Life or death

I fear the gallows. I do not know what to decide. What should be the deciding factor? Do I live with shame for the rest of my life or do I weather the storm and waiting for impending death? So many others are planned to stand with me if I shall choose the gallows. Rebecca Nurse, how could I do it to her? To Giles Corey, Martha Corey and all the other innocent being prosecuted for not giving in to a lie? How could I choose my children to grow up with the mockery of their father? To live the rest of their lives ashamed of the man who raised them. For now, my wife is safe inside the jail because she is pregnant with my child. I want to stay here and be with them until I grow old and die a natural death. I love my wife, and I want to do what is best for her. But what is best for them is something I don’t wish to do. I cannot live a lie for the rest of my days. For now, it is what I owe to my family, and that debt is greater than to what I owe myself.

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Derangement in the court

Those who have allowed this madness to go on should be shot! Everyone from the judge to the undertaker will get what they deserve some day. I do not know where this crazy idea began, but it needs to end now. They have too much power for their own good, and for every decent person in Salem. One of the accused is my own wife, and I demand that justice be paid. Those evil little children need to be stopped before more people are killed and innocent people confess. At this rate, everyone in Salem is going to end up hung on the gallows or a confessed witch or wizard. It all needs to end, and I hope that I will be the one of the people who can do it. My wife, Elizabeth, is a good, honest woman and should not be in jail. It is only because of me she is there now, because of the ridiculous mistake that I made with Abigail Williams. Right now I am trying my hardest to find some way to get my wife of that awful jail, I promised her I was going to get her out and that is what I am going to do.

A witch's revenge

In my town of Salem, Massachusetts a bunch of little girls wanting revenge on the world have been parading around accusing everyone of witchcraft. No one has come to accuse my family or me but surely in time they will come. Half the town has already been called out by those vicious girls. My own servant girl is involved in this, and I have forbidden her to return back to town. I hope the distance of my farm house and the town should be far enough to keep it all away from my family. I worry especially for my wife, because of the girl who I believe started all the accusing. Abigail is her name, and I have my own secrets with her that puts my wife in danger. I care less for myself than what could happen to the ones I love. Sometimes at night, I don’t sleep well. I stay awake imaging the sounds of the madmen coming to destroy my home with my family and myself inside. I regret what happened between the two of us, I love Elizabeth more than I even lusted for Abigail. If anyone were to be accused of witchcraft, it should be her, for there is no other reason than human weakness for what had happened.