Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1875-03-11
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IL. Som t1a LEI ters In sSr;baeg's for
iished III aatpl OF Sir Walter Scott. by the
celebrate afsiEt a bert Stuart. New soii u,
this inst of ss OF Letters we find tho
foliowtpg Apecdpaos Of the author of Z. Wa
i tti.ss - six s:sss Il, dine
A with The IFeFg s6oisa. The doctor was
j.quite I'LL hA cold Siss AZ dam Fergus
son, Sir 81 liter s5cotb,s intimate and
liconfdent III friend, diued there oi,r-
I;gslFes. Asss I,.5 and one of her siats gh.
4 ters.
; 80 We had 4 very cIlarming dinner, for
1 Sir Adam has the most t marvelons pDsg4
/ era of defors ntion. He made ms laugh
,heartily nd told us, too, b great Inrsny
i lintersstin ecdotes abont Sir Valter
Il Scott, y III q very remarkable person
himself. se is this original of D1pald
Dalgetty. This is all i find in the old
4 letters abs the dinner, ,bnt I must tell
i what rim rscoll llect of Che account
i Mrs. Z, me in later years. Sir
i Adam, she said, was a tall, gray.haired
man, witis broad Scotch accent. He 3
described how one early morning in
! Sir WAL ltes 1T S library, when he and
/ Sir Walter Siad to make the FIRE of peat
burn, and, fter many efforts succeeded
in some de rec. 6tt this moment one
of the dog dsipping from q plunge IN
the lake, ntched and yshined at the
window. last 9ir Walter let The
/ 'pulr cres tress Il In, who, coming mn
before the s stle fire, shock kis shaggy
i hide send n perfect showar.b bath
over the fire and over a great table of
i loose mnnuA pts. Sir Walter, eyeipe
the scane ;l |Sh his llstial serenity, aaid, !
daaI of Tt 4 Z !.
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III eiiS ms audf-
4 enee was III goliy OF laughter.
EerglsSs q pa Hed the evening with
as, and We tasa aossle music. nsked
4 MN, as ne ne y,sAs SO tfnnd OF listening, If
no. tiIdn In e sit IN himself. I'll
toll syon aT necdoto or sir ssya .s stt,,I.
Scott, said tilIst viii answer your
question, skse hetl sIasI
ing ae AisnIs5g - sSSS,sott hnd
/ been singing tiie {, of
her lissi;i, 2 So ss:ll ss,,a lsssS
tue GlI0Sus. I5ir Whittier turned to me,
saying in q strong Scotch accent:
MOO. Fergueaon, gle us howl
oontaae B OF ny ysts there Ss,
guests was Hogg, Ettrick Shepherd. ;"
heard horrible noise in an adjoin
ing room, and, after listening some
moments to it, became alarmed, and
sald to my iiost:" What is that roise ?"
On said: he, its Hogg-just Hogg
composing his verses. He always sings
them as he writes them."
Though ne liked some rude strains,
scott could we'll attune his ear to softer
music, and was very fond of Moore
song x. aings, that ends:
Short as tho Persian's prayer, his PRAYER at
O., close OF day,
Sn;.i. ~ pe SaSn vow OF iovos repeating
Eon whilo Io hneeIs that pay pTestGns p;n ray
"Ho nsed r. aoy .cnyaW o..
have tbat pars;a1, @ ,,,.o leu me
wonld liaten With arent joIn,, anu tn he
sineing of # e"' u0''su0 ~ 'ie
.eTIev rsco,1o ., on d.
nm old ssrgont ~ ~ LII "isiuH ';sH g!ofy M
for nearly Iifet;me % and % baoan, mtUn ouo.. au..
,onob .,o;iaa G.. WI o.o very
of patience with his aims of onn;se;o,,
said no o'ne - oiiiissioh'
"sDonald T,bi,k ,vo ,,,.t ,o..,
"sPart ! wby9 Whora,a npn pa. E
going p - -
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