Chap-books of the eighteenth century . 197 So Tom took up a tree bigger than that on the cart, andput it on his shoulder, and walked home with it faster than thesix horses in the cart drew the other. This was the second instance of Toms shewing hisstrength j by which time he began to know that he had morenatural strength than twenty common men; and from this timeTom began to grow very tractable; he would jump, run, andtake delight in young company, and go to fairs and meetings,to see sports and One day going to the wake, where the young men weremet, some went to wrestling, and som
Chap-books of the eighteenth century . 197 So Tom took up a tree bigger than that on the cart, andput it on his shoulder, and walked home with it faster than thesix horses in the cart drew the other. This was the second instance of Toms shewing hisstrength j by which time he began to know that he had morenatural strength than twenty common men; and from this timeTom began to grow very tractable; he would jump, run, andtake delight in young company, and go to fairs and meetings,to see sports and One day going to the wake, where the young men weremet, some went to wrestling, and some to cudgels, some tothrowing the hammer and the like. Tom stood awhile to see the sport, and at last he joined thecompany throwing the hammer; at length he took the hammer 198 Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Ce7itury.
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