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Free Press.
PROPRIETOR-
L H. JULIAN
Prove All Things I Hold Fast that which Is Cood."
SAN MARCOS HAYS COUNTY TEXAS THURSDAY MARCH 21 1889.
NUMBER 12
tGTH YEAK.
San
Marcos
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. rithin their knowlodge who would be
to subscribe for the Fbbb Pbxss bo
jlt we may "i""""""
parsons.
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InicrLion.
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
official. mitr.crouY.
OOIMHI'IMAM STB DIBTRIOTI
Kr I.. W. Mr. of Kayette County.
sssatoi-SSts distbict:
H. ff. B Burres of Guadalupe Co.
araaSBNTATIVia 91T DIBTXIOf t
Han Gee.T. McUehee. of Hays Co.
BJ.L. Klllson or Caldwell Co.
nlSTRIOT OOURT 51SD D1STSIOT.
H IT. Teloumtteller Presiding Judge Lsdrange
1. M. Bsttasuy Attorney Austin Co.
TIMXS Or ROLDIHa OO0ST.
Hjv 1tHondy to March and September. Mny
;ont!ane three weeka.
oookti orrioass.
Hi. ft. Kene Judge County Court.
J. t. Storey County Clerk.
Tiles i. Peel District Clerk.
8. H. HcBride County Attorney
j S. Bavls Snarl If.
f. if. Jokmon County Treaearer.
I. . rertiou Assasser.
Otte (Iroos Surveyor.
T 8. f'ournerean OommleBloner Preolner Ho. 1.
J. T. Coferlh " "
i. W. Thorn " " '
11. H. tVllhitn " " '
. I. Smith Juatlee of the Peace Preclnot Ko. 1.
B. w. Bonner
T. tf. Thorn " " . ..
J. 0. Howe "
T. S. UcElroy '
J. W. Crow ' "
II. Leinneweber Coatble precinct Ho. 1
V. Holts " " "
.' U. Kgger. "
B. f.. Walling " " "
1'. P. Obar " " "
Ti8 orROLniKO Codrtt Paaomot Coobth
County Court for Criminal Civil and Probate bu-r.tb-th
Mondays in January April July Octo-l'r-
Com ralsilonera' Court Jd Mondaye In February
Hy Aaaut and November.
Jnitloe Court Preoluot o. 1 Uat Monday la
t.nh month at San Marcoa.
frncincl No. a 2d Friday In eaeb month Bt.Olty.
" " 3 3d " Wlmberley'i Mill.
' " 4 4th Saturday Dripping Springe.
citv orriciBS.
Kyor Hammett Hardy.
Ooanoll W. D Wood Q W. Donalno Old
Jobanoa . A. Glover Kd. J. L. Green P. J.C.
Bmlth Dan Rolhelni and Wm Qleien
Mrhal J. M Tnrner.
Street Cemmlealoner -M. T. Chastaln.
Ooanoll meeti the flrat Wedneiday Ineaobmontn.
Public School Trnisteei meet flrtt Tueaday In each
nenth at the Mayor' offloe.
(JIIIKCnEN.
HT5TH0DIST. Preaobing at the Methodlit Chnrch
very Sabbath at 11 a. m. and T-30 p. m. Kev. J
Jl. Scott Pastor. Sunday School at -S0 a. ro.
Dr. J. H. Combi Superintendent. Teachers meet.
In? 3 30 p. m. 1'rof. J. B. Prltchett. leader. Toung
vn'a mAinir Tt.AaHaT. V-30 n. m. Prayermeet-
Iuk. Wednesday 7-30 p. m. Service for the Ladlea
rriday 4 p. m. rroman-a iu rocieiy uui-.
4 p. m. Woman's Missionary Bocleiy the first
Friday in the month 4 p. m. Singing Suuday
at 4-30 p.m.
BAPTIST. Preaohlng at the Baptist Church
every Hornier. Her. w. I. oeveriey rmr
SuodaySokoel at:30a. m. Toung men's prayer-
meeting Tuesday night. Congregational prayer-
i.ntlnir WailnMaHttv nlirht.
PRKSBTTR1AN. Services ini and 4th Sundays
sich moatk. N regular pastor at present. Snnday
Bcnool erery Sabbath at 9:30 a.m. rraver jiwi-
ing every Thursday at :30 p m. All are Invited
to attena.
CBR18TIAS. No regular pastor at present.
Sunday School at a.m. A oordlal Inritatlon ex-
tended te all.
Pnriir.iiiT icpiannp !.. Rer. J. Galbreatn.
Pastor. Services the 3nd and 4lh (undaya In eaoh
noiub. Sunday achool every Sunday.
CIATBOMC eerriees 4th gnnday Id eacbmunlh.
Bar. Father Smith Paator.
nAii".
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OP. TO AND
FROM SAN MARCOS POST OFFICK.
Mails from Austin arrive at 46 a. m. and :00
p m..- close at S:4S a. m. and MK) p. as.
mum irom sen Antonio arrive at n-.vi
1 11 p. m.; close at 7:18 a. m. and 4:40 p. m
Msilsfreas Leckkart arrive at 10:30 p.m.i
Mll from San Antonio arrive at S:01 a. a. ana
close at
Ullog arrives at 11 . closes at 11:30. P. M.
Above asalle arrive and depart dally.
Rliaee. la Wlmberley Arrives Monday Wed-
nesilar and Friday at T Ueparls Tuesday
Taer.day and Saturday at A. M.
orricc aocas.
General Delivery from 8 A. M. to 11 If. and from
1 r. M. to t P. M. except during dlelrtnntloa of
lies and en Inndaya and holidays Open on
ond thirty mlnaies after dlstribntlon el each
of the principal ssaila. .
H. A. McMBABi.P. .
Isaac H. Julian
NOTARY PUBLIC
RAX MARCOS . . TEXAS.
letters ef Iviaair MMrslsssaf matter ef kael
"eertaeal latnws aeoapaaird ky llssil It
'in receive prompt atieeitlM.
HOTEL-
COSSItU ATITtt.
AUST1X . TEXAS
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C-atrvJT Siroatry. Good Saanl k Boom
ErTH fat tb t and iWeCt t4 Hars
viity. by B. U. Wilbrt. sxvnutT ton3H-
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ty ramrl 1 1 lar.U and 3 is-
tVav. falafrot 7 rr trav srriit
Arol forat : rr ? JP1 t aJifrolW
p..lt..-Mff l-Vyj VftLin. "'-h
Attit; Jau i. STnrr.
Cii C. C. Bars Co.
. r. X. fr-srv.-vrt. lT-ctj Ork
DR. M M. NYE
DENTIST
GIOTer Building; on tho Square
Special attention given to Diseases of the
Mouth and Faoial Neuralgia.
mr81y
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
BANKERS.
GLOVEU NATIONAL BANK OF SAN
Marcos North side Plaza.
TTUItST NATIONAL BANK of San Mar
JJ cos. Southeast Corner riuza.
LA WYERS.
SB. McBRIDE Atty and Land Agent.
. Office over First National Bank Ban
Marcos.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
T H. JULIAN Judge Wood's New Build-
JL. ing Upstairs.
DENTISTS.
D
B. J. H. COMBS Judge Wood's Now
Building upstairs
DRUGGISTS.
RAYNOLDS & DANIEL North side
Plaza.
DRY GOODS & GROCERIES.
"T T. TALBOT Next door to First
JL .
National Bank.
J OHNSON & JOHNSON Northwest cor.
plaza.
T" AILEY & BKO. Southwest Corner
naza.
GROCERIES.
R.
W.LEAVELL South side Publio Plaza.
T
HOMAS TAYLOR East Side Plaza.
AEDY fc CO. North side Plaza
FURNITURE.
JW. NANCE Austin St. near Southeast
Corner of Pnblto Square.
WA TCHMAKERS & JE WELER8.
H. BOBBINS North side Plaza.
FITCH & ROBINSON. NANCE BUILD-
ing. Austin street.
GROCERIES & HARDWARE.
"M. GIESEN South side plaza.
MILLINERY.
MRS RICHARDSON nearly opposite
Nance's Furniture Store.
SADDLES AND HARNESS.
J.
R. PORTER North Side the Square.
Alliance Directory.
DK.CLARATIOH OF PRIBCIPLRS.
Profoundly Impressed that ire as the Farmers'
Alliance united by th strong and faithful ties of
financial and home Interests should set forth onr
declaration of Intentions we therefore resolve:
1. To labor tor the Alliance and Ha purposes
assured that a Mthftil observance of tho following
principles will insure our mental moral and finan-
cial improvement.
1. to endorse the motto : "In things essential
unity : -In all things oharlty.
S. To develop a better state mentally morally
socially and financially. ... .
4. To create a better understanding for sussln-
Ing onr civil oftloere In maintaining law and order.
and good will among mankind and brotherly lovo
c Ta nnatantlv strive to secure enure eeruiuiiv
among ourselves.
m t.. .lnnrAfi. n.raonal. local sectlonsl and na
tlonal prejudices all unhcalth'ul rivalry and all
selfish ambition.
trrlDIU TEXAS STaT ALMAXCn.
Ihii President.
Dublin.
T. M. Smitb Vice President
..Bloon Ing Grove.
Fort Worth.
Gr.udvl.w.
Livingston.
Mexia
a n UflArs. Secretarv
Trrasnrer. J. A. Undera ...
Chaplain Bev. McCrory ...
Leciurer. J.l. Moody
Doorkeeper. T. galloway ...j....
Aaalsuni Doorkeeper John Worbaski .
Seageaot-at-Arma t D. Wright... iprlngtowo.
tiacuTiva 00ITTEa
It. J. Kendiick Chsliman
B. P. Rogers
D. M. Cunningham
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W. Petty
C. W.Oeers
M. D. K. Taylor
Waco
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...Jefferson
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TO FARMERS.
The Standard
CULTiYAiUil.
The Cassady nrnm
The Deere and Eagle
Steel and Wooden Beam
PLOWS and
DOUBLE SHOVELS
The McCormick
MOWER and BINDER
Are all too well known to
need any introduction to
the farmers and are sold
as low as the lowest by
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IS THE BEST.
pr fpeemi arrancmoni wiiii mo pii.tti-nnr b. nn
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""no'"; Ttreiid fpon the Waters. A Novel. DyUl..
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old subscriber who pays up all arrearages and re-
newa for one year in advance Bena an oruers iu
the Fast Paxsa San Marcos Texas.
D. A. GLOVER W. D. WOOD
president. vice pbest
TOM H. GLOVER
CASHIEB.
Clover National Bank
OP HAX JIAROOS.
Capital Tatd Up $50010
Authorized Capital $150000.
A General Banking Bnslnesa Transacted. Ac
sounts of Mercbaats Firms and Individuals solicited
DIBBCTORS.
W. D. WOOD. W. O. nCTCItlBOH.
j. v. HCTcnrea oko. t. mooeheb.
D. A. OlOVBB. W. DONALUOS.
ily2RlyJ
ED. J. L. GREEN J. W. HERNDON.
PBEST. TICB PBEST.
E. L. THOMAS Cabhieb.
First ivational bank
Capital Stock Paid Up - $ 80000.
iiiior;ii rniinl. - - 250.000.
A General Ranking Bnslnesa. Collections made
ea all accessible ootnta.
Aerxsiois of Merchants Farmers Btotkmea an
etbere eellciud.
uiKsciuriai.
P.T. vatanr.
J. W. Reaveavau Jaa. G. Bmtnaox.
UansiaTT Haanr. J. W. Hairs.
ha. J. U Gaaaa. Jlvlly
$10
LIDI AGENTS Wanted!
sacs priasaBr and sasecMafal sum t
asss. i LtAin caudresfe Wear. laavaaV
rx DAT 0 Mr cm oy sract ra-Wraraoeol
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aafraewi.ieha m l ccamac. f Vj'"
It. A I It. I .n lisi. r I J" r
i. .H. wa oc u i .-. na. no. raw-
MOHAWK & CHANCE.
J n.' cWfti KeEfKif jawk. M'.hk.
!anJtbCr tarn- sCaJ.i'ii. tnr. w.ll
i cake ih e is tli ! of Kj for tij
. l .- Vk : .rTe irir-a fo i" -J.
. in u PvV
! EITABUSHED Ifcstfi'? '
Tb minrt ck' e-iit mUlaiow w-'b aor
ia Atoarif. and tfc har. f"brH-e.
Utr tv. av-ti'vo t4 ays 4T-r is eJisJ tn
ATiT tKar IS T- fen XvaTlVrvl(iTa:
I. J. fivtl.T
Kj-lex Tet.
Tho Devil and Tcm Walker.
Bj VASIIINOT0H ffiVHTO.
A few mtloa from Boston In MajMuv
iottsthcTO la a doop Inlet winding sor-
crnl mllpt Into Uie interior of the coun-
try from Chnrlcv) bay tnd terminating
In a thickly wooded swamp or tnorasa
Ou one sldo of this Inlet Is a beautiful
dark grovo on the opposite side tho land
risps abruptly from the water's edge Into
a high rltlge on which grow a few scat-
tered oaks of groat ago and immenss
size. It was under one of those gignntlo
trees according to old stories that Kidd
tho plrnto buried his treasure. The in
let allowed a facility to bring the oionoy
In a boat secretly and at night to the
very foot of the hilL The elevation of
the placo permitted a good lookout to bo
kept that no ono was at hand while the
rcmarkablo trees formed good landmarks
by which the place might easily bo found
again. Tho old stories add moreover
that tho dovll presided at the hiding of
the money and took It under his guar-
dianship; but this it is well known he
always docs with burled treasure par-
ticularly when It has been ill gotten.
Do that as it may EIdd nover returned
to recover his wealth being shortly after
seized at Boston sent out to England
and there hanged for a pirate.
About the year 1727 just at tho timo
when earthquakes were provrtlont in
Now England and shook manytall su
ners down upon their knees thero lived
near this place n meager miserly fellow
of tho nnisio of Tom Walker. IIo had a
wifo as miserly as himself ; tliey were so
miserly that they oven conspired to cheat
each other. Whatever the woman could
lay hands on sho hid away; a hen could
not cackle but she was on the alert to bo
curo tho new laid egg. Her husband
was continually prying about to detect
her secret hoards and many and fierce
were the conflicts that took placo about
what ought to have been common prop-
erty. They lived in a forlorn looking
house that stood alone and had an air of
starvation. A few straggling savin
trees emblems of sterility grew near it;
no smoke ever curled from its chimney
no traveler stopped at Its door. A miser-
able horse whose ribs were as articulate
as the bars of a gridiron stalked about a
field where a thin carnet of moss.
scarcely covering tho ragged beds of
pudding stone tantalized and balked his
hunger; ana sometimes no wouaa loan
his head over tho fence look pitcously
at tho passer by and seem to petition do-
liveranco from this land of famine. The
houso and its inmates had altogether a
bad name. Toui'b wifo was a tall ter
magant fierce of temper loud of tongue
and strong or arm. tier voico wns otten
heard in wordy warfare wiin ner nus-
band; and his face sometimes showed
pigiis that their conuicts wero not con.
.fined to words. No ono ventured how.
ever to interfere between them; the
lonely wayfarer shrunk within himself
at the horrid clamor and clapper claw-
ing; eyed the den of discord askance and
hurried on his way rejoicing if a bach-
elor in his celibacy.
One day that Tom Walker had been to
a distant part of the neighliorhood he
took what ho considered a short cut
homewards through the swamp. Like
most short cuts It was an ill chosen
route. The swamp was thickly grown
with great gloomy pines and hemlocks
some of them ninety feet high which
made it dark at noon day and a retreat
for all the owls of the neigh borhood. It
was full of pits and quagmires partly
covered with weeds and mosses where
the green surface often betrayed the
traveler into a gulf of black sraothoring
mud; thero wero also dark and stagnant
pools the abodes of the tadpole the bull
frog and tho water snake and where
trunks of pines and hemlocks lay half
drowned half rotting looking like alli-
gators sleeping in tho miro.
Tom had long been picking hia way
cautiously through this treacherous for-
est; stepping from tuft to tuft of rushes
and roots which afforded precarious foot-
holds among deep sloughs; or pacing
carefully like a cat among the prostrate
trunks of trees; startled now ana then by
tho sudden screaming of tho bittern or
the quacking of a wild duck rising on
the wing from some solitary pool. At
length no arrived at a piece of firm
ground which ran out lilto a peninsula
Into tho deep bosom of tho swamp. It
hal been one of the strongholds of the
Indians during their wars with the Unit
colonists. Hero they had thrown up a
kind of fort which they had looked uoon
as almost impregnable and had used as
aflnceof rcfugo for their squaws and
children. Nothuig remained of tho In-
dian fort but a few embankments grad-
ually sinking to the level of the sur-
rounding earth and already overgrown
in part by oaks and other forest trees
tho foliage of which formed a contrast
to tho dark pines and hemlocks of the
swamp.
It was late in the dk of evening that
Tom Walker reached the old fort and he
paused there for awhilo to rest himself.
Any ono tut be would have felt unwill-
ing to linger in this lonely melancholy
place for tho common peoplo had a bad
opinion of it from the stories handed
down from tho time of tho Indian wars;
when it was atistrted that the savages
held incantations here tvud mad eacri-
flces to tho evil spirit. Tom Walker
however was not a man to be troubled
with any fears of the kind.
lie reposed himself for rtemo time on
the trutik of a fallen hemlock listening
to the boding cry of the tree toad and
driving with las walking stair Into a
mound of blark mold at his feet. As he
turned up the toil unconsciously hia
tall rt ruck against something hard lie
raked it out of the Tpgetable mold and
l! a cloven skull with an Indian toriiav-
hawk buried deep In it lay before him.
Tlie rui-t on the weapon showed tlie time
that hs4 elapsed rince Uue death blcnr
haJ been given. It waa a dreary nw
mmto of Urs force trouble that had
tol-r-n place in llua las fuutiidj of li
Indian amor.
-iiiunt.hr aaid Tom Waller aa lie
rat the tkull a Lick to (shake the dirt
Iran it.
"Ltt Uit siru3 aJcr.c faokl at gn;J
! Yom I .'fa J up Li rvn ai:l btLwU a
great black man wu-d d ire 'w posit-
liara ri Uf Muir.p X a trw. lit u ex-
cciriirlT enrjr-J laving neilixT sa
trt beard xy one ariwstii. and be waa
idtiiJ goCATVa JaT W Xei CD OfaMTTU :T. AS
j wtll aa tba gsalVTinj rVoca would
j riT.a Cist t- . waa
neither negro nor Indian. It Ia
truo he waa dressed in n nido half
Indian garb and had a red belt or aaali
swathed round Ida body but his taoa
waa neither black nor copper color but
swarthy and dingy and begrimed with
aoot aa If he had been accustomed to toll
among fires and forge lie had a shock
of coarse block hair that stood out from
hia head In all directions) and bore an ax
on hia shoulder.
lie acowlod for a moment at Tom witn
a pair of great rod eyes.
'What are you doing In my groundsr
old the black man with a hoarse growl
ing voice.
'Your cTOiindflT aald Tom. with a
sneer; "no more your grounds than
mine: they belong to jjoacon reonoay.
"Deacon Pcabody be d d" sold the
stranger "as I flntter myself he will be
if ho does not look more to hia own sins
and less to his neighbor's. Look yonder
and see how Deacon Pen body ia faring."
Tom looked in the direction tbnt the
stronger pointed and behold one of the
great trees fair and flourishing without
but rotten at the core and saw that It
had been nearly hewn tlirotigh so that
the first high wind was likely to blow It
rlnwn. On the bark of the tree was
scored the name of Deacon Pcabody. lie
now looked round and found most or tne
tall trees marked with the names of Borne
great men of the colony and all more or
loss scored by the ax. Tho ono on which
ho had been seated and which hod evi-
dently just been hown down bore tho
name of Crown Inshiold; and ho recol-
lected a mighty rich man of that name
who madoa vulgar display of wealth
which it was whispered lie had acquirod
by buccaneering.
He's just ready for burnlngl" said
the black man with a growl of triumph.
"You see 1 am likely to have a good
stock of firewood for winter."
"Dut what right have you." said Tom.
"to cut down Deacon Poabody's timber?'
"The right of prior claim" said tho
other. "This woodland belonged to me
long before one of your white faced race
put foot upon the soil."
"And pray who are you If I mny bo
so bold?" said Tom.
"Oh 1 go by various names.
am tho Wild Huntsman in
some countries the Black Miner In
others. In this neighborhood I am
known by the name of tho Black Woods-
man. I am he to whom tho red men do-
voted this spot and now and. then
roastod a whito man by way of sweet
smelling sacrifico. Since tho red men
have been exterminated by you whito
savages I amuso myself by presiding at
the txjrsocutions of Quakers and Ana-
baptists; I am the great patron and
prompter of slave dealers and the grand
master of the Salem witches."
"The upshot of all which Is that If I
mistako not" said Tom sturdily "you
aro ho commonly called Old Scratch.
"Tho saino at your service!" replied
tho black man with a half civil nod.
Siuh vim the onenlns of this intcr-
tflnttr n.fnml flier tn ihn nlil stnrv. thou if 1)
it him almost too familiar nn air to bo
credited. One would think that to meet
with such a singular personago In this
wild lonely place would nave snaKon
any man s nerves; mil torn waa a intra
minded fellow not easily daunted and
ho had lived so long with a termngant
wif that he did not even fear tho dovll.
It is said that after this commencement
they had a long and earnest conversa-
Hmi imrpthnr. na Tom returned homo
wards. The black man told him of
irreat sums of money which had
been buried by Kidd the pirate
under tho oak trees on tho high
ridge not far from the morons. All theso
were under ins comnianu anu pruw-in
by his power so that none could find
them but sucn as propitiated his favor.
These he olfered to place within Tom
Walker's reach havlnir conceived an
especial kindness for him but they wero
to be nau omy on curuuii uiuuiuuus.
Wlmf tliixut vmlir.inna were mnv easily
be surmised though Tom never disclosed
them publicly. They must nave noen
very hard for he required time to think
of them and he was not a man to stick
nr. trifles where money was In view.
When thoy had reached tho odgo of tho
swamp the stranger paused.
"What proof have I that nil you have
hnn telllnir me is truer' said Tom.
"There la my slgnaturo" said the
"Ther it my limaturt."
black man pressing his finger on Tom's
forehead. So saying he turned off
among the thickets of the ewarap and
am mivl. na Tom aaiil. to en down down.
down Into tho earth until nothing bnt
his head and shouldere could I seen
and so on until be totally disappeared.
Whpn Tom reached home tie found
tha hlack orint of a fintn-r burnt aa It
wero into hia forehead which nothing
could obliterate.
The first newa his wife had to tell him
waa the sudden death of Absalom Urown-
Inshield. the rich buccaneer. It waa an-
nounced in the papers with the usual
flourish that "a groat wan had fallen in
Tom recollected tho tn-o which his
black friend liad just hewn down and
which waa ready for t urning. "Lrt the
freebooter rtiaat" aaid Tom: "wlio
caxrr.'" Ut now felt convinced that all
La had beard and ex-en waa no Ultiseon.
lie waa not rooe to let liia wife into
liia cmndence: but aa this eras an un-
eaay aecret be willingly ahared it with
i her. All her avarinsj maa aaiitl at
! tit mention of bidden (roil and aha
' urged her huabauvl to couiJy will tba
: IJr k rnsna LprmA and aecur what
' woull make then wwklthv for life.
Honrs Tom tnirit have felt diprf"d
to sell lummlf to Ue devil be waa de
tfTTTurar-l not to do ao to oUir bia wife;
ao tie flaly tfwd out e the tw-rs)
pint of cxitrlK-t Km. Many aod tut
wtr U qtiarrcia las' y Lal os they ut-
Wt bat ti irsorc.ahe taikvsJ Ui mora
: rvjsKJuta waa Tom bc4 to t daAaaoed to
4esxne ber. At lengti ViiAiDei
to dnvsj Uat tMSaia CaB taU OWBJ(XMXt
anil If she auoouedud to keen all the train
to horaclf.
Being of tho Mime fearlosa temper at
tiAta KiiatlnnI salt a rt1 fem tltn a-til In.
liV iiUBUiwiMi bx a w sxat s i sa wssw vita Ae-
dlan fort towards the cloae of a sumnior'a
aay. duo waa many noura aoacnt. w uen
alia r.nma hjir.k aim waa rnanrmil and aiil-
went about with maps of grants and
towns! 11 pa anu cauunauux umg uu-
body know where but which every
body waa ready to purchase. In a
word tne great speculating lover wnicu
lisannkaAlll AmraltW tnlU MS 1 Ihnn In th
country had raged to aa alarming do
greo. ana every ooay wae uretuimiK
making sudden fortune) from nothing.
1 - ...... n I fn.iA. haul anlfaslrlnH. thai
ns UBUCAA ui. v.ii . - ---
dream had ffone olT and tho ImaRlnarr
n Jnl4..l 1lr.l-.eV a.tns4 l.A. fJoV Vk sl A ATVtlin tTW
ill UUIt'l Ul a11Mll 0-AAV4 WiW WW liwiw j
resoundotl with the consequent cry of
i .1 n
"nnru tuiirs.
At this propitious time or public dis-
tresa did Tom Walker act up as a usurer
In Boston. Ilia door was Boon thronged
hv ciiMLonifra. Tho noedr and tho ad
venturous the gambling speculator the
areitniing lanu jouocr nm wruii
tnwlesnum Uie morcliant with cracked
credit In short every one driven to raise
money by desperate means and deeporate
sacrifices hurried to Tom Walker.
Thus Tom was the universal friend of
tho needy and ho acted like a "friend In
need;" that lit to say be always exacted
good pay and good security. In projior-
tion to the distress of tho applicant was
tne hardness or nis teriiiu. u uwuiuu-
I..A...1 hnn.l. m n.l mnplffniMS crrnHlinllv
lUlOU WIU ...v.. iSiiS"! p. j
squeezed his customers closer and closer
and sent mem at longin ury hb is
front his door.
In this way he made money hnnai over
lllliltl laxouiu a. ......vj
and exalted his cocked hat Uion 'change
lie built himself as usuu.1 a vast house
out of ostentation but loft tho greater
part of It unfinished and unfurnished
out of parsimony. Ho even set up a
carrlngo In tho fullness of his vainglory
though ho nearly starved tho horses
which drow it: and as tne ungreaseu
wheels groaned and screeched on tho
axletrees you would have thought you
hoard tho nouls of the poor debtors he
waa squeezing.
Jl 1VIII T. ........ VIM. ..V... V'W. CI
1.mir.1itful Ifnvlnrr afiolirml t.hn irnml
thin-rs of this worM. he lieiron to feel
.... P 1 nnvl Ma
ttllXIOUIS ULUIUi IUUIH) Ul tiiti UUAh w
!.... .!. ...Itlt wnm-nf on tlm lilirtrtllll III!
.In ti.irl. 11a lilnitr ft-lnnil. find Wit
nnu iiiiiiiu " in. ... . . -
liia w its to u ork to cheat him out of tho
conditlonn. Mo hocnoift. tnoroiore an
n l.-k1..nt luirch tmor. lift
prayed loudly and strenuously as If
uenvun wum w iw uiacu miw v..
lungs. Indeed one might always tell
when he had sinned most during the week
s .1 1 At I.I- i.1 1.. .. .sn-AtiAM
ny mo ciamor 01 nut ouimur uuuumi
lilt." (JUH-'tj intlUI IB "HV
estly and steadfastly traveling Zlonward
were filrucK wun sen rcproucn ui bliiuijj
tliemselves so suddenly outtitrlnped In
tholr career by tills now mode con-
vert Tom was as rigid In rollg-
Inim an In mnncv matters: he was a
stern supervisor and consurer of his
neighbors and seemed to think every sin
entered up to their account became a
in filci rwun akin nt tha nriirn. He
oven talked of tho expediency of reviving
. . . a s-i I .. 1 A ...I...
tho persecution OI imiuem mm nimuuir
ti'i'.t. In a word. Tom's zeal bocameaa
uotorious us his riches.
Still in spite of all this strenuous at-
tention to forms Tom had a lurking
.l...i (1. ln sinvll nfti-ir nil. wnllld
KJ Villi nut w.v . .. '
havo ItU duo. Tliat ho might not le
taken unawares tnereroro it is saiu ne
.. I... ....a nn..iinl n amnll rtlliln In llifl Plflt
Llill I L.I I IV1I .. ......... -
pocket He hod ulo u great folio Bible
on Ills counting iiouno ticsa. ana wouiu
r-nn..n.ll.f Ivn f.wl rnmllnrr It wlipn rWH
iiuiiMvtiijj u ......... . I
I Jo called on business; on such ooensions
ho would lav his green spectacle on uie
book to mark tho pluco. whllo he turnod
round to drive some usurious bargain.
Some say that Tom grew a littlo crack
k!.....l (.. I.u ..M .l.ito iiml ilint runi-einir
11 11.11 111 ll If o ..... I " rj
his end npproarhing ho had his lurso
now shod saddled ami onuieu mm uui iwi
witli his feet uppermost UHiaiirio he sup-
posed that at tho Inst day tho world would
i a. unulla Iriu.n In at'lilnli mfiii lira
I IV LUI 1 11.7. 1 uiimuv v. u .. . ... -
should iind hia horse stand itifj ready for
mounting and ho waa duteriiiined at the
worst to give Ii.h old menu a run xor iu
Tl.U lirasa-iiasnai ill l-l-rkltfl rT A tTtftrA fllll
I 11119a IHlvBJt; W il a..a. - w w
...I.rno Fr.n It tin fOft 1 1 V Alii fSXltt UlW.h A
VVoJVVO u nv svs.sij "
precaution It waa totally superfluous; at
Ieu8l so says mio uui.iiriii.iu uiu
which closes his story In the following
manner: ....
i .. ..n I.'. nrnrnivin In fno nner nnrs.
just as a tcrriblo black thunder gust waa
: Turn mnt In liia cnMntinflr
house in his white linen cap and India
... i . i. KiHa
sua morning gown no wun uu mc iiuun
of foreclosing a mortgage by which he
would complete the ruin of an unlucky
l.n1 amx-nfiiLnr for whom lis had Dro-
fessed the greatest frienilship. The poor
IUMCU wivaiwii"' . . .. .. -
land jobber begged him to grant a few
few
niontiia inuuiKeuiw.
Tom bod
grown testy
and Irritated
and refused
"My famiiy will be ruined and brotifslif
. . i m i.i . i-- i .1 :..!...
upon tne pa nan aniu ui uuiu iuin.
.r-Vinrltv l.iri na nl ImmA." rptillpa Tom.
"1 must take cars of myself In tltose
hard times"
"You have made ao much mcney out
..r .n Br. i .1 nA rVVI 1 1 fl
Ul I11U T...W n"..i......
T... l.t l.la rwitiiinou anil fl I n 1 lf V
a .alia .in. . "i - i J
"Tlie devil take rue" aaid be "If 1 have
made a farthing!"
Just then there were litre loud knocks
tlio atroot Hranr. Ha ateniMxl out to
see who waa there. A black man was
holding a black hurw which neighed and
lain pen wiui uupuiieuL.
.'T. r.n.t'aa mma fnrr Bfllll til blftfl
fellow gruffly. Tom shrunk laack but
too lute lie had left bia little Bible
.a at.. 1.11im rj hia Wit norkpf..
aa hkf iaojih v' "
and bla big Bible on the deak burled
under the mortgage he waa about to
foreclose never waa ainner taken more
unaware. Tlie I. Lark man wltiaked him
like a child astride the liorne and away
be galloped in the m ids of a thunder
atnrtn. Tlie clerks Muck their fens b
land their ears and stared after hi in from
live windows. Away went loin vaieT.
dashing down the street; his whito cap
liotating up and down hia pvwning gown
fluttering in the wind and hia eteed
striking fire out of th rreraerit at every
IxauixL Wla tint ck-rka turtkral to tok
for tha black daajs ha bad Uiaappeare'L
Tom Walker tsevcr rrturneaJ to fcars
rkiM tha DMjrtgvre. A cxMntrrnuui m bo
lMrd aa tbe laurdora rf the srwarop rs
ranted tlaat In U- height of tb) UilUideT
sruwt be had heard a rrv-ai ciaOrriDg of
bunf and a bowtina; along ths rnsvl arxl
i that when rsr raa to the wirsdow ha jtast
caufii t Mfc-M U a tgaf. auch aa 1 have
ds nijrU. on a bowas UlA sralVp-l tike
. . ii- a.. it.
mavJ a roast use uesaa wvsjsj ar a
rtvns tato th felsjck hantexk sreratna)
trwarda tb oa-i In-ltxa fort arxl Uiat
.hrirtly after a UrarKierU n inax
iii-Utm mh-h asktaawd to art lis abukt
toc-t is a btaa. - . .
Tlsa rood pKt4e of IVtra W tVfr
ta a4 lvaWw4 tistit aijcsiUent U
hsul (win ao mucTi aocuatbmed to wftcbea
and gobllna and trlcka of tha devil In all
klnda of shapes from Uie first tettloment
of tlie colony tliat they wero not ao much
horror Btruck aa might have been
nccicd. Trustee were appointed to take
charge of Tom effects. Thar waa
nothing however to auminuner upon.
On eeurching bla ooilera all hit bonda
and mortgages were found reduced to
len In her replica. She tpoke something
of a black man whom the had met about
twilight hewing at tha root of a tall tree
lie waa Bulky however and would not
come to terms; the waa to go again with
a propitiatory offering but what it waa
the forbore to tar
m . r . l. - a .as I a
i ne next evening auio aa ou broiii bus
(ha I worn p with her apron heavily laden.
Tom waited and waited for her but In
vain; midnight came but the aid not
make hor appearanoe; morning noon.
nlrrht refiirnml. but srtslll she did not
come. Tom now grew uneasy for her
safety especially a he found tha bad
carried off In her apron the all ver teapot
and spoons and every portable article of
value. Another mgnt eiapsea nuum
I l.... ma ln fn ai nrirl
UaOIUlllK VASiiiu. LIVID llL aua aa. w-
the was never heard of more.
What waa her real fate nobody knows.
In consequence of to many protend-
ing to know. It la ono of those facta
tlmt hnvei become confounded by
a variety of historians. Some asserted
that she lost hor way among me tangiou
mazes of tlie swamp and sunk Into tome
pit or slough; others more uncharitable
hinted that ahe had eloped with th
household booty and mode off to tome
other province while others assorted that
the tempter had decoyed her Into a dis-
mal qungmlre on top of which her hat
was found lying. In confirmation of this
It was said a groat block man with an ax
on his shoulder wot teen lato that very
evening coming out of the swamp car-
rying a bundle tied In a chock apron
with an air of surly triumph.
The most current and probable Btory
however observes that Tom Walker grew
to anxious about tho fate of his wife and
his property that ho sat out at length to
seek thorn both at tho Indian fort Dur-
ing a long summor'a afternoon he
searched about the gloomy place but no
w If e was to bo seen llo called hor name ro-
peatodly but sho was nowhere to be heard
The bittern alone responded to his voice
as he flew screaming by or the bullfrog
croaked dolefully from a neighboring
pooL At length It totald. Just in the
brown hour of twilight when tho owls
began to hoot and the bate to flit about
his attention was attracted by the clamor
of carrion crows that were hovering
about a cypress tree. Ue looked and be-
hold a bundle tied in a check apron and
hanging In the branches of a tree; with a
great vulture perched bard by at If
keeping watch upon it He leaped with
joy. for he recognized hit wife t apron
and supposed It to contain the household
valuable
"Let us get hold of the property" said
he consolingly to himself "and wo will
endeavor to do without the woman.
As ho scrambled up the tree the vul-
ture spread Its wide wings and sailed off
screaming Into the deep ehadowt of the
forest Tom seized the check apron
but woful sight! found nothing but a
heart and liver tied up In it
Such according to (lie most authentlo
old story was all that was to be found
of Tom's wife Sho hod probably at-
tempted to deal with tlie black man aa
sho had been accustomed to deal with
hor husband; but though a female scold
Is generally considered a match for Uie
devil yet In this instance sho appear to
have had the worst of it tthe must have
died game however from tlie part that
remained unconquored. Indeed it It
said Tom notioed many print of cloven
feet deeply stamped about tho tree and
several handfuls of hair tliat looked
as If they had boon plucked from
tho coarse black shock of the
woodsman. Tom knew his wife's prowess
by experience. He shrugged his shoul-
ders as Ikj looked at tho signs of a Hero
clapper clawing "lad said he to
himself. "Old Scratch must have had a
tough time of Itl"
Tom consoled himself for the lots of
his property by the losa'of his wife; for
he was a little of a philosopher. He even
folt something like gratitude towards the
black woodsman who he considered had
done him a kindness. He sought there-
fore to cultivate a farther acquaintance
with him but for some time without suc-
cess; the old block legs played toy for
whatever peoplo may think he la not
always to be had for cJtUng for; he knows
bow to play his card when pretty tur of
his game.
At length It It said when delay had
whetted Tom's eagerness to tli juick
and prepared him to agree to anvthlhg
rather than not gain the promised treas-
ure he met the black man one evening
Lnhls usual woodman dress with hia ax
on his shoulder sauntering along the
edge of the swamp and humming a tune.
Ho affected to receive Tom' advance
with groat indifferenco made brief re-
plica and went on humming hia tune.
By degreea howovor (Tom brought
him to buaineaa and they began to
haggle about the terras on which th
former waa to hav the pirate's treaxure.
Ther waa one condition which need not
be mentioned being graorally under-
stood in all cases where tha devil grants
favors; but there were others about
which though of leas lmporano. b
waa inflexibly obstinate. He Insisted
that the money found through hia meant
abould be employed in bis service. U
proposed then fore that Tom should
employ it In Use blaok traffic; that la to
aay that he altould tit out a slave ship.
Tills however. Torn resolutely refused;
be was bed enough. In all conscience;
but Use devil himself could not tompt
I lim to turn slave desvicr.
Finding Tom ao s)quevrrilh on this
point h did not insiat upon it but pro-
puaod inistead that b should tarn usurer
th Uvil being xtretnely anxious for
th lncreaas of usurers looking upon
tbetn aa tala peculiar pcopl.
To this no objection were tuada for It
wae jus to Tom's Uat.
-You shall open a broker's) abop tn
Corton next nxatiLh" aaid the black man
"III do ttto-uaat-TOW If you wish" said
Tom Walker.
" You siiadi lexd naoory at 1 per cent a
month."
aCt?ad IU charg 4!" replied Ton
Walker.
Ydo thai extort bonds fofvaclna
szMrtfrttgvxe strir Uat tnsschant to bank-
rui J
Ll ii sJriv bha to lb 4 L" cried
Tuxa WaCkcr. saxjwry.
Yosj ar th sajsujsr for scr awtr
avail tbe Uatk lepa. rjJ oetU. -Wasssj
rialrosa vrant tb rhiiaaV
TtisB rary aigbt"
I leaner aui t-Ssj dsmT.
J -barar tauJ Tor Walks. So tbej
I aaboxya. Lajtvjs aad strack a taVTsiaa.
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