Halifax Grammar School - Grammarian Yearbook (Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada)

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Ik, MRo MACGREGOR As I entered Mr» MacQ-regor ' s corner grocery store I noticed how dirty it looked. Behind the counter, which was littered with scrap pieces of meat and bits of fat and cover- ed with a thin layer of dust there lolled a little old man. He was rather short, about five foot three. His torso was very roly-poly, while his face was thin, with a squared-off, hard-set Jaw„ The nose on that creature was like no other I had seen before. It was a little blob that looked half like a nose and hailf note His thick lips seemed to indicate a lisp. His eyes gleamed like a cat ' s. He had nothing on his head, no cap and no hair. The shirt he wore was a light blue coated with the dust of the last two weeks. Over this he had draped a once-white butcher ' s apron with several holes in it, that ' ll it be, kid? he asked, in a voice that made me al- most afraid to answer him, I did not say a word, but handed him the note my mother had given me„ As he extended his hand I Could see about half a dozen yellowed callouses. He read out the items and went to get them one by one. This he did very quickly and was soon through. He handed me the list and I chected over the items, You missed something, Mr, MacGregor, I informed him, pointing to the back of the note Bonny, he said slowly, I ' m fifty«five, and ain ' t never made a mistake nor missed nothing yet. Don ' t try to tell an old - man who knows he ' s right that he ' s wrong, I said nothing, but clutching the note a little tighter I turned on my heel and walked out, leaving him, ready to explode, with his goods on the counter. Howie Epstein - Age 11.10 A 3N0B He was a tall dignified man, with such an attitude towards people as you might expect from a man with a very high position, which indeed he had, Standing about 6 ft, 5 ins,, he was a veritable giant, with broad shoulders and strong arms, and he walked with an aloof gait. This man had to exercise about two