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There wur joy when thaa brought him into th' world, and theer's sorrow naa he's goan aat afore his time. Ey, dear! A mother's life's like an April morn sunleet and cloud, fleshes o' breetness, and showers o' rain. And closing her eyes, she, too, slept.
'Why shouldn't I? There's no one as aw know as has any reet to know but thee. 'But they'll noan be so long i' findin' it aat. Then they'll never let us alone, lass. There'll be some gammin', aw con tell thee. 'I'm noan feared on 'em, Matt. I con stan' mi corner if thaa con. 'Yi, a dozen corners naa, lass.
She was the quaint product of the hills and of Calvinism, but shrewd withal, and of a kind heart. Indeed, the young minister had taken a strong liking to her, and frequently called at her far-away home. 'Ey, Mr. Penrose, whatever's brought yo aat a neet like this? she cried, as the preacher stood white as a ghost in the doorway of the farmstead. 'Come in and dry yorsel. 'Thank you, Mrs.
'Well, when hoo put her piece daan afore me, I couldn't tak' mi een off her. "At yo'," I said, as gawmless as a nicked goose. "Then thaa'd better use thi een for what th'art paid for, an' look at them pieces i'stead o' lookin' at lasses' faces." 'And hoo walked aat o' th' warehaase like a queaan.
Then the old enemy would beset him, and say what an old fool he was to think he could preach; that the people only laughed at him and made sport of his sayings, and that he had better give up preaching, and try no more. But Abe would say, "Why, devil, thaa 'rt vary much troubled abaat my praaching; if I'm such an old fool as thaa mak's aat, I canna do the' so much harm."
"Hey, my lads, I mean to go on; I'm noan going to turn back naa; it's heaven I set aat for, and heaven I mean. I've been on th' road aboon fifty years, and I'st get t' th' end afore lang." And then he went on to say how glad he was to see them there once more, and to see the place full of earnest worshippers. "You knaw it warn't always soa.
Thaa knows it used to be hard afore when they were all chaffin' me at th' factory, but they can talk their tungs off naa for aught I care. But they'll soon find it aat. 'None as soon as thaa thinks, Matt. 'Aw think aw'd tell mi mother, lass, if aw were thee. 'Let her find it aat, as t'others 'll hev to do. 'As thaa likes, lass.
I could welly caant um o' on both mi hands. 'It seems to me yo' want to mak' saints as scarce as white crows, said Abraham Lord. 'Nay, Abram; we want to keep th' black 'uns aat o' th' nests. 'Then yo' mud as weel fell th' rookery, was Abraham's sharp retort, which called forth a hearty laugh.
What con they be doin' aat o' th' pit at this time? They're noan off the shift afore ten, and it's nobbud hawve-past six. In another moment the door of the cottage was thrown open and a collier entered, white with falling snow, and breathless. When he had sufficiently recovered, he said: 'Gronny, little Job Wallwork's getten crushed in th' four-foot, and it's a'most up wi' him.
And then they laid th' little lad aat in th' owd chamber, and I used to creep upstairs when thi faither were in th' meadow, and talk to Billy, and ax him to oppen his een. But it wor all no use, he never glent at me agen. I never cried, lad I couldn't. I felt summat wor taan aat o' me, and the old woman laid her hand on her heart.
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