Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-02-22

tnere were the 1hVOrlUo piS5aBes
mark by her dear fingers"
do you not think" said Miss Gray
son, "that in the Beyond, you will en-
Joy talking about tue blessed home
life of which you speak, and that there,
all the mysteries will be made clear
and all the darkness, bright?"
'1ndeed do" cried the beresved
mother, eff | did not think so, [ cou d
not live"
"Could not livei" Poor N otheri The
Angel OF Death is rarely seen in com
pany with the Angel of Sorrow; the
one chooses Pleasure for his cnmpan-
ion, the other Life.
Later in the day, Miss Grsyson aske d
her companion if she had seen Salt
Lake City. The reply was. that this
city had been her home.
"And did you ever meet the Nor
mons in society there?' was the next
question.
"Yes," was the answer. "I am g
Mormon"
In her surprise Miss Grayso STAN
mered an apology, but the Mormon
lady said,
"Why apologize2 am not ashamed
of nv faith. 1 think" she added gen.
tly, ''you will find that we MormoLs
are all human after all.
Indeed exclaimed Miss Grayson
with a painful blush, 81 never doubted
that. But you are not-s believer in
-polygamyS"-
Certainly, my dear lady. 1 must
be or / cannot be Mormon. What,
she added, with an air of pathetic pa
tience, "are O few heart-aches more or
less, if we women can help, by our
sufferings, to elevate the human race?
/ am the only wife; but 1 am always
urging my husband to take others; and
when nv dear daughter married,
prayed my son-in-law to do the same.
Why should 1 not. when l firmly be.
heve the revelation which declares such
husbands and wives have highest,
happiest seats in the presence of thJ
God of gods?"
Miss Grayson was always making
discoveries. Sometimes a wondrous
tint of color IN sky or on mountain side;
sometime stately castles or strange
sculptures of savage monsters or the
human form divine in the rocky gal
leries through which they sped; more
often notes of magic music from the
haunting Undines of mountain streams;
and here was another discovery
Her face was indeed a study as the
soft, gentle voice of the Mormon lady
fell on her ear. A woman in the after
noon of this lightning illumined
nineteenth century, refined and intel
ligent too, a citizen of one of the most
civilized countries on the globe, giving
expression to such beliefsl She could
not argue with the grief stricken
mother, she merely said:
"You may not perhaps conceive of
the impression your words must make
upon me-"
''Yet L think may and csn," softly
said the lady addressed. Never
mind" she added, 1--WE will talk no
more on this subject. All wi
be clear by and by. L liked
you as soon as 1 saw you; and will
talk further of this when L meet you
up There shall surely see you
There"
II fear not" said Miss Grayson,
with one of her sparkles. "If 1 under
stand, 1t takes numerous marriages to
lift you to an Immortality among the
immortals. What OF those who neUer
marry? Are not they shut out from it
alp"
81 do not say that" returned the
Mormon lady. among the Gentiles
are some of my dearest friends, and we
have many things in common. Have
we not the same God and the same
Christ? You believe the last revela-
ton was given thro' John; we believe
He is continually giving US new reve-
lations suited to our needs in the midst
of changed circumstances and environ
ments."
But said Miss Grayson.
"All change cars for Ogden" called
the conductor. The Mormon lady
rose, shook hands with many warmly
expressed good wishes, and passed
from the coach.
Then came the gentlemen, Franklin
and Seville, for chat; and both ex-
pressed fears for her orthodoxy, when
Miss Graysor told them of her talk
with the Mormon lady.
''But seriously, Miss Grayson, what
do you think of this lady's reasoning
asked Mr.. Seville.
"I don't think l can call it reason
ing" was the answer" it was simply a
statement of her beliefs aud her hopes;
and that, with all due Difference to the
lady, was very sal. and to me very
absurd"
They had now entered the Valley of
Salt Lake, and the tired and dusty
faces, in their eagerness to see the
heavenly valley, took on a look of
almost new life. All through the long
journey from CimmaroD, the gentlemen
ho1 TOD II %. l. l.
less wearisome. Flowers and greens
and curious bits of rocks we're brought
in as souvenirs of tho different stopping
places in those wild regions and i'm
partially distributed among the ladies';
all SO kindly and delicately, that few
were found to dissent from the Germ an
lady, on the way to join her son III
California, when she declared that q
more perfect gentleman than the true
American gentleman was not to be
found. First and foremost in these
kind and thoughtful attentions was
Mr.. Seville.
Before reaching Salt Lake City, the
train stopped to water near a farm
house, whose master came forward and
treated some of the gentlemen passen-
gers with apples from his well-stocked
orchard.
Chow refreshing those apples look"
fell simultaneously from the parched,
dusty lips of the on-looking ladies'.
Just then Mr.. Seville entered with q
basket of the rosy fruit, which he dis
tributed among the thirsty company.
If the fatal apple of Eden memory
looked as delicious to poor Eve as those
tasted to the travellers, what marvel il
she fell?
The Southern lady, Miss Grayson
and myself had decided upon our ar
rival IN the City, to go to the Cliff
House, and ar. Seville quietly ar.
ranged everything 80 we'll, that in a
short while after reaching Salt Lake
we found ourselves in conf ortable
quarters at this hotel. We were, how
ever, too late for service at the
Tabernacle.
Early the next morning a ro.e was