Chapter Three
The docks were a rough place, bustling, dirty, and filled with urchin children begging at the sides of the wealthy ladies and gentlemen as they boarded the great luxurious ships that were bound for exotic destinations, including America.
On this cloudless day, there was excitement in the air, the merchant passenger vessel, the Maria Isabella was setting off for Boston. The appeal of this foreign land had stirred Juliet’s excitement once she got over the abruptness of the decision. There had only been time enough for one letter to her father’s brother Andrew Daugherty. There was a positive reply, and Juliet could, for the first time ever, imagine her life taking an adventurous, if not scary turn.
She was taken to the busy seaport town by Mrs. Wickersham, a maiden woman who
