Sandy Gordon

Sandy Gordon, the town-crier of Maybole, was a character in his way. At one period of his life he had been an auctioneer and appraiser, although his “lowing thirst” interfered sadly with the business, but neither poverty nor misfortune could blunt Sandy’s relish for a joke. One day going down the street he encountered his son riding on an ass.

“Weel, Jock,” quoth he, “you’re riding on your brither.”
“Ay, faither,” rejoined the son, “ I didna ken this was ane o’ yours tae.”

At a neighbouring village he had one day sold his shoes to slake his thirst. After the transaction he was discovered seated on the roadside gazing on his bare feet, and soliloquising in this strain

“ Step forward, barefoot Gordon, if it’s no on you it’s in you.”

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