Chapter I: Front Matter

John Burnet of Barns

_A Romance_

BY

JOHN BUCHAN

TORONTO:
THE COPP, CLARK COMPANY, LIMITED.
1899.

Copyright, 1898
BY JOHN LANE

Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, by THE COPP CLARK COMPANY, LIMITED, Toronto, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture.

TO THE MEMORY OF
MY SISTER
VIOLET KATHARINE STUART

[Greek: Aster prin men elampes eni zooisin Heoos,
nun de oanon lampeis Hesperos en phthimenois.]

[Transcriber's note: the above Greek was transcribed
from a poor-quality scan, so may not be quite correct]

Contents

BOOK I--TWEEDDALE

CHAPTER

I. THE ADVENTURE WHICH BEFELL ME IN THE WOOD OF DAWYCK
II. THE HOUSE OF BARNS
III. THE SPATE IN TWEED
IV. I GO TO THE COLLEGE AT GLASGOW
V. COUSINLY AFFECTION
VI. HOW MASTER GILBERT BURNET PLAYED A GAME AND WAS CHECKMATED
VII. THE PEGASUS INN AT PEEBLES AND HOW A STRANGER RETURNED FROM THE
WARS
VIII. I TAKE LEAVE OF MY FRIENDS
IX. I RIDE OUT ON MY TRAVELS AND FIND A COMPANION

BOOK II--THE LOW COUNTRIES

I. OF MY VOYAGE TO THE LOW COUNTRIES
II. I VISIT MASTER PETER WISHART
III. THE STORY OF A SUPPER PARTY
IV. OUR ADVENTURE ON THE ALPHEN ROAD
V. THE FIRST SUNDAY OF MARCH
VI. THE FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH
VII. I SPEND MY DAYS IN IDLENESS
VIII. THE COMING OF THE BRIG SEAMAW
IX. AN ACCOUNT OF MY HOME-COMING

BOOK III--THE HILLMEN

I. THE PIER O' LEITH
II. HOW I RODE TO THE SOUTH
III. THE HOUSE OF DAWYCK
IV. HOW MICHAEL VEITCH MET HIS END
V. I CLAIM A PROMISE, AND WE SEEK THE HILLS
VI. THE CAVE OF THE COR WATER
VII. HOW TWO OF HIS MAJESTY'S SERVANTS MET WITH THEIR DESERTS
VIII. OF OUR WANDERINGS AMONG THE MOORS OF CLYDE
IX. I PART FROM MARJORY
X. OF THE MAN WITH THE ONE EYE AND THE ENCOUNTER IN THE GREEN
CLEUCH
XI. HOW A MILLER STROVE WITH HIS OWN MILL-WHEEL
XII. I WITNESS A VALIANT ENDING
XIII. I RUN A NARROW ESCAPE FOR MY LIFE
XIV. I FALL IN WITH STRANGE FRIENDS
XV. THE BAILLIES OF NO MAN'S LAND
XVI. HOW THREE MEN HELD A TOWN IN TERROR
XVII. OF THE FIGHT IN THE MOSS OF BIGGAR
XVIII. SMITWOOD

BOOK IV--THE WESTLANDS

I. I HEAR NO GOOD IN THE INN AT THE FORDS O' CLYDE
II. AN OLD JOURNEY WITH A NEW ERRAND
III. THE HOUSE WITH THE CHIPPED GABLES
IV. UP HILL AND DOWN DALE
V. EAGLESHAM
VI. I MAKE MY PEACE WITH GILBERT BURNET
VII. OF A VOICE IN THE EVENTIDE
VIII. HOW NICOL PLENDERLEITH SOUGHT HIS FORTUNE ELSEWHERE
IX. THE END OF ALL THINGS

John Burnet of Barns