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(h The l’ril‘lsyisu [ample sis now so transported that —" , . ey mate tleir ismarc ’s astuteness with L0 is A cprrespondent of the Boston Journal. writing lewul,‘ In Baffin, (h. In“ who could s“ :0 from bootlaud. after remarking upon a vsrlety o friendly hand two months ago to disarm his assassin. things to be seen in Ayr. gives the following intor- “the miracle to-d-y- And this brings me to 1*" wing degcripuon of . vim to central personage of Europe, who has risen by suc- cess from delestatiou to fame. liis picture is by this time in all your shop windows; but they do not convey the height of the man with his proportions. out from Ayr toward the south to the birth-place u" m‘“ him ’1’“k ‘3 I In" h“'d Mm “’d' - of Robert Burns. Reapers are cutting the grain us filth.“ in "‘m" “ in m°m°dv m°”“"i“$ "‘n Y w. p”. .long_mw and women with “nil. “ck,” slx feet two inches in height. Wei hing not less than go a field to the left. A modern reaper is sweeping "'9 hundred ‘nd “fly P°““d'l W” 33”“an i‘ lts wide swath as fast as a dozen women can bind. "Wei-V ' Pru'd'm in phy’iogmmyl “d “3 P°"’ Tl", how when Bum. "u how i. do" to m. and strength are feudal in their imperiousness. road-side—olay built. with a thatched roof. white- 59““! i“ '5' 05‘“ dumb" °f u" 3"“ SCM’m' 0' Null“. “.1 hp. M“ “d mm. A room for the _Klng’s palace. with clerks in the sutorooms, couriers convenience of visitors but been added siuw his '" "Pu" “‘ u” “ml ""1? ‘° “"7 55‘ °"d°"r ‘ death. We enter by a low door.snd behold a small “bl” “1°” him “"06 With blanks. reports. and kitchen with an old-fashioned grate with a bright "‘W’P‘P"" “d “m “81“ {mm “‘6 "mend "in‘ coal fire sod is stunting tesvkettle for the comfort of 9°" “mug M' 1’ on 1‘“ “‘“d figunv Y“ “holds those visitors who call for a mug of flip. In n little '“ mmmo“ bum“. d"°"' “ m“ "h" mix!“ 1"” recess at one corner of the room is the spot where, f" m" 1"" °f '8‘! h‘" “wt "mm" 0‘ h“! on the 25th of Jnnusry. 1759. the poet first saw the “W “ 'hm “‘1 h°"’ momma“ °r “Wish bum“! hglm A chest of dmwe" which stood more on that quite overlooks the hard-shut pouderous mouth. lllil'. morning stands there nOW. It requires no great and ‘ no“ °f in'igniflCM‘ kndu‘t bu‘ brow “d effort of the imagination to picture the scenes of his P'°“d‘“°'"“°d' I i' flm‘ i' in “0”” W ‘m chlldhood—his phying on the stone floor. with the fund a" 'y” “‘i' Pm, “‘1 "mat "‘1 M' "was coals on the grate all aglow. There the first seven “on, '“d dim?!“ chi“ drol" ‘ “5° “ubh‘bm years of his llfe were passed. “1’” hi‘ 1’73"" Aqusrter of a mile toward the river Donn is His eyebrows are jagged; if they were heavier Alloway Klrk. roofless now. but its walls still staud- 0'" tho” bloOd-IhOllen eyes he would be terrible. mg. pull the bell hanging over the eastern gable... At the back of his deep cheeks a pair of stifl bull The my has climbed up the time-stained walls, and dog ours stand out to stop all the winds and ti eir llsrebells bloom on the careless. The foot of thous- “"110", ind 115' hindl Mid f9“. “'0‘ IN! “Mm’ml ends of visitors have worn sway the turf in the oven in not. on lures enough to win a women's yard. . Not because of any historical event that has confirm 50 dirklflm 0° 100k! ("Skid "or iron transpired there. but simply that s plough-boy mode the "8M; lo mm“ “d yet '0 mud": it“ h. it the scene of a pleasing fiction. It was in 1790 look! like I plfllhcl' ill (Will. this man would bet- that Burns wrote his “Tarn O’Shautor.” It seem- tor boat I boron’s much". when his vessels at ed, as I stood. there, the: an. scan. pictured by and tremble, than sit here on the waxed doors of s Burns must. have been a reality. I could imagine modern pews doing desk duty. she: «a be ndmz down the road from the village in I expected that he would remind me of Stanton. a nu er—storm : but he much resembled Butler. Stand General But- “ The speedy glosses the darkness swallowed, k" °“, ‘ ch" W h“? 5" “flu”, PWP 1"" 0“ 1’1"“ Land, a,” “a I“! “I. “mud... “Hand, and give him power. and you have the nearest ro- Th“ nich. , child “is” “hum. semblance to Count Bismarck that I can think of The de’il bad business on his hand. “""8 Amman W' N‘" by him! 0' ‘ m Before but: been pours all his floods, "M "u" h ‘ PM“ mm" him"! “4 if 5‘ Th. doubling norm mu.- .hmugh m. wood“ had put it on think that Front do Boauf would have The lightnings flash from pole to pole. b.“ b'fm m‘ in “13°” Near and more near the thundors roll. When glimmering thro' the groaning trees. Kirk Allowny seemed to bleese.”

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