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8 ſend me word. So they both ran, and the mother as ſoon as ſhe entered the houſe, flies into the bed, crying, "O my bairns, my dear bairns!" on which the ſluts riſes up in a conſternation, to the great ſurprize of the bholders, and to the great diverſion of the whole town, and to the great mortification of the girls, who thought ſhame to ſet their noſes out of doors,

Leper and his maſter went to a gentleman's houſe to work, where there was a ſaucy houſe-keeper, who had more ignorance and pride, than good ſenſe and manners; ſhe domineered over her fellow-ſervants in a tyrannical manner; Leper reſolved to mortify her pride; ſo he finds an art's neſt, and takes their white eggs, and grinds-them to a powder, and puts them into the diſh her ſupper-ſowens was to be put in. After ſhe had taken her ſupper, as ſhe was covering the table, the imock-powder began to operate, and ſhe let a great fart, well done Margaret, fays the Laird, ſhe runs away for ſhame, but before ſhe turned herſelf round, the gives another raird, My faith, ſays the Laird, Margaret, your arſe would take a cautioner; before ſhe got out of the chamber-door, she lets fly another crack; then ſhe goes to order her fellow-ſervant to give the laird his ſupper, but before the could give the neceſſary directions, ſhe gave fire again, which ſet them all a laughing'; ſhe runs to a room by herſelf, and there ſhe played away her one gun battery ſo faſt, as ſhe had been ſieging 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 the place, to the great joy of her fellow ſervants.

(The end of the Firſt Part.)

N.B. In the Second Part, will be a deal of very diverting Stories done by LEPER, when he was a Journeyman and Maſter,