XVII       
THE DEATH OF THE RED FOX     
XVIII     
TALK WITH ALAN IN THE WOOD OF LETTERMORE     
XIX        
THE HOUSE OF FEAR     
XX         
THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE ROCKS     
XXI        
THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE HEUGH OF CORRYNAKIEGH     
XXII       
THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE MOOR     
XXIII      
CLUNY’S CAGE     
XXIV       
THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE QUARREL IN BALQUHIDDER     
XXVI       
END OF THE FLIGHT: WE PASS THE FORTH     
XXVII      
I COME TO MR. RANKEILLOR     
XXVIII     
I GO IN QUEST OF MY INHERITANCE     
XXIX       
I COME INTO MY KINGDOM     
XXX        
GOOD-BYE

CHAPTER II SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS
I will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in the month of June, the year of grace 1751, when I took the key for the last time out of the door of my father’s house. The sun began to shine upon the summit of the hills as I went down the road; and by the time I had come as far as the manse, the blackbirds were whistling in the garden lilacs, and the mist that hung around the valley in the time of the dawn was beginning to arise and die away.

Mr. Campbell, the minister of Essendean, was waiting for me by the garden gate, good man! He asked me if I had breakfasted; and hearing that I lacked for nothing, he took my hand in both of his and clapped it kindly under his arm.

“Well, Davie, lad,” said he, “I will go with you as far as the ford, to set you on the way.” And we began to walk forward in silence.

“Are ye sorry to leave Essendean?” said he, after awhile.

“Why, sir,” said I, “if I knew where I was going, or what was likely to become of me, I would tell you candidly. Essendean is a good 

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