CHAP. XIV.
Innocent Amuſements.—Deſcription of a Welſh Castle.—History of a Welſh Harper.—A tyrannical Landlord.—Family Pride.
AS it was now harveſt time, the new ſcene, and the fine weather delighted the children, who ran continually out to view the reapers. Indeed every thing ſeemed to wear a face of feſtivity, and the ripe corn bent under its own weight, or, more erect, ſhewed the laughing appearance of plenty.
Mrs. Maſon always allowing the gleaners to have a ſufficient quantity, a great number of poor came to gather a little harveſt; and ſhe was pleaſed to ſee the feeble hands of childhood and age, collecting the ſcattered ears.
Honeſt Jack came with his family; and when the labours of the day were over, would play on a fiddle, that frequently had but three ſtrings. But it ſerved to ſet the
