York Lodge, Trinity,
January 1867.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| THE STORY OF THE TWO RED SLIPPERS, | [ 1] |
| THE STORY OF THE DEAD SEAL, | [ 13] |
| THE STORY OF MRS HALLIDAY, | [ 35] |
| THE STORY OF MARY BROWN, | [ 60] |
| THE STORY OF THE MERRILLYGOES, | [ 88] |
| THE STORY OF THE SIX TOES, | [ 115] |
| THE STORY OF MYSIE CRAIG, | [ 137] |
| THE STORY OF PINCHED TOM, | [ 160] |
| THE STORY OF THE IRON PRESS, | [ 177] |
| THE STORY OF THE GIRL FORGER, | [ 190] |
| THE STORY OF MARY MOCHRIE AND THE MIRACLE OF THE COD, | [ 214] |
| THE STORY OF THE PELICAN, | [ 238] |
| THE STORY OF DAVIE DEMPSTER’S GHAIST, | [ 255] |
| THE STORY OF THE GORTHLEY TWINS, | [ 277] |
| THE STORY OF THE CHALK LINE, | [ 299] |
ROMANCES
OF THE
OLD TOWN OF EDINBURGH.
The Story of the Two Red Slippers.
THE taking down of the old house of four or five flats, called Gowanlock’s Land, in that part of the High Street which used to be called the Luckenbooths, has given rise to various stories connected with the building. Out of these I have selected a very strange legend—so strange, indeed, that, if not true, it must have been the production, quod est in arte summa, of a capital inventor; nor need I say that it is of much importance to talk of the authenticity of these things, for the most authentic are embellished by invention, and it is certainly the best embellished that live the longest; for all which we have very good reasons in human nature.