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Harry Butler Johnstone there. Stayed at Skibo till the 30th. Then to Brahan. Found the Fergusons at Novar. Lord Kingsdown had taken Holme House, near Nairn. Went to see him there. Cawdor Castle. September 23rd. Dined with Lord Granville to meet Castalia Campbell and Lady Acton. November 15th. Shot there.
Currie's Burns, vol. ii. p. 290. See Quart. Rev., Nov. 1829, or Misc. Prose Works, xxi. 152-198. George Dempster of Skibo, one of the few men connecting Scott with this generation, died in Edinburgh on the 6th of February 1889.
I cannot express to you how delightful to me is the thought of the kind welcome of Skibo, and the fresh air of your hills, after a very long and laborious season. But I have still a month in the mill, and a huge list of causes to be disposed of. The 'Edinburgh' will be out on Thursday. You will find it very Scotch. The Journal notes: We went to Chichester, on a visit to Dr.
Did he get in through the window and appoint himself? "'I wired to Frisco for him a week ago, says Andy. 'In ordering the faculty we seemed to have overlooked the chair of mathematics. "'A good thing we did, says I. 'We can pay his salary two weeks, and then our philanthropy will look like the ninth hole on the Skibo golf links. "'Wait a while, says Andy, 'and see how things turn out.
To dinner came Robert Dundas of Arniston from the hunting-field, and with him Mr. Dempster of Skibo, both favourites of mine. Mr. Stuart, the grand-nephew of my dear friend Lady Louisa, also dined with us, together with the Lyons from Gattonside, and the day passed over in hospitality and social happiness. March 22.
This idea I got from Andrew Carnegie, with whom I had the honor to plant an oak at Skibo Castle and from whom I, like so many others, have had other things almost as good as ideas. Have your prospective souvenir tree tubbed and the tub sunk in the ground, of course, to its rim. Then the dear friend can plant it at any time that he may chance along between March and December.
McCarogher; and from there to Goodwood races. August 8th. To Scotland by sea. Beached Skibo on the 11th. Shooting on the 12th with Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, Seaforth, and Dempster. 25th. To Brahan. Little old General Kmety there; very good fun; but he does not look a hero. To Mr. Dempster Brahan Castle, August 26th.
It gave me real pleasure to have something of your company on that day; and when we had reached the back of Fyrish, and could command the Dornoch Firth and the hills beyond it, even to Dunrobin, I looked with affectionate eyes to the woods of Skibo. The season has been favourable.
I guess they really believe that the earth belongs to them. Sincerely, W.H.P. Gordon Arms Hotel, Elgin, Scotland. September 6, 1913. Dear Arthur: Your mother and Kitty and I are on our way to see Andy . Had you any idea that to motor from London to Skibo means driving more than eight hundred miles?
"Ah," said Simms. "I'll put him somewhere where these fellows won't be able to interfere. How about my place at Skibo?" Simms shook his head. "He is under a certificate," said he. "The Commissioners call at Hoover's, inspect the books, find that Lord Rochester has been there, find him gone, find you have taken him away. They will simply call upon you to produce him."
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