GETTING THE BETTER OF SANDY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9257, 5 December 1891, Page 1 (Supplement)

GETTING THE BETTER OF SANDY.

Both were healthy lads, and when the\ came in from the turnip field and found a uot-over-capacioi.B pot of mashed potatoes awaiting them by way of dinner, euch wa* aehsed-by the notion that he could dispose of the.lot without This feeling wob productive of .% brilimt vU'ix in th • brain of Jock. He knew that SauUj'tt stomach was of tbe prjm arninh order, nnr' hoped by '"scunneriu"' him nt tin* ou;be» to get the pot to hiu-sflf. " M«n, S.jn-y, 1 ' quoth he, as tha latter, delved iv with a torn spoon of spade-like size, "I dinna 8"« ±oo we can eat thae tat ties' uva." "Whej ?" ""Coz I was in here whf-n the mistress •w^achampin'. thi?m, jmd th"re yae a beetle in,th9m.V "Ufjli!" paid Sandy, siiowin?, an-inclination to " bock," "and did Blie no! tak.', it o'ot ?',' "No ; Bhe just chuinpit, awa'." Sandy, went out for some fresh air, and no 6Ooner waa hia bac* turned than, chuokling, Jock act to and emptied the pot. He had barely finished when Sandy came back. "Guio'siUel" tne latter ejaculated, "ye hnena eUeu thie things wi' a clojk obampit up atuoug th'-co, Jodt, l;ae ye?" "It wnpna a clock ;it v » tootle." "A beetle ?•' "Ay, atuUis btttle.

There it's on the «.üble." Sandy caught up the beetle, while Jock shot out at the door. When last **»» J -He w nR ntiU ahead.