home, albeit he has a hankering Canada-wards. Joe will,
if he cannot get something to do in New York strike for Connecticut,
inasmuch as he hears that his former �Boss� is doing well there.
And I�m left alone.
26. Sunday. A walk by the �sad sea waves� in the Evening, Wing
and George accompanying. Met Fred and Edward. / Standing
alone on the end of the little bridge, gazing out on the �brine forever
unfruitful,� feeling Ulysses-like, when he
�Over the fruitless main through trickling tears kept gazing.�
What truth is there in it � Ah, old Hellenic Islander, Greek
or Asian, whatever and whoever thou wert, well thou knewest
the heart of man. A glorious world has the devil Mammon
usurped rule over � �Yet a little while, yet a little while.
{27. Monday. Drawing each day. One Evening a sail with
28. Tuesday.} George, Wing, and the �Boss� of the latter; and
the other a walk. Sitting on the door stoop listening to the organ
of an Italian. Would it not be possible to travel through the States
thus? I should like it, and am weary of the petty insult and
degradation I have to meet with in the attempt to live by my own art.
29. Wednesday. Having finished my six drawings, in the after-
noon took them to New York. Cur Appleton out, but his brother
(Arcades ambe) there. Left and a walk. Called at Beaver Street,
Heylyn not arrived yet. Verily his fate is a contrast with mine.
He has but a journey � to sign his name, and �400 are handed