of joy hovering around me. It was indescribable; it
was like a benediction of "well done, decided right."

From the diary:

Snow storm today but a fine moonlight view of Mount Shasta at
night. Rode all night in the stage, splendid sunrise view of Castle
Rock. Today through Sacramento canyon, fine day and grand scenery.
Supped at 9 P.M. and then nine of us were packed into a short wagon
and did not arrive at Red Bluff till 3 A.M.... No arrangements had
been made for my lecture. Sheriff refused to let me have the
courthouse. Secured the schoolhouse, but no fire and small audience
after all my hard trip to get here. Called at 2:30 A.M. to take the
stage again.... Reached Chico at last. Mr. Allen, agent of General
Bidwell, met me, and such a good cup of coffee and cosy,
comfortable time as his wife Emma gave me! Good audience, although
heavy storm.... At Marysville spoke in the theater to a small but
select audience. Expenses $20 over receipts. The fates are opposed
to my financial success, and the interest is piling up on my
debts.... Mrs. Laura de Force Gordon and a dozen other ladies met
me at Sacramento, and she and I went on to San Francisco where I
found thirty letters awaiting me at the Grand Hotel.

The flurry of prejudice against Miss Anthony had died out and she
accepted an invitation for a public address signed by a number of
influential citizens. She spoke several times to good audiences and was
fairly treated by the press, but she was too frank and outspoken to be
very popular, especially at that time. The people were greatly stirred
up over what was known as the Holland Social Evil Bill, which was under
consideration by the board of supervisors and had roused public opinion
to white heat, both in favor and in opposition. Miss Anthony naturally
made a fight against it, calling a meeting of women only and explaining
to them, point by point, its vicious propositions. This provoked both
favorable and adverse criticism by the press. At Mayfield she was a
guest at the handsome home of Judge and Mrs. Sarah Wallis. Mrs. Knox,
Mrs. Watson, Mrs. McKee and a big omnibus load drove up from San Jose,
seventeen miles. She spoke at a number of neighboring towns and the
sympathizers with the cause she represented were delighted with her
masterly efforts, but she felt everywhere the need of a good manager to
make her lectures a financial success. On Dece