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- What are you doing on my land!
- Make the deal then, we can get money
- No, I will not.
- Tom’s wife was a talltermagant,fierce of temper, loud of tongue, and strong of arm. Her voice wasoften heard in wordy warfare with her husband; and his face sometimes showedsigns that their conflicts were not confined to words. No one ventured, however,to interfere between them.
- Deal?
- Deal.
- Tom lifted up his eyes, and beheld agreat black man seated directly opposite him, on the stump of a tree. He was ex-ceedingly surprised, having neither heard nor seen anyone approach; and he wasstill more perplexed on observing, as well as the gathering gloom would permit,that the stranger was neither Negro nor Indian.
- All her avarice was awakened at the men-tion of hidden gold, and she urged her husband to comply with the black man’sterms, and secure what would make them wealthy for life. However Tom mighthave felt disposed to sell himself to the devil, he was determined not to do so tooblige his wife; so he flatly refused, out of the mere spirit of contradiction.
- “This very night.”“Done!” said the devil.“Done!” said Tom Walker. So they shook hands and struck a bargain.
- upon. Onsearching his coffers24 all his bonds and mortgages were found reduced to cinders.In place of gold and silver, his iron chest was filled with chips and shavings; twoskeletons lay in his stable instead of his half-starved horses, and the very next dayhis great house took fire and burnt to the ground.
- “My family will be ruined and brought upon the parish,” said the land-jobber.“Charity begins at home,” replied Tom; “I must take care of myself these hardtimes.”“You have made so much money out of me,” said the speculator.Tom lost his patience and his piety. “The devil take me,” said he, “if Ihavemade a farthing!”23Just then there were three loud knocks at the streetdoor. He stepped out tosee who was there. A black man was holding a black horse, which neighed andstamped with impatience.
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