Accordingly, I stopped at Johnstown on my way to Albany, and, late one evening, when he was alone in his office, I entered and took my seat on the opposite side of his table.

On no occasion, before or since, was I ever more embarrassed--an audience of one, and that the one of all others whose approbation I most desired, whose disapproval I most feared.

I knew he condemned the whole movement, and was deeply grieved at the active part I had taken.

Hence I was fully aware that I was about to address a wholly unsympathetic audience.

However, I began, with a dogged determination to give all the power I could to my manuscript, and not to be discouraged or turned from my purpose by any tender appeals or adverse criticisms.