Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-11-12
The Devil and Tom walker.
A STORY OF THE LAST CENTURY.
BY wAsHlsGToN IRVING.

5st
as 5oni waAsa ol9 Ne s9eM
luI. having secured tne gaoa lnlngs OF ms lllss
ne began 10 leel anxious ABOUT nose Oh the next.
He thought with regret on the bargain ne had made
With his black lriend ana put nus wits to work 70
yLSet t.. IN " II y .:I4 80
| He prayed loudly and strenuousiM as Il heaven .
were 70 De carried ny lotce OF t9nSs inueel, one
mig ut almost always tsll Wtell ne le9 slnned most
me DE- t ~
ions. me qnlst SnllsuaIS VINO nsse Deen niog-
estly ana steadhJ ira venns zlonWaias were suueki
win az seem So sudden
" ontssElpp IN tnelt g, est py 1nls new maae
~ ~ = =. -, "a
ey maueIs; ne was stern 81 anu
Of anu - sn
teIea up 70 the1 asoounI ueCa4Le y .Steols on MS
page ne even lalkeo o. me eoSpealency Of re-
tnS $500 o, a. LIS
Still, in spite Of his strenuous attention 70 forms
TOM nag inIkihg oIeSu tnas la gesil w, site. s.
q i iii he
small olole IN nlS pocket ne also naa great 10
no olole IA nus nesAs 9e nssssgAl9
ne99enty 9s s6 dT21e some Is1fous baTgan
ns o1as cav Pom grew little crack Drained his
some say A9 ~ M e,',cins hs and approaching
older Gays, 9aS si saddled, and bndled,
he had ms morse ~ because that
anu ouLls 1,ss Be turned upside
,oa in biob case he would find his horse ready
at = TF0n
ior mourning anS ~, I'm H. This however.
to give nus ola L'sne = II bnreaiiy
ptou s.e ,hsf ,,scsntion If was because twas
ulo iot eI Ieast. SO says the authentic
otaily cIos his siory in The following
olu lesonu' "+itsA ,Sss-HHT7
manner =, =, ffe 1og-days. lust as a teI-s
Ohe hot ms, -, came in Tom sat in his
inhis white linen cap and India
SIN 49, Inv which he would complete
vlys.ns IF S 19Thanpy speculaioI for whoa he
s, rs5 tbt greatest friendship. The poor
, nau p;ttsr hegged 4 few months indulgence.
Ia aud atet. and refused an
oll h51 ~ = A-'''' - = u -
otHIs y;f he ruined and brought on the
~, - ED I'D The Iand. iobber.
Lsa;ns III home replied conscientious
4, s.SI 4 nIst take care of myself in these
, lU.aS a., 49, ~ 7 = u s.
marc ca much money out of rne,'s
tou hess 49, = TT e., =
sad the mis- ,,iety. sshe de-
Tom iost - ss;f r have made single
vi take me- stp4 ~ = r. q ~
taItmngL 4t L,,s loud I.noeks AZ the
ylIs tis ~ 1890, out See wno was there:
SITE h6liflp black horse hiGh
plaek man w. ,ts.t,
nstgneo anu ~ - said Inc black fellow
lo' ,i yoS sLS hscIs hItS Ion late He had
gEEIay Az - y ,1, Hott6l of is coat-pock-
M tts ~; ~ ,;bis desk buried under the
,nortaage he was aboutto foreclose; never was q
sinner l 1s stride al the horse and
welsAsa +; ne midst of a Thunderstorm.
@ r. ehn their ears and
NC ~, fEay tFe tyifldogs Away went
SsLe down tbe street. his white
ION ~ his morning gown fut-
- t g;,,i and his sfeed striking ere out
" .t at every bound. When the
OF ens 49,. Saoof for ihsbIack mar, he had dis
4 SS...oysti 6 SfSs9ff3s q s.
never returned 10 forecloss the
,,5rtasss :, a so,,ntfytnan who lived near the
Te,orted that in The heig the thunder
gus; e sIo65 ~ fSod. that when he ran 10
the widow he just caught sight Of a figure such
as have described OF 9 hSrss 81
NAG NJ se the nid Indian
fort and that shortly after a thnndetbolt ieIlsin
llich seemed to set the Shole lef
est IN a Dszs .ons If Boston shook their heads and
shrutged tier shoulders. They had been 50 ae-'