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 14            Whisht, whisht, says Tom and you'll get yours & something else beside. So Tom takes him into the jail, and calls for a            bottle of ale and a dram. then takes the jailor aside, as if he had been going to            borrow some money from him; and says to the jailor, this man is a great thief, I and other two have been in search of            him these three days, and the other two men have the warrant with them; so if            you keep this rogue here till I run and bring them, you shall have a guinea in            reward. Yes, says the jailor, go and I'll            secure the rogue for you. So Tom got off, leaving the poor innocent fellow and the jailor struggling together and then sets out for England directly.

P A R T IV.

Tom having now left his own native country, went into the county of Nor- thumberland, where he hired himself to            an old miser of a farmer, where he con- tinued for several years, performing his duty in his service very well, tho' some- times playing tricks on those about him; but his master had a naughty custom he would allow them no candle at night to see with when at supper. So Tom one