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Title: Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: Adam and Charles Black (Firm)
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Publisher: Endinburgh : Adam and Charles Black
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ted by Sir Walter Scott :—There is a tradition inTweeddale, that when Nidpath Castle, near Peebles, was inha-bited by the Earls of March, a mutual passion subsistedbetween a daughter of that noble family, and a son of the Lairdof Tushielaw, in Ettrick Forest. As the alliance was thoughtunsuitable by her parents, the young man went abroad. Duringhis absence the young lady fell into a consumption, and atlength, as the only means of saving her life, her father con-sented that her lover should be recalled. On the day when hewas expected to pass through Peebles, on the road to Tushie-law, the young lady, though much exhausted, caused herselfto be carried to the balcony of a house in Peebles, belongingto the family, that she might see him as he rode past. Heranxiety and eagerness gave such force to her organs, that sheis said to have distinguished his horses footsteps at an incre-dible distance. But Tushielaw, unprepared for the change in EDINBURGH loPEEBLES.SELKIRK.MELROSE.KELSOXBERWICK,
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BORDER TOWERS. 145 her appearance, and not expecting to see her in that place,rode on without recognizing her, or even slackening his pace.The lady was unable to support the shock, and, after a shortstruggle, died in the arms of her attendants. The vale of the Tweed, both above and below Peebles, con-tained a chain of strong castles to serve as a defence againstthe incursions of English marauders. These castles were builtin the shape of square towers, and usually consisted of threestoreys—the lower one on the ground-floor being vaulted, and

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