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elder brother perceived which way she 

 went, in all probability she would have lost 

 her life; for it being then in the evening, and 

 the turnip-tops very high, we should never 

 have found her, which is often the case in 

 this disorder. By God's mercy, however, 

 they all recovered in about fourteen days ; 

 but it reduced my wife so much that she 

 never got her strength again while she con- 

 tinued in the country ; which caused her to 

 have a very unhappy time of it. 



Luckily an Irishman came to ask for 

 work, who had a wife ; and we got her 

 into the house : and though the drunkenest 

 woman I ever saw, she proved useful to us. 

 She would rise in the morning to help to 

 milk, and wash the clothes, and wash dishes 

 at times, when sober; but shewould be drunk 

 for a day or two together. Before that time 

 we had done every thing in ourselves ; and 

 afterwards tried several others, but never 

 could find one o any use at all, except this 

 drunken woman, therefore we kept her 

 about twelve months. The man soon 

 brought another Irishman, avery bad fellow; 

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