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 ( 13 :), nature, for always when ſhe began to curl hér nofe for the future, the taylor had no more to ſay but, o Maggy, Maggy, mind the bottle! Leper was working with a maſter taylor in Glaſgow, who hungered his men: And one morning juft as the breakfait was ſet on the table, in comes a genticajan' to try on a fuit of clothes; the mafier being obli- ged to riſe, deſired the lads to ſay the grace themſelves; every one refuſiog it, and put it to his neighbour, till Leper trok it upon him, and ſaid as follows, with an audible voice, that the ſtranger gentleman might overhear him: Oh hoch, we are a parcel of poor beaſtly yodies, and re're as bcally guided ; if we do not work, we get nothing to. 221; yet we are always eating, and al-, ways frettirg: fidging and hait-faiting is like to be our fortunc, ſcartings and ſcrap, ings are the mot of our mouthfu's :, we wouid fain thank thee for thy fulneſs, if ever it were fo; but the reſt of our benefac- gors are not worth the acknowledging.-- Hech hey, Amen. Which inade the gentle, man laugh till he held his fides, and gave Leper half a crown to drink. I.eper was not long done with his appren- ticeſhip. till he fet up for himſelf, and got journeyman and an apprentice, was coping. into a very good buſineſs, and had he reſtrained