The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-15

wasna lecin' he offers me a ceegaur
an says, rale pheasant Ike; I'm gled
We tell't me in time. ogilvy The Jobs
Houston's, an IL / had the use O. ma
legs he's lame, puir mani wud like
a kick at that deevil Dobbler"
"Did he say deevilY
AYE, did he, an waur nor that But
her hert's In the RIGHT place, an his
jobs for David II no likely end wi the
new store. I'm thinkiEa'
The grocer could not help looking to-
ward Mrs. Wallace for a sign Of appro-
baton
"Ye did ne sac bad" she said quiet
ly and smiled
And he was satisfied.
"Weel, Master Ogllvy," she said
later after some further conversation,
"In ava to Hazel Cottage. fur I'm
kin o. anxious aboot Jess. She's no as
weel as she ocht TO be. She's never
got over that NIGHT wheL David gaed
Until the sea efter the Wulkie lads
Her speerits is over changeable-u
an doom wioot ony guild reason"
I'm vexed aboot that. Wull she no
haze the doctor? She Wilma? That's a
peety. I ken David was troubled the
last time had a crack wi him, but be
didna tell me Wull she no TAX
tonic. as it wereT
"Weel. We see. Master Ogilvy. l
didna want to frichten the lass aboot
herser. an I've never said TO her l
thocht she wisna lukin weel But
doot somethin' II haze to be dune if she
disua get better quick She'll no TAX
care o. herser. She works aboot the
hoosc like a powny, an then wee Ka-
ties neediu' her mair every day-Tm
iist gaun alang 10 haud the wean fur
awhile-an' Jess disna sleep weel at
nicht. She's aye waukenin up an
wantin' 60 dae things. David, puir lad
tell't me shat the ither nicht or early
in the norma, he waukened an missed
her an he got up an gaed to the paur-
lour. an there she wis, workin' nj his
| books. ! never seen a man as vexed as
David. An he disna want 20 frichten
her either"
That's terriblew said Mr. Ogilvy
sympathetically "She maun be made
to TAX care o. hcrser Does she no
understaun hoo wecl her mans daCn 2
/ Ye sud ten her aboot the store.
/ wasna gaun TO tell David for he'll
1 likely get the offeecial intimation the
/ morn But guild news is better nor
medicine, We ken. Tell her, Mistress
! Wallace
"Ill dae that. But Jess has a great
notion in her young held I'll tell We
aboot it some day-an' she Gamma help
striving fur It. Wcel. guild day TO ye.
Master Ogilvy. an see an get us soIae
extra nice ham fur Friday nicht"
Depend ON me Re shair an tell her
aboot Master Murdoch speakin aboot
ither jobs furbye the store but dinna
let ON | had onythin' TO dae WI the
business
Left TO himself, Mr. Ogilvy paced up
and down the floor behind his counter
"Twa customers this efternune-an
what q difieronce Samuel Ogilvy," he
moralized, "ye're the lucky yin-gauu
to yer tea on Friday But, oh, that
Miss Perk! Job hisser wud haze cried
oot at her impiddence! But I'm vexeC
] lost ma temper. Loss yer temper, an
We loss somethln' else Mistress Wal
lace never said a truer word. I've los
customer, no that I'm gaun to gree
aboot that, for she was yin o. the
girnin' sort, aye complainin an neye
satisfied WI perfection an wantin
credit for aud bashed tins TINT I've
got to fling GOT on the shore. An there
her orders lynn on the coonteF an
she's mo- gaun 10 TAX them moo. It's
peety / weighed them DOT, but she ay'
likct to see her groceries weighed. oh
me. some leddics is 81 10 dae wi. Blu
I'm gaun 70 ma tea on Friday NIGHT
That's whaur the siller liuin comes in
Deed, ave.
lie gathered the items Of Miss Perk'
countermanded order together an'
made them into one parcel, on whic
be wrote Mrs Donald, from friend.
"The goods is sold, an ] refuse I
talk them back" he muttered. Il
dinna deserve TO be peyed for thei
onywey Miss Perk was maybe no a
bad as / thocht she was, an nae doe
Mistress Wallace was richt aboot hel
An it's no for Samuel 0giIvy 10 thin
evil O onybody that's fond o. Jes
Houston An it's a puir hert tha
J never rej'ices, an ] Gamma help r'
Jicin' 10 think
, His meditatlon was interrupted b
the entrance Of his message boy.
"Laddie" he said, dye ken whau
, Mistress Donald bides. her wi he
man ava at the hospitalf'
AYE"
"Aweel tax this parcel. lay il O
Aer doorstep chap at the door an II
ava as hard's We can II she catch'
We IW thinl twice aboot raisin' 80
wages next year. Ava wi ye"
.
To Mrs Wallace's great but col
cealed relief she found her niece in
g cheerful humor.
, Jess was busy in the kitchen and
reply to her aunts inquiry regardir
: the whereabouts Of the baby laughs
and said
"Kaues in the parlor with h
, nurse"
"Ye mean David? / thocht he W
! extra busy the moo"
, so he is-just rather too busy. H.
hes not in the parlor Katie has got
D new nurse"
J What's that2" asked Mrs. Wallac
not looking oyerpleased.
"Old Angus"