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Show THROUGH GREAT TRIBULATION. 369 . Marian had but one " mother " now. In the old Utah days she had addressed her father's wives as " Auntie," according to the safe cus-tom in vogue then ; but since the other " Auntie " had found a home somewhere else, and her father's house had but one mistress, she had promoted her to be addressed as " Mother." Yes, Manson had " struck chloride," and though the vein was not so rich by some millions of dollars as the sanguine partners had expected, they sold it for enough to satisfy Manson; and be-fore the autumn of 1870 had passed, he once more held Marian in his arms. And now I, the writer hereof, am embarrassed; for, if I continue the story, I can not dwell on miners, Mormons and Indians, mountains, mines and adventures. The de-tails of a marriage are beyond my scope. Suffice it, then, to say, that Willie Manson and Marian Bri-arly were made one, after all their troubles, and con-tentedly settled down in Iowa, determined there to spend the remainder of their days. And that firm resolution they kept just six months. For, when the south wind blew softly, in May, 1871, they looked around them and missed something. They did not see the circling peaks, their summits ever glistening with snow ; nor the blue waves of the Salt Lake, nor the crystal streams pouring from the hills ; and, as they looked into each other's faces, Marian expressed the desire of both, saying : " What a glorious place Salt Lake will be when things get fixed." Once confessed, her longing increased. She was desperately home-sick. The troubles were forgotten, the joys remembered; distance 24 " WILMK HAS STRUCK CHLORIDE." |