Wilson'sTales of the Borders
AND OF SCOTLAND.
HISTORICAL, TRADITIONARY, & IMAGINATIVE.
WITH A GLOSSARY.
REVISED BY
ALEXANDER LEIGHTON,
 One of the Original Editors and Contributors.
VOL. XX.
LONDON:
WALTER SCOTT, 14 PATERNOSTER SQUARE,
AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.
1884.
CONTENTS.
The Dominie of St Fillan's, (Alexander Leighton) 1
Sayings and Doings of Peter Paterson, (John Mackay Wilson) 34
The Heroine: A Legend of the Canongate, (Alexander Leighton) 66
The Barley Bannock, (Alexander Campbell) 93
Gleanings of the Covenant, (Professor Thomas Gillespie)—
     xx. John Govan's Narrative 111
    xxi. "Old Bluntie" 120
   xxii. Thomas Harkness of Lockerben 124
  xxiii. The Shoes Reversed 132
The Lost Heir of the House of Elphinstone, (Rev. G. Thomson) 143
Trials and Triumphs, (John Mackay Wilson) 194
The Miser of Newabbey, (Alexander Leighton) 226
The Sea Skirmish, (Anon.) 258
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WILSON'S
TALES OF THE BORDERS,
AND OF SCOTLAND.
THE DOMINIE OF ST FILLAN'S.
CHAPTER I.
PLEASANT REMINISCENCES OF MY FATHER.
It is now about twenty years sin' I first raised my voice in the desk o'the kirk o' St Fillan's, in the parish o' that name, and He wha out o'the mouths o' babes and sucklins did ordain praise, hath never thoughtmeet, by means o' ony catarrh, cynanche, quinsy, toothache, or lock-jaw,to close up my mouth, and prevent me frae leadin the congregation in aclear, melodious strain, to the worship o' the Chief Musician. When Iwas ordained session clerk, schoolmaster, and precentor, I had alreadypassed about thirty years o' my pilgrimage; yet filled wi' Latin andGreek, till my pia mater was absolutely like to burst, I had,notwithstanding, nae trade                        
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