My father saw the time when a good cow was worth as much as a fifty-acre farm, but land is continually rising in value." "I shall look farther south before deciding," said Raymond.

"I am told the land is better there; besides there are too many witches here," and he smiled.
"We have been up to see my brother Thomas," continued Joseph Putnam.

"He always has had the reputation of being a sober-headed man, but he is all off his balance now." "What does Mistress Putnam say ?" asked Dulcibel.
"Oh, she is at the bottom of all his craziness, she and that elfish daughter.

Sister Ann is a very intelligent woman in some respects, but she is wild upon this question." "I am told by the neighbors that the child is greatly afflicted." "She came in the room while we were there," responded Master Raymond.

"I knew not what to make of it.