Doctor. “Look here, Mrs. McCawdle. Don’t give him any more physic. A sound sleep will do him more good than anything.”

Gudewife. “E-h, docthor, if we could only get him tae the kirk!!”

“AGE CANNOT WITHER, NOR CUSTOM STALE!”

Returned Native (to country carrier, who has given him a lift). “We don’t seem to be covering the ground so fast as we did twelve years ago.”

Carrier. “Ye’re wrang there, Mr. Broon, for it’s the same bit beastie!”

AWARE OF THE CRISIS