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 PADY FROM CORK. 5 to aſk any gentleman's name. At this they laughed mock- ing me, and ſaid, they would give me one if I would not tell my maſter's name; ſo I returned to my maſter and told the impudence of the fellow, how he would give me no letters unleſs I would tell them your name, maſter. My maſter at this flew in a great paſſion and kicked me down ſtairs, ſaying, go you rogue and tell my name directly : how can the gentleman give letters, when he knows to, who is aſking for them. Then I returned and told my maſter's name, ſo they told me there was one for him; I looked at it, being very ſmall, and aſking the price of it, they told me it was ſixpeace; ſixpence, ſaid-I, will you take ſixpence for that ſmall thing and ſelling bigger ones for twopense, faith I am not ſuch a big foel, you think to cheat me, now this is not a conf.imable way of dealing, I'll acquaint, my maſter of it firſt; ſo I came and told him how they would have ſixpence for his letter, and was ſelling bigger ones for two pence, be took up my head and broke his cane with it, calling me a thuſand fools, ſaying, the man was gore juſt than to take any thing but the right for it: but I was ſure there was none of the right buying and ſelling ſuch a dear. pennyworth; ſo I came again for my dear ſixpence letter ; and the fellow was thuſſling through a parcel of them ſeeking for it again, to make the belt of a dear market. I picked up two, and home I comes to my maſter, I thinking he would be wele pleaſed with what I had done; now, ſaid. I, maſter, I think I have put a trick on them fellows for ſelling the letters jo dear to you What have you done! ſaid he, ſaid I I?Se only taken to other letters; here's one for you, maſter, to help your dear pennyworth and I'll fend the other to my mother, to ſee whether she's dead or alive, for ſhe's always angry I don't write to her, I had not the word well ſpoken till he got up his ſtick and beat me heartily for it and ſend me back to the fel- low again with the two; I had very ill will to go, but nobody would buy then of me by the way. Tom. A well Pady, I think you wat to blame and your maſter too, for he ought to have tanght you how to have gone about thoſe affairs and not beat you ſo. Teag. Arra dear honey, I had to much wit of my