Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-17

receiving a few directions about how
to find Mr. Jones house, l set out for
his place
Mr.. Jones proved to be a retired
preacher-farmer. He invited me to
supper, and did eat A cosy little
room and a snow-white bed was placed
at my disposal, but mary" a ten cents
would this good soul accept in return.
If he should chance TO read this ac-
count after many years, IL is TO be
hoped he will know now, If he did
not then, how much his h.ndness to
a wanderer was appreciated.
My next adventure was with a very
poor family, and its inevitable ac-
compartment Of the bakers dozen chill
dren. arrived at their nome about
dusk and helped some OF the boys put
up the horses and feed the cattle, as
they were quitting work for the night.
gathered from their conversation
that they were devout BaptIsts, and
thinking to give some plausible reason
for my request for a share of their hos
pitality, / told them that | was a
young Baptist Bible student. This
was well enough IL they ha,. accepted
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show they knew what treatment should
be accorded one Of so exalted a calling
they promptly invited me 70 lead them
in prayer. Here was a situation that
| had not looked for. IN childhood
days l had been a Bible student,
though not of the Baptist persuasion.
Recalling as best / could some Of the
beautiful prayers of the Episcopal
service, l reverently and sincerely re-
| peated them, while this simple family
| listened and approved
! have often wondered If any Bap-
| tist student ever made use Of such
prayers before or since, or If those.
/ people realized the prayers | uttered
/ that night were not, as is the custom
with the character | was assuming
for the time, purely extemporaneous.
On Good Friday | reached Elizabeth
! City, N. c., and was in time to attend
! service at the picturesque Episcopal
| church at that place After service l
waited at the door until the rector
came out. / spoke to him and asked
ic he could direct me where to find
work of any kind. For answer he took
me by the arm and led me across the
lawn to his home. Presently his wife
| invited me into the dining room and
set before me as dainty a lunch as ever
! pleased the palate of a prince. He
then bade me make myself perfectly
at home while he consulted his wife
as to the possibility of finding em-
! ployment in that town for me. In the
meantime | seated myself at the piano
and began to play all the hymns / had
known and loved in my childhood, and
finally my fingers idly wandered over
the keys until / remembered and began
to play MendelssOhn's Midsummer
Nights Dream What contrast was
here Cold, dreary weather, no home,
no money, and almost no friends, and
yet | could play that masterpiece en-
b0dying the perfect abandonment Of
delight and jOyOusness 1t was this
characteristic that ever sustained me
during this trying experience
/ spent two weeks at Elizabeth City,
during which time by playing the pi.
ano at social entertainments and In
many other little ways, ] managed to
earn a few dollars. Making myself
known as a Good Templar to the lead
er of that order in this city, / was able
to secure a railroad ticket back to Nor
folk. It may seem strange that ] should
have been trying at this time to get
back to the city which little more than
two weeks before / was so anxious to
leave The reason for this was that in
leaving Norfolk, instead of following
a road which would have led me In
the direction Of Washington I lost my
way and when i'm Elizabeth City was
about as far away from Washington
as it was possible to get in that direc-
ton
Just opposite Norfolk is a little
place called Berkley, Va. Here I
alighted from the train and walked to
the ferry on which for three cents one
can cross to Norfolk
: (To be continued.)