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But thaa cornd mend it wi' swearin' thaa nobbud makes bad worse by adding thy oaths to his roguery. 'Oaths, mother! Oaths didsto say? I can tell thee th' Almighty sometimes thinks more o' oaths than prayers. Owd Moses'll say his to-neet but my oaths'll get to heaven faster. 'Hooisht, Jim! hooisht! ne'er mind Moses and his prayers. What did he say about th' mortgage?
By this time the moving figures on the snow were approaching the foot of the hill whereon the two men stood, and Malachi, raising his hands to his mouth, greeted them with a loud halloo. Immediately there came a reply. It was from Oliver himself, in a loud, importuning voice: 'Han yo' fun him? 'Fun who? asked Malachi. 'Why, that chilt o' mine! Who didsto think we wur lookin' for?
'Th' owd mon stood to his gun, and wouldn't say "Yez" till I gave in; an' aw stood to mi gun, and to Betty an' o', an' towd her faither 'at aw were as good as ony on 'em. One day th' lass come to me wi' tears in her een, and said: "Malachi, didsto ever read Solomon's Song?" "Yi, forsure aw did. Why doesto ax me that question?" "Doesto remember th' seventh verse o' th' last chapter?" hoo said.
I was once there for a whole week. Th. Nay, nay. Noather o' those plazes. Fur away off 'em. Col. G. But what does it matter where I have or haven't been? Th. Mun aw tell tho again? Aw've lost summut, aw tell tho. Didsto ne'er hear tell ov th' owd woman 'at lost her shillin'? Hoo couldn't sit her deawn beawt hoo feawnd it! Yon's me. Col. G. Ah! now I begin to guess! You don't mean you've lost your
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