- Rob
- Roy
- MacGregor
- was
- a
- historical
- figure—an
- outlaw
- who
- "owed
- his
- fame
- in
- a
- great
- measure
- to
- his
- residing
- on
- the
- very
- verge
- of
- the
- Highlands,
- and
- playing
- such
- pranks
- in
- the
- beginning
- of
- the
- eighteenth
- century
- as
- are
- usually
- ascribed
- to
- Robin
- Hood
- in
- the
- Middle
- Ages,—and
- that
- within
- forty
- miles
- of
- Glasgow."
- He
- was
- implicated
- in
- the
- Jacobite
- rebellion
- of
- 1715
- —which
- is
- the
- period
- of
- this
- story—but
- from
- motives
- of
- self-interest.
- Francis
- Osbaldistone,
- the
- ostensible
- narrator
- of
- this
- tale,
- is
- a
- young
- Londoner
- whose
- father
- is
- a
- successful
- merchant
- and
- naturally
- wishes
- his
- son
- to
- succeed
- him
- in
- the
- business.
- But
- Francis
- has
- other
- ideas,
- and
- a
- quarrel
- results,
- in
- which
- his
- father
- sets
- him
- adrift
- in
- the
- world
- to
- make
- his
- own
- way,
- and
- threatens
- to
- disinherit
- him
- in
- favor
- of
- Rashleigh
- Osbaldistone,
- a
- Scottish
- cousin.
- Francis
- rides
- northward
- on
- a
- visit
- to
- Rashleigh's
- father,
- Sir
- Hildebrand
- of
- Osbaldistone
- Hall.
- On
- his
- way
- thither
- he
- falls
- in
- with
- a
- nervous
- traveller
- named
- Morris,
- who
- afterwards
- accuses
- him
- wrongly
- of
- the
- theft
- of
- his
- bag;
- but
- is
- cleared
- on
- the
- intervention
- of
- a
- supposed
- cattle-dealer,
- Campbell ...
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