he knew that if Michael
had the chance to be chairman, that he would not care a farthing what
the object might be,--and there are a many like Michael in that
particular.

Michael hum'd and ha'd a few times, but at last he overcame his scruples
and said, "he didn't know but what it wor for th' best, and if it wornt,
if it had to be done they might as weel have th' honor o' doin it as
onybody else."

They held a meeting, but it would be useless for me to attempt to make
you understand their arguments, for I did not, and I am pretty well
convinced that they were similarly situated; but at last it was
unanimously resolved that they should have a School Board, and Simon
called for pen, ink, and paper to draw up a petition, and he began in a
very promising manner, and proceeded very well until he came to the word
technical, then he scratched his head.

"What's to do nah?" said Michael.

"Ha do yo spell technical?" said Simon, "is there a K in it?"

"Ho eea! ther must be a K in it," said Dick, "let's see, teck, neck,
peck, reck, check, deck, leck;--hi! ther must be a K in it, ther's a K
i' all words o' that sooart."

"Well, but aw believe ther isn't a K in it for all that," said Simon,
"but whear's ther an old newspaper, we can happen find it mentioned
thear."

So he got an old paper, and whilst he was running down the columns, the
rest of the members were arranging when they could have th' furst feed
at th' heead o' th' Booard.

"Nah," he said, "awve fun it."

"An' ther's a K in it ov coarse," sed Michael.

"As it happens tha'rt wrang for once," said Simon, "for ther isn't."

"Then ther owt to be, that's all, but aw dooant put ony faith i'
newspapers, for when aw wor wed, they put in my name Michael withaat a
K."

"Well, that wor reight enough, ther isnt a K i' Michael."

"Oh, isnt ther?--varry gooid,--aw know 'at my dowter spells it wi' a K
an' shoo's a pupil taicher, soa shoo owt to know," said Michael.

"Thy dowter be blowed! tha wants to ram thy dowter daan ivery body's
throit."

"Do aw?--Awd be looath to ram her daan thy throit anyway, tho it wodnt
be sich a varry hard job, for thi maath's ommost big enuff."

"If its ony bigger accordingly nor thy nooas awl be smoored; but tha con
tak th' Schooil Board an thi dowter too for what aw care, an' mich gooid
may shoo do thi, for awl niver be under a cheerman at spells Michael wi'
a K.

"Nah chaps," said Dick Dardust, "dont yo fratch."

"Simon does reig