144 HA A DEEAD DONKEY TOWT A LESSON. 



Th same ! — did ta irer see ony body luk sich a flaycrow i all thi life? — her head 

 reminds me ov a gurt pickled cabbage: — shoo doesnt keep up hercolor winowttha may 

 depend ont; — awther .-^hoo can mak brass goa farther nor other fowk can, or else summat 

 else: — but they tell me at thers nut mony shopkeepers ahaght here but what has ther 

 name daon oftcr nur they like on. But thats noa business o mine. 



Aw shouldut be at all apprised at that, for awve heeard fowk say at her family 

 wor alius fond o summat to sup afoor shoo wor born, an they niver had a gooid word at 

 th shop. — Is shoo gooin to be at this Swarry think yo? 



At this what does ta say Susy? 



Aw said Pwany; — some fowks call it Sooary, it means a pairty like yo know, its 

 th french for a sooart ov a dooment, thats all. 



O, wccl awm sooary to say at booath her an her felly has gotten a invite, but tha 

 knows we venoa need to mix wi.'ich like unless we ve a mind; — awm capf what iver made 

 Becca ax her, for awm sure shoo niver spends mich at their haase, an thers hardly a 

 . woman ith Ginncl but what nd rayther goa a mile aght o ther rooad nor meet her; — ^but 

 aw declare shoos comin sailing daon like a fifty gun ship (talk abajht owd Nick an he'll 

 show his horns) shoos coming here as sure as shot, — shoo will shnv her nooas in whether 

 thoos wanted or net. — 



Wecl Z;'ntij^pa ! aw do di-clare shoo is, soa we mun stand it aght, — but aw shall 

 be varry reverse i my talk yo 11 sec. 



Gooid moiTiing Ir.sscs, — said Betty fussin in, aw thowt awd just come daan to see 

 what yo thowt o dooin abaght this doo at th Cock, — are ta baan Susy? 



Yes aw expect soa, for aw received a billy duck the (other day a axin ov me to be 

 present, if nothing didnt interspcct my rangement:) no otherwise. 



Why Susy ! hang it up ! sin tha began o dressmakin an wearin thi hair like th 

 Hempriss Huginny, aw can hardly tell what tha means. Are ta studdyin to be a Skoil- 

 mistriss ? 



Nut exactually, but yo see awve begun to talk a bit moor propperer, for when 

 awve to do wi th quality fowk, gooid talk an a gooid redress is one ot requirations at yo 

 connot disperse wi; — but aw mun goa my departure for awve soa mich to execute afoor 

 neet, woU a'nTii fair conctcmationcd when aw think on it, for awve noa body to help me 

 nah, my prentice has to stop at hooam wi her father. 



Ho eea ! whi whats th matter wi him, is he badly ? 



He is, — for he hurt his leg a monih or two sin an hes had to goa to th infarmiy 

 to get it anticipated. 



A tha doesnt say so! Why whativers that Susy ? 



To get it cut cff, but awmn off. — soa away Su.-y flew daan th ginnel famously 

 suited wi th way shood capt em wi her Scholarship. 



Wecl if ivcr aw saw sich a fly-by sky as yond Susy i all my life awll niver he 

 tv^'. 1- — n.-,- ' - .. •:• ' .1'. .1 I'v ,1 ' r. •!< I> T-.ir T>ip ns wax work shoo thinks -oa mich ov 



1.. 1 Li.., u ii.c. ijo.._. I'j..;. ;.u ji.iL i.MKirkcnroy doors its SuT; — shros a'.iis 

 backbitin somedy, an as tha says shoo mud be th Qneen oth land shoo thinks soa mich 

 ov hersen, birt aw fancy shooll ha to dee an owd maid, for '\U nooan her sooarts at th 



