" "I d' 'low you would," said Mrs. Tuffin commiseratingly; "but I don't advise 'ee to do it, my dear'twouldn't be safe, an' you'd be bound to give 'em up one time or another.

Why, I do assure 'ee

or do you dare fight me to see wheech one of us eet ees?

There, I did use to say to father many a time, 'If I was to leave 'ee to yourself

"'Recognised 'ee back in Troy, an' borrowed this here trap to drive after 'ee.

"Wish 'ee well, Farmer Tossell!" cried one or two.