ajM hedie tharn'^ra',[e:^l:^'d"w^-»>«="'^« ™*'
..dJJ^?;S''..[:!f'^'-^J-'-"lWortu^.e creature,
this n,ome„t a nSXiVo'^i:^. """ "^ "''"^ '^*
. k
468
WAVEBLKY NOVELS.
had the air of a pei.oa o7 m„k '"'^"""^'^ ^'•^'^'' ^"'l
your «i,ter will aflowti t"'J,,frbor7'''''L:T-'.'"P«
hack from him with a f«.1m„ «f • * , , . "*^ '^^"'s s^nn'k
of ill-will, at Iea«t you do I'S'u'p n it nndl tf V'' '"'l"«
your rpspect to mv secret vch2\^ '/ . ' ^^"""^ y^" ^oi-
I would have Token at 0^0^^^" T^'i ^^'''''^^ '" y*^"^ PJ'»''«
roople -y,yonaCMto;lrt,vt7:o "^ "^' '''«•
fecret that concerns your neck-mv w^ff /. "' ^""'^ *^«
know mine, and I shall notTeep a^Vk^ltst^^ff^ '"^''
m .i' r^hTanT alir'tr t7 f ^^^ ^'^^'"^^^^^^^ ^-'^
which he spoke seemed ot;ff?v ) ' ^''"^'^*^' '^«''^''«« *«»« *«
"I reallv Am !„ 11 *" J"?^^^' lier worst apprehensions
StanntoX mVrr^^^!^;"«™'' ^"'^ ^^ "^^ °- name,"rep,i«,
;; And your father-and your friends?"
selvefto Zt'tM d'oL'Td V""* t' ^'^^'^ '^^^■
Staunton. '' However it is L^nf .•"^^^' "°'^""«'" ''^Plied
dangerous connecTfon;' and 7 ^t'Tf '" 'f'' '' ^'''^ ^«
temper, to conceal my mZ-ai t.^^ ^"'"^' '"'"^ ^^ ^^eir
for some years. S^fh^ Z^wilt ^^ P''^'^^"*' '«^ «tey abroad
if ever yj„ hear 0? „s ^ ^T ""ul ?? ^ T « *'-«.
you must ho aware, to keen nn tL "^'^ > fJangerous,
would guess that the husbanVof ^'^/^"'T"^''"'' ' ^^^ *"
call m,.elf ^the slater "fPolo„f.^ ^^ *^«— ^at shall I
and maun reap the whirlwind '^ ' ^"^ ''^'^ *^« ^'"'^^
" Dinna think ill 0' him " soiM Pm . u ■ •
husband, and lead n^ Je^nip ? . '' ^'^"'^'"^ '^^^y ^om her
"dinna hink J^T 11 o' hi n^ ' '^ T ^""^ ""' "^ b«^n?--
a« I ^l^-ervelS t is d t^^^^^^^^ '" '"\'^-^nie-aa ^ule
Sae, after a', (linna grl forTZ >,^- "P ^^ ^*' ^^'^e^-
Tliy UEAJil OF MlD-LOTIILAJi.
m
-liue ye
wtel'"llS' '^"' ''' r,^'"*^'"''' *^^-^'^ l'^«^ to vex >•
wtei — tare — lure yo weel 1 '
Such wer6 the thoughts with which Jeauie eudeavoured t .
cousole her anxiety re«peotmg her 8i,ter'« fZre £1^ n
Fnr *^!?,f <^<^''^" also she escaped a scene of a difierent sort
.«dem owkg chiefly tu the drTklTs of toe Jir'.™
was no ultimate loss, excepting that of the Captain's lac^ hat
which greatly to the satisfaction of the HighE^ rJl of th«
dMnct. as well as to the improvement of Thf Sxffy If S
own personal appearance, he replaced by a smart Hi Jii«,^
bonnet next day. Many were the vehelnt ^Sts ^f't.
.'..wice which, on the succe.din, .aomm,, the gracbJs DunZ
i:
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470
WAVEilLEY NOVELS.
«ed the mischief trdot "Jr/^^' ^\«-d, a. he wa^
having Itirked about afJrth?, had LdT''' *^^' ^^°"^^^^^«
and every bag of tea thev nd on v,n ? T7 ^°P ^^ ^^^"dy,
coxswain had been on sho^ ZmZ^' "?^ ?« ^^^^^^tood the
ceming the time when his boat wS^f ^'''^''"^'' ^^^«« «>°-
and ,0 forth. "^^ ""^ ^^ '^^'^^ over, and to retm-n,
^-c7^'eI?'4e1ty^^te ^^^ «^^ ''-i<i D^^-n,'
and vagabonds to k ep th f ai^ !l *'j«,,^««"%ht rapscallion
to them I " P ^''"^ ^"^ "'d*^ of the road, and pe tamn'd
Eli'M
CHAPTER FOKTY- SIXTH
^ Shakespeare.
abnrti:dTSvl1\^^^^^^^^^^^ -% and comfort-
at Auchingower vvit IheffSer 2 ''^'^ "^ ^^^ ^'^'^^^
interval we request each reader t'^Sni^'"'''" ,'^*'^* ^^^^"^
sense of what is decent and ;rop^^^^^^^^^ ^« his own
due proclamation of bamis and n7nfi ^he occa.sion,-and after
wooing of this worthy pT;L end dtv^ ^^^ ^^^^
bands of matrimony: On tW« nl -^ ^"^ "^'°° "^ *he holy
witLtood the iniq'uitie? of pipTae'^^"^^^ «^^^^^^
dancmg, to the great wrath of S ^ . • ' ^""^ Promiscuous
who said, if he " had gulfed it w.. . ^t^'^"^ "^ Knockdmider,
'meeting, he wad ha. ST Lmllnt thf ' 'T.'^ ^"^^«^'
hae darkened their doors " ^ "^^ ^^^^^^ ^e wad
Dutl".pr\S:r^rn^'^^^^^^^^^ *^^ ^^-^^ ^^ ^^^e gra^ous
Dand called thertook^S *^^Vya»ou^ "picqueeri^s," as
and it was onirin tnst^^^^^^^^
Duke to his Lodge at Sneath fhZ^'''^'''^ ^^* ^^ ^^e
But upon that ocLion hrG^l't. *^^ T'" P"* ^ «*«P ^o.
to Mr. and M,^. Butler a^d s^ch f.' '"'^ ^'^'''^''' ^*^^^
ier, and such favour even to old David, that
c*_m',<i
THE HEART OP MID-LOTHIAJT. 47]
latTef "^ He'^in '^/* P""^?* '' '^^^"^e his coizrse toward, the
Kwmsm
tamnVl r^.lr ^ ^^® ^""'"^^ '^^«' ^n it werena for his
It he talked to Jeanie of what she did not understand nn.l
tunes did harangiie more scholarly and wisely than wi neceZt
breed^g depending on good sense an.l good humour wS
Sew^Hr^ her behaviour acceptable to aU wi h whom
«L"?:,tanrn r T"'^''-- ^^'^t-ith^tanding her striS
' " ^"^ ^^ '^""''''«^^« '^ff^"-^-^. «i^e always appeared the clean
! ■!:
) •'•i
■ ! 11
I m
p li
473
WAVEKLEY NOVELS
ii
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Knock, who swore^'Xrhe tt-^^^^^^^ ^''^'''' ^^ ^"'''^
«mce her house wa. aWs clet^\^^^^ *l,f ^"^ ^"«* ^elp hen
jweepiug it," Bhe modesl S?er" Zt 1^ T -T f ^^°^^
by timing ane's turns '' ' """"^^ "^'^'^^ ^e dune
to sniLffi;:Sdgra^^^ ^'^"^^ *-^ *^^^ -^
house wa. wash d at a' exce^^^^ ^1'' f''''' ^''^^ *^^«
ahins over the paa-C^t tTrk^S" " '^ '"^'"^^ '"
4'e^;rb:M^^^^ to speak much. It
and so graciously accented tl-,^,^ ' '^'^^^
Remembrances and ackt Id^ltfof'^^^^ ^'^^"« ^"""^^^•
to Mrs. Bickerton and Mrs nT f ^^""^ ?^^'°»^« "^^^^ sent
nuaintained from tiZ to tlfw th T> ^"^ T'^^^^' intercourse
benevolent persons *^'''^ *^^ respectable and
yeLl^zi2:zTzl: sien r ^b- ^^^^ -t- ^^ «-
Btout healthy babes of era^rf't f • ',*T? ^°^' ^"'^ ^ ^irl, aU
limbed. The bo^wL 2^^ n '"^ ' ^J^e-eyed, and strong,
nomenclature wS ^^ mu?b ,n^r^ f-^^ ^'"^^°' «" ^^^^^^ ^
of the Covenant annhrdrlhvr''''^!?T°^t^« '^^ ^ero
wa^ christened EuXink £Ii ^ ^'! ""^^^'^ « ^l^^^-'^^^ d««ire,
her father and husband who nt'' Tf'"? *" *^^ ^«^^ ^oth o
well, and were L mth ? Ib^^^^ ^'""f ^^^- ^""^^ ^oo
happiness, to withstlt J,'t 1\^ which" f'^ '/^ ''
eaijnestness, and a. a gratificatioTt' heSf But 2^' ""''^
feelmg, I know not of what kind +L !i^?, "* ^™ ^^^^^
guished by the name of Effie Kv .t S ''^"' "'^^^ ^^^t^^-
which in Scotland eQu«lW.r ^,*^' abbreviation of Femie,
Euphe^ia. ^^"^ commonly applied to peraons called
w J:, SderrhetSytr^^^^^ ^^tr ^^^^ t^-
the most uniform life two Si. ^"i.^?^^ ^^^ch disturb even
M:.. Butler's hTppbl "' '' fet thes^'j"^^^. ^^^"^^
former, - her life would have be^n but l^h '^' '^'? *^ ^" ^-
8he added, "she had ne^I nVt ''"**^^aPPy; and perhaps,'
mind her that to tra bette^T "'"^t ? ?^ ^^^^^ <«^
ThA «.*♦ ^ xt . ^tt^^ ^ ^^^ behind it "
THE HEART OF MID-LOTIIIAJI. 473
Mid their great love for her-notwithstanding, also, tiieir general
agreement in strictness, and even severity of PrSerT^
l^avid Deans, m our readers must be aware, was sufficiently
q>imonative and mtractable, and having prev'aUed on hS
become a member of a kirk-session under the EstabS
Church he felt doubly obliged to evince that, in so dok '^
had not compromised any whit of his former pofessions either
m practice or principle. Now Mr. Butler, doing all c;ed t ^
his father-in-law's motives, was frequently' of opinion tha U
T'J^i r '" ^^'' '"^'^'^ "^"^'^ ^'^'^y t« attract and unite
a 1 parties who were serious in religion. Moreover, be was no?
unwi T ? r° '",^ " '^^'^^"^■' *« ^« ^^^^'a^« dictated toTy hi
fit to If f''"''^"''''/"^^ " ^^^^^"^^' J^« Jid not think
it fit to seem for ever under the thumb of an elder of his own
kirk-seesion A proud but honest thought carried his oppol"
le T. ifl^Z ' ^>'^^ ^""''^''^ *^^" ^' ^'^^ otherwise We
gone. My brethren," he said, " will suppose I am flatterina
and concmating the old man for' the sake oThi: su^eS i?f
defer and give way to him on eveiy occasion ; and, besides
S tn\rV ""^t ^ ""'^^'^ ''"^ ''' ^^ conscientTotly
wftl- 1^^/otions. I cannot be persecuting old women for
T.} Vi ^'""'^"^Sont matter of scandal aSiong the yoimg
on^, which might othei-wise have remained concealed."
J^rom this difference of opinion it happened that, in many
cases of nicety, such as in owning certain defections, ^S^fSg
to tes ify agamst certam backslidmgs of the time, ii^ not alw^f
wh ch David called a loosening of the reins of discipline, and in
Mmg to demand c ear testimonies in other points of contr^
o7 LI R ^^-'^ '' T^ ^"^''^ '' leeward with the ch^gt
of times, Butler mcurred the censure of his father-in-law • 3
Bometmjes the disputes betwixt them became eager and aCt
Bpint, who endeavoured, by the alkaline smoothness of her owf
deposition, to neutralise the acidity of theological c^ntroverT
To the complamts of both she lent an unprejudiced and S'
Z.TCtC'X:'''' -^- ^ --than aitett
She reminded her father that Pvfcler had not '«!$;«. -^^-,-«>.-
of the auld and wra^tiing timea, ^vh.n folkwere gifto.P)^' alw
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specialty, Air. John Scnm^eour miuistpr nf t/;.,„v. "* "'^ "
Uvtaga beloyed child aickto d4th of the rLes'tT'A
u^,W liil ? ^^ * . * *'''* P''®"^"^ saints might pu' sundry
wise Lke twa cows nving at the same hayband." ^ ^
10 this David used to reply with a sio-V. <' ai. w xi.
kenn'at little o't; but that »i joh^ 'gj^^^j/S U °''
judicatures, ciWl or ecclesiastical " ' "^^""^ *^"*' "^ *
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TIIE HEART OF MID-LOTIIIAN. 475
your diimer the day. The bits o' bairns, puir things are wearv
mg to see their luckiedad; and Reube/ne vers" e'Js^^ed^;
r neither, when you ar-l he hae had ony bit outcast." '
nr Jtl TT^^' ,'^'^"*'^ ^"^ ^""'^''^ ^ «^d cast out wi' thee
or aught that is dear to thee !" And ho put on his SmdaS
coat, and came to the Manse accordincrly c>unaays
process. Eeuben had the utmost respect for the old man's
motives, md aftection for his person, as well as grat tudT for
de^nt'^^'L^Sof ft '^ *'f ' "^^^ ^^ '^"^'^ occSt of Id^
aental irritation, it was only necessary to remind him with
delicacy of his father-in-law's age, of his scxnty education stron.
prejudices, and family distresses. The least of these itder^
ions always mcbned Butler to measures of concUiation Tso ?a^
^ he could accede to them without compromising princ pie and
^UB our simp e and unpretending heroine had th! merit 0? those
t^rriK\*'7i'"^ '\^ pronounced as a benediction, tha?
they shall mherit the earth. '
The second crook in Mrs. Butler's lot, to use the language ot
hZrf^fi """^^^^ ^^f^^^^S circimistance, that she hJd never
heard of her sister's safety, or of the circumstances in which she
fomid herself, though betwixt four and five years had dlsed
Frequent intercourse was not to be expected-not to be desired
t^lJTsh'^r^T T'^' '""ff"^' ^"* ^^' ^-1 P«
st '/ f !,^^«^/«^l prospered, her sister should hear from her
Zl f never redeemed her pledge. Her silence seemTd
toge and portentous, and wi-ung from Jeanie, who could
2717 *^' "^^ ^T'' '^ ^^'^ ^*^^«y' the most painful
One day, as the Captam of Knockdunder had called in at
,at ffi!' '''' ^"t ''^"^ ^'^^ """"^^ ^^^ess in the Highland
art of the parish, and had been accommodated, according to
us special request, with a mixture of mUk, brandy, honey, and
water, which he said Mrs. Butler compomided " petter th^
Zdie^dTr r ?^«^^^"^V'-for, in all imiocent mattei^, she
Btudied the tasteof every one around her,— ho said to Butler.
iy the py, mmister, I have a letter here either for your
canny pody of a wife or you, which I got when I was last
a. M.asco; the postage comes to fourpence, which you may
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t^lZ '°^'^*'' ^^ ^^- - ^-ble or quit^ i. a hit at
freq'lnt'lri^^^^ .^-r^ta had been a
whea at Liberton school tL •\^''"'"l ^'''^*'''' V'^^^mK
himself oa hk skill at both . ""'"'j ^^'''^'''' ''^ 1^'4»«^J
them, aa strictly L^S Sm ^^^i^
notions of every kiuT were m^-fn^' "'^ ,^^«' ^'^"««
head, aiid groaa griovou^f;^ '^'^^^"t^^r^us, "'^^ *« «^ake his
the parlo..^or tfe"St%- S' tt* f ^ ^^'^"^ ^"
backgammon men. Indeed M n K ti ^® "^''^ '^'^^^^ or
for removing these iScnts o^^ '^ ''"'• '"""''^'^ '■^^'^'^*^"
coraer out ?f «ight S h! / *f ' "'**' «ome closet or
would Butler say' tn su:h^t^iot"^/::i':^,-•«' '^«-<'
followmg this, or any other triZ« f i .• "°* eonscious of
tion of my mire series stud^^f^dtT^^^^ '" '"^^ ^"*^"^^
I will not, therefore hnr« ,-!• ' , "^ "^ore serious duties
stealth, aid "^^^ ^ LSlV:^ ' ^ ^'^^^ ^^
usmg It so little a^ I do iZv S !? amusement which,
out any check of mind~MuZfj'^"^^% 'P'"^^' ^"^ ^^th-'
motto; which signifies mvlLr? *"*'' '^^°^«' that is my
which ; man ougft to'enfe^?' Ih ^T^ ""^ "^^^ ^onfidenc^
without any sense of do^^jlT' " ^ ""'^^ °^^^^' '^^
letter to his wife^ owL fh ^^T"'°' ^^ ^^^ed the
if it came from her ^^11 ^'V^^^ ^«^ York, but.
derably improved he hrdtr^'g ^1?°°' ^^« ^^^ - Jl
her years, "^iuwriimg, which was uncommon at
o.d^StlWri^:^£r%»I- Butbrweot to
ki-dly to 8tay the S m'th thenf?".'^.;;""^ '"«' f">I«^
open her letter. It Z ^^ ,f^^^ 'k™ "Tdessly broke
glancing over the firat few linf Tw °«*erton; and, after
-i« to her 0,™ ,e<lr Ji: 'OLtlT^:.^^ 1', ^"^ *«
r quits in a hit at
?ht8 had beeii a
Butler'a priucipal,
'efore, stiU ijiqucd
isiouaiiy practiijod
i Deans, whoso
3ed to shake hid
le tables lying iu
le dice boxes or
•nietinies chidden
some closet or
ley ai-e, Jeanie,"
not conscious of
to the inten-up-
1 serious duties,
ni indulging by
usenient which,
>enly, and with-
lie, that is niy
open confidence
iig openly, ,jid
the Captain's
id handed the
as York, but,
tie had consi-
uncommon at
Sutler went to
Iiad proposed
relessly broke
n; and, after
t necessary to
t leisure.
TIIE HEART OK MID-LOTBIAN. 477
CHAPTER FORTY- SEVENTH.
Happy thou art t then happy be,
Nor envy me my lot ;
Tby hnppy state I envy thee,
And peaceful cot.
Lady Charlotte Cami'uku,
The letter, which Mrs. Butler, when retired into her own apart
ment, perused with anxious wonder, was certainly from Etfie
although It had no other signature than the letter E • and d
though the orthography, style, and penmanship, were Very far
supenor not only to anything which Effie could produce, who,
though a lively girl, had been a reraai-kably careless schol^ but
even to her more considerate sister's own powers of composition
aiul expression The manuscript was a fair Italian hand, though
3ometbuig stitr and constrained -the spelling and the diction
that oi a person who had been accustomed to read good com-
position, and mix in good society.
The tenor of the letter was aa follows •— -
" My Dearest Sister,— At many risks I venture to wTite
to you, to mform you that I am still alive, and, as to worldly
situation, that I rank higher than I coidd expect or merit tf
wealth, and distinction, and an honourable rank, couhl make a
wonaan happy I have them all; but you, Jeanie, whom the
world might thmk placed far beneath me in all these respects,
are far happier than I am. I have had means of hearing of
your welfare, my dearest Jeanie, from time to time— I think I
should have broken my heart otherwise. I have learned with
great pleasure of yom increasing family. We have not been
worthy of such a blessing; two infants have been succwaively
removed, and we are now childlei^s— God's will be done 1 But
if we had a chUd, it would perhaps divert him from the gloomy
thoughts which make him terrible to himself and others. Yet
do not let me frighten you, Jeanie ; he continuea to be kind
and I am far better off than I deserve. You will wonder at
my better scholarship ; but when I waa abroad, I had the best
teachers, and I worked hard, because my progress pleased him.
He is kind, Jeanie, only he has much to distress him, especiaUy
when he looks backward. When I look backward myself I
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have always a ray of corufort • it is in fh.
a Bister, who forsook me not when 1 1! > ^T'T ^^^»^* of
You have had your reward You Mr? ^"''^•'^''^ ^^ «^«^ one.
Jove of aU who know you anri T / ^^^F "^ *^« ^^^eem and
iH.F>ator, indebted for'^tl^ m^it'tZ '^'/'' '' '^ "^^""^^'^ble
of deceit and lies, which ST^.vL T"^ l'''^'''^ ^ " tissue
He has produced me to his ?riits^^^ ""ir^^"* "^^^ ^^^^^^^
J"iu, ^ a daughter of a Sc^tcS '.f ? *^ ''*''^^« ^P^^^d to
of the Viscount of D,Ld e's w^^ 1'?^' ^^^^^^^ on account
Clavers, you ^o^v-^Zhe Z^T'^^' '^ '''' ^''' ^^^ friend
convent; indeed, I lived in suTa nil ,"^"'^^^ ^" ^ Scotch
me to support the character Knf'V°"^ '"""^^ *« enable
preaches me, and bednrt^ t W ^ 7^''^ ^ countryman ap-
families en^ed in Cde^Wffai? ' 7/" 'l*^' °^ *^^« ^^"0^^
my connections, and when rsee^^Ct T'-^^" -^^"^"^^ ^"*«
«ui expression of agonv mv W./ i ^ ^"* ""^ "^^^^ ^ith such
detection. Goodi^^LVpoh e^^^^^^^^ ''''' I'J'^' ^^^ »«k of
^ they prevented people Tor rlT ''''' ^'*^'''*'^ «*^<^d ^e,
questions. But how lout ^'^.^'^f S °» "^« ^^ith distressing
And if I bring tirS~ ^rr °°f' ^^^ *^^ ^« "^« «^e !^
Ml.me for aT muchl^r Ce' m^ ' L"^ '^'^ "^~^« ^^
family honour now, as ever he w,,' ^ '' f^ J'^^^^ of his
been in England four mont s andl-^' ^'' - "' ^ ^'''
to you ; and yet, such Jeit^ f^^"" *''''"^ht of wiiting
intercepted le^tteV, 1 1 j , ^^/^"f,^^ «^^ fsht arise from ^
am obliged to run^he risk jl ^'l\^'''^"™«- B»t now I
the D. of A, He cam t niy W ^ « TV"" ^''' ^^-d.
thmg in the play put him hi ,S ^ ^*^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ some!
he told over j'our whole T> " ^ °^ you-Gracious Heaven •
box, but particS^;' , f " ^^^^^^^ to all who were ^ he
occasion of it all. If he LdlZn v. ''"^^""^ ''^^ ^^ the
beside whom he was sitthf. •ZZ'Z^ ^T^^ ^^'^^^ conceived,
I suffered with courage ke an Tn/ . *^ '*°^ ^^ told !-!
are rendmg his fibr^aiid borL hfT ' ? '^'' ^^' ^^^^
applause at each welSaS^nn/-^''' "^^ '^^"« ^« ««^i^^
It was too much for CTlL Z'^'^'^'l of his torturers,
agony was imputed parTly t CblTo^TJ '^^^^^ ^^^ my
to my extreme sensibility • and Wn •. n^ P^^'^' ^"^ Partly
both opim-ons-anythin^bu? di^f *? ^r '^'^' ^ encouraged
^bere. But the incidel hat IT? ^-^^^ily. '^ was not
meot your great man often andh."^'- ^ ^ ^^^^ ^
-U^'i^.' of E. D. and ^X' Z' ^'j^'ITj^'^^ ^
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THE IIEAUT OF MID-LOTUIAN. 479
aeusibiaty ! ! !— And then the cruel tone of light indifference
with wluch persons in the fashionable world epLk o^ethe on
the moat affecting subjects ! To he^xr my guUt mv fo Iv mv
ugony, the foibles and wealmesses of n/friemL-oven you^
heroic exertions, Jeanie, spoken of in the drolling style wS
w the present tone m fai^hionable lile-Scarce aU that I for
merly endured is equal to this state of irritation-then il w^
b ows ajid 6tab8~now it is pricking to death with needles and
fl! 7^'"^"^'^.*^^ ^'-^^^ *i°^™ ^^^^ "^o"th to spend
the shootmg-sea.on in Scotland-he says, he makes a poinT of
always dining one day at the Manse-be on your guard and do
not betray yourself, sho,ild he mention me-YouiS alas Tvou
have nothing to betray-nothing to fear • you the «u,e C
.Jtuous, the heroine of unstained faith, ufiblenS e pt';
what can jj)u have to fear from the world or ita proudS
mmionsj It ,s E. whose life is once more in your linds-
m E. whom you axe to save from being plucked of her bomwed
plumes, discovered, .randed, and trodden down, first by him
perhaps, who ha. raised her to this dizzy p nnacle !-The
enclosure wiU reach you twice ayear-do not reftise it-it is
wannf'"\vTv, 'T''' ^'^^^ "^'y ^"^ ^"^''^ ^' «^"«h when you
^w •. J'^^ ^^'^ '^ ^■'^y ^'^ good-with me it never can.
Wnte to me soon, Jeaiue, or I shall remain in the agonising
sSr? l^"' f' ^^^ ^^^^" ^"*^ ''''^S hands-Addresf
simply to L S , under cover, to the Eeverend George AVhite-
Z« ;;'f '^" ^lf'T'^\'?'> York. He thinks I correspond wWi
eome of my noble Jacobite relations who are in Scotland. How
high-church and jacobitical zeaJ would bum in his cheeks if
he knew he was the agent, not of Eupheinia Setoun of the
honourable house of Winton, but of E. ])., daughter of a
Cameronian cowieeder!- Jeanie, I can laugh yet sometimes-^
vnnrf.fr ^''""^^'^ y^"" "''^ ^^'^^^ mirth. -My father-I mean
your father, would say it was like the idle crackling of thorns •
iTJtu ^'^^^K'"' P^'^^"^^' they remain miconsumed:
Farewell, my dearest Jeanie-Do not show this even to Mr
Butler, much less to any one else. I have every respect for him"
but his pmiciples axe over strict, and my ca*e will not endure
severe handling.— I rest your affectionate sister, E."
In this long letter there was much t. rprise as weii ^ r.
distxe^ Mrs. Putlo.. That Effie-hor aistS E^^ IhCdd i;
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Sl^i ^-I i^ ^^ f "'•'*/' ''"^^ apparently on not nneqnal
terms, with the Duke of Argyle, sounded like something so
extraordmary, that she even doubted if she read tndy Nor
waa It less marvellous, that, in the space of foiu- years, her
education should have made such progress. Jeanie's huiiility
readily allowed that Effie had always, when she chose it, been
smarter at her book than she herself was, but then she was
very idle and, upon the whole, had made much less proficiency
• Love, or fear, or necessity, however, had proved an able school!
mi8tres.s and completely supplied all her deficiencies.
What Jeaiiie least liked in the tone of the letter, was a
ZT " ^'^T '^ '^°*'r- " ^^« "^^^"'^1 have heaM little
about her, 'said Jean.e to herself, "but that she waa feared the
Duke might come to learn wha she was, and a' about her puir
J'lri' .1' '.w .?.^'' P"i' *^^"^' "^y^ ^"'^^^ her ain way, and
folk that do that think mau- 0' themselves than of their neich-
bours. — I am no clear about keeping her siller," she added
taking up a £50 note which had fallen out of th^ paper to the
floor. We hae eneugh, and it looks unco like theftboot, or
hushmoney, as they ca' it ; she might hae been sure that I wad
say naething wad harm her, for a' the gowd in Lunuon. And
I maun tell the minister about it. I dinna see that she suld be
sae feared for her am bonny bargain o' a gudeman, and that I
shouldna reverence Mr. Butler just aa much ; and sae I'U e'en
ell him, when that tippling body the Captain haa ta'en boat in
the mornmg.-_But I wonder at my ain state of mind," she
added turning back, after she had made a step or two to the
be ang^ that Efte's a braw lady, while I am only a minister's
r.A ^^.^fJ ^ r ^'/'?*''^ ^' ^ ^^™' ^'hen I should bl.ss
Irod that haa redeemed her from shame, and poverty and
gudt, aa ower likely she might hae been plunged into "
Sittmg down upon a stool at the foot of the bed, 'she folded
her arms upon her bosom, saying within herself, "From this
place wiU I not rise till I am in a better frame of mind :" and
so placed, by dmt of tearing the veU from the motives of her
ittle temporary spleen against her sister, she compeUed herself
to be aahamed ox them and to view aa blessings the advantages
of her sister's lot, while its embairaasmeris were the neces3
consequences^ of errors long since committed. And thus she
InlV'^fi '^*^! ^''"°^ "^ P^q"« ^hich she naturally
enough entertained, at seeing Effie. so long the object of h^
THE llfcAKT OF MID-LOTUUN.
481
If, " From this
care aud her pity, soar suddenly bo high above her iji life as to
reckoii amongst the chief objects of her apprelicnsiou the risk
of their relationship being discovered.
When thia unwonted burst of amour propre was thoroughly
subdued, she walked down to the little parlour where the
gentlemen were finishmg their game, and heard from the Cap-
tarn a confirmation of the news intimated in her letter, that
the Duke of Argyle was shortly expected at Roseneath.
" He'll find plenty of moor-fowls and plack-cock on the moors
of Auchmgower, aud he'll pe uao doubt for taking a late dinner,
and a ped at the Manse, as he has done pefore now."
" He has a gude right, Captain," said Jeanie.
"TeU ane petter to ony ped in the kiutra," answered the
Captaui. " And ye had pettor tell your father, puu- body, to get
his beasts a' m order, aud put his tamn'd Cameronian nonsense
out o his head for twa or three days, if he can pe so opliging •
lor fan I speak to him apout prute pestil, he auswera me out o*
the Pible, whilk is not using a shentleman weel, unless it be a
person of your cloth, Mr. Putler."
No one understood better than Jeanie the merit of the soft
answer, which tm-neth away wrath ; and she only smiled, and
hoped that his Grace would find everything that was undei
her father's care to his entire satisfaction.
But the Captain, who had lost the whole postage of the letter
at backgammon, waa in the pouting mood not unusual to losers,
and which, says the proverb, must be allowed to them.
" And, Master Putler, though you know I never meddle with '
the things of your kirk-sessions, yet I must pe aUowed to say
that I will not be pleased to allow Ailie MacClure of Deepheugh
to be poonished as a witch, in respect she only spaes fortunes,
and does not lame, or plind, or pedevil any persons, or coup
cadger's carts, or ony sort of mischief; put only tells people
good fortunes, as anent our poats killing so many seals and
doug-fishes, whilk is very pleasant to hear."
" The woman," said Butler, " is, I believe, no witch, but a
cheat : and it is only on that head that she is summoned to the
Idrk-session, to cause her to desist in future from practising her
impostures ujwn ignorant pereons."
" I do not know," replied the gracious Duncan, " what hei
practices or postures are, but I pelieve that if the poys take
hould on he.' to duck her in the Clachan pum, it will be a very
Sony practice— and I pelieve, moreover, that if I come ii
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thlnlsman atiiong you nt the Hrk-eea-sions, you wiU U all bi r
tairui (1 pad posture indeed."
Without noticing this threat, Mr. Butler replied, " That he
ha.1 not attended to the risk of ill-m^o which the poor woman
nught undergo at the hands of the rabble, and that ho would
give her the necessary admonition in private, instead of bruijrinff
ber before the assembled session."
«y.rr''''" ?""?" ^t'"^' ""^"^ speaking like a reasonable
ehentlemau ; and so the evening passed iw>aceably off
JNext morning after the Captain had swallowed his morning
drrnigi^ of Athole brose, and departed in his coach and six
Mrs Butler anew deliberated upon comnnmicating to her
husband her sister's letter. But she was deterred by the recol-
lection that, m doing so, she would unveil to him the whole of
a dreadful secret, of which, perhai,s, his public character might
Mitn :l"V''';^S"^f depasitaiy. Butler already had reason to
believe that Effie had eloped with that same Robertson who
had been a leader in the lorteous mob, and who lay under
sentence of death for the robbery at KirkciUdy. But he did not
know his Identity with George Staunton, a man of birth and
fortune who had now apparently reassumed his natural rank
in society. Jeanie had respected Staunton's own confession aa
Bacrcd, and upon reflection she considered the letter of her sister
as equally so, and resolved to mention the contents to no one
On reperusmg the letter, ehe could not help observing the
staggering and unsatisfactory condition of those who have risen
to distmction by undue paths, and the outworks and bulwarks
of fiction and falsehood, by which they are under the necessity
of surroundmg and defending their precarious advaiih-i.. ^ But
8ho was not caUed upon, sLo thought, to unv-il I... " -er'a
origmal history~it would restore no right to ^y oua, for she
was iLsurpmg none-it would only destroy her happiness and
degTade her m the public estimation. Had she beeu'le^ie
thought she would have chosen seclusion and privacy, In place
^ public hfe and gaiety ; but the power of choice might not b^
u . ': he money, she thought, coidd not be returned without
icL^"^"'':,!?^^- ^^' ^^- ^^' ^^°^^«^' therefore,
u^ '.cu,..ideruig ^v . pomt, to employ it as occasion should
^^■•i, a.ier m ed..oatmg her children better than her own
means cm\d compass, or for their future portion. Her sisteJ
had enougn, was strongly bound to assist Jeanie by any moan.
m her power, and the arrangement wa.s so natural and proper'
"' ""1 ifiWiiiTti'nf-iiWtntiw
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HI will ^n all in h
tUHt it oufrht not to bo declined out of fimtidious or rouiautic
delicacy. Joanie accordingly wrote to her Biater, acknowlcd^'iug
her lottta-, and rc<iue«tin.i,' to hear fnnn her a« often as nhe
'■ouJd. In 'utering into lier own little detuilo of newH, c^hietly
iCHpertinK «lomeatic aflUifH, she experienced a Binguliir vucilla^
Hon of idejia; for Bouietinics she ajwlogiHed for mejitiouinc
thuigs unworthy tlie notice of a lady of rank, and then recol-
lected that everything which concerned her hhould be intcrestin"
to EHie. Her letter, mider the cover of Mr. Wliiterose, she
coninntted to the post-oflico at Gla.sgow, by the intervention of
a parishioner who had biisinead at tlmt city.
The next week brought the Duke to lio.seueath, and shortly
utterwards ho intimated hia intention of Biwrthig in their
ueighbouriiood, and taking his bed at the Manse ; an honour
which he had once or twice done to its inmates on forniei
occasions.
Effie proved to be i)erfe(;tly right in her anticipatioua Tlie
L>uke had hardly set himself down at I\lrs. Butler's right hand
and taken upon himself the t;wk of carving the excellent '- barn-
door chucky," which had been selected as the high dish upon
tins honourable occasion, before he began to speak of Ladv
btaunton of WiUingluuu, in Lincobi.shire, and the great noise
winch her wit and beauty made in London. For much of this
Jeanie was, in some measure, prepared— but Effie's wit 1 that
would never have entered into her imagination, being ignorant
how exactly raillery in the higher rank resembles llippancv
among their inferiors. •'
" She haa been the ruling beUe— the blazmg star— the uni-
versa! toast of the wnter," said the Duke; "and is reaUy the
most beautifid creature that was seen at court upon the birth-
day."
The birthday ! and at court !— Jeanie was annihilated re-
membermg well her own presentation, aU its extraordinary
circumstances, and particularly the cause ol it.
i^T"*'"'" ^'^ ^^ particularly to you, Mrs. Butler," said
the Duke, "because she ha^j somethmg in the sound of her
voice, and caat of her countenance, that reminded me of you—
not when you look so pale though— you have over fatigued
yourself- you must pledge me in a frlass of wine."
^ She did so, and Butler obseived, " It was dangerous flattery
in his Grace to teU a poor minister's wife that she waa like a
COtiTtrbeuuiy."
4d4
waverley novels.
" Oho, Ml. Butler " said the Dukft " T f?n^ ^«„
jealous; but it's rather too la^ ^Tth^ ^ll'^f^^
ong I have admired your wife. But seriously, there S^bTtwLT
taem one of those inexplicable likenesses wUch we see S
countenances that do not otherwise resemble each otW "
Mr. Mer ^^"^ '^ *^' compliment ha^ flown oft;" 'thought
say""T'S!t' n?r^/ ^t« afwardjiess of sUence, forced herself to
say That, perhai)s the lady might be her countrywoman and
the^language might have made some resemblance .P^^""^' ^""^
You are qmte right," replied the Duke. « She is a Srotr-h
woman, and speaks with a Scotch accent, and now^d then a
CsSd X^i:^^,,^^--' "th- would
speaks that pure court-Scotch, which wT mmm™ i„' ^
younger days ; tat it is so geuerdly dtaledlrS rt IZl
hke a different dialect, entirely distLt from oTi™' Z. •'
tunity of learnmg her own pedigree, and was obliged to me
? wtdTZ '"f S'h '^' "^"1,r--ly --e of fhe S to^
hlnl ^ T u '^^ y°" ^0^^ ^ave seen how prettily she
blushed at her own ignorance. Amidst her noble mdeLZt
manners, here is now and then a little touch of blf^etS
conventual nzsticity, if I may caU it so, that mate Ter nu^
enchantmg. You see at once the rose thaf I, J ilr 5
touched amid the chaste precincts ^the Se^Mr^r ""
True to the hmt, Mr. Butler failed not to start wlih hf
" Ut flos iu septia secretus uascituj hortis," etc,
while his wife could hardly persuade herself fli^f oil *u-
.poken of Effle Deans, and/b/so co,npe?rf j,Sg f thXl
-r Areyle; and l,a,l »h. Wen ac<,„,i,„o.l with Oatulhrwoldd
..^^iw,. ^,-.w^.fcAiii^'i,;.4ig^Ty !^i-^^j^gg^j^
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
485
man, " that would
have thought the fortunes of her sister had reversed the whole
passage.
She was, however, deteraiined to obtain some indemnification
for the anxious feelings of the moment, by gaining all the
intelligence she could; and therefore ventiu-cd to make some
mqmry about the husband of the lady his Grace admired so
"He is veiy rich," replied the Duke; "of an ancient family
and has good manners : but he is far from being such a general
tavourite as his wife. Some people say he can be veiy pteasant
—1 never saw him so; but should rather judge him reserved
and gloomy, and capricious. He was very wild in his youth'
they say, and has bad health; yet he is a good-looking man
enough-a great friend of your Lord High Commissioner of the
Kirk, Mr. Butler."
„.k7^^'' ..'"'•'? ^^!/"'"'^ ""^ * "^"^y ^'^'^^y "^^ honourable
nobleman," said Butler.
" Does he admire his lady as much as other people do V said
Jeanie, m a low voice.
.V, " S"^"^ u^ ^T'^ ^ ^^""y '^y ^« ^« ^«^ f™^l of her," said
the Duke; "but I observe she trembles a little when he fixes
his eye on her, and that is no good sign— But it is strange
how I am haunted by this resemblance of yours to Lady Staun^
ton, in look and tone of voice. One would almost swear you
were sisters." "^ j'uu
Jeanie's distress became uncontrollable, and beyond conceal-
ment 1 he Duke of Argyle was much cUsturbed, good-naturedly
ascribing it to his having unwittingly recalled to her remem-
brance her family misfortunes. He was too well-bred to attempt
to apologise; but hastened to change the subject, and arrange
certam points of dispute which had occurred betwixt Duncan
ot Knock and the minister, acknowledging that his worthy
substitute wa^ sometunes a little too obstinate, as weU as too
energetic, m his executive measures.
Mr. Butler admitted his general merits ; but said, " He would
presume to apply to the worthy gentleman the words of the poet
to Mamicmus Asinius,
Manu
Non belle uteris in joco atque vino."
The discourse being thus turned on parish business, oothiM
farther occurred that can interest the reader.
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WAVERLEY NOVELS.
CHAPTER FORTY- EIGHTH.
Upon my head they placwl a fruitlesa crown,
Anil put ft barren sceptre in niy gripe
Thence to be wrench'd by an miliueal hand.
JVo son of mine succeeding,
Macbetb.
her oiTO secmeil also to be sinking an.f onn JtLt"'
which she u,™t frequently CwelttS'thet «M offenSrsi;
j?p:i^^,&-^Tk:^tiS^Si
fetoh-and-cany tell-tale «ho„M inherit an aero of it '
tl„ti 11 ^f " ""hi," said the unfortunate wife "or harf
inis indeed, became more necessars- than em- for nftBrTl
breaking out and euppresdon of theTebellLTl 745' tfe pel
[TH.
s crown,
i hand,
Iacbeth.
precautions against
oiially, exchanging
itly Staunton spoko
iplorably uncertain ;
10 of the topics on
ant of family. Sir
)nie aversion at the
ritatod his friends
leclared, he wouhl
hospital, ere that
of it,
late wife, " or had
e motive for living
3 a blessing which
ling frequently on
from the spacious
quiet and happy
le rolled on amid
le and Greenwich,
3ut by none more
nee had been so
f Duke Archibald,
lut who continued
d towards them.
2r; for, after the
I 1745, the peace
was considerably
n driven to that
in the fastnesses
!ene of plimder ;
u now peaceable
THE EIKAKT OP iMID-LOTRlAN
487
Bighlands of Perth, Stirling, and Dumbartonshire, where one
, or more did not take up their residence.
The prime pest of the parish of Knocktarlitie was a certain
Donacha dhu na Dunaigh, or Black Dimcan the Mischievous,
whom we have already casually mentioned. This fellow had
been originally a tinkler, or caird, many of whom stroll about
these districts; but when all police was disorganised by the
civil war, he threw up his profession, and from half thief became
whole robber ; and being generally at the head of three or four
active young fellows, and he himself artful, bold, and well
acquainted with the passes, he plied his new profession with
emolument to himself, and infinite plague to the country.
All were convinced that Duncan of Knock could have put
do\^Ti his namesake Donacha any morning he had a mind ; for
there were in the parish a set of stout young men, who had
joined Argyle's banner in the war under his old friend, and
behaved very well on several occasions. And as for their
leader, as no one doubted his courage, it was generally sup"
posed that Donacha had found out the mode of conciliating his
favour, a thing not very uncommon in that age and country.
This was the more readily believed, as David Deans's cattle
(being the property of the Duke) were left untouched, when
the minister's cows were carried off by the thieves. Ajiothcr
attempt was made to renew the same act of rapine, and the
cattle were in the act of being driven off, when Butler, laying
his profession aside in a case of such necessity, put himself at
the head of some of his neighbours, and rescued the creagh,
an exploit at which Deans attended in person, notwithstanding
his extreme old age, mounted on a Highland pony, and girded
with an old broadsword, likening hunself (for he failed not to
arrogate the whole merit of the expedition) to David, the son
of Jesse, when he recovered the spoil of Ziklag from the
Amalekites. This spirited behaviour had so far a good effect,
that Donacha dhu na Dunaigh kept his distance for some time
to come; and, though his distant exploits were frequently
spoken of, he did not exercise any depredations in tb"t part of
the country. He continued to flourish, and to be heard of
occasionally, until the year 1751, when, if the fear of the second
David had kept him in check, fate released him from that
restraint, for the venersble patriarch of St. Leonard's was that
year gathered +o his fathers.
David Deans died full of years and of honour. He is believed.
i i :ji
it
:ll
488
WAVBRLEY NOVELS.
for the exact time of hia hir+i, • . ,
wards of ninety yms • for h^, '?.'* ^""^' *« ^^^^ lived up.
the battle of BothweU Bridge tA'^^P'^^'-I '1^°"* ^^^^ ti^ne of
arms there; for once whon f A , ''''r'^^^ ^^^^ he even bore
a Bothwell^ Brio/wili:^'^",^ .1?^^«!^ Jacobite laird wished fo?
^.^ head," Davlf inf:?ned\> "f ^ '''^ ^^^ ^"gs out of
oomitenance, that, if he h'ked S TJl \P«c»har austerity of
one at his elbow / and it eqi d Z'^ff P'""^' *h«^« ^a«
preserve the peace. ^ '*' *^^ 'uteiference of Butler to
an|S^:i;Lni^™^o.d daughter, than.i.1 fbr
Z f'' ?"«^ ^f «tnfe and S-ancllanK^?^ J^ ^^"^ ^^ile
he had been visited with • havfn! fl f ?/"^ ^^'^ ^^'^ the trials
to mortify that spiriturpride aS conl '^'"^'. ^^ ««^^' °«edfu
which was the side on wS h' w'l r'"'" '« his own gifts
beset him. He prayeS T he most o^^ k°'"^ ^^^''^ "^««* «o4
her husband, and hi fami^; a^rth,?,,^^^ ^^^er for Jennie!
the puir auld man might Durrhol T ,^'' ^^e^tionate duty to
happiness hereafter^ then ?n a ^.H ? ^'°^^ "^ ^^^^ here, and
^tood by those who knew M, f ^ •?'*!' P'""''^' too weU ^^1°
the Shepherd of sods thUe 5:,T^5^T^«tances, he besought
the little one thattadtt^fd ^'^^^^^^^ ''' *^ "^^^
'night be in the hands nf til • *"^ ^*^^d' and even then
the national ^eJ^^yl'l^^^^^lT-^'^ P«"
g-osperity in her palaces -for the 3 ^' }"" ^'' ^^^^^ and
House of Argyle, and for thfconversToi nf ^^ '^' ^^°«"^^hle
dunder. After this he was silenrbein. '^,^^"^«^n of Knock-
agam utter anything distinc if' H.^ '^'^'1"«*'^' °°^ ^'d he
mutter something about Saj ^1^ ^'"'^' ^"^^^^^ to
tremes and left-hand falling^or Lt t r^'tr^^^^^^^ e^"
his head wa3 carried at the time ^. and if • ''^ P?*^^ °^««^ed,
expressions occmred to him merdv on ? ^'^^'^^^ *^«t these
<hat he died in the full spiritTl^ T °f ,^«°eral habit, and
an hour afterwards he slepltle Cd' "*' ^' "^"- ^''"'
Notwithstanding her fath^r-o L ,
-ere shoek to firs" bS" tTk^T f '^^"^ ^^ «
dedicated to attending to his heah.nl ^' *^' ^^^ heen
felt as If part of her 4ines8 In the woS ' '^^'''' ^"^ «he
?ood old man was no more. His wJlfh ^,^r^'^' ^^«« the
fifteen hundred pounds in d;«nni iT ^' '^^'^h came nearly to
fortunes of the Cly\u e ^S X^"' TZ'' '^ '^
ivianse. How to dispose of this
mmmmatmiaiamalli^
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 480
sum for the best advantage of his family, was matter of anxious
consideration to Butler. "If we put it on heritable bond w
shall maybe lose the interest; for there's that bond over LoJs
for It— If we bnng it mto the fumls, we shall maybe lose the
SrSatHf^r'"?"^^-^.'' in the 'south Sea soUr Th
Ut le estate of Craigstare is in the market— it lies within two
miles of the Manse, and Knock says his Grace has Tthougl?
to buy It. But they aak £2500, and they may, for it is worth
the money; and were I to borrow the balance, 1 e crS
nnl^'^ '° '! ^l had mair siller, we might buy that bonnv
pa. ure-ground, where the grass comes so early?" iked Jea^e^
Certamly, my dear ; and Knockdunder, who Is a good 2;
is semnfl'''""' "' *' ''■ ''' '^ ""^ '' '' ""'' '^Vheitk^
" Aweel, Reuben," said Jeanie, " ye maun just look up a text
"Ah, Jeanie," said Butler, laughing aud pressing her hand at
^^^eTont'- *° '"' '^""'^ '" "■« '-- - ""-^ ™1'
"We will see" said Jeanie composedly; and goins to the
close m which she kept her honey, her sugar, her pots^of jeHy
her vials of the more ordinaiy medicines, 'and which seCl
her m short, as a sort of store-room, she jangled vials an ^
galhpots, till, from out the darkest nook, 4dl flanked by a
tnple row of bottles and jars, which she ^aa under the neces-
sity of displacing, she brought a cracked bro^vn cann with a
piece of leather t ed over the top. Its contents seemedTbe
S T^,?7' *^™'* in disorder into this uncommon sec"
Zt >. /i°°; among these Jeanie brought an old clasped
Bible, which had been David Deans's companion in his earUor
fSrrTv'"^ ^^".'^ ^' ^''^ ^^'"^ '' his daughter when he
failure of his eyes had compelled him to use one of a larger
pnnt. Thja; she gave to Butler, who had been looking at h
Tr^ n 5 Tl ''^P"'"' •'^^^ ^^^^«^ ^^ to see what that
book could do for hmi He opened the clasps, and to his a.tl
msbnent a parcel of £50 bank-notes dropped 'out from betwS
lzl^rh^^^'^'^T%}^ ^'.'^ ''^^''^^'^y ^"^^ged, and fluttered
np-VQ .he floor. • I didna tluuk to hae tauld vou o' my wealth,
il
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490
WAVERLET NOVELS.
?I';K '""'^ ^i ^'^'' '"^"^"^ ^* Ws surprise, '< till on mv
deathbed, or maybe on some family pinch ; bit it wad be bet^^
^:m^/P bonny graas-holms, than lying ..el here t
;- 'L^''\?'' earth came ye by that siller, Jeaniel-Why here
".SV^rte*"""" '"^''"-"' ^""-•'^«"« »P -^
"If it were ten thousand, it's a' honestly come by" said
fh^^i 1 '°*^ '?V ^T"" ^''' °^"^kl« there is o^t! but -J^^^
there that ever I got.-And as for how I came by it Sben-
its weel come by, aiul honestly, a. I said before^lnd i^s mdr
folks secret than mine, or ye wad hae kend about it Ian' sZ •
ajd as for onythmg else, I am not free to answer mair quesSns
about It, and ye maun just ask me nane " questions
"Answer me but one," .ad Butler. "Is it all freely and
indisputably yom- own property, to dispone of it m you tS
fiU-Is It possible no one has a claim in so large a sum except
" It ivaa mine, free to dispose of it as I like » answ^rn^
Jeanie; "^d I have disposed of it already for now itryou'
Reuben-You are Bible Butler now, as well as JorforbT
that my puir father had sic an iU will Lt. Only, if ye ike I ^d
wish Femie to get a gude share o't when we leglne"
Certamly, It shall be as you choose— But who on earth evpr
pitched on such a hiding-place for temporal treastes?" "'
That IS just ane o' my auld-fashioned gates, aa you ca' them
Reuben. I thought if Donacha Dhu waJ to maklZ mfhrS
upon us, the Bible wa. the la.t thingin the t"et w 5
meddle wi'-but an ony mair siller should drap in as it isTot
;:S '4^' '" ''' '' ^-^^ *^ ^-' -^ y' ^^X it o't
^:^iln^:^ir!^Z^i,'- ^- ^- ^- -- by
"Inrleed, Eeuben, you miist not; for if you were asking m«
v^^solr t wad maybe teU you, aud' then I L sZ Tw^/d Z
yo^!wn mind !""""• ^"''"' "" " ""^"^ "«" ^iatre^e,
"There is baith weal and woo come aye wi' world's mar
Reuben; but ye maim ask me naething mair-ThiTsilW S
me to naething and can never be ,peer!d Ck ^^' '' ^'^
"Surely," „,d Mr. Butler, when ho ha,l agaiuTomtcd ore,
)rise, " till on my
it it wad be better
ig useless here in
anie ?— Why, here
er. lifting up and
y come by," said
e is o't, but iL's a'
3 by it, Reuben —
fe — And it's mair
)out it laug syne ;
er mair questions
it all freely and
it as you think
Jge a sum except
like," answered
■ now it is yours,
as your forbear,
, if ye like, I wad
3 gane."
ho on earth ever
fiures V
as you ca' them,
ake an outbreak
> house he wad
? in, as it is not
8 toay lay it out
u have come by
w^ere asking me
ure I would do
that distresses
world's gear,
his siller binds
jain."
1 counted over
TRE HEART OP Mn)-L0TI11A.N.
49i
ti.
the money, as if to assure himself that the notes were real, " there
was never man in the world had a wife like mine — a blessiug
seems to follow her."
" Never," said Jeanie, " since the enchanted princess in the
bairn's fairy tale, that kamed gold nobles out o* the tae side of
her hafiit locks, and Dutch dollars out o' the tother. But gang
away now, minister, and put by the siller, and dinna keep the
notes wampishiug in your hand that gate, or I shall wish theni
in the brown pigg again, for fear we get a black cast about
them — we're ower near the hills in those times to be thought to
hae siller in the house. Aud, besides, ye maun grce wi' Kuock-
dunder, that has the selling o' the lauds ; and dinna you bo
sunple and let hhn ken o' this windfa', but keep hiiu to the very
lowest penny, as if ye had to borrow siller to make the price up."
In the last admonition, Jeanie showed distinctly, that,
although she did not understaiid how to secxire the money
which came into her hands otherwise than by saving aud hoard-
ing it, yet she had some part of her fatlier David's shrewdness,
even upon worldly subjects. Aud Reuben Butler was a pnident
man, and went and did even as his wife had advised him.
The news quickly went abroad into the parish that the
minister had bought Craigsture ; aud some wished him joy, and
some " were sony it had gane out of the auld name." How-
ever, his clerical brethren, understanding that he was xmder the
necessity of going to Edinburgh about the ensuing Whitsunday,
to get together David Deans's cash to make up the purchase-
money of his new acquisition, took the opportunity to name him
their delegate to the General Assembly, or Convocation of the
Scottish Church, which takes place usually in the latter end of
the month of I\Iay.
CHAPTER FORTY- NINTH.
But who ia this I what thing of sea or land —
Female of sex it seems —
That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay,
Cornea this way sailing !
Mwvos.
Not long after the incident of the Bible and the bank-notes,
Fortune showed that she could surprise Mrs Butler as well as
I I.
il
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^VAVRRLEY NOVELS.
if! .
h j
rfered necessar,, had bee un ler 1 /'''* '' ^^^^'''^^ ^««-
from home in tho latter en I nf i "«ces.s,ty of setting out
■-S ju«tly that he wo^L tt Z^'Y. ^•^'"^'^^' -^'^^""^
and tho term of Whits mdav thtu ^T'""' ^'' ^'«P^t»^«
piu-pose of brinrrincr forworT>,^" ^""^^ '^^'^ enough for the
hi3 new purch.a.e was to be mJei '''' ^''' '^ ^^e price of
Jeanie was thus in tu^ " •
the g«><l „M ,„a„ ^ho S rdMir,,'"''""--^ f™ «» death of
among the young folk whi, , T • "''''' '''« ^^ard a dispute
^H^peared to'call i^trliSererf "1\?"'"^' ^^^^^' ^^.stin'ally
umpire with their compla htf p^n • f""" *^ *^^«^^ °at»ra
charged Davie and ISt'ith^ZV'' T' *^" ^^^^ °J'l.
book by force; and David and R^"h-'W *" *'^'^« ^^'"^y ^e
't wa^ not a book for Fem^\.Z''^^'''^' ^^e elder, "That
^vas .bout a bad woman" *' '^"^'^"^ ^^"ben, ''That it
B^ler.'^%fwrretetXV^^ ^-Pie^'^aid M..
, But the little ladyf holSS' ^l""^! ^^^"^ ^^« i« away?"
aeclared "It was uane o' p^'s 1 ooV ''* ^^.^""P^^d paper,
taken it off the muckle chee^se^which .n' ^f ^^^^ ^''^^^ ^ad
:« waa very natural to suppole a S if'^ luverara;" for,
mterchange of mutual civSes w-.^ £^?^^;°tercourse, with
between Mrs. DoUv Duffnn [' ^f ^^P* "P ^oni time ti time
former friends. ^ ""°"' "'^^" ^^«- MacCorkindale, and her
Jeanie took the subiect nf n«,,+ ^•
to satisfy herself of thito^^lfl^^ T/ ^^ ^^"^'« ^^H
was she struck when sho vIIa ^f ^*"'^^^« > ^ut how much
«Jeet, "The LaJtSpthiT''-'^''''^''''^- broadTde
Margaret MacCraw, o^rSd^cw'''"' 'f.^'^^ ^ords of
near Carlisle, the -1— Iv of ' f^'o^'^ °^ H'-^'-^bee HUl
one of those papers whichlcWblS~hid'r' .'' "^' ^"^^-d,'
-ns. had remained in ^h^ ^Ses ^t^^e^^; ^^-^^
THE HBAKT OF MID-LOTICIAN.
493
chanced to need them in packing a cheese, which, as a very
superior production, was sent, in the way of civil challenge, to
the dairy at Knocktarlitie.
The title of this paper, so strangely fallen into the very hands
from which, in well-meant respect to her feelings, it had been
so long detained, was of itself sufficiently startling ; but the
narrative itself was so interesting, that Jeanie, shaking herself
loose from the children, ran upstairs to her own apartment, and
bolted the door, to peruse it without interruption.
The narrative, which appeared to have been drawn up, or at
Last corrected, by the clergyman who attended this unhappy
woman, stated the crime for which she suffered to have been
"her active part in that atrocious robbery and murder, com-
mitted near two years since near Haltwhistle, for which the
notorious Frank Levitt was committed for trial at Lancaster
assises. It was supposed the p-ddence of the accomplice Thomas
Tuck, commonly called Tyburn Tom, upon which the woman
had been convicted, would weigh equally heavy against him •
although many were mclmed to thmk it was Tuck himself who
had struck the fatal blow, according to the dying statement of
Meg Murdockson."
After a circumstantial account of the crime for which she
suffered, there was a brief sketch of Margaret's life. It was
stated that she was a Scotchwoman by birth, and married a
soldier in the Cameronian regiment — that she long followed the
camp, and had doubtless acquired m fields of battle, and similar
scenes, that ferocity and love of plunder for which she had been
afterwards distinguished — that her husband, having obtained
his discharge, became servant to a beneficed clergyman of high
situation and character in Lincolnshire, and that she acquired
the confidence and esteem of that honourable family. She had
lost this many years after her husband's death, it was stated, in
consequence of coimiving at the irregularities of her daughter
with the heir of the famUy, added to the suspicious circumstances
attending the bu-th of a child, which was strongly suspected to
have met with foul play, in order to preserve, if possible, the
girl's reputation. After this she had led a wandering life both
in England and Scotland, imder colour sometimes of telling for-
tunes, sometimes of driving a trade in smuggled wares, but, in
fact, receiving stolen goods, and occasionally actively joining in
the exploits liy which they were obtained. Many of her crime?
she had boasted of after convictinn. and there was one oircjjjr-
Ml
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WAVEltLEY NOVELH.
Edinburgh during the « 1^, t^« «"burbe of
««duced by one of her coES, -^ * ^'■'' ^'^^ ^^ ^n
*"d in her house delivered oTaC'"" ""^^'^ to her chmge,
whose mind waa in Htate of ^! ' '°^*^*- "«^ daughter
l'>8t. her own child aJcotS^LtfT^'^''?* ^"^^ «^«« «»^e had
off the poor girl's inCttking if LT"^"^' ^*^'^^"*' --^^^d
whose death she at timei couK k '' ''^' *^^ ^'^^ f««I^i^ of
Margaret MurdocLrstat d thl i ^''Z""^^'^-
her daughter had aot^lly cSrt/edt^ ''^T'*^'^^ ^
and that she gave the fatW f , ^ "'^''"* ^" her mad fits,
lean,ed that a fenTalfstrS^'Ld ^ot r^' T' ^"* ^^*™-^^
Gome compunction at hZZJsef.S\ T ^''- ^^' showed
ally a. the mother had LTrlyTuSd ,^^^^^^^ ''''''' ^^''-
on the Scotch Jaw, for the ^nnff , ^*^' ''""^^ condemned,
V^Tien it waa a.ked ^hat possibSf /T*^'' '^ ^'' ^^^^
exposing the unfortiinate g^T i'«^i''f '^'' '"''^'^ ^^^^ had i^
committed, she asked?tf th^ey thouiri'' ' ™' '^'' ^'^ "^^t
own daughter into tr^^hle f^ * r«-. ^as gomg to put her
what the Scotch law would Tal. T? V She did not know
child away. This answer walb' ^nZ '" ^'' ^'' ^"-^^^ ^hc
clergyman, and he discerned bvHo^! "^ satisfactory to the
a deep and revengeful hatred a^?
«he had thus injured But the mn • ^' ^°"°^ P^^«°« ^hom
besides she had conununSld ' TtL'"*'T'-*'5 *^^**' ""'^'^^^^
her in private to the worSv 1?1 f ^f '* ^«« <^°^fided by
bestowed such part cX^^^i'^^:^ ^.'^'^'''''^ ^^° ^^^
ance. The broadside M'entTto7n?fw °1^'' 'J'^"*"^ ^^^^
tion, of which the partTcLr werfS^^^^^^^^
msane person mentioned more thin nnSS ^l' ^^''Shtev, the
known by the name of Madl wLfi ''' ^^ Y^' ^'«^ ^^^^rally
by the populace, under thrbefef thlf «£ ^"^ ^''" ^^^ ^""^^d
accomplice in her mother's crimes and tit ^ ''''.''^«' ^^ ^
rescued by the prompt interf^rrci of't fpot' "*' ''^^"^*^
upti^\:ripr J«^^^^ f f t^at may seem
the broadside. To Utb BuuZ f/ Z ?*°^> ^'«^ ^he tenor of
highest importance s£ce itl^. ^tT/.^il^^^^^^ '' *^«
vocal proof of her sister's inm.? ^^""^ *^« "^ost unequi-
which she had so n^riJ^^SS^^-Pecting the crimeTr
h.r .usban, nor even hJr father:'had^rS^^^^^^^^^^^^
i i
oof joy and ocoa-
"1 the suburbfl of
pr\, who had been
ited to her chaige,
. Her daughter,
yer Bince she had
s account, oa-Tied
', o/' the real'iv of
ed.
me time, believed
t in her mad Ats,
0, but aftenvards
cr. She showed
and cJiild, especi-
eing condemned,
f of her infant,
^uld have had m
Jne she had not
?oing to put her
le did not know
for carrying the
tisfactory to the
3n, that she had
S person whom
that, whatever
vaa confided by
leacon who had
spiritual assist-
ifter her execu-
daughter, the
» was generally
n very ill-used
fceress, and an
with difficulty
lat may seem
the tenor of
igence of the
most unequi-
he crime for
ther she nor
I her car^'ibJs
TflJC HEAJtT 0¥ MlD-LOTJilAN.
4U6
of touching her infant with on uuliiud hand when in poasession
of her reason , but there was a darkness on the subject, and
what might have happened in a moment of insanity was dread-
fiil to think upon. Besides, whatever waa their own conviction,
they had no means of establishing Etiie's innocence to the world,
which, according to the tenor of this fugitive publication, was
now at length completely manifested by the dying confession of
the person chiefly iiaterested in concealing it.
After thanking God for a discovery so dear to her feelings,
Mrs. Butler began to consider what use she should make of it.
To have shown it to her husbimd would have been her first
impulse ; but, besides that he was absent from home, and the
matter too delicate to be the subject of correspondence by an
indifferent penwoman, ?rra. Butler recollected that he was not
pcssessed of the infonuation necessary to form a judgment upon
the occasion; and that, adhering to the rule which she had
considered as most advisable, she had best transmit the infor-
mation immediately to her sister, and leave her to adjust with
her husband the mode in which they shoiUd avail themselves of
it. Accordingly, she despatched a fipecial messenger to Glasgow
with a packet, enclosing the Confession of Margaret Murdock-
Bon, addressed, as usutil, under cover, to Mr. Whiterose of York.
She expected, with anxiety, an answer, but none arrived in the
usual course of post, and she was left to imagine how many
various causes might account for Lady Staimtou's sUence. She
began to be half sony that she had parted with the printed
paper, both for fear of its having fallen into bad hands, and
from the desire of regaijiinf; the document which might be
essential to establish her sister's innocence. She was even
doubting whether she had not better commit the whole matter
to her husband's consideration, when other incidents occurred
to divert her purpose.
Jeanie (she is a favourite, and we beg her pardon for still
using the familiar title) had walked down to the sea-side with
her children one morning after breakfast, when the boys, whose
Bight was more discriminating than hers, exclaimed, that " the
Captain's coach and six was coming right for the shore, with
ladies in it." Jeanie instinctively bent her eyes on the approach-
ing boat, and became soon sensible that there were two females
in the stem, seated beside the gracious Duncan, who acted as
pilot. It was a point of politeness to walk towards the landing-
place, in orrler to receive them, esite-cially as nhe flaw that tbe
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496
WAVKKLKY NOVKLJi.
one half eocmded the b t L tfaTAre^t^ '"*'' "^"^'«' «' whfch
waves and the breeze. Moreovl k ^ ' 1^^ ^'^"^ ^)^ the
^S newly frizzed, his bonnet S ^' ''T^^ ^'^^^ J'i« brigadier
decorated with siint oZeVred l^I^ ^'^^ *^'« cocked-ha
aj a a,ptai,i of militia, thfDtfiT;' '"f "f«"'^ "'ounte.
thec^p.^. t!rtre;trll:tS"^-^^ «'^« ^^-ed
t on, and the parties advanrnTt^ ' !r\^'":^ "^ ^''■^''^* ""en-
«teps before the two ladies nfwif.t ^'''' *^« Captain a few
on the shoulder of tivler lt"Jl'' 'f^?'^ ^^^^ ^^^^
or servant. '''^'^' ^^^ «eemed to be an attendant
J,one oflS^St^t^^ T'"*^^^ and deepest
Sutler Lady-eh-ehi/S >^?, *« introduce to Mrs
^^yl" ^ ^'^ ^^'•ff^tten your leddyship's
^^^^tiZ^'f^SiV'^I^V "I trust Mrs.
obser.^d Mrs. Butler look confused !,J^"-T —-^'^' ^ «''«
-eth.n. Sharply, ^^Did you"^r'set '^ S f^.^^'
but' \::'Z "itLf rcthVr ^r ^«^^^«^vs p^don '
pecauseMi^.VutIeri; never tfenn^'"'^ '^' ^ weel toty'
coach was out &BhmgI"^a thel^T ^^°^-««ver-andS
oag of prandy--and--Jp„// ^°J^ ^^^^^ to Greenock for a
"Give it me, sS^'^Jd ;L f ^^l^frace's letter." '' '
"aince you ha;e n'otfold . 2' '"^^^ '' ^"* '^ ^^ ^and •
01^3 feeling of dtp ItTrSt^oTth'^Tt^' ^^'^ « ««^-n dubi-
berself with autho4y over tt man of ^^^Z."^^^' '^^ «^Pr«««ei
mandates he seemed to submirr.^f ^"*^''!*^' ^^ to whose
though som'ethS/tt; - ^^h^htr'.^"^"^^ --^^^
fonned. Her mamier was C dlJ^ « ."^ ^'"^ exquisitely
and seem«l to evince hifh Sh t^t.^' ^.^ commanding,
^ojety She wore a travelling ^J'^^.t' ^?^^*« ^^ elevat^'
-1 Of P,.,e. laoe. Two L^^^^S t^L^tC:
:.;il
md ceremouy. His
rth name, of which
'as drowned by tho
f liud hia brigadier
■ed the cocked-hat)
J uiiifonu mounted
a tlio boar's head
'ace, she observed
^ of great atteu-
the Captjiin a few
r and elder leaned
be an attendant
;tant, and deejjest
:ntro(hice to Mrs
Kour leddyship's
; "I trust Mrs.
And, as «he
gain to Duncan
itter last nigJit,
lyship's pardon ;
as weel to-tay,
lever— and the
Greenock for a
tter."
t of hia hand ;
me the favour
a certain dubi-
lius expressed
and to whose
letter with a
itifully made,
m exquisitely
commanding,
I of elevated
er hat, and a
fies, who got
TlIM HKAUT OF MID-LOTUIAN.
497
out of tho hjirg,,, and lii'ted out a trunk and portmanteau,
appeared to belong to hor suite. ^
''As you did not receive the letter, madam, which should
have nerved for my mtroduction-for I presume you itro Mrs.
Butler— I wdl not present it to you till you are so good as to
a<lmit mo mto your house without it." 6 «« ^u
\^1^^ I? '"•?; ""**!""'" »«''l Knockduu.ler, "ye cauna doubt
Mrs. Putler wUl do that.-Mrs. Putlcr, this is Lady- Lady-
these tanmed Southern names rin out o' n.y head like a stone
tiowlmg down hiU-put I believe she is a Scottish woman pom
Ibuse^of """ ""'' '''''^^*'^~*"^ ^ V^^iime her leddyship is of the
" J'^f I?»ke of Argyle knows my family very well, sir," said
the lady, m a tone which seemed designed to silence Duncan
or, at any rate, which had that effect completely.
There was something about the whole of this stranger's ad-
jlress and tone, and manner, which acted upon Jeanie's feelinr^s
like the illiLsions of a dream, that tease us with a puzzling
approach to reality. Something there was of her sister in the
gait and manner of the stranger, as well as in the sound of her
voice, and soinething also, when, lifting her veD, she showed
features, to which, changed as they were in expression and
complexion, she coiUd not but attach many remembrances
Ihe stranger was turned of thirty certainly ; but so weU were
her personal charms assisted by the power of dress, and arrange-
cient of ornament, that she might well have passed for one-and-
twenty. And her behaviour waa so steady and so composed
that, as often aa Mrs. Butler perceived anew some pomt of
resemblance to her unfortunate sister, so often the sustained
self-command and absolute composure of the stranger destroyed
the ideas which began to arise in her imagination. She led the
way silently towards the Manse, lost in a confusion of reflec-
tions, and tnisting the letter with which she waa to be there
intrusted, would afford her satisfactory explanation of what waa
a most puzzling and embarrassing scene.
The lady maintamed in the meanwhile the manners of &
stranger of rank. She admired the various points of view like
one who has studied nature, and the best representations of art.
At length she took notice of the children.
"These are two fine young mountaineers— Yours, madam I
presume?" '
roL. m. 2 Mi
If.
■i: if
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:' ii
I
r
498
WAVERLEY NO^TilLS.
. f®^'""e replied in the affirmativp TJ,« ,
"ighed once more a, they ^e^ p JLted to 1. 'T' ''^^"^' '^^
" Oome here, Femie " said Mrl p .f l^^'' ^^ "^'^e.
„p„ , emie, «aid Mrs. Butler. " and hold your head
sister-Diore of lanr, svnellZ^T^- *^''' ^^ "^"^ of her
which her own heart'h^ra i^^^tefoVtL'^^^ ?" reminiscences
ot the stranger had suggested ' ^'^*"'^' ^^'^ "^^nner
lette?aShThtd^fk:n^^^^^^^^ \^^ ?- ^- «"tler the
and a. she gave it he presS her h ^T^'.^^ Knockdtmder
haps, madam, you wiU C i f'' ' ^'^^'"? «^o"d, "Per-
mUk." ' ^ » ^ have the goodness to get me a h'ttle
add'efDu^an '"' '' *'^ ^"^^-P«-d> ^ ^ou please, Mrs. Putler,"
Mrs. Butler withdrew • Vi„f a
David the supply of Z;tLnge j;^^^ ^^^ -^ to
own room to read the letter fh! , ' '^^ ^'^*«"«d into her
Dukeof Argyle's hand f^'d rluesTd ff"^^^
and civility to a lady 'of rank " rlni i ?"*^''"' ^**«"«°^
brother, Lady Staunton Tf wSliS " I"'\^ "^ ^''« ^^^
mended to drink goats' whey bTfctw.-''^^' ^''""^ '''''^-
the Lodge at Roseneath with W .! -V^''^'^^^' ^as to honour
made a short tour in ScTt L p'f T.'- '"^"^ her husband
which had been given to Ladv'«/"* '^*^^° ^^^ «ame cover
from that lady, in'JenSed ^Xm^T'' Tt^' ^^ « ^««er
aud which, but for the CantaSnpli '''^'\ ^"^ "^^^«°g her,
received on the precedmreveX fc?/^' '"^^* ''^^-^
Jeanie's last letter had L7 ^1^1,- f*^ /^'^ *^« ««ws in
he was determined to imTef-^r^Z^^! V''' ^'^'^^H that
at Carlisle, and the fate ^ that noor in"*" '\' ««°fe««ion made
had beea in some degi-ee Ice^nTLTTS?^ *^^*' «* he
entreaties, extorted mther than nhf ^ VI'- ^ *^' ""^'^ ^^st
promise of observing the Lo^Ts^^^^^^^ ^'! ^''^'''^'^' ^^^r
^^* ^""^^ that Jeajiie would trust tq
e, Mrs. Putler."
THE HEART OF Wm-LOTHIAN.
499
Lady S. the management of their intercourse, and be content
with assenting to what she should propose. After reading and
again reading the letter, Mrs. Butler hurried down stairs,
divided betwixt the fear of betraying her secret, and the desire
to throw herself upon her sister's neck. Effie receival her with
a glance at once affectionate and cautionary, and immediately
proceeded to speak,
" I have been telling Mr. , Captain , this gentleman,
Mrs. Butler, that if you could accommodate me with an apart-
ment in your house, and a place for Ellis to sleep, and for the
two men, it would suit me better than the Lodge, which his
Grace has so kindly placed at my disposal. I am advised I
should reside as near where the goats feed as possible."
^^ " I have peen assuring my leddy, Mrs. Putler," said Duncan,
" that though it could not discommode you to receive any of his
Grace's visitors or mine, yet she had mooch petter stay at the
Lodge ; and for the gaits, the creatures can be fetched there, in
respect it is mair fitting they suld wait upon her Leddyship, than
she upon the like o' them."
" By no means derange the goats for me," said Lady Staun-
ton ; " I am certain the milk must be much better here." And
this she said with languid negligence, as one whose slightest
intimation of humour is to bear down all argiunent.
Mrs. Butler hastened to intimate, that her house, such as it
was, was heartily at the disposal of Lady Staunton ; but the
Captain continued to remonstrate.
" The Duke," he said, " had written"—
" I will settle all that with his Grace"—
" And there were the things had been sent down frae Glasco"
" Anythmg necessary might be sent over to the Parsonage
—She would beg the favour of Mrs. Butler to show her an
apartment, and of the Captain to have her trunks, etc., sent over
from Roseneath."
So she courtesied off poor Duncan, who departed, saying in
his secret soul, " Cot tamn her English impudence !— she takes
possession of the minLster's house as an it were her ain and
speaks to shentlemens as if they were pounden servants, and pe
tamned to her ! — And there's the deer that was shot too — but
we will send it ower to the Manse, whilk will pe put civil, see-
ing I hae prought worthy Mrs. Putler sic a fliskmahoy." — And
with these kind intentions, ho n'ent t^ the shore to give big
orders accordingly.
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600
WAVJSKLEY NOVELS.
It '
the way pCr to h ^cS.oTer '"f'J^'^ """ '^"^ <-
of artMcial bSm° " *" ™"'™ ™'1<''' «■« "J'a
tag with unpatien? at^" ^w" t, tX" '".1 fit "^■
^fSttttirsrcee^^-:^-* "^^^^
".eS::;^:ar„'t?2e"o^t]„''J B„t,er>atone of .ntreaty;
•ince you thmk it pri^T" '™' ^ "^ «°<''»« ki",
left the parlour, "?o ht mTt^lk „f "„T' "''™ •^'"'« ""^
f-.ru.u. her ho„.e, ^^^L^^^ ^! :^-t^Z
sharge to a lady who comTs from ml 1^' ^ "^^^ *°^ «"ch
which is the saL thmg^lIile^infZ"' "' -^'^ ^'^^^'«'
year forty-five I was dooI- wifJ speaking of garrisons, in the
in the hLe\f' Ze^f^yXirSl'T' ''?' "^
for"- ^' ^^^'^ "*" Dear been unhappily
^ay Jf'^dSi^r U":.; r^^ ' -""> ^ of so.;
"othS'/at ^nl.fplTS^,'" '^r'"' """"l' f»r her
people aWr^euCf--"'"'? ^"'^ °^ Inver-Oamr. and th^
..mils .luauui}., I aouuted tiio wsrst, .nj"
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAlf.
601
" Do you happen to know, sir," eaid Lady Staunton, " if any
of these two lads, these young Butlers, I mean, show any turn
for the army T
" Could not say, indeed, my leddy," replied Knockdunder—
" So, I knowing the people to pe unchancy, and not to lippen
to, and hearing a pibroch in the wood, I pegan to pid my lada
look to their flmts, and then"
"For," said Lady Staunton, with the most ruthless disregard
to^ the narrative which she mangled by these interruptions,
" if^ that should be the case, it should cost Sir George but the
asking a pair of colours for one of them at the War-Office, since
we have always supported Government, and never had occasion
to trouble ministers."
" And if you please, my leddy," said Duncan, who began to
find some savour in this proposal, " as I hae a braw weel-grown
lad of a nevoy, ca'd Duncan MacGilligan, that is as pig as paith
the Putler pairns putten thegither, Sir George could ask a pair
for him at the same time, and it wad pe put ae asking for a',"
Lady Staunton only answered this hint with a well-bred stare,
which gave no sort of encouragement.
Jeanie, who now returned, was lost in amazement at the
wonderful difference betwixt the helpless and despairing girl,
whom she had seen stretched on a flock-bed in a dungeon,
expectmg a violent and disgraceful death, and last as a forlorn
exile upon the midnight beach, with the elegant, well-bred,
beautiful woman before her. The featm-es, now that her sister's
veil was laid aside, did not appear so extremely different, as the
whole manner, expression, look, and bearing. In outside show,
Lady Staunton seemed completely a creature too soft and fair
for sorrow to have touched ; so much accustomed to have all
her whims complied with by those around her, that she seemed
to expect she should even be saved the trouble of forming them ;
and so totally unacquainted with contradiction, that she did not
even use the tone of self-will, smce to breathe a wish was to
have it fulfilled. She made no ceremony of ridding herself of
Duncan as soon as the evening approached ; but complunented
him out of the house under pretext of fatigue, with the utmost
noTichalanoe.
AVhen they were alone, her sister could not help expressing
her wonder at the self-possession with which Lady Staunton
sustained her part,
" I daresay you are surprised at it," said Lady Staunton
V
ji'
bO'2
WAVEKLKY NOVELS.
a liar of fifteen yeafs^^a^k, r^^^^t '"^''^^' *^^* ^ ^
be UBed to my character "^' ^^ ^^*^''^"^« "^^^^ by this time
th/^twrVS ttX^n ^.^ ''t^ -^^^^ ^"^«
manner waa completely clii"'^^^^^ ^'' «^«t«r'«
which pervaded her conrponSeice^ sl ^' ^""P^"^^^ ^^«
Indeed, by the sight of her father? - i "^""^^ ^ *^'
stone, recording his piety and iiteS'' ^^'^^ ^ "^^^esi
sions and associations had To not? ^' ^u* ^^^*^^ ™Pres-
herself with visiting the da^ ^Jh ^ ^'J' ^^« ^^^^
ass^tant, and was fo near Soverl^t '^^"^ f ^^^«" ^««"
by betraying her acquaintanr^rfh« .2 / 1° ^^'^ ^^^"y^
Bunlop cheese, that she comp^eT wSf f'^'f^^ receipt for
whom the vizier hia f«fi!^ • , , *^^ *" Kedreddin Hassan
«kill in comSg'Tret ,tr^^^^^ ^^ ^'« -I-S
the novelty ?fsu!hamaS^e5Tr"^*'r^ ^"^^ -^«"
to her sister but too vlaMy Till "^^ ^''> '^^ '^o^^^d
which she veiled her unLS^ss loS^/"^^f,,«^^^ ^^h
as the gay uniform of tKSlr ^i. ^ •? -^"^^ '^ ««"»fort,
mortal wound. There were moods a^/"" '' ^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^
despondence seemed to ^xZdZtThrf^i^'' ^ ^^^^^ ber
described in her letters and Ju\ Y ""^'^ «^« ^e^elf had
Butler how little her'^tel^ ,^.^?^, * ''^^'^ Mrs
bnUiant, was in realityt be eJ^'ed "^ ^^^"^'^ ^^ «<>
denvedl^Se^d^Tol'ptTr' ^^^t^"' "^^^ «^-*-
with a higher degree of imS^on thf f. f .T^ P^^«"l^
was an admirer of the beaS o? IT *^^* ""^ ^^' ^^^er, she
peusates many evils to those who r*'''^' ^ *"**" ^^^^^ «om-
On the contrary, with the two bovs fnr h«. • , .
long and fatiguing walks Tiomff f • f^"^""' «^« ^^^rtook
to visit glensf lakes, CerfX V whaT^^'^''^^ "^'^""*^'
wonder or beauty lay concSd L^ If -'""^^ "^ "at'ira
W^ordsworth, I think,^who ^^^1.^0^ *^f '^^*^^ ^^ ^^
culti., remarks, with ast;X^Ll-,f^-;-^^^ Um.
i- T-atsanmB^st. -nv-ir^^i^r -; ■!,■ (]
e been truth itself
>member that I am
' must by this time
uigs excited during
lought her sister's
> desponding tone
is moved to tears,
irked by a modest
it lighter impres-
ler. She amused
had so long been
f to May Hettly,
>rated receipt for
edreddin Hassan,
^y his superlative
hem. But when
' her, she showed
Y colouring with
ttle real comfort,
drawn over his
ts, in which her
she herself had
convinced Mrs.
pearance was so
Lady Staunton
every particular
^ her sister, she
3te which com-
W it. Here
lere she oioght
»ow.
she undertook
^g mountains,
les of natural
cesses. It if
n undei didi-
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 603
whether it was care that spurr'd him,
God only knows ; but to the very last,
He had the lightest foot in Ennerdale.
In the same manner, languid, listless, and unhappy, within
doors, at tuues even indicating something which approached
near to contempt of the homely accommodations of her sister's
house, although she instantly endeavoured, by a thousand
kindnesses, to atone for such ebullitions of spleen, Lady Staun-
ton appeared to feel interest and energy whUe in the open air
and traversmg the mountain landscapes in society with the two
boys whose ears she deUghted with stories of what she had seen
m other countries, and what she had to show them at Willing-
ham Manor. And they, on the other hand^ exerted themselves
m domg the honours of Dumbartonshire to the lady who seemed
so kmd, insomuch that there was scarce a glen in the neigh-
bourmg hills to which they did not introduce her.
Upon one of these excursions, while Reuben was otherwise
employed, David alone acted as Lady Staunton's guide, and
promised to show her a cascade in theiiills, grander and higher
than any they had yet visited. It was a walk of five long miles,
and over rough ground, varied, however, and cheered, by
mountain^ views, and peeps now of the firth and its islands,
now of distant lakes, now of rocks and precipices. The scene
Itself, too, when they reached it, amply rewarded the labour of
the walk. A single shoot carried a considerable stream over
the face of a black rock, which contrasted strongly in colour
with the white foam of the cascade, and, at the depth of about
twenty feet, another rock intercepted the view of the bottom of
the fall. The water, wheeli- out far beneath, swept round
the crag, which thus bounded their view, and tumbled down
the rocky glen in a torrent of foam. Those who love nature
always desire to penetrate into its utmost recesses, and Lady
Staunton asked David whether there was not some mode of
gaining a view of the abyss at the foot of the fall. He said that
he knew a station on a shelf on the farther side of the mter-
cepting rock, from which the whole waterfall was visible, but
that the road to it was steep and slippery and dangerous. Bent,
however, on gratifying her curiosity, she desired him to lead the
way ; and accordingly he did so over crag and stone, anxiously
pointmg out to her the resting-places where she ought to step,
for their mode of advancing soon ceased to be walking, and
became scrambling.
Ml
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604
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
*% wereSS sat r'^'' "^ *^« ^- of the roll,
front of the fall, JThe^ h^/'^^^"' ^^^ <'^e ^t
hoilmg, roaring, 'and thundrrin^^^.r^'* tremendous aapoc^
Wack cauldron, a hundred SS^ T? wicemmg din, into a
resembled the mtefof a t£o^* ^^^ ^.«^«^ them which
the waters, which gave an unS ^^' '^^'^^^ *he dashing of
them, the trembling even of?Lt^^ aPPearance to all around
the precariousness of thei^'^o'ti^T'tr" *^ ^^^^ ^'^^^
Z ."'^"^ *° «tand on the shelf S ^""^^^T ^""^ ^^arce room
ttrTf'T'f f P«-«^"S a?etct^Tth^^ ''^^' ^^^ "^"^
tion of Lady Staunton, that she L?!^ t^^^/^^ses and imagina-
fa""ig, and would in feet Ji«vi^ ^"^/"^ ^^ ^a^id she wat
not caught hold of her The ho''^P'^^^°"^ *^« ^^ag had he
a.?e-still he waa but fourteen 2 '''1.'^'^^ "'^^ «tout of his
pve no confidence to TnZ V ? ^^'^' *^^ «« his assistance
become reallv perilous T^^ f *'""*°°' «^« ^^It her rtuaS
7eltyof .h^cttanc'e^^S ''^*' ? *^« ^^ "^^^^^
of her panic, in which case t ?s n v ^?,«^"ght the infection
perished. She now «cre.^ed t ^ t^rrt *?f '^f ^ ^'^^ ^^^e
^^^5. Shrill, that i^'^^^t.^^2:Li:7z
£^'^TS:I^Ti:^^^^^ a human face, blade,
cheeks, and mixing with CS^ ^°'''' *^o fo^eh^d and
colour, and as much mlLdZ^tnZ^" ^?^ °^ '^' «a^e
"it' ttT r ''*^' 'ock awf^"^' ^°^^«d down on them
and restored to tiriTnt 7Tf^t '' «'^Pen^atural teiroi.
Pnved by the dangerThts iron ^'ilf ' «^« ^'^^ l^-"'
tJ, ^ ™"^' *^^^P »« I " man-For God's
or tw: a^rl^:^^^^^^^^^^ answer; in a second
the first, equaUy swart and beg i^ed Cf. '^' ^^^""'^ '^^^^de
fem^lf r°^^"^ in elf-locks, wS ' 1 '"^^ ^""^^'^ ^ack
lie face of the rock,
, and came full in
:remendous aspect
asing din, into a
Jow them, which
5e, the dashing of
nee to all around
which they stood,
was scarce room
h they had thus
^ses and iniagina-
5 David she was
the crag had he
*nd stout of his
as his assistance
}t her situation
in the appalling
rht the infection
>oth must have
:h without hope
amazement, the
*) of a tone so
he noise of the
lan face, black,
3 forehead and
1 of the same
3own on them
THE HKAIiT OF MlD-LOTHlAN.
506
very nearly
atural terrora,
had been de-
i—For God's
; in a second
seared beside
angled black
w'ildness and
nee. Lady
> rock with
>US terrnr nf
her guide, he became incapable of suppo/tiiig her. Iler words
were probably drowned in the roar of the faUing stream, for,
though she observed the lips of tlie young being whom she
supplicated move as he spoke in reply, not a word reached
her ear.
A moment afterwards it ap])eared he had not mistaken the
nature of her supplication, which, indeed, was easy to be under-
stood from her situation and gestures. The younger ai)j)arition
disappeared, and immediately after lowered a lad.ler of twisted
osiers, about eight feet in length, and made signs to David to
hold It fast while the lady ascended. Despair gives courage,
and finding hei-self in this fearful predicament, Lady Staunton
did not hesitate to risk the ascent by the precarious means which
this accommodation afforded; and, carefully assisted by the
person who had thus providentially come to her aid, she reached
the simimit m safety. She did not, however, even look around
her until she saw her nephew lightly and actively foUow her
example, although there was now no one to hold the ladder fast.
When she saw him safe she looked round, and could not heir.
Bhuddenng at the i)lace and company in which she found herself
Ihey were on a sort of platform of rock, sunounded on every
Bide by precipices, or overhanging cliffs, and which it would
have been scarce possible for any research to have discovered, as
it did not seem to be commanded by any accessible position
It was partly covered by a huge fragment of stone, which, ha\dng
fallen from the cliffs above, had been intercepted by others in
Its descent, and jammed so as to serve for a sloping roof to the
farther part of the broad shelf or platform on which they stood.
A quantity of withered moss and leaves, strewed beneath this
rude and wretched shelter, showed the lairs,— they coidd not be
termed the beds,— of those who dwelt in this eyrie, for it deserved
no other name. Of these, two were before Lady Staunton.
One, the same who had afforded such tunely assistance, stood
upnght before them, a taU, lathy, young savage ; his dress a
tattered plaid and phUabeg, no shoes, no stockings, no hat or
bonnet, the place of the last being supplied by his hair, twisted
and matted like the glibbe of the ancient wUd Irish, and, like
theirs, forming a natural thicVnBet stout enough to bear off the
cut of a Bword. Yet the eyes of the lad were keen and
Bparklmgj his gesture free and noble, like that of aU savages.
?^}^^o ^**^® "''**°® of David Butler, but gazed with wonder on
Staunton, as a being different probably in dress, and
hi
T.«A
hm
006
WAVEitLKY NOVELS.
superior in beautv ♦v^ ..l-
"^an, whose face they hSj'^' ^' ^"^ '''' beheld. The old
«am« posture a. when he htd fiT'/T^^^ recumbent in the
ti.6 brow of the iiicumtcm ro^t ^'' ""P^Pitious. Boueath
foam aad mL^ ,i '^' " "«% tm^e ouT^f *''.^''
the corner of the cavern if it ff,'^'^ ^"^t^'^er ladder from
against the transvei^e rock thf 1!^^ ^' ^''"^'^ ^o, aStedl?
ShT L '" '''"^'n '"to whioh tL I 1"°^ ^If. "ear the
She could see the creat of the orreM i"*? P^ecipita'tes iWf
■ke the mane of a wild horse Tf/^ ""flS loose dowu the rook
the iower platfcnu from whfch she h , '°'" '"'™S ""^ <^e^o/
Dand was not suffered t? ^ ascended. ' "
sport or lore of mSS? u ,""""" »° easily • the l„,l c
-cended, and ieTeS" ^^ ^^^f *« '^""er a'good d^'al^
''"■rfe. So narrow was the chasm ou'tf ^1.'^ «' loose
""01 wmch they ascended,
beheld. The oJd
recumbent in the
'T» on them, only
1 looked up with
'ueral expression
a very taU man,
fe had on a loose
pantaloons,
tious. Beneath
"J fire, on which
rs, hammers, a
?i"is, with two
'St the wall of
S; a dirk and
round the fire,
'he precipitous
e had satisfied
led an earthen
'0 spirits, ap.
^ssively to the
young savage
to less than
' ladder from
>, -'^justed it
3f, and made
below. She
clc, near the
itates itself,
va the rock,
any view 0/
B lad, from
deal as he
Butler, so
each other
rhe young
n, assisted
' had still
tier, until
mountain,
of loose
ascended,
THE HIiAHT OF MID-LOTUIAN.
507
that, umess when they were on the very verge, the eve passed
to the ether side without perceiving the existcuco of a rent so
teartul, and nothuig waa seen of the cataract, though its deep
hoaree voice was still heard.
Lady Staunton, freed from the danger of rock and river had
aow a new subject of anxiety. Her two guides confronted' each
otlier with angry countenances ; for David, though youu.'er by
two years at leaat, and much shorter, waa a stout, weU-set, and
very bold boy. '
"You are the black-coat's sou of Knocktarlitie," said the
young caird ; " if you come hero agaiji, I'll pitch you down
the Imn like a foot-baU."
"Ay, lad, ye are very short to be sae lang," retorted young
Butler undauntedly, and measiuring his opponent's height with
an undismayed eyej "I am thinking you are a giUie of Black
Douacha ; it you come down the glen, we'U shoot you like a
wild buck.
" You may tell your father," said the lad, " that the leaf on
the tunber is the last he shall see— we wiU hae amends for the
mischief he has done to us."
'' I hope he wiU live to see mony simmers, and do ye muckle
mair," answered David.
More might have paased, but Lady Staunton stepped between
them with her purse in her hand, and taking out a guinea, of
which it contained several, visible through the net-work, aa
weU aa some sUver m the opposite end, offered it to the caird
" The white siller, lady— the white siller," said tlie young
savage, to whom the value of gold wtia probably unknown.
Lady Staunton poured what silver she had into his hand, and
the juvenUe savage snatched it greedily, and made a sort of
half mchnation of acknowledgment and adieu.
" Let us make haste now, Lady Staunton," said David, " for
there will be little peace with them smce they hae seen vour
purse." •'
They hurried on as faat as they could ; but they had not
descended the hill a hundred yards or two before they heard a
halloo behind them, and looking back, saw both the old man
and the young one pursuing them with great speed, the former
vnth a gun on his shoulder. Veiy fortunately, at this moment
a sportsman, a gamekeeper of the Duke, who was engaged in
stalking deer, appeared on the face of the hUl. The bandits
9topj)€d on seeing him, and Lady Staunton hastened to put
H H
t:ii
608
^yAVEllLKY NOVELS.
'hiM
herself und.v Lis protcctior TT« v.
«".ff«d „„„,, ^^ t^f :; ht' ""',' ^"^^ S'"""«on, who ,,„d
witted her ]nvo «*• ., "\"ig"t aud fat o-ue .vn,. • "
folk, it'8 tyne heart tyne aV' ' ^"^ ^'^«" y<' deal ^> tC
CHAPTER PlFTi^i^jj
Ur» , IlENRy THE FlPn-n
the Gene'S?^l;lbTw:l^l"^^^^*^^^-b-^^ where
t at some Scottish IbW Vetting It is weU Cr
Commissioner, to representThTnn "'"?^ ^^^^^ed a. S
;^nd the »„,4g leC „?S' "^^^ "^ ^e .«,pital ^ua^
' tliem Ilia vscrm
1 ioadtvl rifle to
"•"go.
account of their
sure to David's
pected that the
• Tavie, I might
reabout, though
^"Jl; and thej'
I'les thenj ; eae,
^unless I were
■^alluniniore or
fiton, wJio Iittd
ver again por-
so far among
^avid, though
flours by the
'e had to do
>e Iiae made
David, M'hen
tlwU wi' thae
THK IIKATJT OIT MIlJ-LOTHlAN.
609
PiFTH.
u"gh, where
eli known,
aa High
1 this con-
laintaining
>rting the
loever are
^1, usually
and ivaJb
'7 meets.
The nobleniiui who held this office chanced to bo particularly
connected with Sir Qeorgo Staunt(ui, and it was in his trair
that he ventured to tread the High Street of Edinburgh fur the
Hret time smce the fatal night of Porteous's execution. Walk-
Jug at the right hand of the representative of Sovereignty,
covere(l with laco and embroidery, and with all the parapher-
ualui of wealth and rank, the handsome though wasted figure
ot the English stranger attracted all eyes. Who could have
recognised m a form so aristocratic the plebeian convict, that,
disguised in the r-gs of Madge Wildfire, had led the formidable
noters to their destined revenge 1 There was no possibility that
this could happen, even if any of his ancient acquaintances, a
race of men whoso lives are so brief, had happened to survive
the span comnnnly allotted to evil-doers. Besides, the whole
affair had long fallen asleep, with the angry passions in which
It origmated. Nothing is more certain than that persona known
to have had a share in that formidable riot, and to have fled
from Scotland on that account, had made money abroad,
returned to enjoy it in their n.".tivo coimtry, and lived and died
undisturbed by the law.* The forbearance of the magistrate
was, m these instances, wise, certainly, and just ; for what good
impression could bo made on the public mind by punishment,
when the memory of the ofleiico was obliterated, and aU that
was remembered was the recent inoffensive, or perhaps exem-
plary conduct of the ofiender ?
Sir George Staunton might, therefore, tread the scene of his
former audacious exploits, free from the apprehension of the
law, or even of discovery or suspicion. But with what feelings
his heart that day throbbed, must bo left to those of the reader
to imagine. It was an object of no couunon interest which had
brought him to encounter so many painful remembrances.
In consequence of Jeanie's letier to Lady Staunton, trans-
mittmg the confession, he had visited the town of Carlisle, and
had found Archdeacon Fleming stUl alive, by whom that con-
fession had been received. This reverend gentleman, whose
character stood deservedly very high, he so far admitted int«
his confidence, as to own himself the father of the unfortunate
iufant which had been spirited away by Madge Wildfire, repre-
senting the intrigue as a matter of juvenile extravagance on hia
own part, for which he was now anxious to atone, by tracing, if
possible, what had become of the child. After some recoliW
* See Arnot'g Cnmijfxl T'-vili, 4to ed, p. 236.
ii'
510
WAVKRr.KY >rovKr.s.
know about hi» wean t '^'' ®'"'"''™ aU ho ™,M ' -^ ?'
ner motives for T.n+ /n- " """ed nerish for ^ 1 ® "^
to reckon for Tn ? '^^'"^ ^^^^^^ «"oner sCh!" T*' ^« f<>r
Thp I ^®*^^'^" for that
feeling of nflr«r^+ f daughter's futuro safAf^ S ' '^^^^ and
*«^e Wildfire was occa.
TMK IIKART OF MIP-LOTniAV. ni ]
sfmicd l,y her taking tho oonfuaion of hor mother'H oxrc.ition u.
affording an opportunity of leaving the workhouse to w r'flJf
tlieir fury, to pensi, in tlm way wn l.avo already «oon Whe^
?n{J "\^ ^"""'^ *'•' ^''^"^'■"*'« '•'"^•- ^"« returned from LhT
fhl f r' i"./'""*' *" ^ ^"*""' •" J'^<linburgh, to inoZ into
the fate of the unfortunate girl whose child 1 ad .e2n lion
and wa^ mfonned l,y his correspon.lent, that «ho ill £.'
nstant part of Scotland, or left tho king.loni ontirolv Anri
ore the nmtter rested, until, at Sir Geor^, Staunton'f;nph a
tu,n the clergyman looked out, and produced Margaret mS'
ockson s returned letter, and the other memora, K i.,h he
had kept concernmg the affair
Whatever might be Sir George Stauntn„'« f,.eli„.s in rin.,i,.rr
up tins miserah e history, und listening to the S auS of
the unhappy girl whom he had nane.l, he had so much of ll
ancient wilfulness of disposition loft, .. to shu w:;;" "n ete "
it hisT '\^'''^r' ^f"' -en^^'^i to open itsel? of Te oZ
wmZfZv ^'^"t*"'"''^^''"'^^ be difficult to produce hhn
without telling much more of the history of his hiVth and ho
jmstor unes of his parents, than it wa. pn.dent to make known
w^orthy of ha father . protection, and many ways miirht be fillpn
..pon to avoid such risk. Sir George Staunto/wrali hereto
.ulop him a« his heir, if he pleased^ without commun c ingU e
secret of his I ,rth ; or an Act of Parliament might HoSned
decl^-mg him legitimate, and allowing him thc^nam ^1^
u? the hw ?f'r:i'"'rf ^r'^ ^ ''^'''^•^^'^^ «hild accorT
uafents wTf.f • °'l'.^^*^^ ^^bsequent marriage .f his
parents. Wdful in eveiythmg, Sir George's sole detire now
waa to see this son, even should his recovei^ bring with t a n'w
Sg bst""'"''""' " '""^'"^ ^ those ^hichiuowedoA^
But where was the youth who might eventuaUy be called to
the honours and estates of this ancient famUy ? On whTt heath
was he waoidenng, and shrouded by what mean Sale D ll
he gam his precarious bread by some petty trade by meni^
toll, 1^ violence, or by theft ? These were questions on wS
Sir Geo^e's anxious investigations could obtah no light Manv
.... ^ , begg-ar and tortmi^teiier. or spae-wife-some ramem.
dl2
^"^'^^VERLKY NOVELS.
t'St'tlf :,XS7J«: wi* a. i.f»t ia ,737 „, „,»
""d that she had beoVhei^,, ' ' 1°' '«™"«' "-at dVw t •
2 »' S»a".l, of whi h IS;"^.^^™ S»i»=" to a St'
laid, therefore, came Sir i,'-""'"'y she was a native To S-T^
•"s lady at G^™ and^^! ^I'""'"'' ''»™g oarS ^tt
^ comdde with' t!,; ^il'^' JZf G.r.^^T^'^' ^^e^l
ffk, hi3 acquaintance with th. ™,'^™«'-'J Assembly of the
»f Lord High OommissiOTer forlS ^■'""''° "'"' ^d the office
'™^tt" Si' ™" ^tadSati™™ "^ ■■"" P*lic £
h« brother-in-law into hfacoifi/ ®" '^'S*'' P'an to take
mtf/ "J''' ""^"olTe'^S^;' ''\!'»^ '*-
iurs. IJutler, the verv smil «*• • ! '^^V^ived from his wifp that-
-^ered the' account ^tlVvrof^"' ^°"' '^^ '^-
Kectory to transpire even f . ^^ u , ^"^^^^ at Willinffham
«ony to have an opportunitv fn'' ^"'^""'^ ^"^ he wL n^
necto„^jvithout bei^^C.^ to h^r^'r^*^ «« nearTc^n
of his character an<i unders^cL^""'^^ *° ^^^"^ ^ J"dgmlt
"lore, to raise ButJer veiy hiVh in k- -^^ "'"^^^ and heard
wa. generaUy respected?y tSe^f hi/^"^^'"- ^« ^^•""l^e
as by the Jaity who had seats tf/ a ""^ Profession, as weU
^veral public appearance3 *^ The A^^'T,^^^" ^« ^ad n^e
fdicT"' ^"^^'"^' ^«"abiJit.t7h^ n^^^^«^;
admired as a sound, and at ^L ^^ "^^ followed and
preacher. ^^' «* the same time, an eloquent
;«VJ:"voB SllrZ^^ft- ^^r «*---'« pride
scurely married. He now beln f .u ""^"'^ «^ter beinrot'
connection so much betted thl L *^' '°°*^^' to thSk the
be necessary to acknowfedge ,T LcT'"'"^' '^''' ^^ ^'^o^
of his son, it would somid weuXZuTT''''' ^^ the recov^
a sister who, in the decayed state of 1 '^* ^'^^ Staunton 7^
Scottish clergyman, hic^h in tt 1 -■ *^' ^^^^^^ ^ad married a
a leader in the chu;ch.° *^' "^"^^^^ «f hi« countr^e?td'
-i^aWs^lX fe^i^'^" ^^« ^-^ High Com
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIA^n; 513
hw lodgings in the Lawnmarket, and drink a cup of coftee
n^lt r""^- **" "^^^ "P'° ^^' P^^^^'^g Sir George would
permit hun, m passing, to caU at a friend's house where he
resided and make his apology for not coming to parTake he?
«n.- ^^'jrT^"^ "P *^" ^'^^ Street, entered the KrLe^^
a^d pa^ed the begging-box, placed to remind those at liber^^
the distresses of the poor prisoners. Sir George paused there
r pTbrchTr' r "^^ ' ^'' "^'^ "" '°^' ^ '''' — ^^
..H^I"^ T' "P ^"^ ^"'^'^ ^^°' ^« fo'^d him with his
Tp ttught *'^ "*^"" °' ''^ ^^^^^°*^' ^^^ ^pp--^^y -
"It is so sir" said Butler, turning off and beginnmg to walk
^XCt'l.^" "^ "'^""""^ « «- '^''° - " p-«
At this moment, looking at Ms companion, he asked him
Tw "i" i'fi! ^"^'^'.^^ ^^^ Sir George Staunton admitted
that te had been so foolish as to eat ice, which sometimes
disagreed with him. With kind officiousness, that woTud no?
be gainsaid, and ere he could find out whe/e he wrgoing
Butler humed Su: George into the friend's house, ne^ tf the
prison, m which he himself had lived since he came to tol
te.f'l •'^' Z w ^*l"° *^"* "^ ^"^ °ld friend Bartoline
Saddletree, m which Lady Staunton had served a short noviciate
as a shop-maid This recollection rushed on her husband's
mmd and the blush of shame which it excited overpowered the
Z Tn^f f'''^?^'^^ ^'^ ^''^""''^ ^' ^'^'^ pZess Good
Mrs Saddletree, however, bustled about to receive the rich
English baronet as the friend of Mr. Butler, and requested an
elderly female m a black gown to ait still in a way which
seemed to miply a wish, that she would clear the way for hw
betters. In the meanwhile, understanding the state of the caae
she ran to get some cordial waters, flovereign, of course, in ali
21. J'^''^'^- whatsoever. During her abeenie, her
visitor, the female m black, made some progress out of the
room, and might have left it altogether ^vithout particular
observation, had she not stumbled at the threshold, so near Sir
George Staunton, that he, in point of civility, raised her and
assisted her to the door.
"Mrs. Porteous is tumed very doited now, puir body" said
VOL VU. o ,
11
5U
WAVEKLEY NOVELS.
Mrs. Saddletree, aa eho returned with her bottle in her hand
Mr Mer ^%\"«t'"'^-Yo had some trouble about thTt job
out the haiirll«^''f' '^' '' ^^ ^'''^'' "y« ^*d better drink
Ime ^." ^^' ^'' *' "^^ ^^ y^ ^^^^^ ^^^ tlian when ye
it ^^t?H« t ^r."^ ^' ,"" * '^'T'^^' °" recoUecting who
.« Wi 1 ^u ^^ '** ^^^""^y «uPPorted-the widow wliom
he had 80 large a share in making such
^ Jhi f*^ *" prescribed job that case of Poriieoua now " said old
Saddletree, who was confined to his chair by the eout-!^' 1 n
prescribed and out of date." ^ gout— clean
T k'"^ T ""^^ ^^^^"^ °^ *^^*' neighbour," said Plumdamas "fnr
were^ZZj .i,*'" f' '^?' ^°'«"^°«* ^^ ^^e Porteous mob
A^nw f ^'® '^^^'^^ ^^'^'^ gentleman stands the Kins'!
Advocate wadna meddlo wi' h^n^ n. ei """uo, wie xvmgs
pr^cription." ^'"""^'^ ^*« ""*^«^ *J^« negative
"Haud your din, caries," said Mrs. Saddletree "and l«t th«
gent^man sit down a«d get a dish of comfortaWe'tea " '"' *''
and ButW ^f T ^^^ ^?^ 'l"^^' ^"''"^^ «f *beir convention •
and Jiutler, at his request, made an apologv to Mrs SadrnpfrTn'
and accompanied him to his loddn^s SI fti^* ^f '"«*'^«e,
guest waiting Sir George StaSfret^^ fe ^^'n^fh"
than our reader's old acquaintance, Ratc^e. "" "° ''^''
Ihis man had exercised the office of tumkev with sn mn.j,
WIU08 lo request Katcliffe's companv in nrd^r tho* u^ • TT
iindor iniutice of d.«lh ■ .r,i il mlMaecl by the Pc.rt«oii, mob when
.be. u.. i%uidt''.wr. LrSeS;^"i^?r r '""»•■"
sincere a whig to embrace Uberation at t^l ^ !^ i J ' ^^- ^« *<" too
reward wa. made oneT the kee^w of tL T 11?^*^^° ^'^^"*'«' "^-i ^^
ooMtent tmdition. ^ °' ^^^ Tolbooth. So at least rui,«
THE HEART OK MID-LOTHIAN.
616
tie in her hand —
back-cast wi' the
le about that job,
had better drink
01 than when ye
recollecting who
the widow wliom
IS now," said old
le gout— "clean
Mumdamas, "for
, and this is but
'^en."
• — me that has
n it hadna been
e Porteous mob
nds, the King's
er the negative
e, " and let the
B tea."
r conversation;
^rs. Saddletree,
r found another
is was no other
with so much
tlly rose to be
' is yet to be
rather sought
gs, used some-
;hat he might
its in the way
d without re-
«on. Ratcllffe,
keous mob when
mo predicament
5. He was too
acolrites, and in
lo at lewt runs
Biuning his original vocation, otherwise than in his narrativea
over a bottle.
Under these circumstances, he had been recommended to Sir
George Staunton by a man of the law in Edinburgh, as a per-
son likely to answer any questions he might have to ask about
Annaple Bailzou, who, according to the colour which Sir George
Staunton gave to his cause of inquiiy, was supposed to have
stolon a child in the west of England, belonging to a family in
which he was interested. The gentleman had not mentioned
his name, but only his official title ; so that Sir George Staun-
ton, when told that the captain of the Tolbooth was waiting for
him in his parlom-, had no idea of meeting his former acquaint-
ance, Jem Ratcliffft.
This, thrr- r re, was another new and most unpleasant sur-
prise, for ■ u.u no difficulty in recollecting this man's remark-
able feati' ;,-. Tha change, however, from George Robertson
to Sir George Staunton, baffled even the penetration of Ratclifle,
and he bowed vciy low to the baronet and his guest, hoping
Mr. Butler would excuse his recollecting that he was an old
acquaintance.
*' Aid once rendered my wife a piece of great service," said
Mr. Butler, " for which she sent you a token of grateful acknow-
ledgment, which I hope came safe and was welcome."
"Deil a doubt on't," said Ratcliffe, with a knowing nod;
"but ye are muckle changed for the better since I saw ye,
Maister Butler."
" So much so, that I wonder you knew me."
" Aha, then ! — Deil a face I see I ever forget," said Ratcliffe ;
while Sir George Staunton, tied to the stake, and uicapable of
escaping, internally curaed the accuracy of his memory. " And
yet, sometimes," continued Ratcliffe, " the sharpest hand will
be ta'en in. There is a face in this very room, if I might pre-
sume to be sae bauld, that, if I didna ken the honourable
person it belangs to, I might think it had some cjxst of an auld
acquaintance."
"I should not be much flattered," answered the Baronet,
sternly, and roused by the risk in which he saw himself placed,
" if it is to me you mean to apply that compliment."
" By no manner of means, sir," said Ratcliffe, bowing very
low ; " I am come to receive your honour's commands, and no
to trouble your honour wi* my poor observations."
" Well, sir," said Sir George, " I am told you jjnderst&fid
' Ml'
' Ml
M
!'!
■ill
* I'l
016
WAVKKLEV NOVKLS.
^n guineas of retamk.rZ^'r;7^'t/''" of which, here are
fiml me certain noti^^of aTeJ^LSr ^^ "^^'^ ^^^ ^
will find described in that papef I 3 1'' ^"f' ''^'"^ ^^^
ha.1 lived within a miirof ]L\n1tj?e;T ^"^'^^^^"'^ father'
not kii.w wliat to tliink for a^ln'S u' ^~'' "^^ '^ ^ ^^^ovdd
^When he was lef^lC ^iit^,,^' ^
ordered tea and coftee, winch we'p will i.^ •^^^''^^ Stannton
after considering wi h h nteirforT ^^.^^^^^
whether he had ktely hcarT? Lf L .^^"^^^^ ^^'^ ^^« ^'^^^
with some surprise at tirqueTt on rZl- ft IT^^' ^"«cr,
ceived no letter for some tLehL^^^^^^ *^^^* ^' ^^^ '^■
" Then," said Sir George Stir^'r ^ ,P'°' Penwoman."
you there has been mZZ^nTfT ^"^ *^' ^''^ *« ^^om
left home. My wife Xfr,?!,! / ,"' T'^ P"^^^««s «i"ce you
ness to permit ir^'I^sZ^^u^^^^ "'i^^^^/^ '''^ *^« ^^^^
some weeks in your couZ ha^ Sd «! ' '^', ''^' ^P^^^^^g
quartei-s in the Mar^e, ^'ehe sav^ to Tf ' *'^''" "^ ^^'
whoae mUk she is usmg • but T S-i •^'^ ''f ''^^ «»« goate,
prefers Mrs. Butler's com^' J thaflf' .^ '''^'*^' '^^'^^"«' ^^^^
pre.ent's"iSr;^h h^l^t^f^V^^ ^"'^^ ^^ ^^^
happy if his house could S^odL . ^^*^'^*''°' ^°^ ^^
would be but a very sligltTSed^Tt oTtf '' ''^-^^
he owed them " ^"wieagment of the many favours
fa town befag i, flnishoi^he^^'dif'f T™."™ ^' ^>^
bartonshire aj soon as he could bnTv '''^™'"™»« to Ihim.
of tnmsportmg a comiderable sum i! M, ™ ^"^^ "" "«>«!'}■
his brethren of the clergj-." «>nipany with one or two oi
lunuMi
vmef.
■%wit(m>y^it!*!^ic}
' which, here aw
iy when j'ou can
iead, whom you
B tovm presently
to the care of
nt), "or of hia
ffe bowed and
'a^id to hunself,
bertson's father
'ne if I should
> his head."
Jorge Staunton
^alet, and then,
sked his guest
^ily. Butler,
at he had re-
>r pen woman."
first to inform
lises since you
had the good-
was spending
taken up her
5r tlie goats,
, because she
3tab]e gentk-
>uke and the
>n, and waa
f theirs — it
lany &vom-s
Q^ the less
■ "May I
. " his duty
fcers he had
ig to Ihim-
le necessity
with him,
! or two of
THE HEART OF Min-LOTHIAN.
517
" My cwcort wiU be more safe," said Sir George Stannton,
"and I think of setting off to-morrow or next day. If you will
give me the pleasure of your company, I will undertake to de-
liver you and your charge safe at the Manse, provided you wiU
admit me along with you."
Mr. Butler gratefully accepted of this proposal ; the appoint-
ment was made accordingly, and, by despatches with one of Sir
George's servants, who was sent forward for the purpose, the
inhabitants of the manse of Knocktarlitio were made acquainted
with the intended journey ; and the news rung through the
whole vicinity, " that the minister waa coming back wi' a braw
English gentleman and a' the siller that was to pay for the estate
of Craigsture."
This sudden resolution of going to Knocktarlitio had been
adopted by Sir George Staunton in consequence of the incidents
of the evening. In spite of hui present consequence, he felt he
had presumed too far in venturing so near the scene of his fonner
audacious acts of violence, and he knew too well, from past ex-
perience, the acuteness of a man like Ratcliffe, again to encounter
him. The next two days he kept his lodgings, under pretence
of mdisposition, and took leave by writing of his noble friend
the High Commissioner, alleging the opportunity of Mr, Butler's
company aa a reason for leaving Edinburgh sooner than he had
proposed. He had a long conference with his agent on the sub-
ject of Annaple Bailzou ; and the professional gentleman, who
was the agent also of the ^Jgyle famUy, had directions to collect
all the information which Ratcliffe or others might be able to
obtain concerning the fate of that woman and the unfortunate
child, and so soon as anythmg transpired which had the least
appearance of being important, that ha should send an express
with it instantly to Knockiarlitie. These instructions were
backed with a deposit of money, and a request that no expense
might be spared ; so that Sir George Staunton had little reason
to apprehend negligence on the part of the persons intrusted
with the commission.
The journey, which the brothers made in company, waa
attended with more pleasure, even to Sir George Staunton, than
he had ventured to expect. His heart lightened in spite of
himself when they lost sight of Edinburgh ; and the eaay, sen-
sible conversation of Butler waa well calculated to withdraw hia
thousrhts from nainfnl rpflerfi'^"'! H« ott/.t. }%»?"•« ^- i-i.:_u
whether there could be much difficulty in removing his wife's
•i. >
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WAVKRLKY NOVKLS.
connections to the rectnrr r^f wn- ,
part procuring «on JttuT b t^'.^S^^ > '* -^ only on his
mcunbent, and on Butler's that h/l ^?'"* ^"^ "^° P'-csent
^the E„gii«,, Church to wh^hLrM''^^'''^^^^^^^^^^^^
bility of his making obipof^^n ^ x?"^"^ °°* 'Conceive a possi
under hia wing, ^f do^e wl*^^^^ ""' '^ *^^™ ^^^^^^g
acquainted, as he knew her to b! ^.K '° '""^^ ^^-S- Butler
history; but then her sSence thn^tK'^t ^"^ *™*^ -^^ ^is e^'
plain of her indiscretion h^ertTL ^ ^f.^, ^
ensured. It would keep hkMv I? f "u "^''^ ^^^^^^tely
and m more «nbjection : for Je w«/ "' ^^^^ in good temper
him by insisting on remain ngt 7oZ"TT'''''''^'''^''o
to the country, alleging the tSt^ w.^ T •''' '^"'^^^ *« '^^^^^
Madam, your sister if there ''woI?d. T'K '* ^i^li^gham.
answer to this ready argument ' ^' *^'"^^*' ^^ « sufficient
4^ raf i^rC;^^, -^-, asking What he would
with ths burden of afTordfn^ \- ^"""^'^ fv^i^ yearly
neighbour, whose he^th w2^ „^'' ~«>pany uo,v aud then to .
"He might meet," he Ld^"™l-'""!f "' i" spirits equal
a^compliBhed gentlem^^^hi JStZf^' " ^""^ 'earned'ard
ta' he hoped that wo,id Zl^Z ''™ "" " **''* Priest,
Mr^ B*r thud, of aa an answer, if tX^r "L^^'C^T^
ohurohea; but I wa. l™u"h\ I ^2? *^^'" ^*-» «"'
ordmat,on, am satisfied of the tath If ■ ™:.'""'"''««'' ier
"' W^t'ta'^r ' ''^"*°St„'.'" '°"'"''^' »■"' ""
George StaS, "uSeVf 1 "i^°" P^ft^entr- said Sir
"Onlaf "'^^Sl'^" and S»tS» ''°°'"°'' '*'™' «>^
■n"ch good, anT'tJeJe^rSLllf "^^'^ *ere may be
every man must act aecordingThk, ^T^- T"' '" '•"*'' i but
"lone, and am in the conree of^ • ™ ''«'""• I b"!* I hav<.
Highland parish ; LTT::!itTC' *'^"=^'' "* *" 'k^
■" Become me. for the sake of
THE HEART OP MID-LOTIIIAN.
was only on his
for the present
3 orders according
conceive a possi-
^ them residing
3ing Mrs. Butler,
truth of his evU
reason to corn-
more absolutely
in good temper
troublesome to
desired to retire
at WiUingham.
t, be a sulficient
(vhat he would
pounds yearly,
■ and then to a
' spirits equal.
7 learned and
Catholic priest,
objection to a
said, "would
lould be made
'. Butler. "I
■ between the
e received her
ines, and will
't?" said Sir
't question."
>ther, besides
idred a-year,
betwixt the
here may be
1 both ; but
fiope I have
i^ork in this
the sake of
519
lucre, to leave my sheep in the wilderness. But, even in the
temporal view which you have taken of the matter, Sir George
this hundred pounds a-year of stipend hath fed and clothed us,
and left us nothing to wish for ; my father-in-law's succession,
and other circiunstances, have added a small estate of about twice
as much more, and how we are to dispose of it I do not know —
So 1 leave it to you, sir, to think if I were wise, not having the
wish or opportunity of spending three hundred a-year, to covet
the possession of fou. times that sum."
" This is philosophy," said Sir George ; " I have heard of it,
but I never saw it before."
" It is common sense," replied Butler, " which accords with
philosophy and religion more frequently than pedants or zealots
are apt to admit."
Sir George turned the subject, and did not again resiune it.
Although they travelled in Sir George's chariot, he seemed so
much fatigued with the motion, that it was necessary for him to
remain for a day at a small town called Mid-Calder, which was
their first stage from Edinburgh. Glasgow occupied another
day, so slow were their motions.
They travelled on to Dumbarton, where they had resolved to
leave the equipage and to hire a boat to 'take, them to the shores
near the manse, as the Gare-Loch lay betwixt them and that
point, besides the impossibility of travellmg in that district with
wheel-carriages. Sir George's valet, a man of trust, accompanied
them, as also a footman ; the grooms were left with the carriage.
Just as this arrangement was completed, which was about four
o'clock in the afternoon, an express arrived from Sir George's
agent in Edinburgh, with a packet, which he opened and read
with great attention, appearing much interested and agitated
by the contents. The packet had been despatched very soon
after their leaving Edinburgh, but the messenger had missed the
travellers by passing through Mid-Calder in the night, and over-
shot his errand by getting to Roseneath before them. Ho was
now on his return, after having waited more than four-and-twenty
hours. Sir George Staunton instantly wrote back an answer,
and rewarding the messenger liberally, desired him not to sleep
till he placed it in his agent's hands.
At length they embarked in the boat, which had waited for
them some time. During their voyage, which was slow, for
they were obliged to row the whole way, and often against the
tide. Sir OJeorge Staunton's inquiries ran chiefly on the subject
f I-
1
1
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■(
H
i
^^1
,'■ '
■I
^l
i' :
vt i
^^^^^^1
f
^^^^^1
i. ■ 1
^M
H
020
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
not native Highlander, b^-ert^f ^^^^^ the^ TeTe
desperate fortunes, who had tXn 'J ?' '^^ °*^^^ ^^^ of
mtroduced by the civil wt fhe .^/"",^^ "^ *^« ^''"^"^ion
mountameers, and the unsettS/.f!.^ /'^, discontent of the
P^^undering trade with^no^^^^^^^^^^^^ of poHce, to p„.ctise thei?
uito their lives, their hAhuT^u d: , ^^^^e next inquired
comn^itt^ WnotlSsttld^*'^^^''"^^ ^^^^^ "^^
a^d whether they did not S ss thetr7 ^^ "'*" °f generosity,
of savage tribes ? ^ ^'' *^« ^*"es as well as the vic^
Butler answerpd fTio«. ^ . ,
Bparksofgenerosity,^f;iieTev?n^..*^'^ ^'^ «°"^««°>e« «l^ow
^e seldom utterlyVlted b^t f-.^^^^^^^
were certain and regular prindnl? ^1^^'"^ evil propensities
bur.t of virtuous feeling^ZS '/?'*'"•' ^'^^"^ ^"^ «'«^^ion^
reckoned upon, and ex.ild nr^>.\ 'T'°* ""P»^«e not to he
.unusual concatination of ^Sf ^ ^^''^^ '^^^^ and
jnqumes which Sir George pS^'^ ^° ^'^^''^^iug these
that rather surprised Butler S ,17' i^'' ^P^^''^^* eagerness
name of Donacha dhu na D^nai^f '^f'^f ^^ *^ ^«°«ou the
already acquainted. Sir Geor^ 1 ' V!\;^^'''^ *he reader is
and as if it conveved mrH. T^ .^"^^* *^e sound up ea^erlv
fcioned, the number of his rrn„To!? ^ *^® ™''® ^hom he men-
who belonged to it ul ft^^ ^^'"^ *^« appearance of those
auswe. The -an haJ^rnnt^^CA^""- ^onl, ^^e'^Z
exploits wero considerably exaCrS \' ^Tl ''^«' '^"* hi«
two fellows with him, but nevS o! • ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ays one or
above three or four. In short Lr^l^ *^« «^«in^and of
the small acquaintance he had! J 1.^°''' ^**^' ^^°"* ^^, and
desire more. ^ "^"^ ^^^ V no means inclined him to
"Ttll^Ui^t^^^^^ L^ - ^-,.-e Of these days "
mean we are to see him feed" e h^T 5"" S'''^'' '"^ess^Jou
then It were a melancholy one^f ^^ ^^^'^ ^<>^ the law, L^d
Who sh:„rc7pe^\\X;^^^^^^^^^ f Jr,^' H^. Butle, and
I will explain them more fullv to i. ^^^^^S riddles to yoa
^e sub ect with Lady S aunton I-IZ ""^'^ ^ ^"^« «P«ken IZ
addressing himself to the rowers ^^l'^^^^^^^^'" ^' «^ded,
* »torm." "^^'^ > the clouds threaten us with
. -i«T»n»T,i>, ^-.,-«^T^ ri; rt Vftr f
a?a»3K..aMil«m.<,....-.»«»,,.«^,»^.»„_. .-,^^ J
t country Bincfl
i' of them were
d other men of
f the confusion
mtent of the
> practise their
' next inquired
38 which they
of generosity,
11 as the vices
letimes show
>f malefactors
propensities
ny occasional
Ise not to be
'ingiilar and
iissing these
nt eagerness
mention the
le reader is
up eagerly,
He made
)m he men-
ice of those
I give little
^s, hut his
^ays one or
mmand of
t him, and
led him to
3se days."
unless you
law, and
utier, and
a to you,
)keu over
fie added,
I us with
THE HKART OF MID-LOTULVN.
521
In fact, the dead and heavy closeness of the air, the huge piles
of clouds which assembled in the westrn horizon, and glowed
like a furnace under the influence of the setting sun— that
awful stillness in which nature seems to expect the thunder-burst
as a condemred soldier waits for the platoon fire which is to
stretch him on the earth, all betokened a 6i)cedy storm. Large
broad drops feU from time to time, and induced the gentlemen
to assume the boat-cloaks ; but the rain again ceased, and the
oppressive heat, so unusual m Scotland in the end of May
inclined them to throw them aside. " There is something solemn
in this delay of the storm," said Sir George ; '« it seems as if it
suspended its peal till it solemnised some important event in the
world below."
"Alas!" replied Butler, "what are we that the laws of
nature should correspond in their march Mith our ephemeral
deeds or sufferings ! The clouds will burst when surcliargcd
with the electric fluid, whether a goat is fallins? at that instant
from the cliffs of Arran, or a hero expirmg on the field of battle
he has won."
" The mmd delights to deem it otherwise," said Sir Georr^e
Staimton ; " and to dwell on the fate of hiunanity as on that
which is the prime central movement of the mighty machine.
We love not to think that we shall mix with the ages that have
gone before us, as these broad black raindrops mingle ^vith the
wa^te of waters, making a trifling and momentary eddy, and are
then lost for ever."
''For ever/— we are not— we cannot be lost for ever," said
Butler, looking upward ; " death is to us change, not consumma-
tion ; and the commencement of a new existence, corresponding
in chai-acter to the deeds which we have done in the body."
While they agitated these grave subjects, to which the
solemnity of the approaching storm naturally led them, their
voyage threatened to be more tedious than they expected, for
gusts of wind, which rose and fell with sudden impetuosity,
swept the bosom of the firth, and impeded the efforts of the
rowers. They had now only to double a small headland, in
order to get to the proper landing-place iji the mouth of the
little river ; but in the state of the weather, and the boat being
heavy, this was like to be a work of time, and in the meanwhile
they must necessarily be exposed to the storm.
" Could we not land on this side of the h<>iidland," asked Sir
George, "and so gain some shelter?"
H
522
^VAVERLEV NOVKLS.
rounded the shore. P'^'*''"'''« P«-''«'^Sre up the rocks which sur
Boonlo'lirt//''"^'^ ^'' ^'''^' Staunton; "the stonn will
•"-e if I 0^ steer the boat to it rr ''°"' ''' ^"^ ^ ^ 'o
Bunk rocks." ^'^ '° 't' *^e bay m sae fu' o' shoals and
"Try," said Sir George "nn/< T -n .
The oM fellow took S'e het^ L"/' f"^ ^ '>'"f*S'>i»ea.»
«uld set fa, there wm a steep Stri ft Tf' " 'f'""' 'f "'"y
»-W, walk from the^ee tTtheMa« ■" "" """*' "<' '"J'"
^^Aro,o„.,r,,ouk„owthew!,T.V,B„t,ert„theoM
Daniie"|t™:4 in'thrfirJ;:'!:? f "f '^^ ^^' -»»
■> li»e with the steeple* '^""^""^bring that white Joc/fc
ke^MiV/'rwtS'i™t™YtT' "^*»'^ ^"""-o-
tte^Gr^„d,to„e ere now, C thiX" ""' """ "^^^ »■'
concealed UfadcJX''»7deTn''''' "« "«'" »ve, which
and smjken rock^^^^M sc^ ["t d°L'""^r°"'^ **™
. e^'oept by those intimate with tte nLlTt ™''"'. "' "pproached,
boat was already drawn no on ?LT*f "'°- ^ »" Mattered
Wh the trees, anrwt? ^Stit^i;'""' f' "°™' "'°^
Upon obserring this veiid R, tl """"'alment.
P?M0", "It is 4os8ibleT vou t ■■ '■'"?''*«' to hi« com-
ddhculty I have hid with 1 n2 1 T"?'™' ^^^ George, the
e»'lt and the danger of thZS?Lirh",'^'''''«"'»>tl>«
perpetnally before then- eyraa^Tiif^r "■*-» tW have
lio not know anything thaTmL «■ . ^^r™" '•'"Meqnenws. I
their n,o,al and feli^fus^'i:"; J^'-^l'^ depraves' and n,ins
^-fSi^^byVw^XieSi'tr*' ""^"'=" >»
Too seldom, Sir,.. „pUed Butir'^ttThCblX.,
■i- MJMM& «rsKu«^..- " "•imniinrM.jOjL!' i
none affording A
i rocks which sur-
"the atorm will
ere's the Caird's
It, and r am no
fu' o' shoals and
I half-a-giiinea "
" That, if they
beach, and half-
itler to the old
'J's syne, when
ranging lugger,
wi' him, that
taunton, "you
' white rock in
c your honour
e has been on
* cove, which,
it by shallows
" approached,
old shattered
36 cove, close
nent.
to his com-
Cfeorge, the
ng them the
!t they have
squences. I
is and ruins
a low voice
id that un-
older.
been deeply
THE HKART OF M1D-L0T11I\N.
033
engaged, and especially if they have mingled in the Hcciies of
violence and blood to which their occupation naturally leads, I
have obaen'ed, that, sooner or later, they come to an evil end.
Experience, as well as Scripture, teaches us. Sir George, that
mischief fihall hunt the violent man, and that the bloodthirsty
man shall not live half his days — But take my arm to help you
ashore."
Sir George needed assistance, f^" he was contrasting in hia
altered thought the different feeliu^js of mind and frame with
which ho had formerly frequented the same place. As they
landed, a low growl of thunder was heard at a distance,
" That is ominous, Mr. Butler," said Sir George.
"Intonuit Iwvum — it is ominous of good, then," answered
Butler, smiling.
The boatmen were ordered to make the best of then- way
round the headland to the ordinaiy landmg-place ; the two
gentlemen, followed by their servant, sought their way by a
blind and tangled path, through a close copsewood, to the Manse
of Knocktarlitie, where their arrival was anxiously expected.
The sisters iu vain had expected their husbands' return on
the precedmg day, which was that appointed by Sir George's
letter. The delay of the traveUers at Calder had occasioned
this breach of appointment. The inhabitants of the Manse
began even to doubt whether they would arrive on the present
day. Lady Staunton felt this hope of delay as x brief reprieve,
for she dreaded the pangs which her husband's pride must
undergo at meeting with a sister-in-law, to whom the whole of
his unhappy and dishonourable history was too weU known.
She knew, whatever force or constraint he might put upon his
feelings in public, that she herself must be duomed to see them
display themselves in full vehemence in secret, — consume his
health, destroy his temper, and render him at once an object of
dread and compassion. Again and again she cautioned Jeanie
to display no tokens of recognition, but to receive him as a
perfect stranger, — and again and again Jeanie renewed her
promise to comply with her wishes.
Jeanie herself could not fail to bestow an anxious thought
on the awkwardness of the approaching meeting ; but her con-
science was ungalled — and then she was cumbered with many
household cares of an unusual nature, which, joined to the
anxious wish once more to see Butler, after an absencA o.i
unusual length, made her extremely desirous that the truvelion
I ' )]
fM
WAVrarj57 NOVPLS.
should arrivft oa a^
of father deJiboX bv ttf ' "" 'f™' "''e w„« «.vTti"5 WW.°
;^''ped his head with an\i'rr,^''' ^"''^ ^"'^ brigadier wi. and
^e«« of the look of weltbred ;T™f''*""^«'"t«tally^^^^^
Staunton endeavored to , f .^oni-^Jiment by which f!i
----.toogreZlbe^r'" ''" "™^^^^-^ '^a;^ he 1'
^ in thfl coimtry for hhu,
TfJK HEART OF MlD-LOTlJlAN.
626
118 if I were u) g.,t something for fhuliuK him, when the pc^t o't
miglit pu a pjUl through my praiua ?" i "»- " »
vn,i wI'k ^" '"^'^ *'""' ^^''^ '^ ^ "" ^"' ^^""^^'^ account that
you have been atteniptmg to appreheiul thia fdlowl"
honours pleasmv; for the ccxturc .ight hae gone ou iu a
deoeu quiot way for me, «a€ lan^^ as ' ° rcnpecti? tlie Lko's
pouncl._put rea^ougoot ho .Q. bo te.a, and hangi to poot
freud-Sae I got the express c .r night, and I caused warn
half a score of pretty huU, m.d w.us up ii, the morning pefo^
the^sun, and I garrd the lads take their kilts and nhort mtl "
I wonder you did that, Cuptaui," said ]\Irs. JJutler, "wht-n
you know the act of Parliament against we^uing the Highknd
i« rl^Jw ' .*r*' ""''' ^^'1\ y^"' ^^""'^^ ^^''- P'^tler. The law
^,r^lprlTr '7'^',^'^'^ ^'^' ^""^ '' ""'''' y^'^'S to hae come
oiir length; and pennies, how is the lads to climb the praes wi'
V^nTl ^ ^'1'"' f" f.'"^ ^ ^* "^^^^^'^ ^"^^ ^i'^k to sie them.
Put ony how, I thought I kend Donachu's haunt gny and weel
and I was at the place whore he had rested yestreen ; for I sa^
the leaves the Imimers had lain on, and the ashes of them ; by
the same token, there was a pit grccsltoch pm-ning yet. I am
thinkmg they got some word out o' the island what was intended
-I sought every glen and clench, as if I had been deer-stalking,
u u .,? ^^"^ °^ ^''' <^o^t-tail could I se^-Cot tarn ' "
HeU be away down the Firth to Cowal," said David ; and
Keuben,^who had been out early that morning a-nutting, ob-
served, ihat he had seen a boat making for the Caird's Cove •"
a place weU known to the boys, though their less adventuroils
tather was ignorant of its existence.
"Py Cot," said Duncan, "then I will stay here no longer
than to trmk this veiy horn of prandy and water, for it's very
possible they will pe in the wood. Donacha's a clever fellow
and maype thinks it pest to sit next the chimley when the lum
reeks. He thought naebody would look for him sae near hand i
A peg your leddyship will excuse my aprupt departure, as I will"
return forthwith, and I will either pring you Donacha in life, oi
else his head, wlulk I dare to say will be aa satisfactory. And
1 hope to pass a pleasant evening with your leddyship: and ]
bope to have mine revenges on Mr. Putler at pjickgammon, foi
wbe toiu- peniutis whiik he won, for he will pe siu-ely at honie
I
Mil
IN
52«
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
so^ore.e.e Win Wea.etJou.e.,3eei.,.isa^ut tope
^surances of his speedy return 7oft ''''^' ^"'^ ^^^t^rated
Butler entertained no doubt «n 1 ^ T''"*^' ^^^^eof Mrs
brandy waa upon dutyXDll S S ^M ""''' ^'^^^^ ^^
foIlower3, and began to sZr th! . i ^^f'"' ^°"««ted his
which kvliPf,...„A, . ,.,., H^ '^'le dose and fint.nn«u.i .... ?
",","» "^^ uegan
wmch lay between the little shn inrl f].«>rr^„ -i^-'^^S^ea wood
who was a favourite with thf r\nf ^^''"^ ''' ^^^e. David
and courage, took the om ortSvTf '" "'^•'^""^ ^^ ^'^ ^
mvestigations of that grS m^ ^ ''''P^^' *^ attend the
CHAPTEK FIPTY-PIRST.
~ [ '^i*l sen.I for thee,
Should b?S tS iT^^"""'^^« ^"'^H
FiK«T Part of Henky the Sixth
^^^^''^^^^^^^ rf ^ ve., far in the dire.
among the roe^leer," said Duncan 'M^nt ?^^ ^^^'^ ^ ^J"aina
The cla^h of swords wr,^yt\ ,^ '^'^"P ^ut, lads."
^yrmidons, hastening to the sDotfnf^^' if "^f ^^^^^ ^^d his
Staunton's sei-vant iS tl e ha/d, i i " ' '''''^ ^^ ^^^^^
.?;,7"y stretched on the ij^d ^J.^^"? ^^^ ^JeoTge
,1^8 hand. Duncan, who wL f T ' "^^^ ^'^ ^^wn sword Tn
tis pistol at the leader of Tj^ ? 5'^"^' "^ * ^'o°' ^stantly fired
out to his ^en, S/^,*?l^°^' unsheathed his sword cr^ed
body of the felloy. wC he had ^r^ '^^ T^^^" through "he
°o other than Donacha dhu nn t? '''^f ^^ mounded, who was
b««ditti w ,e speedily ovemlfr"'^^ ^^'^^^^f' T^e othe^
THE HEART OP MID-LOTHLLN.
it is apout to pe
Qd apologies for
and reiterated
f whereof Mrs.
3t greybeard of
3, collected his
ntangled wood
Cove. David,
't of his spirit
to attend the
627
in the direo-
'', which waa
Qn'd villains
, lads."
-an and his
Sir George
Sir George
^n sword in
tantly fired
w^ord, cried
irough the
I, who waa
The other
^oung lad,
at length
IS, ran to
1
A creat misfortune," said Duncan ; " I think it will pe pest
that I go forward to intmiate it to the coot lady.— Tavie my
dear, you hae smelled pouther for the fii-st time this day— take
my sword and hack off Donacha's head, whilk will pe coot
practice for you against the time you may wish to d .< the same
kmdness to a living shentleman- or hould ! as your father
does not approve, you may leave it alone, aa he will pe a greater
object of satisfaction to Leddy Staunton to see him entire • and
I hope she wiU do me the credit to pelieve that I can afenge a
shtntleman's plood fery speedily and well."
Such waa the observation of a man too much accustomed to
the ancient state of manners in the Highlands, to look upon
the issue of such a skirmish as anything worthy of wonder or
emotion.
We will not attempt to describe the very contrary effect
which the unexpected disaster produced upon Lady Staunton,
when the bioody corpse of her husband was brought to the
house, where she expected to meet him alive and well. All was
forgotten, but that he was the lover of her youth ; and what-
ever were his faults to the world, that he had towards her
exhibited only those that arose from the inequality of spirits
and temper, incident to a situation of unparalleled difficulty.
In the vivacity of her grief she gave way to all the natvu-al irri-
tability of her temper ; shriek foUowed shriek, and swoon sue-
ceeded to swoon. It required all Jeanie's watchful affection to
prevent her from making known, in these paroxysms of afflic-
tion, much which it waa of the highest importance that she
should keep secret.
At length silence and exhaustion succeeded to frenzy, and
Jeanie stole out to take counsel with her husband, and to
exhort him to anticipate the Captain's interference, by taking
possession, in Lady Staunton's name, of the private papers of
her deceaaed husband. To the utter astonishment of Butler,
she now, for the first time, explameJ the relation betwixt her-
self and Lady Staunton, which authorised, nay, demanded, that
he should prevent any stranger from bemg unnecessarily made
acquainted with her family affairs. It was in such a crisis that
Jeanio's active and undaunted habits of virtuous exertion were
most conspicuous. While the Captain's attention was still
engaged by a prolonged refreshment, and a very tedious exami-
nation, in Gaelic and English, of all the prisoners, and every
other wituoas of the fatal trans»otiou, she had the body of her
' !
h\{
H
528
WAVi:RLEY NOV'ELS.
brother-m-Iaw undressed and properly disoospd Tt *v,
pearea, from the crucifiY th,. hL ^^ 'y, ^i^po&ed It then ap.
he wo;e next iL peS*^n.^ ""'^ ^^^^"'^ *^^^^^ ^i^«^
him to receivele^dSata of f r^l-^ "^ ^t ^^^ ^°^"^^
the maceration of theT^ to e' ^tf t^^^^ ""^^'^ ^'f'^^'' ^^
In the packet of papers whioh ft? ^^\<^^ea of the soul.
George Staunton f?om Ed^lh f Pf «\had brought to Sir
ised by his connectrn S thf deil^^^ii ^"^ -*J^-
examine, he found npw nr,^ o.^ • ^V*^^"' <"« not scruple to
him rea^oTto^r^ZTLTlt^'^'f'''"''' ^"^'^ ^^'^
Ratcliffe, to whom all sort, nf ^*^f '^^'^''
familiar in^tiLtldTv f^l pf misdeeds and misdoera were
in a coid^of t:' tle\rZt ofS ""/°"^' ^^"«^^^
The woman to whom IW M^Lf ^^^f}^^m parents,
unfortunate cMIdTS madf ^tt"" ^'^ ''^^ *^^* ^««*
inga aad her be^arv uS?I h« J ^'"'P^'^^ ""^ ^^' ^^e^'
old, when, a^ SffeTeled T ^^°"' ''"'^ "^ ^^^^^ ^^^^
in the Co;recti™iuse o7f1i^ .^ companion of hers, then
to Donacha dhu na Dunligh S '^ '^^ '" '^^ '"™
mischief was unknown TJn • ,f^' ^'^ ""^^"^ "« act of
trade thenTair^d onT^t^t S^^}'^^^ f 5^^* ^ ^ ^^^^^^le
ing the plantation ^th^vl^^^^^^^^ ''' ^"PP^^"
was termed, both men mdZ^llT e^^^^'^r^^^' ^ ^^
for that puipopf' ^^ utmost energy
examination. Tiiffle^th « f^ ™°"^'y » ««li« of the
pmonere, soon coSTL ^Jt^TT, *" *^' ^"« «f *-
b« into minuK^ ^ "' '^° uifommtion, without deecend-
known by the name of " The Whi » ,^ ^'^•' ""^^ ""^
-ine wnistler, made some impressioa
' "'" ■*-?^ '■' l'-*^*"^^^
ei It then ap-
lii't of hair which
uilt had induced
lich pretends, by
imes of the soul.
1 brought to Sir
Butler, author-
1 not scruple to
3nce, which gave
asure.
d misdoers were
•n found himself
nhappy parents,
sold that most
of her wander-
i or eight years
)n of hers, then
bim in her turn
rhom no act of
it in a horrible
rica, for supply-
idnapping^ as it
children under
had no doubt
1. The gentle-
i therefore an
and another
, with injstruc-
utmost energy
d agitated by
1 the Captain,
sight of the
e elder of the
utler's antici-
Jiout descend-
ihappy child,
raders, whom
i flesh. But
5oy, who waa
e impression
THE HEART OP MID-LOTHIAN.
529
i' i
on the heart and affections even of this rude savage, perhapa
because he saw in him flashes of a spirit as fierce and vindictive
as his own. When Donacha struck or threatened him— a very
common occurrence— he did not answer with complaints and
entreaties like other chUdren, but with oaths and efibrts at
revenge— he had all the wUd merit, too, by which Woggar-
wolfes arrow-bearing page won the hard heart of his master :
lake a wild cub, rearM at the ruffian's feet,
He could say biting jests, bold ditties sing,
And quaff his foaming bumper at the boar<l,
With all the mockery of a little man.*
In short, as Donacha Dhu said, the Whistler was a bom imp
of Satan, and therefore ne should never leave him. Acoord-
ingly, from his eleventh year forward, he was one of the band
and often engaged in acts of violence. The last of these was
more immediately occasioned by the researches which the
Whistler's real father made after him whom he had been
taught to consider as such. Donacha Dhu's fears had been for
some time excited by the strength of the means which began
now to be employed against persons of his description. He was
sensible he existed only by the precarious indulgence of his
namesake, Duncan of Knockdunder, who was used to boast that
he could put him down or string him up when he had a mind.
He resolved to leave the kingdom by means of one of those
sloops which were engaged in the traffic of his old kidnapping
friends, and which was about to sail for America ; but he was
desirous first to strike a bold stroke.
The ruffian's cupidity was excited by the intelligence, that a
wealthy Englishman was coming to the Manse— he had neither
forgotten the Whistler's report of the gold he had seen in Lady
Staunton's purse, nor his old vow of revenge against the minis-
ter ; and, to bring the whole to a point, he conceived the hope
of appropriating the money, wliich, according to the general
report of the country, the minister was to bring from Edinburgh
to pa,y for his new purchase. While he was considering how
he might best accomplish his purpose, he received the intelli-
gence from one quarter, that the vessel in which he proposed to
sail was to sail immediately from Greenock ; from another, that
the minister and a rich English lord, with a great many thou-
sand pounds, were expected the next evening at the Manse j
and from a third, that he must consult his safety by leaving his
• Etiiwald.
VOL. vn. 2 u
c;
i-f^
630
WAVERLEY NOVELfs.
Donacha laid his pZZi prL'X^' ^7f -''^ 'J ^^y-
barked with the Whistler AnTf^.? ^ '^''°'''°^- ^^ em-
by the by hrmlt i seU t!tl ?•.'' '^ ^^'^^^ (''^'^^
for the Caird's CoT He LtendeS^l h^T^^ \^^ ''' «^'
wood acyoinmg to his ^5^ 1^. V^^^^^ ^ the
the habUation of men to exd^lTr • *^°"?* ^«^ *'>« ^^ar
theu break into Se^sTel^eful S^^^^^^^ '^ ^T''^ ^«««^'
his appetite for plundeV St^^,„„f ""fc^^ ^t ^* °°^
accomplished, his boat was to Snvev him? ?i, "" "^^^^^^ ^^
^^dm^toprevio. ^eJ:::^^^;^^
George Stamit«n and bS [f th^v*i^'^,^"^^"^^-P^^^^ ^7 Sir
Caird's Cove tow3s theCil p- ?-'^'''*f^ "^"^^ ^°"^ *h«
«md at the sa!^r^e obsS' thlj" h? "^"^'f '^^^*«^'
casket, or strong-box, Don::rL^K J' J^^^* T'^^ «
and his victims were within his powerlnd aL.l^ .? ^I^'
vellers without hesitation. Shote ^ZthZ.^^^^. *^' *"*"
on both sides; Sir George sSSTtT nff!^^ ^f T'"'*^ ^"^
ance till he feU as the^w^? f ^"^ *^® ^^^««* ^esist-
the band ofTs^n, t Csl^rlr" ^^f^-^'^y
unhappily met. ^ ^^*' ^^ '^^^ ** ^e^^b so
While Butler was half-stunned 'vith this Jn+oir
"The Jurisdiction Act," he said "hc^rt «^+t,-
with the rebeb, and apeciaUy n^lrith^ "^^Torrv" ^"h*
he would hang the men tm nil +i,J • ^ country; and
Leddy Steunton's ^nd^ws "^Ueh tti^^^ ^^^^«^°^ «««*
her in the morning to see thaT A? 7 . 'S * ^^* ^^^^^ort to
bad been suitl^^afe.ged.'^"* '''* ^'°*^'"^^' ^'' ^^^^^>
And the utmost length that Butler's most earnest entreaties
v-^
.^■»» ««— ij,M«.ai«.....,^
3 Captain had
break of day.
■•ion. He em-
band (whom,
, and set sail
?ht-faU in the
was too near
wean Knock,
flesli at once
i villauy was
'es&el, which,
«^as instantly
cceeded, but
place by Sir
Jk from the
Blf detected,
It carried a
th his prize
i-od the tra-
wdfl drawn
west resist-
believe, by
; length so
igence, the
ion,
-ropes, Mr.
3 people up
on in their
ishing the
I *her to
' jcan
» uj put
tilery; and
efore coot
iomfort to
husband,
Bntreatiea
THE HEART OF MrD-LOTl{IAN,
631
could prevail was, that he would reserve " the twa pig carlea
for the Curcuit, but aa for him they ca'd the Fustier, he should
try how ho coidd fustle in a swinging tow, for it suldna be said
that a shentleman, friend to the Duke, was killed in his coun-
try, and his people didna take at least twa lives for ane."
Butler entreated him to spare the victim for his soul's sake.
But Knockdimder answered, " that the soul of such a scum had
been long the tefil's property, and that, Cot tam 1 he was deter-
tnmed to gif the tefil his due."
All persuasion was in vain, and Duncan isp jd his mandate
for execution on the succeedmg morning. Ihe child of guilt
and mise:y was separated from his companions, strox.-^
pinioned, and committed to a separate room, of which the
Captain kept ^he key.
In the silence of the night, however, Mrs. Butler arose,
resolved, if possible, to avert, at least to delay, the fate which
hung over her nephew, especiaUy if, upon conversing with him,
she should see any hope of his bemg brought to better temper.
She had a master-key that opened every lock in the house ; and
at midnight, when aU was still, she stood before the eyes of the
astonished young savage, as, hard bound with cords, he lay, like
a sheep designed for slaught ■ upon a quantity of the refuse of
flax which filled a comer in the apartment. Amid features
sunburnt, tawny, grimed with dirt, and obscured by his shaggy
hau- of a rusted black coloiu-, Jeanie tried in vain to trace the
likeness of either of his very handsome parents. Yet how could
she refuse compassion to a creature so young and so wretched,—
so much more wretched than even he himself could be aware'of,
smce the murder he ha^J too probably committed with his own
hand, but in which he had at any rate participated, was in
fact a parricide? She placed food on a table near him, raided
him, and slacked the cords on his arms, so as to permit him
to feed himself. He stretched out his hands, still smt ar.'d with
blood, perhaps that of his father, and he ate voraciously and in
silence,
"What is your firet name?" said Jeanie, by way of opening
the conversation.
" The Whistler. "
" But your Christian name, by which you were baptized 1"
"I never was baptized that I know of— I have no otha
name than tin' Whistler."
iiiiua|)|)y ubaudoned lad!" said Jeanie. " Wlint
I'oor
11
6S3
^^AVEBLEY NOVELS.
;^^/^ cui^t^;^^S^r *^^« P=-, and the death
^ee^Z^i^t^j;" ^'^Se^^'- ^«^« CWon" (noted
and simdiy." ^' '"^'^ ""^"^'■^'^ Donacha's deash on aU
coLV;e':t^^.^a^f, "^' '^^"^■^' '"^^ '^« ^- -hat will
,,2i^ ^'^'-^- ^e^ -uld nor hunger move," .a.d the youth
be 'lo^Z^';:j!^;^'J^ t'] ''''t^ ''''' '' ^^^ ^onU
not- what \ ■ b ck ^; ?!!l!?t~''^ *° ^^* ^'^ S^g I dai^
nephew-o'^r ^i(ih t!d W..i ' "^ ^y sister's ..n-my own
yerked r.. %nt ^12 2 ^ 7'°^ ^^ ^^°^« '^'^d feet are
hurt you V " ^ '"^ ^' drawn.-Whistler, do the corda
"Veiymuch."
•'NoYwor' 1° **"'' ♦'■T y°» ""lO harm „,. )■•
Til™ I not— you never harmed me or tnin« "
rJX^t^^'' ^" '"^ MthoughTj~i.iU ,^
4h^ ^f^id tutt^iio'; xr*' rr r^^ -^*^ «
sprung from the gromid i if Kl. hands together, and
at liberty. He ST'so JSd fhlJT'* '^ ^^^^^ himself
she had done. "^^ *^^* '^^^'"^ trembled at what
;;Let me out," said the young savage.
u Ir^^^ "°^««« yo« promise "—1
Ihen III make you glad to let us both out "
J^-ZiZ^t n^-rj^^^^-^ the .a.,
of the room ; the prisler nThed nn!fT 'T°^'^' ""^ ^^^ ««*
in the passage, jmr^ i^L thellr '"' ^^''"^ "P^'^ ^ ^^^dow
bounded thJoigrThe woods likTr^r'"'^'"^^^*^ ''^'^''^'^>
shore. Meantime, tLZlV^^::,^:i^C\^^^ '^' '^
was sought in vain As T*«,T,ia r^""", ^^^^«^- "ut th - isoner
she had-in his escape ttHia'^re'd'Str' jT
fi^eome tune aft. .. r<I_it waa a. w^^ .."ht ^^^ ^^^
deeifned to mCk But ,h^ ^»ri ■ " T^' ^'"'*'' '■ >"^
^^ .wi t.,e to eve^^«rrsz;^sS; :^ ^^^^
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
533
the nch booty which Donacha had proposed to briucr aboard
Beciured the person of the fugitive, and having tran^t^^^^^^^
to Amenca sold him a^ a slave, or indented seS to ^
redeem the lad from slavery, ^vith instructions that measurea
should be taJcen for improving his mind, restraint hTZ
propensiti^, and encouraging whatever gl^od m^7jl,"t
L/i'Tf- ^'^t. tl^ aid came too late. The yoZ^^
to d^th, and had then fled to the next tribe of wUd India^ns
He was never more heard of; and it may therefore be pressed
that he hved and died after the mamier of that savage pewle
M A^^ ^eyomg man's reformation being now ended
Mr and Mrs Butler thought it could serve no pu^ose to
explam to Lady Staunton a history so fuU of ho^T She
remained their g^est more than a year, during the T^ter par?
of which period her grief was excessive! In the lattormonthf
t assumed the appearance of listlessness and low spirits S
the monotony of her sister's quiet establishment afi-orded no
meaiis of dissipatmg. Effie, from her eaa-liest youth, wa^ never
formed for a qmet low content. Far different from heTsS
she reqmred the dissipation of society to divert Tr sorrow «;
e^ance her joy. She left the seclusion of KnoctoUeTvith
tears of sincere affection, and after heaping its imnates with aU
she codd thmk of that might be valuable in their eyes But
fihe did leave it; and, when the anguish of the p^ing wL
over her departure was a relief to both sisters ^
The famUy at the Manse of Knocktarlitie, in their own
qmet happmess, heard of the weU-dowered and beautiful Lady
Staunton resuming her place in the fashionable world. They
learned it by more substantial proofs, for David received a
commission ; and aa the military spirit of Bible Butler seemed
to have revived m hmi, his good behaviour qualified the envy
of five hmidred young Highland cadets, -come of good houses"
^w/T^?'^^'^^* ^^'' '""^'"^^y °f ^^ promotion. Eeuben
S V!^ ^*r' ^"Smented by her amit's generosity, and
added to her own beauty, rendered her no smaU prize, miried
a H.ghland laird, who never a^ked the name of her urand-
tather, and was loaded on the occasion with presents from
634
WAVERLEy NOVKLa.
dem«m„„r_af Jr deciding raSdoffl"? .IT* '"'■ » W
able Und for a second mainWnti ^ '""^ '"'»' fo»P«t-
betrayed the inward w^^Vi^ttSTt' Jf^?- ^'""'°''
taking up her abofJfi in ♦»; ^ '^®'^"^"g to the Coutinent, and
heredUon" felVto^^^:fjt: ul"^. T'"'
severe seclusion and in fT,r^ !•'„"* lived and died in
rengion,inai?tefoii\^tr?rc^^-V^* ?°^^ ^athoh^
Jeanie had ao mu™ of h^^S? ^^' ^^ austerities.
for this aposta^;,^d B^tt iSd'l'^f ^ ^ «°"^^ ^^^^^7
religion, howeve^ ^perfect " Cs^id ^'' 'T'' " ^^^ ^^
scepticism, or the hiS^g d^ oThIJ T ^^^^' *^^" ««W
ears of worldlings. untuEl^« / "^'P^^r^ which fills the
Meanwhile, Hmt eaThThfr '"'?? "^ *^^« '^^"
femily, and the K ^^d htot'^f'^^i^T"^"^^^ *^«^
sunple pair lived beloved, aiid SL lam" ^'"^ *^^"' *^^
READER,
THIS TALE WILL NOT BE TOLD IN VATV t„
POUND TO ILLUSTRATE THE OR,. A^l ' " ''^^^^ ^E
IT MAY ATTAIN TtMroIr «f ™' ^°^'' «^'^^' ^«0^«H
HHAL HAPPINlrTHirTHrrr"' '"" "™ ^°™
OHOS^ OP THE MUrEHE^ToH"™.;' r ' "^ ^^
THE MALEPACTOE • >Kn ^rx.™, ^^^ ™^ S'^^^'S OP
ot PumAsimas and pback. ^'™'' "■= ""*" tbosb
Outlet) in
world, and
with a gay
)st respect-
' Staunton
inent, and
i received
d died in
Catholic
irities.
w bitterly
'Yet any
ihan cold
fills the
QgS."
of their
lem, this
[ALL BE
rHOUGH
CONPEB
>F CUB
lB the
EPS OP
HOUGH
THOSE
I'ENVOY,
Br JEDEDIAII CLEISUBOTUAM.
Thus concludeth tha Tale of " The Heart of Mid-Lothtan,"
which hath filled nwrepaget than I opined. The Heart of Mid.
Lothiam, is rum no imre, or rather it is transferred to the extreme
lids of the dty, even as the Sieur Jean Baptiste Poquelin hath it,
in his pleasant comedy called Le M^decin Malgr^ Lui, where the
sirmlated doctor wittily replieth to a charge, that he had placed the
heart on the right side, insUad of the left, " Cela ^tait autrefois ainsi
mais nous avons chang^ tout cela." Of which witty speech if any
reader shall demand the purport, I have only to respond, that I teach
the Fremh as well as the Classical tmgues, at the easy rate of fhe
shillir^s per quarter, as my advertumumts art periodically rnahmq
known to the ■public.
*
NOTES TO THE HEAKT OF MID-LOTHIAN.
NOTB A, p. 4.— .AdtHOB'b CONNEOnON WITH QUAKEBMM.
exMete^of W^ir'^' ^^fKZ"'^^ * *™« *°"i '« «P«kon in jest" l-he
fns^ ucSd J^f fj ^ n^i' *t"^ «°f °f Sir William Scott of Hanlen, is
" thTwirvraW '''''''"' *"' «^*"^ ^^°«« of SSTd teburt
H iT= I valuable possoasions around Lessudcn, upon Walter hU
Qaaken or ^«nf -, ''"''^ ^^*=°"'^ * '^"^^'^ *« ^he doctrine of the
W^ pUa> ^tT»^' r** " pat asseitor of their peculiar tenets. tSJ
«eS.2: ,i ,*•""' '??. ^""'^^ *^«*' tl»« celebrated apostle of the
■eci, madt vpeuitiou uito the south of Scotland about Iflfi? nn «,v.iri.
^o^the felt'^' "^^ :^ ''' ^* «^* bS h^^^eW^e't'up n'^t^ t
s^ar^of fin •• irr^f/ ^' ^ «P""« '*^°* ^^ like innmnerable
sparKa Of flr.-. Upon the eame occasion, probably, Sir Gideon Scott of
Highcheater. second son of Sir WUliam. in^i^ate elder brotW of W Jl^
onhTf^rSv of H ^r^^;^ '"^'^^ and kinsman. S.epre«'eS''re"rl^^^^^^^
i ^/ °' °"den, also embraced the teneto of Quakeriflm: " V". t
convert, Gideon, entered into a controversy >vith the Sf^es R >rHot
JLCw!^ J n'y mgeniona friend Mr. Charles Kirkpatrick Sba^ kti
IldS^of'Th/wr "^"""^ "^ *^^* ^■''^' ^^' I8I7; Sir wS £ot
breSren « oS'™' ™T^^ T ^^ *^« ^^^^^t^^" ^^ J^i^ two yoZer
orethren, an orthodox member of the Presbyterian Church, and used Mfrh
moTofp^ t£^ r'*' '' ^^^""^ f-- ^^ herSTaTs^vlfed'^f^
Dr«d ofTZSr *i*°, P^'^^'^i"'' In this he was assisted by Mac
wff aLd^ri J"' .^™?^*^ i'l^^^^ MacDougal, the wife of the said
S! ', ? . ' ^'^^ ^'^ J^^t)and, had conformed to .he Quaker tenets
The interest possessed by Sir WiJUam Scott and Makereton wasD^werfnl
Sd^^s:t"^it':?rr^ '^."^^^ privyTorcuTiTors
ftrv^,w? ^S*^^* "'flt^ Of Racbm-n i an heretic and convert to Quakerism!
Sa ^'^ *^ ^ imprison.^ fin,t in Edinbui^h jail, and then i^S
mrecnon of their parents, and educated at a distance from them besidM
£ bZl^^ir* f ' '^'^. '°' '^''' inaintenance, sufficient^ th^ W to
bo buniensome to a moderate Scottish estate.
• 8ee UouglM'B ftinmaiK, i«kH» 216.
338
WAVERLEy NOVKLS.
"AS"^;K^'.fith July 1666.
oooth of Edinbnreh. wherA h« ^Li ^unaelf, being now in th« tT
WaJfl. o iT^^ i? *y°^ ooroeinff till fnnl^r. ^1 '^"'y» « th« wid tenne
Walter Scott of Raebum to be fa*^!rJ^ a^"*'" ' "^ onlainee the said
to the prison of Jedbunjh wW^^^ ^™ *>>• tolbooth of aSbtJih
NOTKS TO THK IIMAHT OF MII>-I,0TII1A.N,
53'J
••^•vfid fnfonngtion
'ife, being Infected
traine up WlJliani,
HuHfiion, doe there-
Morden, the Haid
children from the
educat aiid bring
^e, and ordaine«
Jnst R.iebiim, for
ir Wni. give ane
"len, for himself
^tt of Raef.iirn,
t of the 22d day
ioner, to He])ftrat
Jucation, and to
be free from alj
^iiakeriiim, and,
l>e direct against
"ttid order, did
ilittsr, and after
Jt them to the
principled with
ry the Council]
I three children
ow in the Tol-
9 QnakerB who
whereby he is
it all hope of
^anyi hnmbly
the soume of
Jdren, to the
ler to his con-
> Lords of his
the foresaid
'> to be payed
of Raebum,
ttd edacation
«t Whitsun-
'« «aid tenne
nee the said
t Edinburgh
aw occa«ioQ
9 practice of
»te8 of Jed-
'e access to
>ns till thoy
>n in form.
Both t)ie Honn, thuN hnr^lily H('i.ariiti.il fmin their lather, lu-oVdl K'>''>'1
atliolai'i. The eldest, William, who carried on tho lino of Rauburn, was,
like hih father, a deep Orientalist ; the younger, Walter, bi.-came a good
claMical scholar, a great friend and correspondent of the celebrated Dr.
Pitcalru, and a Jacobite so distliiguished for zeal, that he made a vow
nuver to sluve his beard till the reatoration of thfl oxilnd family. This last
Walter ficott was tho author's great-grandfather.
There is yet another link betwiit the author and the rimple-mlnded and
excellent Society of Friends, through a proselyte of mneh more importance
than Walter Scott of Jlaebuni. The celebrated John Swinton, of Swinton,
nineteenth baron in descent of that ancient and once powerful family, was,
with Sir William Ix)ckhart of Lee, the person whom Cromwell chiefly trusted
in the management of the Scottish affairs during his usurpation. After the
Ile-storation, Swinton wa.s devoted as a victim to tho new onJer of things,
and was brought down in the same vessel which conveyed tho Marquis "of
Argyle to Edinburgh, where that nobleman wim tried and executed.
Swinton was destined to the same fate. He had assumed the habit, ami
entered into the Society of the Quakers, and appeared as ono of their
number before the Parliament of Scotland. He renounced all legal ilefunue,
though several pleas were open to him, and answered, in conformity to tho
principles of his sect, that at the time these crimes were impnterl to him,
he was in the gall of biU(!rne8s and bond of iniquity ; but that God
Almighty having shice called him to the light, he saw and acknowledged
these errors, and did not refuse to pay the forfeit of them, even though, in
the judgment of the Parliament, it should extend to life itaelf.
Respect to fallen greatness, and to the patience and calm resignation
vith which a man once in high power expressed himself under such a
change of fortune, found Swinton friends ; family connections, and some
interested considerations of Middieton the Commissioner, joined to procure
his safety, and he was dismissed, but after a long imprisonment, and much
dilapidation of his estates. It is said that Swinton '■ admonitions, while
confined in the Castle of Edinbui^h, had a considerable share in converting
to the tenets of the Friends Colonel David Barclay, then Ijing there in the
garrison. This was the father of Robert Barclay, author of the celebrated
Apology for the Quakers. It may be observed among the inconsistencies
of human nature, that Kirkton, Wodrow, and other Presbyterian authors,
who have detailed the Bufferings of their own sect for nonconformity *-ith
the established church, censure the government of the time for not exerting
the civil power against the peaceful onthnsiasta we have treated of, and
some express particular chagrin at the jacape of Swinton, Whatever
might be his motives for assuming ihe tuiets of the Friend*, th* old man
retained them faithfolly till the dose oi his life.
Jean Swinton, grand-daughter of Sir John Swiaton, son of Judge Swin-
ton, as the Quaker was osoally termed, was mother of Amie Rutherford,
the author's mother.
And thus, as in the play of the Anti^Jacobln, the ghort of the author's
grandmother having arisen to speak the Epilogue, it is full ir^" to conclude,
lest the reader should remonstrate that his desire to know the Author of
Waverley nevp included a wish to be acquainted with his whole ancestry.
540
WAVKULKY NOVELS.
THISSTONBWAaEHEOTED '««>«:--
BT^ THE ACTHOB OF WAVKKLKT
TO THB MEMOBY
OF
HELEN WALKEB,
WHO DIED m THE TEAB OF OOD 1791
UiOrviDUAL PRACTISED IN BKal tiFB
THE VUITUES
^ WHICH FICTION HAS INVESTED
THE IMAOINAHT CHARACTER OF
JEANIE DEANS •
KEFasiNQ THE SLIGHTEST DEMRTUBil
FROM VERACiry
^N TO SAVE THE LIFE OF A SISTER.
SHE NEVERI^^3 SHOWED H^^
KINDNESS AND FOBTlTDDir
AS THE MOTIVE WAS LAtTDABLK
RESPECT THE GRAVE OF POVERTY
WHEN COMBINED WITH LOVE or^L
AND DEAR AFFECTION.
Erected October 1831.
''"'•^ «' P- 68.-THE OLD TOLBOOTH
P^ham^t. aa well a. otZX^^L^T/Z- 'H-^afe
nius is not so certain. Pew r,„. "^*'°® ' "id at the sam«
'eet by 2o. and 12^^-7^'^^^*^" ""^ *"" *•>« ^ecolrC a^Z '''"""^•
Council, whllo Kne pIk / """y ''*^« been Intended for ♦>. ' "^asunng 27
ToIboothTt fa th! .f "** Msembled, after SS t tw °'^'""^» "' ^own
the year 'mo wSn £"''''* P"^'°" "^ the Voire;' T ^l'' ""^ ^l*^'
'o"ger roqSdforJuS /"''"' Parliament nou8?wa^t ?,nW ^f " ^"'''' "^^^
2«h Uecember 1^1 '^ * P^Tose, it was set apart br?),«r'"P''*<"^- ^"'"^ no
»7aJd, Damfriessliire
r Walter Scott :—
At LTfB
T
NOTES TO THE HEAET OF MID-LOTHIAN. 64]
ttmo for the confinement of prisoners for debt, or on criminal charges
TolWh ^"^ ^^^^? T^'° ^^' P^^«^^* Parliament House w<.s erectedTh;
th« «^wr °°';^P"'^ f \P"'°° °°^y- G^°°™y '^°d dismal as it was,
lelllS^^ ? ?' '?.*"■" ?^ *^" ^^^^ ^t'-^^t "°dered it so particularly
vrell-aired, that when the plague laid waste the city in 1645. it affected
the mi; o? hS-°'''""*^''i^ r""^^- '^^^« ™^°°*^ ^^ removi! ;S;
vearTsi? a? tiff v° "tV^ T"" incorporated, in the autumn of the
rIw Ti r ^* ^'^^ *^® kindness of his old schoolfeUow and friend.
Robert Johnstone, Esqiure, then Dean of Guild of the city, with the liberS
acquiescence of the persons who had contracted for the work, procured for
2twi!r^ Waveriey the stones which composed the gateway, together
with the door, and its ponderous fastenings, which he employed in de-
coratmg the entrance of his kitchen-court at Abbotsford. " Csuch bit
om.es may we return." The application of these relics of the Heart of
b« t,,tlv .n- ,'r' '",*''" Postem-gate to a court of modern offices, may
w«ip« L r "^ as whimsical; but yet it is not without interest that
nl o TJ ■'•^^ ^^"""^^ '"^'''^ '° "i"'^^ of tlie stonny politics of a rude
To'uw, • .r*"^ and misery of later times, had found their passage, now
change, a tomtit was pleased to build her nest within the lock of the Tol
littr.% °°^ temptation to have committed a sonnet, had the Author,
iiKe lony Lumpkin, been m a concatenation accordingly
n.nT;«!f ""fli "^'^t^o^^^' tliat an act of beneficence celebrated the de-
hv t? °1?\?'^* °^ Mid-Lothian. A subscription, raised and applied
rirtV^l!ll?T'*?*V.^r' "^^""o'^ed, procured the manumission of
moct of the unfortunate debtors confined in the old jaU, so that there were
few or none transferred to the new place of confinement.
ani «f #^•'"1°^ V ^^"^ "^°° *^'" pavement between St. GUea'a Church
and the Edinburgh County Hall, now marks the site of the Old Tolbooth.]
' in this chapter,
commodation of
Qd at the same
remember the in-
imaU apartments,
'• Robert Cham-
)lan8 or sections,
md measuring 27
eetiugs of Town
wiled the Upper
f St. Giles, until
ted. Being no
Council on the
olbooth parish,
be Tolbooth, gfi
Note D, p. 77.— The Pobteous Mob.
The following interesting and authentic account of the inquiries made
by Crown Counsel into the aflair of the Porteous Mob, seems to have been
drawn up by the Solicitor-General. The office was held in 1737 by
Charles Erskine, Esq. '
I owe this curious illustration to the kindness of a professional friend
It throws mdeed little light on the origin of the tumult ; but shows how
not dis" el darkness must have been, which so much investigation could
n '* ^.P"'^ *'"^ 7th of September last, when the unhappy wicked murder of
Captain Porteus was committed. His Majesty's Advocate and SoUcitor
were out of town ; the fii-st beyond Inverness, and the other in Annandale,
not far from Carlyle ; neither of them knew anything of the reprieve, no^
aid they in the least suspect that any disorder was to happen.
" ^^!*^'\ "le .Usoider happened, the uiagi«tratw and other persons cou.
ccmed in the management of the town, seemed to be aU struck of a heap •
and whether, from the great terror that had seized aU the inhabitants, they
thought ane immediate enquiry would be fruitless, or whether, being a
lurect insult upon the prerogative of the ra^wn. they did not nars n»;h!y to
Hi
WAVEULEY x\0\T?Ls.
JO much « '"^^X rS'^JltifT""' ""' •'■^''- ^^W
mmmmiM
■Mmmmaasamumtitmm
"Ui i nri» l i M Mfctt.^rt*tMMfltt
Only, Hoou after, ana
s to town as soou as
rsons who ha<l been
solves upon the winz
vernment
e inhabitants under
nay, the inhabitaiita
'ery few people had
streets. However,
the Duke of New
, and entered upon
nee from the magis-
ss in the privatest
weeks time, from
t taking the least
7 engaging secresy,
ered ; made use of
land, to encourage
1 get nothing but
ose who appeared
lost terror, lest it
guilty.
town, which was
id when they saw
'ality, who before
gan to be silent,
he Sollicitor was
iw that the first
; and as he had
unwilling, upon
'ce given him by
te, had boasted,
ig after Captain
^ob, a warrand
)risoned in the
e against whom
m Stirling, ap-
n?ed as hafeing
I'Ochaber-aj: or
>on the head of
■> by a signed
eing directions
named him by
h Wiw charged
tfiiit he had
»'«tlons, TTBS
iNOTES TO 'fllE HEART OF MID-LOTIIIAN. 543
aJso accused of hareing lockt the Nether-Bow Port, when it was ahutt bv
the mob. '
« Jh^i' Mj^jestie'B SolUdtor having these infonnations, imployed privately
f^w in^Lr°" ^ ^^ '^f'^ ^'^ ™^y """' *"'^ th« ^™th ;a8, there were very
iZ^ y w 1°^'*^ "P°'''« confidence. But he was, indeed, faithfully
bv OenLTnt^fn^' " '?}^^'l^'^^ Welsh fuzileers. 'reconWended him
audivTn *°°' ''^°' '''^^ ^"^ ^'"^ '''^^^'' i^°™ed himself,
w 1« f?^ '""'■ S''^" V° «'"'^8 ^« iiifomation, concerning the placed
where the persons informed against u-sod to haunt, and how tliey might be
wratei°rr'^''T "^ 1^'^' * P^'^y °f *^« ^^^^'^ ^^^^ the Canongate
nZ t^"'*^ °° ^ T""*^, "P '^^ * <^ertain ::our, when a message should be sent
T.^^ i ^ P*T Maitland, one of the town Captains, promoted to that
IZ^ ^^"^ ^^ unhappy accident, who, indeed, was eitremely .liligent
aSBrrhendVi^^^^rJ ''}\:!^'^V ^^^^ ^"^'^^ sot StlrUng and Braidwood
apprehended, dispatched the officer with the letter to the miHtary in the
SoSfor h J h l^'^^'^^^^y }>:^ t^«i^ ^^roh, and by the time the
?W> f^ If half exammed the said two persons in the Burrow-room,
m^l^l^lT^^-'^^'^.^'^'''^' "" P^y «^ ^*y "»«"' •i™"'^ testing
naarched into the Parliament close, and drew up, which was the first thing
teeded b^y fei ' **""* *™^ ^°™*''^' ^^ insolence was sue-
JlS^"^rrTi Braidwood were immediately sent to the Castle and im-
nn^S' 1 T \V"*n' ^'^^\' S^dd!,n, the smith, was seized, and he was
wnght, who were aU eeveraUy examined, and denyed the least accession.
nr,« nf ?^^™1 i^®' *^u ^°^'"'^ ^"^ eoing on, and it haveing cast up in
one of the declarations, that a hump'd backed creature marched with a gun
as one of the guards to Porteus when he went up to the Lawn Markett, the
person who emitted this declaration was employed to walk the streets to
see rf he could find him out ; at last he came to the Sollicitcr and told him
he had found him, 9Jid that he was in a certain house. Whereupon a
waiTand was issued out against him, and he was apprehe^ided and sent to
the Castle, and he proved to be one Bimie, a helper to the Countess of
Weemys s coachman.
"Thereafter, ane information was given in against William M'Lauchlan,
ffootman to the said Countess, he haveing been very active in the mob •
ffor sometime he kept himself out of the way, but at last he was appre-
hended and likewise committed to the Castle.
"And these were all the prisoners who were putt under confinement in
tnat place.
"There were other persons imprisoned in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh,
and severallfl against whom warrands were issued, but could not be ap-
prehended, whose names and cases shall after\vard3 be more particularlv
taiceii Kotice of. ^ ^
"The ffriends of Stirling made an appUcation to the Earl of Islay, Lord
Ju£t:.ce-Generall, setting furth, that he was seized with a bloody fflux •
that ms life wius m danger ; and that upon auo examinatiou of witnesses
wliose names were given in, it would appear to conviction, that he had not
*t»e least access to any of the riotous proceedings of that wicked mob
'This petition was by his Ixjrdship putt in the bimds of his Majestie'*
Solhcitor, who exatriined the witnesses; .ind by their teatimonu-a '^ r-.
i'i
' ill
Hi
VVAVRULRV NOVKLS.
night: upon w„lghl„g <,/ Sch lit™'"''' '5 >"""• «'" «ft«' ImtaM
witness who d?clVref4SsSi.° ^?*! ^' " <'h«'?ed by the sam^
and. to say the tn,th ScTilES T^ ^^''' '' °°«« ^onlrZ S C'
unHW k! ' "* '^^ '^<^'^* along with thr^l vf *'"^ *"<* ^^^ling it waa
V ui emismon of wojxig oaW l^
NOTES TO THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 545
appear to be a lig^htTe d™ Slow l7lZ thtr T' '" "7^^' ""^ ""'
more piiltv than an v t)iaf\^!li ne said, that he knew people that were
Crawford SlaSedanJlir. J' * '°i ^r^"' "P°" ^^^ information,
begun, as h^e wi comSJ T"^ examined, it appeared, that when the mob
frorhhn; thThewrLrhti^^^^^^^^^ «teeple, the mob took the key«
several! persona whnm\i .u ^''''^^''^ '=°™*"' ^'^ "^'^ "'deed delate
that he had been with the Maristrates i7riprk'« ^k •*^'^'. '* ^PP'^^'*'
them what he had sppn Jn ,r^^"^*f "' „'^'^'* "' ^^^^ vintner's, relatuig to
him in prlsL Z Tveri consM^^^^^ I'l-orefore after haveing detained
Sollidtor^igneda wlZdZS'^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^' ^"^^"^^« ^^--^« -"'
upon^hrdXSn "o? o„?::-.^"'°'' inca^emted in the said Tolbooth,
^th a gL and here he renTaS^V ''^° '''} ^' "^^ ^'" °° *'>« ^^reetJ
cun-ingSness could be f^^^^^^^ '" ^-^^ ^« tryif a con-
s^tr^^rr^ver^sL^^^^^^^^^^^
excep'^lo^ thaThe'XTnX SS aUh^N ^ .°°'^" •?* ^^^"^ '^^
waiter, and seveml oThe? people lot af«ri ^^^''"^7:"^*? ^^"'^^'^^ t'^^
after the affair waa over he wS 2\^ ^, concerned in the mob. But
with Sandie th^ Turr^id Wo°l^ff ^>. ^"^' '''", ^^ ^^ ^^^S met
turned to his hou.e at th^Ab^ev In rt)," T^''^ °"' ^'^ P'^""' ^^^^ ''«■
thought fitt in h^bSr to W^oV^n *^'°. *".^?7 P«««lbi« »i« ^^y have
SsL^^r^^™--* -^« iceptt^riVn\ nSrg ll^^
against one WmZl \W ' T ^•^:^^'^ P^^^^^ '^ho had fl«l, particularly
appears U>lZXl ^^'li^^^l^'^^^ *^« ^^'^T'^
with the drum, f^m the V^ -c^P.rt to tL 5iJ? « **'l"?''® S°°^ '^°''8
'' =^''><«H'? i a^iii the misfortou* ws", that {hose '""
')
roh, TTi,
S«
WW*
546
WAVERLEy NOVELS.
TiSt '^tZT:l't^^dr ^- P---"y. No, indeed, w«.
^^^^^f^C^tl^^^^^ Taylo, servant to
among the mob, and he waa traced fml if ' *'',''* ^' "^^^ "« »»« officer
of Forester's Wynd, v^herThesi^otZtr^^^ '" *^m ^^" '''^' ^'^^
from the mob. and from that walkhL doi I *l'i'«"^"«" of Captain
Jor^eus with his Lochaber axe ; Id b? tCl ,^°'' ^'^^°™ ^aptam
hawl'd the rope by which Sn aLi p5 ^'«"=l't'on given of one who
where it is said he row is ^^ ^^ ^"^^ "^'P* ^"^^elf off for HolJan({
wa:2;X:TerSrK^^^^^ «-«> ^^utche, that he
urkt for some time among ttlSThisVr^i *^ '^' '"'' °^ '*• ««
tram was laid to catch I^i^n, uS ' et^L o, '" ^"^ ^''^f^Iy enough a
from his father in Ireland so thn* r 1 * """^'"Se that had come
Fiesh-market close. an^Vrty te n^ rJ^K ' ^''""'^ ''^'^''^' '" *"«
whow«. «pon this ex;ioirXeZ!dZlnT'^^^^'^'^'''^''^^^^^^^
escaped out at a back' window, andlidhTrnsplf-"^- ^°^«^«^' «"^™
which are heaped together upon oT»wi If "" '"'"'^ "^ ^^e houses
«ot possible to catch him. ^'Ti/rorsa d V" '* ^^'''' '' '^^' " ^^
father who Uvea there. ^''"^ ^® '» gone to Ireland to his
«er7nrS th^iron^'SrL^r ^^^^'^Andei.on.joumeyman and
Maxwell, both servirt' the'ldToS? J'°"" .^^"^ "^ ^-™-
been deeply concerned in the matter A n^ ^''°°' "^^^ '^^ ««««» ^ have
the rope upon Captain PorteS 'eck T ''°'' "" °"" «' ^^^^^^ ^^o putt
very active ; and Maxwell (which is nr'ettv rl"'" T^? ^^"^ *° ^«^« been
come to a shop upon the Aiday before and .r'^'?! '' P''"^^" ^ J^-^ve
prentices there to attend in the PaS.w ,"^''^ «>« Journeymen and
assist to hang Captain Porteui tS S'l^ T '^r^^^^ "'^H to
though warrands had been is^P,! „,.f -^ ^^'^ ^'"'^ abscond, Ind
used to apprehend them,To,Sbrforr *'^™' ''"^ ^' -^-^o^'
jnd ^m"fro&. ir ^.? iSSTSi T"^^*' ?- ^'^^ «^-^e,
themselves off ffor the Plant-.H«nT. a ""^^^bers of them have shint
was going off ffrom Gl^ow n ^i' h'«? "^^f "^ information thia si fp
port themselves beyond ^eS. pi^er w^r^'S "^ *^' T^'"^ ^^^ *<> ^^'
despau^hed to search the said ^rand Se JvTh.f ^'^^.'^^ ?«"«"«
The like warrands hnd hAo„ • *""/^^« any that can be found
But whether they hS been ^Trd^^l^t,^,"* ^If^. to ships from Leith.
groundless, they had no effect ^ ^^'^^"^ *^« information hiui beTn
P-irt"wh^c\re^rreS.\Ti^^^^^^^^
»l«o against Braid wood, but more «3^.^r ^^»»^Wan. Tliere is « p^off
NOTES TO THK IIMKT OF MID-LOTHlAi.'. 547
open, and to do what thL pL n . i 'ff *'''"" ^^^^ ''''^ ^^^^' «»«
the stream and Tt may^tirbe said tlTi'S"'"^ e^eedingly again«t
part. Nor have thTvA^^rL ^"T',^^''^ nothing was wanting on their
upon the. toTai^'hTh^rr Kt^o^"^*" *^« ^ °^ ''''
The Porteocs Mob.
regularity and determined resolution with whicrsuch a Sent .S^L?"^"'
devised and executed, were onlv eauallB,! hu u.f ?• ?^*'°" ^"«
served concerning thrprincipalactot ^ *'' '''"*^^ ""^''^ ^ «^
Although the fact waa performed bv toivh.lini.t „»j <
great maltituJe, to some ot wh^Tat W tk. i'.?^-.'°,''""°''» "' '
h.™ been toowi, yet no dL»S'wt ev™r Jal^t "'^ '°'°" '»""
perpetrators of the .laughter ° oonMromg My of the
we^'•rrott?Stt'd%r^vrmMSfbf'r•"■°«'
!!;:'trKrp™iri"i'IIS^
Sh^e"^S°tL'X'Tot'S^ "Se'^r- W """J"' °'
SorlSms'-'-Vtt"""?"-'^^
Plot oucovered relating to the orgiuueation of the Porteou.
^^f^Trf^--„TC"brr~=^^^^
i^^^p^r^s^r^^-ETo^-rtir';:.';?-"^^^^^^
£»nf ^iK-hi^-rrs;: o-rr :^- „-- »
An old man, who died about twenty vesM am, nt Vk» i ? ^
ain«tv.thn«L waswid *- *•— -- ^ ^ ^' ** ^'^^ aavanced age ol
was..>iu ^ „„,, ,,xauc - ;x;=uDnnicauon to the cier£vman who
^
64S
WAVERLEY NOVELS,
attended upon his death bed rpmi<.Pfin„ *.,
ThiH person followed the trade K*'^! ^''f ""fe''" "^^ the Porteons Mob
»uch on the estate of a amUy of „,mE"*"',''"'^ ^'"^ ^''"^ '"^^^oy^l «
in his line of life and ^^^ZstLsMLTri '""^''""•, "" "'^^ '^-t«
underwent the nlightest euspic on Si.nnT' ^'^ «^«»ent, and never
to the following purpose : St he w,^l ^''f °? ^'^' "'''^ *« ^^''^ been
•ng to the viUage of PathheaA wZ-„ °^ *''''^" y°""g »«« belong,
account of the execution of WiL^^Z «"n""T"^ T'"*** P"'^^""^. on
execute vengeance on him with th^ir Z haiT"' S'* ^^^ '"''^''''^^ '<>
escape punishment. With this n.^^.^ ?u '' '■''*^^'' ^^an he should
different ferries, and rendezvoused It ft I ^u'^ ''°''"^ ^^e Forth at
their appearance in a body" rcaSed nur'S^^ ^i^ortsbu^h, where
nund was in such a state of initaZn th« t .""* *^'™- '''be public
create an explosion ; and thirwar^ffordd bv° L'''"'^' " '"^^'^ ^^'^^ ^o
and determined band of associates Thl ^ ^ exertions of the small
order which distinguished the rot a^cotdi.Trr'' "^ P^-^^^ditation and
not in any previous plan or conspirry fen^th' T°"'*' ^""^ '^ ''"^i".
were engaged in it/ The «tory Z^^eril to «v. 'l'*''" °^ *^°''« ^^°
origm of the riot has ever been dis^vprl^ ^.^ "^^^ ""^^bing of the
conflagration, its source. Lording to tS'.?'' ^""^'^ *" 'tself agreat
and apparently inarloquate cause '^"''*' "^^ ^^«°^ ^ obscura
thiJ X r^ ^-^rSSi^jr^^^^^^^ evidence on which
<^i holds the employment of carpenter tn'f^" ^°"°? ^' ^^^^'^'^ trade!
that his father's 'gofng abroadTt "£ thne of "t1!: 'T'I'' ^^ '""^'"^
popularly attributed to his having been conoprn!^ the Porteous Mob was
that so far as is known to him?the old mrH '" ^^^^ ''^^'' ' ^"t adds
to that effect ; and, on the oo traJy ad unifn! "r'^ " -"^^ ""^ «°°fe««i«n
My kind friend, therefore, had recourse to .^^ '^T"^ ^^^ P'^^ent.
formerly heard the story; b,.t who "t L f. ^'''°" ^^"^ ^^""^ be had
memory, or from failure if h^^wn'SL d"toT''"V' '" '^^'^ ^"^"'^'^
snch a communication was mmJe So n v nir '""^ forgotten that ever
a fox-hunter) wrote to me t^ a he wtl^nSji^ correspondent (who is
can be said with respect to the trJiZnT^l^^fl^^''^''^' ^^ all that
and w^_generally believed! ""' *^^* '* "^^^'^^y "nee existed,
J^-'iZetS^:;£;- ?aSa^'lS/rSe' ? 'f ^«^Va/>%,
personal recollections. He happen J toTL ^^ Porteous Mob, from
when Robert.son made his Sw and al? wu * '° the Tolbooth Church
the Gra-ssmarket, when CaptlSorteou! Lh ^^" '?.'="""" "^ Wilson in
persons were killed EdinLrgh 18?o""vrpp.T42 | "'''' '"' «*^"^'
Note E, p. 97.-Carsphakn Jcxm
gr«at z.al, of whom Patrick wSker recorc£ ST u" °^" P*'*^ ''"^
0.ght after his wife die.1, he spent the iToh^! """^ ^'^'''^^ ' " '^'bat
.e^tation in hi. .a^ien'. t£ :^'::^Z^ iS^^tOlX
the Porteons Mob.
d been employed ae
tion. His character
excellent, and never
18 said to have been
young men belong-
:aiuHt Porteous, on
lat they resolved to
ler than he should
med the P'orth at
Portsburgh, where
them. The public
id a single spark to
•tions of the small
premeditation and
wt, had its origin,
icter of those who
hy nothing of the
h in itself a great
from an obscura
Jvidence on which
on which the old
t to question the
Ws father's trade,
lily. He admits
irteous Mob waa
affair ; but adds
de any confession
id being present.
m whom he had
an old friend's
rgotten that ever
ipondent (who is
^/ and all that
ily once existed,
A uiobiography,
ous Mob, from
'olbooth Church
)n of Wilson in
ob, and several
^ the parish in
aiar piety and
(sage : " That
in prayer and
lera coming tc
NOreS TO THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. 549
see him, and lamenting his great loss and want of rest, ho replied -•!
hrvrbeeat'l T'' ''' ■''''''V'''' °"« *^°"8h' ^^ ^he death of Ty life,
have been HO taken up m meditating on heavenly things. I have been this
l£:^,ln"n'''^''^ ^J^l' Pl"«kingan apple here and there. ' "l-X^
/ie>mrka/jle Passages of tM Life aiul Death of Mr. John Semple.
Note F, p. 105.— Patrick Walkbb.
This personage, whom it would be base ingratitude in the author to vnss
over without some notice, wa,s by far the most zealous and fai hful^^
lector and reconler of tho actions and opinions of the Cameron ans He
resided, whde stationary, at the Bristo Port of Edinburgh buris by
trade an itmerant merchant, or pedlar, which profession he seem, tohave
exercised m Ireland as well as Britain. He composed blographkal notices
Alexander Peden, John Semple, John Welwood, and rS CWon
^LTrTe Itm'e!™^^'^ ^~^°"' ^« ^'^'^ ''^ '^^ ^^^^
It is from such tracts as these, written in the sense, feeling, and spirit of
he sec , and not from the sophisticated narratives of a latS period hat
the real character of the persecuted class is to be gathered Waker
wntes with a simplicity which sometimes slides into the Imriesq^ and
sometimes attama a tone of simple pathos, but always expressing the most
damg confidence m his own correctness of creed and sentiLl?somet^es
.Tal thatTvi^K*^'"^ ""f ^'^-1""^ ^'^'"'y- ^^' turn for the Xeiou
wa.s that of his time and sect ; but there is little room to doubt his verac tv
^ncemmg whatever he quotes on his own knowledge. His small S
CSSdV"^- ^^^. ^"''' '-''"'^"^ *^« ''''''' ^^' authentic eSitio^
The tirade against dancing, pronounced by David Deans, is, as intimrted
in the text, partly borrowed from Peter Walker. He notices as a foS
reproach upon the name of Richard Cameron, that his memory was vJt^
perated, "by pipers and fiddlers playing the Cameronian march -c^^Tu
vam sprmgs, wuich too many professors of religion dance to; a pracSe
unbeconung the professors of Christianity to dance to any 'snrinrbut
somewhat more to this. Whatever," he proceeds, "be the manf Ad bloU
recorded of the saints in bcripture, none of them is chawi ^ith S
^gular fit of .distraction. We find it has been practised SythTwicke^
and It had been good for that unhappy lass, who daaced off the hTad of
Johxi the Baptist, that she had been born a cripple, and never dra^ a
hmb to her Historians say, that her sin was written upon her jud^nL
who some time thereafter was dancing upon the ic, Ld it brokrand
«mpt the head off her; her head danced above, and her feet beneatL
There is ground to think and conclude, th:tt when the worid's wickelLs
was great, dancmg at their mairiagcs was practised ; but when t™la^Z
Sowin/flLM''''^ tl'''^' '"''' ^'' ''''' ^P'^ *1^«'« ^'^ that ove^
fiovvmg flood, their mirth was soon staid; and v-^-en the Lord in holv
ju^ti^ ramed fire' and brimstone from heaven u, en i , .c wicked peoSeknd
city Sodom, enjoying fuln^ of bread and idlene^r \4 SeiZs Sd
iflU ten of braatUlu as hist^rianq q^- "-ar- a" — - >- » - t ■ . s""*
mil, a: i-ri-ua 3Sj, rf6rD Oii uuum to iry m their skina ;
H
4
860
^AVmiKY NOVELS.
and at the md, whnovfir *«. , -^
M.1 l.un~rw^S. "' ';'"''• ">• rin "f boot, Ih?, J5' '''""'J' ™I« •■"I
raajpch J "— /-.v , P°^ '^ espec allv thit for.?- f "^" "^te. Iim caused
made n , ./• - : .:I c!f "' ^^'^^ -"ome of the mil,w i
t«nce8, to obSrA h" ^^^™«=te^ so as to enable Mn?^^?^'^' undertook
1 flandiit^ wjien aJI wlij
■ that ever knew whut
k a hough to fyke and
J^rd that ordered my
the hl^Kxly rope and
likens, and irons, cold
tne«8 of my head, and
'rgotten Man of Ood,
thnt sharp fihallenjsre.
1 ministers dumb, for
church and nation,
he left her buhbiinK
"• Lady Maries were
'« worll, if it „.oui,j
le knave Deat/i. that
all your fiddlini,' and
'.especially amongst
"a hate, has caused
"ng the Ciimeronian
. etc., collect' ' and
'nss of Caiaeronians
lately, and allowed
in raea and woraen
^«^. and considered
iavmg conceived a
'h another brutal
eatedly mentioned
^pbell undertook
O'lt, on false pre-
« to which these
failed, they en-
dangerons kind,
t, did finally, on
nt to the King's
folyrood Palace,
ite through, md
^inent, for which
o transportation
Criminal Cases,
®ed, a eairn, op
Ily romoFed, fca
NOTES TO THK JIKAKT OP M[I>.L()THIAN. 551
NoTH n, p. 145.— Hanobian, or Lockman.
£«Hi»mrtn, so called from the small quantity of meal (Soottice, loci)
which he was entitled to take out of every boll exposed to market in tbi
city. In Edmburgh, the duty has been very long r- mted : but in
Dumfnes, the finisher of the law still exercises, or di.^ / exercise, hit
privilege, the quantity taken being regulated by asimt. m ladle, #hich
he u«e8 M the mea.sure of his perquLsite. The oxpressiou loch, for a small
quantity of any r. idily divisible dry Hubstan.-e, >u, com, meal, llax, or the
lUce, is stiU preserved, not only popularly, but in a legal description, as the
u>ck and ,jotope,i, or smaU quantity and handful, payable in thirlage cases.
as in town multure. "» i
NoTB r, p. 156.— Tub Fairt Rot op Leith.
.. w '^, l^^T} ^"''^ '° f"'''°e>" editions inaccurately tjaid to exist In Baxter's
World of Spirits ; but is, in fact, to be fo-ond, in "Pandemonium, or
d\ . 1/ ^^'"y^^^'''' ^«i"« * further blow to Modern Sadduceisra," by
Richard Bovet Gentleman, i2mo, 1684. The work is inscribed to Dr.
Heniy More The story is entitled, "A remarkable pa.»sage of one named
the Pairy Boy of Leith, In Scotland, given me by my worthy frion.L
Captain George Bnrton, and attested under his hand ;" and is as follows ■—
About fifteen years smce, having business that detained me for some
time in [,eith, wh-ch is near Edenborongh, in the kingdom of Scotland, I
otten met some of my acquaintance at a certain house there, where we used
to dnnk a glass of wine for our refection. The woman which kept the
house was of honest reputation amongst the neighbours, which made me
pve the more attention to what she told me one .lay about a Fairy Boy
(as they called him) who lived about that to\vn. She had given me so
strange an account of him, that I desired her I might see him the tirst
opportuiiity. which she promised ; and not long after, passing that way.
she told me there was the Fairy Boy but a little before I came by : and
casting her eye int. street, said, ' Look you. sir, yonder he is at play
with those other be ys, and designing him to me, I went, and by smooth
words, and h piece of money, got him to come into the house with me ;
Where, m ine presence of divers people, [ demanded of him several
astrological questions, which he answered wi h great subtility, and through
all his discourse carried it with a cunning much beyond Ms years, which
seemed not to exceed ten or eleven. Jle seemed to make a motion like
drumming upon the table with his fingers, upon which I asked him, whether
he could beat a drum, to which he replied, 'Yes, sir, as well as any man
in Scotland ; lor every Thursday night I beat all points to a sort of people
that use to meet under yon hill" (pointi ; to the great hill between Eden-
borough and Leith), 'How, boy,' quo.i I; 'what company have you
tnere T — There are. sir," said he, ' a great company both of men and
women, and they are entertained with many '. ta of music besides my
drum; they have, besidas, plenty variety of nseats ami wine; and many
times we are carried into France or Holland in a night, and return again ;
and whilst we are there, we enjoy all the pleasure.s the country doth afford.'
I demanded of him, how they tror nnder that hill ? To whirh h.-. replissl
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""S"' » ' «'■• people in Scoll,„,l ZuJI';. t u""'" °' "■» b'""' toll
f-e 18 m the librao' at Abbotsford.]
Note J, p. Isr.-lNTEnootmsK op the Cov.v
Invisible WokL^^""™' ^™ ^™
Not,K,p.I«2._Ch,l„.M™m^
i he Scottish Statutn Rn^u
to receive as evi,Z ' r , absence of direct nrnnf f' • " ''°'^» set of
«"verjr , and that, combined with
i to th..'in, though they
e brave largo rooiiia, as
^ked him, how I should
' me he would read my
» saw the forms of them
landsomo women,
ibourhood, comii)g into
M? He told her that
ich put her in such a
Jinan of the house told
m from the rendezvous
'_ some more money, I
i" the afternoon of the
time. The hoy came
_ prevailed with some
IS moving that night :
ions, without offering
was got away unper-
nim, hasted to the
' the same room ; we
of the doors. I foi-
a if he had been set
'KOHQE Burton."
t Abbotsford.]
rSRS WITH THE
the persecuted sect
1 peculiar credulity
ily by the wrath of
• In fact, a flood
• most ordinary in-
t a particular spot,
-y of fiends. The
, and that of John
Walker almost in
onsequence of the
8 temptatioDii to
J a certain set of
iry were directed
wmmitteA The
nan should have
lancy; that she
. combined with
NOTES TO THE HEART OF MID-LOTIflAN.
ab3
these grounds of suspicion, the child should be either found dead or be
altogether missing. Many persons suffered death during the last century
under this severe act. But tluring the author's memory a more lenient
course was followed, and the female accused under the act, and conscious
of no competent defence, atually lodged a petition to the Ck)urt of Justi-
ciary, denying, for form's sake, the tenor of the indictment, but stating,
that as her good name hud been destroyed by the charge, she was willing
to s'.'.bniii, to sentence of banishment, to which the crown counsel usually
consented. This lenity in practice, and the comparative infrequency of the
crime since the doom of public ecclesiastical penance has been generally
dispensed with, have led to the abolition of the Statute of William and
Mary, which is now replaced by another, imposing banishment in those
circumstances in which the crime was formerly capital. This alteration
took phice in 1803,
NoTB L, p. 190. — Calumniatou of the Fair Sex.
The journal of Graves, a Bow Street officer, despatched to Holland to
obtain the surrender of the unfortunate "William Brodie, bears a reflection
on the ladies somewhat like that put in the mouth of the police-officer
Bharpitlaw. It had been found ditticult to identify the mihajipy criminal ;
and when a Scotch gentleman of respectability had seemed disposed to
give evidence on the point required, his son-in-law, a clergyman in Amster-
dam, and his daughter, were suspected by Graves to have used arguments
with the witness to dissuade him from giving his testimony. On which
subject the journal of the Bow Street officer proceeds thus : —
" Saw then a manifest reluctance in Mr. , and had no doubt the
daughter and parson would endeavour to persuade him to decline troubling
himself in the matter, but judged he could not go back from what he had
said to Mr. Rich. — Nota Bene, No misclvief but a woman, or a priest
in it — here both.'
Note M, p. 200. — Sir William Dick of Bbau),
This gentleman formed a striking example of the instability of human
prosperity. He was ouue the wealthiest man of his time in Scotland, a
merchant in an extensive line of commerce, and a fanner of the public
revenue; insomuch that, about 1640, he estimated his fortune at two
hundred thousand pounds sterling. Sir William Dick was a zealous
Covenanter j and in the memorable year 1641, he lent the Scottish Con-
vention of Estates one hundred thousand merks at once, and thereby
enabled them to support and pay their army, which must othen^lse have
broken to pieces. He afterwards advanced £20,000 for the service of
King Charles, during the usurpation ; and having, by owning the royal
cause, provoked the displeasure of the ruling party, he was fleeced of mor»
money, amounting in all to £65,000 sterling.
Beirig in this manner reduced to indigence, he went to London to try to
recover some part of the sums which had been lent on Government security.
In-tead of receiving any satisfaction, the Scottish Croesus was thrown into
prison, in which he died, 19th December 1655. It is said his death was
hastened by the want of common necessaries. But this statement is some
554
WAVKIiLKY N07KLS.
what exaggerated, if it ba *r,.-
it had been proTouS b^^ T'r '"'^ '* ^^^ toVeSeZ^. ?''"'^"'^
Court of JusLt^'to bS:^' '■^^^^^^'^ ^^« CSm nf b?'".?'^ °^'°"»
a matter of cou^? *" ^' '^'^^'^^d as their DemVte^^^lfe^^t""! V^«
The production of th. granted as
wretched criminal La ®^®<"'t"oner in open courf «„ i •
was hard Jbe found ^^^,^« °'^^«' '* " «ot wSeriiHb:.'""/"^^"''^ ^-^a
transportation, for an attiJ/r^'"' «"« ""^.e. who "id t ' '^ '"'^'^
that he would nrnn^ "*?* ^^^ '"iro his own hoLv .^^^" sentenced to
forth to officiatSe"Tf ^''^ '^°°'° on tbrolSon'^r^Tl to consent
J««sed himself to hdr orrff '°^.*''«'^'^<'™ tXcHmiS S"",.'''-""^''*
his own sentence. It "^ i^^?u '" * '''tter compE of .i? • """'' '^^^■
purpose for which he h^d\ ^* ^« ^as interraSS Li *^^"'J"''^
«"eugh," aaid the feUo? « "° ^^''^^J " I kerXt ' 1 '?'°;''^ "^ the
'^oraetobenoneofyonrn/^'r"* '"^ to be ycuTVir?* "^."'^ ^««1
and yon, Lord E-i! I Dempster, I am come to suL.. P'*"" ' ^''*- ^ »«
ties yon have^mT^' ^ ''"'''^er at the bar of n^^i ° y""* ^ord T .
of complying ^Xthe^i" *^"-: ^" ^^oX mTeTj T'" ''' *»•« i^J'-^'
the JudgL tolheir JlrP"*"'' ^ °"1^' ^ havTanlS °'."'^« » P'«te,t
"loan." He wmT,/^'^' ^Jl^'^g them, in tri°?P°^""-ty of reviling
decorous scenrwh^^ ^ °/ »'»'"^ the laigSter oM^' °i-^'' ""^^'7, "f
thut though he was
■ tbence calJed "Sa
> pamphlet, entitJecL
Jl>amDick"[Loni
■«g Sir WiUiam on
>r Edinburgh, super-
^ second exhibiting
tni presents hint
'« by coilectom of
'^ COITRT.
'r of doom or sen-
Jsle of Man were
=tedtothedesigna.
the sentence after
e cerk ; on which
Andlhis /pro,
"oned in the text,
when this odious
he petitioned the
h was granted as
' presence of the
ting to the more
the Parliament
anecdote which
ner was vacant,
considering tLa
a locum tenens
en sentenced to
need to consent
when brought
Mr. Hume ad-
■^^ injustice of
eminded of the
nt of me weel
er ; but I am
p Lord T .
ff' the injna-
«'tde a pretext
■ty of reviling
country ' ' a
8, but the iu.
lition of th«
the clerk of
litted,
Sr of a hao*
NOTES TO TOR HKART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
555
l»ll. to repeat the sentence on .1 orimirai, is said to have been abrogated
in March 1773.]
NoTB 0, p. 254. — John Dukb of Aboylb and Orkenwioh.
ThiH nobleman wa.s very dear to his countrymen, who were jnatly proud
of his military and political talents, and grateful for the ready zeaJ with
which he a.sserted the rights of his native country. This was never more
conspicuous than in the matter of the Porteous Mob, when the ministers
brought in a violent and vindictive hill, for declaring the Lord Provost of
Edinburgh incapable of bearing any public office in future, for not foresee-
ing a disorder which no one foresaw, or intemiptind the course of a riot
too formidable to endure oppo-sition. The same bill made provision for
jmlling down the city gates, and abolishing the city guard, — rather a
Hibeniian mode of enabling them better to keep the peace within burgh in
future.
The Duke of Argjie opposed this bill as a cruel, unjust, and fanatical
proceeding, and an encroachment upon the privileges of the royal burghs
of Scotland, secure*! to thera by the treaty of Union. " In all the proceed-
ings of that time," said his Grace, "the nation of Scotland treated with
the English as a free and ind' pt .ulent peo])le ; and as that treaty, my Lords,
had no other guarantee for the due performance of its articles, bnt the faith
and honour of a British Parliament, it would be both unjust and ungenerous,
should this House agi'ee to any proceedings that have a tendency to injure
It."
Lord 'Tardwicke, in reply to the Duke of Argyle, seemed to insinuate,
that his Grace had taken up the affair in a party point of view, to
which the nobleman replied in the spirited langimge quoted in the text.
Loni Hardwicke apologised. The bill was much modified, and the clauses
conceminj; the dismantling the city, and disbanding the guard, were de-
parted from. A fine of £2000 was imposed on the city for the benefit of
Porteous's widow. She was contented to accept three-fourths of the sum,
the payment of which closed the transaction. It is remarkable, that, in out
day, the Magistrates of Edinburgh have had recotirse to both those
measures, held in such horror by their predecessors, as necessary steps for
the improvement of the city.
It may be hero noticed, in explanation of another circumstance mentioned
\n the text, that there is a tradition in Scotland, that George II., whose
irascible temper is said sometimes to have hurried him into expressing his
displeasure /jar voie du/ait, oifered to the Duke of Argyle in angry audience,
.«ome mmace of this .lature, on which he left the presence in high disdain,
and with little ceremony. Sir Robert Walpole, having met the Duke as he re-
tired, and learning the cause of his resentment and discomposure, endeavoured
to reconcile him to what had happened by saying, "Such was his Majesty's
way, and that he often took such liberties with himself without meaning
any harm." This did not mend matters in MacCalluramore's eyes, who
replied, in great disdain, " You will please to remember. Sir Robert, the
infinite distance thove is betwixt you and me." Another frequent ex-
pression of passion on the part of the same monarch, is alluded to In the old
Jacobite song —
Tlie flro shall irot botb hat anil wig,
As iifl.-iijiHs thpy'vft got »' that.
if
566
WAVKRLEy NOVKLS.
Convention Sco-msa
NOTKS TO THE HKAKT OF MID-LOTHIAN.
.•557
W THB ScOTTisa
menced its sittinga
yei-8 by rotation to
icarae, through the
was then taken on
'. as him for whom
'ention exclaimed,
'fJ the Bishops to
'•breaking at the
sd by the prelate,
f their dismission,
tvished the honest
t away with haill
a pale faces, and
Robert Neilson,
>■ Franjis Hislop
i^ent hard on one
ity fretting and
hen undoubtedly
lusions amongst
'f kept us from
' neither bishop
1 change not to
Q large sums to
hey might have
'|es ; that they
themselves and
Jdshed of that
f the land did
's people."—
atrick Walker.
N.
'i- P- 34), Dr.
ony since the
and executed
Jred to life in
She kept an
came to life
he body was
'uted to th«
^g a retired
dram ; and
^laggie was
icuick (who
diea in 1730), is one entitled " The Meiry Wives of Musselburgh's Welcome
to Meg Dickson ;" while another broadside, without any date or author'f
name, is caljwl " Margaret Dickson's Penitential Confession," containing
kho»e linos rel'erriug to her conviction : —
" Who found ine guilty of tlmt burbarooa crime,
And did, by law, end this wretched life of mine ;
But God .... did nie preserve," etc.
In another of these ephemeral productions hawked about the streets,
called, "A Ballad by J— n B s," are the following lines :—
" please peruse the speech
Of Ill-hanged Ma^gy Dlckion.
Ere she was strung, ijie wicked wife
Was sainted by the Flamen (priest),
But now, since she's retuni'd to life,
Some say she's the old samen."
In his reference to Maggie's calling salt after her recovery, the Author
would appear to be alluding to another character who went by the name
of " saut Afaggie" and is represented in one or more old etchings about
1790.]
NoTB R, p. 418. — Madob Wildpiue.
In taking leave of the poor maniac, the Author may here observe that
the first conception of the character, though afterwards greatly altered, was
taken from that of a person calling herself, and called by others, Feckless
Fannie (weak or feeble Fannie), who always travelled with a small flock of
sheep. The following account, furnished by the persevering kindness of
Mr. Train, contains, probably, all that can now be known of her history,
though many, among whom is the Author, may remember having heard of
Feckless Fannie in the days of their youth.
"My leisure hours," says Mr. Train, "for some time past have been
mostly spent in searching for particulars relating to the maniac called
Feckless Fannie, who travelled over all Scotland and England, between the
years 1767 and 1775, and whose history is altogether so like a romance,
that I have been at all possible pains to collect every particular that can
te found relative to her in Galloway, or in Ayrshire.
" When Feckless Fannie appeared in Ayrshire, for the first time, in the
sammer of 1769, she attracted much notice, from being attended by twelve
ca" thirteen sheep, who seemed all endued with faculties so much superior
to the ordinary race of animals of the same species, as to excite universal
astonishment She had for each a different name, to which it answered
when called by its mistress, and would likewise obey in the most surprising
manner any command she thought proper to give. When travelling, she
always walked in front of her flock, and they followed her closely behind.
When she lay down at night in the fields, for she would never enter into a
house, they always disputed who should lie next to her, by which means
she was kept warm, while she lay in the midst of them ; when she attem^-ted
to rise from the ground, an old ram, whose name was (Jharlie, always
claimed the sole right of assisting her ; pushing any that stood in hia way
aflid«), until ho arrived right before his mistross ; he then bowed his head
AS8
VVAVKJtLKv \0VKL8.
)«»t in time to S" the l« il™' *'"' " "■»' '"■" a pLtof T* !" 1
it is Jlly true tharste dS^o" ^7''" "'^ " -»"- bat^K
even by the Bohool-boys of tSe pSS^t Tv "' ^S'^'""" ^ ««" heW ^aJr^d
P«;hapH the only instance of the?aw ofKenneTh h "* '"'''''''■ " "^ow^
NOTEP TO THK IIKAUT OF MIO-LOThiAh.
6&9
•f Rosemooiit, in the neighbourhood of Ayr, being well acquainted with
her father when in England, endeavoured, in a severe sea«ou, by every means
in his power, to detain her at Rosemount for a few days uuti] the weathei
should become more mild ; but when she found herself rBsted a little, and
saw her sheep fed, she raised her crook, which was the signal she always
gave for the sheep to follow her, and ott' they all marched together.
" But the hour of poor Famiie's dissolution was now at hand, and she
seemed anxious to arrive at the spot where she was to tomiinate her mortal
career. She proceeded to Glasgow, and while i)a«.sing through that city a
crowd of idle boys, attracted by her singular appearance, together with the
novelty of seeing so many sheep obeying her command, began to torment
her with their pranks, till she became so irritated that phe pelted them
with bricks and stones, which they returned in such a manner, that she
was actually stoned to death between Glasgow and Anderston.
" To the real history of this singular individual credulity has attached
several superstitious appendages. It is said that the farmer who was
the cause of Charlie's death shortly al'terwards drowned himself in a peat-
hag ; and that the hand with which a butcher in Kilmarnock struck
one of the other sheep became powerless, and withered to the very bone.
In the summer of 17t)9, when she was passing by New Cumnock, a young
man, whose name was William Forsyth, son of a farmer in the same parish,
plagued her so much that she wished he might never see the mom ; upon
which he went home and hanged himself in his father's bam. And 1 doubt
not that many such stories may yet be remembered in other parts where
she had been."
So far Mr. Train. The Author can only add to this narrative that Feck-
less Fannie and her little flock were well known in the pastoral districts.
In attempting to introduce such a character into fiction, the Author lelt
the risk of encountering a comparison with the Maria of Steme ; and,
besides, the mechanism of the story would have been as much retarded by
Feckless Fannie's flock as the night march of Don Q' cte was delayed by
Sancho's tale of the sheep that were ferried over the . " .
The Author has only to add, that notwithstanding tlu preciseness of Ids
friend Mr. Train's statement, there may be some hopes that the outrage
on Feckless Fannie and her little flock was not carried to extremity.
There is no mention of any trial on account of it, which, had it occurred
in the manner stated, would have certainly taken place ; and tie Author
has understood that it wis on the Border she was last seen, about the skirts
of the Clieviot hills, bui without her little flock.
Nora S, p. 443. — Death op Franois Gordon.
This exploit seems to have been one in which Patrick Walker prided
himself not a little ; and there is rea.son to fear, that that excellent person
would have highly resented the attempt to associate another with him in
the slaughter of a King's Life-Guardsman. Indeed, he would have had the
more right to be ofi'ended at losing any share of the glory, since the party
against Gordon vus already three to one, besides having the advantage ol
firearms. Tho manner in which he vindicates his claim to the exploit,
without committing himaelf by a direct statement of it, is not a little
amusing. H <a us follows : —
MO
wavj:i{ley no\'els.
« will d.tod om,eir« ■ B.'Sr.y*™ "W. ' that Lu^f b^ 1°
•—«■ •*» -n U,« 1, „ff^ ™^ «;^,1«?,5. Mr. W„d„, t, „. *•
'leatli, which I <!id
e, indeefl (if it be
I'l many other re-
3 throuj?h my lif^
volunteer out of
TOop, but was stiJl
Irtrum and Airly's
082, Mr. Oonlon
four horses, came
Uam Caigow and
I the women. At
obert Mnir'e, he
Bervanta went to
en. When day
MosH-platt, and
5 him, they fled,
'elf, having been
''e were alarmed,
"i. and overtook
He said, «he
hall not be, for
should go to it
' coat. James
amn his souJ J '
for diverting a
twithstanding,
uir came to us.
fferers' names,
' some Popish
tn took off the
'as four miles
wn death and
this, I could
Bfence, which
For my own
blood run, J
i enemies in
opportunity,
ish. I have
watTO minis-
W'ler, when
nee, than of
P>e««nt was
su/Tered at
» banished ;
Jed in the
' te misin-
KOTKS TO THE UEAKT OF MID-LOTiUAN. 561
NoTK T, p. 459.~ToLLrati lu Siatvioic in Scotland.
Ttt the old .lays of Scotland, when persons of proi.erty (unlbi.8 they
bappene.1 to be non-jurors) wuro a.s regular lu, their ijiforiore in altcndaiic*
ou parochial worship, thirc was a kind of etinuelte, in waiting till the
patron or ackiiowledgea great man of the parish should make hi« ai)peHr-
auce. 1 his corenioiaal was so hacre.i in the eyos of a jiariah beadlo in tho
Isle of Bute, that the kirk bell being out of or.ler, he is said to have
mounted the steeple every Sunday, to imitate witli his voice the successive
summonses which its mouth of metal mwl to semi forth. The tirst part of
this imitative harmony was simply tho repetition of the words /iell bell, beU
beU, two or three times in a manner as much resembling the sound as
throat of rtesh coul.l imitate throat of iron. Beliam I beUwn / was sounded
forth in a more urgent manner ; but ho never sent forth the third and
conclusive peal, tho varied tone of which is called in Scotland the mwiW
t«, until the two principal hcritorb of the parish approached, when tlit
chime ran thus : —
bellum BelUUum,
benura and Kno<ikdow'$ eommg •
JieUum Beimium,
Bemera and Knoekdcno'i comi/ng !
Thereby intimating that service was instantly to proceed.
[Mr. Mackinlay of Borrowstounness, a native of Bute, sUtes that 81i
Walter Scott had this story from Sir Adam Ferguson ; but llmi tho gaUant
knight had not given the lairda' titles correctly— the bcUman's great men
being "Craich, i>nunhiJifl, aiui iJajueinian "— 1B42.1
li
VOL. VU
2o
:' i'*t. '
GLOSSARY
10
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
A', all.
AnuNK, above.
Ab thino, one thing.
AoAHB, against, before.
AniNT, behind.
Aim, own.
AiBM, iron.
Aits, oats.
Amairt, almont
An, if.
Andrba Fbrrara, HlKhland broadsword
AxBfl, once.
AoariT, eH?ht.
AuoHT, IN TODR, In your posseaslon.
Ata, at all.
AWMODs, alms.
AwMRiB, the cnpboard
Bairn, a child.
Band, bond.
Bav.'bbx, a hair^nny.
Bkak-.iool, bean-hull.
Sedral, beadle, sexton.
Bbuvb, directly.
Bxrb, a species of barley with four rows
of grain.
Bbn TBI ROUBK, inside, into the sitting-
room.
Bicker, a wooden vessel
BiDB, wait, rest under.
BiKN, comfortable
BioooKBTTS, a lady's head-dress.
BiKB, a nest
BiNNA, be not
BiRKiB, a little fellow.
Black oast, an 111 tnm.
BoDDLB, a small copper coin.
BooBiB, the lowest scholar on the form,
adnnce.
RoDKura. socikbxn.
BouNTiTH, bonnty
Boi'MocK, a hillock.
Bow, a boll mpfiHtire.
BowiB, a wowlen vessol for holillnu inllk.
Brab, hill.
Braw, brave, grand.
Urrcham, a horse-collar.
IIROCKIT, white-faced.
Broo, to prick or pierce.
Brooub, a Highland shoe.
Broo, taste for, opinion of.
Bruilzib, a scuffle.
BuLLSBoo, gelded bull
Bosa, dress np.
CV, caU.
Oa'-throw, an ado, « row,
Oacib, streot-porter.
Gallant, a lad
Caller, fresh.
Oantt, mirthful. Jolly.
Car-cakb, small cake bakad with eggs.
Carle, a fellow.
Carlinr, a beldam.
Carritch, the catechism.
CAULDRirs, chilly.
Cekted, cited
Craits, Jaws.
Chappit, struck.
Chkbk of thb door, door-poAt
Chrlo, young fellow.
Clachan, Highland hainlot
Claisr, clothes.
Clat, a pose of money.
Clavkra, foolish gossip.
CLEcKrr, hatched
Olrkk, hook up.
Cleucr, ravine.
Clout ower, onok ora.
564
Cod, apUlow. . *^ """•
tJowr, a colt.
Cback, gossip or talk.
CiiEAOH, plunder of cattla
Crkwkm, scroftila.
Crcppkn, crept
WAVERLEV NOVELS.
of Forth.
Ottmhbb, comrade.
OnRPEL, cmpper.
Daft, craijr.
Dkikkr, to Jog along.
m.'^""' ^«^'-''«K. 'oltering.
Uainty, comely, agreeable.
iMBo a day's work,
Deavk, deafen.
l)eEya-8BncKiE,allmbofSatan.
s,f;er'"""'"''**-^'«-«p-^
Deil, deviL
I^KiL HAET o- ME, the devil do L
DiNNA, do not.
DiNo, knock.
Dfnnle, a shivering blow
DiRL, a thrilling knock.
UrTTAY, indictment.
DooKiT, flacked.
l>ooM.s, utterly.
Douce, quiet, respectebla.
DowvA, do not like to.
DnBiOH, dry, thirsty.
DuDDv, ragged.
liVDs, rags.
t>nNCH, Jog or punch.
DrESTER, dyer.
Eb, eye.
Een, eyes.
Effbir, rank, station
Blhhin, an awL
Eme, nnclo.
FAsn, trouble.
Fadt, fiult.
Fickle, to puMle.
Fliskmahov, siUy fflrt
Flit, remove.
Forbear, forefather.
Forbt, besides.
FoKNENT, In front of.
FvKE, bustle, fUnk.
Oano, go.
Gar, make, oblige.
Qabdtvoo, from French gardt d« r^m.
Gate, way, direction, manner.
UACOBR, exciseman.
Gaun, going.
Gapnt, yawn.
Gawsie, plump.
Gay sure, pretty snw.
Gear, property.
Gee, the pet.
GiE, give.
''Ss.""'"'^"'™"P''''«'-"''«tln*
GiRN, grin.
Glaiks, dust, decepOon
Gled, a kite.
Gleo, active.
Gliff, an instant.
Glower, stare.
GousTY, haunted.
GoDTTE, a drop.
GowAN, a daisy.
Graith, a giri;h, also furniture
OREESHocn, turf Are.
Greet, orat, to cry, weep.
Grewsome, grim.
Grit, great
GUDE.M A.V, the husband, head of the hon«
GuDEwiFE, familiar term applied to V^
as head of the household ^'^ """™*
GCLLV, a knife.
Gyte, foolish.
Haffets, the temples.
IlAFFLiNs. young, entering the te«na.
Haft, custody.
Hale, whole, entire.
HAIJ.AN, partition at the doorwar
Ha arst, harvest.
Harlk, trail.
Hacd, hold.
Ha VINOS, behaviour.
Hempie, a rogue.
Hersb, hoarse.
Hbbt, command, behest
Het, hot.
HiNo, hang.
HiNifT, honey !
HoooH, thigh or hip,
HowFF, a haunt,
HassT, a needlecas*
Ilk, the aame n&ia«.
luu, eatii).
OL0Sa>VRY.
666
icK garde d» Vn*,
iter is throwo out
nmner.
'late for roosting
iltnre.
p.
adofthehonee
ppliedtoairlft
the teena.
jorrap.
{lAA DAT, every rtay .
Inqan, onion.
Inolb, Are.
I.vKLiKO, an idea of.
Kail, cabbage.
Kale, soup, broth.
Kamed, combed.
Kknsprcklk, conspicuous, odd.
Kepp, catch, stop.
KjjfTBAT, country.
Kittle, ticklish, slippery.
Kyk, cows.
Kylevine, a pencil.
KvTHE, to seem or appear.
Laird, a squire.
Lamoub, amber.
Laverock, a lark.
Lawi.vo, the account, bill.
Lay, lea.
Lead grain, to carry in grain.
■jRARN, to teach.
Ler, a lie
Limmer, ft jade.
Lippen, rely upon.
Loop, the palm of the hand.
Loot, permit.
LouNDER, to thump.
Low, flame.
Loo, the ear.
LuM, a chimney.
Maoo, steal.
Mail, to stain.
IMaiuno, farm rent
Maistry, mastery, power.
Manse, a Scotch parsonage.
Mansworn, perjured.
MAflHACKERKD, massacred.
Maukin, a hare.
Maun, must.
Maunder, palaver, talk nonsense.
Maw, mow.
Mear, a mare.
Mell, meddle.
Merse, Berwickshire.
Minnie, mamma.
Misouooled, mangled.
Misoa', miscall, malign.
MfTTANs, woollen gloves.
Moss-HAO, a bog-pit
MucKLE, much.
MuiR-pooTS, young grouse.
Mull, a snuft-box.
MuTCHKiN, a pint measure.
Natreless, npverthel«s«,
NiPFERiNO ezchanginit, bargaining.
NoiTED, rapped.
Noop, a protuberance ^of the elbow), th«
bono at the elbow-joint.
Oe, a grandchild.
On dino, a heavy fall.
Odtbv, without
OwER, over.
Parochine, parish.
Pkttled, Indulged.
PHIL.ABEO, Highland kUt
PiCKLK IN \OUR AIN POKE JfOOK, RUpply
yourself out of your own means.
Pioo, earthenware jar.
Pike, pick.
PiRS, a reel
Pit, put.
Plack, a coin one-third of a penny.
Pu!A-H0UHB, court-hoiise.
Ploy, an entertainment, a spree.
Pock, a poke, bag.
PowNRY, pony.
Prokitor, procurator.
Pu'PiT, pulpit
Qceerino, quLuing.
QuEY, a young cow.
Rannel-trets, a beam aoi-osa the fire
place for suspending a pot.
Rax, stretch.
Reddino up, clearing up.
Reek, smoke.
RuBBET, robbed.
S.\cRij»8, guileless.
Sair, sore.
Sark, shirt.
Saunt, saint
Saw, sow.
ScAHT, scratch,
ScHULE, school.
HcoMFisH, sulfocate.
ScoupiNQ, skipping.
ScRAUOHiN, screeching.
Sea-maw, a gull.
Seiles, strained out
Seip, oore.
Sell o' tb, youniel'
Shoon, shoes.
Sic, such.
Siller, money.
Silly-hkalth, poorly
•Simmer, ■anunor. .
SucELiaUU.
m
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
Skin awd bibn, the whole thine
HKiRturo, squealing.
Skrimp, to straiten or save
Skulduddkry. low talk, balderdash.
HLAKB, to besmear.
Snappbb, stumble.
SouoH, sigh.
Sotrp, sup.
8owKN8,a8ortofgrneL
Spbbb, inquire.
Splkdchan, Gaelic, ponoh.
Spunk, flre, match.
Stbd, establish, snpply.
8TER.»f, star.
SriRK, a steer.
Stoit, stagger.
Stoup, a wooden vesseL
STmKETs, vlctnals.
SwiTHEB, to doubt
Syn-e, since, ago.
Ta, Highland, the.
Tae, the one.
Tailzie, a bond.
Tait, a look (of wool),
Tane, the one.
' a'nd beTfr.""' ^"^^^ '^' ^' '^^^'^
TA^VPIR, an awkward girl
Tawse, a strap cnt into ta"ils for whipping
Tbil, HidJOand, devlL
Tent, care.
Thole, to suffer or endure.
Thrawart, cross-grained
Thrawn, crabbed.
Ta\:t;f ' ^*' "''-'-'^ ^»-"y
Tod, a fox
Toou. fmpty
i
TouK,tuck(ofadmm>.
Ttnb, lose.
Unco, particularly
, Upoano, ascent
UsQUEBAUOH, Gaelic, whiaky.
Wa', walL
Wad, a pledge.
Wad, would.
Wadna, would not
Wae, woe.
Wally draiolb, a poor weak creature
Wampishino, tossing ^™»»are
Ware, to sell.
WAR.9TLB, wrestle.
Wastrife, waste.
Waitf, wave.
Waur, worse.
Weasand, the windpipft,
Weird, destiny.
Whaup IN THE RAPE, Something wrmu
w:;^;*:°fev"*«"^"^'«p<>^'»*'e^
Whilk, whlch^
Whilly wha, wheedle.
Whorn, horn.
Willyard, wild, shy.
Wimple, winding turn
WoRRicow, scarecrow.
Wotna, did not know
WuLL CAT, wild cat
WuN, win.
WuNNA, will not
Wuss, wish.
WnzzA,VT, withered.
Wytb, blame.
VKRt, earl.
ram>,
U following aftw.
nee.
e, whlgJcy.
INDEX TO THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
oor weak cnature
t something wnwf
a pod In the rop^
&ovooAra^ Sootcb, an arUtooratlc race.
63.
A.rohlbaid Campbell, the Duke's servant.
419.
Aj^le, John, Duke of, on the Porteons
Mob, 254 ; poHition at Court, 8d4 ; re-
ceives Jeanle, 866; interview with
Queen Caroline, 880 ; viBits Mrs. Glass's
shop, 402; intimacy with Effle (now
Lady Staunton), 478, 483 ; note on, 556.
Arthur's Seat, favourite resort of the
Author, 77.
Ajriosto, digressiveness of, 166.
Assembly of the Scotch Kirk, couuuis-
sioner to, 608.
Author's digressiveness, 166.
Balohristik, Mbs. Jamet, 267.
Beersheba, the Butlers' cottage, 80
Bellum Bellellum, 661.
Best's Wynd, 47.
Bishops, expulsion of, noU, 656.
Borrowing days, 290.
Brandy, advice about drinking of, 83.
Butler, Reuben, corrects Saddletree's
Latin, 48 ; made to act chaplain to the
rioters, 60; tries to save Porteous's
life, 72 ; history of, 79 ; early intimacy
with Jeanie Deans, 87; obtains his
license as a preacher, 93 j accidentally
meets with Robertson in the King's
Park, 118 ; visito the Deanses in afflic-
tion, 120; apprehended in the Tolbooth,
141 ; examined, 146 ; visit from Jeanie
on her road to London, 278 ; gives her a
letter to Argyle, 284; appointed to
Knocktarlitie church, 433; meeting
with Jeanie, 445 ; his ordination, 452 ;
marriage, 470; unexpected windfall,
489 ; meets with Staunton, 612 1 refuses
a rich living In the Envlish Choich
618.
Oauiu's Ouvb, scene at, bSA,
Oameroolan NcmpioH, 908.
Cameronians' belief In the intvtpoaltiou
of the devil, tiote, 552.
Cameronians, Peter Walker's memoriaki
of, note, 649.
Caroline, Queen, her character, 880 ; in
terview with Argyle, 382, and Jeanie.
388.
Carapham John, note, 648.
Canld is my bed. Lord Archibald, 4ia
Cheese-making, 396.
Child-murder, the Judge's charge, 247.
Child-murder, note on, 662.
Church preferment, Butler's ideas of, 6ia
ChuMh presentations, Deana's scruples
on, 438, 461.
City Guard of Edinburgh, 34.
Clergy, Deans's opinion of, 93.
Clyde, River, 422 ; beauties of, 427.
Commissioner to Scotch Kirk Assembh
608. '
Conscience, Deans's struggles with, 207.
Conscience vtrsui self-interest, 163.
Covenant not recognised by the Govern-
ment — controversy thereon, 204.
Covenanters' intercourse with Invisible
world, noU, 662.
Court influence, 869.
Court, trial of Effle Deans, 223.
Cross-examination of Butler, 146.
Daix>leish, Jock, 168.
Dalton, Mrs., Staunton's houBekeei>«i,
Damahoy, Miss, lament over the Union
with England, 46; thankful for uiiiaU
mercies, 252.
Dancing, Deans's horror of, 106.
Dancing, Peter Walker's denunciation of,
note on, 649.
Dative case, wrangle over, 63.
Days of the week, idolatrous names of, 206
Deans, David, 86 ; opinions of the clergy,
83; removes to St Leonard's Crags,
87 ; visit from the officers of justice,
111; hia reception of Butler in his
5oS
WAVERLEY NOVELS.
amicuon, 120; .efuBes to retain couu-
wi. J88; repudiates his dmmUi-st, 201 ■
bids Jeanie act according to her con'
wsienco, 209; attends Effle's trial 224-
Mrs Saddletree, 266; letter of thiujks
to Jeanie. 406; receives Jeanie back
■«Mu. 428 ; his doubts on churches in
general 437; hta flrst-bom joke, 4<i3;
death of, 487. » «•» .
Deans, Effle. See Elfie.
Deans, Jeanie. 5e« Jeanie.
Dempster of court, note on. 664
Dhu, John. 38.
Dick, Sir Wm., of Braid, note on, 653
Clscussiona between Deans and Butler
472. '
Donacha Dhu the robber. 487; his hold,
604 ; surprised by Staunton, and death
01, o2o.
Doomster of court, note on, 554
Duels on Arthur's Seat, life
Dumbiedikee, old Laird of. deathbed
Durabiedikes young Laird, pedodical
visits to the Deanses, 90, 99: offers
money to help Efflo, lli, mi unex-
ItZt Taf ^"^ '^**^*' ^'^^' "^''"^'"^ I
Oumbiedikes mansion-house 264
Dutton. Mrs., refuses to trust herself on
the water, 424.
Exorcise, rellgtous, at the Deanaw', J|>s.
^-UKsiu, culumniator of, noU, 633.
I *'^brother, Effie's counsel, his address,
Fairies, belief In, 16a
Palrj- boy of Leith, note on, 661,
feckless Fannie, note on, 66".
Fergnsson the Scotch poet, 84.
fife, smuggling in, 2i).
Prank Levitt the highwayman, 80L
Garbxoch Head, scene at, 608.
Generosity sometimes aUied with evil
practices, 31.
Glass Mrs of the Thistle in the Strand,
873, interrogates Jeanie, 396; viatt
from the Duke, 402.
Good even, good fair moon. 188.
Goldie. Mrs..ofCraigmnie,6.
Gordon, Francis, death of. note. 667.
tou?2?'*' ^^''''"^«''' P^^^ of "ecu-
Gmlt and virtue. Author's peroration. 634
Gunnerby Hill, Jeanie stopped by ti^
highwaymen on, 297.
EniNBimoH Mob, fierce character of. 42
tffle Deans. Mrs. Saddletree's comnUser-
1T^''J*' °'^«'^ ^ fl«« ^^ the
gaol, 71 ; deacnpticn of, lOl • her mis-
fortune, 108; interrogated by the Pro-
curator. 177; visited by her sister in
the gao . 214 ; placed in the dock, 227 •
her declaration, 238; found guilty, 249-
Mtranged from J-anie. 258 ; connection
with young Staunton (Robertson). 844-
her pardon, 899; elopement with
Staunton after her reprieve, 446; short
Irr *1/T''' *^' ^«"«' ^ Jeanie,
477 , arrival at Roseneath, 496 ; rescued
by her own son, 504 ; end of, 635.
iiffle'schUd. S«« Whistler.
Egotism, mothered degree of 480
Emery ti-> comedian, 295. '
Envoy, Author's, 635.
Bplsoopalian form of worship repugnant
to Jeanie Deans, 827. *■ e »ui
Etiquette, advantages of, 108.
Bwoutions in the GrassmarJtet, Edin-
burgh, •ib. ^ ^^
Haut-hanoed Maooie Dickson, wte, 6M
Hangman, note on, 651.
Harabee-brow Hill, 4H.
Heart; of Mid-Lothlan, puns unon 18.
Helen Walker. See Walker '
Highwaymen on Gunnerby HilL 29a
Howden, Mr«., disappointed at Porteous's
IcHABOD I my gloiy Is departed, 22&
I m Madge of the country. I'm Madge of
the town, 820. •"i«igo oi
In the bonny cells of Bedlam, fm
Independency never flourished li Boot,
land, 80. ^^
Influence at Court, 869
Invisible world. Covenanters' Intertjonmc
with, noU, 662. ««wurtt
Irongray. reatlng-plaoe of Helen Walk«r, »
^'^l-P^^-' "^'^y *^"'"««y *«<*» But.
ler 87; visits fi-om Dumbiedlkes. 91.
99, rates her sister for stayinir oni
l»to, 103; bids Butler break ^o7thek
Mn^ff.' ^^'- "^^^^ Robertson ac
Muschat's Cairn. 149; refuses to swear
of. by Ratohffe. 187 ; found reading the
*i*!>P««a. 208 ; visit to her sister in the
' the OeooHw', ibt.
r of, nou, 653.
luusel, his address,
te on, Ml.
on, 66?.
poot, 84.
vaynian, SOL
<i at, 008.
Klliud with evfl
3tle In the Strand,
eanie, 896; visit
oon, 188,
nie, 6.
of, note, 657.
ti, place of exeou-
's peroration, 634
stopped by the
ICK30N, »tcte, 66a
una upon, 1&
ter.
by Hill, 29a
ted at Porteoiu'a
t at the verdict
parWKl, 22&
y, I'm Madge ot
lam, 605.
rished in 8oot>
era' interootUkti
lelen Walker, 9
laoy with But-
mbiedlkes, 91,
I" staying our
•reak off theix
Robertson ai
fuses to swear
ide ireatmeni
id reading the
r Mister in the
INDKX.
609
(jaol, ai» ; attends Ifiltle's tnsl, 22t ; in the
witness boic, 241 ; receues her father's
blessing before starting for London,
258 ; asks assistance from Dunibiedikes,
at55- viaits Butler, 278; on the road,
286 ; stopped by the highwaymen, 298 ;
terrible situation in their hut, 310 ; led
into church by Madge Wildfire, 885;
protected by the Rector, 330 ; brought
before Rev. Mr. Staunton, 335; dis-
covers young Staunton (Robertson),
340 ; the interview interrupted by Mr.
Staunton senior, 3o2 ; arrival in London,
363; interview with Argyle, 866; and
with Queen Caroline, 888; her letters
home, 399 J presented to the Duchesa
of Argyle, 408; returns home, 410;
attends the deathbed of Madge Wildfir«,
416; meets her father at Roseneath,
428 ; and Butler, 433 ; delight in seeing
her old cows, 467 ; unexpected meeting
with Effle, 466; marriage, 470; letter
fi:om Effle, 477 ; rapturous meeting with
Erne, 500 ; liberates Effle's son. 531.
John Dhu, 86.
Kino Lear's hundred knights, 85.
Knockdunder, Captain, 449 ; smoking In
ehurch, 460 ; his boat run down, 469 ;
ol^jeots to the witch-burning, 481 ; aets
off to arrest Donacha Dhu, 520.
Enocktarlitie Manse, 455.
Knimes of the Tolbootb, 59.
Latin lawtkrs, 48.
Lawson, Miss Helen, of Girthhead, 5.
Law courts, effect of money on, 135.
Lawyers, Deaus's opinion of, 129-132.
Levitt, Prank, the highwayman, 801
Liberton Tower, 276.
Lily of St. Leonard's. See Effle.
Lochaber axe, 36.
Lookman, note on, 661.
London communication with Bdinborgb,
time of tale, 388.
Lords of Ses*^^, 49.
Lover, suspioiouameea of a, 136.
Lover'a hope like Jack's bean-etalk, 407.
Luokenbooths, 59.
Madub WiLuiiiiE before the {irocurator,
171 ; leads the oQlceis to Muschat's
Calm, 182 ; conduct to her mother, 196 ;
in the highwaymen's hut, 302 ; at her
child's grave, 314; leads Jeanie Into
church, 323 ; connection with young
Staunton (Robertson), 343 ; end of, 414 ;
tiute un, 557.
VOL VII.
Maggie Dickfon, Half-hange<l, note, 66«.
iraiiimou versut remorse, 84.
Muiiiio(l'arsonage) of Knocktarlitie, 455.
Marriage a necessary evil, 91.
Meg Murdockson before the magistrate,
103 ; connection with Effle's child, 237 ;
in the highwaymen's hut, 301 ; conueo-
tlon with young Staunton, 343 ; execu-
tion of, at Carlisle, 411 ; particulars of
her confession, 492.
Mid<llebnrgh, Bailie, on the bench, 191.
Misfortunes of our friends sometimes
agreeable to us, 123.
Mob of Edinburgh, fierce character of, 42 j
execute Porteous, 60.
Murdockson. See Meg.
Musohat's Cairn, meeting with Robertson
at, 169 ; note on, 650.
Nktherbow Pojst, 60.
Newark, suspicious inquiries after Jeanie
at, 295.
Novels read on the Bench, 19.
Novlt, Niohll, Dumbiedikes's attorney, 82.
O MT BAiRK t my balm ! 217.
On ding o' snaw, 84.
Ordination of Butler in Knocktarlitie
Church, 462 ; the feast, 462.
Our work is over— over now, 417.
Pabsonaos of Knocktarlitie, 455.
Peasantry favourable to smuggling, 29.
Pilgrim's Progress, 318, S21.
Pluradamas, Peter, on Porteous's re-
prieve, 46 ; acting as peacemaker, 253.
Pope, Deans's horror of the, 94.
Porteous, Captain John, 83 ; fires upon
the mob, 39; reprieved, 44; dragged
out to execution, 69.
Porteous Mob, 60 ; note on, 641.
Porteous, Mrs., tnkes the arm of hex
husband's slayer, 513.
Poverty a bad back friend, 126.
Prayer, special answers to, 161.
Preferment, church, Butler's ideas of, 618.
Proud Maisie is in the wood, 418.
Quakerism, .\\ithor's connection with,
noU, 537.
Ratclifkk, Jim, urgod to aee from the
gaol, 71; before the magistrate, 14a;
Interview with tlie procurator, 168 ; his
conscience, 176; assista to apprehend
Robertson, 180; appointed gaoler of
ih* loiliooUi, 211 ; KJvea Jeanie his
•2 p
070
WAVERLEV NOVELB.
pasfl. 880 n^Tlj raeogntaw Rotartaon,
now Sir GeorRe Stennton, 616.
Hellglons stoJolsra of Deana, 9ft,
Kemoree *«rtw/ miinimon, 84.
Richmond PaiJc, Mene la, 87&
booth Chtroh, 81; engages In the
m 'S^P^'t*' "• •«««^ "y But er
MuacAat's CaJn,, 169; escape, from
R017 Bean, BnmWedlkeB's pony. l»
Roseneath, 427. ^' *^
grant tfte dative caae, 63: offlclons
MTt^ »«*»-' 123. '18O;' at eS
trial, 2'!5; on child-murder 268- nn
welooffi^e visit to Butler, 278; still .
Baddletrae. Mm,, and heri.hop. 61 ; takes
Me lato her employment, loa.
Salisbmy Crags, near Edinbnroh 77
SpSIn ' r.""",*"'' °^" '•'n^Ie". 253.
Bemnlf T ';!'''^"'^"«*''«^°rteou;riot.fl6.
Bemple, John, nou, 648
Shuwfleld's mob. 423
«"iuggling in ScoOaild, time of tale 29
Someraet 8tage-c«ich. accident Zh
St Anthony's Chapel, I68
St. Giles's-Tolbooth Church, 81
Staga-coach, timeoftale, 11
Stannton, George {m afso" Robertson)
discovered by Jeanle in the Rectory
85^ , offers his life to save EflNe 359
"Story of, S61; flyl„g ^«it ^\f^'
Deanses. 468 ; visit to Ffdinbn^h in the
Burr^6,r M *"i"' '''• ""^^^ ^"^
sutler, 612 ; Mrs. Porteous, 613 • anrt
HatcUflfe. 614: sets ofrforRni';,K
617 ; navigates the boat, 522 ; death of.
by his own son, 62WS0. '
Staunton's child. Be» Whistler.
Slannton. Rev. Mr., Interests himself In
braids his son, 852. *^
s^fJ°,v™; "'.'Won., of Dean.. 96.
SnfTolk, Lady, 882.
Surplice, Presbyterian horror of. m.
Taixa Luth. oonference, 206.
templars, young, ift,
Tenant-grinding. 81.
I'hames at Richmond, 878
Theological controversies. 472
To S ''^J''° *"*" ^^ *''« riot^™, 68.
S, 81. ' *^»'""^°«'« e^P«
Tolbooth,bld,noteon.640.
i rsM growing when men are sleepinp 8S
Trial of Effle Deans, 228. " '
Tybom. near London, 27.
UmoM, lament over the, 49.
'^^'^,^'^' P"*otype of Jeanh
Deans, 6 ; epitaph on, 640.
Walker. Peter, Cameronlan hl.to'ita
note on, 649. "«*wtui,
Wallace Inn, Bupperat. la.
Water spirit, or kolpie, 41.
When the gled's in the blue cloud. 184.
WJistler. the (Efne's child), hte bL.
494 ; rescue, hfs mother, 604 ; his con
nectionwith Donach. Dhu,i^27rsC
ated by Jeanie. and end of, 681.
WlUmgham Rectory. 880
Wilson, Andrew, the .muggier, 29; exe-
n^ r "K^'' y°""« «teunto^.'co:
nection with, 344.
Wit, ittshionable, sometimes flippant 48&
Witchcraft, belief In, 166. *'""'«*
Woodend cottage, 90.
^"RK, Jeante's letter, from. 287.
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