OCR Text |
Show vr . Quite Capable There is nothing sinful about hav-in.!.' hav-in.!.' :i reasin;ih!e pride in one's belongings be-longings and estate, but when a man has nut the sense to keep his mouth j shut about them he becomes a general ! nuisance. I A fanner of this order had met a I few of his acquaintances on the market mar-ket day. and. as usual, soon monopo-j monopo-j lized the whole of the conversation, J talking about his steam thresher, his reaping machine, his barns, his this and his that, until they were all heartily tired of listening to him. He was the first to '0, however. "Aye." says one of them, "and has ye a win'tnill?" "Na, that's what ah hae nae." "Well, man, it's a pity ye had nae. i for ye could blaw it yersel'." London I Weekly Telegraph. |