had at heart
took place, during one of the pauses of the fierce struggle between
the British forces under Marlborough, and the French. At Blenheim,
Ramillies, and Oudenarde, and in several long and toilsome sieges,
Charlie had distinguished himself greatly, and was regarded by
Marlborough as one of the most energetic and trustworthy of his
officers. He had been twice severely wounded, and had gained the
rank of colonel. Harry Jervoise--who had had a leg shot away, below
the knee, by a cannonball at Ramillies, and had then left the army
with the rank of major--was, on the same day as his friend, married
to the daughter of one of the gentlemen who had been driven into
exile with his father.

In the spring Charlie again joined the army, and commanded a
brigade in the desperate struggle on the hill of Malplaquet, one of
the hardest fought battles in the history of war. Peace was made
shortly afterwards, and, at the reduction of the army that
followed, he went on half pay, and settled down for life at
Lynnwood, where Tony Peters and his wife had, at the death of the
former occupant of the lodge, been established.

When Harry Jervoise returned to the Swedish headquarters, with the
news that his father was cleared, he was the bearer of a very
handsome present from Charlie to his faithful servant Stanislas,
who had, on their return from Poland, been at once employed by
Count Piper on other service.

When, years afterwards, the young Pretender marched south with the
Highland clans, neither Charlie nor Harry were among the gentlemen
who joined him. He had their good wishes, but, having served in the
British army, they felt that they could not join the movement in
arms against the British crown; and indeed, the strong Jacobite
feelings of their youth had been greatly softened down by their
contact with the world, and they had learned to doubt much whether
the restoration of the Stuarts would tend, in any way, to the
benefit or prosperity of Britain.

They felt all the more obliged to stand aloof from the struggle,
inasmuch as both had sons, in the army, that had fought valiantly
against the French at Dettingen and Fontenoy. The families always
remained united in the closest friendship, and more than one
marriage took place between the children of Charlie Carstairs and
Harry Jervoise.

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