AFTERMATH 207 



One of these only I happen to remember. It ran 

 something like this: 



"Over near Tarves a good, honest, hard-working 

 chap was about to be married. He invited all his 

 friends and neighbors to the festivities, and the 

 evening was passing off in jolly fashion. Sandy 

 finally thought it was about time he made some 

 public acknowledgment to the parson who had 

 honored the company by his presence, and in fact 

 had tied the marriage knot, so he raised his glass 

 to propose a toast. He had premeditated this, of 

 course, and in reality had prepared for himself a 

 very neat little speech, the main point in which 

 was to be the fact that they all knew and appre- 

 ciated the good man so thoroughly that nothing the 

 speaker could say would add to their repect for him, 

 etc., etc., etc.; but in the excitement of the moment 

 he lost his bearings a bit, winding up, somewhat to 

 the dismay of his guests, with: 'Gude friends, ye a' 

 ken the meenister so verra weel, he has lived among 

 us a' sae lang, that the least said aboot him the 

 better.' " 



One night during the week that Mr. DUTHIE was 

 judging at Toronto the management tendered their 

 guest from across the seas a grand banquet, attended 

 by many of the highest dignitaries of the Dominion. 

 It was a large affair, and nearly everybody in due 

 course was called upon to make a speech. Some- 

 where around midnight the chairman pounced upon 



