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It was his only visible property, but could hardly have yielded him a living, simple and few as were his wants. He seemed always to have ready money, and paid cash for all his purchases at the village stores roundabout, seldom buying more than two or three times at the same place until after the lapse of a considerable time. IT WAS HIS ONLY VISIBLE PROPERTY BUT COULD HARDLY HAVE YIELDED HIM A LIVING SIMPLE AND FEW AS WERE HIS WONTS HE SEEMED ALWAYS TO HAVE READY MONEY AND PAID CASH FOR ALL HIS PURCHASES AT THE VILLAGE STORES ROUND ABOUT SELDOM BUYING MORE THAN TWO OR THREE TIMES AT THE SAME PLACE UNTIL THE LAPSE OF A CONSIDERABLE TIME
fell awkwardly and lay dead. A little later the regiment was ordered out of line to relieve the congested front, and through some misplay in the game of battle was not again under fire. Nor did Bennett Greene, expert in military executions, ever again signify his presence at one. SOME HAUNTED HOUSES THE ISLE OF PINES FOR many years there lived near the town of Gallipolis, Ohio, an old man named Herman Deluse. Very little was known of his history, for he would neither speak of it himself nor suffer others. It was a common belief among his neighbors that he had been a pirate—if upon any better evidence than his collection of boarding pikes, cutlasses, and ancient flintlock pistols, no one knew. He lived entirely alone in a small house of four rooms, falling rapidly into decay and never repaired further than was required by the weather. It stood on a slight elevation in the midst of a large, stony field overgrown with brambles, and cultivated in patches and only in the most primitive way.  THE ISLE OF PINES BY AMBROSE BEERCE THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALIBRAVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FROM A VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBRAVOX DOT ORG FOR MANY YEARS THERE LIVED NEAR THE TOWN OF GYLIPPUS OHIO AN OLD MAN NAMED HERMAN DE LUCE VERY LITTLE WAS KNOWN OF HIS HISTORY FOR HE WOULD NEITHER SPEAK OF IT HIMSELF NOR SUFFER OTHERS IT WAS A COMMON BELIEF AMONG HIS NEIGHBORS THAT HE HAD BEEN A PIRATE IF UPON ANY BETTER EVIDENCE THAN HIS COLLECTION OF BOARDING PIKES CUTLASHES AND ANCIENT FLINT LOCK PISTOLS NO ONE KNEW HE LIVED ENTIRELY ALONE IN A SMALL HOUSE OF FOUR ROOMS FALLING RAPIDLY INTO DECAY AND NEVER REPAIRED FURTHER THAN WAS REQUIRED BY THE WEATHER IT STOOD ON A SLIGHT ELEVATION IN THE MIDST OF A LARGE STONY FIELD OVERGROWN WITH BRAMBLES AND CULTIVATED IN PATCHES AND ONLY IN THE MOST PRIMITIVE WAY
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