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11 After she had taken her supper, as she was covering the table, the immock powder began to operate, and she let a great fart:—well done Margaret, says the Laird, your arse would take a cautioner. Before she got out of the chamber door she let fly another crack; then she goes to order her fellow-servant to give the Laird his supper, but before she could give the necessary directions, she gave fire again, which set them all a laughing; she runs into a room herself, and there she played a way her one gun battery so fast, that you would have thought she had been besieging the Havannah. The Laird and Lady came to hear the fun, they were like to split their sides at proud Maggy. So, next morning she left her place, to the great satisfaction of all her fellow -servants.

PART II.

EPER's Landlady became very harsh to his master, and very often abused him exceedingly sore with her tongue and hands, and always called upon him for more money, and to have all the money in her keeping; which Leper was sorry for. It so happened on a day that the taylor had