Mortar Maiden November 2005

<BODY BACKGROUND="spoon_and_blade_i000005.gif" TEXT=#000000 LINK=#FF8040 VLINK=#FF8000 BGCOLOR=#C0C0C0 > <BASE TARGET="_top"> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:25pt;'><B>Maiden of the Month November 2005 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:22pt;'><B>Fiona MacLennan </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:22pt;'><B><IMG SRC="spoon_and_blade_i000020.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=355 HEIGHT=460 > </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:16pt;'>This charming lass from Kintail is as brave as she is beautiful. During the battle of Culloden she aided the poor Jacobites as the fled from the field, putting herself into danger.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:16pt;'><IMG SRC="spoon_and_blade_i000029.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=367 HEIGHT=373 > </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:16pt;'>Men's spirits were lifted at the site of Fiona as she administered to their wounds. Her gentle touch and nurturing manner brought many a Scot back from the brink of death.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:16pt;'><IMG SRC="spoon_and_blade_i00002a.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=482 HEIGHT=340 > </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:16pt;'>The soft glow in her eyes as well as her warming smile was all that the wounded Jacobites needed to have the courage to face another day and escape the Brits. Memories of this bonnie lass tending to their wounds still keeps those she tended to smiling through the night.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s7 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:16pt;'> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">var site="s19spoonandblade";var g_frames=true; </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2" src="http://s19.sitemeter.com/js/counter.js?site=s19spoonandblade"> </script> <noscript> <a href="http://s19.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=s19spoonandblade" target="_top"> <img src="http://s19.sitemeter.com/meter.asp?site=s19spoonandblade" alt="Site Meter" border=0></a> </noscript>    </B></FONT></DIV>