Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-15
ng her baby from the woman who had

wasna feart, was We, dearie?'
Get off your wet Clothes" she cried
"Quick, quick, quicls!" and stamped
her foot.
The next moment his pipe lay shat
tered OH the floor and she was in his |
arms, crying tearlessly as il her heart
would break. "Oh, Davie, you = you
splendid manw she sobbed. "But
change your clothesw she cried, free
Ing herself
81 doot yen haze to change yer ain
noo," lie said with laugh, pointing to
her wet blouse. "Quick, quick, quick"
he Knocked her gently and stamped his
foot so that the dishes on the dresser
ratified.
"Saut waiter Wilma hurt onybody,"
he observed when he had got his dry
garm1lts and set his other pipe agoing.
"Dinna fash yersel, Jess. I'm as RIGHTS
the mail! Whaur's the wee yinY"
aunt Wallace has got her in the
parlor. I've put fire on there, SO go
and get toasted"
"a fire this time O. the year?"
"Tits, Davie, don't ask questions and
you'll be told no lies!" she cried with
affected Impotence. Away to the
parlor till l get you some supper"
"But I've had ma supper"
well, you've got to take it again.
Go when l ask you, Davie!"
81 think I'll gang room to Dugald
McCall's an see hoo the twa chaps is
settin' on. The yin l brocht ashore
was gey faur through, puir lad"
YOU'RE not to go out tonight. Davie.
Just ask Aunt Wallace to get word for
you. Away and see If Katie's sleep
ing"
"'Deed, aye!" lie returned agreeably
and left the kitchen.
Jess dropped into chair and sat
bowed and motionless for five minutes.
Her nerves We're in horrid jangle,
and when ut last she rose to prepare
the supper she felt as if she had lived
many years in the past hour
And all Mt once dreadful terror
seized her, and she fled from the kltch-
en- to the parlor door. All, thank God,
all was well! Davie was there safe
and sound-talking and laughing to the
wee yin"
She went back to the kitchen, took
up 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 fell and fsll-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 Dayid's
apology for not going himself with the
remark:
"Haud yer tongue, mani Ye're bet
ter mindin' the wean whaur We are.
Ye're no wantin' to get the newmania
rookin' Master Ogilvy o. a his mus
tard fur plaisters fur the next twa-
three weeks. Ma, ma! Ye've had plen-
ty gallivantin' fur yin day, David!
Wits that We say? Feart fur the
dark? Me? Havers! Them as isna
feart fur the LIGHT isna feart fur the
dark, espaycially when they CARRY a
wee parasole like this yin" Here she
smiled grimly and flourished large
and heavy looking umbrella. mind
the wean an mind yersel, 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 Wallace?'
mercy me! Is that you, Master
Ogilvy? Ye aye turn up like bad sax
pence! David's fine, thenk We fur
spierin', but he's fashin' hisser ABBOTT
| the lads that got near droondit, an Pm
jist AVA to see hoo they're kecpin'.
The stupit fellas deserve to be droond-
it, but hope they'll no get the cauld,
puir lads. Wecl, guild NIGHT to We.
Master Ogilvy." And she hurried on.
"Bide n meenit, if ye please, Mistress
Wallace. I've jist been ut McCalls wi
n bottle o. the best, for thocht the lads
wud be the better O. wee
whit wey did We no tell ME that
afore? Weel? Whit ABBOTT the lads?"
she demanded
Il discovered they was tcetotallers,
but Dugald Mccall mislaid the bottle,
as it were, an l had to come AVA
wi'oot it. Aye, an
But are the puir lads gettln' bettcr?"
"They was eatin' toastit cheese when
left, no. ha'ein' had their suppers
nfore they gaed cot in the boat an
frae the quantity O. the toastit cheese
bein' consumed l was disposed to
form the opeenion that
"Never heed yer opeenion the moo!
The lads is no muckle the waur O.
their drookin'? Is that whit We mean,
ehY"
"Jist that. That'll be ABBOTT 1t ony-
wey. But, Mistress Wallace
"Weel!' she inquired impatiently, as
the grocer paused and smiled mysteri-
ously.
Mistress Wallace, what dae We think
fun cot the nicht?"
"Yersel', l suppose"
INA, but Pm serious"
"Weel, whit IRE We GRIMM att"
I'm smilin' seriously, as it,
'Weel, We sudna."
'It's WI serious satisfaction" said
Mr.. Ogilvy good naturally. "Wha dae
We think the twa young men happen to
be?' he asked, not without excitement.
"Wha"
'"They're the twa new liners frae
Paisley that are gaun 20 set up in oppo-
section to David Houston! What thinl,
We O. that?"
Are We Sharp
''I'll sweer to it! They arrived Mt
Kinlochan the day an celebrated the
occasion wi an evenin cruise, so to
speak, in u sma' boat, but Paisley mo-
bein what We wud ca seafarin' place
they didna ken hoo
'Tll AVA an tell David an Jess"
said Mrs. Wallace, intcrrupting the gro.
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