Twelve Mormon Homes : Twelve Mormon homes visited in succession on a journey through Utah to Arizona.

Twelve Mormon Homes, page 128

not be published in the great cities till the next morning, of what had taken place this day in Congress, and the latest European sensation. This operator, a man of approved courage and strength of character, rode on a strong-limbed horse, never far from the President's carriage. He was so quiet and reticent that I did not discover his of&e, or that he had any, until we were half way on our journeyY2 The light of the telegrapher's fire drawing my attention to the window, I noticed that it, and all the others in the rooms I had seen, were shaded by long curtains of knitted lace. Mrs. Dawes had made them, she confessed with smiling pride. She had had plenty of time; for sister Fan. (the other little wife) had spent last summer with her, and, having been very sick, Fan. grew nervous, and liked her to spend the afternoon and evening sit- ting quietly by her bedside knitting. " `Fan.' did not live there, then?" " Oh, no; Fan. had a real nice house in St. George. She and Mr. Dawes had stopped for dinner on their way to a two- day meeting at Rockville, and the telegram came as they were sitting down. So, of course, they stayed to see us, and Fan. and she had been easily able to cook our supper between them." This was a good-hearted little woman. Baby had evidently in- -- 62This was probably William A. C. Bryan, who according to his own account, was frequently taken with President Young on his journeys to act as a private operator. "I used to go with this guard on a good, nimble intelligent horse as ever carried a saddle." When Brigham Young wanted the news or to send a message, Bryan would cut into the telegraph line and get the news and pass on any messages from President Young. Robert C. Lund of St. George often performed this same role for Brigham Young. Carter, "Telegraphy," Our Pioneer Heritage, 4:550-53 and McCune, History of Juab County, pp. 92-93. 128