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And yet  who can doubt that as they gaze out upon the familiar sails  the last banner between themselves and their ancestral home, and as they see them sailing out and out until they sink below the verge of sea and sky, the tears "rise in the heart and gather to the eyes" in "thinking of the days that are no more." AND YET WHO CAN DOUBT THAT AS THEY GAZE OUT UPON THE FAMILIAR SAILS THE LAST BANNER BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND THEIR ANCESTRAL HOME AND AS THEY SEE THEM SAILING OUT AND OUT UNTIL THEY SINK BELOW THE VERGE OF SEA AND SKY THE TEARS RISE IN THE HEART AND GATHER TO THE EYES IN THINKING OF THE DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE
nd loss has passed; of the hundred souls which left England the autumn previously more than a half have died. The Mayflower which brought them all over, and which has remained in the harbor all winter, is now, having made repairs and taking advantage of the more clement weather, trimming her sails for the thirty-one days' return voyage to England. They may return with her, if they wish, any or all of the sturdy little band; they may leave the small, smoky log cabins; the scanty fare of corn and fish; the harassing fear of the Indians; they may leave the privations, the cramped quarters, and return to civilized life--to friends and relatives, to blooming English hedgerows and orderly English churches. But no one--no, not a single one returns! They have thrown in their lot with the new country--the new life. Their nearest civilized neighbors are the French of Nova Scotia, five hundred miles to the north, and the English of Virginia five hundred miles to the south. But they are undaunted. S THE FIFTH OF APRIL THE WINTER OF TERRIFYING SICKNESS AND LOSS HAS PASSED OF THE HUNDRED SOULS WHICH LEFT ENGLAND THE AUTUMN PREVIOUSLY MORE THAN HALF HAVE DIED THE MAYFLOWER WHICH BROUGHT THEM ALL OVER AND WHICH HAS REMAINED IN THE HARBOR ALL WINTER IS NOW HAVING MADE REPAIRS AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE MORE CLEMENT WEATHER TRIMMING HER SAILS FOR THE THIRTY ONE DAY'S RETURN VOYAGE TO ENGLAND THEY MAY RETURN WITH HER IF THEY WISH ANY OR ALL OF THE STURDY LITTLE BAND THEY MAY LEAVE THE SMALL SMOKY LOG CABINS THE SCANTY FARE OF CORN AND FISH THE HARASSING FEAR OF THE INDIANS THEY MAY LEAVE THE PRIVATIONS THE CRAMPED QUARTERS AND RETURN TO CIVILIZED LIFE TWO BLOOMING ENGLISH HEDGEROWS AND ORDERLY ENGLISH CHURCHES BUT NO ONE NO NOT A SINGLE ONE RETURNS THEY HAVE THROWN IN THEIR LOT WITH THE NEW COUNTRY THE NEW LIFE THEIR NEAREST CIVILIZED NEIGHBORS ARE THE FRENCH OF NOVA SCOTIA FIVE HUNDRED MILES TO THE NORTH AND THE ENGLISH OF VIRGINIA FI HUNDRED MILES TO THE SOUTH BUT THEY ARE UNDAUNTED
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