relic in the form of two lines
of music, sent as a warning to one of his lurking-places--when
folded in a particular way the following words become legible,
"Conceal yourself; your foes look for you." There was also a
letter from Charles saying he had "arrived safe aboard ye vessell"
which carried him to France, and numerous little things which
gave the history of the escape remarkable reality.
The recent dispersal of the famous Culloden collection sent
long-cherished Jacobite relics broadcast over the land. The ill-fated
Stuart's bed and walking-stick were of course the plums of this
sale; but they had no connection with the Highland wanderings
after the battle. The only object that had any connection with
the story was the gun of _L'Heureux_.
We understand there is still a much-prized heirloom now in Glasgow--a
rustic chair used by the Prince when in Skye. The story is that,
secreted in one of his cave dwellings, he espied a lad in his
immediate vicinity tending some cows. Hunger made him reveal
himself, with the result that he was taken to the boy's home,
a farm not far off, and had his fill of cream and oatcakes, a
delicacy which did not often fall in his way. The visit naturally
was repeated; and long afterwards, when the rank of his guest
came to the knowledge of the good farmer, the royal chair was
promoted from its old corner in the kitchen to an honored position
worthy of such a valued possession.
THE END.
INDEX
Bedfordshire:--
Toddington Place
Berkshire:--
Besils Leigh
Bisham Abbey
East Hendred House
Hurley, Lady Place
Milton Priory
Ockwells
Ufton Court
Windsor Castle
Buckinghamshire:--
Burnham Abbey
Claydon House
Dinton Hall
Gayhurst, or Gothurst
Slough, Upton Court
Stoke Poges Manor House
Cambridgeshire:--
Catledge Hall
Granchester Manor House
Madingley Hall
Sawston Hall
Cheshire:--
Bramhall Hall
Harden Hall
Lyme Hall
Moreton Hall
Cornwall:--
Bochym House
Cothele
Port Leven
Cumberland:--
Naworth Castle
Nether Hall
Derbyshire:--
Bradshawe Hall
Devonshire:--
Bovey House
Branscombe, "The Clergy House"
Ford House
Warleigh
Durham:--
Bishops Middleham
Darlington
Dinsdale-on-Tees
Eshe Hall
Essex:--
Braddocks, or Broad Oaks
Braintree
Dunmow, North End
Hill Hall
Hinchford
Ingatestone Hall
Romford, Marks
Southend, Porter's Hall
Woodham Mortimer Manor House
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