SPECIMENS OP % l®estnioi1an^ J CONSISTING OF \mltd ; r EEYSH BEAEIN, AND JONNY SHIPPAED'S JOUENA TO LUNNAN. BY THE EEV. THOMAS CLAKKE. aaqji-intctJ from " Ojc S^etstinorlanti ®a?rttc." ALSO, T' TEEEIBLE KNITTEES E' DENT. ■ BY HOBT. SOUTHEY. Ecjjvmttti i)2 permission from " Z\]t Soctor." KENDAL : PRINTED BY THOMAS ATKINSON. 1865. S7^ CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY THE WORDSWORTH COLLECTION FOUNDED BY CYNTHIA MORGAN ST. JOHN THE GIFT OF VICTOR EMANUEL OF THE CLASS OF I919 SPECIMENS CONSISTING OF T" REYSH BEAKIN, AND JONNY SHIPPAKD'S JOUENA TO LUNNAN. BY THE EEV. THOMAS CLARKE. H^EprintetJ from "^t aSHestmorlantf ©ajettt." ALSO, T' TERRIBLE KNITTERS E' DENT. BY EOBT. SOUTHEY. 3^eprmtet< 62 permission from " €ljt ©octor." KENDAL : PRINTED BY THOMAS ATKINSON. 1865. T' REYSH BEEARIN. Noo a's gaan to tell ya summat aboot t' sterrins 't a sa net varra laiig sen ; bet mappen ye'd like ta knaa whaar a leeve first ov o'. Wya ya see we leeve i' yan o thor deeals up amang t' fells — a fell heead spot amackly, es yan may say — omast be oorsells ; fer we'r a parlisb lang way frae any nebbers, sooa we nivver see neeabody, nobbet noo an' then, when sum et deeal chaps cum up latan a stray teeap er sumraet et mak. We've a bit a land, an' t' hoose ligs varra snug amang a lock o eysh trees, an's weel beealt frae t' fell wind be some heeh crags. We keep a twa three kye, and bring up a few coves ; and noo and then hev a conny lile pig er twa et does varra weel for us, when we've a flick a bacan hingan i't chimla. We set a lock a taetes, an hev a bit at cwom, if we can get it afwore t' snaa cumes : an it sarras. uz fer a bit a haver- breead an a few poddish; we kern a few punds a butter a week, an meeak a lile cheese noo an then ; we greeave a lock a peeats a top a t' fell, et cuz in varra weel for eldin i' wintre. Meear than that we've twa or thre scooar sheep, an i't lang winter neets a card abit a woo an meeak it inta flowts, while oor Betty spins it fer cleeath. *Ve've nowt bet oorsels at heeain, fer t' sarvants er sick sacy, fratchan, kickmalary things noo- a-days, et- yan can deea nowt a to wi' them, neea nowt a to, barn ; an oor Betty an me er beeath on us gaily lish, sooa we'd raither deea t' wark oorsels ner be fashed' we' them. Sooa we prow on amang t'kye, an t' sheep, an t' coves be oorsels, an omast nivver see neeabody et deeal heead. Bet ya day Mowdiwarp Gworde coed es he was gaan by, an telt ez et theear wes gaan t' be sum varra girt stirrins. (S) S'^u/iM.^xi-t^ , 2)<^ ^ijtfa-'JU, ouii^ . HjUty ■JiA.^i.filxjcraxU'yJ- 1 Eyh, ses I, what's gaan t' be t' deea ? Is t're gaan ta be a kirsennin er a weddin, er is t're gaan to be a 'lection fer Parliament men, er sum sheep fair, er what ? Nea, ses he, nowt a that mack. They're gaan t' hev t' " Eeysh Beearin," an ses he ya mun gaa an see't. Nae, ses I, thai'l want nowt wi' sick es me theear, nowt a to, barn. Wyah. ses he, bet they're gaan tul't frae o t neeaks e t ward's ivverybody '1 be theear. Ya mun ga, yer like, er ivverybody waen't be theear, that's varra sartn. Sooa wen he'd bed a lile bit a cheese an breead an a sooap a milk, and was geean, thowt I ta mesel, an a sed ta oor Betty, a'l een ga an see this " Eeysh Beearin." Eigh, ses she, to be sewer, an I'll ga teea. We hevn't mitch ta deea at heeam, an theear er neea barns ta fash uz; and we can sew erly tack ceear uv oorsels ; sooa we set doon et we'd gang. Oor Betty sed it was t'weyshin day, bnt she'd weysh ower neet seeaner ner she'd miss it. It wes it lang days i' summer; but we wer beath on us up be it wer leet. I milkt kye, sarrat coves, and put gear onta t' nag, while oor Betty mead t' poddish, en degged'*^' her cleeas et she bed oot et top et' girs. We donned on oor hallida cleeas, sneckt deear, an off we set i'girt glee, ye may be sewer. If was a gay farrantly mooarnin, nob- bet noo and then t' wind blew stoor i' oor een, and omast blinded us, but we ceeard lile aboot that, we hied us foi-rat. And when we gat theear, O what a seet ; a was fair maddlt. sic skoos a fooak com clutheran in frae omast o' t' neeaks it ward, hundthreds (a'd omast sed thousans), sum frae Bruff, sum frae Kirby, sum frae Peerath, sum frae't Haase, an mappen sum frae Kendal, some frae ya pleeace an sum frae anudther, and sum frae neea body knaas whar, o' donnt oot i' ther varra best ; ther hallida shoon, an bits a hats et w^dnnt meeak a gi*adel^ throstle nest. Some bits a barns net a peeat heeh ; sura knaccan'' an tokin like brockn sticks ; gaan a ther tip teeas like cats i' watther. Some tokan amackly in a heearaly way, an sledtheran up en doon; sum popan aboot as if theyd a-f.a-'-- i bein liofe daezed. Sum girt lang letheran cliaps waaraelt aboot just like eels it mooad. Efter a bit cus up a lot a chaps wee o' macks a things ; yan bed a girt lang- thing like a brass sile, wi a hannelint' it, he werkt up an doon scam lies a pump. An anudther chap hcd a girt thing like a watter tub, et he braet we twa sticks, and when he streak at it it meead a noise omast like thunner. And theyd o' macks a things at neea body can neeam, as sewer I caaii't. I think they coedr'em t' band ; but they kickt up sick a nurration, fit to f!ae yan ta deeath, like o't' kye it deeal creeanan, coves beealail, an t' man wi tub meekan t' thunner, at yan mud a thowt they'd cum a purpus ta freetan fooak. But, haw wiwer, they did'nt freetan us mitch, for we gat teean tu them afooar lang. Efter a bit we went te't Kirk, whaar they sed we wev ta hev't "Reysh Beearin," an when we gat theear t'Kirk wos o'mast full a fooak, bet, bawivver, we gat a pleeas ; an when t' preest gat up it wos a lang while afooar a knew whether he wos tokan, er reedan, er greetan. Bet a leeakt, an better leeakt, for 'em ta bring Eeyshes in, an' wundthert whativver tha'd deea w' tham ; bet when t' preest wos deean, up lowpt ium barns we' bits a pooase's i' ther' bans' tha browt tul a chap ; he set up a ste^ again t' wo, an' stack't pooases ontul a bit o' wud, an' o' ^vos ower. I thowt ta mesel', an' a scd ta oor Betty, et a was sewer they mud be mafflins if tha'd misteean thor pooases an' didn't kna them be Reyshes. Wyah, ses she, niapp'm they hev neea Reyshes doon i' thoor laa pleeases. Whyh, ses I, bet if they'd nobbet cu to oor hoose the mud git es menny Reyshes i' t' coo-paster es wed fill t' heeal Kirk, an' if that wadd'nt deea for 'em the mud ga o;:tat Know a' maa es menny brakens es wed fill t' Kirk an' t' Gartii teea ; an' as varra weel sewer et brakens wed be better be hofe ner thor pooases, fer the mud bed Kirk fiecar wi' 'em i' caald wedther an keep thersels warm, seeam es we deea wi' coves i' winter. Bet a tliowt t' mesel, an' a sed %)hfA,tu„yyt£^. l^'V^ydj :^/Cvc£^i-w«^- i'll J'/^eji. . o^^f-a(^:U^ ta oor Betty, et a wos sartan tha wer a set a maizHns to CO that a " Reysh Beearin" when ther wos'nt ya single reysh browt be yan o' them. Then they telt uz theear wed be sum tee reddy for uz. Bet a wes omast freetant to gaa wi' them, for a Ihowt if they'd as lile gome aboot meeakin tee es thfey bed aboofc Reyshes, et mapp'm they'd puzzan uz wi' summat er udther. We bed ta gi' too breet shillins fer oor tee, es mitch es wed a keept oor Betty an' me omast a heeal week at heeam, an' varra modtherat stuff it wos. T'breead wos varra desent ; bet theear wer sum chaps theear, a wund- ther tha worrant shamm'd a thersels, a wos ashamm'd o' them ; yan mud a thowt et tha hed'nt bittan fer a month. Tha eat as mitch es Hugh Hird, et use t' eat t' sunny side ov a wedther t'l his supper. When t' tee was ower, t' band fellas began to kick up anudther nurration wi' thor things et tha bed, an' t' fooak gat up an' began t' rinn an' jump an' kaper aboot a top et girs. An' a thowt t' mesel, an' a sed to oor Betty, what, ther sartanly gaen mad. Nowt et mack, nowt et mack, ses she, thoo's full a maapment ; thoo knaas nowt, mun, thoo's net fit ta ga fra heeam. Sistt^, mun, ther gaan ta dance, ses she. Wyah, then ses I, as sartan the've gean mad. Dusseut ta. say thesel et when Aggy Scrattam an' there Johnny fose oot an' fratches et she gaas stark, rantan, dancin mad? Sooa thoo sees tha mun be mad. Tha did marlock an' kaper aboot a top et girs ; sum a them danc't t' tha wer omast black i' t' feeace. Ya chap com an' ext me if a woddent dance wi' them. Ses I, hoo much du tha gi' tha fer deean o' that dancin ; Nowt et o' barn, nowt et o', ses he, we deeat for nowt. Wyah then, ses I, as verra weel sewer et thoo's daft. I woddent deea as mitch dancin es thoo's deean for hofe a crown, that's sartan. Sum a them hoppt aboot wi' ther fine falaldran steps et can be a neea sarvice whativver ta neeabody. Bet Bill Strittan lad bed just cu doon frae't sidelan a Lunnan, er sum girt pleeace whar he'd learnt o' t' bran new steps, an' he shode 'em Loo it was deean : for he did put in sum reet doon good Strang sarvicable steps, an' bang'd 'em o ta rags an' mash. an' reet mad a daar say tha wor sum a them to be capt wi* sic a stuck up kickmalary' es Bill Strittan. An' we Led sum speakers ; ya chap gat up an' telt us as dancin wos good fer ther heealth, et meead 'em nimmel and lish. I thowt ta mesel, an' a sed ta oor Betty, et he was a girt mafflin to say owt et mack. If tha'd nobbet cum an' ga wi' me a shipperdin a top et fells a'd meeak 'em nimmel -anuff wi' gaan up an' doon brant pleases, lowpen t' becks an' claggeran up t' crags. A'd seean meeak 'em et tha'd deea wi'oot dancin ta git a bit a heealth ; tha'd git meear heealth ner breead ta fodther it wi'. Bet, hawivver, when tha'd deean anuff* a ther dancin we geeart nag an' set off heeam ; bet afooar we gat tul oor aan deur steeaa it wos dark, bet we gat heeam seeaf wi' o oor beeans^ heeal. We sa nowt i't rooad, neea boggles, ner bargast, ner nowt a that mack. Bet mebbe tha knaa et oor Betty an' me er net flaat o' them, sooa tha' nivver bodther thersels wi' cummin intat deeal ta fash uz. An' when we gat heeam we fant t' kye an' coves an o reet, deur sneckt, an' ivvery thing just es we left it i' mooarnin. An' reet weel beeath on uz wos tired ; an' a thowt ta mesel, an' a sed ta oor Betty, if tha co o' that maapment " Reysh Beearin," I'se nivver ga meear ta ther Reysh Beearin «s lang es my neam's Tommy Wokee. JONNY SHIPPARD'S JURNA TA LUNNAN. We can see a lang way frae t' top a oor fell ; but we can't see ower England naetlier. Soo a thowt ta mesell ya dae, when a'd been shippardan, es a sat doon a top av a crag neeal/^ an when a'd sitten an thowt a gae while, a sed ta mesell, " Nae, nae, Jonny, what this '11 nivver deea hawivver man ; what thoo mun be seeam as udther fooaks barns, thoo mun gaa frae heeam an see summat : bet whaarivver will to ga teea, ses I ? Wyah Slape Sammy es geean ower seea ; Ned Stretchem es geean to t' sidelans a Lirple ) Tommy et preest's hes geean ta Lunnan, an he ses its a terble gran pleeace : what a '11 een ga theear." Sooa, when a gat heeam, a telt me fadther o aboot what a 'd been thinkan ; an he sat a lang while an nivver spak, A thowt fer sartan it wes o ower wi me gaain — a sud een hev ta stop et heeam, an think nowt neea meear aboot it. Mi mudther, silly body, began ta freeat varra seear, an sed she wes sooai-y et a sud git enny thowt a sick sleeve- less arrants inta mi heead ; fer if a gat frae heeam thae'd tak me fer a sowger, er summat et mak ; an nowt et dow^'*/ wed cum omma. Efter a lang while mi fadther spak up an sed, Eyh, eyh, Jonny, what thoo mun gang tlioo's like, thoo's o't barn we hev, and nivver been frae oor ane dewer steeans, es yan may sav. Thoo'l hev ta waar a bit a brass owert, bet what thoo sees heers a gae mannerly steeal ov oor aan, an it '11 be thine when I 's geean. An what te mudther an me hes prowd an screeapt on, an deeau, an laid a bit a summat = /.^ A«i^;^.A*^-^i^. flolJ-U^L^. t^'^^Ut-. by i' Kendle Bank ivvery yeear sen lang afore thoo wes booarn, an what that'll be sumniat for thee when te mud- thei" an me's deean wi' 't ; and thoo mud es weel hae sum on't noo. Wi that a wes reet fane ya may be sewer. It wes seean knaan i' o't deeal et a wes gaan ; an whearawas gan tull. An first ya nebber an tlien annudther com ta ex if it wes trew. T' preest co'd ya dae, an sed et a mud co and see thaer Tommy, a was like ; nea doot he'd be fane to simma. Oor hoose wes o' ov a scrow fer o heeal week wi mi mudther gittan things riddy fer mi gaain. !Noo ya mun knaa et a'd olas been rakkand a gay da.sent threysher, sooa a thowt ta mesell, what a mun tak my flale wimma, antres^ a git a job er twa a threyshin, Ise addle summat be 't. Sooa when t' dae com, an ivvery thing was riddy, a wes up lang afooar leet ; an mi fadther gemma fower Kendle Bank nooats ta waar, an telt me ta tak ceear a mesell an mind mi manners ; an niudther teet up mi cleease in a necklath, gemma summat ta it i' t' rooad, an then she whingeu and rooart like a lilc barn. She sed she was sa waa ta part wimma, a was gaan sick a parlish lang v.'ay frae heeam, et neea doot afooar a co back she'd bo deead an geean an niwer simma neea nlecar. Whisht, whisht, ooman, sed mi fadther, he'll cu back a'U apod im ; what, he's es yable ta tak ceear, an fend for his sell, es udther fooak's barns. , Sooa a hankt mi bundle onta mi flale, threw it ower mi shoodther, bid fadther and mudther good mooarnin ; an set off i' girt glee ye may ba sewer. It was pick dark, bet a ceeard nowt ato for that, neea nowt ato, barn ; a swina mi ways t' banest geeat ower t' fell into Sled die. It was rather brant and dowly, bet a wes gaely lish and nimmel, an a wosssnt a bit ftatc ; an, amakaly to hecaP-'*-' mesell, a sang nearly o t' way, " T' cat kittled a magpy i t' cooal hooal." A gat ta Kendle ameeast be it wes 10 weel leet, an hiid mi ways tet Raleway, whaar a hed ta santre aboot ivver sa lang. Then a chap co tumma an telt me a mudga tie a pleeace whaar thaed gimma summat — a think he co'ed it " tikliat." A dud es a was telt ; an theaar wes a chap, a think sartinly he mud be in a cage, wi a lile hooal to leeak throo, bet hoo he'd gittan in a knaan't, fer a saa neea dewer-steead. Bet hawivver a paid me brass, an he gemma a lile thing an sad it wed tak ma streck away ta Lunnan. A wundthert, hooiver sick a lile thing es that cad tak ma sick a lang way, bet he sed sooa, an a thowt it mud be trew. Sick skoose a fooak co cludtheran in, a wundthert whaarivver tha war o gaan teea. Ya chap com up tumma an sed " Its a gae fine mooarnin." Eyh, eyh, ses I, what a knaa that ; an then he ext ma whaar a co frae ; what thae co'd mi fadther, and whaar a wes gaan teea. Bet a nivver spak. Wyah, sed he, es Len Sill sed, " It taks o' maks ta meaak ivverv mak." Mappm it may, ses I, bet tneears ya mak ets been saan i varra spaar gowpm s. What mak's that ? ses he, Wyah, ses I, thor at '11 mind ther aan vvark, an let ivvery bodie's else aleean. When we'd o gittan intat raleway it pufft an it blew, an it screeamt, yan mud a thowt it wed a crakt yans lugsf^ a thowt mappen it hed teean't st^cl? like es nags dew an woddent gang. But eftre a bit t' man gat it to ga forrat, and it dud gang- et a laatheran rate. Wyah, t' trees an't hooses, an't kye, an't feelds, an't fooak went es if thaed flown, ya cuddent ex them hoo tha wor ; they wer geean afoor ya cud say Jack Robison. Eftre we'd riddan a gae bit we co'tle a pleease thae co'd Langkisher an thae sed it was full a witches frae tee end tet tudther, a wes a bit flate, but dudd'nt sea nowt, for a thowt a sud nobbet meeak a varra feckless fend, if a wes witched sick a parlish lang way frae heeam, bet hawivver a wossent, sooa a thowt mappm it wes nowt bet an aald wife santref^'' An eftre we'd geean a gae bit forrat, we stopt et a pleeace a think t' chap et teeak ez coed it I 11 Warrintan, er summat et mak, wliaar a gii-t gowk ov a fella gat in, bet as sewer he'd nivver weyslit liis feeace that mooarnin. He seel he'd " run whoile he wer rJbelly swelled to ketch 'threon." An then he began to grummal, an sed his " Woif hed fottled him a noice toil poi i'thoon, bet fhrots er th'moice er booath hed geetan it ith'noit, an 00 hed nooa toime ta fottle onny moor, soa he'd nooa baggin to eyt." Then he fleeard a bit, an glendthert et mi frae nndre his flype, an sed " Whoi rnon ivheear ar thaw gooin ? " " iVyah," ses I, '"' as gaan a lang way, an if ivver a git theear Ise be et Lunnun." " Whoi mon," ses he, " if ivver thaiv geets ta Lunnan thawl nivvtr geet whom ageean i thoi loif, thawl nivver see thoi faether ner mudther mooar." Wyah, wyah, ses I, bet let ma git theear, an a's mebbie preeave a bit aaldther ner tha tak ma ta be ; as raappm be aaldther ner ivver Ceeap lad wos, an he was a queer an, he was queerer ner Dick's hat-band, an it went nineteen times round an v/odd'nt knot. Mebbie, ses I, ya dudd'nt knaa Ceeap lad. He wes nobbet a mafflin waestheral soort ov a chap an dudd'nt like vvaark sooa he thowt if 'he cud nobbet git ta be a sowger he d hev a gran cooat an nowt ta dew, sooa he listed, bet he fan he had summat ta deea an he duddn't like it, an he thowt 'tie a gittan off be meeakiii hisell badly. Bet thae seean meead him weel ageean, then he pot is thowm oot, bet thae seean pot that in, then he pot his lims rang, bet thae seean pot em reet. An at end ov o he woddn't woke streck up, but set oot his back an shoodthers. Sooa what dud thae dea, but they gat a reeap an fassent it tie his heead an feet an di-evv his heead backards es naar tie his feet as thae cud git em, an lade him doona top at girse in a neeak et feeld; an efter he had been liggan a gae while, t' heead man et sowgers corn up tull im an sed. Hoosta gaan on noo Ceeap ? Whya, ses he, as just think'an et as varra seean gaan ta meeak mi mudther a leear. Hoc soo sed he. Wyah she olas sed et ast nivver meeak beeath ends meet, but ther varra nar et noo. CO -^et^ . Jf^<£A., Co,.c/i,rx,. Ci) frh. Ac/^ {if 3l^€aJtj'^/ijO~ ?~6tf-\juS uA, igjJiAAit^. JijrAe^- 12 Eftret fella hed geen that screeaman thing sum wattre, it set forrat ageean fastre ner ivver, an teeak us into lUe hooals undthert grind, ameeast like mowdiwarps, it was pick dark, ya cuddn't see a stime, an sick a din ye cuddn't heear yer aan ears. A thowt it was a fear sham to tak yan inta sick pleeaces wioot a lantheran er summat, what thae muda robbt yan, er murdthert yan, an neeabody wed a kuaan whaa'd deeant. Bet when wed geean a conny bit, a thowet it we'd nobbet be amaka mannei'ly to deea es udther fooak dud, sooa a bed summat to it an went to sleep, an nivver wakkand while we gat varra naar ta Lunnan ; bet et was gittan dark ; an when a leeakt oot et raleway winda a wes faer capt theear wes sick a leet ya muda thowt t' sky hed been o'ova low. But when we gat oot a wes meear capt ner ivver, bet theear was sickskoose'a fooak a cudd'nt leeak mitch aboot. An a chap co tumma an sed he'd tak ma streck away 'tie a pleease whaar a cud fesiP mesell oot while a stopt e Lunnan. An t' woman meed ma sum supper but a wes so varra how an dry a thowt asta nivver a filt mi kyte, for she cot ma sick lile bits a shives a buttre shaggs,. an sick lile tinny collaps a bacon, an sa thin et ya mud a leeakt at mooan an stars throo em ; an sick lile bits a pots et she co'd cups, what a swipt em off yan eftre anudther es fast es ivver she cud teem em pot, an thowt et as't nivver be slokkand, — she did leeak a lile reedan paddock es ivver brak breead an it it. A thowt ta mesell, what if thaer gaan ta deea a thissans wimma, afooar a git heeam ageean as be snirpt up to nowt ; as nobbet be like a winnal streea, er a lantheran leets, an mi fadther an mudther an nin et nebbers al ken ma. Bet what wi gittan up seean i't mooarnin, teeaviiv o't way ta Kendle, an sittan a heeal daye 't raleway, a wes gaely weel fyshr'f sooa a hiid mi ways ta bed. Bet what we ya thing an what wi anudther a cudd'nt sleep a wink. A wes up seean it't mooarnin, hed mi poddish, if ya cud co -. what that lile reedan paddock meead, poddish, an thowt a (S}M,.i.^. • ' ' IS) -/-^-ti^ ■ Jo^C£^. (iZJ-fUajU^. 3€6- t^MjtZS^j^ /Sj ye^ y/zL.,^ (rvyk " (/o) Cr££a^. .^ €*^vC< , H /ft^JiAJ:- tMriM.,^ ^cJnuJujJL 13 mud ga mi ways an see a't stirrins et' ivver a cud, sooa a teeak mi flale ower mi shoodther, antres a sud leet ov a job. An when a gat oot inta thor geeats et thae co streets, a wes faer maddlt barn ; theear wes girt hieh Looses a beeath sides, a howivver far ya went theear wes hooses an hooses, an nowt bet hooses, we o maks a things i't windas, some like girt whappan babby hooses, an hundrads and thoosans a fooak gaan o waise, a wundrert wharivver thae wer gaan teea ; an what ivver thae wer gaan to leeak at ; day bi day an ivvery day an o't neet lang thae wer gaan — a thowt sartanly what fook i Lunnan nivver gata bed. An maks a cooatches, meeakan sick a rummal on thor street geeats, ya cuddn't heear yer aan ears ; an if ya'd nobbet hod up yer finger, thaed cum an geea a ride in a minnat, an tak ya plump ta t' pleease whaar ya want ta ga teea. Ya day a went 'tie a girt mighty pleease at thae co'ed t' Museam, whaar thae keept o maka a wild craetres i' glass pleeaces. Ya mud think tha wer whick ; bet a thowt mappm thae worrn't fer thae nivver stirred. I' sum meear rowms theear wes o maks a things et ivver ya cud neeam, things et thae sed hed leevt laug afooart world wes meead. When a'd leeakt et o't things theear a thowt a mud gaa an see sum meer stirrins ; an es a wes maandredan aboot, gaan varra whyatly on thor street geeats amang fooak, we mi flale ower mi shoodther, saean nowt ta neeabody, a chap com up tumma — yan mud thowt beet leeak on im he'd been a bettremer sooart ov a body, bet what he sartanly cuddn't er he'd newer a daean es he dud. A think thae co'd him a snob, er summat et mak, but he spak white in a knakkan sooart ov a way, and com and gemma a shop undret chin, and sed " Theears ableeadfor ya," wi that a ups wimmi flale and fetcht him a cloot undret lugg and whemmelt him slap ower it guttre. " Eyh, eyh," ses I, *' an theear 's a heft ta put te bleead in." An t' fooak o aboot fare kinkt agane we laffin ; bet he gidthert his sell 14 up and ran like a ridshank, an heead his sell sumwhares, fer a nivver saa im meear while I stopt i' Liannau. A saat Parlimant Hooses teea, an hundrads a parlia- mant men ; a saat Queen teea, an when she com ta leeak eftre t' parlimant men an meeak em deea reet, thor street geeats were filled wi fooak, ya cuddn't stir ner seet grind, an sick gran cooatches thae hed, an o' t' parlimant men wes donned i' ther hallida cleeas. An ameeast anensfc Parlimant Hooses theear wes a girt whappan kirk — oor kirk's nowt a to teeat, nea, nawt a to, barn, it wed gaa throot dewersteead on't — an scooars a preests : a wundret whativver thae o fand ta deea ; and a thowt it mickleif thae heddn't to santre ower ther wark ta meeak a darraK; es theear wossent hofe a scooar a fooak et kirk. An sick a girt beck theear wos, a think thae co'd it Temms : Sleddle beck an Keeautmer beck beeath put tagidther wed be nowt a to teeat. An sick a brigg ! ya mud woke an woke, and think ya'd nivver git ower. A thowt mappm it mud be't seea, and net a beck a to ; an es a'd nea thowts a gaain ower-sea, es it mappm mud lead ma inta sum fremm'd cuntry a hiid mi ways back. And a went 'tie a pleease, it middle ov a girt feeld (a thowt fer a gae bit thae hed nea feelds i' Lunnan) whaar thae keept o maks a wild craetres whick. Theear wes beears, an lians, an tigars, an foxes, an brocks, an wild cats, an haaks, an hullats, an girt birds et thae sed cud it Iran, an girt yedtheran hagwerms, fewer or five yerds lang ; bet a wes 'tmeeast capt we a thing like a girt whappan pig, we a hooarn groan ootet nooase ont. A wundthert whaarivver thaed gittan o thor things, an thowt thae mud hev verra Strang gildtherts an snaarls'tahodem. Ya dae a leet a sum a thor forgery chaps ; yan o them com up tuniraa, an sed he was reet fane ta simma, fer he'd been latean omrna o ower ; a varra yabble man i' heeh life wes wantan ta simma. Nae, nae, ses I, thoo's misteean ; neeabody i' Lxmnan kens me bet Tommy et preest's. Wyah, bet a mud ga weem, an a'd see. Sooa what a went JhuLj^...^,^. (6)J^cW^.a^. . C^ 15 weem, an theear wes twa or three chaps sittan ; thae sed a mud rite mi neeam on a bit a paper an a snd git a thoosan pund. Nae, nae, ses I, a dunnet want neea brass; mi fadther's gitten a gae mannerly steeat ov his aan, an a conny lump i't kist for a raney day : a's git o that when he's deean weet, sooa thoo sees thoos gittan t' rang soo bet lugg this time, hawivver, ses I. " Whaar's te fadther leeve?" ses he. Whyah he leeves et heeam amang t fells, ta be sewer : whar else sud he leeve ? ses I. " Wyah, "then, nowt wed sarra bet a mud hev summot ta drink wi them. Nae, nae, ses I, mi fadther olas telt ma nivver ta clrink nobbet when a was dry, an a's net dry noo, sooa as net drink — a's ableegt ta ya. What, thae we'd hod ma, an meeak ma drink. Yan o them sed he'd bet ma a pund et a cuddn't knok sum bits a sticks ower we a bo.' Ses I, a wes niver larnt sick daftness. Bet a'l bet ta a hopeny et a'l knok thee ower et ya blaa wi my flale ; and wi that a whemmalt im a topat fleear. An thae ran oot, an browt , a chap et thae co'd p'leece. He sed a'd meead sad wark, , an a mud ga we'em afoor t' justice. Eyh, eyh, ses I; a knaa nowt by mesell, but a mun ga witha, as like. An when we gat theear, theear was ivver sa menny justices. Ya chap gat up ta speak fer thor forgery chaps — a thowt mappm thae wer ashamd ta speeak fer thersells — he tokt fer ivver sa lang, bet toked a deel a maapment, an sed a'd yust a vara parlish weeapm. A thowt he'd varra lile gome ta co a flale a parlish weeapm. A'd ust yan ivver sen a wes a lile lad, an a'd knaan nowt parlish aboot em, uobbet noo an than when bits a barns er larnan'ta threysh, an will threysh " cat undre lugg," mebbie the fetch ther- sells a sosse." An he co'd thor chaps " Gentlemen/' an " Cliants ;" what, he sartanly mud knaa et thae wer arrant taglts an testerals! Bet yan hardly thinks et he'd tell lees. An he ext ma o' maks a things; bet a thowt mappm he wes nobbet tryan ta thraa t' lang tome/ Then he ext ma whar a co frae, an a telt him, frae amang t' fells — a fell-heead spot, amakaly, es yan may say. An, i 16 ses he, what er fells ? What er fells ! ses I, wyah, fells er fells ; yer a altheran t' neeams a ivverything nooa daes : what da ye co em ? An wl that t' justices brast oot i' sweeals a laftre ; an he clodt doon his books an sed he cud nieeak nowt omma. Eftre that t' heead man et justice ext ma whaar a co trae, an what a'd deean ; an a telt im whaar mi fadther leevt, an what thae co'ed im,an ivvery thing — what thor chaps dud, an what I dud. An eftre t' justices hed cuttheredabitamang thersells, he sed, "Let im gang, let im gang ; hesarradem reet." An when we com oot et pleeace, my sarvis but duddn't thor chaps skelp oot a my geeat, and meeak thersells scearce ! Then a thowt, what a mun waar summat fer mi mudther, es she'l litfr*'' omma takkin her a Lunnan faerin o sum mak ; sooa away a gaas 'tie a pleease whaar thae keept o maks a things, an a telt em et a mud hae summet fer mi mudther ; bet a wesfaer maddl'tamang em, fer thae browtya thing- eftre anudther while a duddn't knaa whilk leeakt bonniest, bet et end ov o a bowt 'tre a fine mob cap ; a gran rid clooak, wi ribbans hingan doon backards: a throssel-nesthat, wi a girt bangan white fedther in't; an a parr lilly-white pumps. A thowt ta mesell thae wod meeak er leeak smart. Ya dae a co'd ta see Tommy et preests, bet a dudd'nt tak mi flale wimma, a seean fan whar he leevt, an a poot at a lile brass thing an a chap com an opp'nt dewer, he wes donnt oot ameeast like 't heed man et sowgers, a think he'd hed his heead it meeal ark, an a ext varra man- nerly, as a thowt, if Tommy et preests leevt theear, an if he wes et hoose? an wi that mi Looard Kickmalaery glooard at me a bit, an then clyasli dewer i mi feeace, an nivver spak. He gemma a faer siieck possetff. Awes reet stark mad at im. An a thowt sartanly what Tommy hissell al nivver dea a thattans. His fadther an my fadther er varra thick, he's es daesant a preest es ivver preeacht a sarman an Tommy's wife is es daesant a body es ivvcr stcpt i shoo leather, let tudther cu fraa whaar thae ^//^e-t*^. JL^, (il/UHc^-.....^. J^^i^^^ 6ll3^<^ci. ^. }ycajui^ CijfejuU^ a-^au^„^. ^-j/AnM, Jl^ tfr ,^