The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-07

clear tho dishes"
thin to the ceegaurs o ma ludgers in
tie simmer Ye can smell the ceegaurs
yet. doot they wis chape wins. So
We can smoke yersers black i the face.
an maybe the new smell u help to kin
the auld yin Draw yer chairs in TO
the fire"
Aunt and niece speedily cleared the
table and retired TO the kitchen to
wash up, for the former had theory
that the longer a dish was left soiled
the more difficult It was TO cleanse.
The two men drew their chairs to
ward the hearth, filed and lit their
pipes and for fully ten minutes puhed
in solemn silence.
Its bOnny paurlour this, Mr..
Ogilvy ventured after he had taken in
every detail of the room, which was a
model Of orderliness and cleanliness,
yet somewhat solidly furnished and
primly arranged.
"Its a. that" returned David agree
ably, "but when ! come in I'm aye
feart at first that dae the wrang thing.
yinst knocllit over vaze, an though
its twa year syne, can hear the
smash It made on the fender yet. H's
no a nice thing to knock over vaze
belongln' to the aunt wha's niece ye'rc
coortin'p
Il daur say that's true 1t pits ye in
what We MIGHT ca an awkward posee
tion. At least / sud presoome that the
poseetion wudna be a'thegither piees
ant. though it's no fur me to say, see
In I'm no vera fameeliar wi the paur
Iours o. weemen folk"
"Ah. but It wis gey awkward, ! tel
We. But may say that Mistress Wal
lace never referred TO the yazC efte
that nicht-nc' but what she reterre'
kin O freely to it at the time. u
hadna been fur Jess, wud haze sal'
there was mair talk nor dlzzen vaze
was worth"
'.Ye-ye're weel ar wi yer wife, Da
yid," observed the grocer, staring a
the fire.
AYE said David briefly, but no
ccldly.
"Yell be gey CHEEKY alang at Haze
Cottage thae lang NIGHTS, scontinue'
the older man. IT'S IA rale fiji
thing to ha'e-a-agreeable compny, a
1t were. ehT'
Aye said David softly, pushin
down the shreds of glowing tobacc
with a'hardened forehnger
AN an yer wife's gey weel aff W
her aunt said the other after som
hesitation
AYE. Mistress Wallace is jist a fin
auld wumman,' said the joiner hear
Ny
she's no that aud"
II didna mean that exactly, but Z
course she's guid bit aulder nor Jes
an me wudna say but what she
jist at her best"
I'm her prime, as II were"
"Jist that"
''Weel I'm shair there's naebody
like better TO see comm over ma doc
STEP said Mr.. Ogilyy warmly, "eve
if it's fur nae mair Ror a penny
worth"
"Ye've kent her longer ilor me-"
"Och, aye. She's been a reg lar Gu
toner o. mine since she cam to XII
lochan, an I'm prood 20 say I've new
had complaint frae her except yins
an that was when / sent her dog III
cults in mistake for abernethies, an
was the laddie IN the shop that done
because she had cuffed him for roari
scots wha ha'er at her door instead
ringin' the bell like an or'nar Chrl
tian. But that was the only cOmplai
/ ever had. David" Aud the groc
proceeded 90 rellght his pipe.
That's vera satisfactory, I'm shaiI
said David
Il think il Is" said Mr.. Ogiiyy, pu
ing with the air OF a man who
pleased with himself "But l was ra
prooG TO be invited TO ma tea the nicl
Nae doot / lost bit custom shutu
up ma shop earlier nor usual, b
what's a shillin' OF two when ye're {
jyin yerselY p
"AIphmw murmured the young
man, checking a laugh.
After a considerable pause the gro,
resumed the conversation.
Il WAS gaun 20 gle a hint Dav
aboot a job thatil likely be stair
efter the New Year Are ye near fes
ished up at Ardenr
"It'n be a-thTee weeks yet afC
I'm through It's been a big job
The bigger the better. Weel. I
job / was gaun to tell ye aboot Is
boathouse that MT- Coluan wants bu