Produced by David Clarke, Mary Meehan 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. XX. LONDON: WALTER SCOTT, 14 PATERNOSTER SQUARE, AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 1884. CONTENTS. THE DOMINIE OF ST FILLAN'S, (_Alexander Leighton_) 1 SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF PETER PATERSON, (_John Mackay Wilson_) 34 THE HEROINE: A LEGEND OF THE CANONGATE, (_Alexander Leighton_) 66 THE BARLEY BANNOCK, (_Alexander Campbell_) 93 GLEANINGS OF THE COVENANT, (_Professor Thomas Gillespie_)-- xx. JOHN GOVAN'S NARRATIVE 111 xxi. "OLD BLUNTIE" 120 xxii. THOMAS HARKNESS OF LOCKERBEN 124 xxiii. THE SHOES REVERSED 132 THE LOST HEIR OF THE HOUSE OF ELPHINSTONE, (_Rev. G. Thomson_) 143 TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS, (_John Mackay Wilson_) 194 THE MISER OF NEWABBEY, (_Alexander Leighton_) 226 THE SEA SKIRMISH, (_Anon._) 258 WILSON'S TALES OF THE BORDERS, AND OF SCOTLAND. THE DOMINIE OF ST FILLAN'S. CHAPTER I. PLEASANT REMINISCENCES OF MY FATHER.