Shortly afterwards Charles was led to believe
that Oglethorpe had , shown his displeasure in a
manner almost absurd from its pettiness — giving ,
orders to his servant to forbid his secretary the use of
a kettle belonging to him. Of course Charles deter-
mined to give no further opportunity for this kind of
minute insult, and, having depended on the Governor's
furniture and brought none of his own, was reduced
to great discomfort. This cortibination of large and
small troubles broke down his health, and he became
seriously ill. We can imagine his joy in the midst of
this unkindness and neglect which surrounded him, on
hearing that the one dearly loved being on the con-
tinent of America had come to see him, and when he
contrived, leaning on his brother's arm, to drag himself
into the woods out of the hearing of eavesdroppers,
he probably enjoyed the first happy moments he had
known in his new ministry. ' I found my brother
exceeding ill,' says Wesley in his journal, 'but he
mended from the moment he saw me.' He recovered
health of body and mind together under the influence
of his harder and stronger elder brother, by whom he
was persuaded to break a resolution, formed in the
morbid state of illness, to starve rather than ask for
anything from Oglethorpe. The immediate success



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of a request for a few things he wanted plainly
indicates the amount of truth in the calumnies he
had believed about the Governor.
