Telegram-herald., 1890-09-28

spaces OF about q mile in breadth, sur
passingly rich n pastures, groves, or
chards, hamlcts and mansions. These
IRE protected by heights plcturesquely
diversified with tender recesses and
wooded braes; while Immediately be-
hind the town, 70 the south, rise those
weird, Mons TremOntium OF the
Romans. the EildOn Hills. Tradition
has u that they once formed single
cone, which WAS cleft IN three during
sn csstacy OF rage on the part of Scot
lands once famous wlzard-a real
character OF fesd and blood and
authenticated black-srt power-Sir
Michael Scott They are noble heights,
around and between which banners Of
mg,t are forever floating, rs II still slg-
nallug the oldsn Roman hosts, the
wizards toe Picts and the Drulds they
once knew. sixteen grand terraces rio
their lofty sides, recalling those marvel
ous nature-riidles OF the North. the
weird and wOudrous parallel roads Of
lone and far GIenroy.
| The village OF Meirose itself is CON-
! pact little mass OF curious Old houses
on the ancient highway between Edin-
bugh and Jodburgn. The latter IS the
waspish Olj border town once called
Jednart where, IN border days. they
| hung sli grade OF strangers falling into
theis hands before they tired tncm;
from which gena al custom the expires
sion "Jedhart'' or scotch justice had
It's rigu. Here and there an occa-
sousl modern cdihce coItTas.s strange
| " With the bald hlackened and crazy
structure. about them; and the latter
squat In shrinking groups. patched with
/ glorious carvings stolen from the old
abbey. Ike lot Of bedragglcd mendi-
cants clad ia tho fi1ery Of ruined pa
| troD.
one quaint. pretty street runs away
/ from the hsmlst, towards the nanutac-
turing Town OF Gslashies, ~ the west,
ss X ashamed Of tne squslor of its com
| pany. 0lsnk. drear. deserted trIsngu-
lar open space in the center OF the vii
lsxe renders & impossb BE for you 20 get
| into or on, of it without suffering es-
I pionags and lsvics; n msFket-crosS IS
| old as the abby itself. rcars its gray
sgd e. tfifd column "a Gresrv corner
of the town. three or four thorough
fares. shus IN by rsnlshscie houses,
| merge nt0 one which leads across tue
Tweed into near Cations de. the oldest
and sirepisst housing Of odd and sleepy
/ fols in all Scotland ard percned above
a.. not a thousand feet from tie abbey
itseis. 3 q smart railway station boxing
em0fuously down upon the hud-
died dr sriuess and decay COW. Fronl
/ tIfis. or Better from toe saaon bills.
Mer,,.e sets in Nelrese Nsle Oy the
/ Tweed sf a brown and ragged wlnd
whipped EiaSy tens. eTuAosomed IN
nsesid s vs. grasses where Quivers Hse a
slFsr thrsai a aesstsnt vaz AT stresna +.
But tlls suTpassiux ruin 10 wnich you
I have come was not the FRS Neirose 40
Z bcv Three nnles Below the Meifose ~
/ ta lav the Tweed almost foTnssn s.and
in tbs valley. IhS peninsula = gentle
rn,faenfe. IL Gaelic sppc atson VS.
Nss II-fais. staeu~o7ecunE biii- tence
ssafa Iros. ard husiiv Neirose- re
I0rai ~ e Row known as ca Nfifcse.
The sfro-r natural defeuces viSa the
sa,t7sio, ard lurnriousnsss ~ the rale.
att-actr1 colony q II Siof,sT y
eer .es.sssics from the Culdee MONSTER
of iona. Is the Hebr des. Nno here
fsrn8ed = rude chapter -hosse - TIE
seventh century. Il frst tooct a.
Eats odd Nsi fcse 0ecar.e renowned
49, - hrstrrsn were baaisaed il le13
-, tlsfr refrssl 20 seknovlecSe Ma
.,.-ir, f3T ss raefr severe e. a ehapei
o.. afed 81 s.. Cusheert = .''i. s'lfTi Fsa
So ssssrrtrts.sn wksch feiso~e1- Year y
] 4 century sex. n il5e, nassnincens