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Title: Bog-Myrtle and Peat
Tales Chiefly Of Galloway Gathered From The Years 1889 To 1895

Author: S.R. Crockett

Release Date: October 7, 2004 [EBook #13667]

Language: English

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BOG-MYRTLE AND PEAT

TALES CHIEFLY OF GALLOWAY

GATHERED FROM THE YEARS 1889 TO 1895, BY

S.R. CROCKETT

LONDON

BLISS, SANDS AND FOSTER
15 CRAVEN STREET, STRAND
MDCCCXCV

_Inscribed with the Name of
George Milner of Manchester,
a Man most Generous, Brave, True,
to whom, because he freely gave me That of His
which I the most desired--
I, having Nothing worthier to give,
Give This_.

KENMURE

1715

"The heather's in a blaze, Willie,
The White Rose decks the tree,
The Fiery-Cross is on the braes,
And the King is on the sea.

"Remember great Montrose, Willie,
Remember fair Dundee,
And strike one stroke at the foreign foes
Of the King that's on the sea.

"There's Gordons in the North, Willie,
Are rising frank and free,
Shall a Kenmure Gordon not go forth
For the King that's on the sea?

"A trusty sword to draw, Willie,
A comely weird to dree,
For the royal Rose that's like the snaw,
And the King that's on the sea!"

He cast ae look upon his lands,
Looked over loch and lea,
He took his fortune in his hands,
For the King was on the sea.

Kenmures have fought in Galloway
For Kirk and Presbyt'rie,
This Kenmure faced his dying day,
For King James across the sea.

It little skills what faith men vaunt,
If loyal men they be
To Christ's ain Kirk and Covenant,
Or the King that's o'er the sea.

ANDREW LANG.

CONTENTS

BOOK FIRST. ADVENTURES

I. THE MINISTER OF DOUR
II. A CRY ACROSS THE BLACK WATER
III. SAINT LUCY OF THE EYES
IV. UNDER THE RED TERROR
V. THE CASE OF JOHN ARNISTON'S CONSCIENCE
VI. THE GLISTERING BEACHES

BOOK SECOND. INTIMACIES

I