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Show not doubt that this invitation wa - accepted. The follu win<T afternoon th party drO\'e around to the :\Jain home, where ::\lr. Beeman was left to enjoy himself among newly made friends while the ot her members of the party drove through th c ci ty. According to rtrrangement, we retum ccl for our visiting comp~Lnion at five o'clock and cxpcriencecl no little difficulty in cotwincin g- him that it \vas time to return to our ho tel ior din ner. E clinburo·h i~ ever interesting to the lo \·er of history and literature. Its locality places it among the imposing and magnificent cities of the old country, and the old Castle thrtt crowlls th e h ill thereof has a most romantic history. Of that Cas t lc some one has said: "There, ll':ttching high the lc;tst alarm~. Thy rough, rude fortrc s gleam, afar. !.ike some bold vc t 'ran gray in arnb. .\nd marked by many a ~<.:amy ~car; Thy pond'rmh "all and ma,,y h;,r, Grim ri~ing o'er the rng-l.!cd rock. J Ja,·c oft ''ith,tood as,ailing- "ar . . \ncl oft repcll'd in\'ader', ,hock.'' Edinburgh Ca. tic and JJ olyrood l'astk arc inseparably joined in the hi story of 'l\lary, the beautiful, and may \VC not hope the unfortunate Queen of Scotland . I believe a son of her's an cl a subs c q u e nt 1..:: in g of Eng Ian d and Scot 1 an c1 \.vas born in the forlller Castlr and escaped death by being let clown from a window in a basket. Darnlcy may he responsible, not alone for the untimely de~llh of Rizzio. lntl also for the imprisonment of 1\lary in Lochlc\·en Castle and her subsequent death, cluring the reign of ! ~ Iizabeth, several years thereaitcr . ,\nd. however st range it may seem, it is none the lcs'i true that th e bodies of these two cousins now re pose almost s ide hy side beneath the roof of \\'estmi n stc r. a\\'aiting alike the day of final l'ag-c One llundrt•d i'ifty-nillC |