Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-21
LURED THE WORLD
scoTT's FICTION DID MUCH FoRI
NATIVE LAND.
Visitors in Thousands Gathered to Sec
the Scenes Made Famous by
Genius of the "Wizard of
the North"

the Scenes Made Famous by
Genius of the "Wizard of
the North"
1t is just a hundred years since
SCOTS poem, "The Lady of the Lake. !"
appeared Not in one single year of
the century has it failed to bring to-
Scotland many thousands of dollars,
says the New York World. Lockhart
tells that Immediately after '"The Lady
of the Lake" was published crowds set
off to view Loeb Katrine, and every
hostelry in that neighborhood was
crammed with succession of visit
ors, and from that time the post
horse duty in Scotland rose to an ex-
traordinary degree"
Before "The Lady OF the Lake" APP
peared the highlands Of Scotland had
been unknown to jewellers south of the
! Cheviots, but from the date of its pub
LEGATION the southron invaded Scot
land, though more peaceably than in
days of yore.
Mr.. st. John tells us in his Wild
English ladies took to wearing tartansI
especially those of gay color-and|
| the quiet Perthshire loch and glensI
were overrun by tourists quoting the
poem as they climbed Ben Venue. IT
has been said that Walter Scott
brought more money into that coun-
try than any other Scotsman.
| Och ole
usually been associated with historic
ersonalities-such as Shakespeare's
tomb, Plymouth rock, the cell of Bon
inward. But it is historic fiction that
has poured money into the Highlands;
for "The Lady of the Lake" is novel,,
In rhyme.
Nowadays tourists do the trip in a
day from Glasgow to Edinburgh, be-
ginning with Rob Roy country, pass
Ing thence into Ellen Douglas region.i
and following backward the course of
Fitz-James' ride to Stirling CASTLE
This trip, by steamboat, rail and coach.
has made 1nversnaid, Stronachlachar,
the Braes O. Balquhidder, Ben Voir-l
Itch, Ben Venue and the Trossachs fa-I
miliar to more Americans than ever
saw Jamestown.
The Glasgow waterwerks have rath-i
er spoiled Loeb Kathrine by foodingl
the strand where Ellen Douglas kept
her boat But Ellen, says the London
Outlook dominates the whole poem;!
and Loeb Katrine is surely hauntedi
by her still. Here Is the figure one
would call up on the silver strand;
had one the power of Cornelius
tain tongue seem to blend with the
breeze from the blue lake.
"And Fitz James and Black Roder-i
lex have also their backgrounds, their
settings. The knight in Lincoln green,
with his black-and-tal bloodhounds,
belongs to the Trossachs, with their
towering crags and birch trees; while
as to the chief, does one not always
picture him on his native heath. like
his descendant Rob Roy, his tartans
waving in the sunlight?
ut was surely this placing of these
figures just where they should be
placed that sent the English visitors
In crowds to see the scenes to which
they belonged, to behold the spot where
the knights gallant steed lay dying,
to look into the cave where Ellen
prayed to the Virgin, to gaze on
Lanrick Mead, where the clansmen
mustered, and seek Coilantogle ford,
where the desperate duel took place.
King Rewards Girls Bravery.
The late King Edward shortly be-
fore his death bestowed medal on
Hannah Hugill, Is years old, of York
shire, England, for her bravery in
saving her mother from being gored
by bull The incident occurred last
fall The mother went to field to
bring home several cows. She was at
tackled by bull. At first she de-
Tended herself with pitchfork, but
she was knocked down by the animal,
which began to gore her. Hannah.
who had been left at the gate with or.
ders not to enter the field, ran for
ward, and, picking up the pitchfork,
attacked the bull and distracted his
: attention from her mother By prod.
! ding him she kept the brute away
from her mother and enabled the
woman to creep along the ground to
the fence and get away in safety
The courage of the girl and her pres
l ence of mind were brought to the at
tention of the king.