CHAPTER IV.

The Plants Came from England to Branford, between Two Hundred and Three Hundred Years ago--Still Own the Lands first Acquired--Henry’s Father Died of Typhus Fever when Henry Was about Six Years Old--His Tender Recollection of his Mother--Henry’s First Day at School--His Natural Diffidence--Mr. Plant’s After-dinner Speeches--His Mother’s Second Marriage--Stepfather Kind to Henry--Thrown by a Plough Horse and nearly Killed--Attended School at Branford--Engaged on Steamboat Line Running between New Haven and New York--On Leaving, Promised a Captaincy--Marriage--Express Business--Leaves New Haven and Goes to New York--Romantic Experience in Florida .....35-50