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be glad to zee 'e then. Come an' look at un." They accordingly went to the sty where the celebrated Pig was, and for awhile both gazed admiringly.

Bob Appleford then stroked the Pig and remarked, "A be a vine un' jus' as I zed vor, be-ant a? " "Eese, a rayly be," said the claimant from Didcot; "Zurely a 'markable vine Peg, an' med I ax'e what 'e hev a-ved^[1] un on to maayke—." "That be my business an' not yourn, good marnin'," replied Bob Appleford interrupting.

"No one else claimed the Pig."

The Mid-Berkshire rebuff to a Busybody is and is likely to be, "You'll never get Bob Applevord's Peg."

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THE WELL-HOUSE, ZWILLY-HAWLE.

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(1)
"Willum, ther's zummut puzzles I—
Med-be as you can zaay vor why
The waater yer, runs unner groun',
An' dwoant vlaw ont as can be voun.'"

(2)
"Well, Richut, I hev yeard um tell
As that ther hawle goes like a well;
Down in the yarth, an' zome zes droo'

The vurry bottom on un too."

(3)
"Oh, Willum, you a joke hev tried,
The yarth ent got no bottom zide,
An' that mus' prove, ther yent no doubt,
As what vlaws in atop comes out."

(4)
"Now, Richut, thee zims sherp enough.
But what's the good o' tawkin' stuff?
Thess zettle 't, an' t'yent no girt zin—
Thess get a duck an' put un in.

(5)
"Athout the waater ke-ups inzide,
E med-be zure as he wunt bide;
If that ther stre-am comes droo' a-top.
Athin the yarth that bird wunt stop."

(6)
Now, whilst um zo did argivy,
A vlock o' ducks comes paddlin' by.
"Why, Richut, look! Why, theuz be zent
Jus' pat vor our experiment."

1. i.e., fed.