The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-07-01
TALES OF THE BORDERS.
THE UNHDDEN GUEST.
BY JOHN MCKAY wills \.

. ''in the mid rtvrlS the first omin US night
Y Dt their eel ous4l', wnen Il e ruom shou bright
\ With g ted taprrs-the king ami the queen al NJ
. The cu'ious measures, lordS ard iades re ASA
The sefssme straIus-the 1 ~ looks back by chance
/ A. d SPIES strange intruder ill the d4Lct:
| Namely, mere anatomy. quuy tare.
4 His Uak-t hnibs both Elthout e n and air
A We dsciph-r Drath) VITO stalks aluUt
heri lIg t.u- mea ure lil the 0aI ce Is OUT
There is no river in this country whIcl
presents n it, course, scenes more beauti
ful romantic taan the little jed. Thougl
TT exhibits not tie dizzy cliffs where TIE
eagles build their nests, tue mass Of waters
the magnitude and the boldness, which Civ,
The character Of subimity to a sccue YET,
as I winds It> course through unduiatin.
hills where the forest trees eutwiue then
broad branches, or steals along by the foot
of tile re J, rocky precIpice, where the wild
flowers aud the broom blossom from every
Grey &c Of their perpendicular sides, and
from whose SUBMITS he woods bend down.
beautiful a. rainbuws, It presenteth pictures
Of SURPRISING loy,luess, which thr eye de-
tights 70 dwell upon L i fair : ght Il
Iouk down from tile tree clad l. ui wv the
ancient tur-h, with the river hall urclin4
Il, aud garderS, orchards, woods, 10 tie
beauty Of summer biossOmng, w t.c mag
mite tee OF their autumua hu.s, eucUnl-
pass ~ It, w'Ilc tte venerable Abbey rise;h
stately in tie midst Ut ail, - a temple ID
paradise Sach ~ tile character of the
scenery around I-ILurgh now aud, in for
m,r ages, it, beauty rendered It iavo1ite
resort ot the Scottish Kings
About the year 1910, an orphan boy,
named Patuck Douglas, hcrdcd few
sheep upon the EIIiS, winch were tGe prop
eIty Of The monks Of Me'ro>e Some Of the
brotherhood, discovering him to be hoy
Of excellent parts, nslruc;ed him to read
and write and percciving the readiness
With which he acquired these ants, they
sought also 70 initiate him ln'o aI Tie learn
lng OF tie age, aud TO bring hin up for
thor order 10 tacliate and rumpir ni,
instructions, they had hin admitted amongst
them, as convert or lay-uotucr. Bu'. Y.
though the talent. Of tho She ru,Ii Luy
caused him 20 be regarded a. prodigy by
all within the monastery ,r0M TIA Lord
Abbot down to the Kitchener and l.- a.
sistants yet, with Paulch, a. vi h nm ,
others even now, gifts were not z ace Hc
had no desire to wear the white cas.ock
narrow scapuary, and plain men hood Of
the Clstertlau brethren neither did be pos
sess the delOutness necessary for perform
ing his devOtions seven times day; and
when the bell reused him at two ia the
morning, to what was called the nocturnal
service, Patrick arose rcluntantly foI
though compelled to wedge himself into a
narrow bed at eight o clock in the evening
il was bis wont to lie awakv, mu[ng or
what be had read or learned until past
midnight; and, when the nocturnal wa,
over, be again retired 10 s.eep, until he wa:
aroused at six for mathis but, after lheSC
came other devotions, called three, tn,
Serte, the none. reSgerS and the comptine
at nine in the morning, at noon, at three
in the afternoon, at six in the evening anC
before eight. These services broke Ia or
bis favorlte studies and, possessing NOR,
talent than devotion, while engaged 10 then
he thought more Of his studies than of them
Patrick, Therefore refused to ,ake the mo
nastic vow. lie
'Hsl heard u var
And longei % follow u tn- q li some Wtr liA
lOrd
He, however, was beloved by all an,
when be left the monastery, the Abbot an,
the brethren gave him their benediction
and bestowed gifts upon him lie all,
carried with him letters from the Lord Ab
bot aud PIIor, to men who were mighty ii
power At the court Of King Philip 0
France.
From th5 testimonials which he hrough
with him, Patrick Douglas, the Scottish Or
phan, speedily obtained fayors IN the eye
Of kmg Phillip and Bis mobiles, and becam
as distin- uished On the field for his Prov
ess aud the fyat> Of bis arms, a. be had b, e
in the Abbey Of Melrose for his attainment
in learning But period Of reace cane
and he who was but few years before
shepherd boy by Twecdslde, now bearin!
honors conferred Oh him by foreign mon
arch, was invited as guest to the palace O
the illustrious Count Of Dreux A hun
dred mobiles were there, each exhibiting al
the pagcantry Of the age aud there, too
were a hundred ladies, vying with eac
other 10 beauty, and in the splender Of thei
array. But chief of all Vas Jolaude, tn
daughter Of their host, the Count Of Dreux
and the fame of whose charms bad sprea
throughout Chrstyndom. Troubadour
sang Of her beauty aud princes bent I'll
knee tefore her. Patrick Douglas b,
held hcr charms. He glzcd % them wit
a mixed feeling Of awe, Of regret, and {
admiration. lie beheld the devolrs Nhic
the great aud TIE noble paid to her, and b
heart was bea " for she was the i.ire:
and the proudest flower among the Frenc
nohlity--hc an exotic weed Of desert brit
Aud while princes stTote for her hand, b
! remembered, be felt, that be was an O.
phan Of foreign and obscure parentage-
scholar by accident, (bnt to tie schola
was no recomm, ndation IN those days, an
It is but seldom that t is one even now,
and soldier Of fortune, TO whose name roy
! al honors wrre not attach d, while b
purse was light, and who, because hls ie'
covered more ground than be could call b
own, bis heels were denied the insignia