The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-04
CHAPTER III
A WAY OuT

the day" she said shaking hands and
taking the chair which Jess vacated
"But I'm glad 10 see you. Aunt Wal
lace. How are the dodgers getting ony'
Jess spoke hurriedly Her thoughts
had not been entirely with the socks.
"Thc iudgers is gettin' on fine" said
Mrs Wallace sourly. "hut they're get
tin aff the mOrn's mornin'. an. as ye
see. Tm no whit ye wud ca con
sumed wi grief Hoo are ye gettin'
on yersel' lassr
First rate"
"Nlphm 7 see ye're az the darnln'."
ITS got to be done Aunt Wallace"
That's whit yen be sayn' fifty year
efter This, IL ye're spared but ven no
say it as CHEEKY like. Ma"
Jess laughed not altogether freely.
"After all it's moi such an awful busi-
ness" she remarked
There's naethin awfu' but boat
capsizin' or a railway collision" re
TUNED Mrs. Wallace austerely AS
ye say. the darnin O. yer mans socks
is NO an awfu' business, an it keeps We
cot o mischief It's better fur ye nor
ileein aboot an cracSin' wi yer nee
bcurs.'
Ii occurred to Jess to oner the old
lady few undarned socks to take
home with her but she refrained
Deed, aye" went on Mrs. Wallace
I'm gled we've aye plenty to dae
There's plenty clatterin' tongues I'm
Kinlochan wi'oot addln TO them As
l wis comm alang the road the moo
l seen Mistress FOULS leanin' over the
hedge ha'ein crack wi Mistress
McGreegor an ye wud haze thocht the
twa o. them wis tryin' fur a prize fur
the yin that cud get DOT the maist
words in meenit / wisht ye had
heard tie gabblin' jess. fur it wis jlst
gabblin' an nacthln' else
Were they quarrelngT
"Na, ma. If they had been quarrelin.
there micht haze been some excuse Pm
kin o quick wi ma tongue maser
when I'm pit DOT But the twa Of them
wis iist ha'ein' a bit crack aboot nae.
thin in particular an when folks START
TO crack about naethin' there's naethin
can stope them. Ma"
Which deserved the prize. IL you
Think Jess asked for the sake of say
ing something
"Aweel, | wudna like TO say, but
doot Mistress Fouls wud win in the
end, fur Mistress McGreegors that
stoOt an gets DOT o. breith efter an
'oor or twa It's practice that keeps
her up. fur her an Mistress Fouls are
aye at it. never come alang The road
hope ven never be like either o. them
ma lass"
Il hope not, Aunt Wallace" said the
niece with smile
But yere name the waur o a bit
warnin Ye never ken whits afore ye
I've seen mony quate young yin like
yerser turn Until a haverih' buddy jist
frae sheer want o. plenty to dae. SO
it's a fur yer guild If yer mans sair on
his socks" Here Mrs. Wallace picked
up one OF the articles in question and
examined It critically.
I'm afraid I'm not very neat darn
er," said Jess partly irrtated and part
~ amused.
Il wud be telin' lee If | said We
wis" retorted her aunt. Maybe we've
heard tell o the mani Gamma mind
whether he wis a saint or eediot-
that gaed an on pilgrimage wi peas
in his shoes. Ehf"
Mrs. Houston laughed good natured-
ly. 1--WE heard that he boiled the peas
flrst, aunt"
"Mphmi | suppose yere intendn' fur
TO bile yer mans socks? Ha, ha. ha.
Tits, lassie; I'm no meanin' 10 hurt yer
feelin's. Yer darnln isna jst as bad
as a that See. Gies yer needle fur
ineenit" And the old woman pro
ceeded to give the young one short
object lesson in darning
II don't know how you do IT, Aunt
Wallace" cried Jess at last. her slight
resentment giving place to honest ad-
miration "YOu could hardly tell il
was a darn.
"Haversr muttered Mrs Wallace
trying not 10 look pleased. But ye
see hoo it's done, eh!'
The young woman nodded.
Ma guidman used TO say lac pre-
ferred the darns TO the rest o. the sock
He wis an uncO blcther. wis ma guild
man, when he wis levin" said Mrs
Wallace, smiling little less coldly
than her wont AYE aye He wis aye
peyin' compliments or maxim com
plaints Yen hardly mind yer UnclC
Wallace. JESSE
Not very well"
AN ye Gamma be eXpectt 10 mind
him. But fur a man he wisna bad-na
be wisna bad In fac, / MIGHT say
never kent better man. An. efter a.
his complainin' micht haze been waur
an his compliments cudna haze beer
better Ye see. he aye peyed a com
pliment jlst afOre he made complaint
SO / wis aye ready for the complaint
an / jist never heedlt There's naethin
cures mans complaints quicker MOI
peyln' nae attention TO them. Nei
uncle never complained twice about the
same thing. He aye had sOmethin
new, an that KEEP him frae gettin tire
some Deed. aye. he wisna bad fui
man. Has yer ain man begoon t'
complain YETI"
Jess laughed and shook her head.
~Aweel there's time enough yet, bu
when he begins dinna fash yersef
Moo an then g can gle him q sat
answer like W it I ased 20 gle whites
10 yer uncle. mind yinst he slep' in
the mOrnin' an cam doom late 10 hi'
breakfast