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 This Hore Tom kept above half a Year, and then rode him to a neighbouring Fair, and old him.

At his Return, being quetioned by Thwackum, what he had done with the Money for which the Hore was old, he frankly declared he would not tell him.

Oho! ays Thwackum, you will not! then I will have it out of your Br—h; that being the Place to which he always applied for Information, on every doubtful Occaion.

Tom was now mounted on the Back of a Footman, and every Thing prepared for Execution, when Mr. Allworthy entering the Room, gave the Criminal a Reprieve, and took him with him into another Apartment; where Mr. Allworthy being only preent with Tom, he put the ame Quetion to him which Thwackum had before aked him.

Tom anwered, He could in Duty refue him nothing; but as for that tyrannical Racal, he would never make him any other Anwer than with a Cudgel, with