Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-01

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hole seemed 70 be well grounded.
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frequently heard issuing from the
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could learn, this circumstance was
the only explanation of the etymology
of the name Splurgles. applied by
tradition and usage to the inhabi-
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harshness of their laughter, which
had been heard at different times
during the last half century, but
also on the testimony of few who
claimed to have seen diabolical heads
protruding from the hole as if de-
mons had come up from below to get
a breath of fresh air. Moreover,
there was the horrible fate of Jer-
emiah Stackpole, reckless, athe-
istical young man, who on the 21st of
October, 1858, had. boasted Of his in
tention to gather acorns under the
red oak by the hill, and whose hat,
discovered afterward beside the hole,
was the only trace of him that could
ever be found. There was also the
experience of Jack Fuller, the broth
er of the Town Clerk. Fuller in a
maudlin condition, had wandered
into Rodney Princes pasture about
four years ago, and had come home
perfectly sobered and minus one
boot. He declared that while ram
bling about in search of boxbury
plums, he had stumbled into the
Splurgle hole. His leg had been
grasped from below by fiery hands
fingers that burned bis foot through
leather and woolen--as if was only
by an almost superhuman effort on
his part that he escaped being pulled
bodily into the hole. Fortunately,
being afflicted with corns, he wore
very loose boots, and to this circum-
stance he owed his deliverance from
the awful grip of the Splurgles.
Fuller solemnly affirmed that long
after he had pulled out his stocking
foot and fed 10 a place of safety, he
felt the burning reminder of the
red-hot fingers and thumb that had
clasped his instep.
The laconic Deacon's summing up
of the various stories about the
Splurgle hole with which I had been
regaled, was concise, comprehensive,
and startling. cts the back door
of hell" he said.
Fuller" said I the mex. day to
the hero of the demon-snatched
boot, how much rum would it take
to work up your courage to the
point of visiting the Splurgle hole
with me this afternoon?'
Nigh onto quart, l guess" re-
piled Fuller, after an inspection of
nv features had satisfied him that l
was not quizzing. Best to he on
the safe side and call il full quart.
l calculate 1 should have TO he pooty
drunk"
Will YOU go with me first" I
then inquired. - and take the quart
of ruta af,<rxard. and five-dollar
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