St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-08-04
ST. CLOUD: ArHURsDAX AUGUST y: 1861

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! Its all trne. toe true. groA med Spit,
bn6en; but in Heavens name, I want a.
sHtslse. aad not 4 Daselogue 81 Ny iiii hi,
foftSne;' IL. zE
!. .'As the stvdent mentioned the name q
Heaven, . shudder passed through tn
%at1e frame Of the 4ssHd. 10 that even til
tin sG his.tAil 4aiysSed With strong en,o,
: ton; bat Hans unluckily remarked it not
and with . voiseS suppressed anger tn
rempter proevsdsd: >Ns
| Little iai.si.t4noe do you deserve IL at m,
hands, for yeu have just pronounced a wor,
that does not asfse xiti ny constitution
and give yonsat' Snds fsir xsrnias tba;it !
you repeat the ohe1tte I all leave you t,
your fate forever. Now raise the hearth
stone at. your feet you will do it easily
BY pressing down ap iron spring that liei
concealed between two; stones in tie wall
even where now placs my h.;niia.' ,a.xZ
CLANS rushed to the wall, and e.gerl,
pressed his fingers upon the spring, but h.
could not repress the pain, for the iron tha,
the aend had just touched was ne .rly red
hot. Nevertheless, the slipped
aside, and he forgot the pam in astonish.
ment At what ho behell; for there were a,
least fifty bags br,mful Of gold pieces, and
besides that parchment deed closely writ
ten in . very legal sort Of ,hand--,hat is tu
say, nearly aillegible:a d First of .ll,' said
the hend, read that dioeutSsieAt.' Hans with
difficulty, obeyed. but WWhkt Was his beNv,il-
derment to ind regular deed Of .cknovl. ;u,,,
edgment from the notary Is his decsAsed
uncle for tie sum of tW1eihbdtv thooh.,inil do,
lars, deposited With Inn at interest .,o":
...Now,', said the Tempter, when. the
Notary Schl6stsitt elm presents his little hill
tomorrow, unfold this atte,ted deed befor.
him, and my word upon it.. before the month
passes over, the pretty Gretchen viii Xe
come your loving and a4fsctioHnnate vife. "A
the price If its caueell.tion I, and :. al,
this treasure mine ~ cried sn;t.huh.,
,Oh: Hes, .What nooa;n J, - ss;,.h,a, ,s.,n,d,
std .trrafkhtvav unvin,l;nr Ii. ,.;, f,om
his 'bodv will, ,te r.n,d;,v 1f Ss,t.n;..x =.
oave moor HlHs1 s.,.,,, ...s... -
nysr SHS HI ;s ;!;s4, ry5h, ,;sk ~ t:.,
! IN aimed ). .. .ort of ;y+.v;,,. 80. -,
n.ir II Es6S;;t, EYns6Ss;tsb,s s,.sat iv,ss,ss *:
which am toll, M iIYS; ,.s;id ,..as,;,id 49,
.eras, .a, ~. is:.r.:, sa .o..
1T was bnt half rrorSWnccd' ,5iti, siniid +Se
Ev;, One hut hev.r. Of ,he,next offence
Know then that the vt.X1 vwt.oX1. Of these trc,S.. ,s;
ure, NAV he thine. hut On oSe ,::oNa;,;o;ha.
You mus, win i,r, win it,, cried Hans:
but how. The simplcs, St, thing in the
world: we will plav at cribbaue for it'
.Nov r., r.col,ect that Hans. when h, b. w,
~ cot.;n,.n. IN wears gono hx h.a heen
taught ,b;. verrv game bv ro,lick,no En-,
,;.h stnaent anil to .uch good. nurnose
,ha, Il "a. ;mao;ned bv many and esnec.
iallv BY himself. that the fiend himself was
no match for him. .Rut I h.v. No hoard.
said he. NJ have said the f;epd So saw
inc he nlaced unon the t,h,e . cr;hhaoe.
board Of the most enormous dimensions.
the like of which Hans had never set set .ves
on before {; but the more he looked at it,
the less he liked it the ornaments were
not At ali in good ta.te-the divisions being
formed Of leg and thru bones. and the
hole, strongly resembling the eye sockets
of q * Ill. n shor., Ne Finished ty dsl,-
King it altogether, :, and turned somewhat
pslish and repestant Of The whole affair."
...Idiot y said the i1end, Who reid his
N ,etSouE1hatis, osu11ais do you WAIVER now Think Of
the lovely Gretchen welded to anniS;tt16isir. another
Your accomplished friend, Capt. Schwartz,
4hk 'ihik s1tcacssed ii laying 1*t.yoar OWN Monty
in matrimonial arrangements with the. old
u.urer. And what do yo,u, "a wager against
these riches |, have 1@asked you to stake
anything. All! / am too good. Quick,
quick, Or I change my mind Now Hans
could not help seeing these words wer. tru.
enough and that he really could run no
great risk If ne staked nothing at ali on the
game ); 50 down he sat. !: But we have no
pegs,' said he. Excuse me, said his com on,
panion, 4. have = upon which,. eraciously
extracting one Of the ho, ms from his fore
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head, he plaoed1it in the spare Mole or sock
ct OF the board, and ,thenI. politely ,haxded