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8 auld barn door, and the caff kist will do well enough, ony thing's gude enough to gang to the grave wi'; bat O quo she, send for Sandy, my honest auld servant, and he'll see every thing right done; I'll tell him where he will get siller to do any thing wi', he's the lad that will not see me wrang'd; then Sandy comes wrying his face, and rubbing his eyes. O Sandy, there's a sad alteration here, and ba-a-a, she cries like a bitten calf, O sirs, will ye gang a' butt the house till I tell him what to do; butt they went, and there she fell a kissing of Sandy, and said, now, my dear, the auld chattering ghaist is awa' and well get our will o'ither; be as haining of every thing as ye can, for thou kens it's a'thy ain; but the corpse's sister and some other people coming in, ben they came to see the corpse, liſts up the cloth off his face, and seeing him all in a pour of sweat, said heigh he's a bonny corp, and a lively like colour. When he could no longer contain himself to carry on the joke, but up he got among them, a deal of people ran for it, and his wife cried out, O my dear do you ken me? Ay, you base jade and whore, better than ever I did. Jumps on the floor, gets his staff and runs after Sandy, and catches him in the fields, a little from the house;—ate and drank with his sister and