This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...very fortunate in the wife you have got." '"Deed have a'," was the prompt reply, "'deed have a'." And then looking me very earnestly in the face he added, "A' was awfu' frichten'd a' wad get a deil!" A deil for a wife to a man at any age would be bad enough, but a deil when the husband is seventy-five would be very bad ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...very fortunate in the wife you have got." '"Deed have a'," was the prompt reply, "'deed have a'." And then looking me very earnestly in the face he added, "A' was awfu' frichten'd a' wad get a deil!" A deil for a wife to a man at any age would be bad enough, but a deil when the husband is seventy-five would be very bad indeed. TRY AND WARSLE (WRESTLE) THROUGH. WILLIE CLARK'S experience was different to that of a farmer in Lochmaben parish, whom I recollect as an old man of seventy when I was a boy. Though so much of a cripple as to require the help of a couple of sticks when walking, he married a third wife. She was much younger than her spouse, and it "turned oot" that the "grey mare" was decidedly the better horse. He confided to a crony his matrimonial position and grievances, winding up his tale of woe by declaring, " Man, Peter, a' assure ye, if it's the Lord's wull to tak' this ane away, a'll try and warsle (wrestle) through!" LOOKING AT EACH OTHER. To two Dumfriesshire gentlemen who were touring through the Lake District of England, the driver one day said, "We always know a newly-married couple when they're passing through this district." "Indeed?" queried one Identifying a Newly Married Couple of the tourists; "by what means do you identify them?" "Well, sir, they're always taken up looking at each other and not at the scenery!" IDENTIFYING A NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE. WHEN I was at Niagara some years ago I was shown the Falls from all points of view, by a gentleman whose residence was in the immediate vicinity. As we were standing on the higher ground on the Canadian side my guide, pointing to a large building on the United States side, asked, "...
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