WHITE HEATHER. 



touched a drop since ever I got the bit of Heather you 

 sent me.' " 



White Heather means "Sincere affection, and un- 

 selfish love, and tender wishes, as pure as prayers," 

 says Van Dyke; and with the parting words of the 

 Mistress of the Glen, as recounted by that same charm- 

 ing writer, we take leave of Scotland's mystic moun- 

 tain wilding: "Carry this little flower with you. It's 

 not the bonniest blossom in Scotland, but it's the dearest 

 for the message that it brings. And you will remember 

 that love is not getting, but giving ; not a wild dream of 

 pleasure and a madness of desire oh, no, love is not 

 that it is goodness and honor, and peace and pure 

 living yes, love is that ; and it is the best thing in the 

 world, and the thing that lives longest. And that is 

 what I am wishing for you and yours with this bit of 

 White Heather." 



