Characters:
Tom Walker - a poor man that makes a deal with the devil
Tom's Wife - tries to make a deal with the devil, never seen again
Kidd - the pirate that buried the treasure Tom used
Section One:
The pirate Kidd buried money and never got it because he was killed; The devil watches over pirate money
Tom and his wife fight not only verbally but physically
Tom and his wife are both very poor
Tom runs into the devil at an old Indian fort; The devil tries to make a deal with him for the Kidd treasure, and Tom declines
Tom tells his wife about the Devil, she wants him to make the deal; Tom refuses so she attempts to make the deal and is never seen again
Tom goes to look for his wife in the swamp; figuring she is dead when he finds her apron filled with a liver and heart
Tom considered the death of his wife to be good, and nice for him; so Tom decides to go make a deal with the devil
The devil tries to get Tom to become a slave dealer, but "the devil himself could not tempt him to turn slave trader"
Tom agrees to be an userer, which is someone that lends money to make a profit with interest
Tom makes all his money on people that have fallen on hard times; taking mortgages and deeds to property
Tom gets old and tries to think of a way to get out of the deal with the devil, he tries to be religious; he takes religion as law and looks at his neighbours wrongs as "credits" to himself
One day Tom says the Devil take him if he made money on a particular deal, and the Devil does
Other Notes:
Kidd was killed for being a pirate; the treasure was buried in a place that would be easy to find by the trees; it was also elevated for good lookout
Tom knows the stranger is the devil due to the comments the stranger makes about being the prompter of slave dealers, grandmaster of the Salem witches, etc
The devil shows people as being trees, he cut one down and the next day Tom found out the man was dead
Tom's wife seeks the devil to make a deal, she wants money
Characters: Tom Walker - a poor man that makes a deal with the devil Tom's Wife - tries to make a deal with the devil, never seen again Kidd - the pirate that buried the treasure Tom used Section One:The pirate Kidd buried money and never got it because he was killed; The devil watches over pirate moneyTom and his wife fight not only verbally but physically Tom and his wife are both very poorTom runs into the devil at an old Indian fort; The devil tries to make a deal with him for the Kidd treasure, and Tom declinesTom tells his wife about the Devil, she wants him to make the deal; Tom refuses so she attempts to make the deal and is never seen againTom goes to look for his wife in the swamp; figuring she is dead when he finds her apron filled with a liver and heartTom considered the death of his wife to be good, and nice for him; so Tom decides to go make a deal with the devilThe devil tries to get Tom to become a slave dealer, but "the devil himself could not tempt him to turn slave trader"Tom agrees to be an userer, which is someone that lends money to make a profit with interestTom makes all his money on people that have fallen on hard times; taking mortgages and deeds to propertyTom gets old and tries to think of a way to get out of the deal with the devil, he tries to be religious; he takes religion as law and looks at his neighbours wrongs as "credits" to himselfOne day Tom says the Devil take him if he made money on a particular deal, and the Devil doesOther Notes:Kidd was killed for being a pirate; the treasure was buried in a place that would be easy to find by the trees; it was also elevated for good lookoutTom knows the stranger is the devil due to the comments the stranger makes about being the prompter of slave dealers, grandmaster of the Salem witches, etcThe devil shows people as being trees, he cut one down and the next day Tom found out the man was deadTom's wife seeks the devil to make a deal, she wants money
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