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11 ngs every week You and I can live on that, d ſhall bring it home untouched on Saturday ening I will not go to any alehouſe, but as on as my work is done return home to my dearly eloved Sally. I hope, my dear, you will not be ngry, for I am really in love I cannot be happy nleſs you are mine I was afraid to mention this you, but if you will leave an anſwer at my pdgings, I will meet you next Sunday, after din- er, at the Shepherd and Sheperdeſs, when we will take a walk to Hornſey houſe and drink tea. How happy ſhall I be to hear from charmer; but thouſand times more to think ſhe will be mine I am, my dear, your real lover

The Anſwer

Dear Jack,

I Received your very kind letter, but I don't know what to ſay in anſwer Although I would be glad to marry yet you men are ſo deceiving, that there is no ſuch thing as truſting you There is Tom Timber, the carpenter, and Jack Hammer, the ſmith, who have not been married above ſix months, and every night come home drunk, and beat their wives What a miſerable life is that, Jack, and how do I know but you may be as bad to me How do I know but you like then, may get drunk every night, and beat me black and blue before morning I I do aſſure you, Jack, if I thought that would be the caſe, I would ſcrub floors and ſcour ſaucepans as long as I live But poſſibly you may not be to bad, for there is Will Copper, the brazier, and lack trotter, the aſs man, who are both home bringing huſbands, and have every day a hot joint of meat and a pot of beer I know not yet what I ſhall do! but as I like a walk to Horney, I will