(Continued from preceding page,
and tile maiden. Without any indli
uity or suspicion they reached th
place of their destination about ant
isc wearied from the sturm and peril
of the preceding night, and the ea
rapw and journeys of the day. Th
next morning Flora accompanied th
Prince to Pole re*, ami there bid bit
aritou. On parting ho kiaaed her, am
said. “Gentle, fsitbfel maidon, 1 on
terrain th* hep* that see die!I y*
moot In th* Palace Royal.” The:
never met attain; the hopes at thi
Prince wore as unsubstantial am
evanescent as the shadows of th
c to ads, and the fogs that rest upor
the hlHe. His escape waa the wert
not of hit chivalry or courage, bu<
at woman's tenderness, and the loya
fooling* of 'Scottish heart*.
Servant To Fees Mss
"From PorUrec, the Prince tool
passage to Raarsay; and from that i>
lead he wont to dtrsrth McKinnon,
having for Ms guide a poor man,
M.I.U. VI .1 _1 - ■--U V.
tried as a paid servant to recap* ob
• nr ration. From ibance, he took pee
aa** by water IS Araaag. and tea
wandvrvd through Araaag and Mood
art and the roogheet of Uia High
lands. enduring Incredible hardships,
till about the middle of autumn he
fouixl veasels to convey him end s
few friends to France, leaving Beat
land as unattended aa ha entered,
hopelem of his crown, multitude* af
his friends butchered, and others beg
gared or in exile, hia resource* all
exhausted, huroelf toe scorn of
France and pity of te world. WMh
hhn sailed to Franea Neill McDonald,
who a wilted In his flight from Ulst,
and had shared his fortunes during
his wandoring*. The enthusiasm of
his fair kinswoman dwelt in Ws bos
om, and spread itself through the
youth at the Highlands, anil rendered
the capture of the Prince more hope
less; after the exploit of the maiden
and the two ladles McDonald, who
would hasHnts to giro him sueeor
and conceal hia mrsatT Nett] McDon
ald remained in France; and bis an
became famous in the wars af te
French Revolution, being made mar
ahal by Bonaparte and for hit suc
cess created Duke of Tarantula. Had
the unfortunate Charias Edward pos
sessed a spirit to commaaed, equal to
the courage and daring of bis friends,
the house of Stuart might now occu
py the throne erf England.
Flora Is Arrested
“After the eaeapa of the Prince to
France, the troubles af Flora McDon
ald commenced. Incensed at the less
of their victipt, and not satisfied with
the possession of te kingdom, and
-ffirrffsasiriraiars
•wwwawBUBre
his fUght, and eoiteyad thorn to
London aa state prisoners, for send
ing from the island the caaae of the
lata disturbance, routed, broken down
and discouraged, and at ones deliv
ering toe crown bom farter eaaaa
.! uneasiness, and tha country from
gcthir with Malcolm McLeod. whom'
pack the Prise* hod carried, McKin
non of tho Btraith, who received him
from McLeod, and MeDooaM of
Ktngsbwrg, who aid ad Hon on tha
thth of Jane, were tnkon to Loado*
and confined la th* Tower aa pria
oner* of state, to ba tried far their
life, aa aiding and abetting attempt*
against th* Hfa and crown of King
Gaoig*. Tha sxaupl* of the yeaag
lady in loosing op her country mm, I
howvrar friendly to th* Imam of
Hanover, he promote the aocape of
one da they coaid not, aad psr
hapa on accent of hti religion, weald
net make king twned tha Indignation
of thee* arhe had ieet sptendid re
ward offered for th* Pretender dead
or alive, upon ksrsaU awd her friends.
Daring their aenflnamant, the nobil
ity of England became deeply Inter
ested in tha beaatifnl and high spirit
ed Flora, wpirletty aa aha was not
a partisan of the Fretendor, Mr of hla
religion# faith. Her devotion to royal
ty, ** romantically ezpramed, won
the favor ef Prince Frederick th*
heir apparent, groat grand-father ef
Victoria, the present qnocn of Bng
■ana; rotting nor in pnaaoi, no M
eame onllated to bar faror moat
otronely; A* awakened In Wo baaam
the chiral He gallantry abo bad eallod
forth la hor eoantrymo»l and by hi*
•troronoa oxartlooio ba procured hor
roloaaa, yiaatly to hia awn honor aad
tho proaperlty of #» kingdom, aad
tho popularity of tho king.
'■After hoing *ot at Uborty, bar
roaldanee, while aba rema*nod la Lan
dau, waa (orroondad by 4b# carriage*
of tho aaOIKty and gantry, who paid
tholr raapoota poieoaaMy. ooagratalat
lag bar on hor ontetyrteo, bar cour
age, her loyalty, and her roloaaa. Lady
Primaoaa, a favorer of tha Pretender
a lady of wtaHh aad dlottnotloa. In
tend or ed hor be lha eourt aoelaty
and by hor natpli and lnflaet.ee
obtalaod large praaaaka la ambe bar
fergat bar oapthrHy, aad to meat tha
Bo aapanaoa of hor datoattoa aad hor
mtom to bor aura country. Hm trw
d«*on In Carolina, uBora Ba after
•tod* Hoad, kb Bat •**» mnM
goMoa omoananta aad aola-gfri to1
M a half totehal.- «bo wo. lateodoo
od to tha Mag, 0»m II.; amd to
hla aaaaowhat *ag*llnt lagaliy
"How aoaM you daro |o auoaor th»
•aomy of aty ciowa and klagdeoil'
aha rapHad with graat otoiplleity—“It
waa ao .ON Baa I wouU tan toao
I for poor maje.ty had you bran in
- like situation." A chaise and four
• wore fitted up for he pit urn bo
- Scotland; for hor oaeort oho ■*—y a
• fellow prieoner, Malcolm McLeod,
- who used afterward* to boast, "that
> he w'ent to London to bo hegM
i but rode bock in a chaise and fear
> with Flora McDonald."
Married To Alias Mdhaeld
Four yean after hor return to
; Scotland aha war married to Allan
' McDonald, eon of the Laird of Kings-1
1 barg. who, at the death of hie father.l
"succeeded to the estate aa<1 title; and|
j thus she became mistrme of the vary
mansion in which the Prince pasted
hla first night In the lal* of Skye,'
June a»th, 174#, after the romantic
•scape from Dial. Dr. Jehrwon and
Mr. Boswell, in thoir soar to bho^
Hebrides In 177#, were heritably *n-|
tertalncd by Allan sad Flora McDot.-’
•W. and war* greatly gratified by!
he in* .ra fra Joatt 4S« #Va -- V. J !
In which the unfortunate Charles Erj
ward had alopt the night ha pencil up
on the island. Flora, though than
more than twenty yearn a wife, and I
the mother of numerous children,
*tiR retained her blooming coon tee-'
ance aad genteel form, and waa fall
of the enthoasiatm of her youth. On
account of tha pecuniary • mharraee
| menu of Her hurtroml, they were than,
the doctor tells us, in fail jooramJ,
contemplating a removed to North'
Carolina, to join their oountryman
| and f riende on th« Ctpr Fear ritir, ■
| otnl thither hnmcdiotolf afttr the
I rfbeiboo of 1744. From that ptr
iod the land/ country of On Caro-1
linaa had been tha refuge of the
Hthgiarxten, whether they fled from
poverty or ogprahUoir, or warn
drown by the ctaaira of bei>v lirde
pondont landholders and araahhy man.
U the year 177«, lust as tha troubles
la the American colonist wore turn
ing into rebellion against the tyranny
of England, aad the assertion of to
il w>tmdsnce of oil foreign control.
AH an and Flora with their family aad
aoma friends, landed in North Can>
Hna and look their abode for a abort
time at Croe* Creek, new Fayetteville. '
Tha place of her residence waa de>
rtroyed by the great fire that swept
off a large part of the loam oaa Sab-1,
bath in tha sannwr of ltt—. tha'
coins of this dwelling art etlH Is be
teen aa yea pass from the market-j
hooaa U tha coart boats. on roar
"Wrt-hasd, )iut before yen cram tka
«eek, mot far from toe office both
out over toe atream. After a toort
atay in this place they ramoved to
Cameron’■ HD1, ia to* Bctoecu* ooi
(tvyatIon. about twenty ntoei above
FaycUwiH*. la Cumberland county.
While residing at thia
here aaetag bar, at toe _j
church, a dignified and haodaoma wo
man. to whom ail paid neat reaped
They afterward* removed farther up
country Into A neon county. While re
aiding tome, Donald McDonald, a re
lation of Flora’*, who had bean an
officer in toe Pretender** army ia
1T46 and had taken the onto of alle
giance and emigrated to me* kia Ufa.
was ybmmiaaioned Vy Oovarawr Mar
tin aa ganernl in the carries at Me
MaJaaty George 111. Oa to* let of
February, 17T8, be tamed hi* procta
mation catting aa nil ioyal and true
Highlander, to Jain to. atandard at
Oaorn Crete. Home ftfteva hundred
mao eoen aaaemhlad in arm*; aoma
of whom War* ainccrely attached to
boaae of Haaovor, and otfcem were
nnder oath* of altogimme to width
•hey owed their Hfe, and. aa earn*
believed, their property. W«h tom*
were aaatmbled Kingteuig McDuutoi,
t* huaband of Plaza, with thalr kind
red and neighbor*, animated by the
aplrtt at thia matron, who now, on
her former principle*, defended
GeorgellL aa readily an ah* hod aid
ed to* unfortunate Chariaa Bdwaad
about thirty yearn before. Tradition
aaye toe eeeoiwpaniod her huaband,
and neigitoer* to Gretoeriekn, and
eomuauntcated her earn onthariaam tel
toe aaaembied Scotch. From thia fact
It baa beau auppoaed by aoma, that
the foKoared ghe army ia its march to
Ida Governor Martin at the month
of Cape Fear. Min. Smith, however,
vaoreaaiy atoert* thot aba did not
follow the army; bet rate read to her!
rremenee in A noon, om tnc army .
•mt moved mp Bockfhh. ao It did in .
a abort time, in yrayonaHnn to march
down tbo river. ’
Defeated By I Idiom o.
On their march down tbo river the 1
forooa of Oonaral McDonald moro met 1
by Colonel* LUkectoo ontl Oaavoil,
naor tbo mowtb of Moore’* Creek. In
How Hanover, and after a aevere on
rage maul, oa the tttb, wore entirely
rowtad and dUyomod, taken yd*or-'
ora or MM. Amomr the r ’
waa the fcadband of flora, who mrvod
r«««iv»d ta bar hand. The sight ad
«*>• courageous and wounded woman
araaaed ahe spirit of the crew to the
highest pitch. Having beaten off the
enemy, they landed Flora and the fma
il/ safe an their native eoil, 'flam
which die never again departed. She
need sometimes to rsmaA plsauallj
oa the peculiarity of hor condition, 'I
have hasardod my life both for the
huuae of Stout and the hotma of
Hanover; and 1 do not ace diet I am
a great gainer by It'
A Genteel Wee.. Withel
To the dose of her Ufa ahe waa of
a gentle, affable demeanor, and great
ly beloved; bar modesty and self rae
p«ct wore blended with khtdaeas and
benevolence. There went none of
the masculine pamiono and Habits,
or tempers, on commonly connected
In oar thoughta with acta of bravery
performed by females. She woe al
ways womanly in her eotiraa, and al
ways lovely. The mother of a num
erous family, Ave aona and two daugh
ter!, ahe inspired them all with her
spirit of loyalty and adventure; the
sons aN became military officers, and
were faithful to their king and coun
try; the daogbtem sreio married ta
military men, and maintained their
loyalty and their honor, aa tree do
■rendanu of such a mother. Loyalty
In thorn ladies and no oarviHty io it;
firm and established government to
ixecate laws for the peace ef the
:o immunity end a conviction that a
rastnetod monarchy waa the best
form of government, and that a here
ditary wee better than an elective
srown. The moat dassisting wars ta!
the history of their country had bepn
■•gad by disputants for the crown.
"The eventful ttfe of this amUbie
ady waa closed March 6th, 1790. We
lave no record of the mental and re
tgious exercises of her last momenta.
fhe mi ed seated, Used and died In
tie Presbyterian faith, the faith of,
he Church of Scotland; and oarer
lympatMsed in the religious croud af
he Pitcader. whoa* IMe Sw uml. k
ran not so much admiration af tba
Mam. as a character or u man, aa
he workings of her own kind heart
md noble aoul la looking upon ban
icredltary Prince In distress, that
noved her to tba romantic and has
Lrdooh ooterprlae of hla escape from .
Jut. An iaunanae concoarae of poo
ds wen —ambled at. her fanatul;
rot lem than three thousand persons
allowed die corpse ta the grave in ,
he cemetery of KilamLr, la the Me
if Skye. According to a ragusst long
ucvioufty expressed, bar shroud was
nado ed the identical abeetb ia which
kiMm rapoaed the night ha slept
irava Iks' vimaaili rotAc •€ hem
* ~ _ te w. fV - . \
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Her U-r Lives
“A writer who visited the eemetery
n Bcptomber, 1141. says: there is not
o ranch aa one of that family in the
nad of the living. At the end ef two
'eon the body of bar hatband woo de
mattrd in a grave by her aide.—
rhere, si as. ail her ethpasag now si
entiy slumber. Thus is FI era IfcDen
U, alia who once waa beautiful aa!
ha flower of the morning, now rt-j
oeiog he teeth o green hillock; and-I
■o monument, aa yo«, has been erect-1
d to perpetuate tba rawer/ af her,
aUhfulweaa or her achievements!
'has tba baaaty ef the world shall
was ewwyr
“Though no monument be eroetod
n (ngisisU er in ieottaad to bar’
oeraory; thoagb on page of Engliah
svn dwpiayed in aa unpopular
aaaa, though from 4faa time ef that
H-planned and M-fated rebellion, tba
rbole poUay of England towards bar
rathre country boo boon to annihilate
he hebks, and tba very language aad
tinea of file Highland, and of her
■oath, her memory wfil five in North1
SereUna while nobleness has adradr
ea, and romantic pelf-devotion la
be welfare ef the dirtrmeed aaa
barm the heart. And wifi net that be
or avert WH1 net posterity admire
»r more than Prince Ovaries whe led
da fefiowara to atoagbtsrT or George
l, who envied the popularity of Wa[
ten sent aad draw more luitrurtioaj
mra her romance, aad affection aad.
wldneea. aad devotion, and womanly
imeea, and feminine leveHsesa, tfmn
Tom aM the court ef lbgland that
III the hletoriee of that by gone par-'
odT
■'Masaechesetts boa her Lady Am-]
r—i wtr^nwm mwr rwinonuu;
fortt Carolina bar Tien McDonald."
Tha heaatttag aba hf Mur avenge
Imerfean dtiaan today l« ladlffete
>nu. He I* ta each a largo entent
iheorhed la hlo own wort of making
> IWag aad promattag tha tatavaataj
if hit own dm, that ha aaaaaa ta
eallaa Me graatar aad graver itopaa
AUHIaa ta tha Nation aa a whole
Many people are Indifferent U the
fattoaal aapaeto of haaiaooo, aad ta
ha ellmlnatlaa af those dangeroar
lamaalea whteh* attach thinweliaa ta'
leeieea* If every titlera vara ta'
aha a direct and vital Internet la hit
tavern*"* nt—Natl octal, Stats, or Mv
lietpai; participate la tha ealaetloB *d
ile representative*; hasp atone watch
mi ledalaUaa; hater tha nation of U*
epteoantatfva*; aad exeretea hi* pet
dtaga af
In
I jj
Nynr U
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Afloat • hudiW ud fifty ymn
*** fatter teak flu that
—ton* aid citixoni, in diaeateag tha
protpoete for deeelopmant aad prog
"" t» fatam North Carolina, mad*
fate aad tefttcw deelara
«*a: "What we need U man pay
nil*.”
And r»« aiaca that ttea, mV*
bna ra**mi«* ,h* mme „„
•ad orar again. Yon aan hear it la
Wuhmgtaa and jo* eon tear It in
Oraanrlll*. Yea can tear H hi Wilma
and nlao in GoWaboiw. No m*nr»
fa«r» m aaay go la aaateni North
Carolina, you'll hoar man predate,
"Ye. w* », got , pretty lead ton
horn, tet we aoed mare parrel*.
Let’a go hack te Old Mas Nadi far
a moment. |i »u B grand old char
oeur in many raapoeto. eithoagh U
mot te adadttad that te ted hla
weak apeta. Information came te him
fat a gram flood »u .bout to do#
cend upon tho aacth aad that onito
b* wloted to aatakliab a long-dktane*
aad nan-rtop awimming record, he'd
better buKd aa ark far hlnwdf, fam
ily aad lire mock.
What did Noah dor
Did be otond aa the banka of tho
emok. with hi* family gathered .boat
fan. end d*dei* to thorn: "Wo nood I
an orttT" And did the mentbem of I
bh loafa, tme to ana another and I
any: "By Qeerpo, the oW man ia 1
right; wo do aoad an arkt" And than 1
what did they do? Did they write ar- I
tkte for the paper* error tb. *1*.., V
turw of **Old(Sutacrfbor” aad “Tax- I
payor” mad aadoiTor u prooo con- I
eloWooly that what that particular I
community a Mod wao aa arkt I
Not by a Imp that they didn't, I
Noah I>"tod * hi, Mno aad thoII
Wh^^y plodod up their I
aad Ihap ypad cohacttroiy upon I
tbair rodorUra haata u<j thaa— I
**•7 »«—■<* * buUd the ark I II
liHma-tojitMt a rcauh of the|l
throeptaet dTooetien f£*thTu!!!||
handled and THn, ooexy- |
body I. pntty poll eouryeta Mat wol
need ya|NU aad that nr* 11
oupbt to pot Mara auataMw II
piaita. Wo bolhoo that by thda tai l
r*aa the moot ppid aad thick head- |
rd eititoa in oer aide 1c cafi*itaad!l
*f tho fact that wo aaad apace per- I
rot la II
Noer let*. Uek at thk Wlap ^{1
1 eoMaooaoouoo point ef otew. U |
k* a aclf-ooidont Toot that wa aaad |
rt»o P»7 r°>U.Woo^Wdy adoalto it |
tad nobody fe^at iu ”-fiiriPiJI
oa vih coacitor it aa
tq da kTwawpy'A
■ropeortioa ale** otattar atop or
Wt mood pay polio. We aeed mop
farturiap pitta Wo need udta.
forhept wo may h, wronc la tho
nattor; parkopo wo ora takfe* too
nmdi for pieatad. tat it weald tea
o u» that tho lapiM Pth« far Wo
rprloun comamiUUeo of culm Cara
iaa to da weald U ta pet man pay
■oil*, to yot More manufactory*
■Innto aad to put man artMe
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you ha vs that assurance of safety which ia —rrttarr to
pleasant motoring. Our mechanics will not let year ear
leave the shop until they know they have given to the
job intrusted to them the very beet poeriUe.
They know their business—end you know they know it.
That is worth much to your naans of arind.
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bile trouble to our shop. You will get efficient and tafia
****** eervice at a moderate cost every H—
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that the purchaser unskilled in fcv'
GOODS WHICH COME TO OUR I
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Dunn. >: North Carolina III
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