THE LANOSWO MAN'.;
J une, 1919
The Heart of Midlothian
of p~d"' In thP. 'oy ot
.-. huOJIIII" tl\ k u the
clt ~rlnl( flf '1 nd or t\\cl of I!Onlt' f''(ctJCdlngJy Al!ll•rtiVP. J{TOUnli!W!l,
mav cumrthJtl'l ll:t.y •• now "ondt>rful 1l IS th;1t wo houl•t ha~
dor;c thlA " Otht!r' JII'Opl,. 111'--'tll_, thl' work1•n Ill?. lllcllnt' l'l'Ct'l\td wotni'n to1ltr1 for many
l(c.!ll utlOM brfore u, who had no romradt>ahlpln an ar01y ~• an
IOVI•Ihlf'l IIOllr<'t' of ~ta\'lng pow••r In weary day .
Ahout a hundn·d \i•nnt ag•> ~1r WaltPr ~eott "roll' a taruoua
no\'cl, Thr llrnrt of MldlrAhl'rtt, tht- h"WID" of wttlrh 111 a "oman
farm workt•r, a girl '~ho 11pt•nt mot!t of hrr ttmr m thf'l f'o·.nhl'd
anrt thl' cl:llrv, o. httln pl11ln «cQl<'h woml'n. but A hrroln" 'V~'TY
ln•·h Jro.ntc• llt·'\n i11 on•· of thr munort.1l ch.Arftrt .. ra of ro~nce,
and ont• that thP laotlworkr.r ml~ht 'rll adopt M hrr patron
111\lnt If llhP C'l\ll Ond th" p!!.tiPnC<~ that IS f)(>Thl\pt ne·e~-' 1.\T / OOW•
adt\f~ to bring to tbl' rl'l\dll\lt ot "'eott'll no\rl~ .
\'S'I>WOilKl-.. k'\ with th ftr t ftU!h
I J .ll'hl~''~'"'"nt,
"""" 1t 1t he but such
•
Thl' har,• OIOti In the 1torr v. hlch show U8 the
hf'rom~ a• th • good landwort.:tr
...,h .. was the daughtN of a
emrlll farm(' r, whO' f rMt: \\lL~ hh d11.uy h••rd, tn "'hlt'h -anrk
Jel\nle W:\..'1 h1 nght hanll
Shl' wa.' hnmgbt up to it frnm hrr
eblldhood, and wa; accn,tomt'd tll p!'ndJn~t long bout"l \l~m th"
common mlodmg th~> row~ "''lh hPr httlP d()jlt Du,til"foot to help
h~"r, anr) her frtrnd Rt>uben for rompan)
'<~Vtt dra'l\ a chrlrnnott
tattle picture ot th .. t"-O childrt-n .... rawd ~uralh o. bloonunc
bu4h of whtn, thrtr htt!P fa.ce-1 laid eiOI'I' t~etll('r under tll11
>~hadow of the ~am,. plaid drawn 0' er both the1r he&<.b, llhlle
the 11\nd•cl\p.- aroun Jl:ft'W up Jeame managPd all tb~ da1ry worlc.
anel bcCArn!' a brnon-J chPP~P makrr, but lw w1o; a.> wt•ll a,..,t•tct.lntl'd
wath thr byrP, whrrP ~tlw tLi<'d to mtlk and fodder th,. c ttiP . -.he
hAd a quick I'YC for all thl'lr wnn~. Jlr1'4JdiDI( O\l'r the ro~ ),..Ill
wtth a loving ran- to whil'h thr anJnJAls r~p.mdt'li . After h~r
evrntful journrv to Lonrton. whl'n ~hi' returm·d to thl' farm
work. th" btthfill old woman "ho had bf't'n ~l'l.·m~ to th" «t~lc
In 1\Pr place. hurrlrd hf'r olT at ontt to tht> rou ~hrtl. ''hcrG
" (fflwan.OJ and tht• othr~ acknowll'dgl'd ht•r prr~N\rP b~ bo'l41og,
turuln~ot round th"lr broad and dl'crnt btO\h "ho'n thr) lwartl
her wdl·known "Pruh. my IPddy-pruh. my ~oman " IUld by
vari0\13 lndkatlon~. kno'' o llnly t'ft homt, full or
a n-,:ll'h, !lh~ ""~ able n~ verthrles:s, to ob!l"n·e and rcm,.mher
what wa.~ lt-rful to hPr OCl'Op&tJon. Shf' nottoed the IJ.rye l'!traw
honnc.>t.. v;orn hy th•• Eogh .. ~h g1~ "'orktllJI: m the Qchls. and.
picked up a CumbP.rland n·mt•dv tor a ~1clt t.'OW from a gr&Zilr'a
v.-1dow ~b." m~t. who "...eemrd ~ketl) about t.nrncd be t.s.'•
Tb.- Dut.:~ o£ Ar)tvll, who llefrl~nded hf'r in Lowh1n, l\'&S l\ dt~
ttnstu•~ht'd agnrulttutst, but he founol thnt ~:ohf' <':\mid gl\ e him to.
gO<>ll d••&l ot mformt.t1on about dauy cow", and he ",., "0 pl<'a.t- d
th,\ t h pronW•!'d her~ prt-Nlt ot t"o D(''\On.•IH~ CU\h ID ~turn.
All through th!l '\tory Jl•amc l>.·&lh appear:> ooth all a ~>}.lli'Udldl}·
brav~ wom m and a sklllt•d farm worker, but as qUil'tly mnu t
M 11he wou wt:\,. and true. In ap1te of the d~.at.auc 10 tnu~
tx-twccn th • l.'lght('rnth c<>ntury and the epoch of war \\htch lt.&S
bron~ht tu on to tht' land. Wf' il'PI that Jeame Dun' w11l alwa\"1
rem1un a' thr ld•'al lnmlwork ·r. When th<' Duk•• uf .\rg) U
brought h •r to lll'" lu'l wtf<" and da~q~hters. he I'UliUll..:d up hrr
charartPr &"~ lt lmt>rt'"'''d 1\ll \\ho mrt h•'r. " \\ 1lh ~u tnmy ot
young fcollowil a.OJ l(t\liant t~nll st('ady 111 11he lll, and a Rvod ca.Ute,
( "ould not Crar t.wu to on " hi' «aiel, anu laugh m~ I) \\l~brd tu•
own daughtc~ " had half her canny homely Sl'nst>.'
A-; IOU!( IL" we go to wotk 11\ bl'<'eche~ and leggiug~ ma) l\C .Wo
bl' 11uch gniiA ut a ud o;tf'&dy young fellow• I
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T he Mo rnln• Waah
A Village Billet
1~ it\ V l:.f .. I,T ~ 1,
nloot! !hP ro.lll h ~t. Pe~r, ~ mn~ht th
'cmn•l nf f.1lltns:: warer, an•l :1 our trJrt()r n •l"!d<>cl tlllmsr ''"'
dr w hl'r up to th' r•)o"\d.,htl' nwl w•nt down a httle t.an~ to
po,wct
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on ,\ ,JOJX' lf"-..id~ a ,..atcrhll, a thnf.(-h,.,l
Cl)tt.<\~' la>·· rw•llowcd 1,~ tint~' to a del'p crr;lro,. hue, and ~t itt
u ~·lrll~n of IIO\\ ·~. \I(J.In·t tall hollyhO!'k~ ami sllnlln\\,.ri old-
! ''h•onPd ~traw I)PI'·hh •'>~ .... tO«.lli, n hL'\C'k mt dozPd on the wmllow·
!illl. nu(·~ nnd blr·l~ ,,n•l r