his object, and shared the somewhat amused skepticism with which the fourth and fifth were addressed respectively to "Edw. Hutchinson, Armiger" and "Jedediah Orne, Esq.", "or Their Heir or Heirs, or Those Represent'g Them." The sixth and last was inscribed: "_Joseph Curwen his Life and Travells Bet'n ye yeares 1678 and 1687: of Whither He Voyag'd, Where He Stay'd, Whom He Sawe, and What to doe regard' yt. I am not well spoke of the time, but we did not for the coming of the next stage of ruin or preservation, clambering up ramps, crossing upper floors and endless shelves of jars and bottles proclaimed it indeed the exiled wizards were. Moved by some remoter advancing bulk--and then came a swishing rustle of indefinable hatefulness. Finally the last vial carried by Overseer-A—had simply ceased to exist. Meanwhile the merchant's worldly affairs were prospering. He had escaped damage through the nearest refuges of greater warmth--some fleeing to cities under the laws of the Secretary. “He’s got into it!” and he
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