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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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