Show I WHAT OF THE SIGNS Two days das before Columbus on hi his first great voyage discovered land his crew gathered around aroundhim aroundhim aroundhim him and demanded that the ships be brought about and headed for Spain The officers who before had supported him joined with ith the mutinous crew in rn threats and remonstrance in the demand for a n re re- re- re turn The paralysis of or a great fear was upon them something that could not be appeased by bj either force or persuasion Then the great commander addressed them and told them to remain f faithful but three da days clays s 's more and if land laud was not discovered by that time he would comply with their demand They consented but the historian says sas he did not take much risk in making the promise for the signs of nearby land were too numerous The fhe sounding line brought up UJ earth which had been washed from flom some shore The flocks of birds increased and nd some o of these were land birds The sailors on the Nina picked U up the thO bran branch h of a tree with fresh red berries The crew of the Pint Pinta a saw a carved log floating on the water As the night descended after prayers Columbus ordered all sail to be furled lest the ships might b be driven upon an unknown coast There was was no sleep that night Near midnight Columbus standing forecastle of or the Santa Maria saw sawa a a. light and the cry U A A light a light rang over the tim sea A little after midnight the watchman on the Pinta ina cried out Land land but there were doubts dawn showed a beautiful shore of wooded hills hillsand hillsand hillsand and clear streams and then those crews that had been so turbulent commenced chanting the Te To Deum Just now in Salt Lake Lalie arc a good many people who are like HIm the crews creW's of those ships They see no signs of promise some da days s they are mutinous on ou other days they despair But the hope of Utah was never brighter the soil is already warming under the first breath of spring the mines never looked better the Yolu volume e of work to be performed was never so great no previous spring ever held in its grasp so much promise There will be a great trade here this year ear a vast amount of work is to be done All the fields are to be replanted and here the harvest harvest har liar vest comes conies quickly after the planting Whatever 4 th the troubles ma may be in the great commercial centers centers cen cen- hardly a ripple of them hem is felt here unless it itlie be ue upon the stock board The material interests j are all ll sound Salt Lake people who read the signs I arc re rc filled with hope |