And it 's wonderful to me how little pressure is needed . But that 's the handiwork of my good kinsman and my father 's friend , James of the Glens : James Stewart , that is : Ardshiel 's half-brother . He it is that gets the money in , and does the management . '' This was the first time I heard the name of that James Stewart , who was afterwards so famous at the time of his hanging . But I took little heed at the moment , for all my mind was occupied with the generosity of these poor Highlanders . `` I call it noble , '' I cried . `` I 'm a Whig , or little better ; but I call it noble . '' `` Ay '' said he , `` ye 're a Whig , but ye 're a gentleman ; and that 's what does it . Now , if ye were one of the cursed race of Campbell , ye would gnash your teeth to hear tell of it . If ye were the Red Fox ... '' And at that name , his teeth shut together , and he ceased speaking . I have seen many a grim face , but never a grimmer than Alan 's when he had named the Red Fox . `` And who is the Red Fox ? '' I asked , daunted , but still curious . `` Who is he ? '' cried Alan . `` Well , and I 'll tell you that . When the men of the clans were broken at Culloden , and the good cause went down , and the horses rode over the fetlocks in the best blood of the north , Ardshiel had to flee like a poor deer upon the mountains -- he and his lady and his bairns . A sair job we had of it before we got him shipped ; and while he still lay in the heather , the English rogues , that couldnae come at his life , were striking at his rights . They stripped him of his powers ; they stripped him of his lands ; they plucked the weapons from the hands of his clansmen , that had borne arms for thirty centuries ; ay , and the very clothes off their backs -- so that it 's now a sin to wear a tartan plaid , and a man may be cast into a gaol if he has but a kilt about his legs . One thing they couldnae kill .
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