Part 3 (1/2)
He was three weeks acco the journey; and when he arrived in London spent the first day in search of work, which he failed to obtain
In the evening, seeing that a te was to be held in a hall off the Westminster Road, he went to it; and asked to be allowed to speak Soaunt, shabby, travel-stained applicant But he would take no denial, and soon won cheers from the audience When he stopped short, after a brief address, soo on when he has nothing to say?” caht he had no money in his pocket to pay for a bed; so he walked the streets of London through the weary hours till dawn of day
Other tes he addressed; for his heart and entle the straits he was in, asked if he were not disheartened
”No,” replied John; ”it is true I carry all my wealth in my little wallet, and have only a few pence in my pocket; but I have faith in God I shall yet succeed”
Struck by his entleman introduced him next day to a friend who took a warm interest in the te or trying to persuade thy fellow-, and to become teetotalers?” he asked
Without hesitation John Cassell replied:--
”The work of teetotalism”
”Then thou shalt have an opportunity, and I will stand thy friend”
John Cassell noent forth as a disciple of the te his experiences on the way to London he furnished hiether the people of the villages he visited
A temperance paper thus speaks of him in 1837:--
”John Cassell, the Manchester carpenter, has been labouring, areat success in the county of Norfolk He is passing through Essex--(where he addressed the people, a up to the pulpit of the Baptist chapel, with his carpenter's apron twisted round his waist)--on his way to London He carries his watchman's rattle--an excellent accoreat regard for Thoentleman which had first made him wish to become a public ham, as already related, after some conversation had taken place, he reain, Tom”
”Well,” reo with me to Derby”
John accepted the invitation forthwith, rin, as bothered to knohat to do with him; for he was under the impression that soe would not give a very hearty welcoh fellow
This is Mr Whittaker's narrative of the sequel:--
”We walked together to Derby that day At thehe spoke a little, and pleased the people When thewas over, he said:--
”'Can't I sleep with you?'
”'Well,' I said, 'I have no objection; but, you know, _I_ ao with me he _would_, and _did_ That was thehe did it; and to that feature in his character, no doubt, entleham, and as ashamed of him, subsequently became his servant, and touched his hat to hie, with a liveried servant, when I lived near to him in London”