Standish of Standish

Standish of Standish, by Jane G.
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Title: Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims
Author: Jane G. Austin

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STANDISH OF STANDISH
A Story of the Pilgrims
by
Jane G. Austin
* * * * *
By Jane G. Austin
STANDISH OF STANDISH. A Novel. 16mo, $1.25.
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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.
Beauchamp Brown," "Nantucket Scraps," "Moon Folk," Etc., Etc.

[Illustration]
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 THOSE PILGRIM FATHERS
"WITHOUT WHOSE LIVES OURS HAD NOT BEEN."

A PREFATORY NOTE.
The history of the Old Colony includes, among some very stern facts, a
deal of sweet and tender romance, hitherto hardly known except to

those who have learned it at their mother's knee.
But in these days many persons seem disposed to pause for a moment
in the eager race after the golden fruits of the Pilgrims' husbandry, and
to 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 from
necessity, not even from religious zeal, but purely in the knightly fervor
of his blood, forsook home, and heritage, and glory, and ambition, to
company that helpless band of exiles, and to be the Great-Heart of their
Pilgrimage to the City that they sought.
To such students I will promise that they shall not be misled as to facts,
though these be strung upon a slender thread of romance; and I will beg
them to ground themselves well upon the solid Pilgrim Rock, that they
may the better understand the story of Lazarus LeBaron, son of A
Nameless Nobleman, to be offered them in due time, unless Time shall
be 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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