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He ran his eyes over a printed list, alphabetically arranged, of directors, promoters, statesmen, capitalists, and others who were in the habit of signing "letters of recommendation" for young men who wanted to do something and begin well up the ladder. There were no Bradfords. Burgess and Blodgett were the only B's, and the General was glad.
See that he don't make as much out of you as he did out of me." Benjamin met the Bradfords, senior and junior, at the dinner table, where they gave him a cordial welcome. "How does Philadelphia compare with Boston?" inquired the senior Bradford of him. "It is smaller, and I can't tell yet whether it is duller or not. When I have been here a week I can tell more about it."
After their arrival they, with John and Mary, began wandering about the hills and playing the part of lovers as they had done years before, though the Bradfords were somewhat hampered in their rambles by a little son whom they had christened John Durrett Bradford. Rosamond, who knew that the Bradfords were visiting Mrs.
Fuller's first wife had been another sister; Juliana, wife of George Morton, was a third who came also in The Ann. Still another sister, Mary Carpenter, came later and lived in the Governor's family for many years. The first home of the Bradfords in Plymouth was at Town Square where now stands the Bradford block.
You go into the kitchen, Mary, an' stay there till she's gone, which I won't be long fittin' her, an' I'll get rid of her soon's I can," Mrs. Richards was about to comply with the suggestion, when Jennie, who was still gazing out of the window, exclaimed with a total change of tone: "And here come the little Miss Bradfords, with Jane, and Miss Belle Powers and Miss Lily Norris along with them."
Rob drove his mother home, and the Colonel made the round to inspect the dilapidations, and estimate what was wanting. The great house had never been thoroughly furnished since the Bradfords had sold it, and it was, besides, in manifest need of repair. Damp corners, and piles of crumbled plaster told their own tale.
Your Aunt Marion told me that this prize was an art education provided by some one for a girl with talent, whose circumstances would not permit her to obtain one for herself; and she said that Lena had become very much interested in an English girl, the daughter of the rector of a poor struggling church in the suburbs of the city, a girl with a very remarkable artistic talent; and that she and those little Bradfords, on whose education and training Horace and Marion seem to base all their ideas respecting children if, indeed, they have any ideas except those of the most unlimited indulgence and license had set their hearts on winning this prize for that child.
Our group, and a dozen friends of the Bradfords, including some from Northbridge who belonged to both, filled the little chapel which Horace, Martin, and Evan had trimmed with flowers wholly from our garden. At the last moment, Mrs.
"Our relations are the Bradfords," said Goodman Pepperell with dignity. "And a better man than the Governor never trod shoe-leather," said the Captain heartily. "He and Captain Standish and Mr. Brewster and Edward Winslow why, those four men have piloted this town through more squalls than would overtake most places in a hundred years!
Neither of the Bradfords really believed his story about his writing for the press; and yet there was something about him, composed of intelligence, refinement, and manliness, that impressed them. The more they conversed with him, the more were they satisfied that he was an uncommon youth.
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