" "Wai, yis, the deacon is," said Biah, turning contemplatively to the farmhouse; "there ain't a crittur in that are house that there ain't the most work got out of 'em that ken be, down to Jed and Sam, the little uns.

But Mr. Hardinge put the poor critturs into houses, near the rectory, and they work about among the neighbours, until things are settled.

There don't seem to be much love in real life, so a poor lone crittur like me has to calm her hankerin's by a-readin' novels.

"Not at all, miss," he cried ferociously; "you are here to look after this house, not to be preparing for another, and until you are respectably bespoken by some rash crittur of a man, into the drawers with your linen and down with those murderous shears."

I never see critturs with such onbelievin' faces!