Category: Historical Novels
“AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk. It’s the very place itsel. Here was the pulpit--and the seats were a’ here, and this is the pillar that hid Rob Roy.”
“AND this is the pillar that Rob Roy hid behind, the Sabbath day that he warned the young English gentleman in the kirk. It’s the very place itsel. Here was the pulpit--and the...
2. CHAPTER II.“Ay, she knows him,” said the second brother, “but she does not know him for any good. You see, Cuthbert, Dick’s always enticing poor Muir away--as he did to-night--and the wife...
3. CHAPTER III.EARLY on the following morning, Cuthbert Charteris, after a long walk from his uncle’s house, presented himself at Harry Muir’s door. The street was very still and Sabbath-like....
4. CHAPTER IV.THE following evening was signalised in the quiet house of Mr. Buchanan, by such a discussion as never before startled its respectable echoes. Cuthbert Charteris, lawless as Ish...
5. CHAPTER V.“She had such a nature, You would have thought some fairy, ’ware o’ th’ hour, When out of heaven came a young soul, predestined For a King’s heir, to make a conqueror of him Had...
6. CHAPTER VI.“I WANT a next of kin, Charteris,” said an Edinburgh W. S., entering the little office where Cuthbert sat, solemnly considering the morning’s paper, opposite an elbow-chair, whi...
7. CHAPTER VII.“He has a secret motive in his search, Honest, yet would he not that all the world Saw full into his heart:--a right good heart-- Devising nothing evil, yet aware Of certain sil...
8. CHAPTER VIII.“There is all hope in thee, sweet Spring, sweet Spring! Dull voices, speaking of thee, unawares, Bewray themselves to sing. For every name thou hast such music bears; Whether ’t...
9. CHAPTER IX.“I was gay as the other maidens--all the springs and hopes and youthful things of the world were like me: prithee, lady, think not I say so out of envy of your fair estate; for...
10. CHAPTER X.“Ay, even here, in the close city streets, ’Tis good to see the sunset--how the light, Curious and scornful, thrusts away the masses Of vapour brooding o’er the busy town, Yet l...
11. CHAPTER XI.“Winter hath many days most like to Spring; Soft thawing winds, and rains like dew, and gleams Of sweet inconstant sunshine.--I have seen An old man’s heart that ne’er was done...
12. CHAPTER XII.“John Allenders--yes, that was the name,” he said, when his visitor had concluded. “And Violet and Rose--it looks like--very like, as if these bairns were the folk you seek. I p...
13. CHAPTER XIII.ALEXANDER MUIR instantly proceeded in great haste to the kitchen, whither Miss Jean suspiciously followed him. In a few minutes Cuthbert heard “the kist” making audible progress...
14. CHAPTER XIV.That day the family at Port Dundas were pursuing their ordinary employments with a greater hush and stillness about them than usual. Martha and Rose sat together, sewing in the...
15. CHAPTER XV.IT had been Martha’s custom at all times to take upon herself the disagreeable things of their daily life. A turbulent stormy spirit, it was impossible to form any apprehension...
16. CHAPTER XVI.“’Tis the weak who are overbold; your strong man can count upon the might he knoweth; your feeble one, in fancy sets no bound to his bravery, nor thinks it time to fail till the...