Recountina a motor accident he had seen to his friend, the friend asked if anybody was hurt. "I think one chap was." "Any bones broken?" "I think it was his heart. He was sitting on a leaking suitcase, crying his eyes out."
No Cause to Lament A pour óld Scottish farmer was ye that his son should become a minister. great disappointment the son would have nothing to do with the church, and after a few years at the university, he startled everybody by setting up as horse dealer.
The farmer was deeply grieved, and deplored the matter to a neighbour when they met over a dram at the market.
"Oh, well" said the neighbour, "I wadna mourn over what has happened. As a horse-dealer Jamie will lead far more men to repentance than ever he would have done as a preacher.
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