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hep-seed a peck;

for it was a&039; but nonsense:

the auld guidan raught down the pock,

an&039; out a handfu&039; gied hi;

syne bad hi slip frae&039; ang the folk,

ti when nae ane see&039;d hi,

an&039; try&039;t that night

he arches thro&039; aang the stacks,

tho&039; he was thg sturt;

the graip he for a harrow taks,

an&039; haurls at his curp:

and ev&039;ry now an&039; then, he says,

“hep-seed i saw thee,

an&039; her that is to be y ss

e after , an&039; draw thee

as fast this night”

he wistl&039;d up lord lennox&039; arch

to keep his ura cherry;

altho&039; his hair began to arch,

he was sae fley&039;d an&039; eerie:

till presently he hears a seak,

an&039; then a grane an&039; gruntle;

he by his shouther gae a keek,

an&039; tubled wi&039; a tle

out-owre that night

he roar&039;d a horrid urder-shout,

dreadfu&039; desperation!

an&039; young an&039; auld e rn out,

an&039; hear the sad narration:

he swoor &039;as hilch jean &039;craw,

or crouchie rran huphie—

till s! she trotted thro&039; the a&039;;

and wha was it but gruphie

asteer that night!

g fa wad to the barn gaen,

to n three wechts o&039; naethg;【3】

but for to et the deil her ne,

she pat but little faith :

【3】this char t likewise be perford unperceived and alone you go to the barn, and open both doors, takg the off the hs, if possible; for there is danr that the beg about to appear ay shut the doors, and do you ischief then take that strunt ed nog the rn, which our untry dialect we call a “wecht,” and go through all the attitudes of lettg down rn agast the d repeat it three tis, and the third ti an apparition will pass through the barn, at the dy door and out at the other, havg both the figure estion, and the appearance or retue, arkg the eploynt