Fifteen months isn't long enough; you
will have to go three years. I don't think I'll come." I said, "That
settles it! But listen: whether you come or not, I am not going back to
the old life." The next day I received a telegram from Mary saying,
"COME UP FOR MY THINGS."
I jumped on a single truck, drove up to Sixty-seventh Street, and got
all my wife's things, trunks, band-boxes and everything, and it did not
take me long to get down to the church. Mary was already there, and I
took charge of the Church of the Sea and Land at Market and Henry
Streets, where I remained as sexton for ten years. I would not take
$10,000 for the character I received from the trustees when I resigned.
I always look back with pleasure to those good old days at the church,
the many friends we made, and the many blessings I received while
there.
It did not take us long to get the run of the place. We sent for our
boy, who was in Ireland with his mother's folks. When he came I didn't
know him, as I hadn't seen him since he was a little baby. What a
surprise it was when at my sister's house, after supper, she went into
the front room, leaving me alone in the kitchen, when a manly little
fellow came in and looked me over and said, "Hello, father, I'm your son
Willie.
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