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  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