Dawdles

o 'Dawdles' wayscoit, he tummeld a backard summerset, an 'ligged him daan i' th 'middle o' th 'rooad, an' th 'cauf laup'd ovver th' wall o 't'other side an' gallop'd away, whiskin its tail abaat as if it wanted to cast it.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

When they'd gooan a mile or two Dawdles wor inclined to think it would ha been cheaper to ha taen it bi rail, to say nowt abaat th 'extra comfort.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

'Why, but he wor a queer owd chap, wor Owd Dawdles, an' they didn't call him Dawdles for nowt, soa aw'l tell yo summat abaat him wol yo finish yor bacca.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

Dawdles! 'shoo screamed, an' gave him a dig i 'th' ribs 'at made him jump agean.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

'Tha'rt varry lat, Dawdles,' sed his wife, 'has ta ridden or walked?'

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

He'd hardly getten th 'words aght ov his maath when, as they wor passin some pighoils' at stood o 'th' roadside, th 'cauf made a dash at th' door o 'one' at wor nobbut just heigh enuff for it get in at, brast it oppen, gooin in an 'strippin off Dawdles, left him sittin i' th 'middle o' th 'rooad, wonderin who'd hit him wi a looad o' bricks.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

But Dawdles wor as gooid as his word, an 'long befoor it wor done he declared it wor th' cheapest mait he ivver bowt.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

Dawdles went to see what wor th 'matter an' t'others followed him; but when they saw what a mistak they'd made, the mooast on 'em slink'd off for fear they wud hev to pay for some o'th 'damage.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

At ony rate it gave him noa troble to drive it, for it seemed to know ivvery step o 'th' rooad, an 'it seem'd a deeal moor like th' cauf takkin Dawdles nor him takkin th 'cauf.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

Owd Dawdles had nivver had sich a job in his life, it tuk him aboon an haar, an 'when he coom back it wor droppin dark.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877