OCR Text |
Show TOO READY IN ARGUMENT. Scotchman Over Eager to Prove His Innocence. "Lord Durnham," ealtl nn Araorlcau Journalist, "presiilcd at tho recent annual an-nual dinner In London of tho Nows-papor Nows-papor Fund. Ho told a number of stories. "Ono thing ho said wns that, on a flshlnc trip In Scotland, he set out on a certain morn I tin with a largo lunch-con lunch-con basket, Intending to bo gono for tho day. Ilo fished till noon. Then hunger seized him. At tho samo time, too, ho recalled tho fact that ho had left his luncheon at tho foot of a cliff on tho road, whore ho had stopped stop-ped to rcHt. "Tho clllf was two miles back, but tho hungry lord sot out for it on a fast walk. On tho way ho mot a shabbily shab-bily dresEod Scot. " 'Did you,' ho asked, 'nnd anything on thf road as you camo along?' "'Na,' said tho Scot. 'Na; not I. Could na a struy dog ha' found and caton it?' " |