Emery County Progress | 1907-08-10 | Page 5 | Always in the Way

always tn the way recently a country doctor in the north ot ireland a bachelor who was locally noted for his brusqueness and irascibility was driving along a nor row lane or boreen when his pas sage was effectually barred by an old woman who was returning from the bog leading an ass whose panniers were filled with peats the woman led the ass to the side ot the lane as quickly as she could but not quickly enough to please the short tempered doctor faugh he exclaimed with a snort of disgust women and asses are always in the way im glad ye have the manners to put hourselt last said the old woman calmly the doctor drove on without another word