Excerpt from The Miller of DeanhaughIn this labour of love I was cordially joined by my kind friends Mr and Miss Hepburn, who not only found employment for the widow, but through their intimacy and in¿uence with the members of Council, got the little orphan admitted into the Trades' Maiden Hospital, one Of the charitable institutions with which Edinburgh abounds, where she was brought up and educated.Many years have elapsed since my first introduction to that sweet child. Many changes have taken place in the world since that period, whole villages have been razed to the ground, and the p10 u gbebare has been driven over the site of many hamlets where I had Often met with kindly welcomes. New towns, new houses, have arisen, with which I have neither connection nor sympathy, new and kind friends, it is true, have proffered me their friendship, and the feeling has been reciprocated with no want of goodwill on my part. Yet, my heart still clings to the past with infinite love and amongst the few friends of those days still spared to me, there are none in whom I have taken.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.