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carry the pot back again, and to the Prin- cipal, a leg of mutton will not make him and me fall out; so they were forced to                    carry the pot back again, and Leper caused the boys to huzza after them to their dis- grace. There was a barber who always plagued Leper, and called him prick-the-louse.--- Leper resolved to be even with him, so he                    goes and buys three sheep heads, and sends for the barber, and told him, that there were three fine Southland gentlemen just come to his house, which much wanted to                    be shaved, and he assured him he would re- ceive sixpence for each one of them ;--this good news made the shaver send for a                    dram;--- Leper was still praising them for quiet good natured gentlemen. So Leper takes him to the bed where the sheep heads lay covered, and desired him to awaken them for they would not be angry, or say an ill word to him, the barber lifts the cover- ing and sees the sheep heads, runs out cursing and swearing, and Leper crying after him, sheep head barber. The barber resolved to be revenged on                    Leper, so when he was shaving Mess John, he tells him that Leper was the drunkenest fellow in the parish. So Mess John warns him to the session; Leper comes and says, what do you want with me, Sir? Come