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 "I serve God."

"What God do you serve?"

"The God that made heaven and earth."

As there was little to be gained by further examination of this prisoner, the constable was ordered to remove her, and Sarah Osburn was brought in and placed upon the stand.

This poor creature was, if any thing, more pitiable than the other. She had been a woman of respectable character, and of some standing in the community. Her first husband had died, leaving her a comfortable fortune, and two or more sons. She afterward married Osburn, who was much beneath her in social position. He had squandered her money, quarreled with her children, and deserted her; and she was sick in body and almost imbecile in mind.

Her examination was as follows:

"What evil spirit have you familiarity with?"

"Not any."

"Have you made no contract with the devil?"

"No; I never saw the devil in my life."