I will see him at the mill about half-past nine in the morning." The girl went away, but returned immediately.

"Jonathan says, sir, that will do.

He wants to go to a meeting tonight, sir." Then Mrs.Hatton looked at her son, and exclaimed, "How very kind of your overseer to make your time do! Is that his usual way ?" "About it.

He is a very independent fellow, and he knows no other way of talking.

But father found it worth his while to put up with his free speech.