The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-11

GAY, she makes as though she were
very fond oft; but ! know not wheth'
ar verify think she 49," saId the
jailer's wife, ''for there can none come
nigh her but she ll.beg and pray thesr
| tNcsee for the child when abe is&ape,
Exep to-day she ipp6Sti>ned the
wNrfhy gentlemen In meet p9seeenly
MApper, and weptx ard I. " lpG,1l}fy
HANDS till they wan &VAtp toQ kRc4hS
parich would care fcS 5k ,SS0 t6opGh y
| he aIWitch's babe. sc.,,i,,r n, l-,,~l
! Mistress Burrs," Gang q eepeWhe]
defp but clear voice thai psfle tam ~
fSf lie child P.S re IistIs' sssssSss "a
lbegwn to be- uDsasH &pd w frelJ fpy,
sharing its mothers confinement. Il
was co4Qe0p GfItoa lyF MN bread
s wsy w 70 ~ iss ~plrA fea pr0ysYr IN no
"Wculdst give v her?, consulted
the l'sssaa .aEa +. Get
herr l6 = IN fiil ~ And w.
othefy as Mistress Wilson made aSstep
toward the window. clapped the shut
' .Hst h sfEt SSeIaAe q GsToIt CD
are We e.. all bsy!' S foqbt she is
| fssfive scsnd iighf and the evsnipGG
entertainment OF cake and cider With
| whi0hrthajR.. ottss, sNAs, lpleseptlX,to
panty pant to bring r. lSSss dsintlas viz
her ownshapdss arranged hes tray ASH
she wefeali tic time thinking Of Some.
! thing else Finally she took. dowHA "a
pewter mug out Ofwhiofr her children
once had drunk, poured II full Of pilk
and went down the. passage, again to
the little wooden shutter. '' 'shA
IF4nrk !itfie child WAS ffetting, but
the mother SANG. q simple little.song
ssI,;RQsSSyhi though, 3 strange s0ns, r laat a
Hush, my my IL babe; ~, jis ziill and sipmbeFi
~ HolyIangelh. gua,y4 thylbed.nLnI 30.
Heavenly hlfs Sings without number ~
Gather round thy infant head 40 -gis
The listener waited till the voice
s sss3 SESTT P2ssE Mcqow'
"I'vsbreught thee some milk, mis-
tress.n ~ -
The witch was there in an instant
lids. and this time Tie Othel forgot to
be alarmed at her vicinity, for the lit
tie can stuck fast ibetweeh the bars,
and both were only bent on extracting
Mistress Wilson had laid, aside her
widows cap for the night, aud zoos
ened her dark hair that fell like a veil
cyer her shoulders. The Hight from
the lamp, that the jailer's wife had set
on the window-ledge, shone on hef
| white forehead and dOwncast lids, with
their delicately ffihgeds .lashe. while
be- sbndef nhxers oifeiA eat ythe
| CUP to draw IL IhrOdgll.
ALI syieldcd az 1Sst, me Raid, as IL
| ta4e unlocked fof ikifSdness awakened a
sudden hope, but In voice that be-
'trayed the coming tears: ~.
sOh, Mistress I Burns, Nyflt thou
think OF my Representatives, when"
This was too much for tie other. TO
her excited fancy the deep, violet blue
eyes shone with o mysterious light,
and who could tell Tbut the breath
from those sofrow-speaking lips had
already contaminated he-? The clos.
ing window cut off the rest, as Mist ess
Burns snatcheds her lamp, and sped
| away gAE.l s4f ~ gifHlHb ~ .,tgas
.Shalt be. atths rhapgipg ~ asked
her friends when they took leave. uni
at is very early In the, imorning,"
was the doubtful answer.
"They cay 1t Is thus ordered that
there may be not so great crowd as
heretofore. ~ e. eates "a nlamor and
disturbance chat Is unseemly in town
so plainly under the judgments r,f
Providence as this. Still, 1 myself
! think to be there, for of the last L was
(, prevented by my husbands cousin, In
crease Goodwin, with. bis wife and
children and wife's sister, who all
came to see those end that were hang
ed o. Tuesday, 80 that was forced to
sand at the kitchen fire Apd prepare a
meal for ethem AwhilA thSN amused
themselves In 4 6is s,ime,
howeyen51< ms >ux1J3 lsifk e "a GA q
49, &IQfe sIx o. ~ " he
IdXrnif1t. AN surely It Is cOniY0o
Inn I'd e0fying spectacle in these
tr06blous, times, TO. see the wretcbes
given yer Ito their'fathef, the devil"
HAy ~ saidsan other OF the women,
'.andperchance she will confessin the
end, as Hester Scott did at sight Of the
gallows. For/Hester DECLARED, as We
all know, not only that she herself had
attended. the witches Sabbath, but
told of many whom she had met In
that devils congregation, and sspehe
ofnone, forsooth, with, more certainty
than Of Mistressd Wilson, who rode
through the air with her cat on her
shoulder, and boasted of how she was
drawing the Dalton child's blood from
its finger-euds and tormenting Mr..
Williams's son thrice daily 1t Is an
excellent thing when the witches con-
TESS. Only 80 can full knowledge be
obtained who among US IL sold-to Sa-
tam" "Eil'"'sf~ Sdfi" 'i'
"VeriIy." said a third. "Howbeit,
to my thinking, the judges act some
what slowly In this matter, and give
the evil time to spread. One hundred
and fifty imprisoned, and as yet but
seventy condemned, and only twenty
hanged! / doubt the gentlemen
would do better toproceed more quick
~ with the sentences, for SO the jails
are full to OVERLOOKING, and many es-
cape detection, from the impossibility
ofbringing them to trial. Well, well,
we must be watcfful rim prayer and
tarry in patience till 1t pleaseth the
Lord to look upon our affiiction. !
wish thee goa Disadvantages, and
hope 10 meet nee tosnlDfTows
There were many IL the town that
night Ono wa1ked to weep and pray.
In one house were some grievOusly
tormented, in another q member of the
family had been torn from the midst
Of IT, charged with pfactisingthe devil
ces OF Satan, and dragged, accursed OF
God and man, to ftaprisonfhent. con-
demnation, and death. but one who
sat in the Salem jail heard every hour
Of the night 60 BY, Till the swatchman
called for the last time biz, dslusive cry
OF "All's WE'LL" and the day had
dawned-the day when witch was to
| 1HH19h b{4s bou.s 10 Jko
there was little sleep that night, Miri-
am, beset with entreaties and reproach-
Is, answered IN the sayings Of the god.
ly Cotton Mather, or with the line of
| Holy Writ, Thou shalt not suffer q
uuff al IN live ~ Tho woman waa lik n