A Novel.
BY
JAMES GRANT,
AUTHOR OF
'THE ROMANCE OF WAR,' 'OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH, ETC.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON,
Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen.
1881.
[All Rights Reserved.]
TO
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE, ESQ.,
MY OLD FRIEND AND PUBLISHER,
I INSCRIBE THIS MILITARY STORY,
AS A TRIBUTE
OF
RESPECT AND ESTEEM.
PREFACE.
The old Scottish regiment fromwhich the following story takesits title, and of which the herois described as a member, is on the pointof losing its identity, and after the July ofthis year will be united with the 90thPerthshire Light Infantry, as 'TheScottish Cameronian Rifles,' thus losing, ofcourse, its scarlet uniform, colours, andfacings—the royal yellow of Scotland,which, by a correspondence withMr. Childers, in March last, the author wasfortunate enough to secure (instead ofbuff) for all Scottish infantry, not lacedwith blue.
Of the merits of the new regimentalsystem it is difficult to speculate as yet;but it will too probably create an endlessconfusion, and be long a source of regretto the entire army.
25, TAVISTOCK ROAD,
WESTBOURNE PARK.
May, 1881.
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
CHAPTER
I. EAGLESCRAIG
II. HEW'S LOVE-MAKING
III. FIRST IMPRESSIONS
IV. COVER-SHOOTING
V. HEW MAKES A VOW
VI. A REVELATION
VII. HEW'S 'MILD PLAY'
VIII. 'THE LOVE THAT TOOK AN EARLY ROOT'
IX. MRS. GARTH ACTS A FRIENDLY PART
X. A CRISIS
XI. HEW MAKES MISCHIEF
XII. CECIL'S DEPARTURE
XIII. IN SHADOW LAND
XIV. LESLIE FOTHERINGHAME
XV. SEPARATED
XVI. ANNABELLE ERROLL
XVII. HOPES AND FEARS
XVIII. THE CAMERONIANS
XIX. THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS
XX. THE OLD STORY AGAIN
THE CAMERONIANS.
'Twenty-sixth Regiment,'said the old general, raising hisvoice, as he rustled the morningpaper importantly, after taking it from theebony reading-easel (attached to the arm ofhis large and comfortable velvet easy-chair),whereon Mr. Tunley, the butler, alwayslaid the journals, after he had duly airedand cut them. 'Twenty-sixth Regiment,'he added, coughing and clearing his voice,'a detachment of this distinguished corps,says the Ayr Observer, has recently arrivedat the cas