The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-03-13

IN times back, that owned q power OF
land about here-Lut God help US, they
said he didn't come By it honest, but
did crooked tuin whenever twas to
save himself--and sure he towld The
pass, an illusion to post Of impor-
taucs that was betrayed in some of the
battles between William III. AID james
ii y and what luck or grace could he
have after that = .
How do you mean he sold tho pass ?
said I.
%, sure your honor r,ust have heerd
how the pas was sowld, and he be-
thrayed his king and counthryH /,
No indeed, SAID /.
Och, well,' answered my informant,
with q shake Of the head, which be
meant, like Lord Burleigh in the Critic,
to be very significant, it is no mat,her
new, and l dou't care talkin' about it,
and lsist said is sooner msndsd-how-
somdever, be got power o money for
that same, aud lands and what not but
the more he got tho more he cravsd,
aud there Was no ind to his sthrivin' for
gold evsrmore, and thirs,in' for the
lucre Of gain.
Well, at last, the story goes, the
divil (God Lless us KEN to him, and
promised him hapes o. money, and all
hi. heart could desire, and more too, il
he'd sell bis sewl IN exchange
Surely he did not consent to such =
bargain as that Z said I.
%; no, sir said the old man, with a
slight play of muscle about. tho corners
OF his mouth, which. but that the awful
ness OF the subject suppressed it, would
have amounted to bitter smile %,
no, he was too cunpin' for that, bad as
he wus--an he was bad enough, God
knows he had some regard for bis poor
sinful sowl, and he would not give him
Self up to the divil, all out but, tue
william, he thought he might make "a
bargaiu with, the ould chap, and get all
he wanted, aud keep himself out OF
harms way still 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 dvil was to give him
all the good ever he d ask for, and was
to let him ah"ne as long as he could -
aud the timpter promised him long
day, and SAID 'woulu be a greet while
b io,e he d want him at all, at all -
a!d when thar time KEN, he was to keep
his hands aft him as long as the other
could gave hun some work he couldn't
do,
So when the bargain was made
Now says the Colonel to the divil,
give me all the money | want
- As much AS you like, says ould
Nick how much will you hav, =
- You must fill me tina, room,' says
hs, pointin to Il murthcrin' big room,
up to the ceilin' with goodies guiueas.
- And welki'n, ssys the divll.
with that; sir, he began to shovel in
the gn!aeas into the room lko mad
aud the Colonel towld him that as soon
as he was done, to come to him to his
parlor below, and that he would then
20 up and see if the divil was as good as
bis word, aud had filed the room with
the golden guin-as.
SO the Colshel went down stairs,
and the ould fellow worked as busy u
a mailer, sheveliuy in the guineas by
hundreds and thousands.
Well, be had worked away for an
hour and more, and at last began to get
tired, and he thought it mighty odd that
the room was flliu' no fa,iher, Well,
after resting for while, he b gan again,
and he put his shoulder to the work ia
vii nest, but still the room was no fuller
ut all, at all.
"Ocb, bad luck to me- says the
divil, but tho likes Of this l never
seen,' says ho: far and near, up aud
down, the dickens sich room | ever
KEN across afors,' says he. I could
cram it while cook would be cramin'
Q turkey, till now, and here l am losing
my whole day, and I with such a power
o. work On my hands yit, and this room
no fuller then If | began ave minutes
ago.