he led a band to succour the Prince Palatine at the commencement
of the war.

"I have another old friend in my regiment, Hepburn," the colonel
said after the first greeting was over --"Nigel Graheme, of course
you remember him."

"Certainly I do," Hepburn exclaimed cordially, "and right glad will
I be to see him again; but I thought your regiment was entirely
from the north."

"It was originally," Munro said; "but I have filled up the gaps
with men from Nithsdale and the south. I was pressed for time, and
our glens of Farre and Strathnaver had already been cleared of all
their best men. The other companies are all commanded by men who
were with us at St. Andrews -- Balfour, George Hamilton, and James
Scott."

"That is well," Hepburn said. "Whether from the north or the south
Scots fight equally well; and with Gustavus 'tis like being in our
own country, so large a proportion are we of his majesty's army.
And now, Munro, I fear that I must supersede you in command, being
senior to you in the service, and having, moreover, his majesty's
commission as governor of the town and district."

"There is no one to whom I would more willingly resign the command.
I have seen some hard fighting, but have yet my name to win; while
you, though still only a colonel, are famous throughout Europe."

"Thanks to my men rather than to myself," Hepburn said, "though,