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And consequently, she could not pray unless she had time and opportunity to go by herself, where she could talk to God without being overheard. When she had been at Mr. Nealy's several months, she began to beg God most earnestly to send her father to her, and as soon as she commenced to pray, she began as confidently to look for his coming, and, ere it was long, to her great joy, he came.
Nealy's, and inquired of Isabel 'if she would like to go and live with him. She eagerly answered 'Yes, and nothing doubting but he was sent in answer to her prayer; and she soon started off with him, walking while he rode; for he had bought her at the suggestion of her father, paying one hundred and five dollars for her. He also lived in Ulster County, but some five or six miles from Mr.
Nealy's. Scriver, besides being a fisherman, kept a tavern for the accommodation of people of his own class-for his was a rude, uneducated family, exceedingly profane in their language, but, on the whole, an honest, kind and well-disposed people. They owned a large farm, but left it wholly unimproved; attending mainly to their vocations of fishing and inn-keeping.
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