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Goody Two-Shoes.
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Long in a Pet, did either of you ever ſee a Ghoſt, or know any Body that did? Yes, ſays the Clerk, my Father did once in the Shape of a Windmill, and it walked all round the Church in a white Sheet, with Jack Boots on, and had a Gun by its Side inſtead of a Sword. A fine Picture of a Ghoſt truly, ſays Mr. Long, give me the Key of the Church, you Monkey; for I tell you there is no ſuch Thing now, whatever may have been formerly.—Then taking the Key, he went to the Church, all the people following him. As ſoon as he had opened the Door, what Sort of a Ghoſt do ye think appeared? Why Little Two-Shoes, who being weary, had fallen aſleep in one of the Pews during the Funeral Service, and was ſhut in all Night. She immediately aſked Mr. Long's Pardon for the

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