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got home he washed the white face off the stolen calf, and his master sent the butcher word to come and buy another calf, which he accordingly did in a few days after, and Tom sold him the same calf a third time, and then told him the whole affair as it was acted, giving him his money again. So the butcher got fun for his trouble.
PART V.
There was an old rich blind woman, who
lived hard by, that had a young girl, her
only daughter, who fell deep in love with
Tom, and he fell as deep in love with the
money, but not with the maid. The old
woman gave Tom many presents, and
mounted him like a gentleman; but he
used every method to put of the marriage,
pretended he still wanted something, which
the old woman gave the money to purchase
for him, until he had got about thirty pounds
of her money and then she would delay the
marriage no longer. Tom then took the old
woman and girl aside, and made the following
apology: Madam, said he, I am very
willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she
appears as an angel in my eyes, but I am
sorry, very sorry to acquaint you, that I am
not a fit match for her. What, child, says
