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away; and when he saw them riding after
him, crying to stop and come back again,
he ran the faster, until he could run
no more, but fell down on the road, and
prayed to them to let him go, for if he was
taken back, he was sure to be hanged:
and would not be persuaded that Tom
was alive, until they forced him back,
and he saw him. But he would be Tom's
teacher no longer; so Tom's father had
to seek another master for him.
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P A R T II.
THERE was a young woman servant
to Tom's father, whom Tom had offended
by some of his tricks, and she to be up
with Tom again, one night spread a hand-
ful of short nettles in his bed, between
the sheets which stung his legs and thighs
so much, that he was obliged to quit his
bed for some part of the night; for such
he was resolved to be revenged, whenever
a proper opportunity offered. It happen-
ed in a few days after, that she was in-
vited to a wedding, where the dancing
and diversion induced her to stay all night;
and on coming home on the morning, she
fell a washing some clothes. But being
