SANDY AND THE PENNY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12491, 18 March 1909, Page 1

SANDY AND THE PENNY.

They sat each at an extreme i»- '1 or the horsehair sofa. They iiad i.cci courtin' now for something li'tj t;.»o years, but the wide gap u-,iveet> them was preserved. "A penny for your thochts, Scudy," murmured Maggie, ifter a tilence of an hour and a half. "Weal," replied Sandy, 3I iwl.7. with surpising boldness, "tae tell ye the truth, I was just thinkin' _ how fine it wad be if ye. we're tae gie me a wee bit kissie." "I've nae objection," simpered Maggie, slithering over, and kissed him plumply on the tip of his left ear. . : . Then she slithered hack. Sandy relapsed into a brown study once more, and tho clock ticked 27 minutes. ■ ' • - . "An' what are ye thinkin' about noo — anither, eh?" "Nae, nae, lassie; it's mair serious " the noo." - ■ "Is it, laddie?" asked Maggie soft-' ly. Her heart was going pit-a-pat with expectation. "An' what micht ■ it be?" "I was jist thinkin'," answered Sandy, "that it was aboot time ye were paying me that penny."