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"Very well," I said, "I'll have two best men. I don't see why I shouldn't. Who's the other?" "Lalage mentioned a Mr. Tithers." "Titherington is his name," I said, "and if I have him I don't see how I can very well leave out Vittie, O'Donoghue, and McMeekin. I don't know how you feel about the matter, but I rather object to being made a public show of with five best men."
She winked at me. "Do you suspect him of having influenza?" I asked. "Of course, but he won't own up if he can help it." "Vittie is only shamming," I said. "Titherington told me so, he may emerge at any moment." "It's just like Tithers to say that. The one thing he cannot do is speak the truth. As a matter of fact Vittie is in a dangerous condition. His aunt told me so."
"We looked in," said Lalage, "because we thought you might want to be cheered up a bit. You can't have many visitors now that poor Tithers is gone." "Dead?" "Oh, no, not yet at least, and we hope he won't. Tithers means well and I daresay it's not his fault if he don't speak the truth." "They've put him in prison, I suppose.
"That has nothing to do with the way you and Tithers have conspired together to deceive the very people who are trying to do you good." "Lalage," I said, "I've subscribed liberally to the funds of the society. I'll subscribe again. I did my best for you at the time of the bishop row.
Of coorse there was a chance that my scheme wad miscairry; but there's no a man on Spey frae Tulchan tae the Tug Net that kens the natur' o' saumon better nor mysel'. They're like sheep fat ane daes, the tithers will dae; an' gin the dowager hookit a fush, I hadna muckle doobt fat that fush wad dae. The dowager didna keep me vera lang in suspense.
"This just bears out what I've been saying all along about the utter want of common honesty in political life. Here are you and Tithers actually quarrelling about which of you is to be allowed to lie continuously. You are deliberately deceiving your doctor and nurse. Tithers wants to deceive his wife, which is, if anything, a shade worse. Hilda, find that bag."
"Oh, that's all right," said Lalage. "We shall be able to manage the ices. There isn't really much in these cakes." If Selby-Harrison had come there would, I think, have been cakes enough; but there would not have been any to spare. I only ate two myself. When we had finished the ices we gave ourselves to conversation. "That Tithers man," said Lalage, "seems to be a fairly good sort."
"Very," I said, "Selby-Harrison did it, I suppose?" "Of course," said Lalage. " The Speakers are to deliver for the said election agent . . . speeches before the tenth of March." "I told Tithers to fill in the number of speeches he wanted," said Lalage, "but he seems to have forgotten."
These people coming out from under the domination of a religion of fear into the light and liberty of the gospel are changed from glory to glory, having upon them the light of God's countenance. They are liberal givers. There is a much larger proportion of tithers among them than among the Christians in the States. Here, too, they often go to extremes.
"Well, here he is to answer all inquiries at all times," came in Uncle Tucker's quizzical voice as he stood in the doorway of the barn with a bucket in one hand and a spade in the other. "Old age is just like a hobble that tithers up stiff-jinted old cattle to the home post and keeps 'em from a-roving. I haven't chawed the rope and broke over to Boliver in more'n a month now.
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