The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-14

he observed when he had got his dry
garments and set his other pipe agong
"Dinna fash yersel, Jess I'm as RIGHTS
the maill Whaur's the wee yinY"
"Aunt Wallace has got her in the
parlor. I've put a fire on there, so 20
and get toasted"
"a FIRE this time O. the yearY'
"Tits Dave, don't ask questions and
you'll be told no liesr she cried with
affected lmpatlence. Away to the
parlor till get you some supper"
but I've had ma supper"
We'll, you've got TO take it again
Go when 1 ask you, Davie"
Il think III gang room to Dugald
McCalrs an see hoo the twa chaps is
gcttin' on. The yin l brocht ashore
was gey faur through, pulr lad"
you're not to go out tonight Dayie.
Just ask Aunt Wallace to get word for
you. Away and see il Rates sleep
ing"
"'Deed, ayeg he returned agreeably
and left the kitchen.
Jess dl7pped INTO chair and sat
bowed and iuotionlcss for five minutes.
Her nerves were I'm a horrid jangle,
and when at last she rose TO prepare
the supper she felt as IL she had lived
many years in the past hour.
And all at once dreadful terror
seized her, and she ded from the kitch-
en- to the parlor door. All, thank God,
all was well! Davie was there safe
aud sound-talking and laughing TO the
"wee yin"
She went back TO the kitchen, took
up a plate. let it slip from her fingers
and laughed softly over the ruin. But
when she spied the remains of Davids
pipe the tears filled her eyes and over
flowed and fell and fen and fell merci-
fully
When David expressed himself anX
ious as to the condition of the victims
of the boating accident Mrs. Wallace
readily offered to step along the road
to make inquiries and accepted DavidS
apology for not going himself with the
remark:
"Haud yer tongue, man. Ye're bet
ter mindin' the wean whaur ye are.
Ye're no wantin' to get the ncwmana
or whitever they ca It an haze Jess
rookin' Master Ogilvy o a his mus
tGrd fur plaisters fur the next twa-
three weeks. Ma, ma! Ye've had plen-
~ gallivantin' fur yin day, David,
Whits that We sayy Feart fur the
dark? Me? Haversl Them as isna
feart fur the licht isna feart fur the
Gsrk, espaycially when they CARRY a
wee barasole like this yin" Here she
smiled grimly and hourished large
and heavy looking umbrella. "Mind
the wean an mind yerser, David. an
I'll bring ye word as quick as ma legs
can CARRY me. I'll see Jess when get
back"
Mrs. Wallace had scarcely passed the
garden gate when she was hailed with
the inquiry:
"Hoo's David, Mistress WallaceT
"Mercy me! Is that you, Master
Ogilvy7 Ye aye turn up like q bad sax
pence! pavids fine, thenk We fur
spierin', but he's fashin hissel' aboot
the lads that got near droondit an I'm
jist ava to see hoo they're keepin'
The stupit fellas deserve to be droond
1t, bat l hope they'll no get the cauld
puir lads. Weel. guid NIGHT to ye
Master Ogilvy" And she hurried on
"Bide a meenit, If We please. lksuess
Wallace. I've iist been at McCalls wi
a bottle O the best, for I thocht the lads
wud be the better o. a wee
''Whit wey did ye no tell me that
afore? Weel? Whit aboot the lads Z
she demanded.
Il discovered they was teetotallers
but Dugald Mccall mislaid the bottle
as it We're, an had to come ava
wioot it. Aye, an
Put are the puir lads gettin' betterT
"They was catin toastit cheese whel
/ left no ha'ein had their supper
afore they gaed Oot in the boat. az
frae the quantity o the toastit chees'
bein' conshumed | was disposed G
form the opeenion that
.Sever heed yer opeenlon the moo
The lads is no muckle the waur O
their drookln? Is that whit ye mean
chr
"Jist that That'n be aboot il ony
wey. But, Mistress Wallace
" NNAs nAiN AA'lhNNh AhANhtNhbNH "a
the grocer paused and smiled mysterl
Ously
Mistress Wallace, what dae ye thiBl
fun oot the nicht;'
''Yersef, / suppose"
''Na, but I'm serious"
"Weel, whit are ye GRIMM atY'
I'm smilin seriously, as it,
"Weel, ye sudna"
"lt's WI serious satisfaction" sah
Mr.. Ogilvy good naturedly. "Wha da
ye think the twa young men happen {
be?' he asked, not without excitement
"WhaY"
They're the twa new jlners fra
Paisley that are gaun TO set up in OppC
section 10 David Houston! What thin
ye o. thatr'
Are ye shairY'
an sweer to H. They arrived a
KinlOChan the day an celebrated th
occasion WI an evenin' cruise, so
speak, in a sma boat, but Paisley n'
bein' what ye wud ca seafarin' plao
they didna ken hoo
"Rll ava an tell David an Jess,
said Mrs Wallace, interrupting the gre
GERS how Of detail "But / wud like {
haze a crack WI ye the morn, Maiste
Ogilvy" she added pleasantly.
eI'll bide here for ye the nicht" h
returned eagerly.