Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-06-22

| would he willing to become plural
wifey' And the bishop laughed.
That's easy enough. I've already
had some talk with Brother Edwards
You leave this TO me. Ill arrange
matters"
'.Wen. there's no hurry. III thiRk
about ii. III let you know" said the
bishop, rising; and so the conference
came to an end.
AS they walked around the corner
Of the barn. the bishops wife was
lust coming out OF the barn door with
her apron full OF eggs she had been
gathering from the hay NOW, and her
black eyes were swapping.
That night, after the children had
retired for the night, the bishop and
his wife sat by the Preside alone and
talked
"SImon." said the bishops wife.
"Yes, Betsy"
what did those fellows want to-
dayg
They wanted to see me on some
church matters" And the bishop had
a sudden and severe ut of coughing.
Church mattersr shifted Betsy;
"and I'll warrant their poor wives
were az home chopping sagebrush TO
cook with They'd better be tending
10 their own business"
There was a long silence.
simon"
eyes, Betsy"
81 saw that niece of John Edwards
that's Just come over from Wales, in
tabernacle last Sunday"
lis that soE"
Eyes. and l don't think l ever saw
a homlier woman in all my life. nor
one that looked more disagreeable and
hateful"
Another long silence.
SAY, Simon"
Eyes. Betsy"
i've Just been thinking of the old
home in Tennessee. Do you remem-
Der how il looked the day we were
married.
why. yes" spoke up the bishop,
with sudden interest, "Of course do.
1t was in May, and the trees"
May you goose! IL was in June,
and the trees had been in leaf for
weeks, and mothers hOllyhOcks were
in blossom in the front yard Do you
remember the school teacher who used
TO want to walk home with me from
church and the compliment he paid
me that day."
"Yes, said you was the faireSt flower
OF all. Ha. Hal What was his name
Summers
"Oh. no How forgetful you are!
That was the name Of the young law
yer from Nashville | threw over be-
cause 1 liked you better"
You'd better have married him. He
made big fortune, they say"
Ridiculous. He wasn't as tall as
am by half an inch. and as conceited
as sin. Most any girl would have pre-
ferred you, even IL we did have TO live
In a log cabin at first"
That was as neat a log cabin as
there was In the county. il did build
it myself" said the bishop proudly.
Yes, and, Simon, don't you know
that sometimes think it was a great
mistake for us to come to Utah, at all
We could have been good MormOns
there just as we'll"
The conversation was reaching a
point the bishop always lodged. He
rose, stretched his arms, yawned and
said:
Well, we can 90 back there some
time and see the folks-when we get
rich. It's late. We must go 10 bed
I've a big days work for tomorrow
During the next two or three months
the bishop and his counselors were
often seen together but they seemed
TO make no Roadway to get the bish-
op to take another wife. One day he
received letter from Brother Brig.
ham Young, requesting him to call
and talk over matters of Importance
at the earliest moment, when he could
make 1t convenient to visit Salt Lake
City. Betsy seemed strangely aVerse
to his making the trip, but after many
delays he went. He was closeted with
Brother Brigham for several hours,
and when he returned to his home in
the broad valley by the lake he was
strangely silent and meditatiVe for
several days. Betsy asked no ques-
tons, but seemed to be expecting
something to happen-and it did.
One morning, as the family was
gathered about the breakfast table the
bishop had asked blessing, he lean
back in his chair, and said soIemnIy:
Wife, last night | had a revelation
from the Lord"
"Indeedr'
Yes; an angel appeared to me in a
vision and foretold the future, and
gave me a message to the living"
What is it," asked Betsy meekly.
ut was-ahem-revealed to me by
the angel that | had not been walk
Ing as should before this people:
that l have been guilty OF a sinful