The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1906-03-16
WeeMacgreegor
Copyright, '9o5, by Joseph 3. Bowles.l
BY j. J. BELL

AdiAilly bC6dl tiCiA pei 49,
Argyll street-"mawi
What list yere wantin' now Mac
greegor?" asked his mother, not with
out irritation in her voice.
Nav. here a sweetie shop
well, what about it? Yell get yer
candy in the morn, my mamie.
Il want ii now. nav"
Deed, then yen list haze TO want.
Ye might think shame o yersef. wantin
candy after we've EFT two apples an
pie"
But I'm hungry yet.
This seemed to amuse his mother,
for she laughed and called to a big
man in front of her, who was carrying
a little girl: John Macgreegor's
sayin he's hungry
Are ye hungry, Macgreegor?' said
John, hating and turning to his son,
with a twinkle in his eye. yell be
wantin scone, maybe.
Macgreegor looked offended. and his
mother remarked: Not him, It's
the sweetie shops that's maxim him
hungry. But I've tell't him he's to
get no candy till the mornin'.
Dye hear what she's sayin Mac
greegor?" said his father. Then:
Come on, IAzzie. an we'll get him
bit sweetie to taste his mouth.
.Ye jist spoil the child, John, said
/ Lizzie. moving however, with a good
i natureG smile to the shop-window.
But mind, it's to be barleysugar.
III no haze him film his stomach
wi fancy things See an get barley
sugar, John, an wee JEANNE Il get
a bit of it. Will We not, my darlin'?'
she demanded sweetly of the child in
/ her husbands arms. Wee JEANNE ex-
pressed delight in sounds unintelligi
BILE to anyone but her mother
Il want tablet" said Macgreegor to
his father in whisper rendered
hoarse with emotion at the sight of
the good things in the window.
His mother was rot intended to hear
him, but she did. Tablet" she ex-
claimed Children that gets tablet
gets i'll after.
The boys neither lip protruded and
trembled ominously.
Och, Lizzie" said John, we're aye
thinlin about the future. wee bit
tablet II do the laddie no harm.
Indeed. no. An fine | think We like
{ bit tablet yerseT.
"Ay. that's right. John. But we've
surely not forgot what the doctor said
when Macgreegor was lynn badly
after We had him at the exhibeetion
He said Macgreegor had a weak di.
gestion, and we was to be awful care
full what he EFT An | was readin
in the Companion jist the ither night
that there was nothin' worse fur the
digestion than nuts. an tablets jist
full o nuts"
"Oh, we'll" said her husband, evi.
IDENTIFY overcome by her reasoning. I'm
get barey-sugar. Wait a bit, JEANNE
And he entered the shop.
When he rejoined his family he
4 handed the wholesome sweetmeat" to
/ his wife, who first of all extracted a
short stick for wee JEANNE, wrapping
one end of it in a scrap of paper torn
from the poke" Macgreegor accepted
his share in gloomy silence, and pres
entity the party resumed their walk,
John again carrying his daughter,
who from time to time dabbed his
countenance with the wet end of her
barley-sugar in a filial desire to give
him a taste.
Having proceeded west about 100
yards, they were called to a halt by
Lizzie at the door of big warehouse.
I'm goin' in here, John" she said.
I'm wantin' a bit of red flannel fur
a gown fur wee JEANNE"
"Nothin' fur yerself, Lizzie?'
His wife looked at something in one
of the windows rather wistfully. It's
over dear" she murmured
ITS not so dear" said John,
thoughtfully.
"Weel it's good stuff But I'm
right unwilling to pay so much fur
what l might do without An Mac
greegor's needin' new bonnet"
His bonnet's fine. Jist you go in,
Lizzie, an buy what we've got yer
eye on Well see about a bonnet
after. bod! We might as well haze
yer New Years day. woman like ither
folk Away with We"
"Ill TAX wee JEANNE with me
said Lizzie. looking pleased I'm
sure yer arms tired wi handlin' her
She's gettin' a big lassie-are We not
my dear?" She stepped into the door
way, but returned for moment See
an keep a grip on Macgreegor, John"
she said
"Oh, ayi Him an me II jist take
bit of a stroll up an down till We
come DOT" Having wiped from his
face the sticky traces of his daugh-
ter,s Affection and set his nine goin @