Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving

Kidd: the pirate, got hung, and was buried with treasure.
Tom Walker: has a wife, cheated on each other
Tom's Wife: she was a tall quarrelsome, scolding woman, fierce temper, strong.
-Tom has no fear.
- He found a cloven skull with an Indian tomahawk buried deep in it.
Deacon Peabody: owned the land, eminent man
Absalom Crowinshield: a rich buccaneer, died.
- Tom's wife disappeared into the forest and never came back. She took all the household valuables. So Tom went looking for her and saw the apron tied up in the tree, so he climbed up to get the valuables, but when he looked in, all he found was a heart and a liver.
- The devil told Tom to open a land bank so he did and got very rich.
-Tom was whisked away by a horse and died and now people say that they see a man on a horse with a white cap and a white gown.

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