it is scarcely necessary to say much, as the foregoing advice applies
to them. One militiaman exclaimed to another, "Jim, you hain't in
step" "Bain't I?" exclaimed the other; "well, change yourn!" Whoever
desires knowledge must strive for it. It must not be dispensed with
after the fashion of Tummus and Jim, who held the following dialogue
upon a vital question:--_Tummus_. "I zay, Jim, be you a
purtectionist?" _Jim_. "E'as I be." _Tummus_. "Wall, I zay, Jim, what
_be_ purtection?" _Jim_. "Loa'r, Tummus, doan't 'ee knaw?" _Tummus_.
"Naw, I doan't." _Jim_. "Wall, I doan't knaw as can tell 'ee, Tummus,
_vur I doan't exakerly knaw mysel'!_"