Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . IN OLD BOSTON 163 few rooms furnished — just enough to try tomake me more comfortable than at then I am not well enough even to havefriends to tea, so that all that I strive to do isto keep the house neat and to keep myselfabout. I have attended no meetings since Ihelped to fill the negro pew. What anti-slavery news I get, I get second-hand. Ishould not get along at all, so great is mydarkness, were it not for Wendell to tell methat the world is still going on. . We arevery happy, and


Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . IN OLD BOSTON 163 few rooms furnished — just enough to try tomake me more comfortable than at then I am not well enough even to havefriends to tea, so that all that I strive to do isto keep the house neat and to keep myselfabout. I have attended no meetings since Ihelped to fill the negro pew. What anti-slavery news I get, I get second-hand. Ishould not get along at all, so great is mydarkness, were it not for Wendell to tell methat the world is still going on. . We arevery happy, and only have to regret my healthbeing so poor and our own sinfulness. DearWendell speaks whenever he can leave me, andfor his sake I sometimes wish I were myselfagain; but I dare say it is all right as it is. ^The Standard, to which allusion has here beenmade, was the organ of that faction of theAbolitionists which had withdrawn from theGarrisonian camp. Phillips remained the at-torney-general of the Boston forces whoseorgan was The Liberator, and in that capacityhe was very glad soon to be


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