72" THERS' A MULE I ' Th' GARDEN.. 



gooid ith'bottom as tha might be, or else tlia'd nirer live here chaiting 

 th' excise for a living, astead o' being th' ■wife ov a daycent chap. I 

 ommost wish I'd letten them chaps catch thi ; it ud nobbut ha sarved thi 

 reight." 



" Sarved me reight, wod it ? "Well tha con gooa an fotch Slinger 

 aght o' th' pigcoit (for I reckon he's theer yet), but ha mich better ar ta, 

 at sits thear supping it ? But whether I'm as gooid as I should be er net, 

 I'm sure tha'rt a gooid-for-nowt, an th' sooiner tha taks thi hook aght 

 o' this haase an th' better, for I've studden thy nonsense woU I'm fair 

 stoled. Are ta baan? For if tha doesn't tha'U get this poaker abaght 

 thi heead." 



"Nay ! Nay ! tha doesn't mean it" said Jim jumping aght o'th' gate 

 "tha wodn't htirt me siu:elee ? " 



"Hurt thi ! drabbit thi up, tha's spvm me to th 'length. — ger aght o'that 

 door : " 



Jimmy kept backing aght step by step an' Molly wor flourishing 

 th' poaker, but nother on 'em saw at th' peggy-tub wor fair i'th' gate woll 

 Jim backed slap into it. Splash went th' water o' ivery side an MoUy 

 skriked "A'a dear ! a'a dear ! sarved thi right, as if tha could'nt see a 

 whole tub. "What are ta splashing like that for ?" 



But poor Jimmy couldn't spaik, for he wor wedged as fast as a thief 

 in a miln, an' nowt but his legs an' arms could be seen. Molly catched 

 howd on his legs an' tried to pool him aght but th' heigher shoo lifted his 

 feet an' th' lower sank his heead, soa ther wor noa way to do but to roll it 

 over an' teem liim aght. 



"This beats all" says Molly, as shoo helped him up, "could'nt taseeit.?" 



'Does ta think Ive a e'e ith back o' my heead" he said ; its all long 

 o' thee, an dang it that waiters whoot. 



"It's like to be whoot" shoo says, " did ta iver know folk wesh i' cold 

 waiter tha' lump heead. ?" 



""Well, what shall I have to do ? I'm as weet as a sop to say nowt ov 

 a blister or two." 



"Tha mun goa thi ways to bed an' throw thi clooas daan th' stairs an' 

 I'll see if I connot dry 'em off for thi'." 



Soa up stairs he went an' flanghis weet things daan, saying at th' same 

 time " If tha finds ony buttons off tha can suit thisen whether tha puts 'em 

 on or not." 



"I've summat else to do nor sew for thee, tha's made me wark enuff." 



