The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-16

cOnunued MA intense appncurou CD WORK. ana on the
attack from which. however. he Soon re- re-.
covered. and kept working on as before.
srt IN , November, 1890 no had another
from It. ON the 2lst OF March, 1881, he spoke at q
pnblic meeting at Jedburgh against the Reform Dill,
Kissed and booted al for his tory sentiments
] well recollect the feeling OF sorrow which re-
formers OF that day had that ne was not side
and that the noble Old man had been ms uited for
expressing his conscientious opinions, however err
rOneOus We deemed them.
On the 18th of April, 1881. hls friend. Allan Ma
connacne, VINO was serving a. Judge the Jed
burgh circuit, came 20 stay, IA was his custom, at
Abbotslord. and Scott, DESTROYS OF welcoming him
in somewhat or
HIS Old, JOyIAL STYLE,
drank three glasses OF champagne, and had third
stroke OF apOpetic paralysis seyerer than either
OF the preceding two; still. after recovering some
what, he went on bravelY with his work OF finishing
although himself conscious OF the increased weak.
ness both Of body and mind. The last time that the
Ola splendor OF AbbotsfOrd was revived was when
Captain James Gencam Burns, the son OF Robert
Burns, was invited ny Sir Walter, along with his
wife and Mr.. Jonn McDearmid, OF the Dunlries and
bOarder with DR.. Henry. Of ROthwelll, their friend
and fellow traveller, TO spend day under his roof.
and. having his son, Major Scott TO assist MIN. Sir
Walter did the honors OF the table gracefully to tho
son or hts brother poet and To the nelghDoring
gentry whom ne had invited to meet INN.
On the sd OF September, 1881, Sir Water left Alb
Dotsf0rd for London and arrived there during the
eXctements and riots accustomed by the rejection
OF the first Reform bill by the H0nse OF Lords, when
Apsley House. the home or the great Duke, was
attacked ana the windows broken by the mob. On
18th October 1881, Sir Walter sailed from Ports
mouth on board the Barham ship Ofwar, which had
been put ut his disposal by the British government.
ON the I'D Noyember, 1881. he reached Malta;
Naples ON the 4th of December, 1881. He stayed at
Naples till the 10th OF April, 1892 Having given up
intended visit Greece and beng anxious 30 return
ADbotsord, lie went from Naples to Rome, leaving
the latter city the llth OF May. 1882. The on,y
pleasant part OF the Journey hOmeward was seeing
the pines ana the snow
ON Tag rOp OF THE ApENINNEs
which put him IN mind OF scotland. he travelled
home by Venice, Inspruck, Munich, Ulm, Hcide-
berg and Frankfort reaching Mayence on the Sth Of
June 49,, anu thence down the thlno to Rotter-
dam, from whence he reached LONDON on the 18th
OF June. While In London, at the 81. James
hotel Jermyn street (where some years afterwards
occupied his very rooms, with my lamiyN he was
very Ill, almost always III state OF stunor He
barked Tor Leith In the steamer James watt, ana
arrived there on the 9ta OF July, 1892. He let Edln
burg on the 18th or July for Abootsord and arrived
there that afternoon in state Of great mental ex-
element ana bodily exhaustion, occasionally rally
ing and then falling oacS. Sir Walter fingered on
TN the l7th OF September, 1882, on the morning
sent for. Ills eye Was clear and calm
but he felt that the end near hand ana In tue
spirit OF little child he said TO i,ockkar:. .Be
good man, my dear. God bless you all ~ and then
sank into tranquil sleep. and remained almost un
conscious until the slst OF September, which was
DAY OF GREAT BEAUTY,
and 80 warm that every window In the house was
open. and surrounded 0y his family. ana with the
tinutly audible as they kneit around Ills bed the
soul OF the mighty minstrel passed from
Sunshine to the sunless land,
And Jared forth upon
That inevitable
Which leads last abode
II IS to the memory Of the great and good man
whose career, from the cradle TO the grave ! have
thus roughly ana imperectly described, that VIC are
about TO erect monument In this noble Park; and
wien his statue shall nave been placed that Pc
destal. OF which we to-day lay the foundation, 1t
as light OF foot as Ellen Douglas tripping
across the green sward and upon many u
sprighiiy ID Vernon wltching the "wOrld with
graceful horsemanshlp,r and It may be also on the
man OF maJurer years, medtating about the uncer-
taintes Of human life, and while watching the
shadows Of the clouds they chase each other
these verdant fields, feeling his lnmOst heart the
truth OF Scott g beautiful lines
Like April morning clouds, that pass
In varying shadow DER the grass,
Mud initiate field and furrow
Liie's chequered OF JOY and sorrow.