Dulcibel: A Tale of Old Salem
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Henry Peterson. Dulcibel: A Tale of Old Salem
CHAPTER I. Dulcibel Burton
CHAPTER II. In Which Some Necessary Information is Given
CHAPTER III. The Circle in the Minister's House
CHAPTER IV. Satan's Especial Grudge against Our Puritan Fathers
CHAPTER V. Leah Herrick's Position and Feelings
CHAPTER VI. A Disorderly Scene in Church
CHAPTER VII. A Conversation with Dulcibel
CHAPTER VIII. An Examination of Reputed Witches
CHAPTER IX. One Hundred and Fifty More Alleged Witches
CHAPTER X. Bridget Bishop Condemned to Die
CHAPTER XI. Examination of Rebecca Nurse
CHAPTER XII. Burn Me, or Hang Me, I Will Stand in the Truth of Christ
CHAPTER XIII. Dulcibel in Danger
CHAPTER XIV. Bad News
CHAPTER XV. The Arrest of Dulcibel and Antipas
CHAPTER XVI. Dulcibel in Prison
CHAPTER XVII. Dulcibel before the Magistrates
CHAPTER XVIII. Well, What Now?
CHAPTER XIX. Antipas Works a Miracle
CHAPTER XX. Master Raymond Goes to Boston
CHAPTER XXI. A Night Interview
CHAPTER XXII. The Reverend Master Parris Exorcises "Little Witch."
CHAPTER XXIII. Master Raymond Also Complains of an "Evil Hand."
CHAPTER XXIV. Master Raymond's Little Plan Blocked
CHAPTER XXV. Captain Alden before the Magistrates
CHAPTER XXVI. Considering New Plans
CHAPTER XXVII. The Dissimulation of Master Raymond
CHAPTER XXVIII. The Cruel Doings of the Special Court
CHAPTER XXIX. Dulcibel's Life in Prison
CHAPTER XXX. Eight Legal Murders on Witch Hill
CHAPTER XXXI. A New Plan of Escape
CHAPTER XXXII. Why the Plan Failed
CHAPTER XXXIII. Mistress Ann Putnam's Fair Warning
CHAPTER XXXIV. Master Raymond Goes Again to Boston
CHAPTER XXXV. Captain Tolley and the Storm King
CHAPTER XXXVI. Sir William Phips and Lady Mary
CHAPTER XXXVII. The First Rattle of the Rattlesnake
CHAPTER XXXVIII. Conflicting Currents in Boston
CHAPTER XXXIX. The Rattlesnake Makes a Spring
CHAPTER XL. An Interview with Lady Mary
CHAPTER XLI. Master Raymond is Arrested for Witchcraft
CHAPTER XLII. Master Raymond Astonishes the Magistrates
CHAPTER XLIII. Why Thomas Putnam Went to Ipswich
CHAPTER XLIV. How Master Joseph Circumvented Mistress Ann
CHAPTER XLV. The Two Plotters Congratulate Each Other
CHAPTER XLVI. Mistress Ann's Opinion of the Matter
CHAPTER XLVII. Master Raymond Visits Lady Mary
CHAPTER XLVIII. Captain Tolley's Propositions
CHAPTER XLIX. Master Raymond Confounds Master Cotton Mather
CHAPTER L. Bringing Affairs to a Crisis
CHAPTER LI. Lady Mary's Coup D'Etat
CHAPTER LII. An Unwilling Parson
CHAPTER LIII. The Wedding Trip and Where Then
CHAPTER LIV. Some Concluding Remarks
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Dulcibel Burton was an orphan. Her father becoming a little unsound in doctrine, and being greatly pleased with the larger liberty of conscience offered by William Penn to his colonists in Pennsylvania, had leased his house and lands to a farmer by the name of Buckley, and departed for Philadelphia. This was some ten years previous to the opening of our story. After living happily in Philadelphia for about eight years he died suddenly, and his wife decided to return to her old home in Salem village, having arranged to board with Goodman Buckley, whose lease had not yet expired. But in the course of the following winter she also died, leaving this only child, Dulcibel, now a beautiful girl of eighteen years. Dulcibel, as was natural, went on living with the Buckleys, who had no children of their own, and were very good-hearted and affectionate people.
Dulcibel therefore was an heiress, in a not very large way, besides having wealthy relatives in England, from some of whom in the course of years more or less might reasonably be expected. And as our Puritan ancestors were by no means blind to their worldly interests, believing that godliness had the promise of this world as well as that which is to come – the bereaved maiden became quite an object of interest to the young men of the vicinity.
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"Do you think so?" queried Dulcibel in a glad voice, a light seeming to break in upon her.
"Well, I take it for granted that there were plenty of insane people in the old times as there are now; and yet I see no mention of them as such, in either the Old or the New Testament."
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