The record-union., 1897-08-20

she answered. ''Weel, I am like the
woman"in Scripture, out of whom came
seven devils" Another Scripture char
acter to which she could discover cas-
ual resemblance in st. Andrews, was
Balaaln's ass. Though able to move
about on her feet till the last few
days of bodily decay, she sometimes
sought the benefit of fresh air in a
bath chair, which was wheeled for her
by caddie who was getting rather stiff
for the links, but still retained the cad
die propensity of talking to whoever
was ready, even if unwilling, to hear
him. The caddie when tired wheeling
stopped pretty often and bored her
with his copious discourse. During one
stoppage up came a friend, and after
the usual preliminaries as to health
and weather. she abruptly desired in
formation. Tell me, was it once or
twice Balaam's ass spoke to the proph-
et?" Getting the answer, which she
did not need, she said. turning her
thumb to the caddie behind, Mine is
never dune"
A Free Kirk elder, related by mar
riage. an obliging but hollow noisy,
ostentatious kind of man, called on
her during one of her illnesses after she
had passed the three-score and ten,
and recovery was thought doubtful.
He was admitted to her bedroom, and
proposed to pray for her She gave
a languid assent. Her hearing con-
tinued good to the last, but the elder
was slightly deaf and had been accus-
toned to hold forth at prayer meet
ings. After he was fairly started in
his deYOtions he began to shout in
tones suitable for an open-air meeting
at the Martyrs Monument or the
Witch Lake. The noise had wakened
her up in more ways than one, and,
when he had finished, she, in her usual
pungent style. said to her maid, Does
F. think the Lords deaf?" He did
not think it necessary to come back
to pray for her.
One time when her husband was i'll
and so carried in his mind that he
thought himself dying, he, though gen.
orally an undemonstrative man, bade
/ his household an undemonstrative
farewell" winding up with the decla-
ration, I'VE shall all meet in heaven
tonight" to which proposal she an
sWered, tWeel, jamie, I'm willing, only
you need ma be sac pertikler aboot the
/ time" When her own death had be-
come Imminent she was quite serene
and uncomplaining, told an effusively
demonstrative relative who was weep
ing over her, There's a drap at your
nose, mani" talked jocularly of her
funeral, and. among other things, said
it would be a. fine ploy" for a con-
nection that she named, and who was
alleged TO be fonder Of attending fun
erals thar doing useful work.
She was sometimes troubled by in
quisitive genteel gOssips wanting to see
her children, and they We're not always
ready or fit for presentation to strict
critics. One day when a few callers
were specially urgent to see the latest
baby, and it was not convenient to
produce the genuine article, she sent
out the nurse to borrow a baby, the
neighboring bakers which was of suit
able age, if it was tidy. The baker s
baby was obtained and produced and
gave great satisfaction. 1t was de-
clared to be nice, and pretty, and very
like its father" Such little bits of
comedy may possibly have occurred in
the house of a D. D. before this CEN
tury and reached it's teens-Good
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