Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock
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beside the burn where Hannah stood, wound the road that rose again
to follow the cliffs along the shore. The tourists in the Highlands will find no more beautiful spot than the Glen of Aucherlocherty. Nor is there any spot which can more justly claim to be historic ground. It was here in the glen that Bonnie Prince Charlie had lain and hidden after the defeat of Culloden. Almost in the same spot the great boulder still stands behind which the Bruce had laid hidden after Bannockburn; while behind a number of lesser stones the Covenanters had concealed themselves during the height of the Stuart persecution. Through the Glen Montrose had passed on his fateful ride to Killiecrankie; while at the lower end of it the rock was still pointed out behind which William Wallace had paused to change his breeches while flying from the wrath of Rob Roy. Grim memories such as these gave character to the spot. Indeed, most of the great events of Scotch history had taken place in the Glen, while the little loch had been the scene of some of the most stirring naval combats in the history of the Grampian Hills. But there was little in the scene which lay so peaceful on this April morning to recall the sanguinary history of the Glen. Its |
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