After some difficulty I succeeded in securing an interview with him.

He listened with some degree of interest to what I had to say, but did not give me anything.
I could not help having the feeling that, in a measure, the three hours that I had spent in seeing him had been thrown away.

Still, I had followed my usual rule of doing my duty.

If I had not seen him, I should have felt unhappy over neglect of duty.
Two years after this visit a letter came to Tuskegee from this man, which read like this: "Enclosed I send you a New York draft for ten thousand dollars, to be used in furtherance of your work.

I had placed this sum in my will for your school, but deem it wiser to give it to you while I live.