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The Hardship of Miles Standish portrays the struggles, leadership, and perseverance of a man facing harsh conditions and difficult choices in early colonial times. Through endurance and resolve, the story reflects themes of sacrifice, duty, and survival. A classic historical drama that captures the challenges of building a life against overwhelming odds.
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00:00The End
00:30And so Priscilla and John Alden were married and lived happily ever after.
00:36And that, radio listeners, is the story of the courtship of Miles Standish.
00:41Ah, fiddlesticks. It didn't happen that way at all.
00:45Even if it did happen that way, it couldn't have happened that way.
00:49Didn't it really happen that way, Grandpa?
00:52No, Dad, burn it. Ain't the way I heard it.
00:55The way I heard it, it was, well, it was a long time ago.
01:02Years and years back, even before I was a little boy,
01:06it was in a little town called, uh, Plymouth.
01:10Flash, what made is that way about a certain captain?
01:31For further detail, see your local newspaper.
01:36I don't want to be a brazen.
02:04I hope this is now.
02:12It's a lot of fun, a lot of fun, a lot of fun.
02:16Well, this here now flotation carried on for years.
02:20This here Standish fellow couldn't muster up enough gumption to propose to Priscilla.
02:25Until one spring day, when he was trying to write her one of them thar mash notes.
02:30He got an idea.
02:32Terrible, terrible, terrible.
02:33Try it again.
02:34Before she don't succeed, try, try again.
02:36Try again.
02:36Say, very good, very good.
02:38Very good, very good, very good.
02:42Dear Priscilla,
02:43Your eyes are like, uh, like, uh, don't write.
02:52Send her a singing telegram.
02:55John Holden.
02:58John Holden, messenger.
03:02John Holden, messenger service.
03:03Send a singing telegram.
03:07Oh, very good, very good.
03:09Yes, yes, very good.
03:09Good idea.
03:10Very good.
03:15Let's see.
03:16John, John, John, John.
03:17John Holden.
03:19Here it is, John Holden.
03:23Hello?
03:25Yes?
03:26Whistler?
03:28Right away.
03:28Right away.
03:28Right away.
03:33Right away.
03:34Yes?
03:35Yes?
03:36Who is it?
03:37My, my, you stuck it there.
03:41Singing telegram, 6353, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 11.57 a.m.
03:55Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.
04:03Oh, you must have been a beautiful baby.
04:12You must have been a wonderful child right here.
04:16When you were only starting to go to kindergarten,
04:19I bet you'd both the widow boys wild stop.
04:22And when it comes to winning bull weapons,
04:26you must have shown the other kids how stop.
04:29I can see the judge's eyes as he handed you the prize.
04:32I bet you made the cutest bow.
04:35Oh, you must have been a beautiful baby.
04:39But baby, look at you now, sign Miles Standish.
04:43There'll be a dollar seventy-five.
04:45Oh, wait.
04:52Indian.
04:53Indian.
05:01My laundry.
05:16This, this one's not dry yet.
05:18Yeah, yeah, you didn't even touch me.
05:28You didn't even touch me.
05:29You didn't even touch me.
05:31guest.
05:34There.
05:42.
05:52Now we get to the exciting part.
05:55The Indians surrounded the house.
05:58They came from the north, from the south.
06:01They charged from the west.
06:04And they came from the east.
06:07But Grandpa, those weren't Indians. They were bowl players.
06:11They were too, Indians. They were the Cleveland Indians.
06:22And they can't.
06:25Those were hunters.
06:27And there was a man who didn't.
06:30Pardon me.
07:00Well, the Indians were getting the best of the ordeal until one of them told a boner.
07:30Who broke that grass?
07:32Uh-uh. Now you're done.
07:34Gee, I'm glad it wasn't me.
07:35No chips, no chips.
07:36I know it wasn't me. It wasn't.
07:37Hey, I gotta get back, fellas. The squaw's waiting for me.
07:39Hey, one of you fellas has gotta pay for that grass.
07:43Beat it, fellas. Scram!
07:53Well, my little hero, you darling.
08:00But Miles Standish wants to marry you.
08:03Ah! Now speak for yourself, dear.
08:08And that's the story of Priscilla and Miles Standish.
08:18And if that ain't the truth, I hope lightning strikes me.
08:27Anyhow, that's the way I heard it.
08:30I'm good.
08:32I'll be right back.
08:33Now, how are you?
08:36I forgot it.
08:37I forgot it.
08:38I'm going to say I'm going to say the world, we will.
08:40By the way, I am.
08:42And if it's like a defense.
08:43I'm not sure what happens.
08:44I'm not sure what happens.
08:45I'm not sure what happens but...
08:46But it's just that...
08:47I'm not sure.
08:48I'm not sure what happens.
08:49I'm not sure what happens.
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