The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-18

and be put in the way of caring a de
cent livelihood so being turned off by
frowning Virtue, I cen returned t.
smiling Vice, and danced to the deV
il's piping until had no longer a groar
to pay the piper; since when have
Lived l know not how, save that
have never begged or stolen, or done
aught of which / need to be ashamed
For this week past / have watched
your vessel there at anchor, and won.
deIed if any chance it might BETA
that those adventures would receive
among them an adventurer desperate
as myself; but have no money, and
no recommendation; and now that
the SpeedIOeU is condemned, and hel
passengers crowded upon the May.
fOoOer, 1 should never dare to ask tC
be taken"
''I said, Dame Carver, that he fain
would go, murmured Elizabeth Tile
and John Rowland turned his hollow
hungry eyes upon her for the first
time.
"Said you so, mistress ?n asked he
kindly; and the girl, blushing scarlet
murmured assent; while the elder
lady slowly said:
'Of truth, we are crowded over
much, but it seems a question saving
a man body and soul, and-Ah here
is my husband Elizabeth, take Roger
and walk down the pier, and Master
Rowland may accompany you if be
will, while speak to Master Carver. +"
And arising, with a delicate flush
upon her cheek, Katherine Carver
went to meet her husband, who re-
ceived her wonderingly, and listened
to her story, at first with some dis
trust, but finally with grave sympa-
thy.
"And, John, if you would take him
for your servant, and bear his charges
until we come to Virginia, he will re-
pay you amply with his service.
am sure of it," said the young wife, in
conclusion, and so earnestly that Car
yer smiled.
"Why, dame, if he was thy brother
thou cOuldst not plead more earnest
| ly," said he. "HOw can you be so sure
of stranger all at once ?"
~ know not, but / am; and 7 have
set my heart on snatching this goodly
brand from the burning; and you will
not refuse me your aid, goodman ?''
replied the wife, with sOsubtle a smile
that it was reflected upOn the grave
face of the Puritan as he replied;
"Why, no, Kate, will not refuse
thee; for thou are such a shrew that
indeed / dare not"
''That is well, and as it should be, %
replied Mistress Carver, merrily; and
now call John Rowland and settle
matters with him, while speak with
Elizabeth Tillie."
And so it fell out that when, in the
course of the next day, Captain Jones
was prevailed upon to set sail from
Plymouth in England toward what
was to be the Plymouth of New Eng.
land, John Rowland was enrolled
among the passengers of the MdgfoIU-
or as servant to Mr.. John Carver"
II.
The annals of the voyage have de-
scended to us; and simple and uncon-
scious as they are, every page is filled
with such story of sublime faith,
heroic endurance, and indomitable
resolution as ever in the worlds his
tory has been eXcelled, and is only
evualed by the inspired voyage OF
Columbus toward these same shores.
In the story of the Mayfiower's
winter passage occurs one mention OF
our hero not to be omitted here:
'In sundrie of these storms the
winds were so feirce and We seas so
high as they could not bear knote OF
sale, but were forced to lie at hull for
divorce days together. And in one OF
them, as they thus lay at hull in a
mighty storm, lustie young man
called John Rowland, coming upon
some occasion above the gratings, was
with a lurch of We ship throwne into
We sea; but it pleased God vt hecaught
hold of We tope-saile halliards which
hunge Overboarde and ran out at
lengthe; yet he held his houlde,
though he was sundrie fadOmes under
water, till he was hauled up by We same
rope to We BRINE of We water, and then
with a bOate-hOOk and other meanes
got into We ship againe, and his life
saved; and though he was something
i'll with it, yet he lived many years
after, and became profitable member
both in church and commemorative. ~
Before the Pilgrims landed on the
famous rock, now become the Mecca
Vi NllG NCm w OllAAf -AeiolCl JOnll
Carver was formally chosen Governor
of the colony about to be founded, and
accepted the office in the primitive
spirit which ordained that he who
would rule shOuld-also serve, and that
the chief among people should be he
who labored most anXiously and un-
tiringly for its good. No man, accord
ingly, wrought more labOriOusly than
the new-made Governor at the ard
uous tasks of unloading the ship,
landing the passengers and their eff
fects, telling trees, hewing timber,
and building first the common-hOuse,
to serve as temporary refuge for those
who first landed, and then smaller
| cabins for the accommodation of sep.
arate families. When these families
were small, it was adiudged that they
should receive the addition of the two
or three of the single men, of whom
there was quite a number, and in this
manner the hundred and one persons
comprising the colony were divided
1 into nineteen households. The Gov
ernor, partly out of Difference to his
position, partly because his family
already numbered eight, viz, himself
his vile, Desire MlnIer, ana anOJnel
maid-servant, John Rowland, Roger
/ Wilder, a servant lad named William
and little adopted boy named Jasper
/ More, was allowed to occupy his cabin
alone; and it was hardly completed
| before if began to assume a certain ali
of refinement and delicate care hardly
to be accounted for by the few articles
of handsome furniture John Carver
had indulged his wife by saving from
the wreck of their household plenish
ing in Leyden. Chief among thes'
nlelt5les was a great armchair, richly
carved and quantity fashioned, which
may still be seen preserved in th'
Pilgrim Hall of Plymouth, Massachu
sets, where still is venerated the
memory of this her earliest Governol
and faithful servant.
But it was not the chair, the table