EVENTFULNARRATIVES,
THE THIRTEENTH BOOK OF THE
FAITH-PROMOTING SERIES.
Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of YoungLatter-day Saints.
JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR OFFICE,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
1887.
PREFACE.
It affords us much pleasure to be able to present to the public theThirteenth Book of the FAITH-PROMOTING SERIES. The favor shown theselittlepublications by both old and young among the Latter-day Saints encouragesus in the belief that they are read with interest, and, we trust, withprofit. The principal object in issuing them has been and is to increasefaith in the hearts of those who peruse them, by showing how miraculouslyGod has overruled everything for the benefit of those who try to serveHim.
If, by our efforts, faith can be implanted or increased in the hearts ofany we will certainly feel that our labors have not been in vain.
We trust this little work will find its way into many homes and affordpleasure and instruction to all who read it.
THE PUBLISHERS.
CONTENTS.
LEAVING HOME.
Birth-place—Parentage—William H. Scott—An Interviewwith a Baptist Minister—A Testimony to the Truth of "Mormonism."
The First Latter-day Saint Meeting—William H. Scott has anInterview with my Mother—She Forbids me Having Anything to do withthe "Mormons."
A Companion—How I Saved my Emigration Money—An ImportantLetter from America.
Richard and Myself Determine to Emigrate with the Saints—ReceiveBaptism—The Notification Papers—First Attempt to Leave Home.
Arrival at Sunderland—On the Steamer "General Havelock"—InLondon—On Board the "American Congress"—Unpleasant News—AMeeting of the Saints—An Awful Surprise—"I Want You!"—Taken Prisoners.
The Scene in the Cabin—One of the Saints Defends us and isThreatened—John Nicholson, President of the Company, Comes Forward—The Parting Scene—Good-by to the Saints—Taken to theThames Police Office—Trying to get the Passage Money—Lockedinthe Cell.
How the Time was Spent in the Cell—A True Testimony—AnOfficer from Middlesbrough—Handcuffed—Leave London—Arrival at Middlesbrough—The Police Office.
In the Cell—A Visit from Richard's Father and my Mother—TheTrial—The Decision of the Court—A Few Words of Explanation.
A Clipping from the "Middlesbrough News"—A Promise Made but NotFulfilled—The Second Attempt to Leave Home.
Planning to Leave Home a Third Time—Leave Middlesbrough—Arrival at Newcastle—Leith, Edinburgh and Glasgow—A PeculiarSituation: No Money, No Friends—Make up my Mind to go to New York—Arrival at Liverpool.
Arrival at Queenstown—In Suspense—"It's only a Runaway Boythey're After"—Arrival at New York—A Proposition Accepted.
Leave New York—Arrival at Wyoming—Incidents on the Plains.