The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-07
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THE GENTLEMAN PROM GLASGOW.
." 1 ~ hottie O. furniture polish
IA continued Mrs Wallace
zSS~ "a bottle O. furniture pol.
2 ish.1 repeated the grocer.
moistening the point OF stImpy pen
eli and applying Il to the dog cared
page of a dilapldatcd order book.
AYE, an see an no send a bottle
o. Complexion Cream, the wey ye
done the last time"
Complexion CrcamT"
"Jlst that That wis whit We sent
the last time-its while syne-I or
dered furniture polish. I presoome II
wisna your sau't Master Ogilvy. fur
l perceived an evll smile. as the stories
say. on the face o. the laddie that
brocht the messages. But it wi9na an
evil smile nor oay ither kin o. smile
when I got the haud o. him the next
Vornin'. Ma"
"Oh. Mistress Wallace exclaimed
Mr. Ogilvy in unaffected distress. "Im
vexed ye was insultt by the laddle!
He was jist wee deevll an I'm gled
l sent lin ava. Deed / wish l had
sent him ava simmer. In fac, l wish
| had never seen his impiddent face.
| was near dementlt wi his pranks
an tricks He thOcht naethin' O. pit
tin saut in siftit sugar. an yin time
he mixed up pepper in puir aud Mais-
ter Bowie's snun an near kilt the puir
buddy wi sneezln' an greetn' An
at the New Year what dac ye think he
done to Mistress Mason's parcel the
biggest order I've had for mony a lang
day what dae ye think he doneT
II cudna say"
"Aweel, l sud explain that the pair
eel contained. us it were, a heap O. lux
uries In fac it was maistly compos-
ed o luxuries, a. sorts o guild things
an sweet things, ye ken"
"Mphm"
"Tm tellin' We aboet the luxuries SO
as We may perceive the full meanin' o
the wee deevirs prank"
Il see"
"Weel the parcel was sent ava, an
the day efter Mistress Mason's servant
lass cam into the shop an said | cud
get the parcel back as shin as l likel
/ 10 send fur It, an she said forbye that
I medina tell the laddie to ca fur fur.
ther orders. an WI that she walkit oot
/ the shop leavin' me completely DUN
/ foonert. But there was naethin' fur Il
but TO get back the parcel an solve
the mystery, as it were
"An' whit wis the mystery as i
wisg" inquired Mrs Wallace, n littl'
impatently
"rhe mystery" said Mr.. Ogilvy sol
emnly, "was lalrge size bottle o. cas-
tor lie wi a Happy New Year writ
ten on it, an Mistress Mason hadna or
dered the ile.'
Mrs Wallace chuckled 81 fncgt'
the laddie! l furgre the laddier sh'
cried.
Il didna dae that, Mistress Wallace,
said the grocer shortly, "but l gi'e'
him a weeks notice"
1T wis a peety to loss sic smair
laddie," she remarked, still chuckllng
"He was over smart fur me. III
was that, | tell We. An 1 telrt him h
was over smart fur rGnnin ma mes
sages. ! tell't him that when l peye'
him his wages fur the last time. Blu
be iist made a face at me an gae'
ava lauchin' like to hurt hissef
was the Saturday nicht an when
had seen him ar the premises l can
back here, whaur I'm the moo. fur I
max up ma books, an ! made to 81
doom on ma stool-the stool ye Sc
there, Mistress Wallace but the stoc
gaed birlin' ava, an ] cam doom W
an awfu' crash on the fiure. l wa
thenkfu' there was nae customers i
the shop An when | cam 10 m
senses | discovered three nutmegs {
the vera best quality that the we
deevil had pitten unner the legs o m
stool, which accoonut fur the acciden
as it were. So, ye see'-
"An' We can send hauf pun o y
best ham," interrupted Mrs, Wallace.
"Hauf a pun o. the best ham, r.
peated W Ogilyy. but what wey
he suddenly asked, did We no retur
the Complexion Cream Mistress Wa
laceY"
q ''Wecl, to tell We the truth, tried
4 on ma mahogany chiffoneer. an II
result wis first rate. only the creal