. The women of the Mayflower and women of Plymouth colony. Dorothywas not with the cluster of women and girls whocrowded so eagerly at the ships rail to catch firstglimpse of their men as the discoverers men had lately seen and touched a rock, forthem a stepping-stone, that day of exploration, tosolid ground — they saw it not as the gateway of amighty nation; a rock which had wandered to thatplace from far away; a traveller, a pilgrim who had and Women of Plymouth Colony 81 waited long to welcome these pilgrims. They re-turned now to the rock of their community, WilliamBrewster,
. The women of the Mayflower and women of Plymouth colony. Dorothywas not with the cluster of women and girls whocrowded so eagerly at the ships rail to catch firstglimpse of their men as the discoverers men had lately seen and touched a rock, forthem a stepping-stone, that day of exploration, tosolid ground — they saw it not as the gateway of amighty nation; a rock which had wandered to thatplace from far away; a traveller, a pilgrim who had and Women of Plymouth Colony 81 waited long to welcome these pilgrims. They re-turned now to the rock of their community, WilliamBrewster, keystone of the arch of their high aspira-tions, molder and guardian of the firm principlesthat other rock so fitly typified. One more storm and struggle for the Mayfloweron weighing anchor again, one more disappointingreturn to a harbor which she desired to leave, butafter all a calm days sail across the bay and restin that quiet harbor guarded by the lonely work nobly performed, her name immortal, shehad reached the goal. THE FIRST mn ?? mn ?? mm ?? rrm THE FIRST STREET. The first street of Plymouth, the first street ofNew England, was in the making. From the decksof the Mayflower the women looked longingly towardthe land, whither the men went daily, hearing thesounds of hammering and sawing which came acrossthe harbor, for as yet none of them had been per-mitted to go ashore in these new surroundings. Thehill which arose at the waters edge, behind therock, was snow-crowned; around and beside it apath had been cut and worn by the men as they wentto the work of making houses for their families. By the maps and charts of the company, it wasfound that this situation, which they had all ap-proved for their permanent residence, was the placevisited and named by an earlier explorer of whomthey had heard, and some had seen, Captain JohnSmith. The appellation he gave to it suited themwell — Plymouth; if they had had the selection of aname as well as the site fo
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