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Containing the Story of the Bagman’s Uncle

           Thelassieswereprettyandagreeable;thebailie’swifewasoneofthebestcreaturesthateverlived;andmyunclewasinthoroughlygoodcue.Theconsequenceofwhichwas,thattheyoungladiestitteredandgiggled,andtheoldladylaughedoutloud,andthebailieandtheotheroldfellowsroaredtilltheywereredintheface,thewholemortaltime.Idon’tquiterecollecthowmanytumblersofwhiskey-toddyeachmandrankaftersupper;butthisIknow,thataboutoneo’clockinthemorning,thebailie’sgrown-upsonbecameinsensiblewhileattemptingthefirstverseof"Williebrewedapecko’maut";andhehavingbeen,forhalfanhourbefore,theonlyothermanvisibleabovethemahogany,itoccurredtomyunclethatitwasalmosttimetothinkaboutgoing,especiallyasdrinkinghadsetinatseveno’clock,inorderthathemightgethomeatadecenthour.But,thinkingitmightnotbequitepolitetogojustthen,myunclevotedhimselfintothechair,mixedanotherglass,rosetoproposehisownhealth,addressedhimselfinaneatandcomplimentaryspeech,anddrankthetoastwithgreatenthusiasm.Stillnobodywoke;somyuncletookalittledropmoreneatthistime,topreventthetoddyfromdisagreeingwithhimand,layingviolenthandsonhishat,salliedforthintothestreet.

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