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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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 .