Read The Witch of Salem; or, Credulity Run Mad Page 2

  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

  PAGE

  William Penn making his treaty of peace and friendship with the Indians (See page 32), _Frontispiece_

  "Take it away!" 1

  "Cannot rise! Prythee, what ails you, friend?" 11

  Seizing a firebrand, he searched for the print of the cloven foot, 21

  William Penn, 27

  "We all rose in the air on broomsticks," 95

  Charles Stevens, at one sweep, snuffed out every candle on the table, 108

  The Charter Oak, 113

  The sturdy wife assailed him with her mop-stick and drove him away, 147

  "Then you may both go down--down to the infernal regions together!" 189

  "Which of the twain shall it be?" 213

  Eight men, bearing litters, were at the door. All were dripping with water, 233

  At every stroke he repeated, "I do this in the name of the Lord," 239

  "Its motions were quicker than those of my axe," 250

  The sheriff brought the witch up the broad aisle, her chains clanking as she stepped, 274

  The jail trembled to its very centre, 301

  Nought was to be seen, save massacre and pillage on every side, 310

  The resolute father continued to fire as he retreated, 320

  Lieut.-Gov. Stoughton, 330

  George Waters cut two stout sticks for crutches, 353

  "Charles Stevens, do you seek death?" 371

  Cotton Mather, 380

  Witches' Hill, 382

  Map of the period, 306

  THE WITCH OF SALEM.