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Show Nettie, Page 45 up their tools and get away from the rock. Without argument they gathered up shovels, picks and crowbars, and scurried out of the hole. As they stood watching, a rumbling and cracking sound came from the rock and before the eyes of all who had just minutes earlier been in the hole, the rock split into pieces, the largest part of which fell with a resounding thud full into the gaping ditch in the ground. Jim George looked at his watch. His mouth fell open. "It's five minutes to four!" It was the talk of the Peterson household that night as well as most of the other tents in camp. "I wish you c-c-could have seen Bro. George's face, Ma," Brig has saying. "He p-p-practically lost his lower jaw, it d-d-dropped so far." "Everyone was very excited at prayer meeting tonight. I think they really felt the hand of the Lord in this business at Prayer Rock," Will commented. "There's even better news than that," Papa said quietly. All eyes turned toward Papa. "It looks as though our prayers are being answered in another area, too. Apostle Woodruff told us that we've been offered a contract to build a railroad between Toluca, Montana and Cody, Wyoming. The contract is worth $80,000 and Bro. Crosby and Bro. Welch are to be the contractors. All those who go to work on the railroad will send half their earnings back here in exchange for the equivalent in canal stock. Then those staying here on the canal can get half their pay in cash and half in canal stock," Papa explained. "It's truly an answer to our prayers," Mama breathed a sigh of relief. |
