After the services at the hall, we all re-…
source date: 1889
availability: public-domain

After the services at the hall, we all re- paired to the Mountain Pride hotel, where the table was groaning under the weight of good things that would have been good enough to set before a king, let alone three of a kind from Silver City. The affair was replete with lots of merry-making and I trust was the means of knitting our hearts together for all time. The lodge was good, the supper was good, the hall was good, and the waiters good. But to cap it all, as we were waiting for the train at Lake Valley a number of showmen got aboard, and a young man stepped up to me and asked me where I was going to show and I told him I desired to show up at home. He says: “Don’t you belong to this troupe?” I said no. He then asked me when I quit, and when I met the lady star of the profession she said I was the dandiest looking preacher she ever saw ; and I have come to the conclusion that if I get out of this country with any character at all, I must quit preaching with Morehead and traveling with his troup. In all we will always have pleasant recollections of our first visit to Kingston, and will hail with delight when we are privileged to go again. W. H. Williams.