NOT AN IDEAL MAN TO WED.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 35, 5 November 1907, Page 9

NOT AN IDEAL MAN TO WED.

SO TIBBIE DECIDED. . The notions in 'regard to' courtship and marriage "hold by Tibbie, the young woman who presided over the Jameson kitchen, were a never-ending source of amusement to her mistress. '"lee taken me mind oIF Archie Maclnchlan, , m.-i'am," Tibbie announced: one day, referring to a young carpenter who had haunted her domain for some weeks. "He's no tlio man for mo. 1 can see that weel." ' "What li»s poor Archie done?" asked Mrs. Jameson, her. heart filled with joy at tho knowledge that she was not to lose her domestic treasure, as she had feared. "It's what ho has na done, ma'am," responded Tibbie, briskly.. "I put a few tests to him. I said, 'Archie, if ye had a wifb, an' come home sonio day to find she'd gono gadding with her kin and left tho houso in disorder, what'd you do?' And ho looked at me with that foolish smile o' his, an' said lie, 'I'd put it to rights mysolY "Again I tried him with churchgoing. Said 1, 'Archie, if yo had a wife that somo Snwbath moining would up an' tell yp she was too tired to bide the thoughts o' sitting under tho minister, what'd you do?' An' again ho smiled foolish at me rii , said, 'I'd go an' listen for two.' "And at last 1 tried him with the vanities o' this world. I said, 'Archie, if yo had a wife that would take some o' your hardearned money an' spend it for gay ribbons an' kickshaws to put on hersel', what'd you do?' Aii'-ho smiled broader than ever, an' says he, 'I'd take my pleasure l.ookin , at hor wi' 'em on her.' "So then I up an' told him he'd best be looking elsewhere for a wife. " 'You'd be a fearfu' pleasant man to wed, , I said to him, 'but such easy-going ways wouklnn train a lass like mo.' "Tho answer to every one o' the three questions should 'n' Iwmi, 'I'd take n stick to her,' an 1 you know it! "So now we've parted, ma'am."— "Youth's Companion."