Smith, it seems, is really the devil! The editor is frightened by this news, but he is more frightened by the idea of losing his newspaper, so he agrees to sign.

看来，史密斯真是个恶魔！编辑被这个消息吓坏了，但他更害怕的是失去他的报刊，所以他同意签字。

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While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree's bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.

当魔鬼爬到树上时，杰克在树皮上刻个一个十字的标记，这样魔鬼就要实践它的承诺，此后十年不再下来，不再打扰杰克。

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