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Show 93 Anna while she was "fading away" do overlap John's death date. Perhaps the two babies had the same affliction. One week after her bereavement Ellis writes: October 10th 1873 Milford has been making arrangements for some time for taking the entire family and going on a trip south. In consideration of my health Milford thought it best for me to precede them as far as Mount Pleasant where it is hoped rest, visiting with my father and friends, will have a good effect upon my health and spirits. But oh, it is vain to seek to fly from the sadness that overwhelms my heart. Indeed it seems as each turn of the wheel increase the distance from my home,--the scene of my sorrow and from Milford, the sharer and comforter in that sorrow-my heart grows sadder and heavier-my loneliness increases. Thoughts of my little Anna fill my heart. How I miss her. Oh, how I miss her. I seems hard that I am deprived of Milford's society, of his comforting and consoling words- the healing balm that God in his mercy has granted. 'Tis true I have my little boys-and most truly they area great comfort to me, but they cannot reason and talk with me as Milford can.8 A noontime camp in a "delightful spot" on a branch of the Little Cottonwood finds Ellis with a surprising amount of appetite, and a stroll along the stream provides pleasant diversion as she picks a bouquet of bright autumn leaves. By evening they reach her grandfather's home in Pleasant Grove where they (Ellis, her brother-in-law, Bard, and Richie) receive "a kind and whole-souled welcome" from her aging grandparents whose "feebleness" is noticeable. The following day, after making a few calls on friends, they resume their journey. Ellis leaves Pleasant Grove with "overcharged" feelings because everything has reminded her of little Anna who so cheered her on her prior visit there. Camped that night on the "lonely dreary" Payson Bottom, Ellis |
