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at home his first enquiry was as to how they were 

 off for new milk, and when he was informed " but 

 poorly," he ordered the saddle and bridle to be 

 put on a hack and set off to Appleton-le-Moor to 

 interview his brother Richard. He arrived there 

 about midnight, and knocked lustily at the door. 

 His brother looked out of the window and en- 

 quired who was there. '' It's me, Dicky," said 

 John, " has tha' a new-calven cow ? " " Whatever 

 is tha' deing here at this tahme o' neet, and what 

 dis tha' want wiv a new-calven cow ? " were the 

 questions brother Kichard naturally asked, but 

 getting no satisfactory ansAver to his questions he 

 at length said he had a cow which had not been 

 long calven, and which was giving a ''canny sup" 

 of milk. " That'll deea, ah'll send Franky for her 

 at yance, good neet," was the reply he got, and 

 away went Mr. Outhwaite to Bainesse. 



Arrrived at home he told Frank all the particu- 

 lars about the bet, and charged him never to lose 

 sight of the sow, and whenever she was awake 

 to give her a little rum and milk or rum and 

 cream and oatmeal. " The fact is rum and 

 cream's a fine feeding thing they say," was his 

 remark. 



Frank was assiduous in his attentions to the 

 sow and she grew famously, but her appetite was 

 not of a sufficiently hearty character to satisfy 

 her owner ; so one morning he went to his man 

 and said, " Franky, t' auld sew doesn't eat to 



