The Portland daily press., 1895-05-13

Nashville threw over because I 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 preferred you,
even if we did have to live in a log cabin
at first. p"
"That was as neat log cabin as there
was in the county, if did build it nv,
self, said the bishop proudly.
EYES, and, Simon, don't you know that
I sometimes think it was a great mistake
for us to come to Utah at all. We could
have been good Mormons there lust as
well. -
The conversation was reaching point
the bishop always lodged. He rose,
stretched his arms, yawned and said:
'Well, we can go back there some time
and see the folks-when we get rich It's
late. We must go to bed. I've 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
headway in their efforts to get the bishop
to take another wife. One day he received
letter from Brigham Young requesting
him to call and talk over matters Of i'm
portance at the earliest moment when he
could make it convenient to visit Salt
Lake City. Betsy seemed strangely averses
to his making the trip, but after many de-
lays he went He was closeted with Broth
er Brigham for several hours and when
he returned to his home in the broad val
ley by the lake he was strangely silent and
meditative for several days. Betsy asked
no questions, but seemed to be expecting
something to happen, and it did.
One morning as the family was gathered
about the breakfast table and the bishop
had asked a blessing he leaned back in his
chair and said solemnly:
''Wife, last night had a revelation from
the Lord"
s'Indeedl'
eyes; an angel appeared to me in
vision and foretold the future and gave me
a message to the living"
"What is it?" asked Betsy meekly.
"It was-ahem-revealed to me by the
angel that had not been walking as
should before this people; that have been
guilty Of a sinful neglect of duties in the
past. 1t was revealed to me that should
take Jane Edwards to the endowment
house next week and have her sealed to
me through all eternity. The Lord hath
spoken. Blessed be the name of the Lord
The children all looked at Betsy, expect
ing an outburst, but none came. She
calmly poured the coffee, carved the loaf
and presided at the table as though moth
ing had occurred. The bishop was sur
prised and apprehensive, but as the day
passed and no signs Of trouble appeared he
recovered his serenity and felt thankful
that affairs were moving along SO nicely.
So it was shock to him when, at the
breakfast table next morning, after he had
invoked the divine blessing, Betsy, in
stead of pouring the coffee, said:
Tommy, keep your hands down. Mary,
keep the baby quiet for a minute. have
something to say. Simon, last night had
a revelation from the Lord"
"Yesf" said the bishop feebly.
eyes; an angel appeared to me in
vision and foretold the future and gave me
a message to the living"
What was itP"
"It was revealed to me by the angel"
went on Betsy slowly and firmly, "that I
had been good and faithful wife to you
for 21 years; that left good home to
share a log cabin with you in the noun
tains of Tennessee and then came to Utah
to please you, and in all these years have
never murmured nor complained. And il
you take Jane Edwards or any other wom-
an to the endowment house or any other
place and have her sealed to you-it was
revealed to me that the next time you set
foot inside this house would take down
the old shotgun we brought from Tennes-
see and blow your head off. The Lord