David Balfour's Escape Amid Highland Dragoons
In a fragment from Robert Louis Stevenson, David Balfour and Alan Breck Stewart flee through a desolate Scottish moor evading red coats. They fashion a plea for aid, describe a perilous chase, and plan a desperate ascent toward Ben Alder as pursuing dragoons close in. The scene ends with renewed resolve to reach safety before dawn.
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David Balfour
Alan Breck Stewart
Ebenezer Balfour
Shaws
Robert Louis Stevenson
Flight in the Heather Ends Up Crossing Moorland
In Chapter XXII the travelers push into a bare desert range at dawn. A pale mist rises from the moor as Alan and David debate pressing forward or resting in the hillside. They prepare to risk the crossing despite the daylight glare and unknown terrain.
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Ben Alder
Alan
David
The Loved and Last. A Mother's Love in Death Sermon
Dr. Talmage speaking in Washington on August 23rd preached on the death of a child and parental love. He spoke of childhood as a sacred bond, a force that shapes parents, and warned against despair, noting that children who die are safe and that believers will one day be reunited before the throne. He recounted a parishioner’s boy and shared the hymn kissed moments of faith as a source of comfort amid sorrow.
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Boyman
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France
Queensferry
John Breck
Appin
Ben Alder
David
Talmage
Washington
Shunem
Davys
Ruth
Bethlehem
Abraham Begat
Isaac
Jacob
Jezebel
Jehoram
Erskine
Peer Haynes McCullom
Jesus
Guane
Papa
Kingdom of Heaven
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Campbell
Muirs
New York World
Pike’s Peak
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Pike's Peak
Simpson
Colorado Enterprise
Mt. Denis
St. Gothard
Cripple Creek
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