DRAUGHTS IN THE HIGHLANDS.
(a) J. R. — "Ye'ro aff M'Culloch's ' Guide ' \vi' thab move ; but aiblins ye're no weel versed in beuk leur." P.F. — " No fery ; she shoost kens ta carritoh in Gaelic, and the Pealms of Tauvit, moreover." (jj) J. R. — "Thab move puts me in defeeculties ; you maun aloo me time bo get ooto' them." P.F.—" Ach ! you havepeen study-studyin' your move nearly all night for ta last five minutes whateffer; and you tat knows ta pook so well can give a pook move to be surely. You pc as slow and more slowly than you used ( to wass before you learned ta pook at all, at all." (c) J. R. — "I'm thinkin' ye're a slow player yersel' whiles ; ye hae been studyin' your position for aboot a quarter o' an hoor." P. F. — "She'll no petter move at all and say—as ta ' Herd Laddie ' wance said when he wass in a pad poscetion— tat she lost ta game py studin' too long.' " (r>) J. R.— " 1 claim a win by play in 25-22 18-25, 27-23, &c. ; but gin yo had played 26-30, instead o' 16 19, ye wad hae drawn. It wis a weel-focht game, and we'll lay the brod aside and hae a dram." P.F. — "Fery goot t a dram be ic. She saw tat ta game could pc traw py playin' on to ta croon, put if she wass to traw to game she wass afraid you would not traio your pottle, and you keep a goot tram, Shon— a fery good ram inteet . "
According to a little Baltimore girl the interior of Africa "ia principally used for purposes of exploration. !I Smavty : "When would a fellow rathe take a kick than give oneV' De Luny : " I pass." Smarty: "When he has the gout !"
" S outer." ((bailie and notes contributed by "Fraoch.") 11-15 4- 8 11-15 7-11 14-18 23-19 24-20 31-27 26-22 (c) - 7 9-14 15-24 (b',7-11 11-16 9-14 22-17 28-19 20-16 12- 8 17-10 6- 9 11-15 11-20 15-19 (d)l6-19 17-13 27-24 26-23 22-15 2- 6 (a)8- 11 3- 7 19-26 White 25-22 22-17 30-26 8- 3 wins. 8-11 15-18 12-16 10-19 29-25 32-28 1912 24-15
Played ab Atnulree, between P. F., a Highlander, and J. R., a Lowlander. The Highlander's move :—: —
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 364, 1 May 1889, Page 6
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378DRAUGHTS IN THE HIGHLANDS. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 364, 1 May 1889, Page 6
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