Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-20

wife we thanked the bishop and start
ed back 10 Pleasant Grove on the
dead run, a distance OF about seven
miles. We stayed IN Pleasant Grove
that night and started for Salt Lake
city the next morning. When we ar
rived I'm the city we met my fnther
and mother just starting 20 leave tho
city so they gave us the keys OF the
old house and we went to house keep
ing But I had to attend TO rollcall
morning and evening and my wife did
not like TO stay alone so | used to
dress her In my Spanish suit OF pants
and jacket and take her with me on
our old white horse. | passed her of
for my cousin from the south. She made
a splendid boy. The only thing that
was afraid OF was that she was too
good looking for a boy but | fiSed her
up good and don't think any one ever
suspected her OF being n girl
LITERAL. OBEDIENCE.
our next trouble was that every Fri
day the council was to see that there
were no women left In this city and
as was always great hand to obey
counsel I used to get my wife on be
hind me on my horse and answer roll
call In the afternoon about 8 o'clock
and then we would strike out for
Pleasant t1ONe III tne nlknts W Hfu VIC
got out Of the city ] always let my
wife ride I'm the saddle and | rode be-
hind her. We generally got into
Pleasant Grove about o'clock at night
and went 20 bed and had a good nap
then up In the morning. got our break
fast, and started back to the city 80 as
to be i'm time to answer to rollcall
We rode 20 Pleasant Grove and back
4 times while | was detained In the
city on guard, IL was a long dreary
ride OF a dark night 36 or 81 miles
and not a house on the road after you
left the city until you got to Ameri-
can Fork. a distance OF about 35 miles.
The day the army entered the city
] expect my wife was the only woman
left in It The city guards were all
ordered TO go up City creek canyon
until after the troops had passed
through the city and myself with the
rest. l was in fix ] did not know
what to do with my wife. | had only
one horse and | could not take her UP
In the mountains. could not get an
other horse in time TO get her out Of
the city so I put her on my horse
dressed her in my riding suit stuck
my bowie knife in her leggings and
started her of for Pleasant Grove
on the dead run. But by the time she
got ready 70 go the troops were In the
center OF the city and she had to ride
within n block Of the advance guard.
She was pretty badly scared,
TRAVELLED AT NIGHT
She rode to Pleasant Grove In less
than five hours. She had to ride strad-
die in the saddle nearly all the way
and she was badly used up when she
got there / followed as soon as the
troops had passed the point of the
mountain and got into Pleasant Grove
about IL o'clock at night. We stayed
-. tho naEt lnN
then we started for the city at night
We did most Of our travelling at night
and Il was rather dangerous business
after the. army got in for there were
some very hard cases Of mon who
came with them. But I was always
well armed and ready for any little nc-
cident that might occur. Ny mother
in-law used TO tell me that ! would
lie the death OF her daughter but She
IS alive and likely 70 be for some time
to come.
There is one item that I forgot to
mention that happened before ] was
married and that | never told TO any
one II was this: the night first
saw my wife ] got dressed up after
work and | had made up my mind
10 go 10 the house OF some young folks
that | had got acquainted with and
take my fiddle and have some run
for l had felt kind OF sad and lone
some all day So I started, but J had
not gone more than block when J
changed my mind and turned back.
I went up 70 my room at home ana
sat down and commenced u reflect on
my past life and ] concluded that u
was time ! was thinking OF things Of
more importance so | knelt down ana
prayed to the Lord and asked him
TO send me my mate and I would get
married and settle down and live q
more useful life in his kingdom. AZ
ter a while | went out again to take
a walk and I happened into Mother
Hardy's whore I used 10 go once In n
while to have a tune with her boys.
As | walked In my wife was sitting
with her back to me. as have said be-
fore and az I passed her / knew That
she would be my wife just as wen as
/ know il now after 81 years, ] mem
ton the circumstance thinking 1t may
he a benefit TO some Of my children
or grandchildren for I am Fatished
that II every young man or young
woman would make marriage the sub
iett OF PRAYER and ask tho Lord To
give them their proper mate there
would not be 50 much dissatisfaction
I'm married life