Witch Hill : a history of Salem witchcraft, including illustrative sketches of persons and places . oor before he reached her. Hathorne,as usual, holds the prisoner responsible for an ex- 10 148 WITCH HILL. planation of these amazing phenomena, and de-mands why it is they cannot come near her. Sheanswers, I cannot tell. It may be the devil bearsme more malice than another. Do you not see God is discovering you? tri-umphantly exclaims Hathorne. Nothing daunted, Martin replies, No, not a bitfor that. All the congregation think so. Let them think what they will. What is the reason these cannot co
Witch Hill : a history of Salem witchcraft, including illustrative sketches of persons and places . oor before he reached her. Hathorne,as usual, holds the prisoner responsible for an ex- 10 148 WITCH HILL. planation of these amazing phenomena, and de-mands why it is they cannot come near her. Sheanswers, I cannot tell. It may be the devil bearsme more malice than another. Do you not see God is discovering you? tri-umphantly exclaims Hathorne. Nothing daunted, Martin replies, No, not a bitfor that. All the congregation think so. Let them think what they will. What is the reason these cannot come nearyou? I do not know but they can if they will; orelse, if you please, I will come to them. The circle cry out that the Black Man is whis-pering in her ear, and Hathorne inquires what hesays. She answers, There was no one whisperedto me. The words of the prisoner were fiercerthan those of the Judge, but with the Court therewas power, and she was consigned to prison. The circle had grown bolder and keener in theirmanner of accusing, and they were now preparedto strike even a reverend CHAPTER XIV. OX the evening of April 20, 1692, Ann Putnamhad most fearful revelations and tortures ather home, in the presence of her father, SergeantThomas Putnam. The specter of a minister ap-peared to her, at which she was terribly insinuations had been made before by thecircle of a man dressed in black at Casco, andother places in Maine had been referred to. Nowthe sea-coast of that far-off region sends fearfulghosts. Ann cries, O, dreadful! dreadful! hereis a minister come ! What! are ministers witchestoo? Whence came you. and what is your name?for I will complain of you, though you be a min-ister, if you be a wizard. Then the specter offers the book, and tells Annto write in it, to which she replies, I will not,though you tear me to pieces. She immediatelyreceives awful tortures and packings. But she per-sists in her refusal, and preaches the recreant min-ister a s
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