Wilson's TALES OF THE BORDERS AND OF SCOTLAND. HISTORICAL, TRADITIONARY, & IMAGINATIVE. REVISED BY ALEXANDER LEIGHTON, _One of the Original Editors and Contributors_. VOL. XXIII. CONTENTS. THE LAWYER'S TALES (_Alexander Leighton_)--LORD KAMES'S PUZZLE. THE ORPHAN (_John Mackay Wilson_). THE BURGHER'S TALES (_Alexander Leighton_)--THE BROWNIE OF THE WEST BOW. GLEANINGS OF THE COVENANT (_Professor Thomas Gillespie_)--THE LAST SCRAP. THE STORY OF MARY BROWN (_Alexander Leighton_). TIBBY FOWLER (_John Mackay Wilson_). THE CRADLE OF LOGIE (_Alexander Leighton_). THE DEATH OF THE CHEVALIER DE LA BEAUTÉ (_John Mackay Wilson_). THE STORY OF THE PELICAN (_Alexander Leighton_). THE WIDOW'S AE SON (_John Mackay Wilson_). THE LAWYER'S TALES (_Alexander Leighton_)--THE STORY OF MYSIE CRAIG. THE TWIN BROTHERS (_John Mackay Wilson_). THE GIRL FORGER (_Alexander Leighton_). THE TWO RED SLIPPERS (_Alexander Leighton_). THE FAITHFUL WIFE (_Alexander Leighton_). WILSON'S TALES OF THE BORDERS, AND OF SCOTLAND. * * * * * THE LAWYER'S TALES. LORD KAMES'S PUZZLE. On looking over some Session papers which had belonged to Lord Kames, with the object, I confess, of getting hold of some facts--those entities called by Quintilian the bones of truth, the more by token, I fancy, that they so often stick in the throat--which might contribute to my legends, I came to some sheets whereon his lordship had written some hasty remarks, to the effect that the case Napier _versus_ Napier was the most curious puzzle that ever he had witnessed since he had taken his seat on the bench. The papers were fragmentary, consisting of parts of a Reclaiming Petition and some portion of a Proof that had been led in support of a brieve of service; but I got enough to enable me to give the story, which I shall do in such a connected manner as to take the reader along with me, I hope pleasantly, and without any inclination to choke upon the foresaid bones.