A Halt in London. 1 1 1 



" I did so. He and the supervisor were there. The 

 Aberdonian said, ' He is all right,' and I was allowed 

 to pass without further trouble. 



"As soon as I got on shore, I made haste to the 

 railway station, and found to my dismay there was 

 no third class, nor would any be that night, and that 

 the second class would take nearly all my money. 

 I did not care to go and borrow if I could manage 

 it otherwise. The worst was, it was Saturday night. 

 There were but few minutes to consider, as the time 

 of the train was just about up. The question was 

 whether it would be best to stay over in London, 

 or to proceed to Liverpool by second class. Could 

 I manage by staying till Monday morning to save 

 as much as would take me home ? I thought that I 

 could. If not, I still had resources in London or 

 Liverpool, as before stated. 



" I decided to stay till Monday. I saw that to go 

 to a hotel and take the regular course of the house 

 would still run me short of what I required for the 

 journey. I went to a good hotel, as I always preferred 

 such for many reasons, and asked if I could be put 

 up till Monday morning, saying that I was going 

 out early on Sunday morning, and that it would be 

 evening before I returned. 



" The landlord in the most civil manner said that 

 it was all the same, that I might go or come to suit 

 my own convenience. 



"I had plain tea and went soon to bed, and got 

 up on Sunday morning early and took a long walk 

 through some of the less frequented streets. My 

 attention was much taken up with the busy stir of 



