90 OCEAN TO OCEAN ON HORSEBACK. 



aijirii aub JTourtl) lilacs. 



Bates House, 

 Springfield, Massachusetts, 



May Eleventh, 



Lowering clouds and a slight fall of rain again con- 

 fronted me as I mounted Paul at seven o^clock on the 

 morning of the Third Day in front of the Bay State 

 House, Worcester, and rode out to the Boston and 

 Albany Turnpike. The prospect of meeting ray wife 

 and daughter, whom I had not seen for several months, 

 and the lecture appointment for Springfield made this 

 one of tlie memorable days of my journey for speed 

 and endurance. Fifty-four miles were whirled off in 

 eight hours and the fact established that Paul could 

 be relied upon to do all that was required of him. 



I had hardly dismounted in front of the Bates 

 House when Mrs. Glazier and Alice came running 

 from the hotel to greet me. They had been visiting 

 in Hartford and had come up to Springfield early in 

 the morning, reaching the city several hours before 

 my arrival. This visit with my family at Springfield 

 was one of the pleasant episodes of my journey and 

 long to be remembered in connection with my ride 

 across the Bay State. 



My lecture was delivered at the Haynes Opera 

 House, whither I was escorted bv comrades of the 

 G. A. R. The introduction was by Captain Smith, 

 Commander of the Springfield Post, who spoke 

 pleasantly of my army and prison experiences and of 

 the objects of my lecture tour. 



Hastening back to the Bates House after the lecture, 



