KIDNAPPED

By Robert Louis Stevenson

Illustrated by Louis Rhead


BEING
MEMOIRS OF THE ADVENTURES OF
DAVID BALFOUR
IN THE YEAR 1751
HOW HE WAS KIDNAPPED AND CAST AWAY; HIS SUFFERINGS IN
A DESERT ISLE; HIS JOURNEY IN THE WILD HIGHLANDS;
HIS ACQUAINTANCE WITH ALAN BRECK STEWART
AND OTHER NOTORIOUS HIGHLAND JACOBITES;
WITH ALL THAT HE SUFFERED AT THE
HANDS OF HIS UNCLE, EBENEZER
BALFOUR OF SHAWS, FALSELY
SO CALLED
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF AND NOW SET FORTH BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
WITH A PREFACE BY MRS. STEVENSON


[ PREFACE TO THE BIOGRAPHICAL EDITION ]
[ DEDICATION ]
[ CHAPTER I.—I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS]
[ CHAPTER II.—I COME TO MY JOURNEY’S END]
[CHAPTER III.—I MAKE ACQUAINTANCE OF MY UNCLE]
[ CHAPTER IV.—I RUN A GREAT DANGER IN THE HOUSE OF SHAWS]
[ CHAPTER V.—I GO TO THE QUEEN’S FERRY]
[ CHAPTER VI.—WHAT BEFELL AT THE QUEEN’S FERRY]
[CHAPTER VII.—I GO TO SEA IN THE BRIG “COVENANT” OF DYSART]
[ CHAPTER VIII.—THE ROUND-HOUSE]
[ CHAPTER IX.—THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD]
[ CHAPTER X.—THE SIEGE OF THE ROUND-HOUSE]
[CHAPTER XI.—THE CAPTAIN KNUCKLES UNDER]
[ CHAPTER XII.—I HEAR OF THE “RED FOX”]
[ CHAPTER XIII.—THE LOSS OF THE BRIG]
[ CHAPTER XIV.—THE ISLET]
[ CHAPTER XV.—THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: THROUGH THE ISLE OF MULL]
[CHAPTER XVI.—THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: ACROSS MORVEN]
[ CHAPTER XVII.—THE DEATH OF THE RED FOX]
[ CHAPTER XVIII.—TALK WITH ALAN IN THE WOOD OF LETTERMORE]
[ CHAPTER XIX.—THE HOUSE OF FEAR]
[ CHAPTER XX.—THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE ROCKS]
[CHAPTER XXI.—THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE HEUGH OF CORRYNAKIEGH]
[ CHAPTER XXII.—THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE MOOR ]
[ CHAPTER XXIII.—CLUNY’S CAGE]
[ CHAPTER XXIV.—THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER]
[ CHAPTER XXV.—THE QUARREL IN BALQUHIDDER]
[ CHAPTER XXVI.—END OF THE FLIGHT: WE PASS THE FORTH]
[ CHAPTER XXVII.—I COME TO MR. RANKEILLOR]
[ CHAPTER XXVIII.—I GO IN QUEST OF MY INHERITANCE]
[ CHAPTER XXIX.—I COME INTO MY KINGDOM]
[ CHAPTER XXX.—GOOD-BYE]