Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-11-17

gether AGAIN by contiuct. Its iip-cor
ners turned downwards, long enough IL
All Italian figure o'uine. i.is skinny fi,,
gers were hko vu!ture's claws. In
+. white ofhis large eyes partouk of mo.
melancholy blue tiDl, winch Was usual
di.pIaycd. by sanct,fied roll upward ,uu
less indeed IN Miss Betscy 81 ck's pre-
sence,ohe delighted organ was permitte
10 wander oblqucly I" the earth. vi q
men IN The worid, he was the last 10 b.
loved by the merry maiden. One woul,
as so.n have thought OF consori,ng ,
nagpic with al owl. But Jacob had hi
share oi that comfortable appenda ge ,cal
1ed vanity, of which his sex are seldom
entmci, destitute, aud he persisted u
linking himself the iavoured one. TIN.
aith was source uf constant vexation [.
a ne'ghboring rival, Who was, in all ~.
poets, the very antpode oi Jacob Little
'Ibenezer Green was brawny, good ia
ured son of tho plough, with black-bul.
On eyes, and such a head aud luce u.
children make OF bullets. Sonlcwhat Oh.
.u'e IN his perceptions and sympaihies
ove, when 1t did sr ppie with INN, ias:.
ened like the whMe bear on the sleeping
walrus Two things could only awaken
MS ingenuity, aud excite HIM to uncor,-
mon exertion, and these were the hope
ot annoying his wOe-begone competitor,
and ofgaining favour IN the eyes Of h's
wayward mistress. IT was not long be-
fore fitting opportunity presented IT.
self A stranger from the Bay State
nude a.. excursion into Vermont, in the
autumn OF 1882. BY virtue ofihc witch.
hazel wand, he pretended to have disc -
vered an imInensc treasure, Concealed
nea. " esiniiister buryimg ground, and
secured with twlce the number of spells
usually employed by sea robbers. The
very wisely observed that no
bod could look on the valley OF West
minister, aud deny that evil spirits had
been there, for twas PLAIN enoueh to be-
seen that, where men now smoked ~
their houses, fishes bad once lrollck. d IN
tho lake. Three times, he affirmed, had
this lake been exercised; aud at each
time, It had shraiIk more and more wi'h-
IN itself. Three brds OF sand, success
sively deposited, still proved how rluc-
'antly the waler-soJs gave up their rn.-
pire, bm when The last fr'gh,iu surli
was uttered, it is believed they rushed
through The rocks at Brai,leb"ro' and
eli dry lani in il,en rear
Deep in tIii. > ,ei -bound tract, The
;onj juror said there was gold and silver
'noush to buy the Great Mogu''s d'a |
nond. The precious secret wa, intrUsi
I'd to IA few w"rih"s, Among wh" we're
Jacob Little and Ebenez r Green. N"A
i happened that only III. day before The
magician arrived anon. them, Bets.y
Sack had rcpruached honest Jacob
with his poverty; aud the sorrowi"g
swan resolved, go thr ugh what super
sit'tiouS terror me might he would s"cu'e
Inc hidden treasure. Al first, Ebcnezrr
Green listened to the strangers dazzling
account with that sly, shrewd, New.
louk, whicI, seems TO bid def
lmce to ont ,dting knavcry, but when
~ knew that hts rival had engaged {"
urnIsh money and brcone principal in
he concern, he entered into his plans
with all possible eagerncss, Many and
many u consultation were held upon the
important subject, aud the winter had
nearly passed away, before all their ar.
'angemrnts were made.
the laws OF the black art requi, cd
seven actors, and nn'y SIX trustworthy
ndIvld ,als had as yet been sclcctcd.-
The frost was fast oosening The earth,
hich held their expected wealth N
;hains, when Ebe:.ezer Green was de-
'utcd to wait upon Anthony Slack, to
the assistance Of his purse aud
person the time chosen for transact
nS this business, was one Of those d,sa-
March days, when it neither
storms nor shines, when the transient |
snow beneath our feet IL white as brick
makers irock ,and the sky over our heads
IS motionless aud dingy as II tub of cold
'uis. In short, one of those days when
all hature looks pale and discons,late as
m cd blue nun. Anthony had crept
inside his wood-pile, for be good, easy
soul always heaped his winters wood
the fire, to avoid unnecessary la
1"ur, leaving only a small aperture,
through winch his active niece obtained
ree ingress and eercss. The blood cre;y'
more sl,ggishly than Common through
his veins, aud his head nodded fr. qnem-
y over his pipe, To the mani'rs, danger
Of his long, lank neck, when Ebenezer
entered. On hearing his voice, tho old
man slowly thrust his yellow paw through
a ch'nk III the wood-pile, aud drawied
put his indoIent saIutation. The whrring
nj Betsey's ioOt-waeel did not cease for
M instant, and 10 her lovers very kind
How dye do. Miss Betsey, she briefly
answered, Very we'll: only little trou-