. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . ashion, with the places wherewindows of glass should have been, covered with oiledpaper, and doors that were so cumbersome and heavyit was a real task for Susan and me to open and closethem, but yet they had a homely look. Then there were what might be called sheds, madeof logs, or the bark of trees, and, in two cases, dwellingsof branches laid up loosely as a child would build a toycamp. It was as if each man had built according to his in-clination and willingness to labor, the more thriftyhaving log dwellings, and the indolent ones
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . ashion, with the places wherewindows of glass should have been, covered with oiledpaper, and doors that were so cumbersome and heavyit was a real task for Susan and me to open and closethem, but yet they had a homely look. Then there were what might be called sheds, madeof logs, or the bark of trees, and, in two cases, dwellingsof branches laid up loosely as a child would build a toycamp. It was as if each man had built according to his in-clination and willingness to labor, the more thriftyhaving log dwellings, and the indolent ones rude huts. Even Susan and I could understand that whosoever RUTH OF BOSTON had decided upon the places where these homes should bebuilt, had in mind the making of a large town; for paths,like unto streets, led here and there, while all aroundgrew trees, not thickly, to be sure, but yet in suchabundance as to show that all this had lately been awilderness. Even in these streets had been left the stumps oftrees after the trunks were removed, which served to. give an untidy look to the whole, making it seem as ifone were in a place where had been built shelters onlyfor a little time, andwhich would shortly be abandoned. The welcome which was given us, however, was evenwarmer than we would have received at home in Eng-land, and little wonder that these gentlefolk whom wehad known there, should be overjoyed to see us here. Both Susan and I came to understand, not many MAKING COMPARSIONS 25 months afterward, how great can be the pleasure onehas at seeing old friends whom he had feared neverto meet again in this world. It was a veritable feast which these good people ofSalem set before us, and yet so strange was the cookery,that I am minded to describe later some of the dishesat risk of dwelling overly long upon matters of no im-portance. MAKING COMPARISONS Master Winthrop said, when we were going on boardthe ship again, that although it was nothing but peas,pudding, and fish, quite c
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