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sharing and sharing all alike, ye gomeralls, 

 ye. When it comes hame to yoursels, ye see 

 clear eneugh what fools ye are ; and now take 

 my advice, and wark o' Mondays like other 

 folks, and drink less and chatter less, and 

 ye'll hae mair for the wife and bairns." 



I always liked a look at any thing that's 

 going on, whether among gentle or simple. 

 One day, when I went to the county-town, 

 the landlord at the Crown and Sceptre told 

 me there. was to be a grand dinner at his 

 house in honour of the Colonel, as they called 

 him, for something he'd done in parish-mat- 

 ters in our parts. I knew the landlord very 

 well, and asked him if he could give me a 

 sight of it. " Yes, to be sure," said he, " if 

 you'll stand at the side-board ; but your 

 master's to be one of the party." "I don't 

 mind that," said I; " for I know if I ask 

 him he'll not say no." So when he came 

 into the inn-yard in his carriage, I spoke to 

 him about it, and he gave me leave to stay ; 

 "But," said he, u you'd better keep out of 

 sight; for you'll make but a poor waiter, 

 Gregory." It was the largest dinner-table 

 I ever saw set out, and covered with silver 

 and glass, a deal of which had been lent the 



