Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-14
ELI PERKINS RIDE.
HOW AND WHEN HE LOST HIS REP.
UrArlON FOR VERAClrY

wo started ou whoals ia Italy. wore pot
0n uuuW lt thH m1uIst0fiC of st. BIr.
ulrl aud thD uoZt day rlmo t1mbIir7
down into tlH Whoatdold8 of Switzr.
land and tho Rhono Thon ] havo jin.
uki.hal through Japan and whoH'blr.
r1wod 100 China But tho most exciting
trip Of my lIfo was tasou in our own
country. out in Town. 10 was ono OF thH
c1littuighs ac1liwiulrt Ilra.uUl
for th1 college, Ht OugH City. northeast
from Cedar RnrI1s. ono night and Coo
uoyt night I was 90 b1 at GrIuuull col.
lDga, near uu Mu.ug ] had Il ride
down through Tho oontul rlft lI Iowa,
ol tho old Iowa Central rood no do
tlir was compelled Goo drive 800 miIo
across tdo prairie. from Ongo City 60
Mason city, iu order 90 HirIsou O. o'g.01a
morning train for Grim.ll
Thirty miles over Gao ruir.o in q
northwest sHfm. wi'Itl8 thermometer
10 degrees below ~ was attest oi
strength. uorgo aud bodily cllouc. Bot
wo mado th1 tr.p Ouo1 our s'o.gh Ip-
ped oyor nud our blankets and robes
blow away 10 wls 10 hurricane. and
even 0ur bot d1T sfaH0 lllE tlth0 wind
Once wo gut t1 enrolling around Un that
800 milo pu.lit. auI fla driver throw up
bis fraz.n hands aud screamed.
Yves l0sti'
But tlU stare came out and $50
whIlod around toward tho north a.lr
and struggled un
ln th1 gnyot Tho morning wiihwhat
10Y w0 Jaw tb0 H.ra,sliug lights OF th1
httIcstatou OF Mason city. nova rlugl
Of s., 600 ptoplol remember woIl how /
rolled out of tho sloigh and totior.d up
60 iho station door 10 was all dlrs
within. know thom0mius train hadu't
gone Wo had won, but, Oh, with what
c5.u
Knocking ou tho door thru pounding
louder, tho agent finally orHn0l &c.
"Has tho o O'Clock train guuo south
to Grnnollf' asked, with trcmuloas
voice
WHAT"
ella. Tho train Como f1uth"
flo looked no mo In nmazomlnt and
said.
"Gono. mani Gono7 Why. sho went
last September She is summon tmIn
But, aud ho looked kindly at me, "aho
will 10 again in june II you must 500
on hyr, you can ht around horo in tho
depot aud wait
What did ! dor
Why, iwont right ovor 20 a log hotol
and went TO bod, and sleep smothorld
my sorrows
slogpl sloopl
40 10 o'clock crawlod over 10 tho
depot and 0ponod tho wires ou prosi.
don't j. y. Griunoll OF tho Iowa Central
This, by th0 WAY, was tho original man
whom Greeley told 20 ego wt' Grin.
noll went west and it was DO who
founded tho city uf Griunoll, whore
was to lecture ITO built tho college
there Tho railroad, tho town, tho col.
lego aud tho lecture course were all hia
And throw myself into his arms with
this kilograms
please give mo an engine Got mo
to Griunoll tonightw
ANY engines needing repairs nc Ma.
son city, II No. send Perkins down"
camo over tho wiro from Grinncll
"No. o wants a now flrobox. won't
the answer.
80. X. Send with PorbinL Got
him hero or kin him, ropliod Grinnoll
In 80 minutes wo wuru on. We won't
bounding over tho old iron rails hotwo0n
Ackloy and Marshalltown, aud how wo
fowl Villages baoAmo Eplotchos OF ma.
room paint Telegraph poles blurred like
wagon spokos Ia tho sun.
We blow tho whistle, hut tho train
boat tho sound into Marhallt0wn, aud
tho agent camo out and looked tho
wrong way We had passed. tho town.
and tho whistle was still hohind.
Well. wo got 90 Griunoll and struck
tho audience un tho stroke of b. prgH.
don't GrinnUll hadn't told them about
tho ride Tho audience thought 1 olm0
ON "a regular train or drove over from
tho uoxt station. Whom / tried 90 toll
thom about my trip, thuy only laughed.
They didn't bOlioyo mo Alasl that was
tho day, that was the night that 1 lost
myroputation for yoraoity, and all thoso
years have struggled 20 get It back
ana a ycstrymnn now and % momuor Of
tho Young Mons Christian association,
but nothing will got back my lost yo.
iaoity, except perhaps this opon con.
fgsion, now for tho first time made.
when asked the venerable President
Griunel years aftuward how ho camo
to telegraph. "Got Perkins 10 GrinuOll
or kin him." ho saii'
We'll, my son, You 500 / was run.
ming for congress then, and / didu't
hayo any record 90 run on, An / had
dUno was Go condemn land f0r right uf
way and kin immigrants on our trains
Twas dying for o record Co run ou--uuo
that would bring mo tho sympathy OF
tho people, and 80 oaouuyd--miud me. "
DO said it slowly "lt simply occurred
10 mo Hs business mani bog pardon
for saying DC, md th0 tears clmU Go
his oyos-''hut 10 occurred 90 ma if you
could BOO killed on our train thou, and
tho people should find &c out why,
would DO nominated and unanimously
elected"
ThDn ho added, with O long nigh,
"I1ur coming and tho lecture you da.
livorod fot'lOd mo with tho pc0ply-l
was d.O.f.u.a.t.o-dN'-E Perkins iu