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5 Tom. For what did he beat you? was it for your dness and foolish tricks?

Teag. Dear shoy, it was not; but for being too uisitive, and going sharply about business. First, sent me to the post office, to inquire if there were letters for him; so when I came there, said I, here any letters here for my master to-day?- en hey asked who was my master; sir, said I, s very bad manners in you to ask any gentleman's me; at this they laughed, mocking me, and said y could gave me none, if I would not tell my ster's name; so I returned to my master, and him the impudence of the fellow, who would e me no letters unless I would tell him your e, master. My master at this flew in a passion, kicked me down stairs, saying, go you rogue, tell my name directly, how can the gentleman letters when he knows not who is asking for n. Then I returned and told my master's name, hey told there was one for him, I looked at it, g very small, and asking the price of it, they me it was sixpence? sixpence, said I, will you e sixpence for that small thing, and selling big- ones for twopence; faith I am not such a big nable way of dealing, I'll acquaint my master it first; so I came and told my master how would have sixpence for his letter, and was ng bigger ones for twopence; he took up my and broke his cane with it, calling me a thou- fools, saying, the man was more just than to any thing but the right for it; but I was sure e was none of them right, boying and selling dear penny-worths. So I came again for my sixpence letter; and as the fellow was shuffling ugh a parcel of them, seeking for it again, to e the best of a dear market, I pict up two, and e I comes to my master, thinking be would be sed with what I had done; now, said I, master,
 * you think to cheat me now, this is not a con-