. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . would we have opportunity to grow homesick, formuch as we are growing to like this New World, therewill come now and then thoughts of the homes we leftin England, and ones heart falls sad at realizing that,perhaps, never again will we see those whom we leftbehind when the Arabella sailed out of Southampton. LAUNCHING THE SHIP It is not well that I let my mind go back into the should think only of the future, and of what we aredoing here in Boston, the most important of which justnow is the launching of our ship. She is Avhat sa
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . would we have opportunity to grow homesick, formuch as we are growing to like this New World, therewill come now and then thoughts of the homes we leftin England, and ones heart falls sad at realizing that,perhaps, never again will we see those whom we leftbehind when the Arabella sailed out of Southampton. LAUNCHING THE SHIP It is not well that I let my mind go back into the should think only of the future, and of what we aredoing here in Boston, the most important of which justnow is the launching of our ship. She is Avhat sailors call bark rigged, which is thesame as saying that she has three masts; but yet not asmuch of rigging as a ship. Her name, painted on the stern, is Blessing of the Bay,and there is hardly any need for me to say that everyman, woman, and child in the town stood near at handto see her as she slipped down the well greased waysinto the river, where she rode as gracefully as a swan. I have already said that when the Lyon came in, at LAUNCHING THE SHIP 89. the time of the famine, she appeared the most beautifulvessel I had ever seen, and next to her comes the Bless-ing of the Bay. As Governor Winthrop said in theshort lecture he gave us before launching, she wasBoston made, of Boston timber, and would be sailedby Boston sailors, so that when she goes out across theocean, people shall know that there are Englishmenfar overseas who are striving, with Gods help, to makea country which shall one day stand equal with theEngland we have left forever. It is while speaking of the launching that I am re-minded of a very comical mishap to Master Winthrop,and I may set it down without disrespect to him, for he 9o RUTH OF BOSTON is pleased to join in the mirth whenever it is spoken ofas something to cause laughter. MASTER WINTHROPS MISHAP It seems that the wolves had been worrying some ofthe goats that Master Winthrop brought over to thiscountry with him, and on a certain day, after supper,
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