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By SIR WALTER SCOTT &
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The major*,/ of Sir Walter Scott's
novela were puhUnhed anonymously.
"Wnverley" appeared In 1H14, nnd not
until IH'I7 was It formally acknowl-
edged that Scott wan the author of
The Waverley Novels. A few Kdln-
l> ii rich friends were always In (he
aecret and year by year the circle of
those who knew waa widened. Hut to
thousands uuil thouaandn of rapt
readers, (lie author remained "The
Great Unknown." Even tlio«e who
ac(ually knew Scott (o be (he author
were ■oinrllmen puvxlcd. He had offi-
cial law duties which he did not ahlrkt
he appeared In ao«'lety more than many
busy men; each year his name waa
aliened to so many nrtlclea and reviews
that It seemed Incredible that he eould
find time for anything else.
The explanation Iny In Scott*a ability
to conceutrate. He knew what lie
wanted to aay and he apent little time
hunting for phrases or pollalilng bin
sentences. There Is a familiar anecdote
of a visitor to (Edinburgh, dining with
"onvlvlnl friends and looking out of a
window at a hand which went hack
and forth, back and forth, across aheets
of pnper. "It never stops,** said his
boat. . . . "It la the aame every
night.** The vlaltor suggeated that
It was perliapa a diligent clerk. "No,
boys,'* hla friend replied, "I well know
whose hand It Is—'tis Walter Scott's."
Sometlmea Scott was so racked by
pain that he could not write. "The
llrlde of Lammermoor" and "Ivanhoe"
were dictated while the author waa
anifering no Intenaely from cramps that
between sentencea he acrcnmed aloud
fn agony. Hut when he waa begged to
atop nnd rent, he answered, "Nay,
Willie, only see that the doors are
fast.**
LET us for a few thrilling minutes
transport ourselves to Scotland
In 1745, when its Highland for-
ests teemed with the caves of robbers
and its moors resounded with the
shouting of the chieftains us they bat-
tled to restore the exiled house of
Stuart to the throne, then occupied by
King George II.
Are you ready? Then let us join the
handsome young Kngllsh officer, Ed-
ward Waverley. He Is about to visit
the cavern of the Highland robber,
Donald Bean Lean, little dreaming of
the maze of adventures Into which this
visit will lead him. Waverley Is enjoy-
ing a furlough at the Scottish Lowland
mansion of the eccentric, garrulous and
lovable baron of Bradwardlne. The
baron's seventeen-year-old daughter,
Rose Bradwardlne, "with a profusion
of hair of paley gold, nnd a skin like
the snow of her own mountain in white-
ness," has fallen In love with Waver-
ley, who, however, finds her tender at-
tentions too tame for his poetic Imagi-
nation. It Is his a nbitlon to explore
the wild regions of romance, and for-
tunately an opportunity presents itself.
The baron's cattle, having been stolen
by the robber Donald Bean Lean, are
restored through the interposition of
the baron's friend, the powerful High-
land chieftain, Fergus Maclvor. The
chieftain's lieutenant, Evan Dhu Mac-
comblch, Invites Waverley to visit Don-
ald Bean Lean's den. After a journey
throughout Lowland glen and brae,
over Highland lake and forest, itiey ar-
rived at the cavern, where Waverley
spends an Interesting night in the pres-
«uce of Donald Bean Lean and Ills com-
pany of robbers, who come singly or In
groups, each cutting with his dirk a
slice of flesh from a carcass suspended
in the cave, broiling the stenk and
washing it down with draughts of un-
diluted whisky. A buxom Highland
lass, the robber's daughter, takes care
of this romantic den.
The next morning Evan Dhu Mac-
combich Induces Waverley to visit the
Highland mansion of his master, Fer-
gus Maclvor, whose handsome face
"resembles a smiling summer's day In
which, however, one can detect signs
that It may thunder and lighten before
evening." His love for his beautiful
and accomplished sister, Flora Mac-
Ivor, is equaled only by his ambition
to restore the exiled Stuart family to
the throne.
Fergus entertains Waverley at a pic-
turesque banquet attended by hun-
dreds of the clansmen of Maclvor.
After the tyanquet Flora asks Waverley
to meet her In her favorite haunt near
a cascade. As Edward approached the
waterfall, "the sun, now stooping In
the west, seemed to add more than hu-
man brilliancy to the full expressive
durkness of Flora's eyes. Edward
thought he had never, even In his wild-
est dreams, Imagined a picture of such
exquisite loveliness."
Conscious of her charms In this
"Eden In the wilderness," Flora sings
to him a stirring martial song which
she accompanies on a small Scottish
harp, the melody blending harmonious-
ly with the sound of the waters of the
cataract. Waverley, bewitched by her
loveliness, proposes to Flora, who
promptly rejects him.
Disappointed, but not discouraged,
Waverley gladly accepts an invitation
to remain at Fergus Maclvor's mansion
for a few days. While attending a
stag-hunt he sustains an Injury which
keeps him in bed for some time. On
his recovery he Is both astonished and
incensed to learn that the colonel of
his regiment has reduced him to the
ranks for "absence without leave." His
anger Is aggravated by u letter from
his father who, through a political
blunder, has Lost a high position In the
conrt of Kins George.' At the same
time, too. Hose Bradwardlne writes to
him that her father, the baron, has
been obliged to flee In order to escape
! arrest for his adherence to the cause
of the exiled Stuarts.
Despite these apparent acts of In-
justice Waverley remains loyal to King
George and decides to return home. On
the way to England, however, he is ar-
rested and charged with desertion and
treason. Knowing himself to be Inno-
cent, he Is mystified at this turn of af-
fairs. What plot has been hatched
against him and by whom? His stupe-
fuetion Increases when he is rescued
by a band of Highlanders. Who are
these Highlanders? And why do they
Interest themselves In him? These and
similar questions perplex his bewil-
dered senses.
Wounded during the rescue, he is
nursed buck to health In a peasant's
hut by a young girl, who always man-
ages to make her escape whenever he
tries to catch a glimpse of her. When
his health is restored the Highlanders
take him to Edinburgh, where he
meets his friends, Fergus Muclvor and
the baron of Bradwardlne, among thy
Insurgents who are making an attempt
to recover the throne for their gallant
leader, the exiled Prince Charles Ed-
ward. Wnverley now feels compelled
to join this uriny.
Just before enlisting, Waverley tries
once more to win Flora's love, but is
again repulsed. He therefore throws
himself heart and soul Into the cause
of the young prince.
The army Is about to engage In Its
first battle. The sun has just risen.
The rocks, and the very sky itself, "re-
sound with the clang of the bagpipes."
The mountaineers rouse themselves
with the hum and bustle of a multitude
of bees, arming and ready to swurm
out of their hives.
The Insurgents win the battle and
Waverley captures a brave English of-
ficer, who remains alone beside his
cannon after the others have fled. This
officer turns out to be a certain Colonel
Talbot, an old friend of the house of
Waverley, whom Edward has never
met before. Colonel Talbot has left an
Invalid wife In order to find Waverley
and to induce htm to return home,
since his conduct has put the entire
Waverley family Into danger.
When Edward learns that Colonel
Talbot's Imprisonment Is likely to cost
the life of his sick wife he obtains the
colonel's relense. In return for this
kindness Colonel Talbot promises to
intercede with the English king in Wa-
verley's behalf. The way for such a
plea hns fortunately been paved by the
revelaiion ef some rf the mysteries at-
tending the arrest of Waverley for de-
sertion and treason. By means of a
packet of letters, which Donald Bean
Lean's daughter has slipped into Ed-
ward's baggage, he learns that her fa-
ther, the Highland robber, being in the
service of Prince Charles Edward, and
wishing to gain favor In his e.v#s, has
concocted a plot whereby the British
government was led to believe that
Waverley was a traitor, thereby forc-
ing him Into the army of the Insurgent
prince. Only one question now re-
mains unexplulned. Who was the girl
that nursed him during his fever in the
peasant's hut?
Before the solution Is found to this
question, the insurgent army is totally
defeated, Fergus Maclvor is captured,
the prince escapes, and Waverley, who
Is now also a fugitive, pays a secret
visit to the mansion of the Baron of
Bradwardlne, for he is anxious to learn
about the fate of some of his friends.
He finds the baron in hiding ii "hat
self-same hut where he had oeej
nursed during his fever. Here he
learns that it was Rose Bradwardlne
who nursed him. It was Rose, also,
who had paid Donald Bean Lean with
her mother's jewelry In order to induce
him to rescup Waverley after his arrest
for treason. Overcome with gratitude
for such devotion, Edward asks the
baron of Bradwardlne for his daugh-
ter's hand. He can now marry her in
security; for, thanks to the kindness of
Colonel Talbot nnd other Influential
Englishmen, both he and the baron
have been pardoned.
It takes the loquacious baron an
hour to tell Rose of Edward's love for
her. It takes Edward just five minutes
to convince her of It.
Their happiness would now be com-
plete but for the sad fate of Fergus
Maclvor, who has been condemned to
death. He faces the executioner un-
flinchingly, expressing no regret for his
fate, but only the hope that "they will
set my head on the Scotch gate, that 1
may look, even after death, to the blue
hills of my own country, which I love
so dearly."
With this shadow to mar the sun-
shine of their happiness, Edward and
Rose are married.
Thus we come to the end of the ro-
mantic tale, and we must again return
to the drab reality of our everyday ex-
istence. But before so doing let us, to-
gether with Flora Maclvor, who hai
joined the Scottish Benedictine nuns
in Paris, bid the happy couple good
luck and udleu I
Copyright, 1919, by the Tost Publishing
Co. (The Boston Post). Copyright In the
United Kingdom, the Dominions, its Col-
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THERE was us little doubt that
Lord Herbert Laurence Sheffield
belonged to the nobility as there
was about his nationality—and that
was apparent Immediately from his
monocle and fits spats. Every shop-
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Lord Herbert was not only lavish
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Therefore when the English noble-
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pf the largest jeweler In Naples some
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necklace valued at 450,000 francs, the
property of a client who was In finau-
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"I would like to purchase something
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and the Jeweler nodded, for the rumors
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can afford <it the moment. I don't
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"Certainly," agreed the jeweler. "I
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"That would be excellent," assented
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A few days later, in response to
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took the necklace to the Grand hotel
and found the Englishman alone In
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agreed upon and Lord Sheffield had
just produced Ills letter of credit from
his wallet when a girl's voice was
heard in the corridor, just outside tlie
door.
"My daughter!" exclaimed the Eng-
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necklace and the wallet into the draw-
er of the desk before which he sat. A
moment later Sylvia Sheffield came in
and announced that her father's tailor
bad arrived and wished to see him at
once. Excusing himself with the state-
ment that he would be back very
shortly, Lord Herbert left the room
and his daughter followed him imme-
diately.
When half an hour had passed the
jeweler began to wonder what was de-
taining his client, but lie didn't worry
in the least because his necklace and
his lordship's wallet were there in the
drawer of the desk, right under his
hand. The transaction involved too
much money to warrant any Impa-
tience, so it was not until two hours
had slipped by before the Jeweler rang
for the hotel clerk and requested to
know what was detaining Lord Shef-
field.
"His lordship and Miss Sylvia left
the hotel nearly two hours ago," was
the reply. "They had received a cable-
gram from England."
Sensing that he had been robbed, the
Jeweler tugged at the drawer of the
desk only to find that it was locked,
but a moment's examination of the
next room sufficed to show that the
wall against which the desk was
placed had been pierced and that the
whole procedure had been a plot to
lift the necklace and make a quick
getaway.
I.vigl Bonfl, one of the shrewdest
detectives in Naples, was Immediately
placed in charge of the case and tele-
graphed to Rome to have the pair ar-
rested. Sheffield, anticipating such a
move, had planted two confederates In
the capital, and by the time that the
police had found that their alibi was
ironclad the real criminals were well
on their way northward. Then fol-
lowed one of the longest chases in
continental detective history.
Finally, after more than eight
months, he located them In London,
only to he met by the downright denial
of the Englishman that he had ever
used the name of Sheffield or had ever
been in Naples. He accounted for his
possession of a number of unset dia-
monds by the statement that he had
bought them In the Argentine und ex-
hibited a bill of sale covering the
gems.
To this Bonfl made no reply, but
whipped out a jeweler's magnifying
glass and' commenced to examine the
diamonds, one by one.
Then, before the Englishman knew
what he was doing, he leaned forward
and snapped u pair of handcuffs on
him.
"Bills of sale," said the Italian de-
tective, "are easy enough to forge, but
you can't forge a diamond—and one of
those in your possession hns a triangu-
lar flaw in precisely the same place as
did one of those In the Montori neck-
lace I"
"Lord Sheffield" spent the next
twelve years in prison. The girl es-
caped.
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