And others like him, but more blest,

Shall seek to beguile thy lone hours,

Thou wilt think of the days of lang syne,

When Holyrood echoed the strain;

And your voice sweetly mingled with mine

As it never shall mingle again!”

Transcriber’s Notes:

This story was originally serialized in Norman L. Munro’s New York Family Story Paper, volume XIX, numbers 952-955 (January 2-23, 1892).

A table of contents has been added by the transcriber and placed in the public domain.

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected.