. Midsummer Eve : a fairy tale of loving and being loved . Drawn by K. lluskissuii. Knifravrtl 1 v W. T. Grci-n. Ill I. (i A 1 iii;ki>;(;.. PART THE FIEST. -*- T was as bleak and chill a MidsummerEve as the oldest dweller in the Lake-country of KiLLARNEY COuld Call to mind. The Avind, although it did notabsolutely roar through the Gap of Dunloe,or round and about the Purple Mountain,and lofty Mangerton of the Hoary Head, disturbedby its harsh murmurings and audible discontenttlie young trees and lowly shrubs that grow beneaththe shadows of the evergreen woods. All know thatunearthly s
. Midsummer Eve : a fairy tale of loving and being loved . Drawn by K. lluskissuii. Knifravrtl 1 v W. T. Grci-n. Ill I. (i A 1 iii;ki>;(;.. PART THE FIEST. -*- T was as bleak and chill a MidsummerEve as the oldest dweller in the Lake-country of KiLLARNEY COuld Call to mind. The Avind, although it did notabsolutely roar through the Gap of Dunloe,or round and about the Purple Mountain,and lofty Mangerton of the Hoary Head, disturbedby its harsh murmurings and audible discontenttlie young trees and lowly shrubs that grow beneaththe shadows of the evergreen woods. All know thatunearthly spirits hold their revels on MidsummerEve; it is their fete-night: when they show tothe elements there is a power mightier than theirs todirect and rule them. The Wind knew it well; yet, onthis evening, it was neither entirely submissive nor abso-lutely rebellious. At times, it started from its dull quietand prowled abroad; fretting everything it touched; shaking the lightbranches of the silver birch and drooping willow, ruffling the narrowforms of the slim laburnum, wrestling roughly with the stout holly, andscattering the delicate arbutus, A
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