76 THERS' A MULE l' TH GARDEN. 



rhubub leaves as if shoo thovrt a mule could get thear, but shoo'U be war 

 mad nab at ther isnt one nor what shoo wod ha been if ther'd been hauf 

 a duzzen." 



Molly coom back in an awful temper, "Soa tha thowt tha couldn't do 

 enufE to aggravate me but tha mun make a fooil on me?" 



" Why Avornt ther one"? 



"No ther worn't an' tha knew that." 



" Ther wor summat 'at luk'd as faal as one daatless when tha wor thear. 



"Come tha's noa room to talk. I think I'm as handsome as thee ony 

 end up. Folk may weel wonder what I cud see i' thee, an' I niver should 

 ha had thi if I hadn't been varry close seated." 



"Tha'rt booath cloise seeted an' cloise fisted I think, an' if tha wor 

 cloiser maathed sometimes ther'd be less din." 



"There tha gooasagean. Ive spokken have I? I'll tell thi what it is, 

 tha cant bide to be tell'd o' thi faults, but Im nooangooin to be muzzled 

 to suit thi." 



" TNTiy lass it isnt oft tha oppens thi niaath for newt, tha generally 

 lets summat aght." 



"Well, an' when tha oppens thine tha lets summat in, soa we're 

 abaght straight." 



"I wish we wor lass for I'm stoled o' this bother, an' if ther isnt a 

 mule i'th' garden, nah, ther's summat else, for if that isnt Slinger I Avor 

 niver soa capt i' my life. Why he luks as fat as a pig, oppen th' door an' 

 ax' him in for its th' first time Ive seen him sin he'd his heead in a pooltice." 

 " Gooid day Slinger, ha ta getting on ?" 



" Oh meeterley just. I thought o' caUing when I went past afooar 

 but ther wor sich a din, I thowt ther mud be a mule i ' th " 



" Wliat does ta say "says Molly? Has ta come here to taimt me. 

 I've been tell'd abaght that mule afoor this aftemooin." 



" Molly," said Jim, " tha caps me. Doesn't ta know Avhat folk mean 

 when they say thers' a mule i'th' garden." they mean thers a bit ov a 

 dust ith hoil, that's aU mun." 



" Oh ! is that it " says Molly ? " I see nah — yo know I'm to be 

 excused if I dooant understand iverything, for I'm not mich ov a scholar, 

 ther wornt schooils like ther is nah when I wor a lass, but I'd a brother 

 once 'at wor as cliver as onybody, he used to be able to rule th' planets, 

 but he wor draanded at th' last, an ' I declare I've niver been able to bide 

 th' seet o' watter sin, I beheve that wor what made me start o' brewing." 



