Excerpt from New-England Novels: Three Stories of Colonial Days A fair wind and a strong! Shame it were that it should be wasted as those before have been! Sit you here, Dame Kate, while I go up to the 5 change-house and speak again to Master Jones, who of a truth is treating us but scurvily in thus delaying. 'you do not fear to tarry here a short half hour, with Roger Wilder for guard and Eliza beth Tillie for company, eh, Kate? Surely not, John. Go your ways, and we will spend the time in walking up and down the pier. This same fair wind blows somewhat shrewdly, for sitting still. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.