Show Ii By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS While the of the have been elaborated upon In theIr thelt trek acrOss th the pl plains ins what about th tho wo women en Around them circles almost a tragic romance Fancy Jancy may find abundant subject lor a graphIc of tile the devotion th the suffering the matchless heroism of the women Nine ine children were born to them th first night the they camped out outon outon on Sugar creek 5 1846 1846 S nut But it was not prayer alone says sars an old chron chron- ide t sustaIned these pilgrims The practical philosophy ot of their great leader d daily Hy and hourly applied applied ap- ap plied to the exIgencies of their case did almost as much as their own matchless faith to s sustain them from tile the beginning to the end ot f their journey With that leader had very 1 properly come to tile the camp ot of Israel era se several ot of tIle Twelve and the chief bishops ot of the church but he also brought with him a quorum humble in yet useful as high priests to the Saints in those spirit saddening days It was Captain Pitts' Pitts bl-a bl brass S band That night tile the presIdent had the brethren and sisters out in tile the dance and the musIc was ts s glad as at a merry merr Several gentlemen from Iowa gathered to witness the strange Interesting scene TheY could scarcely believe their I own senses when they were ere told t that at these hese were ere Mormons M in theIr flight from civilization bound they kneW not whither except where God should lead them by the hand of his servant S 4 Thus in the song and the dance th the saints praised the Lord When the nIght was fine and Supper which consIsted of tile the most primitive fare was over o some ot of the men would clear cleu away the snow while others carried to tile the campfires In anticipation ot of the jubilee evening evening- Soon in a sheltered place tile the blazIng fires would roar and fifty couples old and young would join in the merriest spirit to the music of tile the band or the rival reverie of the solitary fiddle As they journeyed journe Cd along strange visitors constantly constant constant- ly visited theIr camps and great was their wonderment wonderment wonder wonder- ment to see see- seethe the order unity and good feeling that prevailed in tile the midst of tile the people Dy By the campfires campfires camp camp- fires they would lInger listening to the music and song and they fain had talen part in the merriment had hild not those scenes been as sa red worship in the exodus tearing fearing people S To fully understand the tha incidents narrated the reader must couple in hIs mind the idea iden of an exodus with th tile idea ot of a jUbIlee for it was was-it jubilee to tile the Mormons to be delivered from their enemies enemies' at any p price At one point on th li journey the citizens of of ofa a town nearby cane came over ovel to camp to invite the Nauvoo band under Captain Pitt to conic come to their village for a concert There was some music left in the brethren They ha had not forgotten how to sing the songs of oC Zion o th made tile the good folk tolk ot of the Village vu Vil lage merry and for a time forgot theIr own sorrows |