The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-22
upiid In Gray
Richic-Hoch
By James A. Stewart.

lun clip mo bit"
&C." says e; hits not good for man tc
lonc"
rs not" assonted md 1 knew whereof
Il bishop scratched hin lis beord, and
then that q 'ad is thinkin' cap on.
btIy % began:
BI. there's Sister Dukes Sister Mullin,
'Obson, Sister Goodyear. Sister -
pt hup me md. for l. wanted none OF
hot. and c stopped short like thc oil
clock. Bishop, YOU mum consider o
yeaid In os innocent a voice as ] could
aye. for 10 turn aside the voice OF tho
seemed Ike goip' agin authority. You
d been doin' some thinkln, and II was
al mind 10 tell the bshop-but you'll see
ltsappens further hon, as thie story shall
30 be told like the ono In which tho main
HEcts married or hanged, ns seems good
talo maker.
eids that are gone. resumed the bishop
roIcs OF such kindly innocence rs to mako
el cheap for the ono Ia palmed off hon
nt.s the trouble" soys l. stickin' 10 me
lke II want one hof me hown- What
ny good oil wife that's gone do when wc
Ain 'eaven II sho should catch me troopin'
~he golden otairs With another mans wife
.rin' to me cont-toils? Why, she'd whack
Yer the 'end with the golden rule even
sshould disturb the singin, rcjoicin' hosts,
'&'d box my ears nj the loot OF the great
throne come what might. l know 'cr.
lsu sec bishop. ! want one Of me hown.
hot'U be mine T. tothcr world as we'll as
sa She as Is gone can't kick hup much
as authority VIII be hon my side
Itaps hit VIII be we'll for me TO explain
0 Gentle who knows 40 much about tho
> and vet 30 little, that what's hours in
world his houre & tother also. So that
true Sister Dukes belongs to Brother
i. 'appen what will. II We should mato
Sister Dukes and your umblo servant
20 all hon there, and | 'ad thought deal
that and wanted non" OF hit. Whnt
that's como VIII take by the and and
ssNrcIcome One" when they shall meet
G Kingdom 10 come 'hd set mo mind
iat. for there's no KNOWN 'ow womon
B Scripture. Not that tho Saints don't
ccordin' to Scripture In things mhtri-
III oh, no, don't mean that / mean the
bItIon OF womankind TO kick hup even In
hco of authority when their men folk
out other women. So I'd nggered II hout
Ii 'sd one OF mo hown, Martha Ham,
mo wife that's gone. would see things
light OF reason and make no fuss about
rs I'D above. sayin' nothin nbout Dukes.
bishop could see tho point. for q ready
h Mt ssein' things. and after a While e
says c. ''Woll, Brother Richie. I'll see
i can DO for you"
!. In few days one OF lie boys Jacob
TX rs name is, comes putin over TO my
4 for cd run every step OF tho way. and
,s. says p. Paw wants you" | knoIcd
that summet wos hup. and few min
ound me a-shakin' 'ands with tho bishop.
Fim a-hothcTln' a me in Q way that told
that a was we'll pleased.
sat down, and silence came over us,
srin' ms It 'ad not 'ammered eince one
long. long ago when Martha Ham. her
gone, waS ponderin over question L d
er. But the bishop coon broke tho
= says snys c, Brother Richie
n lucky dog "
Aowed whnt that meant and cid me
lookin' as though the Lord ad blessed
s'Weve found one for you says the
x into my mind All, escaped my lips
-1tarily and could feel me face wreath
ELF in bright sunny smiles sun 'cld
lng. KNOWN TINT little by little should
de acquainted with oil. she's Ger
said tho bishop after another pause.
that felt me countenance fall. was
Fer-pleased. that I'll hown. not that |
nything agip the GerInans oh. no, not
but wondered II she could talk Hcng-
The bishop had seen the change como
ne, and o went hon cheerfully; And
longs 10 no one either In this world or
Torld 20 come" That was good, but hit
o moro than / 'ad expected. 1 was TO
nc OF me hown, Just has ad 'Opcd
might, and Martha Ham would 'nve
bup with hit, for authority was hon my
by this time nd 'eId me tung as long
9ver ] could old hit and L axed the
II she could talk the good old tung /
80 we'll. F didn't know. All e knew
lat she wag German and young, not
than forty-1yc That was good. the
part, and / knew then that the Lord
ud my prayer
cuttln' hit short. the bishop didn't
hnything more than what was in a let
Ifnd kef I'm Lett haf
mo from some one in authority in Salt
RfThc letter simply stated that she was
N and young and that | was To come
Lake and claim her as mo hown. She
meet me at the railway station. the
said, but she would ave no one intro
is, as. womNn-like, she wished to take
: my personality on the sly.
II say that / liked that. I'm not what
call 'ansom, and II sometimes 'appcns
mans appearance proves disastcrous TO
trimonial prospects I'll confess that L
ne misgivin's as to 'ow I'd suit. but tho
lny made me little more 'opcful 4
game. II ran.
( Lake City. Utah, December IL. lS9-.
rthcr Benjamin J. Richie. Esq. Far
l. Utah-DeEr Brother Richie Ny bishop
As mo that you arc wanting a wife one
r own. He also Informs me that 1 might
u IL that Is have concluded TO ac-
II have reached this conclusion bscause
Jed 10 be saved That is what / en-
: The gospel for. and that is what L hnyo
Ill these thousands OF miles for. Now
do) l have chance. the first 1 havo
ace coming TO Zion, and l have con
TO accept dt III do). II l don't accept
may he lost, that is what my bishop
,.is l am getting older every day and
20 you know the chances Of woman's
saved are very much reduced. go /
sroncluded 10 accept. l VIII meet you nt
pot the Oregon Short Limo depot. on
sentieth OF this month. and Will DO
~ Christmas. Wear some blue ribbon
button hole OF your coat az mark by
| might recognize you. and meet me at
OF on the twentieth. Your sister In the
~ ADEBINE HOCH"
was settled. ] was TO meet her on the
III with blue ribbon in me coat. and l
ave one OF me hown and she wns 10
p&cntcth wns near at 'ond. and comm
ftly. / could see that | would barely
le 10 put my ouse TO rights. Ia been
= Jonc for some time, never mind 'uw
id of course my 'ousc was hardly NJ
take n bride. So 1 went 10 work Ike
- but | md that ] can't do as much
could in days gone by. I'm getting
I'D soon get hout OF pun. NV work
and TO mako matters worse ST Perkins
a load OF coal tut meetin' -'ousc
uize what that meant TO mo II must
in that / ave attended 10 the mootIn'-
= these ten years. Two lighted the fires
rci md put the 'ouse OF worship to rlghts
s,7 wheeled tho coal from tho street 10
J" AZ the rear OF tho church The wagons
tssive IN to Tho bin. 80 II Is necessary to
..be coal. So tho work Of 81 meant
aDork for your 'umble servant That
"a coal had TO BIO wheeled bnck to tho
o. cmbcr that December VOL II wns
:. d the snow lay deep upon the ground
l. ~, especially upon the shady sides OF
~, were smooth md Icy II wns toward
when l began To wheel tho coal. the
a0s thickcnn'; and because OF the late
vfook heavier loads than usual They
heavy that they were ruthcr difficult
y and as was strHlnlnS at one with
night my feet slipped on the Icy peth
! g lenlg IL.