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(10) wi'; but, O, co' she, send for Sandy, my honest auld servant, and he'll see every thing right done ; I'll tell him where he will get siller to do any thing wi', he's the lad that will no see me wrang'd; then Sandy comes wrying his face, and his eyes. O Sandy, there's a sad alteration here, and ba-a-a, she cries like a bitten calf, O sirs, will ye gang a but the house till I tell him what to do; but they goes, and there she fell a kissing of Sandy, and said, now my dear, the auld chattering ghaist is awa, and we will get our will o'ither; be as haining of every thing as ye can, for thou kens its a your ain; but the corpse sister and some other people coming in ben they came to see the corpse, lift up the cloth off his face, and seeing him all in a pour of sweet, said heigh, he's a bonny corp, and a lively like colour, when he could no longer contain himself to carry on the joke, but get among them, a deal of people ran for it, and his wife cried out, O my dear do you ken me? Ay, you base jade and whore, better than ever I did. Jumps on the floor, gets his taff, and runs after Sandy and catches him in the fields, a little from the house ;-ate and