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Let us, if we can, for the space of half an hour or so, imagine that we are standing beside this Pilgrim man and maid, on the day on which Mr. Boughton portrayed them. Instead of 1920 it is 1621. It is the 5th of April: the winter of terrifying sicknesses and loss has passed; of the hundred souls which left England the autumn previously more than a half have died. LET US IF WE CAN FOR THE SPACE OF HALF AN HOUR OR SO IMAGINE THAT WE ARE STANDING BESIDE THIS PILGRIM MAN AND MAID ON THE DAY ON WHICH MISTER BOWEN PORTRAYED THEM INSTEAD OF NINETEEN TWENTY IT IS SIXTEEN TWENTY ONE IT IS 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
lso have brought sufficient washboards, soap, and flatirons to have kept the charming costumes so immaculate is a mystery which will probably never be solved--especially since the number of relics appears to increase instead of diminish with the passage of time. However, that is a mere trifle. Mr. Boughton, in catching this touching and dramatic moment in the history of the Plymouth Colony, has rendered a graphic service to us all, and if we could stand upon the little plateau on which this man and maid are standing, and could look out with them--we should see--what should we see? We may, indeed, stand upon the little plateau--possibly it is no other than the base of Cole's Hill, that pathetic spot on which the dead were buried those first sad months, the ground above being leveled and planted with corn lest the Indians should count the number of the lost--and look out upon that selfsame harbor, but the sight which meets our eyes will be a very different one from that which met theirs. IRST VOYAGE COULD ALSO HAVE BROUGHT SUFFICIENT WASH BOARDS SOAP AND FLATIRONS TO HAVE KEPT THE CHARMING COSTUME SO IMMACULATE IS A MYSTERY WHICH WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE SOLVED ESPECIALLY SINCE THE NUMBER OF RELICS APPEARS TO INCREASE INSTEAD OF DIMINISH WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME HOWEVER THAT IS A MERE TRIFLE MISTER BOWTEN IN CATCHING THIS TOUCHING AND DRAMATIC MOMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE PLYMOUTH COLONY HAS RENDERED A GRAPHIC SERVICE TO US ALL AND IF WE COULD STAND UPON THE LITTLE PLATEAU ON WHICH THIS MAN AND MAID ARE STANDING AND COULD LOOK OUT WITH THEM WE SHOULD SEE WHAT SHOULD WE SEE WE MAY INDEED STAND UPON THE LITTLE PLATEAU POSSIBLY IT IS NO OTHER THAN THE BASE OF COLES HILL THAT PATHETIC SPOT ON WHICH THE DEAD WERE BURIED THOSE FIRST SAD MONTHS THE GROUND ABOVE BEING LEVELED AND PLANTED WITH CORN LEST THE INDIANS SHOULD COUNT THE NUMBER OF THE LOST AND LOOK OUT UPON THAT SELF SAME HARBOUR BUT THE SIGHT WHICH MEETS OUR EYES WILL BE A VERY DIFFERENT ONE FROM THAT WHICH MET THEIRS
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