The stickit minister -- Accepted of the beasts -- Trials for license by the Presbytery of Pitscottie -- "The heather lintie" -- The split in the marrow kirk -- The probationer -- The lammas preaching -- The tragedy of Duncan Duncanson, schoolmaster -- Why David Oliphant remained a Presbyterian -- The three maister Peter Slees, ministers in the parish of Couthy -- The courtship of Allan Fairley, of Earlswood -- John Smith of Arkland prepares his sermon -- A day in the life of the Reverend James Pitbye, minister of Nether Dullarg -- The Glen Kells short leet -- Boanerges Simpson's encumbrance -- A knight-errant of the streets -- The progress of Cleg Kelly, mission worker -- Ensamples to the flock -- The siege of M'Lurg's Mill -- The minister of Scaur casts out with his maker -- John Black, critic in ordinary -- The candid friend -- A midsummer idyll -- The tutor of Curlywee 26 36