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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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Sir
John
Cochrane
of
Ochiltree,
in
Ayrshire,
was
one
of
Argyle's
chief
associates
in
that
unfortunate
and
abortive
attempt,
made
by
the
exiles
in
the
year
above
named,
to
compass
the
overthrow
of
the
reigning
monarch,
James
II.,
so
far
as
Scotland
was
concerned,
which
attempt
was
only
part
of
the
more
general
scheme
of
the
exiles
abroad--both
English
and
Scotch--and
the
disaffected
at
home,
to
drive
the
king
from
his
throne,
and
to
place
the
Duke
of
Monmouth
thereon
in
his
stead.
After
a
variety
of
disasters
experienced
by
the
limited
following
which
Argyle
and
his
party
had
been
able
to
bring
together,
and
when
hope
of
a
successful
issue
could
no
longer
secure
cohesion,
there
ensued
a
general
break-up
of
the
party,
accompanied
by
what
is
to
be
looked
for
in
similar
situations--a
general
flight
and
sauve
qui
peut.
Sir
John
Cochrane
sought
refuge
in
the
house
of
a
relative
in
Renfrewshire,
where,
however,
he
was
discovered
by
his
pursuers
at
the
end
of
June;
and
on
the
3d
of
July,
Sir
John,
his
son,
and
another
traitor
were
brought
into
Edinburgh,
"bound
and
barefooted,
by
the
hangman,"
and
cast
into
the
Tolbooth
to
await
their
doom.
What
daring
enterprises
may
not
flow
from
a
woman's
love
and
devotion,
when
a
parent's
liberty
is
imperilled
or
his
life
is
at
stake!
Sir
John
had
a
daughter
called
Grizel,
who
fondly
loved
him,
and
who,
on
visiting
him
in
prison,
had
not
failed
to
show
the
intensity
of
her
filial
regard;
nor
was
Sir
John
slow
to
reciprocate
these
feelings
on
his
part.
Being
then
but
eighteen
years
of
age,
she
nevertheless
conceived
the
daring
thought
of
intercepting
the
mail-packet
coming
from
the
South,
which
was
supposed
to
contain
a
warrant
for
the
execution
of
her
father;
and
with
this
object
in
view,
she
proceeded
to
Berwick-on-Tweed
alone.
Here
she
habited
herself
in
male
attire;
and
being
armed,
and
mounted
on
a
fleet
horse,
she
set
out
upon
her
extraordinary
and
perilous
adventure.
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