Chapter 12. TAIL-PIECE

DAVID BALFOUR

Being Memoirs of his Adventures at home and Abroad

THE SECOND PART: In which are set forth his Misfortunes anent the APPIN Murder; his Troubles with Lord Advocate GRANT; Captivity on the Bass Rock; Journey into Holland and France; and Singular Relations with JAMES MORE DRUMMOND or MACGREGOR, a Son of the notorious ROB ROY, and his Daughter CATRIONA

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF AND NOW SET FORTH BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1905 COPYRIGHT, 1893, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

VI. UMQHILE THE MASTER OF LOVAT VII. I MAKE A FAULT IN HONOUR VIII. THE BRAVO IX. THE HEATHER ON FIRE X. THE RED-HEADED MAN XI. THE WOOD BY SILVERMILLS XII. ON THE MARCH AGAIN WITH ALAN XIII. GILLANE SANDS XIV. THE BASS XV. BLACK ANDIE'S TALE OF TOD LAPRAIK XVI. THE MISSING WITNESS XVII. THE MEMORIAL XVIII. THE TEE'D BALL XIX. I AM MUCH IN THE HANDS OF THE LADIES XX. I CONTINUE TO MOVE IN GOOD SOCIETY

Part II

FATHER AND DAUGHTER

XXI. THE VOYAGE INTO HOLLAND XXII. HELVOETSLUYS XXIII. TRAVELS IN HOLLAND XXIV. FULL STORY OF A COPY OF HEINECCIUS XXV. THE RETURN OF JAMES MORE XXVI. THE THREESOME XXVII. A TWOSOME XXVIII. IN WHICH I AM LEFT ALONE XXIX. WE MEET IN DUNKIRK XXX. THE LETTER FROM THE SHIP XXXI. CONCLUSION LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"SHE DROPPED ME ONE OF HER CURTSEYS, WHICH WERE EXTRAORDINARY TAKING"

"'WHAT DID THEY SUFFER FOR?' I ASKED?"

"'TIT YOU EFFER HEAR WHERE ALAN GRIGOR FAND THE TANGS,' SAID HE"

"'THE GOODMAN BROUGHT ME MY MEAT AND A DROP BRANDY, AND A CANDLE-DOWP TO EAT IT BY, ABOUT ELEEVEN,' SAID HE"

"'THERE HE SAT, A MUCKLE FAT, WHITE HASH OF A MAN LIKE CREISH'"

"'THERE IS NOTHING HERE TO BE VIEWED BUT NAKED CAMPBELL SPITE AND SCURVY CAMPBELL INTRIGUE'"

"UP SHE STOOD ON THE BULWARKS AND HELD BY A STAY"

"'YOU TELL ME SHE IS HERE?' SAID HE AGAIN"

"'KEEP BACK, DAVIE! ARE YE DAFT?'"

A CHILD'S GARDEN of VERSES By ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSoN ILLUSTRATED BY MYRTLE SHELDON M. A. DONOHUE & CO. CHICAGO

Copyright 1916

By M. A. DONOHUE AND COMPANY CONTENTS PAGE Bed in Summer 10 Young Night Thought 11 Pirate Story 12-13 Farewell to the Farm 14-15 The Land of Counterpane 16 Fairy Bread 17 Escape at Bedtime 18-19 A Good Play 20 Marching Song 21 Where Go the Boats 22-23 The Hayloft 24 Auntie's Skirts 25 The Moon 26 The Cow 27 Foreign Lands 28-29 System 30 At the Seaside 31 Happy Thought 32 The Land of Nod 33 Windy Nights 34-35 Time to Rise 36 Rain 37 Foreign Children 38 Looking Forward 39 My Shadow 40-42 The Sun's Travels 43 Looking-Glass River 44-45 The Lamplighter 46-47 Singing 48 Travel 49-51 My Bed is a Boat 52-53 Keepsake Mill 54-55 The Unseen Playmate 56-57 My Ship and I 58-59 The Wind 60-61 A Good Boy 62-63 Good and Bad Children 64-65 Picture-Books in Winter 66-67 The Swing 68-69 A Thought 70 Armies in the Fire 71 My Kingdom 72-73 Shadow March 74-75 Winter-Time 76-77 The Little Land 78-81 In Port 82-83 Night and Day 84-86 Nest Eggs 87-88 The Flowers 89 From a Railway Carriage 90 My Treasures 91-92 Block City 93-94 The Gardener 95-96

A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES ROBERT LOVIS STEVENSON WITH ILLVSTRATIONS BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK MCMV CONTENTS TO ALISON CUNNINGHAM vii BED IN SUMMER 3 A THOUGHT 4 AT THE SEA-SIDE 5 YOUNG NIGHT-THOUGHT 6 WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN 7 RAIN 7 PIRATE STORY 8 FOREIGN LANDS 9 WINDY NIGHTS 10 TRAVEL 11 SINGING 13 LOOKING FORWARD 14 A GOOD PLAY 15 WHERE GO THE BOATS? 16 AUNTIE'S SKIRTS 17 THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE 18 THE LAND OF NOD 19 MY SHADOW 20 SYSTEM 22 A GOOD BOY 23 ESCAPE AT BEDTIME 24 MARCHING SONG 25 [Pg xii] THE COW 26 HAPPY THOUGHT 27 THE WIND 28 KEEPSAKE MILL 29 GOOD AND BAD CHILDREN 31 FOREIGN CHILDREN 33 THE SUN TRAVELS 35 THE LAMPLIGHTER 36 MY BED IS A BOAT 37 THE MOON 39 THE SWING 40 TIME TO RISE 41 LOOKING-GLASS RIVER 42 FAIRY BREAD 44 FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE 45 WINTER-TIME 46 THE HAYLOFT 47 FAREWELL TO THE FARM 49 NORTH-WEST PASSAGE 50 1. Good-Night 50 2. Shadow March 51 3. In Port 52 THE CHILD ALONE THE UNSEEN PLAYMATE 57 MY SHIP AND I 59 MY KINGDOM 61 [Pg xiii] PICTURE-BOOKS IN WINTER 63 MY TREASURES 65 BLOCK CITY 67 THE LAND OF STORY-BOOKS 69 ARMIES IN THE FIRE 71 THE LITTLE LAND 73 GARDEN DAYS NIGHT AND DAY 79 NEST EGGS 82 THE FLOWERS 84 SUMMER SUN 86 THE DUMB SOLDIER 87 AUTUMN FIRES 89 THE GARDENER 90 HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 92 ENVOYS TO WILLIE AND HENRIETTA 97 TO MY MOTHER 98 TO AUNTIE 99 TO MINNIE 100 TO MY NAME-CHILD 103 TO ANY READER 105

[Pg xv] ILLUSTRATIONS

FROM DRAWINGS IN COLOR BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH FACING PAGE Bed in Summer 4

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. Foreign Lands 10

I held the trunk with both my hands And looked abroad on foreign lands. The Land of Counterpane 18

I was the giant great and still That sits upon the pillow-hill, My Shadow 20

He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see; I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me! Foreign Children 34

Little Indian, Sioux or Crow, Little frosty Eskimo, Little Turk or Japanee, Oh! don't you wish that you were me? Looking-glass River 42

We can see our coloured faces Floating on the shaken pool [Pg xvi] The Hayloft 48

Oh, what a joy to clamber there, Oh, what a place for play, With the sweet, the dim, the dusty air, The happy hills of hay! North-west Passage 50

And face with an undaunted tread The long black passage up to bed. Picture-books in Winter 64

Water now is turned to stone Nurse and I can walk upon; Still we find the flowing brooks In the picture story-books. The Little Land 74

I have just to shut my eyes To go sailing through the skies— To go sailing far away To the pleasant Land of Play; The Flowers 84

All the names I know from nurse: Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse, Bachelor's buttons, Lady's smock, And the Lady Hollyhock. To Auntie 100

What did the other children do? And what were childhood, wanting you?

A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES BY ROBERT LOVIS STEVENSON ILLVSTRATED—BY CHARLES ROBINSON.

NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

LONDON: IOHN LANE.

1895

Copyright 1895, by Charles Scribner's Sons CONTENTS Bed in Summer Page 3 A Thought 5 At the Seaside 6 Young Night Thought 7 Whole Duty of Children 9 Rain 10 Pirate Story 11 Foreign Lands 13 Windy Nights 15 Travel 17 Singing 20 Looking Forward 21 A Good Play 22 Where Go the Boats? 24 [Pg xii] Auntie's Skirts Page 26 The Land of Counterpane 27 The Land of Nod 29 My Shadow 32 System 34 A Good Boy 36 Escape at Bedtime 38 Marching Song 40 The Cow 42 Happy Thought 44 The Wind 45 Keepsake Mill 47 Good and Bad Children 49 Foreign Children 51 The Sun's Travels 53 The Lamplighter 55 My Bed is a Boat 57 The Moon 59 The Swing 62 Time to Rise 64 Looking-Glass River 65 Fairy Bread 67 From a Railway Carriage 68 Winter-Time 70 The Hayloft 72 Farewell to the Farm 74 [Pg xiii] North-West Passage 1. Good Night Page 76 2. Shadow March 77 3. In Port 78 THE CHILD ALONE The Unseen Playmate 81 My Ship and I 83 My Kingdom 85 Picture Books in Winter 87 My Treasures 89 Block City 91 The Land of Story-Books 93 Armies in the Fire 95 The Little Land 97 [Pg xiv] GARDEN DAYS Night and Day Page 103 Nest Eggs 107 The Flowers 110 Summer Sun 112 The Dumb Soldier 114 Autumn Fires 117 The Gardener 119 Historical Associations 121 ENVOYS To Willie and Henrietta 125 To my Mother 127 To Auntie 128 To Minnie 129 To my Name-Child 133 To any Reader 136

A CHILD'S GARDEN of VERSES

Copyright, 1900, by Robert Howard Russell Copyright, 1902, by Rand McNally & Company All rights reserved Edition of 1928 PAGE By Way of Introduction 5 To Alison Cunningham 8 Bed in Summer 13 Young Night Thought 15 Rain 16 My Shadow 17 Time To Rise 20 At the Seaside 21 Windy Nights 22 Pirate Story 24 Whole Duty of Children 27 Foreign Lands 28 System 30 A Good Play 32 The Land of Counterpane 33 A Good Boy 34 Looking Forward 36 The Swing 37 Good and Bad Children 38 Marching Song 40 Travel 42 Where Go the Boats? 46 Escape at Bedtime 48 [Pg 10] From a Railway Carriage 50 The Wind 52 Auntie's Skirts 54 Happy Thought 55 The Cow 56 My Bed Is a Boat 58 The Land of Nod 60 Fairy Bread 61 Keepsake Mill 62 Winter-time 64 Looking-glass River 66 The Sun's Travels 69 The Lamplighter 70 Foreign Children 73 The Moon 74 The Hayloft 77 Farewell To the Farm 78 A Thought 80 Singing 81 North-west Passage I. Good-night 82 II. Shadow March 84 III. In Port 86 To My Mother 88 Guide To Pronunciation 89 A Word List 90

TREASURE ISLAND Robert Louis Stevenson Illustrated by Milo Winter CONTENTS PAGE To the Hesitating Purchaser viii List of Color Plates ix Dedication x PART I The Old Buccaneer