BOOK I.

_THE STUDENT AT HOME._

CHAP. PAGE

I. A DEATH THE MOST DREADFUL LOOMED BEFORE HIM 3

II. AT THE OLD FARM OF KILBUIE 11

III. THE PLOUGHMAN-STUDENT AT HOME 21

IV. AN IDYLLIC LIFE 30

V. SORROW NEVER COMES SINGLY--CHRIST-LIKE CHRISTIANITY 39

VI. SMASHING A BULLY--GENTLE WILLIE MUNRO 49

VII. THE LOVE-DARG--THE BALL AT KILBUIE 61

VIII. THE STORM--SNOWSHOES--A SLEIGH-RIDE 70

IX. THE ADVENTURE AT BRUCE’S CAVERN 81