Every attempt has been made to replicate the original as printed. Some typographical errors have been corrected;a list follows the text. Contents: Chapter I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., XVII., XVIII., XIX., XX., XXI., XXII., XXIII., XXIV., XXV., XXVI., , XXVII. (etext transcriber's note) |
THE HOUSE ON THE MOOR
BY
THE AUTHOR OF
“MARGARET MAITLAND,” “ADAM GRAEME,”
“THE LAIRD OF NORLAW,”
&c., &c.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS,
SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN,
13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
1861.
The right of Translation is reserved.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY R. BORN, GLOUCESTER STREET,
REGENT’S PARK.
THE HOUSE ON THE MOOR.
CHAPTER I.
SAM returned victorious, with an Army List, and the Rector’scompliments, who would call upon Colonel Sutherland presently, in timeto wake up the excellent Colonel, who was a little amazed, and a littleamused at himself, to be made aware of that unusual indulgence. Sam hadhis own word of advice and warning against the deceitful blandishmentsof the “Ould Hunderd,” with which he went away, flattered and ashamed,but by no means cured of his passion for “sodgering.” To the questionsof his mother, the hopeful young man only responded, that “the Cornelsaid th’ army was a noble perfession,” and appended thereto a vow to“break the head of that thundering ‘Ould Hunderd’” at the firstopportunity, neither of which conclusions was satisfactory to Mrs.Gilsland. The Colonel had scarcely put on his spectacles, and begun toturn over the leaves of the professional beadroll, when the proprieto