I approached him. He offered his hand. I told him my business, my wishes and aims. He invited me on board, and, it being noon, to dinner.
After dinner he remarked: "Now to business! You say you are a 'Mormon' missionary. You wish to go to England! And how do you wish to go?"
I replied that I had but little money, and would be obliged to content myself with a steerage passage.
To this he strenuously objected, remarking that I knew not the life of a steerage passenger.
He asked me how much money I had, remarking that his cabin fare was $80.00.
I put my hand in my pocket and drew out my entire stock of cash, $40.00. "There captain," I remarked, "is all I have, which is just half the price of a cabin passage."
He remarked, "I will take this in part payment!"
"But," I asked, "how shall I, how can I pay you the difference?"
He replied, "I have heard much of the preachers of the 'Mormon' faith being experts in the scriptures. We shall take on board on Sunday evening an Episcopalian minister, and when we get out to sea and all things in trim, I shall expect you and the minister to give me and my wife some Bible contests."
"Now," said I to the captain, "having given you all my money, how can I pay my board bill till you sail?"