This ebook was transcribed by Les Bowler. _WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR_. * * * * * THE NEW ROAD, Crown 8vo, 6s. net. * * * * * UNIFORM EDITION, CROWN 8vo, 3s. 6d. NET. DOOM CASTLE. A ROMANCE. JOHN SPLENDID. THE TALE OF A POOR GENTLEMAN AND THE LITTLE WARS OF LORNE. THE LOST PIBROCH, AND OTHER SHEILING STORIES. CHILDREN OF TEMPEST. SHOES OF FORTUNE. GILIAN THE DREAMER. * THE DAFT DAYS. * FANCY FARM. * _Two Shillings net Edition_, _cloth_, _coloured wrapper_. * * * * * WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, EDINBURGH AND LONDON. * * * * * JAUNTY JOCK And Other Stories * * * * * BY NEIL MUNRO * * * * * THIRD IMPRESSION * * * * * William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh and London 1919 * * * * * _ALL RIGHTS RESERVED_ * * * * * CONTENTS. PAGE JAUNTY JOCK 1 YOUNG PENNYMORE 33 A RETURN TO NATURE 55 THE BROOCH 97 THE FIRST-FOOT 137 ISLE OF ILLUSION 153 THE TUDOR CUP 181 “COPENHAGEN”: A CHARACTER 205 THE SILVER DRUM 223 THE SCOTTISH POMPADOUR 261 THE TALE OF THE BOON COMPANION 285 * * * * * JAUNTY JOCK. CHAPTER I. THE WEST BOW BALL.