. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . er Higginson, was to give a dinnerbecause of her young sons having lived to be christened. A CHRISTENING AXD A DINNER To both these festivals Susan and I were bidden, andit surprised me not a little to see so much of gaiety inthis New \Yorld, where T had supposed every one wentaround in fear and trembling lest the savages shouldcome to take their lives. The christening was attended to first, as a matterof course, and, because of his having so lately arrivedfrom England, Master Winthrop was called upon tospeak to the people, which he d
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . er Higginson, was to give a dinnerbecause of her young sons having lived to be christened. A CHRISTENING AXD A DINNER To both these festivals Susan and I were bidden, andit surprised me not a little to see so much of gaiety inthis New \Yorld, where T had supposed every one wentaround in fear and trembling lest the savages shouldcome to take their lives. The christening was attended to first, as a matterof course, and, because of his having so lately arrivedfrom England, Master Winthrop was called upon tospeak to the people, which he did at great the baby,in stiff dress and mit-tens of linen, with hiscap of cotton waddedthickly with wool,must have been veryuncomfortable on ac-count of the heat, hemade but little outcryduring all this cere-mony, or even whenMaster Hicrdnson oo prayed a very longtime. \Ye were not abovetwo hours in the meetinghouse, and then went to thehome of Mistress White, getting there just as she camedown from the loft with her young son in her 32 RUTH OF BOSTON Mother was quite shocked because of the babyshaving nothing in his hands, and while she is not givento placing undue weight in beliefs which savor ofheathenism, declares that she never knew any goodto come of taking a child up or down in the housewithout having first placed silver or gold between hisfingers. Of course it is not so venturesome to bring a childdown stairs empty-handed; but to take him back forthe first time without something of value in his littlefist, is the same as saying that he will never rise in theworld to the gathering of wealth. The dinner was much enjoyed by both Susan and me,even though the baby, who seemed to be frightenedbecause of seeing so many strange faces, cried a goodlypart of the time. We had wild turkey roasted, and it was as pleasing amorsel as ever I put in my mouth. Then there was ahuge pie of deer meat, with baked and fried fish inabundance, and lobsters so large that t
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