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Mr C. began to breed this class of stock about twenty years ago, and "Lord Scarboro'," "Mosstrooper," "Beeswing," "Garioch Boy," "Scarlet Velvet," and "Diphthong," are some of the celebrated bulls that have been introduced into the herd. "Scarlet Velvet" and "Diphthong" gained the Aberdeenshire challenge-cup in 1862-63.
"If I had known you were such a mosstrooper you should have tasted longer of the Bass," says he. "Speaking of which, my lord, I return your letter." And I gave him the enclosure in the counterfeit hand. "There was the cover also with the seal," said he. "I have it not," said I. "It bore naught but the address, and could not compromise a cat.
"It would not have been altogether so rough a one," said the mosstrooper; "for my master was in heavy thought what to do in these unsettled times, and would scarce have hazarded misusing a man sent to him by so terrible a leader as the Lord James. But, to speak the truth, some busy devil tempted the old man to meddle with my master's Christian liberty of hand-fasting with Catherine of Newport.
'Na, na, I'm awa, replied the ancient herd, rising as he spoke; 'it's gettin' late, an' I dinna want to run the risk o' meetin' wi' "Parcy" on my way hame. 'Parcy! exclaimed the visitor, raising himself in surprise from his arm-chair. 'Parcy, the ghost o' the murdered mosstrooper, d' ye mean, that the old wives talked of? D' ye mean to tell me ye still believe in ghosts up here?
"I suspect there is some very weary cattle by the road," said I "If I had known you were such a mosstrooper you should have tasted longer of the Bass," says he. "Speaking of which, my lord, I return your letter." And I gave him the enclosure in the counterfeit hand. "There was the cover also with the seal," said he.
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