There was a Maid of Plymouth, Constance Hopkins, who came in the Mayflower, with her father Stephen; her stepmother, Eliza; her brother, Giles, and her little half-sister and brother, Damaris and Oceanus, and to whom the Anne, in 1623, brought her husband, Honourable Nicholas Snowe, afterward one of the founders of Eastham, Massachusetts.
Undoubtedly the real Constance Hopkins was sweeter than the story can make her, as a living girl must be sweeter than one created of paper and ink. Yet it is hoped that this Plymouth Maid, Constance, of the story, may also find friends.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| [I.] | With England's Shores Left Far Astern | 3 |
| [II.] | To Buffet Waves and Ride on Storms | 15 |
| [III.] | Weary Waiting at the Gates | 31 |
| [IV.] | The First Yuletide | 45 |
| [V.] | The New Year in the New Land | 61 |
| [VI.] | Stout Hearts and Sad Ones | 76 |
| [VII.] | The Persuasive Power of Justice and Violence | 90 |
| [VIII.] | Deep Love, Deep Wound | 104 |
| [IX.] | Seedtime of the First Spring | 119 |
| [X.] | Treaties | 133 |
| [XI.] | A Home Begun and a Home Undone | 150 |
| [XII.] | The Lost Lads | 166 |
| [XIII.] | Sundry Herbs and Simples | 183 |
| [XIV.] | Light-Minded Man, Heavy-Hearted Master | 199 |
| [XV.] | The "Fortune" That Sailed, First West, then East | 216 |
| [XVI.] | A Gallant Lad Withal | 234 |
| [XVII.] | The Well-Conned Lesson | 251 |
| [XVIII.] | Christmas Wins, Though Outlawed | 267 |
| [XIX.] | A Fault Confessed, Thereby Redressed | 284 |
| [XX.] | The Third Summer's Garnered Yield | 302 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| "Constance opened the door, stepping back to let the bride precede her" | [Frontispiece] |
| (See page 157) | |
| FACING PAGE | |
| "'Constantia; confess, confess—and do not try to shield thy wicked brother'" | [52] |
| "'Look there,' said John Alden" | [116] |
| "'You look splendid, my Knight of the Wilderness'" | [244] |
A PILGRIM MAID
A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620