Rob Roy: Walter Scott

This Story was based on the life of Rob Roy McGregor. The narrator, Frank Osbaldistone, is asked by his father to take over the family business, but Frank declines saying he wants to be a poet. His father is aghast and sort of as a punishment, he is sent to his father's brother's (Sir Hildebrand) house in Northumberland to see if the new heir, his cousin Rashleigh, will be a good heir. There he falls in love with the cousin of his cousin's Dianna Vernon. She has been sent to live with them because her father had to go into hiding for helping Jacobites. Frank was carrying important papers for his father and Rashleigh takes them and flees to Scotland. Frank leaves with the servant, who stole a horse from his uncle, and they take off after Rasleigh. Frank's path crosses with Rob Roy, a friend of his uncles, and a fugitive of the English crown, several times. Rob Roy appears once Frank has caught up with Rashleigh and the two boys get into a fight. Rob Roy breaks it up and scolds the boys because they are kin. The English capture Rob Roy and before Franks eyes Rob is able to escape. In the end all of his cousin's, Sir Hildebrand's sons, are dead and Frank is left as heir. Frank Marries Dianna and evidently lives out a happy life.