The Standard Bearer
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The Standard Bearer is one of S.R. Crockett's Covenanting tales and a work that lay close to his heart. Dedicated to 'the Good and Kindly Folk of my native parish of Balmaghie', the story is set at the turn of the eighteenth century and takes its inspiration from the life of a rebel minister of Galloway. The Rev. John Macmillan was deposed for upholding the ancient Standard - the Blue Banner of the Covenant which asserted the rights of the Kirk of Scotland to govern its own affairs. On the loom of Scottish history the author weaves an episode that he himself describes as 'iron grey and wintry'...
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- THE STANDARD BEARER
- THE FOREWORD.
- CONTENTS.
- THE STANDARD BEARER. CHAPTER I. THE YEAR TERRIBLE.
- CHAPTER II. THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS.
- CHAPTER III. THE LITTLE LADY OF EARLSTOUN.
- CHAPTER IV. MY SISTER ANNA.
- CHAPTER V. I CONSTRUCT A RAFT. [The Narrative is again from the MS. of Quintin MacClellan.]
- CHAPTER VI. ACROSS THE MOONLIGHT.
- CHAPTER VII. MY BROTHER HOB.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE MUSTER OF THE HILL FOLK.
- CHAPTER IX. I MEET MARY GORDON FOR THE SECOND TIME.
- CHAPTER X. THE BLUE BANNER IS UP.
- CHAPTER XI. THE RED GRANT.
- CHAPTER XII. THE LASS IN THE KIRKYARD.
- CHAPTER XIII. MY LADY OF PRIDE.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE TALE OF MESS HAIRRY.
- CHAPTER XV. ALEXANDER-JONITA.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE CORBIES AT THE FEAST.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE BONNY LASS OF EARLSTOUN.
- CHAPTER XVIII. ONE WAY OF LOVE.
- CHAPTER XIX. ANOTHER WAY OF LOVE. (Comment and Addition by Hob MacClellan.)
- CHAPTER XX. MUTTERINGS OF STORM. (The Narrative of Quintin MacClellan resumed.)
- CHAPTER XXI. THE EYES OF A MAID.
- CHAPTER XXII. THE ANGER OF ALEXANDER-JONITA. (Comment and Addition by Hob MacClellan.)
- CHAPTER XXIII. AT BAY. (The Narrative of Quintin MacClellan is resumed.)
- CHAPTER XXIV. MARY GORDON’S LAST WORD.
- CHAPTER XXV. BEHIND THE BROOM.
- CHAPTER XXVI. JEAN GEMMELL’S BARGAIN WITH GOD.
- CHAPTER XXVII. RUMOUR OF WAR. (Connect and Addition by Hob MacClellan.)
- CHAPTER XXVIII. ALEXANDER-JONITA’S VICTORY.
- CHAPTER XXIX. THE ELDERS OF THE HILL FOLK. (The Narrative taken up again by Quintin MacClellan.)
- CHAPTER XXX. SILENCE IS GOLDEN.
- CHAPTER XXXI. THE FALL OF EARLSTOUN.
- CHAPTER XXXII. LOVE OR DUTY.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. THE DEMONIAC IN THE GARRET.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. THE CURSING OF THE PRESBYTERY.
- CHAPTER XXXV. LIKE THE SPIRIT OF A LITTLE CHILD.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. THE STONE OF STUMBLING.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. FARE YOU WELL!
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. “I LOVE YOU, QUINTIN!”
- CHAPTER XXXIX. THE LAST ROARING OF THE BULL.
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