fir'in

Updated: June 11, 2025

When he give Jim Billings his time last week, he says to him, says he, 'Jim, I'm sorry for y'. Not because I'm fir'in' y', says he, 'but because y're such a loafer that y're no good to yerself nor to anybody else y're a disgrace to the Mill, says he, 'and to every honest working man in it. An' Jim, he never give a word back just hung his head an' got out of sight like a dog with his tail between his legs after a good swift kick."

Harold Bell Wright - Helen of the Old House