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Show THE JACKPOT QUESTION TT WAS the day appointed by the Rev. Duncan McGregor for catechising cate-chising some of his congregation, but, unfortunately, the good clergyman clergy-man had received an invitation to dinner for the same day and, forgetting for-getting his previous engagement, had accepted it. Just as the minister wgs mounting mount-ing his gig to depart, he perceived the first of his class entering his garden, and the remainder coming over the fair Scottish hill. He was instantly aware of the mistake he had made, but his ready wit soon came to his assistance. "What have you come for, Jock?" he asked, addressing the first comer. com-er. "An' dee ye no' remember, sir, ye bade us come to be cate-cheesed?" cate-cheesed?" "Oh, ay; weel, no' to keep ye going further, Jock, was it a horned coo or a hemmel that Noah took into the ark?" "Deed, sir, I carina tell." "Well, turn back and ask the ither folk the same question, and if they canna answer it, bid them go home and find oot." And with that the Rev. Duncan McGregor drove away to his dinner. |