Part 14 (1/2)
This case of poor Geordie shohat a complexity there is in human affairs His father has a et away fro of roet away from a reality he dare not face No treatment of Geordie could be satisfactory unless at the sa treated
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Carrotty Broon, one of ht, and he talked about his pigeonshis doos he calls theeon loft of ho them
”Some fowk think,” he said, ”that a homer will flee hame if ye throw it up five hunder hts of seven hundred miles,” I said
Carrotty Broon chuckled
”I mind o' a homer I had,” he went on ”He was a beauty, a reid chequer His father had flown frae London to Glasgow, and his mither was a flier too Weel, I took him doon to Monibreck on ain; five mile, and he cudna find his way hame!”
”He must ha' been shot,” said Dauvit, ”for thae homers find their way hame by instinct”
”Na, na, Dauvit,” said Broon, ”they flee by sicht When ye train a homer ye tak it a mile the first day, syne three miles, syne maybe seven, ten, twenty, fifty, and so on Send the purest bred hoain”
Carrotty Broon told us s about doos and their ways We listened to him because he was an authority and we knew little about the subject
”The only thing I ken aboot doos,” said Dauvit with a laugh, ”is that when I was a laddie auld Peter S coaein' to London for his suain that they wud flee twa hoot to London, and he thocht to himsell that seein' they had a bet o' twa pund on the race, he wud mak sure o' winnin', and so what does he do but tak a pair o' shears and cut the wing o' Peter's doo
”When John caht's trip he met auld Peter at the station
”'Weel, Peter,' says he, 'on the race?'
”'You,' said Peter; 'your doo caot hame this mornin' And it has corns on its feet like tatties'”
To-day was Macdonald's Inspection Day, and at dinner tied man and Mr L P
Smart, assistant IS, a cheery youth fresh froe dominie they never mention the word education These two talked a lot, and all their conversation was aboutprosy yarns about dull incidents, and I was very much bored So was Mac, but he pretended to be interested, but then he was to see theht not After a ti left out of the conversation, and I waited until Mackenzie paused for a breath
”Switzerland is very beautiful,” I remarked, ”but you should see the Andes”
Mackenzie looked at me coldly
”I haven't been to South America,” he said
”Sa pictures of theraphy book at school”
Mackenzie looked at me more coldly than before I don't think he liked lared at him Smart had a sense of hu you,” he said toeducation,” I confessed
Mackenzie waved the suggestion away
”I leave education behind when I walk out of the school,” he said in grand rown?”