. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . Governors disappearance, andduring the whole of the night no less than twenty hadwalked to and fro in the forest hunting for him; but byan unkind chance never going in the direction of thishut. When Master Winthrop made his appearance,it had just been decided that a hue and cry should beraised, and all the men in Boston be called to aid in thesearch. • NEW ARRIVALS It was during this summer, when Captain Piercebrought the Lyon to us for the third time, that MistressWinthrop, the Governors wife came over. John Eliot, the preacher, was
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . Governors disappearance, andduring the whole of the night no less than twenty hadwalked to and fro in the forest hunting for him; but byan unkind chance never going in the direction of thishut. When Master Winthrop made his appearance,it had just been decided that a hue and cry should beraised, and all the men in Boston be called to aid in thesearch. • NEW ARRIVALS It was during this summer, when Captain Piercebrought the Lyon to us for the third time, that MistressWinthrop, the Governors wife came over. John Eliot, the preacher, was also one of the pas-sengers, and they had even a longer voyage than hadwe in the Arabella. NEW ARRIVALS 93 The Lyon left Southampton about the middle ofAugust, and did not arrive here until the fourth ofNovember, when she came to anchor off Nantasket. Then indeed did we have a week of rejoicing, sharingin the Governors gladness that his family was with himonce more. All those who could get boats to conveythem, went down off Nantasket, and when Mistress. Winthrop stepped ashore at the foot of our cove, shewas honored by volleys from all the firearms in thetown. During three days that followed, it was as if thepeople believed Master Winthrop and his loved oneswere in danger of starvation, for, from the highest tothe lowest in the town, each brought some gift of food, 94 RUTH OF BOSTON such as fat hogs, goats, deer meat, geese, partridges,-in fact, anything that could be eaten, save clams, fish,and lobsters, of which we had already more than plentyenough to dull ones appetite for such eating. Those who read what I have here set down, mav m> charge me with speaking overly much concerning whatwe had to eat, and yet I question whether any of ourcompany who passed through the famine of the yearof 1630, and the pinching times of 1631 and 1632,could do otherwise than dwell upon our store of food. ANOTHER FAMINE Now, if you please, I will set down at once that whichis in my mind con
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