Money Trouble

My services as a preacher do cost a small amount so that I can provide for my family. So respectively when I am no longer paid I no longer preach. This is understandable, is it not? However it upset John Putnam more than I had anticipated. I didn't want to just leave the town though...so I became active in community projects as well as some other political activities. My wife was my support and when she died I was terribly upset, her funeral meant a lot to me. But, I had no money to pay for it, due to the 35 pounds that the town owed me. Being (what I thought) a very Christian man, John Putnam loaned me money for the funeral. Since the town owed me money I arranged for Deacon Nathaniel Ingersoll to pay Putnam 15 out of the 35 pounds and then left town hoping to gain a new start in Wells. Shortly after I left I was arrested for not paying John Putnam back immediately and refusing to stay in Salem town. Desperate to solve my financial troubles I went back to Salem and found that John Putnam had warranted for my arrest. When we went to court my cousin Nathaniel Ingersoll testified in my favor that no debts were owed and it was common knowledge that the town was indebted to me. To my relief some parishioners of the church stepped up and helped settle the debts even though I was never fully paid I was content. Now I am relieved that the whole event is behind me.