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Pylgrym Cronycles PYLGRYM CRONYCLES ’ m c c Adapted fro original sour es , espe ially Bradford s Histor o P l mou th P lan tation e y f y , and don into dramatic episodes for modem readers PYL GRYM CRONYCLES By FRANCES LOUISE ROGERS ' r E h Hol wood Ht k S chool Teache of nglis , ly g , ’ od alz o Hollywo , C f m za With Illustrations by HAROLD W. M ILES RAND M9NALLY COMPANY CHICAGO NEW YORK Copyr ight . 1923. RAND M‘ENA LLY COMPANY ve in clu din h at of t ran slat ion All righ t s r eser d , g t n u a e in clu din t h e S c an di n avian . in t o foreign l a g g s , g A C G GH S o f t h is l a u n d er w h at e ver T h e TIN RI T p y , ’ d a re fu ll ro e e d b au h o r s a n d t it le perform e , y p t ct y t ’ pub lish ers righ t s a n d c o pyrigh t . 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NT R , F bru ry , T HE T E W THE I S March 22 1621 VII . R ATY ITH I ND AN , , T HE R OP a ow er r 8 1621 . R VIII ETU N THE M yfl , Ap il , un e 18 1621 I! . T R D TI C EC U E S A I ONS AND ONJ T R , J , m e 11 1621 ! . T HE IRS T H S GI IN No ve F T ANK V G , b r , l Dramat ic n ecessit h as a few o f t h e in cid en t s ou t o f act ua t ime order y l , b u t eac h episod e is c lose ly T h e sc h oo l in cid en t is c rea t ed t o s ymbo liz e t h e k in d o f in st r uct ion w hic h t h e Pilgrim fa t h ers an d m o t h ers pr o b ably ga v e t h eir w a Sin ce it is d ou t ful t h a t ri i a ul c hildr en befor e sc h oo ls er e es t blished . b P sc ll M l en s coul d eit er read or w rit e t h e or a in st ru ct ion s sh e is r e r esen t e d as ivin ma b e h . l p g g y c o nsider ed in k ee in . Th e Old S t e d at in i n w ic t h e n ew ea r e an t h e p g yl g , h h y b g m t b e a dd ed w rst of ri 18 u sed . T en d a s us to a r ee it ou r r esen t ca en d r . fi Ap l , y g h p l a PYLGRYM C RON YC LES EPISODE I IN M I D ! OCEAN W ctobe 162 0 I t o main n the O r . n eri r o t he SCENE : O MAYFLO ER , 3 , f h e h It is da rk he oa ossi n th e middle o t n i t . t b t is t n ca bin , i f g , g olen tl the win d is ru shin th rou h th e ri in a n d hi h w aves vi y , g g gg g, g e ks ometimes swirlin do n n to h a e d c s w i t e in s . da sh over th , g c b ailors a re h eard rom with out in excited con usion Voices of s f f . ’ T HE MASTER S VO ICE : Heave ho ! heave ho ! Steady ! Steady ! S : . SAILOR Aye , aye , sir ’ 4 MASTER S VOI CE : All together ! Let her go ! ’ ' ail u on h e deck d [ The sou n d of droppin g s p t . A chil s voice cries ’ h A moth er s h um o o from a ca bin on t he rig t . min g s ng s ot h es it t o quiet ] A CH ILD (from a cabin on th e left) : Mother ! Mother ! ’ S I : m M ISTRE S WH TE Hush , y Resolved , tis Mother n ear thee . ’ ' RE S OLVED : I m afra id . S : Sa MI STRE S WHITE y now thy little prayer . Now I lay me RE S OLVED : Now I lay me down to sleep M ISTRE S S WHITE : I pray the Lord RE S OLVED : I pray the Lord my soul to k eep MI STRE S S WHITE : If I‘ should die S : o k RE OLVED If I should die bef re I wa e , m k . I pray the Lord y soul to ta e Amen . S S S : Now u MI TRE WHITE tho wilt no longer be afraid . So go to sleep . 10 PYLGRYM CRONYCLES [En ter MI STRE S S BREWS TER from the right with a lighted can dle in he carries a cu in her other ha n d a n d crosses t o h er h a n d . S p , The a n dle eveal h a t he e the ca bin of MI STRE S S WHITE . c r s t t r o h e loo are young men sleeping n t f r . ] S S S : a M MI STRE BREW TER Is it well with you , de r istress White ! S S : Yea M Re MI STRE WHITE , istress Brewster , but n o f an d k solved is ill with the tossi g the boat , the blan ets are wet through .
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