Bankruptcy and bad debts never stare me in
the face, and every draft I draw is honored at the bank. Thus, I 'hinder
nobody,' and am able to 'help every body.'"
"Where do you reside?" I asked.
"On Pisgah's top"--and his face fairly shone as he repeated it--"on
Pisgah's top. At first I lived down in the valley among Ezekiel's dry
bones, and used to help the multitudes sing--
"'Could we but climb where Moses stood,
And view the landscape o'er:
Not Jordan's stream nor death's cold flood,
Should fright us from the shore.'
"But I moved on and up to my present residence, and now I sing--
"'From Pisgah's top, the promised land,
I now exult to see:
My hope is full, oh, glorious hope,
Of immortality.'
"But I beg your pardon, sir; am I crowding you?"
"Crowding me? not a bit of it. I trust I shall always have room for
company like you."
"Thank you, sir, thank you. I'm only a wedge"--with a merry laugh--"but
I try to fill every opening the Lord shows me. Excuse me but how far are
you going?"
"I get off at Albany," I replied.
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