. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . if ■;7ll ^ A c. C o X S AC «#P* THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETYS QUEER STORIES. 75 there for many years, but, it is supposed, was buried in the rocks by the earth-quake of 1658. This legend, as is usual with legends, grew with years, and it is still repeatedin Lynn. It filled the popular fancy more than one hundred years ago, andwas especially vivid in Lord Timothy Dexters day. Visions of riches began to expand in the boys mind, and his mental moodperceptibly affected the honest soul of Blingo. Think what we might do if we
. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . if ■;7ll ^ A c. C o X S AC «#P* THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETYS QUEER STORIES. 75 there for many years, but, it is supposed, was buried in the rocks by the earth-quake of 1658. This legend, as is usual with legends, grew with years, and it is still repeatedin Lynn. It filled the popular fancy more than one hundred years ago, andwas especially vivid in Lord Timothy Dexters day. Visions of riches began to expand in the boys mind, and his mental moodperceptibly affected the honest soul of Blingo. Think what we might do if we were only rich! said the boy, with eagereyes. I dont know. Im afraid we should nt feel just honest as we do now, ifwe had money that we had not earned ourselves, and that didnt belong to us,said Blingo. Its a great thing to feel that ones honest. But the money-pot dont belong to anybody. Its as much yours andmine as any ones. It belongs to the man that finds it Yes, yes; prapsso; praps not; and praps Id lose my own respectif I was to let you go to a fortune-teller to find it. Stands to reas
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