Why does the devil say that Deacon Peabody will be damned (d---d)? What else do we learn Deacon Peabody has done which might be seen as a sin?
From the text:
"Deacon Peabody be damned," said the stranger, "as I flatter myself he will be, if he does not look more to his own sins and less to those of his neighbors. Look yonder, and see how Deacon Peabody is faring."
On the bark of the tree was scored the name of Deacon Peabody, an eminent man who had waxed wealthy by driving shrewd bargains with the Indians. Cheating the Indians)
The Devil and Tom Walker
