She took her denner aff o' ane o' my hips, ae day last year." "Jist creep ower to Cadger there, and speir gin he kens Juno.

Maybe he's forgotten her." Cadger's reply was interrupted by the interference of the master, but a pantomimic gesture conveyed to the General sufficient assurance of the retentiveness of Cadger's memory in regard to Juno and her favours.
Such messages and replies, notwithstanding more than one licking, kept passing the whole of the morning.
Now Juno was an animal of the dog kind, belonging to Robert Brace.

She had the nose and the legs of a bull-dog, but was not by any means thorough-bred, and her behaviour was worse than her breed.

She was a great favourite with her master, who ostensibly kept her chained in his back-yard for the protection of his house and property.

But she was not by any means popular with the rising generation.