MISS LOCHINVAR [Illustration: Janet looked up and down the house which was to be her home. (See page 19.)] MISS LOCHINVAR _A STORY FOR GIRLS_ BY MARION AMES TAGGART _Illustrated by W. L. Jacobs and Bayard F. Jones_ [Illustration] NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1902 COPYRIGHT, 1902 BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY _Published September, 1902_ TO POLLY AND JO IN THE WEST. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I.--“YOUNG LOCHINVAR IS COME OUT OF THE WEST” 1 II.--“HE ALIGHTED AT NETHERBY GATE” 13 III.--“SO BOLDLY HE ENTER’D THE NETHERBY HALL” 28 IV.--“AMONG BRIDESMEN AND KINSMEN AND BROTHERS AND ALL” 43 V.--“AND, SAVE HIS GOOD BROADSWORD, HE WEAPONS HAD NONE” 56 VI.--“HE RODE ALL UNARM’D, AND HE RODE ALL ALONE” 71 VII.--“OH, COME YE IN PEACE HERE, OR COME YE IN WAR?” 88 VIII.--“HE STAYED NOT FOR BRAKE AND HE STOPPED NOT FOR STONE” 102 IX.--“‘THEY’LL HAVE FLEET STEEDS THAT FOLLOW,’ QUOTH YOUNG LOCHINVAR” 115 X.--“FOR A LAGGARD IN LOVE AND A DASTARD IN WAR” 133 XI.--“THERE NEVER WAS KNIGHT LIKE THE YOUNG LOCHINVAR” 146 XII.--“’TWERE BETTER BY FAR TO HAVE MATCHED OUR FAIR COUSIN WITH YOUNG LOCHINVAR” 159 XIII.--“‘NOW TREAD WE A MEASURE,’ SAID YOUNG LOCHINVAR” 172 XIV.--“SO FAITHFUL IN LOVE, AND SO DAUNTLESS IN WAR” 188 XV.--“ONE TOUCH TO HER HAND, AND ONE WORD IN HER EAR” 202 XVI.--“HAVE YE E’ER HEARD OF GALLANT LIKE YOUNG LOCHINVAR?” 216 XVII.--“THERE WAS MOUNTING ’MONG GRAEMES OF THE NETHERBY CLAN” 233 XVIII.--“WITH A SMILE ON HER LIPS AND A TEAR IN HER EYE” 247 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE Janet looked up and down the house which was to be her home _Frontispiece_ “My dear little niece, you don’t know how glad I am to see you” 37 The story-telling party 81 “You brutes! To treat a little dog like that!” 106 A ringing cheer announced Jan the victor 124 The impromptu ball began without the loss of a moment 181 “You’re not going to be blind, not one bit!” said Jack 219 The last glimpse of Jan 259 MISS LOCHINVAR CHAPTER I “YOUNG LOCHINVAR IS COME OUT OF THE WEST”