An inquest was held. "Accidental death" was the verdict.

The ladder could not be found. Neither Dick nor Susy ever entered those
works again. They were both sadly altered. After Jack's funeral, months
passed before they met again. What took place when they did meet can
only be surmised. Some short time afterwards their was a quiet wedding,
and they moved to another town. But Dick never recovered his old
spirits, and it was not long before she was a second time a widow.

When Dick was in his coffin and the men stood by to close it for the
last time, she placed in it a parcel. It contained two pieces of a
broken ladder, showing where it had been sawn almost in two. This is all
the story, Susy is living yet. The secret rests with her and me.




"If aw wor a Woman."


"If aw wor a woman awd----"

"If tha wor a woman tha'd be a disgrace to ivverybody belangin to thi,
an thar't little else nah," sed Mally.

"Aw wor gooin to remark, 'at if aw wor a woman----"

"Eah! but tha arn't a woman, an if tha wor tha'd wish thisen a man
agean, varry sharply. But if aw wor a man awd set a different example to
what tha does. Aw wonder sometimes what thar't thinkin on, if tha ivver