What does "ちるの、びるの" mean?


Context: 織次{おりじ} the protagonist is trying to buy back a set of drawings from
his father's friend, who is mysteriously evasive about the matter.

>
> [織次]{おりじ}も[後]{のち}に[東京]{とうきょう}から[音信]{たより}をして、[引]{ひき}[取]{と}ろう、[引]{ひき}[取]{と}ろうと[懸合]{かけあ}うけれども、
> **ちるの、びるの**
> で[纏]{まと}まらず、[追]{お}っかけて[追詰]{せりつ}めれば、[片音信]{かただより}になって[埒]{らち}が[明]{あ}かぬ。  
>  Later on, Oriji would also mail him from Tokyo, trying to take them back,
> but it ended up with no conclusion because he would ???. When Oriji further
> pressed him for a definitive answer, he would not even return a response,
> leaving the matter unsettled.
>
> From a short novel
> "[国貞{くにさだ}えがく](http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000050/files/529_20653.html)"
> (1910)

What does ちるの、びるの mean?

I guess from the context that it probably means "after a lot of fuss" in
effect, but looking up "ちるの、びるの" or "びる" in various online dictionaries yields
no relevant result.

Grammatically, I think I understand which particle is doing what at least, but
I'm unsure about the "content" words:

> ちる: verb?  
>  の: parallel marker  
>  びる: verb?  
>  の: parallel marker  
>  で: reason, cause

One possibility is that this is some play on words. The novel contains
apparently Meiji-era slangs like レコ (reverse of これ), so this could be
something in the same vein.




小学館 日本国語大辞典(第二版)によれば、島根県地方の方言で、

> ちる【動】[方言]①来る。越後087 ②遊戯などでまちがう 岩手県九戸郡088 ③逆上する。のぼせる。島根県725
>
> びる【動】[方言]①泣く。子供などが泣く。 島根県石見723「朝から晩までびっとる」725 広島県備中「びるな」044 山口県安武郡795 ◇ひる
> 岡山県浅口郡768 ◇びらす 島根県石見「あんまりびらすとごんごんじー(恐ろしい人)にやるど」 725 ◇びらとく
> 島根県美濃郡益田市「いつまでもびらとくな。みとーもなー」725 ②わずかに動く。微動する。山口県大島801

という使い方があるので、

「ちるの、びるので」＝「怒ったり泣いたりで」

ではないでしょうか？

