. The land of heather . Queen Marys Prison on an Isle of Lochleven VI THRUMS. Palaulays IN nearly allthe novelswith charmed thereaders of is thehome of thecharacters intro-duced, and is thescene of mostof the comediesand tragediesthe author de-lights to depict. As the background of the entertaining mingling ofHfes lights and shadows which is characteristic of hisstories, it is a great satisfaction to find that Thrumsis a real place and that it accords in many ways with 124 Thrums 125 Mr. Barriers descriptions. Its name on the maps isKirriemuir, though

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. The land of heather . Queen Marys Prison on an Isle of Lochleven VI THRUMS. Palaulays IN nearly allthe novelswith charmed thereaders of is thehome of thecharacters intro-duced, and is thescene of mostof the comediesand tragediesthe author de-lights to depict. As the background of the entertaining mingling ofHfes lights and shadows which is characteristic of hisstories, it is a great satisfaction to find that Thrumsis a real place and that it accords in many ways with 124 Thrums 125 Mr. Barriers descriptions. Its name on the maps isKirriemuir, though the inhabitants commonly shortenthis to simply Kirrie; and you will find it about sixtymiles north of Edinburgh, at the end of a little branchrailroad that leaves the main line at Forfar and cHmbshalf a dozen twisty miles toward the hills. The industry that makes and supports the town isweaving, and in the hollow, where a little stream windsthrough the village, are two great stone mills thatlook very substantial and prosperous. They do workwhich fifty years ago was done w

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