...rising, one season, splendid wharves and quays, statues to her heroes, and temples to her God. But again the fever had subsided, the dream had gone off, and the imaginary fortunes with it, the dreamers were left in a doleful plight : the whole country resounded with the cry, 4 hard times.' The...

..." Done !" said the devil. " Done !" said Tom Walker. — So they shook hands and struck a bargafn. A few days' time saw Tom Walker seated behind his...propitious time of public distress did Tom Walker set up as usurer in Boston. His door was soon thronged by customers. The needy and adventurous ; the gambling...

...; there had been a rage for speculating ; the people had run mad with schemes for new settlemerits; for building cities in the wilderness; land-jobbers...propitious time of public distress did Tom Walker set up as usurer in Boston. His door was soon thronged by customers. The needy and adventurous ; the gambling...

...people had run mad with schemes for new settlements; for building cities in the wilderness; land jobbers went about with maps of grants, and townships, and...propitious time of public distress did Tom Walker set up as usurer in Boston. His door was soon thronged by customers. The needy and adventurous; the gambling...

...So they shook hands an*' struck a bargain. A few days' time saw Tom Walker seated behind his desk iv a counting-house in Boston. His reputation for a ready-moneyed...propitious time of public distress did Tom Walker set up as usurer in Boston. His door was soon thronged by customers. The needy and adventurous ; the gambling...

...So they shook hands anf struck a bargain. , A few days' time saw Tom Walker seated behind his desk w a counting-house in Boston. His reputation for a ready-moneyed...propitious time of public distress did Tom Walker set up as usurer in Boston. His door was soon thronged by customers. The needy and adventurous ; the gambling...

...speculating ; the people had run mad with schemes for new settleTHE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER. 381 ments ; for building cities in the wilderness; land-jobbers...propitious time of public distress did Tom Walker set up as usurer in Boston. His door was soon thronged by customers. The needy and adventurous; the gambling...

...; the people had run mad with schemes for new settlements; for building cities in the wilderness j land-jobbers went about with maps of grants, and townships,...propitious time of public distress did Tom Walker set up as usurer in Boston. His door was soon thronged by customers. The needy and adventurous; the gambling...

...which breaks out every now and then in the country, had raged to an alarming degree, and everybody was dreaming of making sudden fortunes from nothing....propitious time of public distress did Tom Walker set up as usurer in Boston. His door was soon thronged by customers. The needy and adventurous ; the gambling...

...and townships, and eldorados, lying nobody knew where, but which every body was ready to purchase. Jn a word, the great speculating fever which breaks out...patients were left in doleful plight, and the whole land resounded with the consequent cry Of hard times. At this propitious time of public distress did...