Produced by Marius Masi, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SWANSTON EDITION VOLUME X _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No._ ........... [Illustration: SKETCH OF THE CRUISE OF THE BRIG "COVENANT" AND THE PROBABLE COURSE OF DAVID BALFOUR'S WANDERINGS] THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON VOLUME TEN LONDON: PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND WINDUS: IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED: WILLIAM HEINEMANN: AND LONGMANS GREEN AND COMPANY MDCCCCXI ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTENTS THE MISADVENTURES OF JOHN NICHOLSON CHAPTER PAGE I. IN WHICH JOHN SOWS THE WIND 3 II. IN WHICH JOHN REAPS THE WHIRLWIND 9 III. IN WHICH JOHN ENJOYS THE HARVEST HOME 15 IV. THE SECOND SOWING 21 V. THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN 26 VI. THE HOUSE AT MURRAYFIELD 32 VII. A TRAGI-COMEDY IN A CAB 44 VIII. SINGULAR INSTANCE OF THE UTILITY OF PASS-KEYS 54 IX. IN WHICH MR. NICHOLSON CONCEDES THE PRINCIPLE OF AN ALLOWANCE 65 KIDNAPPED I. I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS 77 II. I COME TO MY JOURNEY'S END 82 III. I MAKE ACQUAINTANCE OF MY UNCLE 88 IV. I RUN A GREAT DANGER IN THE HOUSE OF SHAWS 96 V. I GO TO THE QUEEN'S FERRY 105 VI. WHAT BEFELL AT THE QUEEN'S FERRY 112 VII. I GO TO SEA IN THE BRIG _COVENANT_ OF DYSART 118 VIII. THE ROUND-HOUSE 126 IX. THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD 132 X. THE SIEGE OF THE ROUND-HOUSE 142 XI. THE CAPTAIN KNUCKLES UNDER 149 XII. I HEAR OF THE "RED FOX" 154 XIII. THE LOSS OF THE BRIG 163 XIV. THE ISLET 169 XV. THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: THROUGH THE ISLE OF MULL 178 XVI. THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: ACROSS MORVEN 187 XVII. THE DEATH OF THE RED FOX 195