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Here I am once more. Of course in the
the same Hotel that did not refuse to give me
I so greatly needed one; I
arrived here yesterday morning,
left my trunk at the depôt as I shall
start from there
this afternoon 5 o'clock. Yesterday morning, I
called
at
I was
told where to find Mr
should be attended to; to call
this morning; I then
went out to
16 have all been buried in a lot purchased by the
are
the Doctors. I found the graves of several I had
known in life, but one or
two I looked for, I could not
find: they had died in that week I mentioned
in one
of my letters to you as being so fearful, that time
is now
spoken of as the 'terrible days.' I looked on those
graves, the shadow of
the monument to
can fall on them;
like a guardian angel; from all
places they have come not for fame but for
love to
fellow men. It made me think of the time when from
the East
and the West, they shall come and
with
Heaven. Noble souls! the graves in the National cemetery
awakes
our admiration for their patriotism, but the
contemplation of these, bring
forth a nobler sentiment.
This morning I called for my pass. Mr
a ticket to
in
ment
by himself and the
Secretary Mr
coincidence to meet with two of the name
of
r
Dr
therefore I do not anticipate any trouble. I went with
one of the ladies of the Christian Association to visit
two of their
institutions. At one place a room
is provided for lodging women who are
alone and
have no home. an intelligence Office is connected
with
this. then the home for reformed women.
I intended to go to Leath Orphan
Asylum to see
I
hope to hear some of his relatives have taken
the poor child. I expect my
next letter will be
from
but send back what I do not use for
actual
need. I have been today and I can
given the
most of it where I thought it the most needed.
The money
was sent to the poor of
them it belongs
and not to me. I should fear
a curse like that which fell on
Gehazi if I
took any to keep to enrich myself.
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