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18 Sawny. Na, na, mither. I'm the main thing myself, and she’s but a member, the men maun ay be foremost gang what way it will I’se ay be the uppermost,

Mither. But Sawny man, what way is thou gaun to do ? Will ye make a pay penny wedding o’t ? Or twa three gude nibours, a peck o’ meal baken, wi’ a cheese and a barrel o’ ale, will that do ?

Sawnys Na, na, mither, I’ll tak a cheaper gate nor ony o’ them ; I’ll gar ha’fa-crown and ha’f a mutchkin, or a rake o* coals do’t a’, then a body has nae mair a do but piss and then go to bed.

Mither. Na, na, my man Sawny. I hae mony a time heard thy honest fa- ther say that never a ane would do well rhat capstrided the kirk, or cuckol’d the minister,

Sawny. A tell na me, mither, o’ the ministers, they’re ay tor their ain ends as well as ither fouks, and if a poor beggar bodv had a bit wean to christen, the de’il a doit the’ll faik him o’t;

Mither. Hute awa’, man, there’s nae body has weans but what has siller to pay the christening o’ them ; or they