CHAPTER XLIV

ERCHIE My Droll Friend

By Hugh Foulis (Neil Munro) (The Looker-On)

CONTENTS

PREFACE.

ERCHIE

I INTRODUCTORY TO AN ODD CHARACTER

II ERCHIE’S FLITTING

III DEGENERATE DAYS

IV THE BURIAL OF BIG MACPHEE

V THE PRODIGAL SON

VI MRS DUFFY DESERTS HER MAN

VII CARNEGIE’S WEE LASSIE

VIII A SON OF THE CITY

IX ERCHIE ON THE KING’S CRUISE

X HOW JINNET SAW THE KING

XI ERCHIE RETURNS

XII DUFFY’S FIRST FAMILY

XIII ERCHIE GOES TO A BAZAAR

XIV HOLIDAYS

XV THE STUDENT LODGER

XVI JINNET’S TEA-PARTY

XVII THE NATIVES OF CLACHNACUDDEN

XVIII MARY ANN

XIX DUFFY’S, WEDDING

XX ON CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

XXI THE FOLLIES OF FASHION

XXII ERCHIE IN AN ART TEA-ROOM

XXIII THE HIDDEN TREASURE

XXIV THE VALENTEEN

XXV AMONG THE PICTURES

XXVI THE PROBATIONARY GHOST

XXVII JINNET’S CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

XXVIII A BET ON BURNS

XXIX THE PRODIGAL’S RETURN

JAUNTY JOCK And Other Stories

BY NEIL MUNRO

p. iiiCONTENTS.

PAGE

Jaunty Jock

1

Young Pennymore

33

A Return to Nature

55

The Brooch

97

The First-foot

137

Isle of Illusion

153

The Tudor Cup

181

“Copenhagen”: A Character

205

The Silver Drum

223

The Scottish Pompadour

261

The Tale of the Boon Companion

285

End of Project Gutenberg's Index for Works of Neil Munro, by Neil Munro