Produced by Al Haines. [Illustration: _The Rookhope Ride_] STORIES OF THE SCOTTISH BORDER BY Mr and Mrs WILLIAM PLATT WITH SIXTEEN FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY M. MEREDITH WILLIAMS GEORGE G. HARRAP & CO. LTD. LONDON BOMBAY SYDNEY _First published December 1910_ _by_ GEORGE G. HARRAP & COMPANY _39-41 Parker Street, Kingsway, London, W.C.2 Reprinted: December 1916; March 1919; April 1929_ _Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh_ *Contents* INTRODUCTION I. THE CHARACTER OF THE BORDERS II. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BORDER III. WHAT THE BORDER NAMES TELL US CHAP. I. Bamburgh and its Coast II. Athelstan at Vinheath III. Monks and Minstrels IV. Sir Patrick Spens V. Auld Maitland VI. The Mystery of the Eildons VII. Black Agnes of Dunbar VIII. The Young Tamlane IX. The Gay Goss-Hawk X. The Corbies XI. Otterbourne and Chevy Chase XII. The Douglas Clan XIII. Alnwick Castle and the Percies XIV. Hexham and Queen Margaret XV. Fair Helen of Kirkconnell XVI. Johnie of Breadislee XVII. Katharine Janfarie XVIII. By Lauder Bridge XIX. The Battle of Flodden Field XX. After Flodden XXI. Graeme and Bewick XXII. The Song of the Outlaw Murray XXIII. Johnie Armstrong XXIV. The Lament of the Border Widow XXV. The Raid of the Kers XXVI. Merrie Carlisle XXVII. Kinmont Willie XXVIII. Dick o’ the Cow XXIX. The Lochmaben Harper XXX. The Rookhope Ride XXXI. Barthram’s Dirge XXXII. Queen Mary and the Borders XXXIII. The Raid of the Reidswire XXXIV. Jock o’ the Side XXXV. Hobbie Noble XXXVI. The Laird o’ Logie XXXVII. Jamie Telfer of the Fair Dodhead XXXVIII. Muckle-Mou’d Meg XXXIX. The Dowie Dens of Yarrow XL. Belted Will and the Baronry of Gilsland XLI. Gilderoy XLII. Archie Armstrong’s Oath XLIII. Christie’s Will XLIV. Northumberland at the Time of the Civil War XLV. Montrose and Lesly XLVI. The Death of Montrose XLVII. The Borderers and the Jacobites XLVIII. The Nine Nicks o’ Thirlwall XLIX. In Wild Northumberland To-Day *Illustrations* The Rookhope Ride. . . . . . . Frontispiece Egil at Vinheath The Siege of Maitland Castle Black Agnes The Twa Corbies The Final Battle in the Streets of Hexham Johnie of Breadislee. Flodden Field "Tell Us All—Oh, Tell Us True!" The Border Widow The Escape of Kinmont Willie Queen Mary crossing the Solway "A Boon, a Boon, my Noble Liege!" "She Kissed his Cheek, She Kaim’d his Hair" The Storming of Newcastle "’Tis I, ’Tis thy Winifred!"