"The Right Stuff"

Some Episodes in theCareer of a North Briton

BY
IAN HAY
Dr Johnson. Oatmeal, sir? The food of horses in England and ofmen in Scotland!
Boswell (roused at last). And where, sir, will you findsuch horses—or such men?
SHILLING EDITION
William Blackwood & Sons
Edinburgh and London
1912

TO
AN INDULGENT CRITIC

CONTENTS.


 
BOOK ONE.
RAW MATERIAL.
 
CHAP. PAGE
I."OATMEAL AND THE SHORTER CATECHISM"3
II.INTRODUCES A PILLAR OF STATE AND THE APPURTENANCES THEREOF22
III."ANENT"38
IV.A TRIAL TRIP46
V.ROBIN ON DUTY66
VI.ROBIN OFF DUTY76
VII.A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP96
VIII.OF A PIT THAT WAS DIGGED, AND WHO FELL INTO IT117
IX.THE POLICY OF THE CLOSED DOOR147
X.ROBIN'S WAY OF DOING IT161
 
BOOK TWO.
THE FINISHED ARTICLE.
 
XI.A MISFIRE179
XII.THE COMPLEAT ANGLER216
XIII.A HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE236
XIV."TO DIE—WILL BE AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE"257
XV.TWO BATTLES271
XVI."QUI PERD, GAGNE"282
XVII.IN WHICH ALL'S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD299
XVIII.A PROPHET IN HIS OWN COUNTRY310

BOOK ONE.

RAW MATERIAL.


CHAPTER ONE.

OATMEAL AND THE SHORTER CATECHISM.

The first and most-serious-but-one ordeal in the life of Robert

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