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I. A Whisper in the Ear[1]
II. A Sharp Pair of Scissors[10]
III. Treason[17]
IV. Thou art the Man![24]
V. How Mistress Alice Bradford introduced
her Sister Priscilla Carpenter to Plymouth Society		[39]
VI. A Viper Scotched, not Killed[56]
VII. Morton of Merry Mount[68]
VIII. Standish at Merry Mount[74]
IX. The Kyloe Cow[93]
X. The Unexpected[102]
XI. Governor Bradford pays a Visit[111]
XII. Sir Christopher Gardiner[121]
XIII. One! Two! Three! Fire![129]
XIV. Sir Christopher enjoys the Chase[137]
XV. And describes it[145]
XVI. A Millstone for Sir Christopher[159]
XVII. Two is Company, Three is Trumpery[171]
XVIII. The Little Book[182]
XIX. A Much-Married Man[189]
XX. Betty’s Journey and the Garrett Wreck[196]
XXI. “Ah, Brother Oldhame, is it Thou!”[208]
XXII. The Moonlight and the Dawn[223]
XXIII. “Lorea Standish is my Name”[233]
XXIV. Avery’s Fall and Thacher’s Woe[240]
XXV. Jephthah’s Daughter[251]
XXVI. Gillian[265]
XXVII. Donna Maria de los Dolores[275]
XXVIII. A Salt-Fish Dinner[286]
XXIX. Too Late! Too Late![295]
XXX. Peeping Tom and his Brother[304]
XXXI. Jenney’s Mill by Moonlight[315]
XXXII. Robed in White Samite[326]
XXXIII. A Bold Buccaneer[341]
XXXIV. The Hilt of a Rapier[356]
XXXV. Canary Wine and Seed-Cake[363]
XXXVI. Betty beards the Lion[372]
XXXVII. “Mary Standish, my dear Daughter-in-Law”[379]

BETTY ALDEN.

CHAPTER I.

A WHISPER IN THE EAR.

“Tell him yourself, Pris.”

“No, no, Bab, I know too much for that! These men love not to be taught by a woman, although, if all were known, full many a whisper in the bedchamber comes out next day at the council board, and one grave master says to another, ‘Now look you, tell it not to the women lest they blab it!’ never mistrusting in his owl-head that a woman set the whole matter afloat.”