y nah days, nobbut we mun pick aght somdy 'at gets a daycent
wage, 'coss he'll have to find pairt o'th' brass. Nah, ther's Kana
thear; he isn't baat a two or three paand. Suppooas we put one up to
Kana?'

'Why, what's Kana iver done 'at he should have a statty?'

'What difference does that mak? What's lots o' fowk done 'at get
stattys? Worn't his fayther th' bell-man for monny a year? an' didn't
owd Sally his mother, bake the best havvercake 'at yo could get i'th'
district? An' a statty's a statty noa matter who's it is? What says ta
Kana?'

'Well aw dooant know ha mich it'll cost. What is it to be made on?'

'Oh, we'll have it made o' wood,--th' pump wor a wooden un, an' Simeon's
a wood turner, an' he'll turn it cheap, willn't ta Simeon?'

'Aw'll do it as reasonable as aw con. Aw think aw could get up a varry
gooid en for abaat thirty shillin.'

'Well, aw'll be ten shillin,' sed Kana, 'an' tother can be subscribed
for at a penny a wick a piece.'

'Why, that's fair enuff, lads, what do yo say?'

'We'll all agree to that,' sed Jonas, 'but whear mun we put it? May be
'as th' Corporation's taen away th' pump they may want to shift th'
statty.'

'Corporation be hanged! we'll put it up thear an' let them mell on it
'at dar.'

'Well' sed Simeon, 'aw'll start it reight away, but aw'st want Kana to
sit aside o'th' lathe wol awm turnin, or else awst niver be able to get
a likeness on him.'

'Oh, th' likeness matters nowt; tha can paint his name on it an' then
iverybody'll know whose it is.'

'After a bit moor tawk they sauntered off, some one way an' some
another, an' amused thersens as weel as they could wol bed time, an'
then went to sleep, all except Simeon; he could'nt sleep, for he didn't
like to admit 'at he couldn't turn a statty, an' still he didn't know ha
to start; but he wor bent o' having th' thirty shillin ony way.

Next mornin he made a beginnin, an' he thowt he'd turn th' body pairt
first, an' he made a varry daycent job on it he thowt, an' when they
ax'd him at neet ha he wor gettin on, he tell'd 'em th' belly piece wor
all reight, an' he'd have it all done bi Setterdy neet; an' he kept his
word, an' when they all coom hooam thear it wor, wi' a gurt bedquilt
ovver it, waitin to be unveiled, an' yo con bet it worn't long befoor
they'd all swallow'd ther drinkin an' wor waitin--all except Kana, he
felt a sooart o' modest abaat it an' had to be fotched aght.

Jacob wor th' cheerman, an' they maante