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Show 162 place without success until she is finally directed to "Schafer's Hotel" where the proprietor has no rooms but will permit her to stay until she can find one. Have had a good supper which I enjoyed very much as I have eaten little today. The clean white bed looks so inviting that I think I shall retire early. August 30th What a night I have had fighting the bed bugs. I could not sleep lest my sweet babe should be injured by the ravenous creatures so I spent the entire night watching my child.10 The hotel keeper's wife does not want the models but agrees that if Ellis will cut some patterns, she will consider it payment for her accommodations. "So I took some models and my little girl in my arms and started with the intention of finding some country residence out of Salem." A mile's walk in the cool morning air to the first farm house is pleasant but produces no prospect for boarding with the large family there. The second walk, four miles this time, and in the heat of the day, is something of an ordeal but has favorable results. ...I reached the destined spot, the farmhouse of Mr. Henry Dubois, where I found truly noble and kindhearted people. They are generosity itself. There is an air of comfort and of plenty pervading all their surroundings. They seem to be lavish without being extravagant, and order and cleanliness reign supreme...After some deliberation and consultation they concluded to have their eldest daughter learn the use of the charts in exchange for my board. On Friday, the 31st, I visited several neighboring farmhouses but only disposed of one model.11 Ellis is expecting Mrs. Wilson. By what means has she managed to get approval for this selling trip from her overbearing husband? On September first, Ellis returns to Salem both to send Mrs. Wilson a letter and to collect the things she has left at the hotel. There |