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118 THE GRINDER PAPERS. went intu spasms, and kep’ ‘em up as long as I could, and I shan't forgive the Barkers for the way they acted, and for her sayin’: ‘If you'd kept out o’ other people’s closets you wouldn’t have got intu such a scrape.” Sez I, ‘‘I hope you don’t expect me o’ meddlin’.” ‘*Only of prying,” sez she. , ‘‘In that case,” sez I, ‘‘ Ill darken yer ruff no longer.” I ‘* As you please,” sez she. So as soon as I'd had my breaktwist next morning—that’s this , —I went. Mehevin’ been in the barril, of course they couldn’t use the pork, and they gin it away, charitable like, tu a poor Irish famerly. They didn’t know about the kerosene lamp bein’ at the bottom, and I forgot tu tell’em. So jestas I started the man they gin it tu brung th: lamp round and was threatenin’ tu hev the life o’ Mr. Hopkins Barker for tryin’ tu pison his child- ren. Dunno how it ended, for I didn't stay. Oh! Partheny, I fetched that dimity gownd along fur you tu du up fur me. And let’s hev dinner, or lunch, or suthin’ as soon as you kin, fur the excitement has made me faint. ‘ io ad a - oS. _— 4 wap * , . BAe) ‘3 Si -* ; Pike ia re, ate. ee eae Pay eS ie. 21) See) awe eee ~~ Ais :