Produced by David Clarke, Mark H Van Tuyl and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Wilson's Tales of the Borders AND OF SCOTLAND. HISTORICAL, TRADITIONARY, & IMAGINATIVE, WITH A GLOSSARY. REVISED BY ALEXANDER LEIGHTON, _One of the Original Editors and Contributors_. VOL. XVII. LONDON WALTER SCOTT, 14 PATERNOSTER SQUARE, AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 1884. CONTENTS. Page ROGER GOLDIE'S NARRATIVE, (_John Mackay Wilson_), 1 HOGMANAY; OR, THE LADY OF BALOOCHGRAY, (_Alexander Leighton_), 33 GLEANINGS OF THE COVENANT, (_Professor Thomas Gillespie_)-- X. SERGEANT WILSON, 65 XI. HELEN PALMER, 72 XII. THE CAIRNY CAVE OF GAVIN MUIR, 80 XIII. PORTER'S HOLE, 92 THE RECLUSE, (_Alexander Campbell_), 95 A HIGHLAND TRADITION, (_Alexander Campbell_), 125 THE SURGEON'S TALES, (_Alexander Leighton_)-- THE BEREAVED, 129 THE CONDEMNED, 145 THE UNBIDDEN GUEST, (_John Mackay Wilson_), 161 THE SIMPLE MAN IS THE BEGGAR'S BROTHER, (_John M. Wilson_), 170 TALES OF THE EAST NEUK OF FIFE, (_Matthew Forster Conolly_)-- THE ROBBERY AT PITTENWEEM AND THE PORTEOUS MOB, 194 STORY OF CHARLES GORDON AND CHRISTINA CUNNINGHAM, 220 A LEGEND OF CALDER MOOR, (_John Howell_), 237 HUME AND THE GOVERNOR OF BERWICK, (_Alexander Leighton_), 269 WILSON'S TALES OF THE BORDERS, AND OF SCOTLAND. ROGER GOLDIE'S NARRATIVE. A TALE OF THE FALSE ALARM.