34/49 What part of the East do you hail from ?" "Vermont," Samson answered. "I've just bought land and built a cabin a little west of the village. Came here for a load of furniture." "I'm a Maine man and a Whig and opposed to slavery and my name is Erastus Wright," said the constable. "Some day we must sit down together and talk things over." Samson wrote in his diary: * * * * * "On the way home my heart was sore. I prayed in silence that God would forgive me for my bad example to the boy. |