horses were our only means of transit from one kingdom to the other.

Because the "long ago" means to us so infinitely valuable a possession,
we have striven to preserve in print a few of the stories that still
remain--flotsam and jetsam saved from the cruel rush of an overwhelming
tide.

One or two of the tales in this volume are perhaps not quite so familiar
as is the average Border story, and some may contain less of violence
and of bloodshed than is common. Yet it must be owned that it is no easy
task to divorce the Border from its wedded mate, violence.

JOHN LANG.
JEAN LANG.




CONTENTS


THE WHITE LADY OF BLENKINSOPP 1

DICKY OF KINGSWOOD 17

STORM AND TEMPEST 28

GRISELL HOME, A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY HEROINE 45

KINMONT WILLIE 66