The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-11-23
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her father but her mother and brother as well,
died, and she was left alone orphaned and friend
less in a strange new world. Her plight seems
to have aroused the sympathy of the entire col
cny. The women adopted her en- masse, and as
her beauty was as evident as her goodness, all
the young men In the colony would have liked to
have done the same thing.
Meantime the Mayhower was returning to Eng
land. Alden, crushed disappointed, not daring for
loyalty to his angry friend to push his suit with
Priscilla, planned to return to the old home for
sakng forever the Plymouth colony He threw
together his scanty belongings and went to the
shore where the Mayhower waited, strainlng her
anchors. A crowd had gathered there, and as
Alden was about to step on the gunwale Of the
boat which would take him out to the waiting ves-
sci, he saw amid the solemn faces Of the Pilgrims
the tear-stalned countenance Of Priscilla Mullins.
Reproach grief and unutterable longing were
in her eyes He gazed long into them across the
distance between them, then jumped back on
shore "Here | remain" he vowed raising his
hand to heaven. SO under the providence of God
It happened that not one went back in the May
flower and the colony was intact, save for the raw
ages made by death.
When a woman Is as determined as was Prls-
ella to wed the man Of her choice mere man hath
little, indeed to do with 1t. Thus 1t happened that
before he knew it John Alden was safely be-
trothed to Priscilla and the wedding day was set.
Finally, the best day arrived and the Pilgrims
were gathered in the meeting house for the we'd
ding ceremony. Miles Standlsh had left town
some weeks before on another Indian expedition.
After the wedding sermon, according to the good
ly custom Of the day. had been heard, form APP
peared on the threshold Of the church, clad In
armor Behind him pressed his "invlncibe army"
now reduced to eight. 1t was Capt Miles Stan
DISH returned from the wars TO find the lady he
loved the bride Of another
Dead silence fell over the church. Priscilla
glanced archly AT her erstwhile lover from the
shelter Of her husbands strong right arm. With
one stride Stnndsh came to their side. He put
out his hand to the bridegroom and said, Let
us be friends again" John Aden's face was agow
as he gladly grasped the hand Of his old friend.
Turning TO Priscilla Standlsh bowed low and said
simply. ~ should have remembered the adage, IF
YOU would be yell served you must serve your
self and moreover, no man can gather cherries
in Kent at the season of Christmas" Priscilla
laughed and flushed.
1t was not long however, before John Alden
and his reconced friend went to DuXbury, Mass.
and started a settlement there. The bruised heart
of Miles Stnndish had been healed by the soft
fingers of certain Barbara, one OF the passengers
on the serond coming of the Mayfower She be-
came the second Mrs Miles Standish and In amity
and affection the two families lived side by side
in Duxbury, Priscilla became the mother OF
eleven children. Thus this Pilgrim romance, Ike
the story book tale ends aptly with the old phrase
"And they lived happily ever arter