Tawny Rachel / [Z].

  • Z.
Date:
[1815?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Tawny Rachel / [Z]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    o the very stone under which the money lies hid; tnd a tine treasure i t will be.” Mrs. Jenkins, who relieved every word the woman said, did Exactly is she was told, and Rachel took hei leave wit t a handsonte reward. , . ,,. i When farmer Jenkins dame home, he ^esir&a his wife to draw him a cup of cider: this sne'put oil. doing so long, that he began to he displeased.^ At (last she begged-he would drink a li! tie oeer insi-ead, lie insisted on knowing the reason, and w hen at. last he grew angry she told him all that had passer, and owned that as the pot of gold happened to be in 3the cider cellar, she did not dare to open t le< oor tas she was sure it would break the charm. w “d tit would be a pity, you know, said sue, ? °,, , >o-oodfortune for the feakeot adiaugato cirei. The farmer who was not so easily ini posed upon, hsusjiected a trick. lie' demanded the key and v went and opened the cellar door ; thei e ae t 1 i therbaW4*d !«!*>« t und pieces ot tin covered ' with powder, Mrs. Jenkins btirstnut a crying, but the firmer- tlikight of nothing but the farmer t?>mvgnc to u-uhiu& mm..© . xaot to apprehend the conning woman. iinLed h e well proved her claim ^ .ttettmifn^ ^n she v ie imu time vv' ro « * t Toot- Bally VAlmi i am sure shew that eker she listened to a fortune-te er was as harmless a girl as ever churned a pound ot butter; but Sally was ignorant an<U“pe.St^o^,f She delighted in dream-books, and had coggji all the cunning women in the conn tv a6y ‘* Wlidther-fbe two'mules hither cheek denoted that 3 «...»■»mfssssSsStb 7^1 r- h n It* & r\ nri nn OT1