Sharp diary 1918 page 244. Thursday 29 August 1918 - Meadows of Dan
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Thursday 29th of August 1918
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As it is plain that the Byerly’s are not anxious to have us for more than one night, and as the songs are few & far between we decide to leave on the morrow. But it seems impossible to get a wagon or car. Maud walks 7 miles and I 6 independently in the morning but with no result. The telephone is out of order & we cannot get Stuart. After lunch we go off straight to Bill Shelor the Baptist preacher, a nice old man with all his family around him. He sings but has forgotten most of his love-songs. He & I crack many jokes together, Maud & I sing and I play Joe Blackett’s Rebel Song on the organ. When we get home again Mr Debart comes on the scene and throws some energy into the matter of our conveyance and after much telephoning prevails upon Mr Hilton of Ballard to promise to come over tomorrow at 7.30 & take us down so that by catching the 12 train we can get to Winston Salem tomorrow night. We pack in the evening and go to bed very tired not from collecting but from our efforts to get away tomorrow. The Meadows of Dan is a regular rat-trap, except that it was nearly as hard to get into it as out of it.Location
USA : Viginia : Meadows of Dan [0,0]
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