Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-05-03

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yez9 I'll tache ye to come after dacent
gintlemanw (Jack's brogue was very
broad when he was excited.)
Jack never stopped until the fail lay in
splinters and his arms ached with the ex-
ertion. Then, making the demon promise
never to come for him again, he let him go,
and gladly he went limping off, vowing
vengeance on Jacks head.
Again satan, very wroth at the failure
and treatment of his messenger, sent a
second to summon Jack before his tribu-
nal, with an imperative order to come
forthwith or it would be worse for him.
He babe the demon go without delay,
tarry for nothing, and not sit down in
Jacks house or be begailed by Jacks
Establishments. Again Jack met his de-
monship politely and asked him to be
seated The demon answered gruffiy:
Not |. / will not sit down in your
/ house; will stand. | don't want all my
/ bones broken, as the other messenger was
] fool enough TO let his be, But come, comet
My master babe you not delay, so come
/ right alongp'
J "All right" said Jack, but the way is
| long and the stones big and hot, and my
/ brogan has "A hole in it, so just let me put
stitch in it. If you will hand me that
awl from the box on the wall will be
ready in the twinkling of an eyelash.
/ The demon, delighted with having so lit
! tie trouble in getting the refractory Jack
to go with him, and thinking how he would
crow over his fellow demons discontinue,
stepped to the box and seized an awl, when,
/ loi he could not get his hand free, pull and
| tug as he might, nor could he pull the box
/ from the wall.
! Jack laughed with giee, seized a fail and
/ beat the demon almost to a jelly. Yer
masther wants me in a hurry, does he?
| Well, take me, thin; take me wild yez. Ye
are broth of a by TO do an arrant! Come,
now, let us be off to your hot countryp
| All the time Jack was beating the demon
/ right and left, never ceasing till he was
worn out with his labor and want of
breath. He made the wailing demon
/ promise never to come for him again and
babe him be off.
| The devil, wild with rage at the treat
ment Of his messengers, determined to 90
himself and bring this perverse man to
terms-for never demon could he get to
go, so great was their horror of the dread
ful Jack. The devil set off thinking his
presence would strike terror to Jacks
soul-that he would quail before him and
therefore be an easy prey.
One morning early he stood at the door,
Jack, peeping through Granny, saw him
standing there and his heart sank within
him, but he cudgeled his brain for some
way of escape.
The devil Numbered and roared that he
should come Immediately; that he was not
TO be fooled with any Of Jacks tricks; so
knocking the door open, be seized the ter
ror stricken man and dragged him out of
the house, his majesty not wishing to re-
main inside the house for fear he might
fall into some trap.
Jack begged to go back and kiss his
wife goodby and get cane, for" said he,
81 am lame, and the way is slippery with
ice and snow and cannot walk far" The
devil would not let him go, though, but
kept a tight grip on him.
"All right" said Jack 1.-THE way is
long and l cannot walk, so your majesty,
If you are very anxious for my company,
you will have to carry me on your back |
know you will not like that, for am a
trite heavy, twenty stone or so. As you
will not let me get my cane, just reach me
branch from yon sycamore tree; it will
help me along and relieve you of carry
ing me-"
The devil, hoping to stop his tongue,
reached out his hand, and to his utter sur
prise, he could not break off the branch OF
take his hand from the tree. Again Jack
resorted to the fail, and three were broken
TO splinters over the DEVILS back.
His roars and howlings were like mighty
thunder, and the stamping of his feet
shook the earth like an earthquake Jack
had a good, stout arm, and be laid on with
mighty vim from morning until night.
At last, when he could do no more, he
made the devil promise he would never
come nor send any one for him and not
even have him in hell
The devil gladly consented, for he had
not a whole bone in his body, his horns
we're awry, his tail out of joint and his
cloven feet cracked with the stamping.
Jack went to bed weary and sore from his
labors, but with an exultant heart having
cheated even the devil himself
In the course of time Death came. He
had no powers of resistance against him,
no potent spell to turn his unerriug shaft
aside. Jack died. His spirit scared up, up
to the gates Of heaven and knocked at the
door. st. Peter, recognizing Jack at the
portal. said: You cannot enter here. You
had chance once to do so, but you did
not grasp it," And he shut the door in his
face
/ Jacks spirit then descended to the gates
Of hell. There, also he was refused adj
mittance. The fiends when they saw him
grew pale with fright, for his evil reputa-
/ ton had gone to the lowest depths, and
even the devil himself turned and fled to
the uttermost part Of his domain.
And so Jack was doomed to walk the
earth with lantern to guide his footsteps
on dark nights and in dim places until the
/ Judgment day.
/ In some counties Of ireland there will be
found some who believe this legend at the
present day. Washington Evening Star.
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