The Wayland Seminary is in a lovely spot on Meredian Hill, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, and you can see all over the City of Washington.  It is lovely to behold with all of its fine buildings and art galleries, though I do not like it as well as Harper’s Ferry, for I was not well the whole time I was there and I had so much better health at the Ferry.  I bless God that I made the change when I did or I might have been gone to my long home before I had the time to see so much of God’s love to me in the way He has led me through paths that I did not see then.  I can truly say unto Him, Lord, Thou hast been my dwelling place in all of these years of trial and has been my rock in a weary land and my shelter in the times of storm.

Well, I came home last October a year ago, 1895, and made up my mind to stay for the time being.  Some of the people found out that I was here and they sent for me to come to see them.  I went to Mrs. Murphy’s the next week and I was there nearly a year and found that I could not do much lifting, so I did not feel well for quite a while, and I had a heavy day of it the last time that I was there.  So I told her daughter I should not come any more as I had gone early that I should get home early.  It was nearly six o’clock when I stopped.  They are a lovely family of four men and four girls, all of whom are are very fine indeed; two sons married, and children, and one daughter married and she has two little ones.  Miss Josephine is a school teacher.  Miss Alice is the housekeeper, as the mother is not very well at times.  One of the lovely girls is a Sister in a convent.

I also did work for her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Chester, and she is a lovely woman.  I had to lose her work as she had to get her a girl.

I also worked for fine families by the names of Mrs. Handford and Mrs. Taylor, but they went away from this city.

CHAPTER VI

I am now doing work for a lovely family by the name of Mrs. Coddington, as her husband has died not long since, and he was a nice man and they have two lovely girls that teach school.  I also work for Mrs. White, who is a lovely lady, and all of her family.

At the Pells and the Powells.  Mrs. Pell is a lovely woman, with two children, one a lovely young lady and full of the sweetest music the ear ever heard, for I do not think that there ever was any one that could play sweeter music than her.  The other is a boy, a nice youngster of promise.

Mrs. Powell is the sister of the first Mrs. Pell and she has one daughter, who is a Mrs. Pell, whom I have to call Mrs. E. Pell to let each one know which one I mean.  There are other ladies in the mansion that are very nice to me.  Mrs. Pell No. 1 is the head of the house and is a fine lady, and in telling you of those that I have worked for and I am doing work for I mean to tell that it is by the day that I work for some of them; as you will see as you read this that I have had very few places where I lived out by the month, and staying a good while in a place.