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that is the way the like o' you live.

Now ſir, ſays wiſe Willie, ye mauna put them on the black creepy till hey be married, they've ſuffered enough at ae time.

A seel, a weel, ſaid they, but they muſt marry very ſoon.

I true, ſays Sandy, ye'll be wanting mair clink; ſoul hate ye do for naething here.

The next exploit was an action at aw againſt the goodman of Muir. dge a farmer who liv'd hard by, that ept ſheep aod ſwine. His ſheep came own and broke their yards, and ate p their kail; the wild hares they hought belonged to the ſame men, s they ran to his houſe when they were hunted. The ſwine came very ften in about their houſes, ſeeking ſh guts and ony thing they could et: So it happened when one of the hildren was fitting eaſing itſelf, that ne of the ſwine tumbl'd it over, and it a picce out of its backſide! The whole town roſe in a uproar againſt