Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-23
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I the English lake disiuci-ihat spieldil
I portion Of England stfewn With nor4-
( iai.s, sc.iws. feds aud hills and gcmmed
with couuti,-.s hkts completing the
shIgi- Ot Cumberland. Wesimoeant arl
the northern part " iauc.ishire-Es 10
cpmIiuy with personal iflrnd u .loln
Isuskiu. Mr. A. " Fraser 0f ScJu
street, AMMAN. Scotland. who lives niuuas
his friends and books not a'si9ne's throw
from when. Jane Welsh Cariyle's y0lth-
ful Ideal lover The gvutle-i spui that
Scotland ever knew. noble, sanity I'd
ward isriuE, wHs born,
Il was q gray, sris'y; greWsone daT,
when tir mountain mist Ike Eisanle
irllyiug sails were pouudiur back and
forth between the mountains Of SCOT
lau1 aud Cumberland, now and then 10
their hapfmg conclusions ihngilg sheets
" -iantinz rain from tllr heavy foidr.
which The wind Instantly caught ~ ami
SWEPT struggling against the bart-headed,
hari-brrasie1 and barc-i@Cgnd fishers Of
thr leadsu-epl0rsl Firth
Ny friend had 90 DO with The railway
sfTrice; flrk me iu tho AMMAN station
yard. secured huge shunting engine
with sfokrr aud driver for our use; We
ware soon rcellng aud crashing across
tile great AMMAN bridge connecting SCOT
land with England. nul aur strange r1h-
yryauer f0T sightseeing among p''a-nutfg
at last halted with huJrsc challenge De-
nraih lbe gray AID rt'hoiug cruE' where,
0a tie INislish side ~ thr Sulway. my,
stpu,-hai't BJWnt.s l1os- ont upon Scot
land aut the Filth. just where. nearly
9sb1 rsar- ago. the great wall Of Roman
Srrviu. came 90 an "uH hcranse ot thr
ulrinlnrrailr Gaelic hories n the Wild
bIrJadr N0rflL
Evrry'b.ns in aud about this gray
Nffi. uc-t- upon the heights above iA-
SHuag .i4-uicd Of everlasting stone. Inc
H..I o. so alsaF
fu aud through the hamlet, Hns VI stone.
The Few huddlrd structures were Ut
stone; rude stone viudJw.lcdErr, eaNe-'
slrSuyle. guiiDr.sponis and all The Ai-
no chapel was ike O huge, uush1peu
NOISY macs Of stone rr0trudng from
.hlpelg-s mass " stone The chukei
! yard surrounding Il was encl0scl By %
stone wall huge enough TO have been
LETT by Hadran himself. and the hulllei
grave stones =eDiutd like Jagged. has-
! lerayel teeth Of stone which for cen.
flfirs bad gnuHhpd NJ aud been guashgd
/ by elrmculs rs hard as stone.
The sparse soil, showing between the
| stone roadway and the stone houses,
I lul here Bni there cropping mp between
] house and byre or paddock and wall.
/ was thick aud Ainty with stone. Aud
I even ihc hard faces ~ the Few Old old
! dImes now and then seen pceriue at Us
] from fAe tiny inglrucuk windows Of
stone were ~ set aud fixed aud NuCti-
I Gus as uuearyol stone.
Az one window We saw tie face OF
q hardy man past middle age. and We
aiEiehtwiy knocked az his wide, low
door and we're hidden to enter. Among
ilir-" humble f1lk the coming OF strangers
{ ni auy lme or hour is not rcclOued an
l Intrusion, but rather plrasure and
I there nrr no bolts or locks upon tho doors
I % 4ul PEASANTS habilllisn in all this
English Alpine country. They are trustful
aud sluplc and good IN the face of all
Z friendly approaches, but hard and dread.
I inl ~ their own mpuutln scuWA aud
I tells where wrong II found beneath
3 friendly addfcsses
We had come simply to soc and 10
tax but II iuntterol not what our com
ug was for, aud the old man gave VOL.
come ~ stately NJ a lord As my friend
I engaged him in conversation la dialect
ana topic common to the region, / SAT
ahd studied this old man and his pie
turesque environment, eager 10 mora
3 iully know, as time aud my wunderiugs
among the lake district peusuntry have
I slurr given ample opportunity. of the
/ siuu and stock Of which such imposing
/ human frames are made, and the IN
I nurucrs Of the centuries thnt have given
70 ignorant men aud women, most re-.
! mote from the activities OF other men
aud thing, such wondrous, lofty aud
| almost inAchnahle calm.
| This inun was u universal tyne Of the
| lake district peasnntry. He was much
more than six feet IN height. aud as he
moved about the lurgr, low room, his
/ head lust escaped the huge OnkUu beam,
of the ceiling His hair was soft, sllkcn
aud bonntiiul, ilnNcn where The silver
had not yet como; and with his fun.
iinr beard suggested q strain Of the old
Morse blood. His forehead was hish,
wide, white. His eyebrows were hushy
hut line aud tiOssy, above large eyes OF
lusirous light blue. derp-sot, stondy and
almost mournfnl ~ their gngn The nose
was strongly-cui, truly classic: and th,
mouth was large, but chnructorful anl
iriu This sort Of a hold. set upon Il
huge aud perfect fnme, stout as he
titnbers Of his conturips-old hnbitntion
gave man who looked straight AZ YOU
aud made you, despite yourself. look
straight at him IN return.
have found other such frames anil
faces among the fishers of the English
,wsesl coast at Coldingham, below the
crofters, among the petty "lnirds" Of
the Shetland Islands aud not d fpw
I amonE the mountain peusnntry Of In.
tshowon. round about SLEEVE Snnght, Ia
The north Of ireland, aud | have won,
d"r~ II their endless communion with
nature IN her dreadful moods, as well
/ ns their livrs of danger aud deprivation,
/ had not 10 do with tOnprrlng the light
| u their kindly eyes with the change
less look of mournfnl resignation which
Is set thcte - u with craven sral
upon them. But | have found humble
men like these sturdy, tender, grave
and lrne.
The inicrlnr OF this Cumhriau peasants
home was IS characteristic and Bnr as
the appeafHuce Of It's sturdy old pos.
sessor Tie large room where W. snt
was the ''hre-bouse' or liyiug.roum Of
| the habiinIion. 1t WAS fuly eighteen feei
| vide anu twenty-five feet long Al Tho
| door and window Easements. the coilnr
beams and the tlfnbers ahont The fireplace
nasi hreu hewn oni Of solid oak Tba
boor was ol the same huge slate slabs
rs the roof, aud those wefr SO clean
rom scruhhlng that they shvua Ikr
dnrly mlrrdrs beneath yons feot There
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