PREFATORY NOTE 



nobody will be sorry to hear anything of that 

 noble fellow." 



And I likewise feel sure that nobody will 

 be sorry to see that vivid story of Rab in his 

 youthful days brought from the place it has 

 hitherto occupied among strangers to be thus 

 united with this record of his faithful love 

 and devotion to his friends in his old age and 

 death. 



The earlier narrative forms a natural intro- 

 duction to the later, and adds not a little 

 interest to it especially as explaining the 

 origin of the sympathetic relationship between 

 Ailie and Rab, which continued so close and 

 tender to the last, as was so touchingly shown 

 during her last illness and at her death. 



The exquisite illustrations by Miss Preston 

 Macgoun add a deep and sympathetic touch 

 of pathos to the book. 



THE AUTHOR OF 



"ROB LINDSAY AND HIS SCHOOL." 



