The Standard Bearer

A book iron-grey and chill is this that I have written, the tale of times when the passions of men were still working like a yeasty sea after the storms of the Great Killing. If these pages should chance to be read when the leaves are greening, they may taste somewhat unseasonably in the mouth. F...

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The Standard Bearer

THE FOREWORD.
CHAPTER I. THE YEAR TERRIBLE.
CHAPTER II. THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS.
CHAPTER III. THE LITTLE LADY OF EARLSTOUN.
CHAPTER IV. MY SISTER ANNA.
CHAPTER V. I CONSTRUCT A RAFT.
CHAPTER VI. ACROSS THE MOONLIGHT.
CHAPTER VII. MY BROTHER HOB.
CHAPTER VIII. THE MUSTER OF THE HILL FOLK.
CHAPTER IX. I MEET MARY GORDON FOR THE SECOND TIME.
CHAPTER X. THE BLUE BANNER IS UP.
CHAPTER XI. THE RED GRANT.
CHAPTER XII. THE LASS IN THE KIRKYARD.
CHAPTER XIII. MY LADY OF PRIDE.
CHAPTER XIV. THE TALE OF MESS HAIRRY.
CHAPTER XV. ALEXANDER-JONITA.
CHAPTER XVI. THE CORBIES AT THE FEAST.
CHAPTER XVII. THE BONNY LASS OF EARLSTOUN.
CHAPTER XVIII. ONE WAY OF LOVE.
CHAPTER XIX. ANOTHER WAY OF LOVE.
CHAPTER XX. MUTTERINGS OF STORM.
CHAPTER XXI. THE EYES OF A MAID.
CHAPTER XXII. THE ANGER OF ALEXANDER-JONITA.
CHAPTER XXIII. AT BAY.
CHAPTER XXIV. MARY GORDON’S LAST WORD.
CHAPTER XXV. BEHIND THE BROOM.
CHAPTER XXVI. JEAN GEMMELL’S BARGAIN WITH GOD.
CHAPTER XXVII. RUMOUR OF WAR.
CHAPTER XXVIII. ALEXANDER-JONITA’S VICTORY.
CHAPTER XXIX. THE ELDERS OF THE HILL FOLK.
CHAPTER XXX. SILENCE IS GOLDEN.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE FALL OF EARLSTOUN.
CHAPTER XXXII. LOVE OR DUTY.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE DEMONIAC IN THE GARRET.
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE CURSING OF THE PRESBYTERY.
CHAPTER XXXV. LIKE THE SPIRIT OF A LITTLE CHILD.
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE STONE OF STUMBLING.
CHAPTER XXXVII. FARE YOU WELL!
CHAPTER XXXVIII. “I LOVE YOU, QUINTIN!”
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE LAST ROARING OF THE BULL.

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