ily aw wor just
on th' top o'th rail, or aw dooan't knaw what aw should ha done, but aw
managed to get on to th' seat, an thear aw sat."

Mary an Dick booath started o' laffin, an Dick sed, "Well, an ha did yo'
goa on?"

"It wor noa laffin matter for me aw con tell yo',--it wor summer time,
an not dark wol nearly ten o'clock, an it wor nobbut eight then. Amy
faand aght in a minnit 'at summat wor wrang, but shoo sed nowt, an aw
kept it quiet as long as aw could, wishin at th' sun 'ud luk sharp an
goa daan, but asteead o' that, it seemed to me 'at it wor gooin higher
up ivvery minnit. Soa when shoo'd sed at shoo wor chilly, an wanted to
walk a bit, abaat hawf a duzzen times, aw wor forced to tell her th'
truth. Aw expected shoo'd a made fun o' me, but shoo didn't; shoo lukked
reeal consarned abaat it, an sed shoo wor varry sorry for th' mishap,
but we'd stop whear we wor till it wor dark. Soa we sat thear for a bit,
an then shoo sed,

"'It ud be a deeal better for yo if yo hed sumdy to luk after yor clooas
far yo.'

"Mi mother lives up at Keighley," aw sed, "an it's soa far shoo connot,
an th' lanlady's hawf blind."

"'Well,' Amy went on, 'but if yo'd hed a wife, shoo'd do all sich things
as that for yo.'

"Someha' or other mi arm slipt raand her waist, an aw willn't tell yo'
noa mooar; long befoor th' sun hed set, an it went daan sooin enuff nah,
it wor all sattled."

"'All's weel at ends weel,'" Dick sed.

"Eeah," th' young feller sed, "but aw'll tak mi solem Alfred Davey 'at
when aw put them thear britches on, aw'd noa mooar thowts o' bein wed,
nor aw hed o' be in hang'd. Aw'd nobbut gooan aght walkin wi' Amy to
pass th' time away, as young fellers will do."

"Awm sewer aw hooap shoo's made yo a gooid wife," sed Mary.

"Nivver a chap hed a better wife i' all th' world nor aw hev," sed he,
"but yo' shall coom in an see her, we live i' them haases at th' end
o'th Corperashun Quarries daan thear. Coom on."

Dick explained 'at they wor gooin to see th' other Parks, but he wodn't
ha' noa refusal.

"Yo' con goa to-morn to Horton,--coom on, an me an Amy 'll goa wi' yo'
to Bowlin Park this afternooin, we've nivver been sin it wor oppened."

He wor soa pressin 'at they went an hed ther drinkins wi him an Amy,--an
he show'd 'em th' britches 'at hed been the cause ov it all. They went
to Bowlin i'th afternooin, an sin' then they've oftens had a bit ov a
aght together.

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