Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-02
MONDAY MORNING, MARCH Q. 1874.

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American |
"Do? why, raise governors for them," was
the instant, laughing answer.
What could have induced the girl to have |
left home and friends with no better cefned
purpose than indicated by thi, reply was mys-
terry.
She did not have the enthusiasm for the new
country needful TO set even all adventurous boy
upon so wild an enterprise as crossing the
thousand miles of sea, to reach cold climate
and an uncultured shore.
Subsequent years, however, furnished pos
sbe explanation Of the mystery. During the
remainder of the voyage there was growing
intimacy between the young man and the light
hearted girl whose beauty attracted and wit
amused him, winning his mind from broodlng
so darkly over his woes.
The vessel from design or sire IS Of weather
made port at York, in Maine.
Here other strange facts were Developed
The girl-wbose name was Margaret Brown--
had no means 10 pay for her passage, and 1t
was necessary that some one should pay for her
or she wolld have TO be lndentui edsold to ser
vice for a sufficient time TO reimburse the per-
son who should advance the passage money.
This was according to law existing and
needfu In those times;au aud through most OF the
colonial period there were many, both of black
and white, held in temporary bondage. 1t was
of course, to be expectei that the young gentle
man who had been 50 much entertained by the
girl during the passage should wish to relieve
her in this difficulty, and there was none else
able or disposed TO render such aid
But the young man was no better off than
the girl, both were penniless. Both were there
fore indentured to service to reimburse Mr..
Novel;, the master Of the vessel; the young
man John being, if we must trust tradition,
bound out to the town Of Hampton, In New
Hampshire, to teach school.
Finding this situation Improbable or unpleas-
ant he applied to Rev. Samuel Moody, of York,
for aid In letter written, tradition says, in sew
en- different languages. Why, he might have
| taken profess0rship at Harvard College, ouly
| for this reason, he had been brought up Ro-
man Catholic. In reply he received from Mr..
Moody loan sufficient to set him free from the
remainder OF his lndenture, and enable him to
| open n school ut Berwick.
| Not long after he redeemed Margaret from
| service, and be seemed from this time to have
adopted the girl az his child. The proceeding
was not considered at all improper, as she was
| now only ten, while he was thirty two
| years ofage.
For eleven years this relation was continued,
Margery living In the house other foster father
while he strove to kindle In her mind the love
of learning, but without any gie4t success. He
must have had a stormy life of it, for Margery
was early and long distinguished for her 'ebulli-
tioDs oftemper."
/ Thus their lives went on, until nicely dres-
sed Young gentleman, passing by, near the
house, observed the Young lady drawing water
| from the schoo-master's well. Admiring her
beauty, he stopped and engaged her in con-
versaton |; and such a passion was at once de-
veoped in his breast that lie then and there
| proposed marriage. Probably she re ferred him
TO her foster-fathel; for the young man imme
dlately proceeded to interview the schoolmaster
about wedding in the family. Very likely the
! young lady had fiirted mischeviously with the
| net no ,.ul,in
believe her fully eQual-from this description
of her from an authentic sourca: "She WAS
somewhat below the IN 'dIle height, remark
BILE In her younger days for beauty and vanity
at all periods Of her life fol talents and energy.
Yet 1t was very proper for her to be thinking
about the selection of a beau, for she was nos
twenty-one years old.
Schoolinaster John, after hearing the plea OF
Margery's suitor sought his foster-daughter IL
the kitchen. | am inclined to the belief that sll,
made some strangely exhiliating confession to
| the pedagogue: for he went back to the wait
ing gallant In high spirits, and showed the
ovor-liasty lover out Of the door with the inti-
nation that further prosecution Of his sui
would be suitably resented.
Yet there was really wedding In that houss
shortly after, in which the handsome Margery
and the young pedagogue were the chief par
ties.
"Young peiagogua exclaims the reade
Aye. young, reply for John Sullivan live,
over sixty one years after this happy event.
HeEe is a description Of his appearance at
much later date:
"a tall, slender, but athletic man, six feet Ii
height, with DARK hair, black eyes, and a hori,
complexion, very erect and well proportioned.
He lived In possession Of his faculties anC
his physical strength to remarkable d gree
till he had reached his hundred and fifth veal
1t is reported that he spoke and wrote bot
Latin aud French huently when even hun
dred, and thi3 Irshmin never drank spirituuu
liquors. Was not schoolmaster sullivan
husband worth having!
Z All their children were of more tina n usus
I ability: one Of them being Gen. John Sullivan
of Revolutionary fame, and afterwards Guve
nor of New Hampshire; an! another James Su
livan, the able lawyer of Woolw ich, and, late
of Biddeford, Who was twice elected Governc
Of Massachusetts, then including Maine, havr
previously occupied several other honorable pos
y tions.
/ SO little Irish Margery was, all unknown
i herself, real prophecies when ON the sea, 81
uttered these strange words to n man in u
: prime of life-whose worldly prospects SCENT
to himself to be utterly destroyed.