JEANIE DEANS;

REFUSING THE SLIGHTEST DEPARTURE

FROM VERACITY,

EVEN TO SAVE THE LIFE OF A SISTER,

SHE NEVERTHELESS SHOWED HER

KINDNESS AND FORTITUDE,

IN RESCUING HER FROM THE SEVERITY OF THE LAW

AT THE EXPENSE OF PERSONAL EXERTIONS

WHICH THE TIME RENDERED AS DIFFICULT

AS THE MOTIVE WAS LAUDABLE.

RESPECT THE GRAVE OF POVERTY

WHEN COMBINED WITH LOVE OF TRUTH

AND DEAR AFFECTION.

_Erected October 1831._

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