Chapter I: Front Matter

DULCIBEL

A Tale of Old Salem

BY

HENRY PETERSON

Author of

"Pemberton, or One Hundred Years Ago"

Illustrations by

HOWARD PYLE

PHILADELPHIA

The John C. Winston Co.

1907

Copyright 1907

BY

Walter Peterson.

Contents.

Chapter. Page.

I DULCIBEL BURTON 1

II IN WHICH SOME NECESSARY INFORMATION IS GIVEN 12

III THE CIRCLE IN THE MINISTER'S HOUSE 17

IV SATAN'S ESPECIAL GRUDGE AGAINST OUR PURITAN FATHERS 22

V LEAH HERRICK'S POSITION AND FEELINGS 24

VI A DISORDERLY SCENE IN CHURCH 27

VII A CONVERSATION WITH DULCIBEL 32

VIII AN EXAMINATION OF REPUTED WITCHES 47

IX ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MORE ALLEGED WITCHES 54

X BRIDGET BISHOP CONDEMNED TO DIE 59

XI EXAMINATION OF REBECCA NURSE 64

XII BURN ME OR HANG ME, I WILL STAND IN THE TRUTH OF CHRIST 73

XIII DULCIBEL IN DANGER 80

XIV BAD NEWS 91

XV THE ARREST OF DULCIBEL AND ANTIPAS 94

XVI DULCIBEL IN PRISON 102

XVII DULCIBEL BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES 107

XVIII WELL, WHAT NOW? 123

XIX ANTIPAS WORKS A MIRACLE 128

XX MASTER RAYMOND GOES TO BOSTON 136

XXI A NIGHT INTERVIEW 139

XXII THE REVEREND MASTER PARRIS EXORCISES "LITTLE WITCH" 149

XXIII MASTER RAYMOND ALSO COMPLAINS OF AN "EVIL HAND" 162

XXIV MASTER RAYMOND'S LITTLE PLAN BLOCKED 166

XXV CAPTAIN ALDEN BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES 172

XXVI CONSIDERING NEW PLANS 180

XXVII THE DISSIMULATION OF MASTER RAYMOND 188

XXVIII THE CRUEL DOINGS OF THE SPECIAL COURT 192

XXIX DULCIBEL'S LIFE IN PRISON 199

XXX EIGHT LEGAL MURDERS ON WITCH HILL 205

XXXI A NEW PLAN OF ESCAPE 214

XXXII WHY THE PLAN FAILED 221

XXXIII MISTRESS ANN PUTNAM'S FAIR WARNING 230

XXXIV MASTER RAYMOND GOES AGAIN TO BOSTON 237

XXXV CAPTAIN TOLLEY AND THE STORM KING 244

XXXVI SIR WILLIAM PHIPS AND LADY MARY 252

XXXVII THE FIRST RATTLE OF THE RATTLESNAKE 262

XXXVIII CONFLICTING CURRENTS IN BOSTON 269

XXXIX THE RATTLESNAKE MAKES A SPRING 273

XL AN INTERVIEW WITH LADY MARY 280

XLI MASTER RAYMOND IS ARRESTED FOR WITCHCRAFT 287

XLII MASTER RAYMOND ASTONISHES THE MAGISTRATES 293

XLIII WHY THOMAS PUTNAM WENT TO IPSWICH 303

XLIV HOW MASTER JOSEPH CIRCUMVENTED MISTRESS ANN 309

XLV THE TWO PLOTTERS CONGRATULATE EACH OTHER 330

XLVI MISTRESS ANN'S OPINION OF THE MATTER 336

XLVII MASTER RAYMOND VISITS LADY MARY 343

XLVIII CAPTAIN TOLLEY'S PROPOSITIONS 351

XLIX MASTER RAYMOND CONFOUNDS MASTER COTTON MATHER 355

L BRINGING AFFAIRS TO A CRISIS 366

LI LADY MARY'S COUP D'ETAT 371

LII AN UNWILLING PARSON 385

LIII THE WEDDING TRIP AND WHERE THEN 394

LIV SOME CONCLUDING REMARKS 397

=Illustrations.=

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STOOD UP SERENE BUT HEROIC FRONTISPIECE.

"THE LORD KNOWS THAT I HAVEN'T HURT THEM" 68

MARCHED FROM JAIL FOR THE LAST TIME 208