. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. larming times. So the orood woman sang; cheerilv,— o o ^ Hush ye. Hush ye. Hush ye. Do not fret ye ; Little pet ye ! The Black Douglas Hush ye. Shall not get ye ! Do not be so sure of that ! said a husky voice close besideher, and a mail-gloved hand fell solidly upon her shoulder. She wasdreadfully frightened, for she knew from the appearance of the man hemust be the Black Douglas. The Scots came leaping over the walls. The garrison was merry-making below, and, almost before the disarmed revellers had any warn- \.s /.V HJSTOHIC
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. larming times. So the orood woman sang; cheerilv,— o o ^ Hush ye. Hush ye. Hush ye. Do not fret ye ; Little pet ye ! The Black Douglas Hush ye. Shall not get ye ! Do not be so sure of that ! said a husky voice close besideher, and a mail-gloved hand fell solidly upon her shoulder. She wasdreadfully frightened, for she knew from the appearance of the man hemust be the Black Douglas. The Scots came leaping over the walls. The garrison was merry-making below, and, almost before the disarmed revellers had any warn- \.s /.V HJSTOHIC ./../. - was in the midst ol them. The old strongholduid many ol the garrison were put to tin- sword; but the;ired the woman <\ud the child, who probably never,t quite so sure about the little ditty,— •• • ye,Hush ye, I k) nut In! \ i ; Blai k I touglasShall nol It is never well to be to sure, you knew. • I» had caused his picked nun to approach the castle by walking on their hands and knees, with long black cloaks thrown ovei. > -. DOI GLA W. AN I their b> their ladders and weapons concealed under their •ni- presented very nearly the appearand e of a herd >shadows, and completely deceived the sentinel, who of the music and dancing below than of STORY TELLING IN EDINBURGH IOI the watchful enemy who had been haunting the gloomy woods ofJedburgh. The Black Douglas, or Good James, Lord Douglas, as he wascalled by the Scots, fought, as I have already said, with King RobertBruce at Bannockburn. One lovely June day, in the far-gone year of1329, King Robert lay dying. He called Douglas to his bedside,and told him that it had been one of the dearest wishes of his heartto go to the Holy Land and recover Jerusalem from the Infidels ; butsince he could not go, he wished him to embalm his heart after hisdeath, and carry it to the Holy City and deposit it in the HolySepulchre. Douglas had the heart of Bruce embalmed and inclosed in a silvercase, and wor
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