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carrying the new name of LeBaron; but the fairest, the best-beloved, the nearest to her father's heart, of all the girls, was his daughter Thérèse; and it was his whim, or one of them,—for this Dr. LeBaron, like the first, was whimsical and reticent,—to like to see her dark hair decked with carnation ribbons.

On the crest of Burying-Hill stands to-day, just where Dr. François uprooted his mistaken memorial, another stone, of black marble, and stately even in its decrepitude: it bears the inscription, true this time, although not all of the truth:—

Here lyes y Body
of
Doctor Francis LeBaron
A natyve of France and Physician
of Plymouth.
AD 1704