Getting used to it.--Southern hospitality.--Getting the level.--The good Samaritan.--A vagrant poet.--Back-handed compliments.--Friends of the road.--Chairmen I have met.--Chance acquaintances.--Humors of the road.--Mine host.--Perils of the platform.--Embarrassing moments.--"Slings and arrows."--Emergencies.--A pioneer manager.
