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Show NO CAUSE FOR GRATITUDE. And Sturdy Scotchman Gave No Lip Service to His Maker. The following example of a quaint, philosophical Scotch character is related re-lated In the Scottish American: The season had been an exceptionally b:d one for farming, but In a church n1"! far from Arbroath the officials had resolved, re-solved, according to custom, to lio'.l the annual harvest thanksgiving sorv-Ice. sorv-Ice. It was noticed that on thnt p-r-tlcular occasion Mr. Johnstone, n re-; ular nttendant and pillar of the church (whose crops had miserably failed) was not In attendance. The minister in the courso of the following week met Mr. Johnstone nnd inquired of him the reason of his absence from church on such an Important occasion. "Wool, sir," replied Mr. Johnstone, "I dlnna care aboot approachin' my Maker Mak-er In a speerlt o' sarcasm." |