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 14 Comical Tranfactions of Lothian Tom. There was a fervant girl in the houfe, who, always when fhe made the beds, neglec- ted to make Tom’s, but would have him to do it himfelf, well then fays Tom, I have harder work to do, and I fhall do that too, fo next day, when Tom was in the field at the plow; when he faw his mafter coming from the houfe towards him, he left the hor- fes and the plow ftanding in the field, and goes away towards his mafter, who cried. What is wrong ? or is any thing broke with you ? No, no, fays Tom, but I am going home to make my bed, it has not been made thefe two weeks, and juft now, it is about the time the maid makes all the reft, fo I’ll go home and make mine too. No, no, fir- rah, go back to your plow, and I’ll caufe it be made every night for you; then fays Tom, I’ll plow two or three furrows more in the time. There was a butcher came to his mafter’s and bought a fine fat calf, fo Tom laid it on the horfe’s neck before the butcher, and when he was gone, now fays Tom, what will you hold mafter, but I’ll fteal that calf from the butcher before he goes two miles off? Why, fays his mafter. I’ll hold a guinea you don’t: done, fays Tom; in he goes, and gets a good fhoe of his mafter’s, and runs ano- ther way a-crofs the fields, until he got be- fore the butcher, near to the corner of the hedge, where there was an open and turn- ing of the way, here Tom derns himfelf be-