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ley hanging at the rope, I true it sek (illegible text) the minister, and all the people to their prayers: but Leper, fearing he would be detected by his garter, came to the minister's side, and asked the reverend gentleman what was the matter. In- deed, my bairn,' said he, 'ris the deil ringing the kirk bell.' Says Leper, I'll go and see him, for I never saw the deil ;' the minister cried, 'Stop that mad Maddie ;' but Leper ran and loosed the dog, crying, It's such a man's dog, which had the rope in its teeth.' They il cried out, Tie deil's i' the dog, the deil's i' the dog ; then took up stones and felled poor colley, go, the civil 306 Hie blame of making the dog ring ho bell. This spread L p r'sia de to:Ye- ing one of the wisest are most coura- geous tailors that was in all the king- dom; and many, shaking their hearts, said, It was a pity he was a tailor, but i captain or general fan army, as the devil could not fear kin.' After this, a farmer in the neigh- bourhood hearing the fame of Leper,
