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men; the owner saying, " I have been so 

 frequently robbed of cherries, that I am 

 determined to make an example of you ; 

 and you are proper objects. I suppose 

 the chaise was to carry the cherries away 

 in," &c. The young men, being fright- 

 ened to death, begged for mercy, saying 

 they were Americans. <c Yes," exclaimed 

 the farmer, " you are two very hopeful 

 youths indeed ! you have found out a very 

 pretty story : I will answer for it, this is 

 not the first time you have robbed my 

 orchard. I have repeatedly declared lately, 

 that the first thief I caught, I would pro- 

 secute him as far as the law extended ; 

 and you are just the objects I wanted : 

 in a post chaise too !" They again protested 

 that they were Americans, and that it was 

 a custom in their country to take fruit 

 wherever they saw it. " What ! to rob 

 orchards !" replied the man: u you must be 

 a fine set of people, to do those things. 

 There is one of you may be an American ; 

 he is a white-looking devil : but as to the 



