Forest Sketches; Deer-Stalking and Other Sports in the Highlands Fifty Years Ago [By W. Robertson].

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XX. CONCLUSION. Two years have passed over the heads of the Grahams of Glenurn and their friends since we last saw them; and we now find them on a bright evening, in the month of October, assembled in the sumptuous drawing-room of Glenurn surrounded by a large party of friends. The gentlemen had all left the house some time before, and the ladies are in a state of some excitement and expectation. Mrs. Duncan Graham was sitting so as to command a view of the high road for some short distance from the avenue. Her niece sat beside her. They must be here now, dearest mother, in less than half an hour. Yes, Mary, and I pray you may live to enjoy the happiness I feel in seeing my children so happy. I know Philip will make Jane happy; next to Robert, I think him the best and most generous being alive. Dear Jane, what a beautiful bride she made, and with what just pride her husband looked upon her as he led her to the carriage that took her to her new home. CONCLUSION. 351 At a bend of the road, seen from the window they were looking from, a considerable body of men were seen, who suddenly raised a ringing cheer that reached the ears of the ladies. They are coming, cried Mary Livingston, now Mary Graham, and all the ladies flocked to the windows. The crowd on the road was agitated, and gathered around something which they concealed from the view of those in the windows. In a few seconds four horses were seen led out of the crowd by two postilions, and immediately after it moved rapidly along the road towards the house. Thus did Lord Strathalbane and his beautiful countess, Jane Graham, return to visit the house of her fathers, her carriage drawn by the willing and friendly arms of the men of Glenurn. And what a joyous night that was at Glenurn, Wh...