Satan sat on a box labeled B T B and surveyed the world and the cornfield. He was dissatisfied with the world; and the cornfield needed hoeing.

The world, to his view, consisted of the rear elevations of a row of houses that ran east and met a row of houses that ran north - Satan and his office being set on about the bisector of the right angle.

It was early in the week, Tuesday afternoon. The Yale'ville Democrat was all set up and ready to be locked into its cases, for printing on Friday. For the meantime, Satan had nothing to do. And he was dismally aware that unless some excitement came to the rescue he would, for very shame's cause, be obliged to hoe the corn.

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