Well, Josiah met us, accordin’ to promise in front of Festival Hall, and we stayed to the illumination, Dotie havin’ gone home with Miss Huff before dark.

Molly and Arthur stood on the high terrace with light fallin’ all ’round ’em and before ’em, their faces needin’ no light, so bright wuz they with heart sunshine.  Josiah and I sot a little in the shadder, but where we could see plain.  And one by one like brilliant jewels dropped from an endless storehouse of glory, lights sprung out along the front of the stately white palaces, adown the broad avenues they shone in gleamin’ lines and clusters, and starred with brilliance all the long glorious vistas.  Broad beams of crimson, gold and azure changin’ every minute fell on the cascades, the flowers gleamed out from the emerald grass like jewels of every color.

Music riz softly from the lagoon, the great organ pealed out in triumphant notes, and my heart boyed up on waves of beauty and melody follered the strains heavenward as if it didn’t ever want to come back agin to earth and Jonesville.

But as my eye fell on Josiah’s face I knowed that where the star of Love went it wuz my duty and joy to foller it.  He wuz gittin’ worrisome and wanted to go, and so I sez: 

“Beautiful! beautiful!  Ivory City, farewell!”