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 when I'm gaun to marry the woman, an' then I'll hae to do't o'er again every day, or there'll be nae peace in the house; figs, it's nonsense to pay siller, repent, and do't again, too: a fine advice, indeed, master minister! and that's the way the like o'you live.

Now, sir, says Wise Willie, ye manna put them on the black creepy till they be married; they've suffered enough at ae time.

A-weel, a-weel, said they, but they must marry very soon.

I, true, says Sandy, ye'll be wanting mair clink; foul haet ye do for naethig here.

The next exploit was an action at law against the goodman of Muiredge, a farmer, who lived near by, that kept sheep and swine. His sheep came down and broke their yards, and ate up their kail. The wild hares they thought belonged to the man, as they ran to his house when they were hunted. The swine came very often in about their houses, seeking fish guts, and ony thing they could get. So it happened, when one of the children