Part 4 (2/2)
”What lying spirit was this?”
”It was a voice that I thought I heard.”
”What did it say to you?”
”That I should go no more to meeting; but I said I would, and did go the next Sabbath day.”
”Were you ever tempted further?”
”No.”
”Why did you yield then to the Devil, not to go to meeting for the last three years?”
”Alas! I have been sick all that time, and not able to go.”
Then t.i.tuba was brought in. t.i.tuba was in the ”circle” or an attendant and inspirer of the ”circle” from the first; and had marvelous things to tell. How it was that the ”children” turned against her and accused her, I do not know; but probably she had practised so much upon them in various ways, that she really was guilty of trying to do the things she was charged with.
”t.i.tuba, why do you hurt these children?”
”t.i.tuba does not hurt 'em.”
”Who does hurt them then?”
”The debbil, for all I knows.'
”Did you ever see the Devil?” t.i.tuba gave a low laugh. ”Of course I've seen the debbil. The debbil came an' said, 'Serb me, t.i.tuba.' But I would not hurt the child'en.”
”Who else have you seen?”
”Four women. Goody Osburn and Sarah Good, and two other women. Dey all hurt de child'en.”
”How does the Devil appear to you?”
”Sometimes he is like a dog, and sometimes like a hog. The black dog always goes with a yellow bird.”
”Has the Devil any other shapes?”
”Yes, he sometimes comes as a red cat, and then a black cat.”
”And they all tell you to hurt the children?”
”Yes, but I said I would not.”
”Did you not pinch Elizabeth Hubbard this morning?”
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