Show tho the quaker origin of delaware Dolo waro dilate elizabeth shipley had ad ream she was wail living at the time which lich wa in tho the year of 0 gratie 1730 at ridley township near the good goo town of phila delp delphin lila her husband william who wua was of honest houett plod plodding aing Engli alx country folk was not ono one that u dream would lio lie upon fur for such ench catorce as lug ilia ate aro of hard dry in which flowers of imagination do not bloom freel frealy end frow from which tho the dews of night light pairs readily in the open daylight isal ant ell eli sabatha batha za bet liH dream lay upon lier her anin mind 1 the next city diy anti anil she bho toll told it to her los has hand linn 1 it was wag thus wio she west was traveling on oil burg eback along a high highroad road and an 1 brier after is a timo time she eha came to i it wild wil 1 anti an 1 tur tu r billeit stream which fhe forded corded with difficulty beyond biln stream she blib I a 11 long uni steep hill gide bido when she bho arrived ut at ltd summit a great reat view of beauty rureal out before her the hill aln acon she stood we away in in the dia distance tance into a broad sav anti ob treeless und and cover coverett etl with 7 ith luxuriant grass on oa either aido of file hill run ran a stream upon ont one the nicil V lid water watercourse course courts which she aha hall had just juat crossed upon 11 the othor other ii a guttko snakelike lika river river that thai woud sluggishly lobig in tho the sunlight ihen th ca for tho the timo time she bho saw that thai a guide accompanied her and sho she spoke to him hib friend what country is this that th thou on beat taken me to elizabeth izabeth Cl shipley answered ile ho beneath then thee ileth helli a new DOW land and a fl ruit tul ful and it is ii the des i agn of divine providence that thou enter in thereto thou thoa and thy illy people and ye shall be enriched onri oven even unto the seventh generation therefore leave the place where now thou dwell est and enter into and tako take possession of this land an d even its the children of israel to took G I 1 PO ROB session of the land of canaan ifo he finished speaking epe aking and the khe turned it to look ho he vanished and sho awoke william shipley bade lis hia wife think no n a more of her dreams for it if ono pulls up bno blue beans after they lavo lave Bp routed I 1 ono ones a pot is IB like to go eo empty so moet ing ng with no encouragement after some days we sharpness of her dream became dulled ilu lloil against tho the hard bard things of every day life A your pasa oil and elizabeth received a divina cull call to go bail and proad proad at a ID meeting ce ling of 0 the alio society of friends held beld in tint that peninsula that lius lies between the delaware mud mill chesapeake bays it was in the spring time when tho the meadows wora wera clad with bright green when the woo wood lanila were soft with tender loaves leaves unfolding timidly in the generous warm warmth lit of u the sun ban when tho the bi birdt rd a sang when the cocks crowed I 1 lustily Y when w hen the he wren chattered under unde r the eaves an and d oll nil tho the nir air was burdened w with ith tho file of the apple blossoms amon among 9 which the bees dwarwod with willi drowty hum um ho she bot forth on her ill journey reify jog jogging gial southward along tho the old oa kibin a road lloud she ahe passed many a of sweet water na untainted tainted many w with th lime lima where ilia little darted hero and thero there its her old gray farm horse we went ri I 1 9 splashing across t their heir pebbly rea reaches olies after it journeys journey loi irney 0 of sixteen or eighteen miles slie she cimo cam I 1 lo 10 0 it roaring 8 tream stream that out cut through t tret rec covered hig highlands Wands und ind cami cama raging and rushing down over great rocks and bogold ers era the cawing ot of crows in the woods and a solitary flaglor that wont vont sailing though the air air was all the life that brolia tho of tho place As aishe she he dilated on the bank before entering the rough looking ford marked d ut at each end and by a sapling polo pola t to 0 which a red rad flag was wan fastened tho the whole scene coded strangely familiar to her alter after she he had crossed crawled the stream sho ebo begun began ascending diug a hill up which tho the highway loll led that fooling birong upon her which one has at having lived through such it scene before at the tha top of 0 the lull hill ello clio dime came to a clearing in the forest where an old biedo hall had built him lit a hut but anil ana begun to till the land here the we woods ds unfolded 1 like lika a curtain bud nn beneath dee th lier iter silo saw the hill laela away into level moat lows that apfeld far ir to to a great river spark ai ng in the bo sunlight alva away y in in tho the distance upon ono lend baud rau it a sluggish river curving through the meadows on tho the other tho brawling stream she had just juat crossed she sat at in in silence looking at the scene while the little barefoot children tit at tho the door of tho the tint hut looking lookin 9 with LIUO bias eved we non ader dorat at tha ilia strange r then clasping her hands bands she tried cried it aloud lon d behold it ii the land of my ay V io and here will I 1 pitch my over tho the woodall wooi loil hill bill bides and across the girsa gr bagy Ity savannahs savan nalis which dame ship ley saw first brat in her dream anil in m tho the reality now spreads it busy an and populous rio palona ulous city of which she ahe and abid 1 I ile her Eop osband were the chief founders the from factory chimneys chimney 8 a the tha air air with black ribbons of vapor on 71 camo tho tor the rattle anti and I 1 i liam it Im monog moring of tho the great ship n ni 1 that now dow lie along the banks of tub lie slow blob running snake liko lit 0 liver that tho lie saw in her d dream roam abilo beside the 0 ther other brawling stream stand cotton woolen paper floar and mills everywhere is the busy excitement and teeming rush of close population that was tho the that hat the tha scot seed an and J thim tha file fruit that grow from it tho city of wilmington the metro metropolis pois of delaware are pyle pile lit flar flappers pers |