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Publishing LimitedCopyright C Barbara Henderson 2019  \nThe moral right of Barbara Henderson to be identified as theauthor of this work has been asserted by her in accordance withthe Copyright,Designs and Patents Act,1988.  \nAll rights reserved.  \nNo part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in aretrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwise,without prior permission of the publisher.  \nISBN:978-1-911279-62-4  \neISBN:978-1-911279-63-1  \nInterior Illustrations ◎ Sandra McGowan  \nExtracts from Riding Officer's Crawfurd's Journal,February 1792Dumfries Collection:Dumfries DistrictSource:NLS:Walter Scott papers MS910f49  \nCover Illustration:Sail Illustration◎ canstockphoto/basel101658  \nwww.cranachanpublishing.co.uk  \n@cranachanbooks  \ncranachan  \nFor Rob,  \nthe undisputed King of theAddress to the Haggis'  \n1  \n'A glittering,real-life adventureswirling with secrets,suspense andnail-biting action.'  \nAlly Sherrick  \nAuthor of Black PowderThe Buried Crown  \nNote to the reader:This story is based on real events8 historical records  \nContents  \n1  \n1.Solway Seas  \n8  \n2.Crawford's Mission  \n3.Musketry214.The Poet29  \n5.A Great Deal of Trouble40  \n6.With Pistol &p Sword48  \n7.Of Quill &Ink56Glossary64Author's Note66Smuggling in Scotland69Historical Extracts71The Poems of Robert Burns75Acknowledgements79About the Author81  \n1  \nSolway Seas  \nEarly hours,28h February 1792  \nThe boat drifts.I try to sit as still as possible,soFather doesn't beat me.He said he would—if Ifail him.  \nA thin layer of black water swills back andforth around my feet and I wish I had taken offmy boots,but it's too late now.Father is standingup as straight as he dares,I suspect.If I close myeyes for a moment,the night can’t get any blackerand there is a joy in that.I squeeze my lids shutso hard it hurts:something I can control.Unlikethe many things I can't.Whether anyone iscaught and our mission succeeds.Whether OldFinlay keeps his word.  \nBLACK WATER  \nAnd whether the boat holds together,and welive or die.  \nSir..'I begin,but it only earns me a clipround the head and a“Wheesht!”  \nI sense my father more than I see him,towering,balancing,straining for land.Thedarkness is dense,and waves lick the side of ourboat,stealing a taste before the meal.I swallow.  \nHenry!There!  \nIf he's pointing,I can’'t see a thing.Oh,there,yes.A light,swinging up and down,there on thecoast.Old Finlay's signal.  \nGo on,boy!Row!'Father throws his weightonto the bench beside me and what seems like apailful of black salty water sweeps in.  \n'Keep still,boy!No-one must hear?  \nI take the strain of the oars and press my lipstogether so hard that I taste salt and blood.Nota sound,Henry.Not a groan,not a gasp;nothingmust give us away.  \nThe faraway cry of a shearwater and thegentle lapping of the waves are both drownedout by the blood rushing in my ears.Finlay'slight disappears for a minute or 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