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 X' INTEODUCnON. how bad we was a doing off, and he comes to' las directly, and tends upon us out of charity, and gives Missus Mutton and things, which he said, and we knoVd too well, she wanted of, and he giyes this out of his own Pocket. Missus complaint growd upon her and she got so very bad, and Mr. Westlake says to us, I do think the guardians wouldn't let your wifo lay there and starve, but would do something for you if they knowd how bad you wanted things, and so, says he. Til give you a Sertificate for some Mutton and things, and you take it to Mr. Broad, the releving officer. Well, I does this, and he tells me that bed give it to the guardians and let me know what they said. I sees him again, and O, says he, I gived that Sertificate to the guardians, but they chucked it a one side and said they wouldnt tend to no such thing, nor give you nothing, not even if Missus was dying, if you has anything to do with Mr. Westlake, as they had turned him off. I told my Missus this, and then says she we must try to get their Union Doctor, Mr. Payne, as we can't go on for ever taking things from Mr. Westlake's Pocket, and he turned out of Place, and so good to many poor folks besides us. So we gets Mr. Pa3me after a bit to come down ; and he says to Missus you're very bad, and I ahall order the Union to send you Mutton and other things. Next Week Mr. Payne calls again, and asks Missus did she have the things he'd ordered for her to have? She says I've had a shillings worth of Mutton, Sir. Why, says he, you wants other things'^Cesides Mutton, and I ordered thelm for you in the Union Book, and you ought to have them in your bad state. This goes on for 5 or 6 weeks, only a shillings worth of Mutton a Week being allowed her, and then one Week a little Gin was allowed, and after that as Missus couldnt get out of bed a Woman was sent to nurse and help her. I didnt ask Mr. Payne to order these ere things, tho' bad enof Gk>d knows they was wanted ; but in the first week in last November I was served with a summons to tend afore our Mayor and Justices under the Yagrance Act; I think they said twas cause I had not found these things for Missus myself ; but the Union Doctor had ordered 'em of the Guardians on his sponsibility. Well, I attends afore the Justices, and there was nothing against me, and so they puts it off, and orders me to tend afore 'em again next week, which I does, and then there wasnt enof for 'em to send me to Gaol, as the Guardians wanted, for a Month, and they puts it off again for another Week, and says I must come afore 'em again, and which I does ; and they tells me theres nothing proved, that I could aford to pay for the things, and I mite go about my business. I just loses three days' work, or pretty handy, by this, and that made bad a good bit worse. Next Day Mr. Payne comes again, and Missus was so outdaceous bad, she says cant you give me something to do me good and ease me a bit ; says Mr. Pajme, I dont see you be much worse. Yes, I be, says Missus, and I wish you'd be so good as