Has ta come here to taunt me? "Aw've
been tell'd abaght that mule afoor this afternooin."

"Molly," said Jim, "tha caps me. Doesn't ta know what folk mean when
they say there's a mule i' th' garden? They mean there's a bit of a
dust i' th' hoil, that's all mun."

"Oh! is that it!" says Molly. "Aw see nah. Yo know aw'm to be excused
if aw dooant understand iverything, for aw'm not mich of a scholard;
ther worn't schooils like there is nah when aw wor a lass; but aw'd a
brother once 'at wor as cliver as onybody--he used to be able to rule
th' planets; but he wor draaned at last, an' aw declare aw've niver been
able to bide th' seet o' watter sin'. Aw believe that wor what made me
start o' brewin."

"Why yo happen have a sup left, said Slinger?"

"Ea lad, ther's some i' that pewter sithee--tak howd an sup."

"Thank thi' "he said, an' here's wishing at ther may niver be a 'mule i'
th' garden' but what 'll be as easy getten shut on as this has been this
afternooin."

"Gooid lad Slinger! Tha talks like a book. Aw believe if tha'd had a
better bringin up tha'd ha' made a philosipher says Molly."

"Tha had a fancy once to be a police ossifer hadn't ta said Jim? But aw
think tha's getten that nooation purged aght on thi nah?"

"Well, aw gate it swill'd aght on me ony way. But aw think some times'
at it towt me a bit o' sense, an' whoiver he is 'at wants to raise
hissen up, by poolin somdy else daan, aw hope he'll get sarved ith' same
way; for when a chap shuts his een to ivery body's interests but his own
he desarves to be dropt on--but if we'd all to strive to lend one
another a hand, things ud go on a deal smoother, an' as nooan on us is
perfect, we ought to try by kindness an' gooid natur an by practisin a
bit o' patience to mak one another's rooad as pleasant as we con, an if
we stuck to that we should find fewer mules i' th' garden."

* * * * * * *

"O! an' soa that's th' tale abaght Slinger, is it Ezra?"

"That's it uncle, its done nah."

"Its abaght time it wor, an' th' next time tha comes here an' brings a
tale wi' thi mak it hauf as long an' it'll be twice as welcome."

A Neet at "Widup's Rest."

We've mooast on us, at one 'time or another, accidentally dropt amang
company withaat havin ony idea o' spendin mich time wi' em, an' yet
we've kept stoppin an' stoppin, feelin as happy as con be, an' niver
thinkin for a minit what a blowin-up