He went round as if he wath a theeking for a child he know'd; and then he comed to me, and thood on hith two fore-legth, weak ath he wath, and then he wagged hith tail and died.

Wait a bit," she says, "an' I'll fetch ye a sup o' the wather I'm afther bilin' the pitaties in, maybe that'll do ye good," she says. '

The mother look dubiously at her daughter, whereupon her little brother, wishing to help his sister, said: "Yeth they wath, Mother.