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The house is still standing in Danvers, Mass., where, it is said, a suspected witch was confined overnight in the attic, which was bolted fast. In the morning when the constable came to take her to Salem for trial she was missing, although the door was still bolted. Her escape was doubtless aided by her friends, but at the time it was attributed to Satanic interference.
I. ALONG Crane River's sunny slopes / Blew warm the winds of May, / And over Naumkeag's ancient oaks / The green outgrew the gray.