Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09

..,v wo went from Edinburgh. t"
where
All, uo,rnsc rose. and fair Tweed ran. =.
~, v some tall rocks with Hchens grey.
peautjful Melrose Abbey claimed
..o .,rea,er part Of our time while here.
ard we wandered around at Will among
no grand Old ruins, unmolosted by d.
| ave the custodian, who persisted III
| allowing us about quoting to US
pngthy passages from the Lay OF the
|Iast Minstrel" and describing in de-
,af the architecture which was wei
cid IN the guide book that had In NY
hand. lie barely left me long enough
tr me 10 climb up AMI pick Two
.btu.hells nf Scotland from the ciciS-
ar walls At last when | was tired
; r,,,;nr him constantly at my elbow.
told hin, that the guide book very
cell interpreted the abbey, and must
,ayc necn written by one who fully
.nnreciated it's art. But instead Of
.skire the hint and leaving me. he fol-
,,n.ed me around more than ever, and
I,ter found that hc himself had writ
I Ten lll' '''''N
Although Scott said:
IF thou wouldst view fair Metros" Alright
| ca visit it 10y the pale moonlight,
80 were unable to do 50. as there was
M room at that time, but we saw it in
,he sunlight. in q heavy thunder show
Or and at sunset 50 VIC We're content.
In the sunlight we saw the grave Of
tho wizard Michael Scott, where
nelorai.c came at the witching hour OF
night that hour which causes the light
1rcaming through the oricl window to
forrn red cross over the Wizards
grave 1t is near this grave that there
"a pile # stones which was the ia"
write seat of Sir Walter, when he
came to contemplate the eastern win
dow and view the splcndor of the scene
bfore him.
fCloselv connected with Melrose Nh
by is peaceful Abbotsford. SCOTS
kon.e and there VIC went in a wagon
die that had such an uncertain motion
| that it fhfeatencd to overturn us at
~ moment, and we were relieved
Ehgn Wesdrove up to the estate, where
kAkaAA fine view from every window.
nom the one overlooking the square,
~ could see NJ grave of Sir Walters
| f4orike dog uith Il Statue Of the ami
mdklkoSe 1t. Scott was very fond Of
dogS and took in every stray one that
appe1ren. The story goes that one time
a Sc INT entered In great distress and
t9lkSir Wfer that another stray dog
| had e6meN5 the door. but he couldn't
~ itsM because it would make the
Iirteenshs NVhereupon Scott told him
have all the. servants go out i'm
kediately and scour the country for a
nrteeDth which - was accordingly
pa
b us the most Interesting room was
ftudy. where be used to come some
bnts at thkee O'Clock in the morning
before besifsnins work on hts stories he
kould step into The litt1c room in the
Eorner to speak LAS Mt as he
pirascd it, OFTEN in thf middle of the
night he would steal down. get n book
and gong back to bed again would
read for several hours.
On visits such as these to Abhotsford
w usually kept silence. not wishing to
display the same ignorance that n Ger
tain eldt rly lady did, who replied Wl,n
Skod if she cared for Dickens. Thack-
fay ard Scott, 80. love Dickens
md rnHckcray. but really ! must con
fss that haven't r",d any nf SCOTS
orkS although hay" taken several
bolIlS II His emulsion
Scott had many presents during his
lifetime. and we saw in his collection
such valuable relics as the crucifiX
which Queen Mary carried to the block.
a drinking glass Of Robert Burns upon
lhlch some verses were cut with q
damond, the great chest celebrated in
song of the "Mistletoe bough."
where the poor bride persisted by hid
ing just for fun in that 1heavy chest.
alSo clock belonging to Marie An
1nette. besides other things to"
ntEerous 10 mention. : It was here,
'Ho. that we saw the picture Of