No sooner was this villanous action of D------ known to C------, than he
communicated the whole particulars to the commanding officer of a regiment
of Scotch Highlanders that happened to be quartered in that part of India,
begging at the same time, for the honour of Caledonia, and protection of
injured innocence, that he would use the means in his power, of resisting
any attempt that might be made by the native chief to wrest from their
hands the virtuous female who had been so shamefully decoyed from her
native country by the worst of mankind. Honour occupies too large a space
in the heart of the Gael to resist such a call of humanity.

The Rajah, finding his claim was not to be acceded to, and resolving to
enforce the same, assembled his troops, and attacked with great fury the
place where the affrighted Emma was for a time secured by her
countrymen, who fought in her defence with all their native valour,
which at length so overpowered their assailants, that they were forced
to retire in every direction, leaving behind many of their slain, among
whom was found the mangled corpse of the perfidious D------.

C------ was immediately afterwards married to Emma, and my informant
assured me he saw them many years afterwards, living happily together in
the county of Kent, on the fortune bequeathed by the "Thane of Fife."

J. T.
CASTLE DOUGLAS, _July_, 1832.