The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-01-03

lie rOQo upgLO the CABIN as Inc woman
threw her wood inside. She was weak
and notwithstanding in the extreme.
II am Elder Rae. want to know If
you would car to go to AMAZON with
me when / come back. If you do, you
can have a home there as long as you
like. 1t would be easier for you than
here"
She had looked up quickly at him
in much embarrassment. She smiled
a little when he had finished.
I'm not much good to work, but /
think I'd get stronger if / had plenty
to eat. I used to be right strong and
WELL"
81 shall be along with my wagons in
two weeks or a little more. If you
will go with me then I would like to
have you. Here, here is money to
buy you food until I come"
You've heard of me, have you
that I'm a divorced woman"
"Yes, I know"
She looked down at the ground a
moment, bordering, then up at him
with sudden resolution.
! 81 can't work hard and-I'm not
pretty any longer-why do you want
to marry me?"
Her question made him the more
embarrassed of the two, and she saw
as much, but she could not tell why it
was.
why he stammered, "why,-you
see-but never mind. / must hurry on
now. In about two weeks And he
put the spurs so viciously to his horse
that he was nearly unseated by the
startled animals leap.
Off on the open road again he
thought it out. Marriage had not been
in his mind when he spoke to the
woman. He had meant only to give
her a home. But to her the idea had
come naturally from his words, and
he began to see that it was, indeed,
not an unnatural thing to do. He
dwelt long on this new idea, pictur-
ing at intervals the woman's lack of
any charm or beauty, her painful
emaciation, her weakness.
AS he entered Brigham's Office in
Salt Lake City some days later, there
passed out by the same door a
whom he seemed dimly to remember.
The left half of her face was dis
figured by a huge flaming scar, and he
saw that she had but one hand.
Who vas that woman?" he asked
Brigham, after they had chatted a lit
tie Of other matters.
That's poor Christina Lund. You
ought to remember her. She was in
your hand-cart party. She's having a
pretty hard time of it. You see, she
froze off one hand, so now she can't
work much, and then she froze her
face, so she amt much for looks any
longer-in fact, I wouldn't say Chris
tina was much to start with, Judging
from the half of her face that's still
good-and so, of course, she hasn't
been able to marry. The Church
helps her a little now and then, but
what troubles her most is that she'll
lose her glory If she amt married.
You see, she amt a worker and she
amt handsome, 80 who's going to
have her sealed to him?"
Il remember her now. She. pushed
the cart with her father in it from the
Platte crossing, at Fort Laramie, clear
over to Echo canyon, when all the
fingers of n hand came off on the
bar of the cart n afternoon; and
then her hand had to be amputated.
Brother Brigham, she shouldn't be
cheated Of her place in the Kingdom"
well, she amt capable, and she
amt a pretty person, so what can she
dog"
II believe if the Lord is willing I
will have her sealed to me-"
1T will be your WI doings, Brother
Rae. l wouldn't take it on myself to
counsel that woman to anybody"
Il feel / must do it, Brother Brig
ham,"
"Well, SO be it if you say. She can
be sealed to you and be a star in your
crown forever. But | hope, now that
you've begun to build up your king
dom, you'll do a little better, next
time. There's a lot of pretty good
looking young women came in with
a party yesterday"
Gail in good time, Brother Brigham!
If you're willing, I'll pick up my sec
ond or the way south"
well, well, now that's good" and
the broad face Of Brigham glowed
with friendly enthusiasm. You know
I'd suspicioned more than once that
you wasn't overly strong on the doc
trinal point of celestial marriage. |
hope your second, Brother Joel, is a
little fancier than this one"
She'll be a better worker" he re-
piled.
"Vyell, they're the most satisfactory
in the long run. I've found that out
myself. At any rate, it's best to lay
the foundations Of your kingdom with
workers, the palmer the better. After
I that, a man can afford something in
the ornamental line now and then.
Now, I'll send for Christina and tell
her what luck she's in. She hasn't
had her endowments,yet, SO you might
as we'll go through those with her. Be
at the endowment-house at five in the