ve 'em a lift.'

'This seemed to fall in wi ivverybody's ideas except mine and Dorothy's,
an we sed nowt. Th' chaps coom in a bit, an a reight jolly lot they wor,
an when th' wimmen tell'd 'em what a toff owd customer th' cock hed
turned aght, they sed it ud be a gooid name for me, soa they kursened me
Moorcock, an awve been known bi that name ivver sin. Yo'd hardly think'
at Dorothy wod have agreed to become Dolly Drake, but shoo did, an th'
naybors wor as gooid as ther word, an when we gate wed we sat daan to as
grand a dinner as ivver yo'd wish to see, an monny a little thing we
have nah 'at wor gein to us then towards haasekeepin'.

"But some way or other soa monny fowk gate to know abaat her tom-cat, an
they used to come ta Iuk at it, far shoo wadn't hang it, an they made
sich gam abaat it wol we coom up to this quiet corner, pairtly to get
aght oth gate on 'em, an pairtly becoss aw anlls liked th' country best,
soa here we are, just as yo see us, an here it's varry likely we shall
stop till one on us is fotched away in a black box. Th' owd tom-cat's
deead, an aw stuffed it, an yo can see it at top oth clock, so nah 'Yo
know th' reason awm called 'Owd Moorcock.'"

"Ther's nivver noa end to thy tongue when it gets runnin'," sed Dolly:
"th' supper's been ready for long enuff, an if tha hasn't tawkt him
booath hungry an dry bi this time he's able to stand it better nor me."

We knocked th' ashes aght ov us pipes an went in to supper. It did'nt
last long, an after thankin' 'em for ther hospitality an information aw
shook hands an bid 'em gooid neet, an it'll be a long time befoor aw
forget mi visit to, "Owd Moorcock."

Peace Makkin.

"Honest confession is gooid for th' soul," they say, an aw may as weel
confess at once 'at awve been a fooil. Happen yo'll say "that's nowt
fresh," but beggin' for pardon this is summat fresh. Yo'll happen think
'at awve been bettin' at Donkeystir Races, or 'at awve been bun for a
chap in a money club, or 'at awve bowt a share in a manufacturin'
company, limited, or 'at awve started th' newspaper business, or takken
a hotel, or 'at awve joined th' Mormons, or 'at awve getten into a law
suit. But whichivver yo'd guessed yo'd be sewer to be 'wrang. All awve
been tryin' to do has been to act as a peeace makker, an if awd carried
it on for onny length o' time, aw should ha been made into sich a lot o'
pieces misen 'at it wod ha takken a besom to sweep me up.

Just anent awr haas