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

WIZ stii III YuIus iuy IuOcc0 -QttQ
red flush the feverish token, perlhSps,
or Its incessant crying. Whlie' they
looked, the little parch ed lips twitched
aud moved. a happier mot her might
have said the babe was smiling, bat
when Dame lWalforti Whispered uys-
teriously, 1.-THE witchis talking to tE.s!
Miriam nodded her head and aaaik
back in her chair. = inIrH slirlgsnls,V',s
e.'Think We, dame, she asked, look
ing hxedly ut the flames, while the
visitor took her place at the other cor.
ner of the hearth think We n j, laid
the babe In the Ore, the witch would
come and fetch it?" l.lel sh1l1 sieoi'
Lord gn exclaimed the other, levf-
IDENTIFY startled by the boldness Of the
propositions" But perchance it's thine
own after all, MiTism., / think thou
shouldst do nothing until the witch Is
hanged. Then, IL it's hers, It will after
her, but II, IT'S thine, It will get well
when she can torment 1t no more.''
"But II It's hers, and goes after her,
then 1 shall have no child? ?" al rbi,fi
"Ay' Marry then ,is the H., other
~ could think it, for it has q color col,
like Enoch's, aud curling hair, only
that it's so fond Of her. IT chung 70
her ever when she .caressed 1t, and
cried when she left II, like any other +
child.n ~ ~ '.s,,,..1,
, "But and Ii she charmed It? a witch
can do that as well. 49,.
Enoch. says this babes like me-" ~,
y may, that it's not! Mind thee, 4
cay not 1t is not thine. The parsoh
thinks it il, and SO do others who
have spoke to me Of the matter. But
thine or no it's not like thee, and If
EnOch says it, 1t is because he, like
many, another husband, has no eye
for his wife's face. Why i saw thee
babe i'm thy mothers, arms and thoq
wastever the fairest child, ay. and till
thy marriage, the fairest maid In all
the country round.I ,.teeoT an. b
Miriam smiled family, bat her
brOws contracted and the cloud of gloom
settled darker than ever before over
her face. She too had q mark upon
her forehead, though she saw 1t not. y
y "Only since then / am no more SO
fair" 'lnA pa ff1 W.
''Thou art no more 80 gay" was.the
"How can. Ibe gay with that befo' :
my eyes," asked the mother pointi.,f
TO the cradie, anu Ehocn evee'
preaching me-; .1a,.,lu
.Enocn peneves not IN the WHICH,
esq" n.y.,
Il he peiieves hot tnat Mis'ress WIZ
son Is witch" b 49,. =,
"Ay, Ay! L1ere are otners III
MN. I've nearu lnauy 2 man praise
her as ialr anu goou. raiI sne - "
uutn, anu Pelau ventuIe ner peau.y
mas peen snare 10 -neI-hsr peauty
ana pliae. Tor sue carries her heau
hlgh, Mistress wilson. one CONES oi
agreat lamiIy, tney say, anu Very
she mas a likeness o! ner ,atner WIN
lace rpiness0 n ms snIrS anu sworn y !
hls s,de.t Wnay mig s.17 3 81 : III
ccaM see DIT BOW VEn Va1sAWE
soDtooss 1nss WooM W. Eu ~
IN evn VIM ygnAs p a'9, Z ~ &
port 70 neartnis wlle cane 81
inayo tnlnknhgra tpStiN - 49, SsNr 81
.tuah gossip anu Dusynouy EvSIT
Etieart sne's .caiieu, me tnouga TX W.
me- no i'll VIII ZOE knatss
"Ay," said Miriam musing,y, Ano
who Can tell why Apnef he'er came
PACK againT AywNeN san prev -
weather, = INNS ~ hot go, damei
F'Marry.u quoth the dame, q Witch
would do 1t too, had she seen a MP
that pleased her better than her hui
bandt1ongn n for not not say say tn that It,
ice." ,t.. .,.
While these scenes were passing In
Enoch Daltol's homestead, that lay on
the highway between, Salem and the
little fishing village OF Marblehead, the
shades of evening had descended Upon
the demure aforementioned town aud
the lights twinkled out here and there
from the houses, while the streets
were already deserted: In 1913 they
tSs n n0s sas
own uncertain steps With hand Ian
tern. Nearly In the centre Of the town
rose the Salem Jail, dark and suntnzlf-
ing inward appearances, though IN
reality hospita6l I enough; IL ~ h@o
any house In New England could
have boaSfH. Wild accusations follow,
ing closely ION each other and peopled
It's wAlls'*ith witches, and when one
was given over to the napgman e
hands, there was no danger bgt that
new Aecupept would e0Qn % >1QQnd.
y R8{4es 4feeun Hit!luTg veu DOW
ever there were 81 fhhpaxtAt41er fRe-
keninG esgtssR otbsrSJtWea or thfee
worthy eeSgh bor1 ofsMissresa = urns,
the jailer's wife, The goodly danes
had the pleasure OF hearing from her
own lips how the Reverend Mr.. Pryor
and the justice had made asolemn Wis
1t that afternoon to the witch Mistress
Wilson, who was to be hanged on the
morrOw-how they had exhorted her
to confess her evil practices and her
po4ence for the sanal ma now they
been obliged ~ "a AyA with
! 0se.s pAo the
\ ~! e. are
tlot 1he ne 42 % 4 ny
cHffzre. Tnen ma t90 ~ ~ en,
tlelHp affirmed .tnag be nS9 2
long N0Q earnestly; 1or ner s1nlutf =
and TN Dew unless ene
begged hi. obesity cou4Del,
should c051e ~ her mo more That
meant that the Qhmak jqzt kart, the
sheriff, and the 14n99en were the
only further assistafice she was to have