bles, an' th' way to cure' em. Nah, it's a puzzle to me to accaant
for one o' these things, an' that is, 'at fowk's actions should be
regarded through a different standpoint to owt else i' th' world. A
little tree is a tree, an' it's nobbut a tree ha big it is--a puttate is
nobbut a puttate if it grows as big as a churn-an' a man considers
hissen a man whether he's a Goliah or a Tom Thumb. But actions are
different altogether. Whether they're to be considered gooid or bad
depends entirely o' th' bugth on 'em. A chap 'at can chait somdy aght ov
twenty thaasand paands is considered smart: but a poor begger 'at stails
a looaf is a thief. A chap 'at walks into th' joint stock bank, an'.
leaves th' title deeds ov his property for th' loan ov five or six
hundred paands, is an honerable tradesman, 'an it's considered a
business--like act; but a poor woman' at taks her fiat-iron to th' pop
shop, an' borrows sixpence on it, commits a sin--it's a disgrace. Aw
wonder what th' mooast o' th' banks are but pop shops. What difference
is ther between a pop ticket an' a check book? Varry little nobbut th'
bugth. I' my opinion it's noa moor a disgrace for a chap to pop a paper
coller nor for another to morgage a property. Ther's a gooid deal o'
speculation sometimes i' booath cases. Nah, aw once knew a chap at popt
a haufacraan for two-an-four-pence, an then sell'd th' ticket for a
shillin: soa he didn't loise owt. They're useful places i' ther way,
though aw dooant mean to say at ther's noa evils connected wi' 'em. Nah,
aw once knew a woman 'at popt her husband's Sunday clooas so as shoo
could buy a new dress for hersen, 'an when he fan it aght he gave her a
lickin an' had to goa befoor th' magistrates, an' they fined him ten
shillin or to goa to quad for a month, soa his wife popt her dress to'
pay th' fine. Nah, it isn't ivery evil 'at can reighten itsen like that;
an' varry likely bith time they've getten 'em aght agean they'll have
lernt moor wit.

Ther's summat else 'at number three reminds me on, an' that's th' three
things at we all owt to have--Faith, Hope, an' Charity. As to Faith,
ther's awther a gooid deeal on it i' th' world, or else fowk dooant
spaik truth. Hope we've all enuff on, an' some fowk moor nor what does'
em ony gooid, for they're ofter hopin nor strivin. But when it comes to
Charity, then aw'm a sooart o' fast amang it. It's a nice word, a bonny
word aw think; it luks nice in a church or a bazaar. It's a nice word