A canny Scotsman had courted a lass long without definitely committing himself! The girl, if she worried herself at the long probation, gave no sign until one morning her tardy lover, thumbing a small notebook, said: “Maggie, I hae been weighing up your guid points, and L hae already got to ten. "When I get a dozen I’m‘ goin’ tae ask ye the fatal question.*’ “W/all, T wish ye luck, Jock.” answered the maiden, .“I line also gotten a wee hook, and I’ve been puttin’ doon your bad points. There are nineteen in it already, and when it reaches the score I’m goin’ tae accept the blacksmith 1”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 9 January 1929, Page 9
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