David. I have a plan
to waylay the witnesses upon the road, and see if I cannae get I a
little harle of justice out of the MILITARY MAN NOTORIOUSLY
IGNORANT OF THE LAW that shall command the party."
It was actually so--it was actually on the wayside near Tynedrum,
and by the connivance of a soldier officer, that Mr. Stewart first
saw the witnesses upon the case.
"There is nothing that would surprise me in this business," I
remarked.
"I'll surprise you ere I'm done!" cries he. "Do ye see this?"--
producing a print still wet from the press. "This is the libel:
see, there's Prestongrange's name to the list of witnesses, and I
find no word of any Balfour. But here is not the question. Who do
ye think paid for the printing of this paper?"
"I suppose it would likely be King George," said I.
"But it happens it was me!" he cried. "Not but it was printed by
and for themselves, for the Grants and the Erskines, and yon thief
of the black midnight, Simon Fraser. But could _I_ win to get a
copy! No! I was to go blindfold to my defence; I was to hear the
charges for the first time in court alongst the jury.
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