Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08

rs IL tt,nc ne a9is gt,ua To mcct here"
job. l wudna like to see it gaun by
David. Dye think he's heard ABBOTT
the opposeetion, as it were, Mistress
Wallace?"
ma; he hasna heard yet. Him an
brisk as bees, like pair o young yins
-jist like lad an lass afore they're
mnirrit."
Eye mean, presume, that they
gaed aft in LIGHT hcrtit condeetion?''
"Ye preshume RIGHT I'm sflair Da-
vid had nae word O. the business. An
gus got it frae man wha heard it
frne the factor"
81 heard it frae the factor hisseP. 1t
was only fixed this mornin'. But ]
thocht David MIGHT haze got wind o. It.
l suppose yell tell him when he comes
hame"
"Tll see. 1 wis thinkin We MIGHT
tell him yerser."
Me? AVA Mistress Wallace! Pm
no. the yin 10 break bad news. l can
M dac it in CHEEKY enough style. Ma
| disposeetion Is over melancholical, am
| max the bad news seem waur nor ii
really Is. l mind when John Gamer
on's wife ran awa'-eloped. as it were
| wi n man O the name o McAIcekin,
brass fecnishcr to trade, an was
deprtit to inform John O. the d:stressin'
occurrence. was near chokit wi
emotion, an it was WI supreme eff
fort that I produced the unreasonable
information. BuI t,,.i ! lad fcea.
ished John Cameron Us; drew Il lang
breith, an u ne said was: An wha.
are ye groanin' aboot. OgilvyY I'm
tellin' We this. Mistress Wallace, to H.
lustrate the fac tilat wi ma melan
TO max bad news waur nor 1t really is
to eNnggerate it, rs 1t We're"
81 ken ye're kin O. dismal buddy
said Mrs. Wallace ngreeahly, but see
in we've brocht guild news to Davi(
moo an then thocht We wud be the
best yin to bring the bad news"
"Wud it no be best to say naethin
am jist let David fin it DOT for hissel'?'
ma, ma! Pm thinkin' it's the new
llooses that's bringin' the new liners t,
Kinlochan-a big job like that wud b'
n fine START fur them-an' the simmer
David gets his word in wi the con
tractor the better. jist hope he's no
over late as 1t is. Hoo dae We thinl
David wud staun' opposeetion" sh'
inquired suddenly.
Mr.. Ogilvy rubbed his chin medita
lively.
'D'ye think it wud maxi him striv,
MAR" his companion asked.
J Mr.. Ogilvy ceased rubbing his cllii
and took to scratching his nose gent,
with his middle finger. "Is lie nc
gtrivin' the noo!" he said ut last.
Mrs. Wallace shook her heaE "r>
gardens got the baud O. him again
an furbye that he's sac ta'en up wi
this wee daurlin' "--sile looked down Il
the infant-'.that whites Jess Gamma &c
him DOT the lioose TIL 10 + the Go.:,
in"
ITS no. great sin to be tacn up W
, his dochtcr." the. grocer observed.
II didna say it wis. Master ogilvy
but it wull be a sin II her an JOSS lla'
to suffer i the future" Mrs. W;illac
returned solcmnly. Size patted Il:
child tendel!y and continued: ~ THU.
a mans the queerest thing in the la.
O. creation. I've lecved lang Will
, moo, an y
"Yere no. that aud" put in MI
Ogilvy CALAMITY.
"Haud yer tongue, please! wa
/, sayln' I've leeved lang while moo, III
I've met twa sorts o. Wilt We micht C;
honest, dacent. guild men, an l wutin
like to say which is the warst O. IL.
twa. There's the man that aye pit
Ills business afore his wife an wean:
J an there's the man that aye pits hi
, I've never seen Il man yet that ke,
hoo to divide hisser."
"Nae man can serve twa masters.
remarked Mr.. Ogilvy seriously.
mae man sud try it," she returned
i "A man sud be his ain MASTER"
t an theory, as it We're"
4 INA! In practice. as it is. Theory
a. RIGHT efter a mans deid. Ye dim
buy n man WI wages; ye buy his warl
he disna sell hisser to his wife al
weans; lie lends lisscl' as lang as Ii
i has the RIGHT an MIGHT to dac it. A
i least that's the wey it sud be-
v aye, but that's jist theory, if yc'
excuse me for sayin' H. Mistress Wa
r lace"
Ell ri excuse We, fur ken ye cam
e help helm IL biether Master Cgilvy.
never met n man yet that didna Ct.
J. ABBOTT theories when he hadna the SEM
It or the spunk to practise Whit he Ike.
|. in his hcrt wis the RIGHT thing to dac.'
j. "Ye'rc vera severe 81 man." said NJ
D Ogilvy, mopp!ng his brow. Man
n but mortal" he added in dignitled apo
'ogy.