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[ 9 ] I'll gae an' try to get ſome mair. Sae do a t e ſtair again he does, To get o' drink another d ſe, B ng poſitive to he ſome mair; But still he faund the Ghaist was there, Now on a But behind the door; Says he, Ye didna, all before, D r brother Thrummy, ſae I'll try You ance again, becauſe I'm dry. H fil s his jug straight out below, An' up the stair again does go. John marvel'd fair, but didna ſpier Again where he did get the heer, For it was stronger than the first, Sae they baith drank till like to burst, Syne did compoſe themſelves to rest, To ſleep a while they thought it best. An hour in bed they hadna been, And ſcarcely well had clos'd their een, Whan just into the neighbouring cham'er, They heard a dreadful din and clamour; B neath the bed-claes John did cowr, But Thrummy jumpt upon the floor. Him by the ſark-tail John did haud, Ly still, quoth he, ſat, are ye man? Thrummy then gae a hasty jump, And took John in the ribs a thump, Till on he bed he tumbled down, In little better than a ſwoon, While Thrummy, fast as he could rin, Set aff to ſee ſat made the din. The chamber seem'd to him as light