CHAPTER XI.

_CHANGES AT KNOWE PARK._

The Dorcas Society—The Morisonian Controversy—Colonel Gordon’s Second Visit—A Real Scotch Dinner—Champagne—Dan an’ the Duke o’ Gordon—The Smuggler’s Log-book—Colonel Gordon’s Will—Dan’s Bank—The Call to Edinburgh—No-Popery Agitation—David Tait o’ Blackbrae—The Sow and the Corinthians—Bell woo’d—Mrs. Barrie breaks the Ice—Bell won—Found out and congratulated, 230