And so they made nothing o' me.

My kind relations wou'd soon have found out

What was best wi' my money to do:

Says I, "My dear cousins, I thank ye for nought,

But I'm not to be cozen'd by you!

For I'm Yorkshire too."[213]


THE SWEEPER AND THIEVES.

By D. Lewis.

The incident here recorded happened at a farm house, on Leeming Lane, some years ago, and is a favourite chap-book history.