. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . PLYMOUTH ROCK AS IT LOOKS TO-DAY. 34 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS and rock-bound coast, eh ? Why, the only rock they can show here is tlicRock — and that you say was a pilgrim from Labrador, Uncle Tom. Peopleought to know what they write about. Well, Mrs. Hemanss intention was excellent, even if her facts were atfault, said Uncle Tom; and the breaking waves will continue to dashhigh so long as spirited and noble verse strikes deep into the hearts ofmen. We ve about finished Plymouth. N
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . PLYMOUTH ROCK AS IT LOOKS TO-DAY. 34 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS and rock-bound coast, eh ? Why, the only rock they can show here is tlicRock — and that you say was a pilgrim from Labrador, Uncle Tom. Peopleought to know what they write about. Well, Mrs. Hemanss intention was excellent, even if her facts were atfault, said Uncle Tom; and the breaking waves will continue to dashhigh so long as spirited and noble verse strikes deep into the hearts ofmen. We ve about finished Plymouth. Now, I in going to take youback to Boston by a new PLYMOUTH AND PLYMOUTH HARBOR FROM BURIAL HILL. Uncle Tom always had a new way. Hes better than Columbus for discovering things, the boys and girlsdeclared, and they were not surprised, therefore when, leaving famous oldPlymouth behind, he said, all out for Duxbury ! as the train slowed up ata neat little station ten miles nearer Boston. They found a barge awaiting them — not a boat, you understand, likeCleopatras famous float, but a long and roomy two-horse wagon, open atthe sides — just the thing for a jolly party of sight-seers. They drove in sight of the sea, with the Gurnet light gleaming white in theforeground, and the storied course of the Mayflozvcr lying before them,sparkling in the sun. They looked with proper pride upon the old Standishhouse, on the site of the one in which the valiant captain of Plymouth madehis home; then they panted their way up the steep slope to the crest of IN THE OLD COLONY 35
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