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14 find that already. His mother-in-law came in and made np peace, went to a cooper, aud got them a big wooden stoop to carry in their water.

MISFORTUNE II.

Next morning, John was sent to the flesh-market an errand to his Father-in law, who gave him a piece of flesh to carry home, and as he was coming out of the market, he saw six or seven of the flesher dogs fall on and worry at a poor country collie dog; “ye're but a wheen nnmannerly rascals, that fa's a' on ae poor beast, heth he should a' be put in the toubuoth, and ta'en to the bailies, and hanged for the like o' that, its perfect murder; and ih he runs amongst the dogs, “And be hanged to you a'thegither, what's the quarrel? what's the quarrel?" John flings down the flesh he had carrying, and grips the colly, who took John for an enemy too, and bites his hands till the blood followed the whole of the tykes comes a' on poor John. till down he goes in