Chapter XII: Book V: Crookback

The Shrill Trumpet 261
The Battle of Shoreby 270
The Battle of Shoreby (Concluded) 279
The Sack of Shoreby 285
Night in the Woods: Alicia Risingham 298
Night in the Woods (Concluded): Dick and Joan 308
Dick’s Revenge 320
Conclusion 325

[ix] ILLUSTRATIONS facing page “Now, mark me, mine host,” Sir Daniel said, “follow but mine orders and I shall be your good lord ever” 26 In the fork, like a mastheaded seaman, there stood a man in a green tabard, spying far and wide 56 Lastly, a little before dawn, a spearman had come staggering to the moat side, pierced by arrows 98 “We must be in the dungeons,” Dick remarked 128 The little cockle dipped into the swell and staggered under every gust of wind 174 And Lawless, keeping half a step in front of his companion and holding his head forward like a hunting-dog upon the scent, ... studied out their path 198 First came the bride, a sorry sight, as pale as the winter, clinging to Sir Daniel’s arm 234 There were seven or eight assailants, and but one to keep head against them 262 “But be at rest; the Black Arrow flieth nevermore” 324

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(etext transcriber's note) KIDNAPPED

BEING MEMOIRS OF THE ADVENTURES OF DAVID BALFOUR IN THE YEAR 1751

HOW HE WAS KIDNAPPED AND CAST AWAY; HIS SUFFERINGS IN A DESERT ISLE; HIS JOURNEY IN THE WILD HIGHLANDS; HIS AC- QUAINTANCE WITH ALAN BRECK STEWART AND OTHER NOTORIOUS HIGHLAND JACOBITES; WITH ALL THAT HE SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF HIS UNCLE, EBENEZER BALFOUR OF SHAWS, FALSELY SO CALLED

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF

AND NOW SET FORTH BY

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Copyright, 1905, 1913, by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. I Set off upon My Journey to the House of Shaws 3 II. I Come to My Journey’s End 9 III. I Make Acquaintance of My Uncle 16 IV. I Run a Great Danger in the House of Shaws 26 V. I Go to the Queen’s Ferry 37 VI. What Befell at the Queen’s Ferry 46 VII. I Go to Sea in the Brig “Covenant†of Dysart 53 VIII. The Round-House 63 IX. The Man with the Belt of Gold 70 X. The Siege of the Round-House 82 XI. The Captain Knuckles Under 91 XII. I Hear of the “Red Fox†97 XIII. The Loss of the Brig 108 XIV. The Islet 116 XV. The Lad with the Silver Button: Through the Isle of Mull 128 XVI. The Lad with the Silver Button: Across Morven 139 XVII. The Death of the Red Fox 149 XVIII. I Talk with Alan in the Wood of Lettermore 157 XIX. The House of Fear 168 XX. The Flight in the Heather: the Rocks 177 XXI. The Flight in the Heather: the Heugh of Corrynakiegh 188 XXII. The Flight in the Heather: the Moor 198 XXIII. Cluny’s Cage 208 XXIV. The Flight in the Heather: the Quarrel 219 XXV. In Balquhidder 232 XXVI. End of the Flight: We Pass the Forth 241 XXVII. I Come to Mr. Rankeillor 255 XXVIII. I Go in Quest of My Inheritance 266 XXIX. I Come into My Kingdom{xi} 276 XXX. Good-Bye 285 ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE Mr. Balfour, of the House of Shaws 18 What he was, whether by trade or birth, was more than I could fathom At Queen’s Ferry 48 And the spirit of all that I beheld put me in thoughts of far voyages and foreign places The Siege of the Round-House 84 It came all of a sudden when it did, with a rush of feet and a roar, and then a shout from Alan The Wreck of the “Covenant†112 It was the spare yard I had got hold of, and I was amazed to see how far I had travelled from the brig On the Island of Earraid 122 But the second day passed; and as long as the light lasted I kept a bright look-out for boats on the sound or men passing on the Boss The Murderer of Roy Campbell of Glenure 154 At that the murderer gave a little, quick look over his shoulder, and began to run At the Cards in Cluny’s Cage 214 But Alan and Cluny were most of the time at the cards Two Pipers in Balquhidder 238 All night long the brose was going and the pipes changing hands The Parting 286 For we both knew without a word said that we had come to where our ways parted Map 3 Sketch of the Cruise of the Brig Covenant and the probable course of David Balfour’s Wanderings