, 1890-10-09

US the ueavy oreeZes move a. trifle,
comes the'hesitant pipe of stirring
bird, the patter of wild hares' feet
upon the slippery leaves, the half
caught, hoarse resonance of hidden
waterfall while faint and far and
strangely muified the notes of school
bells, by little clachans In the dis
tnnce, steal along the folds of the
clinging mist, Making your way liz
sometimes like pushing through I'M
palpable banks of snow.
But before the crnckle and flame
OF the old inn fire. place, In the pres
! ence of scenes white as u doves
wing, bacon crisp and brown, an
omeiet as yellow US Il frost-painted
beech-leaf, jug of cream
sweet as n nut-kernel, u
fragrant brewing of tea In
the delphi pot under the ''cosey,"
and q guidwife bustling about In a
sort Of CHEEKY frenzy to make you
welcome, you have reason to be glad
of the blood.tngle to be found In
going y hal(-dozen miles, before
breakfast, through n genuine Scotch
fog.
If you tramp In Scotland you can
not avoid the humidity, nor can
you tail TO observe one of the
curious effects upon Scotch people
themselves. They are either
wholly
INDIFFERENT TO I1s INFII,gScE
or soo,, ,o ,,osa 60, =, NIT,
". i, - eof' VI nN'ns
~, ~ rom fahB syne coinpnhioli-
ship. A fish poacher will cast his
hook In contentedness all day long
through steady drizzlc. All sorts
| of peasant-folk nlony tho r,adside
nursue their reg,,lor yooa,ions In
noi,,nu aha,a.e " ~
p.'"s o"'"e's as "',eris
UNCONSCIOUS oi the drehching
clement. Excursion and picnic par
ties set iortn Tor IA days outing IN n
pouring rain with the same en-
tnusiasm as on clear morning.
You VIII see as many fine ladies
shopping In Princess street, Edin-
burgh, on rainy day as on a clear
one. me indifference to the mist
ana ram may have become a ma
tional characteristic through the
universal use by scottish people of
WOODEN clothing, so operfect In quality
ana comfortable in texture as to
protect the BODY from the ill-elfect
OF sudden change In temperature
and tho chill of evaporating moist
ure. But you can, not account for
the. apparent actual liking of mist
anu drizzle, drlzzle and mist, save
ON the theory that endless COM
panionship with anything as ex-
asPersting rs intermittent log, sun
and drizzle, In time, gi yes the habit
OF liking, II not indeed of love.
That the Scotch love their mists
aud drizzles you have endless proof.
Dear Aud Reekie" lold Foggy,
or smoky Is not only the pridetul
N N.,.i,I,i.i i,ii,.t,
most interestlng cities Of the world
but it Is the love name of all old
Scotia itself. ANY day in the year
for In Scotland you Will be caught
~ a sn0wer OF swlrled IN aiogevery
uny ~ -, ,no an,,o,, vrnaio" WI m,eea
mar gatbered NJ crnss,nns ~ ,oar
important building entrnilces CHEEKY
as iarks on u June morning in their
exchange of courtesies or gossip,
while tiny rills of rain are merrily
coursing from their ears, chins and
noses, OF seeking along toleratlVe
Verteor@ the sequestered ana sponlgy
shaues OF waistbands, mp
pockets ana kiited sRirts'
! Whiie about George square
at GLASGOW, the old iron Steeple,
DuihIriesi tne picturesque landing
place at ooan, ana along nigh
street or IN Waterloo place, Edin-
Durgn, you VIII see scores OF people
stanulng iuiS III the ram rs though,
they uau come OUT oil irksome ana
cohnhlhg naoltatiohs icr an inVlgor-
asiss sup, h.eraiiy sup OF this sort
oi ircsh air' .I.....
. THE VALE OF THE TWEED.
Perbans II is IN. wizard xvitoberv
., sco,t no roo, and novoI,., 49,.
e''T 10 po,' a'" 'io.ei's' per,
maps ,hc rauiaiil romance OF all
scottish oorderland, hut you never
tire of tender Tweedvale and its
sweetly flowing stream. You are
not the first to feel this. The
old monks Ioved tho valI.,,
- 'sa,,., A.. n. a.,es
anu uo'teu 'he I"eeusiue
with spiehdid monasteries. Their
grazing lands were the richest;
their cattle the. finest; their
grain OF the plumpest kernel;
their fruit the sweetest III all Britain.
Tradition has 1t that the fine old
apple orchards still standing here
all of them on the Tweed's north
| banks, and many OF them rs won