Heather and Peat (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Heather and PeatAmongst the evicted was Duncan Robert son, whose cottage, perched on the mountain side, was in the heart of heather and bracken. A belt of birch trees sheltered it from the biting cast wind. Two Old rowan trees ¿anked the gable ends, their graceful leaves in spring and summer, and their autumn branches of scarlet berries, lending a touch of sweetness to the homely picture. A little croft behind yielded potatoes and other vegetables sufficient to sup ply the needs oi the household, while in front lay a tiny garden, fenced in by a dry-stane dyke, whose inequalities were softened by mosses and lichens that were not the growth of yesterday, containing a few hardy rose bushes, some clumps of sweet-william, a num ber of the commoner perennials, and a bush of southern-wood - the fragrant appleringy. At the foot of the garden, among the goose berry bushes, which were still bearing fruit in their old age, was a, row of bee-hives, which provided a grateful relish to many a slice of home-baked bread or oatcake.It was a lovely August afternoon. The sun shone out of a cloudless sky. A pair of swal lows that had reared their little brood under the projecting eaves were ¿itting in and out, making long graceful downward sweeps, and then circling up again with joyous twitter to their cosy home. There was a drowsing hum of bees. The shepherd's gaze rested lovingly on the great picture the Divine artist had placed upon his easel - a picture that was now photographed upon his innermost soul.With a sigh and a half-suppressed sob, he repeated: Can there be a God abune, that talc's thocht for the like 0' me?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.