HE KNEW HIM.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 717, 29 March 1900, Page 4

HE KNEW HIM.

There is a certain Glasgow physician who is noted alike for his extreme thinness and lankiness. The other day his wife, having run short of matches, called in a boy who was shouting " Wax vestas ! " with the intention of purchasing some of his stools. The boy obeyed the summons and the lady, taking him into the surgery, purchased several boxes. The money was in a wall cupboard in the surgery, in which cupboard an articulated skeleton was standing at full length — a circumstance which escaped the lady's memory until she had opened it. As soon as the door was opened, the grinning skeleton was disclosed to the view of the horrified urchin, who gave one wild long shriek of dismay, and fled, terror-stricken, abandoning both money and matches in bis hurry. When the doctor came home the incident was related to him, and about a fortnight afterwards the same boy was seen passing the house. On the doctor's being informed of the fact, he went to the door and called to the boy that he wanted to speak to him. The boy, instead of answering his call, lost no time in putting a good distance between the doctor and himself, and then shouted back at the pitoh of his voice, " Nae fear ; I'm fly for you, you muckle auld skeleton ! I kon ye, although ye hiv got yer claes on noo ! "