To say we'd been up all th' neet we did'nt feel varry weary nor sleepy an' after a gooid wesh an' a brush up we felt noa desire to goa to bed soa we sat daan at one o' th' little tables aghtside an called for a bottle o' Bordeaux, (we'd getten reight to like it) an' we tipt us cheers back, yankee fashion, an' amused ussen wi watchin fowk goa past. We sooin discovered at a cheap trip had just come in, an' as they went past wi ther boxes an' carpet bags Billy lained ovver to me an' he says, "What gawky chaps English fowk luk when they land here at furst; why, aw feel soa different sin aw coom to live i' Payris wol awm feeard they'll tak me for a born Frenchman when aw get back hooam." "Tha's noa need," aw says, "they may tak thi to be a born summat at begins wi a F, but it will'nt be Frenchman!" Peter had to leeav us nah, we wor varry sooary to pairt wi him, but he sed his business wod'nt allaa him to stop ony longer, soa we shook hands wi him an' thanked him for all his kindness, an' as he turned away he sed, "And be sure you remember me kindly to Mally." This rayther knockt th' wind aght on me, an' Billy says, "Nah lad thart in for't, an' sarve thi reight! yond chap'll write off to yor Mally, an' tell her o' thi gooins on an' then tha'll get thi heead cooamd wi summat tha weeant like when tha gets hooam! Aw wod'nt be i' thy shoes for a trifle!" "Well, if thers been owt wrang tha's been as deep ith' muck as aw've been ith' mire, soa tha can shut up!" "Has ta ivver answered that letter shoo sent thi?" "Noa, aw've nivver had a chonce but aw will do reight away an' then that'll happen ease her mind a bit, an' aw wod'nt cause a minit o' bother, if aw could help it for all aw can see." "It's a pity tha doesnt try to mak her believe it." "Aw do try, an' aw allusdid!" "Eeah, aw meean its a pity tha art'nt moor successful." "Thee mind thi own business, an' leeav me to mind mine!" Aw felt it wor a waste o' time to tawk ony moor to him, soa aw left him to sit bi hissen wol aw went to write a letter to Mally. Aw did'nt goa wi a varry leet heart, net at aw cared owt abaat th' trubble, but aw wor fast what to say. To write th' plain trewth aw knew wod'nt do, an' to write what worn't true wor a thing aw wod'nt do, an' aw sat some time studdyin befoor aw made a start. [Illustration: 0106] [Illustration: 0107] CHAPTER VII. SHO ACTIN'. [Illustration: 9107] WVE discovered it to be a varry gooid plan nivver to write a letter withaat rhyme or reason--If yo've gooid reason for it, fowk 'll nivver care abaat th' rhyme, but if yo've noa reason, give'em some rhyme.= ```Dear Mally lass, awm fain to say ```Aw gate thy letter yesterday; ```It fun me weel as when aw started, ```Except for freeatin' 'coss we're parted. ```Ther's lots i' this strange place to see, ```But nowt at's hauf as dear to me, ```Wheariwer its mi fate to rooam; ```As that old lass'at's set at hooam. ```Awd come back bi th' next booat, but then