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SIR GIBBIE.


BY

GEORGE MACDONALD, LL.D.



CONTENTS

       I.  THE EARRING.
      II.  SIR GEORGE.
     III.  MISTRESS CROALE.
      IV.  THE PARLOUR.
       V.  GIBBIE'S CALLING.
      VI.  A SUNDAY AT HOME.
     VII.  THE TOWN-SPARROW.
    VIII.  <DW71>.
      IX.  ADRIFT.
       X.  THE BARN.
      XI.  JANET.
     XII.  GLASHGAR.
    XIII.  THE CEILING.
     XIV.  HORNIE.
      XV.  DONAL GRANT.
     XVI.  APPRENTICESHIP.
    XVII.  SECRET SERVICE.
   XVIII.  THE BROONIE.
     XIX.  THE LAIRD.
      XX.  THE AMBUSH.
     XXI.  THE PUNISHMENT.
    XXII.  REFUGE.
   XXIII.  MORE SCHOOLING.
    XXIV.  THE SLATE.
     XXV.  RUMOURS.
    XXVI.  THE GAMEKEEPER
   XXVII.  A VOICE.
  XXVIII.  THE WISDOM OF THE WISE.
    XXIX.  THE BEAST-BOY.
     XXX.  THE LORRIE MEADOW.
    XXXI.  THEIR REWARD.
   XXXII.  PROLOGUE.
  XXXIII.  THE MAINS.
   XXXIV.  GLASHRUACH.
    XXXV.  THE WHELP.
   XXXVI.  THE BRANDER.
  XXXVII.  MR. SCLATER.
 XXXVIII.  THE MUCKLE HOOSE.
   XXXIX.  DAUR STREET.
      XL.  MRS. SCLATER.
     XLI.  INITIATION.
    XLII.  DONAL'S LODGING.
   XLIII.  THE MINISTER'S DEFEAT.
    XLIV.  THE SINNER.
     XLV.  SHOALS AHEAD.
    XLVI.  THE GIRLS.
   XLVII.  A LESSON OF WISDOM.
  XLVIII.  NEEDFULL ODDS AND ENDS.
    XLIX.  THE HOUSELESS.
       L.  A WALK.
      LI.  THE NORTH CHURCH.
     LII.  THE QUARRY.
    LIII.  A NIGHT-WATCH.
     LIV.  OF AGE.
      LV.  TEN AULD HOOSE O' GALBRAITH.
     LVI.  THE LAIRD AND THE PREACHER.
    LVII.  A HIDING-PLACE FROM THE WIND.
   LVIII.  THE CONFESSION.
     LIX.  CATASTROPHE.
      LX.  ARRANGEMENT AND PREPARATION.
     LXI.  THE WEDDING.
    LXII.  THE BURN.




CHAPTER I.

THE EARRING.

"Come oot o' the gutter, ye nickum!" cried, in harsh, half-masculine
voice, a woman standing on the curbstone of a short, narrow, dirty
lane, at right angles to an important thoroughfare, itself none of
the widest or cleanest.  She was dressed in dark petticoat and print
wrapper.  One of her shoes was down at the heel, and discovered a
great hole in her stocking.  Had her black hair been brushed and
displayed, it would have revealed a thready glitter of grey, but all
that was now visible of it was only two or three unt