Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1890-08-24


LEFT neither al Enemy nor A wrong
Benlnd him" Nil remain tAfo4Sh
time q frightening eplIome Of shdAs :
tame. xhile those Nba broke nls sandy
lie and heart MI mOulder IA iofsOllen
graves.
Leading from Annan 20 the English
s.de u TIE SOl~ay : v4st railway a
duet one and ODe-hzlf miles Ia length
one cannot resist the temptation 70
cross tnis INTO E0ck-glTt Cumberland,
Tor AZ lts southern approach > one OF
TIE oldest little villages along tue
whole Eug. sh border. This IS Bo@ness-
f. consists 81 one long cOmpaetiy-tu.it
street perched up there above me Wild
,Olway tide Ike a. eagles nest securely
hung upon some crag-edge, Outluttns
above q sea-Wept pIeclpiee. hat
OLD houses have these B0Hness folk
every one solid a. castle. Ike tAc
Locumaben poole Who transformed the
mighty castle OF the Byuces into matter
OF fact hzb.IatiOns ana impregnable
cOW-sheds. tie inhabitants or Bowuess
secuted the further utlIty OF ancient
Roman walls, ana as the most stapeu-
dOus one IN Britain ended here,
il vas IA good time transformed INTO
nuge-walled houses, with here and there
u their hard faces a werd old
Roman altar, by way OF unconscious
history and grim assertNe witness OF
primitive icnOclasms The people OF
the Cumberland border are fishermen
aud statesmen" The latter term ap-
pines, in the Two northwest counties OF
England, Westmoreland and Cunlber-
land, 20 those who farm their own
land, II Il does not exceed half acre
ia area, and lands have descended for
centuries in the same lanililes. some
are born statesmen" and fishermen;
and all are dt scended from q centuries
old line OF men who could equally we'll
turn their hands 10 the plough, 10 snug
cling, 10 the temporary bloody trade OF
mOsS-tToOpers OF 10 tue nets. And II
WAS not So very long ago that salmon
We're so plentiful IN the Solway that
servants engaging 10 masters on the
English or scottish side OF the Firth
stipulated that salmon or other hsn
should not bc gwen them oftener than
three days IN the week" Strange,
quiet, God-feariug souls these BOwness
tOik, with giant frames and wondrOus
height; with wide, fair brows, great
blue or hazel eyes and leonine heads OF
flaxen hair; and with, SOtden, speech
less ways to tie end, which brings them
~ last from behind the Roman affairs
Of their sturdy home-walls to the dear
old church-yard. dug out of the fosse
where once the mighty Roman detences
stood. TaTryIng or gong, one may well
say OF BOwness folk:
Here are the quaint old homes with the quaint
old hearts
Where lie 10 All is measured in three parts;
A simple way The birth. tle toll. the resJ
But q certain alertness of attention,
an unconscious habit and attitude OF
listening as 1t were. true OF every man,
woman and child of both sides of the
Firth, dlsclOSes that the tide Is
coming up from the Irish Sea. These
folks Will tell you they can hear 1t
twenty miles away. Long before
TINS If you are standing on the cliff
edge you Will see the fishers, waist deep
in the water, hurrylng on the tighten
ing OF their upright nets, which for
miles below seem like tiny fences of
rush; and away sea-ward with your
glass you can see them scurryIng up
from the ebb-shme and sands towards
safety and the shore. Then TO your
Impractical ears come the faint rever-
beratlonS OF hoarse roar; and soon,
ike pillar OF flame in the play of the
sunlight, the great mist-banner of the
advancing waters is flung from Scot
land 10 England. almost from Cr;ffel
to Silloth, and moves toward you like a
luud cloud above a running battle. In
few moments more the brIllianCy Of
the phenomenon Is greatest. Preced-
a ole b
seething front of a wall of water five
miles wide, glitteTs, fOams and Kisses q
bank of spume and spray, zUned, rim
med and Iuterlaced with tiny ralnbows.
the roaring of the believing water
hosts becomes deafcnIng. For an in
staGt you are enveloped by the cloud.
That passed, while you thrill with the
mystery and awful grandeur of the
spectacle, the great tidehead IS abreast
Of YOU, true tIde-bOre, such as breaks
malesticaliy into Mlnas and other cstu-
ares OF the Bay of Fundy, cylindrical
and stra ght as anarrOw across the Firth
and from sx To eight feet IN height,
winch sweeps past with below and
shrek Ike that Of an hundred thou
sand coast tOg-hOrus howlIng IN unison;
while close III It's wake IS a hlllocky,
tempcstous mass OF waves brilliantly
gorgeous in titfully-swept prismatc
coiors. and the Solway tide is IN.
Some Eng sh tramps were nging for
their breakfasts before the doors OF the
grave scottish villagers at Eccleiechan
when I tramped INTO the hamlet be-
bind them. There We're five Of them,
great. hulSiug fellows. aud their hOarsc
and aggressive believing was the only
sound Indicative of human life IN tine
village, even AZ that late hour OF the
morning. They stood beside a melO-
dI0us burn which dashed from under d
covered way and Coursed on through
tHe village street. st one side OF the
stream Wa au ancient wall On the
other. were struggling houses, and the
one before winch tine vagabouds lifted
no their narrowing voices vas one OF
the p.aiucSt and QuaGutest m Ecciefech-
Gn. Fronts appearance 10 might have
been az o.den stable; All abandoned
loiEe at the entrance 20 some gentle
maus cstahl same1t formerly i1Cated
hes,nd g.. or the ancient jail OF the vil-
l3ra. now sm2rtv wnitevasnct and
Transformed into 2 low'y hatrt3ton. it
wasa mite % a thing Va th an arc6WaV
through C occupying 0ne-tlird ~ TIE
lower Story At each side was nar-
row oakeu door, and, nearer each end.
a TINS window. TIE the second storv.
another little window. above each
lower one. looked INTO tle street. ana
over the center of zoe areawav were
tua sfff more dmlruFva windows.
ssse Ev s4fa. ffwas 4 d0ua-e r0use 90
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