. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . ave in his country those AN UNCOMFORTABLE NIGHT AND MORNING 147 who cannot buy the land on which they settle; first,because of his needing the money which would thus bepaid, and, secondly, because of its being for the benefitof all Pennsylvania that the people who come here haveas much of this worlds goods as will prevent their beinga charge upon others, in case of sickness or accident. AN UNCOMFORTABLE NIGHT AND MORNING Because of its being so near to the setting of thesun, when we arrived off New Castle, the governordecided he would not t
. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . ave in his country those AN UNCOMFORTABLE NIGHT AND MORNING 147 who cannot buy the land on which they settle; first,because of his needing the money which would thus bepaid, and, secondly, because of its being for the benefitof all Pennsylvania that the people who come here haveas much of this worlds goods as will prevent their beinga charge upon others, in case of sickness or accident. AN UNCOMFORTABLE NIGHT AND MORNING Because of its being so near to the setting of thesun, when we arrived off New Castle, the governordecided he would not take his following ashore untilmorning; but he, with twoBothers, went into the fortto sleep, while the rest ofus lay in the ship, as bestwe might, for there werenot bunks enough in allthe vessel to give each of us and the seamen a and I lay on thefloor of the cabin, near thestairs which led to thedeck, with our doubletsrolled up to serve as pil-lows; and each time anyone of the company went outor came in, which was often, we were forced to. 148 STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA rise to our feet, otherwise we might have beentrampled on. Right glad were we when morning came, and thenall was bustle and confusion, for the governor hadsent word on board that there must be no delay inmaking ready for the march. When we were come to the shore, Governor Pennand his friends were already in the saddle awaitingus with no little of impatience. The carts, in whichwas the baggage, had been sent on ahead some timebefore, and we were no more than out of the smallboats when the line of march was taken up. When the governors orders were sent to us to makeready to come on shore, the cook of the ship had not yetprepared anything for the morning meal, therefore wewere forced to break our fast with cold pickled beefand such fragments of bread as could be gathered in ahurry. I am not one who thinks of his stomach beforeanything else, yet I am free to confess that I was notwell content in mind to begi
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