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The Governor had brought with him from London the year before, a set of boxwood bowls, and had enerality ame that portion of the street that was not tobacco-planted; but the quality flocked to the Governor's green, and here, one holiday afternoon, a fortnight orfroreat company The Governor's shead of sweet-scented to the victorious ten, and a keg of canary to the man whose bowl should hit the jack

The season had been one of unusualthe velvet of the green, and low like a ribbon of flaht-colored, the wind blowing; only the enshrouding forest, wrapped in haze, seemed as dim, unreal, and far away as a last year's dreaht from the church, and put for hireen By his side sat ayly dressed dames and the men ere to play and to watch were accorass All were dressed in holiday clothes, all tongues spoke, all eyes laughed; you st theravely courteous, quiet and ready; and by his side, in otterskin mantle, beaded moccasins, and feathered headdress, the Indian chief, his brother-in-law,--the bravest, coe hom I have ever dealt There, too, was Master Pory, red and jovial, with an eye to the sack the servants were bringing from the Governor's house; and the commander, with his wife; and Master Jere sermon on the vanities of this world Captains, Councilors, and Burgesses aired their gold lace, and their wit or their lack of it; while a swar, coinia, went here and there through the crowd like gilded surass at the feet of Mistress Jocelyn Percy,her now and then some courtly speech, and I stood beside her, my hand on the back of her chair