. La romantica atmosfera della vecchia New England chiese. dal cancelletto (incui caso lei sarebbe stata una dearbargain), non aveva la minima idea. E ora, detto onesto John Hull finoal servi, portare quella casella di qua. 105 OLD XEW EXGLAXD chiese la casella a cui il mintmasterpointed era un enorme piazza ferro-boundoaken torace; . . I servi tuggedwith potrebbe e principale, ma non poteva liftthis enorme ricettacolo, e w^ere finallyobliged a trascinarlo lungo tutto il pavimento. Cap-tain Hull ha poi preso una chiave dal suo corpino,sbloccato il petto e sollevato il suo meditare-unità organizzative coperchio. Ecco ! Era al completo per il brillante brimof pine-t

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. The romance of old New England churches. by the pound (inwhich case she would have been a dearbargain), she had not the least idea. And now, said honest John Hull tothe servants, bring that box hither. 105 OLD XEW EXGLAXD CHURCHES The box to which the mintmasterpointed was a huge square iron-boundoaken chest; . . The servants tuggedwith might and main, but could not liftthis enormous receptacle, and w^ere finallyobliged to drag it across the floor. Cap-tain Hull then took a key from his girdle, unlocked the chest, and lifted its ponder-ous lid. Behold ! it was full to the brimof bright pine-tree shillings fresh fromthe mint; . . Then the servants, at Cap-tain Hulls command, heaped double hand-fuls of shillings into one side of the scaleswhile Betsy remained in the other. There, son Sewall! cried the honestmintmaster, when the weights balanced, take those shillings for my daughtersportion. Use her kindly and thank Heavenfor her. It is not every wife that is worthher weight in silver. Well might Father Hull give to young106. STAIUCASE IX fOVKNTRY HALL, YORK, ME. I OLD N^EW EXGLAXD CHURCHES Sewall this fortune in pine-tree silver.For the youth was one of the most promis-ing in all the colony, and at Harvard, asin the life of Boston Town, had alreadymade a bit of a name for himself. He came, too, of stock wont to succeed in life. Hisfamily were distinguished Coventry folk, and father and son of them had for genera-tions been mayors of the quaint and beau-tiful city. Coventry Hall, still standing atYork, Maine, is modelled after the oldhome in England. Samuel Sewall himselfhad been born in Bishopstoke, England, but had early come to this coimtry withhis parents, and had been brought up inNewbury. In due time he went to thecollege at Cambridge, and from that in-stitution he received his bachelors degreein 1667. In a letter written to his sonwhen Joseph was a grown man SamuelSewall speaks thus of his college com- 107, OLD XEW EXGLAXD CHURCHES mencement: In 1674 I took my sec

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• bookauthorcrawford
• bookcentury1900
• bookdecade1900
• bookyear1903