"Said I were to tell yo' to mind yo'r own business.--That's the longest spin yet, my lads.--And them's civil words to what he used to me. But ne'er mind. We're but where we was; and I'll break stones on the road afore I let these little uns clem."

'Said I were to tell yo' to mind your own business. That's the longest spin yet, my lads. - But ne'er mind. We're but where we was; and I'll break stones on th' road afore I let these little uns clem.'
