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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1891
Page
6
A wild mountain lion scene unfolds as hunters track the animal through ridges and draw into a tense chase near Arkansas. The beast mauls livestock, battles multiple dogs, and slips away into rocky terrain as locals recount the dramatic pursuit and peril.
A first person reminiscence recalls May Day celebrations with May baskets, chases, and secret kisses. The narrator recounts a childhood mishap with a clothesline, enduring embarrassment, and the romance that blossomed from playful prank trials. The piece reflects on bygone May Day customs and lingering nostalgia for youth.
The author recounts a wild escape ritual from a deacon named Simon I Hateh and reflects on the Highland Clearances. He travels through Glencoe and Ballachulish, observing decayed cottages, empty estates, and deserted crofts. He laments the exodus of MacDonalds, MacGregors, and others to Canada, while Americans and Germans quietly profit from tourism. The piece links poverty, land hunger, and historical traumas to modern depopulation and landscape ruin.
The excerpt contrasts England's tourist gaze with clear-eyed sadness in the Highlands. It notes the loneliness accompanying landscape beauty, warning that tourist cabins aboard yachts may mask harsher truths. The Pennells’ description moves beyond picturesque appeal to acknowledge solitude.
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