One time a friend of his was trying to console him , and said to him , '' ` You should be resigned to the will of Providence . ' '' ` Providence had nothing to do with it , ' said old Mr. Scott . '' Twas the McCloskeys and the devil . ' '' `` You should n't speak of the -- the -- DEVIL , '' said Felicity , rather shocked . `` Well , that 's just what Mr. Scott said . '' `` Oh , it 's all right for a MINISTER to speak of him . But it is n't nice for little girls . If you HAVE to speak of -- of -- him -- you might say the Old Scratch . That is what mother calls him . '' '' '' Twas the McCloskeys and the Old Scratch , ' '' said the Story Girl reflectively , as if she were trying to see which version was the more effective . `` It would n't do , '' she decided . `` I do n't think it 's any harm to mention the -- the -- that person , when you 're telling a story , '' said Cecily . `` It 's only in plain talking it does n't do . It sounds too much like swearing then . '' `` I know another story about Mr. Scott , '' said the Story Girl . `` Not long after he was married his wife was n't quite ready for church one morning when it was time to go . So , just to teach her a lesson , he drove off alone , and left her to walk all the way -- it was nearly two miles -- in the heat and dust . She took it very quietly . It 's the best way , I guess , when you 're married to a man like old Mr. Scott . But just a few Sundays after was n't he late himself !
I suppose Mrs. Scott thought XXXXX what was sauce for the goose was sauce for the gander , for she slipped out and drove off to church as he had done .
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