The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-11-15
81 think it very likely replied

| lhlbK IT very likely, repHeO
the devil smiling grim9y, 'sbut don't
iatter yourself. All outstanding
/ contracts are to be closed up. and
you 60 with me tonight" The dew
il unrolled parchment obligation
signed Chandler -
/ t'Come now, fair play cried Zach,
you know / only signed as attorney
4 for Blaine, and Morton, and Hayes,
aud the rest"
II have need for those gentlemen
here. [ am done with you. Mizzer
Chandler, your harvest is past. your
summer is ended. You 60 with me
tonight
But dit" cried Chandler.
Don't swear interrupted the
devil, II detest profanity. That
was the great blunder. IF I had Sc
Ieeted a Christian statesman, mem
Der Of the Christian Association, all
would have been well. Besides.
d-n it, is especially unpleasant. 1t
is suggestive. Vulgar wickedness,
lying
Il am sure you ordered lying" IN
terrupted Zach.
'Oh, yes, but not vulgar lying.
Why, you lied for your own sake and
the New York TimeS-faugh. / hope
no human being suspects the devil
OF being the father Of such lies; and
your last proclamation. It was pos
itively ridiculous"
Come. time is precious" con-
timed the devil.
But" shrieked out Zach, "there
is Morton's plan, there's Cameron.
and Grant, and Boutwell,. and Taft,
and Ferry, to count US in, and South
Carolina"
Won't do; won't win replied
the devil. That South Carolina
scheme you all concocted did the
business for you. If l were not
averse to slang, l would say, that's
what's the matter with Hannah
When you sought to out-devil the
devil you oyer-did it, Instead of
relying on the devil you took grand
mother Taft's advice and pretty
mess you have made of it. Wen
take him long tonight
Zach begged for delay, secretly
resolved to procure a prayer-book
aud carry it in his pocket. He be-
sought the devil to allow him to send
for Blaine, that he might at least |
have a fair chance to contest the |
validity of the bond. He felt conf
dent that if Blaine ever got hold of
the bond under a promise to return
it, the devil would never see itagain. !
It was no 90. The devil arose, drew
on one glove, thrust his cane under
his arm, aud poured out a glass of
the crooked aud lit a cigar "Cool
tonight Mizzer Chandler-better
wrap your throat up well, and put
on your great coat You viii find
the air raw-between this and hell.
Quite pleasantly warm after you get
there" he added, smiling, and draw
ing on the other glove. Try
drop Of tho crooked to keep off chills.
A chill might increase the fever you
are likely TO have and the devil
politely handed the jug and glass to
the Chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Executive Committee, who
quaffed off a bumper.
A Tilden and Hendricks club pass
ing by heard a shrek and a strange
rushing of wings in the air, and saw
an unearthly, CHASTITY light i'll the
room of the late Chairman. Burst
ing open the door they succeeded in
the sulphurous flames
which flied the room, but appeared
to scorch nothing save a glowing
mass near the side-board. which was
found to be all that remained of
Chandler, his fiery proboscis, which
nothing could extinguish. A few
said spontaneous combustion, but
many knew
ssThe devil was in it he had bought
Zach, for promise half performed And when
The storm which bore him vanished, naught
OF Zach the dell that night had caught,
Was seen again"