. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . \1 REJOICING TURNED INTO MOURNING 37 look after on this day, that hecould not spend many momentsin talking with his son, andmayhap he will nevercease to regret that hedid not give his first at-tention to the boy, for,during the afternoon,while his father was en-gaged with public affairs,Henry was moved bycuriosity to visit someIndian wigwams whichcould be seen a long dis-tance along the coast. Not being of the mind to walk so far, he cast aboutfor a boat of some kind, and, seeing a canoe across thecreek, plunged into- the water to swi
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . \1 REJOICING TURNED INTO MOURNING 37 look after on this day, that hecould not spend many momentsin talking with his son, andmayhap he will nevercease to regret that hedid not give his first at-tention to the boy, for,during the afternoon,while his father was en-gaged with public affairs,Henry was moved bycuriosity to visit someIndian wigwams whichcould be seen a long dis-tance along the coast. Not being of the mind to walk so far, he cast aboutfor a boat of some kind, and, seeing a canoe across thecreek, plunged into- the water to swim over that hemight get it. Susan and I were watching the brave young manwhen he sprang so boldly and confidently into the water,never dreaming that harm might come to him, andyet before he was one quarter way across the creek,he suddenly flung up his arms with a stifled he sank from our sight, to be seen no morealive. He had been seized with a cramp, while swimming most-. is, > - WHF 38 RUTH OF BOSTON like because of having gone into the cold water heated,so my father said, for the day was very warm;but however that may be, eight and forty hours laterwe walked, a mournful procession, up the hill, even aswTe had done behind the earthly clay of Lady Arabella,while the bells of the ships in the harbor tolled mostdismally. Verily Governor Winthrops strength is in the Lord,as my mother said, for although his heart must havebeen near to bursting with grief, no one saw a sign ofsorrow on his face, so set and stern, as he stood therelistening to the clods of earth that were thrown uponthe box in which lay the body of his son. Susan, who is overly given to superstition, I am afraid,declared that it was an ill omen for us to have twodie when we had but just come into the new country,and when I told her that it was wicked to place onesfaith in signs, she reminded me that I found faultbecause of Mistress Whites babys being taken out ofthe room for the first tim
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