The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-11

rs u time Vc tcts gdun TO meet her3"
Job. l wudna like TO see it gaun by
David. Dye think he's heard aboot
the opposeetion, as it were, Mistress
WalaceP
"Na; he hasna heard yet. Him an
Jess gaed ar the day as bllthe an
brisk as bees, like pair o. young yins
-jist like a lad an lass afore They're
mairrit."
"Ye mean, presume, that they
gaed aft in a licht hertit condeetion?'
"Ye preshume richt. I'm shair Da-
vid had nae word O. the business. An
gus got it frae a man wha heard it
frae the factor"
Il heard IL frae the factor hisser. II
was only fixed tbie mornin' But !
thocht David MIGHT nae got wind O t.
l suppose ye'll tell him when he comes
| hameT"
III sec. l wis thnlin' ye mlcht
tell him yerser."
| me? Aw, Mistress Wallacel I'm
no the yin to break bad news. l can.
ma dae il in a CHEEKY enough style. Ma
| disposeetion is over melancholical, an
max the bad news seem waur nor it
really IS ! mind when John Gamer
on's wife ran awa'-eloped, as IL were
wi "a man O the name o. McMeekin.
n bras feenisher TO trade, an was
deputit to inform John o. the distressin'
occurrence. was near chokit wi
emotion. an It was WI a supreme ef.
fort that l produced the unreasonable
information. But when | had feen.
ished John Cameron jist drew a lang
breith, an a ne said was: An what
are ye groanin' aboot. OgilyyT I'm
tellin' ye this, Mistress Wallace, TO a.
ustrate the fac that wi ma melan
cholical disposeetion I'm inclined fol
TO max pa5 news waur nor il really IL
to exaggerate it, as it We're"
Il ken yere kin o. dismal buddy
said Mrs Wallace asreeably, but see
in we've brocht guild news TO Dayit
nso an then thocht ye wud be th4
best yin to bring the bad news"
''Wud it no be best TO say naethin
an iist let David fin it DOT for hisseIY =
"Na, ma, I'm thlnkin' it's the AcW
hooses that's bringin' the new jiners {;
Kinlochan--a big job like that wud b,
fine START fIr them-an' the simmer
David gets his word in wi the con
tractor the better / jlst hope he's no
over late as it is. Hoo dae ye thinl
David Wud stauu' opposeetlonf" she
inquired suddenly
Mr. Ogilvy rubbed his chin mcdita
lively
"Dye think II wud max him strive
mairY' his companion asked.
Mr. Ogilvy ceased rubbing his chiI
and took 10 scratching his nose gently
with his middle finger rs he no
strivin' the moor he said at last.
Mrs Wallace snook her head ''Thl
gardens got the haud O. him again
an furbye that he's sac ta'en up wi
this wee daurlln' she looked down a
the infant--"that whiies Jess Gamma &c
him oot the hoose tin 10 T. the morn
in"
Its no a great sin TO be ta'en up W
his dochter," the grocer observed
Il didna say it wis, Master Ogilvy
but It wull be a sin II her an Jess Ia
10 suffer the future" Mrs Wallace
returned sOlemnly. She patted III
child tenderly and continued: Il thinl
a mans the queerest thing In the bal
. O. creation. I've leeved a lang Will
moo an ~
"Ye're no that aud" put in Mr
, Ogilvy calamity.
"Hlaud yer tongue, please! ! wa
sayin' I've leeyed a lang while moo. an
I've met twa sorts O. whit ye micht ca
honest dacent, guid men, an l wudnl
, ike 10 sag which is the warst o. th
. twa. There's the man that aye pit
his business afore' his wife an weans
an there's the man that aye pits hi
wife and weans afore his business
I've never seen man yet that ken
HOO 10 divide hissef."