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 15 2. There was a ſervant girl in the fame houſe, who always when ſhe made the beds, neglected to make Tom's, as ſhe would have him to do it himſelf: Well then, ſays Tom, I have harder work to do, and I ſhall do that too, ſo next day when Tom was in the field at the plow, when he ſaw his maſter coming from the houſe towards him, he left the hor- ſes and the plow ſtanding in the field, and goes away towards his mater, who cried, What is wrong, or is any thing broke with you ? No, -no, ſays for but I am going home to make my bed, it has not been made theſe two weeks, and juſt how it is about the time the maid makes all the reſt. ſo I'll go home and make mine too. No, no, ſirrah, go back to your plow, and I'll cauſe it to be made every right for you. Then ſays Tom, I'll plow two or three furrows in the time.

3. There was a butcher came to his maſter's and bought a fine fat calf; ſo Tom laid it on the horſe's neck before the butcher. And when he was gone, Now, lays Tom, what will you hold, maſter, but I'll ſteal that calf from the butcher before he goes two miles off? Why, ſays his maſter, I'll hold a guinea you don't. Done, ſays Tom. In he goes, and gets a good ſhoe of his maſter's, and runs another way acroſs the fields, until he got before the butcher, near