The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-02

death OF her nuSOdlu some ten years
ago. But she was Glasgow born and |
bred and had never really got into
sympathy with the Kinlochan natives |
and their ways. 1t was during the not !
infrequent visits 90 her aunt however, !
that Jess had come to know David |
Houston. and. although the old lady
was fond of holding up the mans OBJ
vious faults TO the girl she had never |
actually attempted TO interfere with |
the course OF true love. "Efter "a, he's |
a dacent lad" she would say TO herself, ,
"an' maybe Jess II make a man o. him. |
There's naethin pee!y wally aboot him |
onywey."
Mrs. Houston conducted her aunt in
doors and into the parlor with its old
fashioned furniture OF her husbands
parents. relieved by the modern dainti-
nesses which she had provided Just be-
fore and since her marriage, and by the
flowers which the garden, small though
it was, generously affoI ded
"Ye're the yin fur fal lerals,' observed
Mrs. Wallace, with a critical stare
round the room "Ycre like yer mither
wi yer e'e fur useless things an yer
/ fire way o. speakn'. That's the wust
O. lassle takiu' a mans job in am of
/ fee an gaun oot at nicht TO classes
4 Alphm But every lass nooadays is
/ young Teddy an over fine fur the
things that wis guild enough fur her
fayther an mither Deed. We sud hae
mairrit yin o. thon fancy chaps that III
naethin but pu' down their cuffs an
dance aboot the fure o. the big drapors
in Glesca. Yin O thon chaps wud
shairly please ye better nor plain
jiner"
Jess, having heard all this before,
laughed good nauredly and left the
room to prepare tea.
When she returned with the neatly
spread tray, her aunt was still in her
critical humor.
Il suppose We ca this dfterune tear'
she said, with a sniff. I'm extremely
vexed didna bring ma veesitin' cards
WI me, yer ladyship! But left them
in ma carriage"
"YOu can send the fOotman up after
ward" retorted Jess calmly as she
poured out the tea.
"Ye're over smart, wumman,' said
Mrs. Wallace, with her short chucklc.
''Weel, weel. seem we've made the tea,
l suppose III need TO TAX It," And she
took it with considerable relish.
'An' hoo dae ye like keepin' hoosc
efter keepin booksy she inquired
presently Its change fer ye, ehE
Yes" said her niece softly. "Ol
course 1 like II, aunt" she added some
what sharply.
"AIphm! They a say that at the
; START Yer hauns II no Ike as gentee
like as they wis in the Office"
j Il don't mind that" said Jess, no
, absolutely truthfully.
g "Ye Gamma rub an scrub an dae We
| ain washin' an keep yer hauns lik,
a dooches9. Whit wey did Dayie no
|. get some pair buddy to dae the bi
I washin' fur ye;"
!. "He wanted to, but l wouldn't le
him. can manage IT fine myself. /
= isn't such a big Job, you know"
Il "Weel, I'm shair I'm glad yer
pleased-thenk ye, jist hauf a cup-bu
d I doOt ye're daein' mair nor yer share
d Ye're daein' mair nor yer man to kee
s the hoose gaun."
y "Oh, no. Aunt Wallace. Davie work
G very hard"
It AYE, when he yinst gets stairtit.
said the old lady, shutting her mout
Il with snap. Hes jist like a the 1.-THE
g men I'm Kinlochan"-
n Hes nOtr'
n "Haud yer tonguei I've leeved her
n fur ten year come Martinmas, an Ike
a. whit I'm talkin' abOOt. Gle Xii
Iochan man a job 10 dae, an II he's hi
r. ain maister, like yer ain man, he
" footer abOOt an fOoter aboot till he ha
ul 20 dae't or loss It a'thegither. Aye al
mony a job here's been lost a'thegithe
M Whisht! I'm no feenished yet. gran
10 We the jobs dune quick an weel whe
ot yinst it's stairtit; but, mercy me, il
a got TO wait fur that! Did ever tell J
70 abOot auld Master McDOnald's gate
a Ma; / didna Weel it's a parable II
n the guidwife O ony Kinlochan ma
s- especially II he's a jiner, an there
an list the yin liner in Kinl0chan tie no
,g Mind. I'm sayin' the moo, fur I'm thin
IN in there's room fur anither, IL he's g
Ony spunk ava, in the future. och, )
!" medina fee up Weel aud Maistl
Mcdonald bided in the big hOOse ne
" TO ma wee yin. an he wis a rale Kin
ii auld man. an mony's the basket
RS frit had frac his garden fur naethu
Weel. Il wisna lang efter ] cam 10 III
iOchan that his gate gaed wrang-
he was auld like hissel' an needit repal
in. SO he sent fur the jiner-it WI
10 Davies fayther-an' efter two-thr
weeks the jiner cam an lukit at q
n gate an said he wud get II repair'
" wi'Oot delay. But the time gaed b
,ir an the liner never cam, an the ga
to got waur an waur. Master McDona
n. sent fur the jiner again, an the jim
lis cam no in a hurry, ye ken-an' said
20 wud sort II wroOt delay. An th'
ar aboot sax month gaed by Master N
IN Donald writin' 20 the jiner on cain
his shop an the jiner aye sayin'
" wud sort the gate wi'oOt delay. ] mil
- nne auld Master Mcdonald speakin'
me over the wa an me askin efter 1
,ut health, fur / thocht he wis iukin' g