" The Heart of Midlothian" 



because of their associations — those 

 belongings that make life worth living 

 — have since accumulated; but I can- 

 not honestly confess that I prize at 

 the present time any of my possessions 

 higher than the still fascinating vol- 

 umes that portray so vividly those 

 beloved heroes and heroines of old 

 romance. 



He who crosses auld Berwick "brig" 

 and rounds the hills of Lammermoor 

 as he comes upon East Lothian, and 

 knows naught of Walter Scott, is in- 

 deed quite altogether unprepared for 

 understanding and appreciating either 

 the North country or its people. Of 

 course if you have the golf bug well 

 developed you can do with a knowledge 

 of "Tam" Morris and St. Andrews. 

 I am fond of the ancient and honorable 

 Scottish game myself, and once per- 

 mitted the lure of the celebrated sea- 

 side links to draw me away from certain 

 studies in other lines of Scottish activ- 

 ity long enough to play nine holes on a 



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