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Rh than I have seen thee for a long while. Hes ta any good news?"

"Ay, I think I hev. I got a letter from my old uncle Shuttleworth half an hour ago. He says he hes just heard from a friend o' mine of t' fight I am having with Aske. And he says he isn't a bit too old to hev a hand in it, and he's going to hev fair play for me, if money can get it. So I'm going oover to Keighley to see him this afternoon. Shuttleworth hes a mint o' brass, and I'll give Aske another tussle, with his help."

"Is it any use, Jonathan?"

"Ay, is it, I won't give up now. Truth and oil are bound to come to t' top."

"Is it worth it?"

"It is worth it to me. I'm not Ben Holden. Thou cares so little for this world that there would be no risk in t' devil taking thee up into a high mountain, and showing thee all t' kingdoms of t' world. And I'm in t' right. That's where it is. I know I am, and I'm going to fight for my right to t' last shilling I can lawfully get. Shuttleworth hes offered to help me. It's a fair wonder. He never gave me a penny in his life; no, nor anybody else one. He's