Harper's Illustrated Weekly, Online. Very Cool.
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war-1863.htm
satisfied." The farmer started—he didn't want telling how much he had. He and his purse parted company. The highwayman called out to him : "Mind! it's only borrowed," and rode his way. Farmer Burmess told the story, and from that time the terrible highwayman was called the Borrower.
Suspicion somehow fell upon Will Green. He dressed better—got a watch, and other things costing money. Will didn't mind a bit. "Wait till I'm caught. at it," he said But he began to badger poor Susan. He wanted the girl to marry him. Once he was heard to say he could make her wretched for life if she didn't. Then suddenly she began to grow thin and miserable as a starved kitten. She couldn't put her hand to a thing—she that used to be the freshest serviceablest creature in all the county. People said it was because of Will's nightwork, and that she had begun to care for him
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