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Whisht, whisht, says Tom and you'll get
yours & something else beside. So Tom
takes him into the jail, and calls for a
bottle of ale and a dram. then takes the
jailor aside, as if he had been going to
borrow some money from him; and says
to the jailor, this man is a great thief,
I and other two have been in search of
him these three days, and the other two
men have the warrant with them; so if
you keep this rogue here till I run and
bring them, you shall have a guinea in
reward. Yes, says the jailor, go and I'll
secure the rogue for you. So Tom got off,
leaving the poor innocent fellow and the
jailor struggling together and then sets
out for England directly.
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P A R T IV.
Tom having now left his own native
country, went into the county of Nor-
thumberland, where he hired himself to
an old miser of a farmer, where he con-
tinued for several years, performing his
duty in his service very well, tho' some-
times playing tricks on those about him;
but his master had a naughty custom
he would allow them no candle at night
to see with when at supper. So Tom one
