146 HA A DEEAD DONKET TOWt A LESSON. 



After a gooid deal obotherin an grumlin, an a verry deal o wangin tbcnbbord 

 doors an olatterin thpots abaght, Zmtippa managed to mak a snp o coffee an butter 

 a bit o bread. Dick didnt like this, but as he saw bis wife wor ib wrung side agbt be 

 1b>wi for thsrilf" o |)eare bed say nowt, so he swallowd his coffee an cake if nut wi 

 t.M ik:ii!ii 'ss. ,it liM-t I (| lic-t loss, ail l!i mi him an th childer bulged off. 



Tiie ir I said Z.intippa, as shoo watched om aght oth seet, awve managed that 

 varry weel, — aw wodnt ha lei him know for all th brass ith bank at awd letteu th foir 

 goa agbt woll aw wor tawkin. Aw do hooap at therll nut a wick soul come an bother 

 me agean to-day, for awve niver had time to tak th cowks up yet, an awve all th stock- 

 ings to mend at should ha been done last week, an aw know Dick hasnt a button left 

 on his halliday shirt, its time somdy stirred ther sen. Aw doomt know ha fowk 

 manage ats alius gaddin abaght. aw declare if aw ammnt alius slavin at it aw cannot 

 keep things nowt-like straight. Dash it up! (at aw should say sicb a wordj ther's 

 Betty comin agean. Awd rather be stransported to Botany Bay nor be as aw am, for 

 tbers hardly a minit but what thers somdy oth doorstnn 



Betty coom in smilin all over her face, " Nah !' " shoo says ■' Ave managed, an 

 awve come to see if tball goa wi us, for Susy's baan up th street to buy a staylace an 

 as th sun shines nw tbowt awd just goa an get th stink blown off, for awve caawerd 

 i this fold woU awm feared awst grow maald. Put thi bonnet on an goa wins,— west 

 be back i gooid lime. 



Aw could like to goa weel enuff said Zantippa but aw "hardly dar, for woll aw 

 wor talk in to thee an Susy this fornnoin, th foir went agbt, an when Dick an lb childer 

 coom hooam ther worut a bite o dinner ready. 



U'ell awm capt at thall bother wi cookin em dinners j- aw alios let awrs tak 

 ther jock wi em for thday, its a deal less trouble, an aw contend a woman's wark 

 enuff, — shoo addles owt shoo gets; -an if we dunnot luk after ussen noabody else will 

 for us, — but please thisen,— if tha doesnt tha darnt. 



O, as to that, aw dar goa but as awve nowt to goa for, an lots o wark at hooam, 

 aw think awd raytber nut. 



Well, thall get noa better thowt on for cawerin ith haase like a mold-warp, - 

 but aw mun goa for Snsys waitin. Away went Betty, an ZaJtippa ommost rued at 

 shoo badnt gooan too ; — but it wor nobbut for a minit, — for shoo teed her appron 

 string a bit tighter, tuckad up her sleeves, poold in a long breath, an as shoo said, 

 ' began to make a sidation. 



If iver yo want a chap to study a bit, and resolve to mend his ways, let bim be 

 quiet ; — but if iver yo want a woman to start o thinkin an resolvin, be sure an let hei 

 have summut to do. Jf a woman sits qaiet, shoo begins to mump. Aw hardly ivei 

 T"(.'t n womnn nt could sit dnnn nuietly for five minifs witbaat sigbin too or ili-ei 

 ■ 'k. an think, nu >-.^\}. in s1i:ik ibcr b-eads ; an if lhi>yre let -ni 

 . work thersen into a bad temper abaaght summat, but what that ^uin- 

 mat is, uw niver tnet one at could tell. 



Well! Zantippa didnt sit daan an mump, but up stairs shoo flew an mad« 

 tbbeds, an a rare shakin they gat, for shoo wor just full o summat, an shoo mud vent 



