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Dinner Guest

BY CYRENA DUSTIN
FROM HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY
     In December or late in the fall of 1839 I went to Nauvoo with Brother Tarletan Lewis and family. ... At Nauvoo we found nearly everyone sick with chills and fever so I went to nursing sick folks. I went to nurse at Stephen Markham's for they all were down sick and their daughter, a lovely girl about my age, died and her parents would not hear of me leaving them as I made my home with them from that time.
     Some time in February 1840, Philemon Christopher Merrill was passing through Nauvoo from Ft. Madison to Carthage and had stopped to see his friend, Brother Markham, who brought him home to dinner and I waited on the table. After dinner Philemon asked Brother Markham, "Who is that young lady?" and when told, Philemon remarked, "I'll be back here some day, for she will be my wife." Brother Markham laughed at him and also some at me, but so it proved, for on Sept. 20, 1840, we were married and went to housekeeping in Nauvoo.

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INDEX OF STORIES

Strength of Samson
General Conference talk that relates a story of Philemon C. Merrill.

John Bloomfield Finds a Baby
While keeping guard at night over his pioneer company, John Bloomfield finds an infant in the wilderness lying near its dead mother.

His name, not his town
Why John Bloomfield never lived in the town named after him.

A Heavy Fog
Cyrena Dustin writes about a miracle she experienced as a young woman.

Dinner Guest
A dinner guest sees Cyrena Dustin for the first time and declares he will marry her some day.

Hero on the River
A daring river rescue catches the eye of Lydia Ann Lake.

Lost Scissors
Expensive shears end up in the bottom of the river.

Killed by Innovation
Lumbermen in Mexico gather to watch Joseph Henry James and his boys send down the first log on a new chute.

Joe's Jokes
Joseph Henry James brings a sense of humor to the Mormon Colonies in Mexico.

Apache Raid
The Apaches attack in the Sierra Madre Mountains.

Expensive Lobster
A birthday party for George Heber James (Jr.) has a surprise ending.

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