New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-07
TODAY AT YARROW.
A JUNE SUNDAY AMID FAMOUS SCENES AMI
PLACES.
From Black and White.

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PLACES
From Black and White.
saw Yarrow on Sunday IN June under COZ |
lection OF unfavornble conditions 1 had purpoSeG
walking up tie valley from ,elkir. on the SATURDAY.
a. Nary och: 'f b." it was raining so hard that
dared not venture tie twenty mile tramp hum
seeing, for once. at any rate The streets are fi q
mill girls many Of them comcly all dressed IN more
them. elves 70 tas pIbic houses 4 erroasiv comph
,epas%a OF es se i, e1es ,y At 90 tue SSna
a night OF holiday under the Influence Of wliskev.
scotch reserve completely disappears. But befssj
very very S s very s e. sa,A NOISY % SeE
seensa strangely ont o. keeping with the peaceful
ss' r @fs "sTTes 'ai"rf se part Of ~,
il IS hero ana Slsewhcre The hills are not close %
tie waters edge there are cultivated fields, wellprs
naturally ss,Sfa "' ses q many sa;S' Fsiss
that enOrnou, honse on the slope y belonsi1I
ai pi IN summer 1t va Just Ike iIyaropstSic
he coming and going o. guests. And the battlefield
Of i. And Garisrhanshlr That's fair% tsun:
fairyland where the young Tamlane took Janet ~
aud where with frank appre 'Iation OF his own per:
sonal attractions. he owned TO dismal foresoding:
And never would | tire, Janet
In faIryland 10 dwell.
But aye at every seven years
They pay the tecni to hell;
And I'm sac at IN fair u iscsA
! fear twill be my SELL
IIut when turn of the road revealed huge, SQUARE
dc.oate yet not alt9Ert@r ruined tower snd my
pared for the announcement that he had only been
week or two n the had indeed ,d never % s been
book and for the rest Of the day Instructed him. q
dsn kn that w9s nlwSy t right aNxor Pc ca oc
o be " Newar ae Which SCOTS sas Law &
tna Last. IN tire" mad e
lsh literature than II ever was IN scottish history
ne rS,ase WI" bc biz Of wp h ar table,
dizzy label pac'. here much as IN London aha Parish
had # seem~i beer soldier in south Afrita. and the
talk shifted TO .nr away subjects, as the breyity Of
close attention. slowly the cultivated fields
are no more clnmps OF trees the hills close IN. Yet
II IS not Stern, not even wild nor to day can you
Yarrow through savage enough gens, such the
Douglas lurn by whose banks dw.lt Mary scott
these byeraths. OF which each has It's own interest
Yarrow Hamlet lay in perfect silence. The folk
church that is 10 say That same church is SMALL neat
commonpace looked the tolsraby large houses Oct
D1e at hs + the % Tst Sd "a or tn:
valley. for 1t is The locus Of the "Dowie Dens o.
Yarrow7 possibly the most famous ballad in exis-
cnce. one scarce can say II the song be based on
real incident. II seems compounded OF two ballads,
and the opening
"Lafe at cen drinking the wine
They set u combat them between
ITO fecht II I'm the dawning,'
U.s. AytOun asserted. due to Scott The stone Is real
monument OF some early and cean-forgotten struggle
between Pct and scot, and so the "Dowie Denss
seems TO melt into air you gaze.
. At St; Mary's Loeb a ficrcs storm came on. n|
Tbbie shiels was s some way of, and, as the drives
sententously remarked; hadn't got the hotel III
stopped This same hosiery built as a genteman's
seat In 1896, Is very god IN lis way. save that II
SG Eight 0 Ss In IN Ssa @aa p Edb SS lite
To comfort, TO luncheon Of various courses TO con-
fully Laid ont grounds to civilization in short' Bnt1
eating yonr cake don't expect - have IT, lone 81
n".ed ,c"s And them there p was T the s%ao
Float double, swan and shadow |
know not the time when this double floating q |
p swan has pot haunted m, t my fancy
forever, was not view for the day, could notI
head Of ST, MnyS Loeb OH On the right Is %onn.
ment. erected In 1860 already OF wea beaten a5s
H ONE 70 haD Das sa Fl't ontP Scroll a
read "g the G Ty "a sheen started SI
WHITTIER 10 lawn or bully ett very grateful 70
Steep and sheepdog: they supplied the local color
which left unvisltcd, A hngerpOst, with scientific
preecsi9g; reported "liawich 81 81 miles Ties !
was Of the old ime The Sosss laid they had only
met to know less Of the surroundings than did my
However. IT turned out that s" had been servants
original Tibhe, and. moreover, there was grandson
of the said Tbbie kept Oil the premises. found him
%d y 6"f tn the = p we're be iy w. aso
pher Norths Noctes Ambnsianae need scarce expainl
S e or as it the h sSpRsr bg Wildly
sihir.t Sommanded ~IibLi- bring ben the loeb.
had not then been evolved. sc6tt, I was told. had '
never entered ths place but be had been at the gae
Professor Wilson'S chgy. "No. sir It's Iioggs but he's
been air badly treated" said the hostess resrettully
The people talked hopefully Of t agp PROSPECTS
Three coaches carried tourists several times q week
sort. all had been built for such and Yesterday q"
church choir had arrived. They coudna get stirred
room s ike s Soa1 seS6o sp~ Sun m g. Sss
Loch' Yet was it quiet enough that sunday after.
noon the lights and shadows chased each other over
that Sse s"H f sre s0 On
the edge. and Just trace OF silver sand,' but no
S on III! d R Msr
or rather the site thereof, Is pointed out. There
aud and again they still lay there who have
lived and died In the valley The last nterment, than
aeo But thr interest Of The spot is mainly legendary
The old ballads. the old legends dealt In strong emo
with the destruction Of everybody concerned Here
wa. quite te appropriate place 70 bury lovers. and
"out o. the ladys grave grew bonny red rose.
And ont o. the knights brier,r
and then the and the bier grew together-a sent
mental proceeding which excited the furious anger q
the Black Douglas;
"FOr he pud mp the bOnny brier
And fsnged In 81 Marics loch."
drove down the valley I'm the twilight The broken
bridges the ruined towers looked weird In the fading
dny. even the commonplace flrmhouseS had q spendoP
not their own: but, however seen, the place finally
holds you : with a charm.
What's iariow but a river bare
That the dark hills under'"
That Is first impression: but you aware
those soft green hills and the stream they incoso
touch You wilder aud grandeT scenes fal TO do.
word must be given to Narrow in literature u