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.

  1. The Battle of the Tubs[1]
  2. The Launch of the Pinnace[19]
  3. The Sword of Standish[27]
  4. The Lilies of France[41]
  5. An Awful Danger[54]
  6. The First Encounter[63]
  7. Clarke's Island[73]
  8. Burying Hill[86]
  9. Rose[94]
  10. A Terrible Night[104]
  11. The Colonists of Cole's Hill[115]
  12. The Headless Arrow[134]
  13. The Captain's Promotion[141]
  14. Second Marriages[151]
  15. Samoset[164]
  16. Priscilla Molines' Letter[176]
  17. An International Treaty[184]
  18. The Last Link Broken[197]
  19. Sowed and Reaped in One Day[205]
  20. Funeral-baked Meats and Marriage Feasts[213]
  21. An Affair of Honor[224]
  22. The Captain's Pipe[236]
  23. "Speak for Yourself, John!"[243]
  24. The Mysterious Grave[253]
  25. A Little Discipline[266]
  26. The First Thanksgiving Day of New England[276]
  27. A Love Philtre[288]
  28. Philip De La Noye[296]
  29. Keeping Christmas[311]
  30. A Soldier's Instinct[319]
  31. A Pot of Broth[343]
  32. The Sunset Gun[351]
  33. Pecksuot's Knife[356]
  34. The Wolf at the Door[370]
  35. The Brides' Ship[376]
  36. Marriage Bells[385]
  37. "And to be Wroth with one we Love!"[395]
  38. Barbara[406]
  39. A Military Wedding[416]
  40. "Parting is such Sweet Sorrow!"[420]