time, "If tha finds any buttons off tha can suit thisen whether tha puts
'em on or net."

"Aw've summat else to do nor sew for thee, tha's made we wark enuff,"
shoo said.

It did'nt tak long for Molly to dry th' cloas an' shoo raylee felt
sooary for him after all, soa shoo set too an' stitched him a button or
two on, an' as shoo said, "mensened him up a bit for he wor somebody's
poor lad."

He wor sooin drest nice an' comfortable agean an' then he thowt it wor
time to goa an' see what had come o' Slinger.

As sooin as he coom near th' coit he could hear him snoaring away ommost
as laad as a trombone. "Well tha'rt a bonny en" he said "to be paid
aght o'th rates for keeping a sharp luk aght. Aw did think to bring thi
summat to sup but its a pity to disturb thi. Aw'll try another dodge an
see ha' that'll act."

Away he went an' in a minit or two coom back wi a huggin o' strea, an'
quietly oppenin th' door he shoved it in,--he then walked off mutterin
"tha'll be capp'd when tha wackens owd lad."

As th' day began to grow shorter a few owd faces began to peep in to see
ha Molly wor gettin on an' to taste ov her drink. When ther'd getten
abaght a hauf a duzzen on em Jim slipped aght an' sammed up all he
could find i'th' shape o' buckets an' had em filled wi watter an' not o'
th' cleanest sooart,--then he lit a wisp o' strea just aghtside o'th'
pighoil door an' waited wall th' smook had begun to curl nicely up:--