Funeral-baked Meats and Marriage Feasts 213
XXI. An Affair of Honor 224
XXII. The Captain's Pipe 236
XXIII. "Speak for Yourself, John!" 243
XXIV. The Mysterious Grave 253
XXV. A Little Discipline 266
XXVI. The First Thanksgiving Day of New England 276
XXVII. A Love Philtre 288
XXVIII. Philip De La Noye 296
XXIX. Keeping Christmas 311
XXX. A Soldier's Instinct 319
XXXI. A Pot of Broth 343
XXXII. The Sunset Gun 351
XXXIII. Pecksuot's Knife 356
XXXIV. The Wolf at the Door 370
XXXV. The Brides' Ship 376
XXXVI. Marriage Bells 385
XXXVII. "And to be Wroth with one we Love!" 395
XXXVIII. Barbara 406
XXXIX. A Military Wedding 416
XL. "Parting is such Sweet Sorrow!" 420

STANDISH OF STANDISH.

CHAPTER I.

THE BATTLE OF THE TUBS.

It was Monday morning.

It was also the twenty-third day of November in the year of our Lord
1620; but this latter fact was either unknown or matter of profound
indifference to the two-and-twenty women who stood ready to make the day
memorable in the world's history, while the fact of Monday was to them
one of paramount importance.

Do you ask why this was thus?

The answer is duplex: first, the two-and-twenty women were not aware of
their own importance, nor could guess that History would ever concern
herself with the date of their present undertaking; and second, for a
reason whose roots are prehistoric, for they spring from the
unfathomable depths of the feminine soul wherein abides inherently the
love of purity, of order, and of tradition. Yes, in two hundred and
seventy years the face of Nature, of empires, and of peoples has changed
almost beyond recognition in this our New World; but the grand law at
whose practical establishment in the New World we now assist, abides
to-day:--

Monday is Washing Day.

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