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62 I could have told them any time this twelvemonth The Arthur Amy I was married to Couldn't have been the one they say was up In Warren at March Meeting for the reason He wa'n't but fifteen at the time they say. The Arthur Amy I was married to Voted the only times he ever voted, Which wasn't many, in the town of Wentworth. One of the times was when 'twas in the warrant To see if the town wanted to take over The tote road to our clearing where we lived. I'll tell you who'd remember—Heman Lapish. Their Arthur Amy was the father of mine. So now they've dragged it through the law courts once I guess they'd better drag it through again. Wentworth and Warren's both good towns to live in, Only I happen to prefer to live In Wentworth from now on; and when all's said, Right's right, and the temptation to do right When I can hurt someone by doing it Has always been too much for me, it has. I know of some folks that'd be set up At having in their town a noted witch: But most would have to think of the expense That even I would be. They ought to know That as a witch I'd often milk a bat And that'd be enough to last for days. It'd make my position stronger, think, If I was to consent to give some sign To make it surer that I was a witch? It wa'n't no sign, I s'pose, when Mallice Huse Said that I took him out in his old age And rode all over everything on him