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At another time a man was killed in the berth of a sleeper I had left half an hour before. Often have I felt the train leave the track, but no one was killed. AT ANOTHER TIME A MAN WAS KILLED IN THE BERTH OF A SLEEPER I HAD LEFT A HALF HOUR BEFORE OFTEN I HAVE FELT THE TRAIN LEAVE THE TRACK BUT NO ONE WAS KILLED
committees, and the broken hours of sleep are annoyances one soon forgets; and the hosts of intelligent faces, the messages of thanks, and the effects of the earnings on the lives of young college men can never cease to be a daily joy. God bless them all. Often have I been asked if I did not, in fifty years of travel in all sorts of conveyances, meet with accidents. It is a marvel to me that no such event ever brought me harm. In a continuous period of over twenty-seven years I delivered about two lectures in every three days, yet I did not miss a single engagement. Sometimes I had to hire a special train, but I reached the town on time, with only a rare exception, and then I was but a few minutes late. Accidents have preceded and followed me on trains and boats, and were sometimes in sight, but I was preserved without injury through all the years. In the Johnstown flood region I saw a bridge go out behind our train. I was once on a derelict steamer on the Atlantic for twenty-six days. THE OVER KINDNESS OF HOSPITABLE COMMITTEES THE BROKEN HOURS OF SLEEP ARE ANNOYANCES ONE SOONS FORGETS AND THE HOST OF INTELLIGENT FACES THE MESSAGES OF THANKS AND THE EFFORTS OF THE EARNINGS AND THE LIVES OF YOUNG COLLEGE MEN CAN NEVER CEASE THE DAILY JOY GOD BLESS THEM ALL OFTEN I HAVE BEEN ASKED IF I DID NOT IN FIFTY YEARS OF TRAVEL IN ALL SORTS OF CONVEYANCE MEET WITH ACCIDENTS IT IS A MARVEL TO ME THAT NO SUCH EVENT EVER BROUGHT ME HARM IN A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OVER TWENTY SEVEN YEARS I DELIVERED ABOUT TWO LECTURES IN EVERY THREE DAYS YET I DID NOT MISS A SINGLE ENGAGEMENT SOMETIMES I HAD TO HIRE A SPECIAL TRAIN BUT I REACHED THE TOWN ON TIME WITH ONLY A RARE EXCEPTION AND THEN I WAS BUT A FEW MINUTES LATE ACCIDENTS HAVE PRECEDED AND FOLLOWED ME ON TRAINS AND BOATS AND WERE SOMETIMES IN SIGHT BUT I WAS PRESERVED WITHOUT INJURY THROUGH ALL THE YEARS IN THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD REGION I SAW A BRIDGE GO OUT BEHIND OUR TRAIN I WAS ONCE ON A DERELICT STEAMER IN THE ATLANTIC FOR TWENTY SIX DAYS
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