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It is such a fond anxious mother's voice that you hear, as Lisbeth says, "Well, one seven by th' clock Thee't allays stay till the last child's born Thee wants thy supper, I'll warrand Where's Seth? Gone arter some o's chapellin', I reckon?"

"Aye, aye, Seth's at no harm, mother, thee mayst be sure But where's father?" said Adalanced into the room on the left hand, which was used as a workshop "Hasn't he done the coffin for Tholer? There's the stuff standing just as I left it thishih she looked at her son very anxiously "Eh, my lad, he went aff to Treddles'on this forenoon, an's niver coain"

A deep flush of anger passed rapidly over Adaan to roll up his shirt-sleeves again

"What art goin' to do, Adam?" said the o to work again, wi'out ha'in thy bit o' supper?"

Adary to speak, walked into the workshop But hisafter him, took hold of his arm, and said, in a tone of plaintive reo wi'out thy supper; there's the taters wi' the gravy in 'em, just as thee lik'st 'em I saved 'em o' purpose for thee Come an' ha' thy supper, co her off and seizing one of the planks that stood against the wall "It's fine talking about having supper when here's a coffin promised to be ready at Brox'on by seven o'clock to-ht to ha' been there now, and not a nail struck yet My throat's too full to s victuals"

"Why, thee canstna get the coffin ready," said Lisbeth "Thee't work thyself to death It 'ud take thee all night to do't"

"What signifies how long it takes me? Isn't the coffin proht hand off sooner than deceive people with lies i' that way It s before long I've stood enough of 'em"

Poor Lisbeth did not hear this threat for the first tione away quietly and said nothing for the next hour But one of the lessons a wory or a drunken an to cry, and by the tih to make her voice very piteous, she burst out into words