



Produced by Al Haines.





                          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




                           BOOK I--TWEEDDALE



                               CHAPTER I

          THE ADVENTURE WHICH BEFELL ME IN THE W