TAKING IT LITERAILY.
The late Rev. Dr. Wrightman was a simple-minded clergyman of tne old school. When a young man, he paid his addresses to a young lady in the parish, and his suit was accepted on the condition that it met the approval of tho ladyV mother. Accordingly, the doctor waited upon the matron; and, stating his case, the good woman, delighted at the proposal, passed the usual Scotch compliment. ' Deed, doctor, you'ro far owre guid for orr Janet. I'm sure she's no guid eno for ye.' ' Weel, weel,' was tho rejoinder, ye ken best, so we'll say nae mair about it.' No more was said; and tho social intercourse of tho parties continued on the same footing as before. About forty yoars after Dr. Wrightman died a bachelor, and the lady an old maid.
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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 2, Issue 124, 24 April 1895, Page 4
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