made a sup o' broth an' put 'em in; an' when they'd been boilin' awhile
shoo couldn't find 'em hardly. "Why," shoo sed, "aw niver saw sich pays
as theease i' all mi life; they've all boiled to smush." Shoo tuk him a
basinful upstairs, an' after a spooinful or two, he sed he thowt they
tasted rayther queer. "Oh! it's thi maath at's aght o' order, mun,"
shoo sed; "get 'em into thee, they're sure to do thee gooid."

John tew'd hard wi' 'em an' at last he finished 'em. "Niver buy ony moor
pays at that shop," he sed, "for aw'm sure they're nooan reight.

"Aw didn't buy 'em," shoo sed, "they're what wor i'th' cubbard; aw thowt
tha'd put 'em thear thisen."

When John heeard that, he knew in a minit what shoo'd done, an' he
stared at her.

"What are ta staring at, wi' thi een an' thi maath wide oppen like
that?" sed his wife.

"Tha'd ha' thi een an' thi maath oppen if tha'd swallowed what aw have,"
he said, "for they'll oppen ewt."

John gate up an' dressed an' went aght, an' as he didn't offer to come
back, his wife an' two or three ov his mates went to seek him; an' a few
yards off th' door they fan his clooas an' hat an' a pair o' booits, an'
in one o'th' booits they fan a bunion,--an' that wor all ther wor left
o' John.

It wor rayther a awkard thing to swear to, but his wife sed shoo
couldn't be mistakken, for shoo knew it soa weel wol shoo'd be bun to be