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Show n H.. .. C'ksu.red hoofbeat s a s t hough a horse was approachi g . Then rough he darkn se of the night they say the J.l cke r in l i ht of a lantern through the tr ee~ , and the knew th· t someone was a proachin • l ot knowing what · t ::;e to do t hey (;·tood still u til a m an i th a. lant rn ast r ide a. h or s rod up to t em .. .. Vhat are you boys doing here ? " the stran er ask d. ''vVe a.:re lost" the elders replie , i'bt·t n e are ve r y h a ppy to see you. ' 1 Th 1 n di srnount d . nwell " , said he; "you b y s are in a . retty bad shape ; you bette r crawl on this hors • an I'll lea u back to my home. I "vent to bed retty tired tonight, but I just ouL .. n 't go to leep. I tossed a11d turned in • ~ e d with a. cons t antly growing feeling that some ne out here needed hel . I don 't know vvhy I did it, but I ot up out of a nice \varm bed ~nd caJ:ne out int thic rain. and c old an .-. thro gh these w o s e aLtse · elt that someone wa s in troll ble . 1 gue it a "" you boys who j s t wouldn. 't e t me o to sleep. " A str ide the house t e 1 e rs soon ..:e t the war m th of the animal ' s body, and in their h earts was a dee g r atitude for heir miraculo;.;q;, e~cape . Nothing furthe r w said between t hem and t1 e n1an until they had arrived at his h om e , and t h ey had been given some warm c l othing and t he i r h unger appeased. Then the man as ked the wh at their bus in ss was a why th ey happened to be in t hat part of the c ount ry. The eld ers explain d to their benefac tor the pur pose of t heir mi · s: n and expl a ine to hi :n:s. the first p :rinc$.p les o. the gospeL It w·as very late when they ret ire d , but n a r ising on the f ollowing mor n i ng , they lea r ned th at t he tt1a · of the house had left early to invite the ne i ghbor farmers and f:riends in t.~.'le valley to a meetin to be held at his h om e that evening at which the two elde r s would explain the f i rst pr inciples of the gospel |
