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  "Folding his withered hands, he said, in solemn andtrembling tones, 'Let us pray'" (_see page_ 121).]

  Adam Hepburn's Vow

  *A TALE OF KIRK AND COVENANT*

  BY

  *ANNIE S. SWAN*

  WITH FOUR FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

  TWENTY-THIRD THOUSAND

  CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD LONDON, NEW YORK, TORONTO AND MELBOURNE 1885

  TO MY FRIEND

  C. M.

  AND TO THE DEAR ONES GATHERED ROUND HER IN HER HAPPY HOME

  *CONTENTS*

  CHAPTER I.

  THE TRAVELLERS

  CHAPTER II.

  A NATION'S TESTIMONY

  CHAPTER III.

  FOREBODINGS OF EVIL

  CHAPTER IV.

  THE MINISTER'S CHILDREN

  CHAPTER V.

  THE FIRST MARTYRS

  CHAPTER VI.

  A THORN IN THE FLESH

  CHAPTER VII.

  A LONG FAREWELL

  CHAPTER VIII.

  MR. DUNCAN MCLEAN

  CHAPTER IX.

  PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES

  CHAPTER X.

  ADAM HEPBURN'S VOW

  CHAPTER XI.

  UP IN ARMS

  CHAPTER XII.

  RULLION GREEN

  CHAPTER XIII.

  THE NEW MAID

  CHAPTER XIV.

  BETRAYED

  CHAPTER XV.

  BRAVE TO THE LAST

  CHAPTER XVI.

  AT THE DAWNING

  CHAPTER XVII.

  A SHOCK OF CORN FULLY RIPE

  CHAPTER XVIII.

  AT HAUGHHEAD

  CHAPTER XIX.

  UNLOOKED-FOR NEWS

  CHAPTER XX.

  DRUMCLOG

  CHAPTER XXI.

  DISUNION

  CHAPTER XXII.

  BOTHWELL BRIDGE

  CHAPTER XXIII.

  IN CAPTIVITY

  CHAPTER XXIV.

  DELIVERED

  CHAPTER XXV.

  AIRSMOSS

  CHAPTER XXVI.

  REST

  *LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.*

  "Folding his withered hands, he said, in solemn and trembling tones,'Let us pray'" . . . _Frontispiece_

  "Uplifting his hand, he swore the solemn oath"

  "Little Jeanie ... brought out a draught for the general"

  "The wildest confusion seemed to prevail on the bridge"

  *Adam Hepburn's Vow*

  _*A TALE OF KIRK AND COVENANT.*_