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hedge to hedge, and hole to hole, seeking the calf. So the butcher returned to his horse again, and finding his other calf gone, he concluded that it was done by some invisible spirit, about that spot of ground, ; and so went home lamenting the loss of his calf. When Tom got home he washed the white face off the stolen calf, and his master sent the butcher word to come & buy another calf, which he accordingly did a few days after, and Tom sold him the same calf a third time and then told him the whole affair as it was acted, giving him his money again. So the butcher got fun for his trouble.

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P A R T V.

There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard by, that had a young girl her only daughter, who fell deep in love with Tom, and he fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid. The old woman gave Tom many presents and mounted him like a gentleman; but he used every method to put off the marriage, pretending he still wanted something, which the old woman gave the