Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1916-07-07 | Page 2 | Scotch Repartee

Scotch Repartee. If old Garge Jones was the most Inquisitive man in the village, Tom Morten was certainly the surliest. On afternoon as Garge perambulated slowly slow-ly along the one narrow street, he paused at Tora's garden fence and giued Inquiringly over at Tom. who was busily nailing a very large box together. "Afternoon. Tom!" said th old chap genially. "Whatever be "e puttin' that great box together forT Tom raused In bis hammerir.g long enough to retort curtly: "To hold all your questions, if so be as it's big enough!" Carge eyed him in rained silence for a few moments. Then fct took an empty match box from hit rocket and threw It over to Sandy. "Then that'll do for yer civil answers, It so bo as It's small enough!"' b r torted quietly.