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 6 Comical Tranfactions of Lothian Tom. the waiftband of his breeches thro’ pudding and all, fo that the blood gufhed out, and Tom cried out murder! murder! and down he fell. The poor Dominie went out of the door crying and wringing his hands. Word flew about that Tom was fticket by the Do- minie, which made the people come running from feveral parts of the country round a- bout, to fee how it was: But fearching him, they found only the empty pudding, which difcovered the fraud: Then two men had to get horfes and ride after the poor Dominie, who had by this time got two or three miles away, and when he law them coming after him, crying to hand and come back again, he ran the fafter, until he could run no more, but fell over on the road, praying them to let him go, for, if he was taken back, he was fure to be hanged; and would not be perfuaded Tom was alive, until they forced him back and he faw him, but he would be Tom’s teacher no longer ; fo Tom’s father had to feek another mafter for him.

PART II.

THERE was a young woman, fervant to Tom’s father, whom Tom had of- fended by fome of his tricks, and fhe to be up with Tom again, one night fpread a handf- ul of fhort nettles in his bed, between, the fheets, which ftung his legs and thighs fo