The old Scottish regiment from which the following story takes its title, and of which the hero is described as a member, is on the point of losing its identity, and after the July of this year will be united with the 90th Perthshire Light Infantry, as 'The Scottish Cameronian Rifles,' thus losing, of course, its scarlet uniform, colours, and facings—the royal yellow of Scotland, which, by a correspondence with Mr. Childers, in March last, the author was fortunate enough to secure (instead of buff) for all Scottish infantry, not laced with blue.
Of the merits of the new regimental system it is difficult to speculate as yet; but it will too probably create an endless confusion, and be long a source of regret to the entire army.
25, TAVISTOCK ROAD,
WESTBOURNE PARK.
May, 1881.
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
CHAPTER
I. [EAGLESCRAIG]
II. [HEW'S LOVE-MAKING]
III. [FIRST IMPRESSIONS]
IV. [COVER-SHOOTING]
V. [HEW MAKES A VOW]
VI. [A REVELATION]
VII. [HEW'S 'MILD PLAY']
VIII. ['THE LOVE THAT TOOK AN EARLY ROOT']
IX. [MRS. GARTH ACTS A FRIENDLY PART]
X. [A CRISIS]
XI. [HEW MAKES MISCHIEF]
XII. [CECIL'S DEPARTURE]
XIII. [IN SHADOW LAND]
XIV. [LESLIE FOTHERINGHAME]
XV. [SEPARATED]
XVI. [ANNABELLE ERROLL]
XVII. [HOPES AND FEARS]
XVIII. [THE CAMERONIANS]
XIX. [THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS]
XX. [THE OLD STORY AGAIN]
THE CAMERONIANS.
CHAPTER I.
EAGLESCRAIG.
'Twenty-sixth Regiment,' said the old general, raising his voice, as he rustled the morning paper importantly, after taking it from the ebony reading-easel (attached to the arm of his large and comfortable velvet easy-chair), whereon Mr. Tunley, the butler, always laid the journals, after he had duly aired and cut them. 'Twenty-sixth Regiment,' he added, coughing and clearing his voice, 'a detachment of this distinguished corps, says the Ayr Observer, has recently arrived at the castle of Dumbarton, under the command of Lieutenants Cecil Falconer and Leslie Fotheringhame.'