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Ida Chamness letters, 1910-1922
1912-08-15 Page 23
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-23- appointed meeting in the Friends' meeting house that night for the city people. This meeting was well attended; and as much in the life and power as any of the meetings we had had at any time. Ida R. Chamness was my interpreter in this nation. We had made preparation to sail to England one week before this, but failed to have done the work that lay before us. We now expected to sail for England the next week, but a difficulty had arisn between the boats so we could not go. This was pleasing to Ida as she felt to return to Roiseland as follows:-- We had been at Roiseland where Ida's father and brother lived two weeks, attending meetings and visiting families. And did not expect to go there again. While Ida was sick at Breifon hotel she told me and the rest that she expected to go back to Roiseland. She dreamed there was a funeral there and her brother, Tobias, was connected with it, "But," said she, "There was no corpse, I don't know who the corpse may be." This was two weeks before we returned to Stavanger. Ida said, "Now I will go to Roiseland." She dreamed there was a funeral there and return by the time the ship sails for England." She asked me if I did not want to go along. I said, "No," She then said, "We have only thirty minutes to get to the train, and asked
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-23- appointed meeting in the Friends' meeting house that night for the city people. This meeting was well attended; and as much in the life and power as any of the meetings we had had at any time. Ida R. Chamness was my interpreter in this nation. We had made preparation to sail to England one week before this, but failed to have done the work that lay before us. We now expected to sail for England the next week, but a difficulty had arisn between the boats so we could not go. This was pleasing to Ida as she felt to return to Roiseland as follows:-- We had been at Roiseland where Ida's father and brother lived two weeks, attending meetings and visiting families. And did not expect to go there again. While Ida was sick at Breifon hotel she told me and the rest that she expected to go back to Roiseland. She dreamed there was a funeral there and her brother, Tobias, was connected with it, "But," said she, "There was no corpse, I don't know who the corpse may be." This was two weeks before we returned to Stavanger. Ida said, "Now I will go to Roiseland." She dreamed there was a funeral there and return by the time the ship sails for England." She asked me if I did not want to go along. I said, "No," She then said, "We have only thirty minutes to get to the train, and asked
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