Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-11-21

Anu nc tofu tnc octl D. lne devil
eyes sparkled. Al last murmured
the devil with a sigh of relief. at
last +
Yes. said Daniel. I want to be
known far and wide. You must build
a church for me-
'Whatl' shrieked the devil. And
the devils tail stifsned up Ike a sore
thumb.
Yes" said Daniel calmly. "you
must build q church for me, and it
must be the largest and handsomest
church in the city. The sittings shall
be free. and ron shall provide the
funds for it's support forever.
The devii frothed at the mouth and
blue Ere issued from his ears and nos.
trils. He was the maddest devil ever
seen on earth.
i won't do il / roafsd the devil.
DO You suppose I'm going to spend
my time building churches and stul-
tifying myself just for the sake of
gratifying your idle whims ?-I won't
do it-never I
Then the bond I gave is null and
void, said Daniel.
Take your old bold said the devil
retulsntly.
But the bond you gave is opera.
tive, continued Daniel. 80 release
the l00l souls You owe me when you
refuse to obey me-
'Oh, Danislr whimpered the devil,
how can you treat me so? Haven't
| always been good to your Haven't
gave you riches and prosperity ?
Does no sentiment of friendship
Hush, said Daniel, interrupting
him. I have already told you a
thousand times that our relations W are
simply those of one business man with
another. 1t DOW bshooves you to full
FL your part of our compact; eventu.
ally / shall fulfil mine. Come, aow,
to business Will you or will you
not keep your word and save your
bond7'
The devil was sorely put to his
trumps. But when il came to releas.
ing l00l souls from hell-ah, that
staggered him He had to build the
church, and a noble one il was, too.
Then he endowed the church, and &.
nally he built parsonage; altogether
it was stupendous work. and Daniel
got all the credit for it.
The preacher whom Daniel install.
ed in this magnificent temple was Sc.
verely orthodox, and one of the first
things he did was to preach series
of sermons upon the personality Of the
devil, wherein he inveighed most bit.
terly against that person and his
work.
BY aud by Daniel made the devil
endow and build number of hospi-
tails, charity schools, free baths, libra
ries and other Institutions of similar
character. Thea he made him secure
the election of honest men to Office.
and of upright judges to the bench.
1t almost broke the devils heart to do
it, but the devil was almost prepared
TO do almost anything rather than for.
felt his bond, and give up those l0Ol
i souls.
BY this time Daniel came To be
known far and wide for his philan-
throphy and his pisty. This gratifed
him, Of course, but most of all he glo.
ried in the circumstance that he was
a business man.
Have you anything for me to dc
today !? asked the devil one morning.
He had grown to be very meek aud
courteous devil; steady employment
in righteous causes had chastened him
to a degree and purged away some
what of the violence of his nature.
On this particular morning he looked
haggard and ill-yes. and he looked,
too, as blue az O milestone.
i am not feeling robust, explained
the devil. TO tell the truth, am
somewhat i'll
i am sorry to hear it, said Daniel,
but as am conducting sanitariun
/ can do nething further than express
my regrets that you are ailing. Oh
course our business relations do NOT
contemplate any Interchange of sym
pathies; still, I'll 90 easy with you to-
day. You may 90 up to the house
and look after the children; see that
they don't smoke cigarettes or quar-.
rel. or tease the cat or do anything
out Of the way.
Now that was fne business for the
devil TO be in, but how could the devil
help himself ? He was wholly at
Daniels mercy. He went groanine
about the humiliatinc task.