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Show l8 expensive for him or any of his Mormon friends to obtain, because their meager incomes had to go entirely toward family support, but Eyring and a friend, Milton Wall, being boys, were attracted to the site of the circus. Just as the boys were about to leave for home, a young couple rushed up to them and asked if they would like their tickets because they had another engagement. enjoyed the circus show. The boys gladly accepted the tickets and When it was over it was quite late, and in the excitement of getting the tickets, they had not contacted their parents about their plans. When the twelve year old Eyring arrived home near midnight he found his mother beside herself. imagined the worst. reprimand him. She, of course, had She was so happy to see her son that she did not His father felt his son was capable of taking care of himself and was sure he was okay. Another interesting story of Eyring's year in El Paso was his ritualistic way of going to work. Each morning he would put on his roller skates, pick up his lunch pail and head down the hill from their house to the grocery store. The interesting thing about the trip was that the sidewalk was two feet above the road and at the bottom of the hill one had to go down steps to cross the road. However, for Eyring it was much more of a challenge to descend the hill, then jump, going full speed, from the sidewalk into the road. In nearly every case he would fall down, losing his lunch pail in the crash. his scattered lunch, he would continue on to work. After picking up During the year Eyring remembers only a few times that he made a successful jump, but even though he would fall nearly every time, he continued to try it, determined to master the task. This was an early indication of the tenacity and persistence with which he later taCkled all problems and |
