. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. grief that mourned In-side thy victims gory shroud ! Master Lewis continued the general subject of the , Frank, has been the most interesting object you have • I :: Cannongate. I read its history in the guide-book, and 1 :t an hour in the pla e. I could seem in lam \ to live thenhundreds of years. King James rode through this street on his way to Rodden, sailMaster Lewis. w Montrose was dragged here upon a hurdle. It wadin a church here that Jenny Geddes bespoke the sentiment of tli(people by hurling her stool a
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. grief that mourned In-side thy victims gory shroud ! Master Lewis continued the general subject of the , Frank, has been the most interesting object you have • I :: Cannongate. I read its history in the guide-book, and 1 :t an hour in the pla e. I could seem in lam \ to live thenhundreds of years. King James rode through this street on his way to Rodden, sailMaster Lewis. w Montrose was dragged here upon a hurdle. It wadin a church here that Jenny Geddes bespoke the sentiment of tli(people by hurling her stool at the head of the Dean, who attempted t<|enforce the Episi opal sen i? The I >eil colic the wame of ; Here i ame John Knox, alter his interview with Oueen Mary, col<and grim, and unmoved by her tears. Hen rode the hvtendeiHere dwelt the great Dukes of Scotland and the Earls of Moray am I I poet, a painter, or an historian, when I wa i Frank. It is said Sir Walter Scott used to ride thef 1 THE DEATH-BED OF FRANCIS II. STORY TELLING IN EDINBURGH. 95 slowly, and that almost every gable recalled to him some scene oftriumph or of bloodshed. I cannot begin to tell you stories of Cannongate, said MasterLewis. Such stories would fill volumes, and give a view of the wholeof Scottish history. What, Ernest, has impressed you most ? The view of Edinburgh at night is the most beautiful sight I haveseen. But the charm that Scotts poetry has given to Melrose Abbey,haunts me still, notwithstanding my disappointment at the ruin. Thiswas the tomb of the Douglases and of the heart of Bruce. I will tell you a story of one of the Douglases, whose castle stillstands, not far from Melrose, said Master Lewis; a story whichI think is one of the most pleasing of the Border Wars. I will callthe story THE BLACK DOUGLAS. King Edward I. of England nearly conquered Scotland. Theydid not have photographs in those days, but had expressive and descrip-tive names for people of rank, which
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