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: Astêr prìn mèn élampes eni zôoìsin Heôos, nun dè oanôn lámpeis Hesperos en phthiménois.] [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