XXIII.—The amorous adventures of a night-shift man 147 XXIV.—The crook in the lot of Cleaver's boy 153 XXV.—A comely Providence in a new frock 157 XXVI.—R. S. V. P. 163 XXVII.—Janet of Inverness tastes the herb bitter-sweet 167 XXVIII.—The engine-driver with the beard 172 XXIX.—Muckle Alick's Bannockburn 177 XXX.—How Geordie Grierson's engine broke its buffer 181 XXXI.—The "awfu' woman" 184 XXXII.—Maid Greatheart and her pilgrims 190 XXXIII.—The babes in the haystack 194 XXXIV.—That of Mary Bell, byre lass 198 XXXV.—The knight in the soft hat 202 XXXVI.—The madness of Hugh Boy 207 XXXVII.—Boy Hugh finds out the nature of a kiss 212 XXXVIII.—Of Miss Briggs and her ten cats 216 XXXIX.—The adventure of Snap's porridge 222 XL.—A new kind of hero 227 XLI.—"Twa laddies—and a lassie" 233 XLII.—Muckle Alick considers 243 XLIII.—Town knight and country knight 247 XLIV.—Cleg relapses into paganism 253 XLV.—The cabin on the summit 262 XLVI.—A child of the devil 268 XLVII.—The sleep of James Cannon, signalman 275 XLVIII.—Muckle Alick sees the distant signal stand at Clear 284 XLIX.—Cleg collects tickets 291 L.—General Theophilus Ruff 300 LI.—The General's establishment 309 LII.—The three coffins in the strong-room 318 LIII.—A stormy morning at Loch Spellanderie 326 LIV.—Kit Kennedy's farewell 335 LV.—A young man's fancy 341 LVI.—The voices in the marsh 349 LVII.—Fighting the beasts 359 LVIII.—Within the red door 367 LIX.—The beech hedge 377 LX.—Cleg's treasure-trove comes to him 383 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. FACING PAGE From the lake arose the voice mocking and bitter. (see page 260) _Frontispiece_ When "the Warrior" came. 11 "I shall be ruined!" 65 "Our roads separate here." 123 "He gripped them baith, but he hadna time to loup clear o' the far rail." 182