Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-07
miscellaneous
THE DEVILS MILL.
A LEGEND OF IRELAND.

nvas occosied bv n silrer haired old man. who |
for some ,;me had hean obcervins me and
when 7 was about to leave The snot sonnrooch. |
ene and said:
q supnose it,s after takin, o(r(noin,irpl the |
.ould mil youil he. sir9,
4 answered in tbe affirmative.
sMaybe your honor wouId lei me pet sipbt
ay ~ said he.
with Measure, said osI untied the
strings of nv nnrtcolio and drawing lie sketch
from among lis comnon;ons nresented il 10
him. He Considered il aiteniivelv for some
time, and at length exclaimed:
sTroth, there il is 70 The lire-tbe broken
roor and the waierfoIl-ove .ven in the very
spot where The euJgeon Of the wheel was
,panst. lei alone The bio stone nj the corner.
that was laid fret bv L;,nseIf land he gave
the last word with mysterious empbnsiseand
handed the drawing back 10 me, with
<tbonkee. sir, nf most respectable acknowl.
edgement.
sAnd who was himself o. said 7, that laid
that stone p feiening ignorance, and desiring
TO draw him out as the nhrose is.
20. then. moybe IFS what you,d bc stran-
ger bereFP, -
almost, said I
.And didfvou never hear iell If This Mill 2,
said he. .ond how il was built 2,
tNPvnr
TTrotbs then I thouvbt vopne md ould rich
onl moor. knew that. far and near
81 don,t for onen said 7 4. Iut rerbons,
addeJ. bringing forth some little nreneto;ion
for n lunch ibai I had ,hont me- and nrnJuc;nr
q, email Nask of wbiskv-,nerhons Won viii
he On good as IN tell me. and lake n sire of
bam, and drink INV health, offering him
1ram from nv fask ard seo,ip, mvself nm iLe
sod beside the river.
1Tbank vou kin,llv., soid he and en- after
.warming his heart; aS he said himself he
rroceeded to give m account of the mill in
anes,ion.
Iyo,, see cir there v,s man wonst in
times back. that owned mowers or land ahont
here--but God keen uz. thew said he didn't
come NV !. Lones,Iv. Int did crooked iurn
WHENEVER ,,was m sarve bimselC--and sure
he sowl1 the noss fan illue;on IN n most oC
imnor,ance tbot was BETRAYED in some of the
hattles helween w iIliom III and lanes IJI
and What luck or grace could he have aither
thai ?,
sHow do Won mean lie sold The mass p ask.
.ea
so spre vour bonor must have heard how
the pass was sowld, and he BETRAYED his king
and country,
.No indeed, ,,;dI
ooh well, answer-d NV old informant
with shake Of tbe head which he reant TO
Iva very significant, .no matiber now. and I
Nos,t Gaze falkin, oboui If. and loisi said is
sounesi mended-howsomGeye he got now
er of money for that me,and lands and what
not. but the more he pot the more he crayed,
and there was no ind 10 his sirlyin' for goold
eyermore. and tbirsiin' 70, the ,ucre Of GAIN
sWelI. at last, The story goes, the diyiI KEN
to him and nromisea him n Lone o. money
and all his heart could desire, and more too,
ifbe'd sell his sowl in exchange
Surely he did not consent to such bargain
as that ?, said |.
20 no. sir, said The old man, with a slight
nlov of MUSCLE about the corners of his mouth
which. but that the aw(ulness of the sub lee
sunnressed II. would have amounted to Bit.
tersmiIe. % he was too cunnin' for that,
had as he was-as he was had enough, God
Inows--be had some regard for his Moor sin.
Iul sowl. and he would not give himself IN TO
ihe divii. ali ont hut. the Villain, he thought
he might make bargain with the ould chan
and gel all he wanted, and keen himself out
of borm's way stiIl-for he was mighty cute,
and throth, he was able for Ould Nick any
day.
well the bargain was struck, and it was
this way; The diyil was 10 give him all The
poold ever he'd ask for. and was TO let him
alone as long as he could and the timplel
promised him long day, aEG said ,twould lie
a great while before he would want him al
ali and when that time KEN, he was to Geer
his hands off him as long as the other cou,l
give him some work he couldn't do.
$50 when the bargain was made Now y!
The Colonel TO the diyil, give me all the mon
evil want.''
.As much as yo,, like saws Ould Nick