Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-11-17
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la twice told isle'- end to, her uncls's
s.artlco TAR II v as request luil oi auda
c,ols wickcdpcss. 80 you really thsnk
that 1, An,hony 'iack, VINO huy. had the
honour 10 serve under HIS ExceiIcncy
General Washington, am gong IL dts
grace my old aye by joining ;ins devils
divan. do you: said the offended sage,
Why, there is money in the case, re-
piled The yconian, .und great dat oi
good can be done with money! Anti'o.
ny PAUSED awmle,-ior gold can hewilder
The thoughts of republican rs well ns
those oi British prime minister. Ave
always been "f op,alon, at length he
sald. that them piru'es lid IL power
oi money alongside our river. IT. by.g"ne
times; but II - III putting finger ~ II
PIE Of Satan's cooking But this man
from the Bay-S.aie,' rejo'ned Bcisey,
'says he knows how tO get the treasure
out OF the grip Of the evil one. and only
think, Uncle Anthony, how much g"od
might be done IN inc cause of betty
with snch u sum as they tell Of, when
money ~ SD scarce IN the land The
gipscy talks hike IL book said The Zeal
GUS pulmician. No doubt much IN ght
be done touching southern slavery No
doubr-No doubt. Well, Ezer III think
oi IT, and | g"si III go"
Satisfied with this indefinite promise,
the young man departed, beckonIng as
he went, to induce Beisey ~ follow hlni.
| whether the piscIlievou. INA den Was II
cOniidant, und whether she feared that
Jacob lhtIe's Courage would fail unless
supported by her unc!e's sanction, we
w,lI not presume 10 say; but she ccriai,i-
Iy obeyed he- lovers signal with unwon-
ted a.acfity, and alter Il whispered con-
sutaiion ol fifteen minutes, one Of her
pecu iar, bubbing laughs was henid, as
sDe exclaimed, Wen Eben, let Jncob
have u fair Chance for his life. II would
be- dreadful thing to die ot sheer fright
We know not what more she might
have said, had she not been inierru ted
ia her homeward walk by an encounter
with the Idrniicai knig ghI-Oi the -cadavrr-
o,ls visage. Laying his fingers upon the
right hand Of lac daInsel, he whinrd forth
10 his most pathetic tone, All Beiscy
Siack, -Busey Sack! My heat mis-
gives me ~ this business, for have al |
WAYS bccn u inisinrtunate inaI IL |
GU d but think poverty was all We had
ag'n nae! A. rae as ye have spoken
IN, name rrp,rd the rcl' nting maiden,
Just so true will MARI, you, II you go,
one huhdfed dollars Of thai pi,ate n,un.
cy.'
Truly, Jacub wa. somewhat coniorted
by ms assurance; bni h- ha / n ica,i iui
'ask to pcrIorm and at The Thought ot
It his heart Could not but qia'- WITHIN
us tabernacle %, Il sh |, had been de-
creed that "nc al the party sl,"nId a~ ait
the arrival oi the rest, ii whole hour, III
IN" bnrying ground. >ad I" relate, the
! / fell upon the tn,,d Jacob. andtc was
tod that he inisi gn ut midnight, aud
a onc! In vain did the snrucn swai,
say To himself, IL the way q" tir dam
sells favor lies through such a ira'in!
ii gr.mage, ] will pluck up a stout heart
and 90 on Poor mnr, his heart had
never been Of the s'nut"Si, and now Il
quivered Like u spideI's web in the whil-
Wind.
At eleven O'Clock, on that evcntfui
night ianlhorm IN hand, aud Bible at hl,
neck, Jacob Little might have been
seen ~,ealIIg along the road which leads
through the village Of csiinitster As
he came within view of his place Uf dcs-
IilatiOn, he paused TO gather up his soul
Tor the enierprize. The moon ever and
anon brushing away the masses of icath-
ri "a, hs.r n..Ga. |
forth the uncertain light that supersthi u
loves; the cIrciiug hills seem, like giant
spirits wrapped ~ their robes Of must,
aud from the elevated site Of the road,
The broad Connecticut might be seen
passing quietly On, singing its sleepy
lullaby To the restless trees. jacob
scarcely dared trust a glance ~ the op.
posite direction-'o- there, where Il steep
bank led down to the meadows, was hid
hen the pirate treasure; aud little west
of that, sIImmeied the place Of graves
The hair on his harmless pate was wet
with the dews of terror, aud his knees
sm"te each other, as they had been bel
Iigerent lowers; but Betsey Slack's
promise carried him through that dread
Iul moment Of rresolntion-a Jacobs
unthorn soon illuminated one Of the nm-
uierous strange eptaphs in the burial
ground Of hi. naive village. For cne
1reaIy half h"ur, the silence heard, was
ike darkness felt-ihen there was a
noise from, the opposite corner
IF the grave yard, and something white,
gradually towering up to an enormous
height, was seen in moioD toward hun.
Before the frightened sinner had time to
that, even in fear Of instant
lcath he must not utter n syllable, his