Previous | Next
Part: 123456789 Session: 1 Page na123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308309310311312313314315316317318319320321322323324325326327328329330331332333334335336337338339340341342343344345346347348349350351352353354355356357358359360361362363364365366367368369370371372373374375376377378379380381382383384385386387388389390391392393394395396397398399400401402403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419420421422423424425426427428429430431432433434435436437438439440441442443444445446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460461462463464465466467468469470471472473474475476477478479480481482483484485486487488489490491492493494495496497498499500501502503504505506507508509510511512513514515516517518519520521522523524525526527528529530531532533534535536537538539540541542543544545546547548549550551552553554555556557558559560561562563564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578 of 578
I said, “Yes, I have.”
“Well,” he said, “I don't know what it is that he wants to see you about. He didn't tell me, but you've got as much brains as I have. Figure it out. Can you get here?”
I said, “I suppose so. It means getting to New York tonight somehow so that I can take one of the night trains out of New York, but I can manage it. Or I could pick up an early morning train at Newark or Trenton. I've got a car here, thank goodness, and although my chauffeur's tired, I'll make it.”
At any rate, we figured it out. I had a bite of early supper, or heavy tea. They gave me a meat tea, as the English call it - bread, butter, tea, chicken sandwiches, and a bite of whatever else was available. I changed my shoes and washed my face. I said good-bye and started off again. I let my chauffeur have a bath and get a bite to eat.
That was my vacation. I was going to get a week off. My daughter was visiting at this house. I was going to stay a day with them and then my daughter and I were going to the White Mountains, where she was going to visit. I figured it out. Harold Otis studied the maps as to how we could drive back fastest. I remember driving through Saratoga in the middle of the night, it seemed to me. I don't know where I picked up a train, but we got started from Cooperstown
© 2006 Columbia University Libraries | Oral History Research Office | Rights and Permissions | Help