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That he had great hoards of ill gotten gold buried somewhere about his tumble down dwelling was not reasonably to be doubted by any honest soul conversant with the facts of local tradition and gifted with a sense of the fitness of things. THAT HE HAD GREAT HORDES OF ILL GOTTEN GOLD BURIED SOMEWHERE ABOUT HIS TUMBLE DOWN DWELLING WAS NOT REASONABLY TO BE DOUBTED BY ANY HONEST SOUL CONVERSANT WITH THE FACTS OF LOCAL TRADITION AND GIFTED WITH A SENSE OF THE FITNESS OF THINGS
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. 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. He got no commendation, however, for this equitable distribution of his patronage; people were disposed to regard it as an ineffectual attempt to conceal his possession of so much money. F 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 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 HE GOT NO COMMENDATION HOWEVER FOR THIS EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF HIS PATRONAGE PEOPLE WERE DISPOSED TO REGARD IT AS AN INEFFECTUAL ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL HIS POSSESSION OF SO MUCH MONEY
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