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««no work to be done; and I would go with you with all my
“ heart; but I bethink me how I ferved one of thefe officers
‘‘ lately, and I am rather fearful that I fhall be known. You
«‘ muft all underftand that I went lately to Uleaborg, and had an
« excellent piece of roaft veal in my fledge with me, which the
‘‘ officers took away, though I told them I could not {pare it, as
*« | was at a diftance from home, and brought it with me to
“eat in town whilft I ftaid there. All I could fay availed me
“ nothing: thofe greedy fellows were refolved to have my roaft
‘‘ veal, and fo they took it from me. Oh! to be fure they are
‘‘ fad dogs, and plunder the peafants of their provifions at a fhock-
“ing rate. )
_“ When I returned: home, continued he, I told my wife how
‘ | had been ferved, and I got heartily {colded by her for it. What
“<a cowardly fot you are, cried fhe, why did you not break the —
** officer’s head? Give him your roaft veal truly! Give him the
« devil to {tuff his maw with !—Thus did my wife exclaim; but
** what fhe faid put a thought into my head! Ah! Ah! cried I,
‘‘my gentlemen! it fhall not be long before I am even with you!
«« As I faid thefe words I fnatched up our great cat by her hind
“legs, and I prefently difpatched her.—Now, fays I, wife, put.
‘“‘ fome fire into the oven, and I will get ready fome pafte, and
‘¢ pufs fhall be baked in a pafty.—As I faid this, my wife {topped
“ me—truly fhe would have our cat’s fkin to line her pelice with !
“ Upon which I faid to her rather angrily—What, you are for
“‘ giving the rogues of officers a titbit, are you? If we ftrip off
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