A book of New England Legends And Folk Lore in Prose And Poetry Illustrated By
A book of New England Legends And Folk Lore in Prose And Poetry Illustrated By
Drake Samuel Adams
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"H'm, I have drunk worse. But let me show you how to make a salamander, " replied Satan, touching the lighted end of the taper to the liquor, which instantly burst into a spectral blue flame. The fiend then raised the tankard to the height of his eye, glanced approvingly at the blaze, — which to Moulton's disordered intellect resembled an adder's forked and agile tongue, — nodded, and said, patronizingly, "•To our better acquaint- ance ! " He then quaffed the contents at a single gulp. Moulton ...shuddered ; this was not the way he had been used to seeing healths drunk. He pretended, however, to drink, for f(?ar of giving offence ; but somehow the liquor choked him. The demon set down the tankard, and observed, in a matter-of- 326 NEW-ENGLAND LEGENDS. fact way that put his listener iu a cold sweat : " Xow that you are convinced I am able to make you the richest man in all the province, listen ! Have I your ear] It is well! In considera- tion of your agreement, duly signed and sealed, to deliver your soul " — here he drew a parchment from his breast — "I engage, on my part, on the first day of every month, to fill your boots with golden elephants, like these before you.
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