August 16, 1913
commercially made, lined paper notebook
8 5/16 x 6 13/16 inches
Charles E. Burchfield Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
he gave him the dry gripes and I made a still more revolting remark. But he paid no attention, and continued in his assininitytho everyone divided him unmercifully.
Presently the Reverend arrived, and together with Frank Reed the singer ascended an automobile brought up for the purpose.
With very little delay they began and we waited breathlessly. The first thing on the program was a hymn. This was rendered enthusiastically. The Reverend Williamson himself became so excited that at one point in the song he stood up and with the hymn book in one hand waved it high above his head.
The hymn was finished and no sign had come from Charlie Trotter. We thought he was merely waiting for the “psychological moment” tho every moment was psychological in