266 THE horse's rescue, 



looking man I saw in that town, and the best me- 

 chanic. I visited two other shops and bad a cbat 

 with the owners. They stared at me when I lold 

 them I could perform these cures without medicine on 

 principles of science. They looked at me as though 

 they thought I was insane. Night came. A few col- 

 lected in this little huddle. To leave this town with- 

 out delivering a lecture on the horse I was deter- 

 mined not to do. I saw some boxes on the steps of a 

 store. I asked permission to take one. I rolled it 

 across the walk in the street. I quietly got myself on 

 this base to attract their attention. I commenced by 

 a few introductory preliminaries, stating my business 

 in their place ; my disappointment on account of the 

 bills not being posted and no hall secured, and the 

 field was too small to try to introduce this great 

 science ; but if you wil»l listesi I will give you a short 

 lecture here. This bugling attracted a few. I sailed' 

 out at the same time. I kept watoh of the crowd. It 

 was not a large one, not more than five or six at one 

 time. They would come and go. This changing was 

 constantly going on ; it was rather discouraging to try 

 to teach science in this way. I saw they stared at 

 me* a little while, then moved away. Others would 

 do the same. There was one fine-looking man I saw 

 staid at his post from the first. I saw he was inter- 

 ested, and that induced me to go on. If it had not 

 been for him I might just as well have been in the 

 woods on a stump talking to trees.* After this lecture 

 was over I rolled the box back, and walked bnck to 

 the hotel. I remained in this place part of the next 

 day. While sitting in the hotel this listener to my 



