The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Laird's Luck, by Arthur Quiller-CouchThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Laird's LuckAuthor: Arthur Quiller-CouchRelease Date: July 17, 2004 [EBook #12923]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LAIRD'S LUCK ***Produced by Ted Garvin, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.THE LAIRD'S LUCK AND OTHER FIRESIDE TALESBY A.T. QUILLER-COUCH (Q)CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK 1901THE LAIRD'S LUCK[In a General Order issued from the Horse-Guards on New Year's Day, 1836, His Majesty, King William IV., waspleased to direct, through the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Hill, that "with the view of doing the fullest justice toRegiments, as well as to Individuals who had distinguished themselves in action against the enemy," an account ofthe services of every Regiment in the British Army should be published, under the supervision of the AdjutantGeneral.With fair promptitude this scheme was put in hand, under the editorship of Mr. Richard Cannon, Principal Clerk of theAdjutant General's Office. The duty of examining, sifting, and preparing the records of that distinguished Regimentwhich I shall here call the Moray Highlanders (concealing its real name for reasons which the ...