Going to Chicago I found Mr. Arms established in business, which gave me an additional hope for future happiness, and 'tis needless to say,
"I built myself a castle
So stately, grand and fair;
I built myself a castle,
A castle in the air."
Delicate lungs and irritating cough, sent me still further South, and I reluctantly left Chicago and all I held so dear.
CHAPTER XIV.
"There is a special Providence
In the fall of a sparrow."
"There is a Divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough-hew them as we will."
I have never had occasion so especially to note the over-ruling majesty of a supreme power as in my next journey, the circumstances of which I am about to relate.
I went via Indianapolis, Ind., and Louisville, Ky., to Memphis, Tenn. The latter place rivals its sister cities in generous patronage, for, although the whole southern country was so thoroughly devastated, I met with success throughout its length and breadth.
I was luxuriously entertained at the Southern Hotel of Memphis and, as I had been over most of the railroad routes, I felt anxious to go to New Orleans by water, and for that purpose sought the general agent of the river line of steamers, anticipating the same liberality which had characterized the railroads in granting passes.