You've a-walk'd drough so much o' my grass."

His mild words, Thomas, cut em like swords, Thomas,

Newly a-whet,

An' went vurder wi' them than a dreat.

THE RAILROAD.

I took a flight, awhile agoo,

Along the raïls, a stage or two,

An' while the heavy wheels did spin

An' rottle, wi' a deafnèn din,