CHAP. II. | Grandholm Factory. 65 
THE SPIRES OF ST. MAOHAR, 
the shore their salmon-nets. Westward of the Auld Brig 
the river meanders among the bold, bluff banks, clothed to 
the summit with thick embowered wood. Two or three 
miles above are the Haughs, from which a fine view of the 
Don is obtained, with the high wood-covered bank beyond 
it; and, over all, the summits of the spires of St. Machar, 
the cathedral church of old Aberdeen. 
It was to roam through these woods and amidst this 
beautiful scenery that young Edward so much desired to 
be employed at the Grandholm factory. Nor was he dis- 
appointed in his expectations. Scarcely three days had 
elapsed ere a letter arrived at the Edwards’ house, inform- 
ing both the boys that they would be employed at the mill 
at the usual wages. The hours were to be from six o’clock 
in the morning till eight o’clock in the evening. 
The boys had accordingly to be up by about four in the 
morning, after which they had to get their breakfast, and to 
walk two miles to their work. They were seldom home at 
