Ponchatula, she took the cars on the New Orleans, Jackson and Great
Northern Railroad, and in a few hours was in Jackson. On arriving
there she proceeded to the Bowman House, and purchasing a newspaper
eagerly scanned the columns to find an advertisement of rooms to rent,
knowing full well that, with her limited means, she would never be
able to remain at the hotel, or live at a boarding house.

After looking for some time, without finding the desired
advertisement, her eye at last lit upon the following notice under the
heading of "To rent:"

"TO RENT,

"Unfurnished rooms in the one-story tenement buildings on
---- street. For particulars, apply to the undersigned at
his office on Main street, near the State House.

JAMIE ELDER."

After reading it she folded the paper, and remained musing for several
minutes, when rising up she went to her children, and, kissing them,
told them she was going out for a few minutes, and to play like good
children until her return. She then left the hotel, and, after some
little trouble, at last found out the office of Mr. Elder, which she
entered.

"Is Mr. Elder in?" she inquired of a clerk.

"Yes, madam," he replied.