Show A MIS MISSION ARYS LETTER adventure with train robbers sas ol of belay being a acmon A omon 11 HENRY CO tenn tenil nov 1887 1881 editor deseret news it is difficult to escape indulging in illusion as to who the new EIT elder r will be who is to take talethe the place of the one released A fellow feeling makes us ua wondrous rojas kind and partaking par ourselves selves of the joys missionary expert experience affords the thought that an en argette friend at t home should be privileged te to enjoy the same bless blessing irig is As the mainspring ot of reflection watching ach incoming train almost breathlessly to see the surprise at mst last it ic arrives and of course is not toe the anticipated and ten chances to one he be is a person never before seen or heard of TEMPORARY disappointment soon sinks away and reconciliation is restored with the conclusion that the new friend is just the one tile the request to tell all the latest news from home acme is ia complied witti with though labori inconsequence of the jeep deep sighs and woebegone looks in the narrators countenance at al last ne he becomes a little easier af after ter surveying the crude surroundings but is ia subjected to another violent shaking when the corn bread and bacon is set lor for dinner news from friends at home borne consequently can only be obtained after two or three days presence in the real southern scenes elder eider W being delayed a day in salt lake happened to 10 strike the train tha boarded and robbed near grand junction on the ad dinst he says that about 1 la a in he be was aroused from his hard endeavors to get a little sleep by the brakeman rushing through the train exclaiming that they were I 1 HELD BY ROBBERS cheerless announcement in the dead hours of night would awaken a person so thoroughly that he could see villains where none existed all persons immediately thought of pocket books and what would be best to do witt with them one threw his in the water tank another in the coal box still knotner in his bis shoes and for a time money was a great burden with little value elder W concluded to go out and see the cause ot delay and the modus operand ope randl of train robbers though what hio bis object could be be mode alone knows in front of the engine was a large pile ot of ties supporting a red lamp proceeding to the front to inspect more closely when near the mail car he heard beard a very stern command to ha bait I 1 t proceeding from under the car the command seemed to be directed to ta some one ahead it was repeated and still eldera Eld W paid no attention to it when immediately a flash bash of light and a whizzing bullet ballet announced that he was the person parson addris addressed sed A naturally hasty retreat was made to tile the coach from whence he be came soon the obstruction was wag removed and the engineer ordered to proceed the robbers did not disturb the pas passengers seagers and only secured a small amount from registered letters thus the young elder with a little too much curiosity escageda esca close call strangers from the west coming here are aie generally taken for Mor 11 i A A WRITING MASTER claiming to come from arizona has learned a lesson of sym sympathy for us recently in his rounds he made up a class of thirty arid and proceeded to the school house expecting to meet his bis students instead of students tie he met a trustee with a note so camilon to the the elders ordering ordering him to leave the ang coustry country at once and not try to insinuate himself among the people under the guise of being a writing master he was suspected of being b steeped in mormonism 11 upon another occasion where a grave doubt existed in the winds minds of the people le as to who he was they discovered his is mormonism by his refusing to eat hog meat W |