Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London, Chatto and Windus · leaf 282
One day his w4fe w^ent to a gossiping, leaving Simonat home to fill and boil the kettle. He made the fire and hungthe kettle over it, then started to fill his pail at the well Heput down his pail in order to stop a runaway ox, which led hima chase of three or four miles. On his return he found his… … 262 CJiap-Books of the Eighteenth Century. stolen, and, when he reached home, the bottom was burnt outof the kettle. When his wife came back, it is needless to saythat she let fly an earthen pot at his head, which made theblood run about his ears. This done she took him by thecollar and cuft him…
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