Howard Pyle, a chronicle by Charles D. Abbott, with an introduction by N. C. Wyeth and many illustrations from Howard Pyle's works.

THE RETURN
little after. I guess he'll found somebodies down till the
drain to talks,' or something of the kind. I left at eleven
O'clock and went up to see another man in reference to the
sisterhood, who referred me to another man who was not in
town. So I went down to the Cloister to look at it. It was
stunning. It would make an article of itself. I shall certainly devote most of mine to it. '
"Then I went down again to see the Bishop but found
him as oysterlike as all the rest. But by that time I had my
knife, so to speak, patience. I talked to him patiently and
persistently, and he finally opened right succulently, so to
speak. He gave me whole gobs of information, told me of
many books of reference, and wound up by taking me over
to the big meeting house in his queer little rickety gig,
opening the place and showing me through generally. Just
think of it! If I had been there last week I could have
seen a love feast, but I missed that and there won't be
another until next spring.
""Then I went down again to unintelligently intelligent
friend Pfautz, applying to him also the oyster knife of
patience, and he opened also in as great a degree as he
was capable of doing, promising to show me through the
Sisterhood Cloister tomorrow.. 00)
"November 18, 188o.
Ye Gods! What a time I have had! I came
back and found my friend Pfautz waiting for me at the
station according to promise-and very much good he did
me. Item to be booked for future use: Never take a man
to be a fool when he seems anxious to represent himself as
being one. To use an expression of your mother's, 'These
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