Whilst I looked about me here, the policeman pointed to the distance and said, "Jackson's comin' up, I see.

Yon's him, wi' th' white lin' jacket on." Jackson seems to have won the esteem of the men upon the moor by his judicious management and calm determination.

I have heard that he had a little trouble at first, through an injurious report spread amongst the men immediately before he undertook the management.

Some person previously employed upon the ground had "set it eawt that there wur a chap comin' that would make 'em addle a hauve-a-creawn a day for their shillin'." Of course this increased the difficulty of his position; but he seems to have fought handsomely through all that sort of thing.

I had met him for a few minutes once before, so there was no difficulty between us.
"Well, Jackson," said I, "heaw are yo gettin' on among it ?" "Oh, very well, very well," said he," We'n more men at work than we had, an' we shall happen have more yet.