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` I 'll chop you up as fine as mince meat , you villain , ' said he , ` if ever I catch you inside my door agin ; mind what I tell you , YOU 'LL SWING FOR IT YET . ' Well , he made himself considerable scarce arter that , he never sot foot inside the door agin , and I thought he had gin up all hopes of Sall , and she of him ; when one night , a most particular uncommon dark night , as I was a-comin ' home from neighbour Dearborne 's , I heerd some one a-talkin ' under Sall 's window . Well , I stops and listens , and who should it be near the ash saplin ' , but Jim Munroe , a-tryin ' to persuade Sall to run off with him to Rhode Island to be married . It was all settled , he should come with a horse and shay to the gate , and then help her out of the window , jist at nine o'clock , about the time she commonly went to bed . Then he axes her to reach down her hand for him to kiss -LRB- for he was proper clever at soft sawder -RRB- , and she stretches it down and he kisses it ; and , says he , ` I believe I must have the whole of you out arter all , ' and gives her a jirk that kinder startled her ; it came so sudden like it made her scream ; so off he sot , hot foot , and over the gate in no time . `` Well , I ciphered over this all night , a-calculatin ' how I should reciprocate that trick with him , and at last I hit on a scheme . I recollected father 's words at partin ' , ` MIND WHAT I TELL YOU , YOU 'LL SWING FOR IT YET ; ' and thinks I , friend Jim , I 'll make that prophecy come true yet , I guess .