The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-04-29
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his name? Summers
ooh, no. How forgetful you are.
That was the name Of the young
lawyer from Nashville. / threw over
because / 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 con-
ceited as sin. Most any girl would
| have preferred you, even if We did
have to live in a log cabin at first"
ssThat was as neat log cabin as
there was in the county, if l did
build it myself" said the bishop
proudly.
Yes, and, Simon, don't you
know that l 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 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 to-
morrow
During the next two or three
months the bishop and his counsel
ors were often seen together, but
they seemed to make no Roadway
in their efforts to get the bishop to
| take another wife. One day he re-
ceived letter from Brigham Young
requesting him to call and talk over
matters of Importance at the earli-
est moment when he could make it
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 medita-
tive for several days. Betsy asked
no questions, but seemed to be ex-
pecting 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 I had reyela-
tino from the Lord"
"Indeedw
eyes. An angel appeared to me
in vision and foretold the future
and gave me message to the liy-
ing"
"What is it p asked Betsy meek
".
ct was-ahem-revealed to me
by the angel that | had not been
walking as l should before the peo-
pie; that l have been guilty Of a sin
full neglect of duties in the past. It
was revealed to me that l should
take Jane Edwards to the endow-
ment house next week and have her
sealed to me through all eternity.
The Lord hath spoken. Blessed be
the name Of the Lordn'
The children all looked at Betsy,
expecting an outburst, but none
came. She calmly poured the cof-
fee, carved the loaf and presided at
the table as though nothing had oc-
cured. The bishop was surprised
and apprehensive, but as the day
passed and no signs of trouble ap-
peared he recovered his serenity and
felt thankful that affairs were NOV
ing along SO nicely. So it was a
shock to him when, at the break
fast table next morning, after he
had invoked the divine blessing,
Betsy, instead of pouring the cof-
fee, said:
3<Tommy, keep your hands down.
Mary, keep the baby quiet for a
minute. l have something to say.
Simon, last night / had revelation
from the Lord"
"Yes" said the bishop feebly.
/ eyes. An angel appeared to me
in vision and foretold the future
and gave me message to the liv-
ing
"What was it ?"
cit was revealed to me by the an
gel, went on Betsy, slowly and
| firmly, tsthat | had been a good and
faithful wife to you for twenty-one
years; that / had left a good home
to share a log cabin with you in
the mountains of Tennessee and
then came to Utah to please you,
and in all these years I have never
murmured nor complained. And if
you take Jane Edwards or anV other