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  STANDISH OF STANDISH

  A Story of the Pilgrims

  by

  Jane G. Austin

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  By Jane G. Austin

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  STANDISH OF STANDISH

  A Story of the Pilgrims

  by

  JANE G. AUSTIN

  Author of "A Nameless Nobleman," "The Desmond Hundred," "Mrs. BeauchampBrown," "Nantucket Scraps," "Moon Folk," Etc., Etc.

  Boston and New York Houghton, Mifflin and Company The Riverside Press,Cambridge 1892

  Copyright, 1889,by Jane G. Austin.All rights reserved

  Eleventh Edition.

  The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.

  Dedication.

  TO THE MEMORY OF MY DEAR BROTHER,

  JOHN A. GOODWIN,

  WHO MORE THAN ANY MAN HAS CONSERVED FOR OUR DELIGHT THE STORY OF THOSEPILGRIM FATHERS "WITHOUT WHOSE LIVES OURS HAD NOT BEEN."

  A PREFATORY NOTE.

  The history of the Old Colony includes, among some very stern facts, adeal of sweet and tender romance, hitherto hardly known except to thosewho have learned it at their mother's knee.

  But in these days many persons seem disposed to pause for a moment inthe eager race after the golden fruits of the Pilgrims' husbandry, andto look curiously back at the spot where the seed was sown.

  To such I offer this story of Myles Standish,The-Sword-of-the-White-Men, the hero, who not for gain, not fromnecessity, not even from religious zeal, but purely in the knightlyfervor of his blood, forsook home, and heritage, and glory, andambition, to company that helpless band of exiles, and to be theGreat-Heart of their Pilgrimage to the City that they sought.

  To such students I will promise that they shall not be misled as tofacts, though these be strung upon a slender thread of romance; and Iwill beg them to ground themselves well upon the solid Pilgrim Rock,that they may the better understand the story of Lazarus LeBaron, son ofA Nameless Nobleman, to be offered them in due time, unless Time shallbe no more for the Author.

  Boston, _October_, 1889. JANE G. AUSTIN.

  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. The Battle of the Tubs 1 II. The Launch of the Pinnace 19 III. The Sword of Standish 27 IV. The Lilies of France 41 V. An Awful Danger 54 VI. The First Encounter 63 VII. Clarke's Island 73 VIII. Burying Hill 86 IX. Rose 94 X. A Terrible Night 104 XI. The Colonists of Cole's Hill 115 XII. The Headless Arrow 134 XIII. The Captain's Promotion 141 XIV. Second Marriages 151 XV. Samoset 164 XVI. Priscilla Molines' Letter 176 XVII. An International Treaty 184 XVIII. The Last Link Broken 197 XIX. Sowed and Reaped in One Day 205 XX. Funeral-baked Meats and Marriage Feasts 213 XXI. An Affair of Honor 224 XXII. The Captain's Pipe 236 XXIII. "Speak for Yourself, John!" 243 XXIV. The Mysterious Grave 253 XXV. A Little Discipline 266 XXVI. The First Thanksgiving Day of New England 276 XXVII. A Love Philtre 288 XXVIII. Philip De La Noye 296 XXIX. Keeping Christmas 311 XXX. A Soldier's Instinct 319 XXXI. A Pot of Broth 343 XXXII. The Sunset Gun 351 XXXIII. Pecksuot's Knife 356 XXXIV. The Wolf at the Door 370 XXXV. The Brides' Ship 376 XXXVI. Marriage Bells 385 XXXVII. "And to be Wroth with one we Love!" 395 XXXVIII. Barbara 406 XXXIX. A Military Wedding 416 XL. "Parting is such Sweet Sorrow!" 420

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