Chapter I: Front Matter

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"WAT'S HAND MOSTLY ON HIS SWEETHEART'S SHOULDER"]

LOCHINVAR

A Novel

BY

S. R. CROCKETT
AUTHOR OF "THE GRAY MAN" ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

BY T. DE THULSTRUP

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1898

BY S. R. CROCKETT.

THE GRAY MAN. A Novel. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth,
Ornamental, $1 50.

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
NEW YORK AND LONDON.

Copyright, 1897, BY HARPER & BROTHERS.

_All rights reserved._

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
FOREWORD TO THE TALE 1
I. FROM LIKING TO LOVE 18
II. WHY KATE HATED LOCHINVAR 29
III. THE BULL, THE CALF, AND THE KILLER 38
IV. THE DUEL AT THE INN OF BREDERODE 46
V. HAXO THE BULL INTERFERES 58
VI. THE PRINCE OF ORANGE 68
VII. MISTRESS MAISIE LENNOX, DIPLOMATIST 74
VIII. THE STREET OF THE BUTCHERY 83
IX. MY LORD OF BARRA 90
X. THE DESCENT OF AVERNUS 100
XI. THE HEARTS OF WOMEN 114
XII. THE PRISON OF AMERSFORT 120
XIII. MY LORD OF BARRA'S VOW 126
XIV. MAISIE'S NIGHT QUEST 133
XV. A NIGHT OF STORM 140
XVI. THE BREAKING OF THE PRISON 146
XVII. JACK SCARLETT CALLS HIMSELF A FOOL 155
XVIII. A PERILOUS MEETING 164
XIX. THE BATTLE OF THE DUNES 172
XX. CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN 179
XXI. THE GOOD SHIP _SEA UNICORN_ 187
XXII. WISE JAN PETTIGREW 192
XXIII. WISE JAN WAXES WISER 200
XXIV. MADCAP MEHITABEL 206
XXV. TRUE LOVE AND PIGNUTS 212
XXVI. A BOAT IN SIGHT AT SULISCANNA 219
XXVII. THE TIDE-RACE OF SULISCANNA 223
XXVIII. JOHN SCARLETT COMES ASHORE 230
XXIX. WAT'S ISLE OF REFUGE 236
XXX. WAT SWIMS THE WATER CAVERN 243
XXXI. BESS LANDSBOROUGH'S CATECHISM 249
XXXII. THE SURRENDER OF THE BELOVED 256
XXXIII. AN ANCIENT LOVE AFFAIR 262
XXXIV. CAPTOR AND CAPTIVE 270
XXXV. SKIRTING THE BREAKERS 279
XXXVI. PASSAGE PERILOUS 286
XXXVII. THE ISLE OF BLISS 292
XXXVIII. MISFORTUNATE COLIN 302
XXXIX. SATAN SPIES OUT PARADISE 311
XL. SERPENT'S EGGS 318
XLI. LOVE THAT THINKETH NO EVIL 324
XLII. THE FIERY CROSS 331
XLIII. COLL O' THE COWS 336
XLIV. GREAT DUNDEE 343
XLV. KILLIEKRANKIE 350
XLVI. THE LEAGUER OF DUNKELD 359
XLVII. THE GOLDEN HEART 365
XLVIII. THE MASTER COMES HOME 373
XLIX. THE CURATE OF DALRY 380
L. LOCHINVAR KEEPS TRYST 386
LI. THE BRIDE'S LOVING-CUP 391
LII. CATCH THEM WHO CAN! 397
LIII. WITHIN THE KING'S MERCY 402
EPILOGUE OF SUPEREROGATION 408

ILLUSTRATIONS

"WAT'S HAND MOSTLY ON HIS SWEETHEART'S SHOULDER" _Frontispiece_
_Facing p._
"'I WILL TAKE MY OWN LOVE-TOKEN'" 32
"SCARLETT THUNDERED ON THE PANELS WITH THE HILT OF HIS SWORD" 64
"THE GENTLEMAN INSTANTLY ATTACKED THEM FURIOUSLY" 90
"THE MAN CARRIED HER EASILY THROUGH THE SURF" 144
"A COUPLE OF PISTOL-SHOTS RANG OUT LOUDLY" 176
"THE SELF-SATISFACTION FLICKERED OUT OF HIS FACE" 204
"THEN THE SWIRLING TIDE-RACE TOOK HOLD OF HER" 226
"A GIGANTIC HIGHLANDER WITH A NAKED CLAYMORE BY HIS SIDE" 250
"WAT PUSHED OFF IN THE SMALLER BOAT" 284
"STRIDING FORWARD FRANKLY AND GIVING A HAND TO EACH" 338
"HE FELL INWARD AMONG THE WOUNDED" 362
"WITH HIS LOVE BETWEEN HIS ARMS" 398

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