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probable these three months passed in " The Cage " 

 must have been the pleasantest and most cheerful 

 time the Pretender had experienced since the fatal 

 day of Culloden. 



When at last Cluny made up his mind to follow 

 the example of so many of his other brother chieftains 

 by seeking safety in France, he went to take leave 

 of Mr. Macdonald of Tulloch, an old deerstalking 

 friend, and on Cluny saying how much he wished 

 to kill one more deer in Ben Alder ere he quitted 

 his beloved country for ever, Macdonald and he at 

 once proceeded to put the plan into execution ; 

 arriving in the forest, they soon discovered a solitary 

 stag, but, on getting nearly within shot, something 

 alarmed him, and he bolted off full-tilt for about 

 two miles ; then suddenly stopping, he seemed to be 

 considering whether there was any real cause for 

 alarm ; at the end of the pause he abruptly wheeled 

 about and most deliberately cantered back to the 

 very spot he started from, where he was shot dead 

 by Cluny, who looked upon the manner of his last 



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