ty of their Prince, but only on one condition. He must come alone.
With characteristic unselfishness, Flora made no demur. Broken-heared, she bade him farewell, with a brave attempt to smile. The two never met again.
The Prince, after five months more of wandering in the heather, sheltered by men who seem never to have considered the fortune offered for betraying him, finally escaped to Flora returned to her home in the Isles, but she was soon arrested and taken to London, where she stood Charles Edward) Stuart, to escape," she was lodged in the Tower, but was finally granted pardon by King gambled and drank to excess. was 83. he was content his dreams of "the Flower of the Isles" Then,. at the dictates of France from whose aid he hoped much, he married a Continental Princess, whom he soon abandoned.
Flora MacDonald always strenuously denied all rumours of her marriage tf Charles Edward. She did not wish to stand in the way of an alliance which would help him politically, and bring back to his Kingdom "the King over the water."
Ultimately, she married an elderly Scottish gentleman, and settled down in America with him. Small wonder that, as time went on and she became middle-aged and then an old woan, she often dreamed of those wonderful days out on the heather-clad hills of Benbecula, when the handsomest Prince In Europe lay at her feet and whispered works of love fu her ears; or of those wild days in Portree when, heedless of danger laughing at thought of pursuit, hho lingered on in the house of Kings-burgh by the side of his exquisite young bride, his "Flower of the 'This, at least, is a fact, that when Flora died, her winding sheet was one which had' been on the bed at Protree on her wedding night.
There is a theatre where modern Chinese plays are acted. Here again. the domestic and human side of life Ju its natural setting destroys for the {forelgners the illusion which the play by itself might create. The bands-men with their white singlets, though they look cool and business-like and make a tremendous din, sit at the side of the stage in marked contrast, with the actors and actresses heavily made up and dressed in strikingly coloured silks. Then there is the scene shifter whd advances to the middle of the stage, while the play is proceeding, with a lighted cigarette in yhis mouth, with his unwashed little son in evidence at the side, not far off. The acting is excellent especially Hthat of the leading women who can succeed by gesture, by facial express sion, movement of the eyes and head in conveying the meaning of a love [passage without embarrassing the audience in any way. The dresses fand the actions are always modest and restrained. There is as yet no blatancy and no vulgarity in Chinese art, There were two flower boats but they were deserted during the day: only three persons could be seen—the military' guard, a "boy," and an amah.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.