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McFarlin, who were both on the train -- Tuesday morning
we breakfasted at Jesup and arrived in Savannah at 10.30
A. M. I got a little darkey to carry my valise, and went
on foot to the present parsonage, at 78 Taylor Street, where
I met with an overflowing welcome -- Alice & Julia Keyes
were there on a visit; also Emmie -- The young folks had
made arrangements to go out that afternoon on the street cars,
to Thunderbolt-; on a sort of pic-nic -- So we all went --
Orson & the boys had some fishing lines, & they caught a few
fish in the River -- we ate some melons; and on returning,
Orson & I spent some time in the grand old cemetary of
Bonaventure with its solemn avenues of live oak trees
festooned with moss --

I saw the old live old oak tree on the bank of the river,
at the foot of which John Wesley used to preach -- For the
next day Wednesday -- a trip had been arranged on the
steamer H. B. Plant, for Tybee-; and we all went except
Orson Senior and Lee -- I took charge of my dear nieces
Alice and Julia -- I found, on the trip that Carrie was
quite near sighted-, a fact that she had not known herself --
and my spectacles happened to suit her exactly-; I gave them
to her (an extra pair that I had) and they greatly increased
her enjoyment of the excursion -- She looked very sweetly
with them on-; the steamer was packed with a merry, pleasure
seeking crowd -- a band of music was aboard-; dancing was
going on all the time -- We ran down to the Island, and