The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-31
WITCHES IN VIRGINIA
Continued from page 9.

magnetism which in the days of her youth
and beauty brought to her feet lovers,
husband, friends and admirers is now
exerted in putting evil spells upon people;
In cursing them with all manner of bias
phemies. and every person who knows her
fears and shuns her.
1t is said she quarrels as fercely with
the ghosts of her mother and sister upon
their frequent visits, as she ever quarreled
with them in the flesh.
A little boy told me that when he built
fires for Mrs. Roland few years ago she
told him to Set chair quick for Lucy"
upon one occasion.
When he did so he heard distinctly the
rustic of silk dress, and Mrs. Roland. di-
recting her eyes TO the apparently vacant
chair, set up such querulous scolding of
Lucy's ghost as to frighten him nearly to
death.
Stay in purgatory," she said, "or else
and glazed that they won't do for House
+ man S rag bag You only come back to
hear yourself rustic IN silk, you proud
hussy; and Satan can have no revenge, be-
cause You burnt yourself up here"
a great many times" said the child.
would she thus receive her ghostly viSi-
tors. Sometimes they would come TO look
over the family jewels, and then there'd
be a great fuss, because certain of Mrs Rs
relatives robbed her, and she acquainted
Lucy with the fact. Once Lucy slapped
the witch's jaws. the sound of which the
boy heard distinctly: and the red print of
hand showed plainly on the pallid old
cheek"
Lucy was actually burned alive in that
ugly old square house. She was burned IN
her kitchen fire place, and only one shoe
inside OF which was foot, proved that
flesh. blood and bone had persisted there
IN the pile of hlackened ashes on the
hearth The kitchen is now the abode of
lights and shades; and since the witch has
been unable 10 hire a cook or command
one by w1tcn-power, she has left IL wholly
10 these uncanny occupants: and there
the village folks are willing il shall re-
main.
Patsey Worry was a witch who got
drunk. She wore enormous hoops and
/ danced on the streets of this old town for
''treats." When Patsey appeared and
with her cUrtsy began her dance, which
was an exaggerated one-ngured Sir Roger
i de Coverly, you had better stop in your
walks and see it through and afterwards
treat her at Bittle's ginger shop or better
still At the bar-thst is, If you did not want
| 20 be ''bewitched.
| Polly Pockets was a local witch twenty
years ago. No one knows what became of
/ her. In 3 certain neigh oorhood, however,
! once lived crow, which was captured the
very day Polly Pockets appeared IN the
| road on her annual tramp. which she
/ made through several counties. filling her
| capacious pockets with articles begged IS
1 she tramped. The youth who caught the
crow was Mortified 20 ind that she talked
| In squeaky, psrrot-liSe voice, TO oe sure,
and some of the words were foreign. il
/ seemed But talk il certainly could. This
wonderful bird was az once slaughtered,
! and thereafter never again was Polly
/ Pockets 70 be seen, though she had been =
familiar figure Of the wayside since forty
| wears ssone. returning SIS regularly As the
crimson grass yetch in the fence corners
/ every spring. L. ;. GRANT.