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About this time I had a dream, that as I stood on the shore of Salt Lake where we used to go, the ground kept caving away around me. I was in great danger when Moroni came & took me away I was so thankful for his help it wasnt long before we were engaged.
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He was always very kind & gentle with us. I made a dress for Lizzie & for myself there was cloth Mamma had. That summer father dug a well for house use. He made a pulley with big buckets to wind the rope around a big wooden rod or pole, then he would get the bucket full of dust or rock. We girls would wind up the windlass that wound the rope around it & get hold of the bucket & empty it, then let it down to him again. I was always so afraid we would let it down on him or not get it up or pull him up safely or let him down safely. Then he got into a ledge of rock he made the holes for the blasting powder & would set powder in them & light the fuse then we would pull him up & run to get away so the blast wouldn't send the rock up & hit us. The noise always hurt me & getting father up & away in time was quite nerve racking to me! After that he was away at work & we went to live with others until after he & Aunt Harriet were married then we were at home with them for awhile. Then Lizzie did things that bothered Aunt Harriet & we went off again, it must have been very hard on father to tell Lizzie she must go because she did things that hurt Aunt Harriet's
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feelings. When Lizzie couldn't stay I went too. We found places to work. I worked for Sister Farr & for Emily Patterson at her place where I became so well acquainted with Moroni Richey & engaged to him, then I worked for Sister Farr later. she wasn't strong & I often helped her. She & Brother Willard Farr were very kind to me so were many others. Sister Freeman was very kind & Anne Freeman was a very dear friend of mine. Her mother had died. Mattie Romney was a motherless girl, Signe Bjorkman's father was dead. They & Lizzie & I ran together & were such close friends. Then Minnie Tenney & her brother Ammon used to take me to parties & dances before Moroni did. Amelia & Amanda Kemp were
dear friends. When I needed a dress Signe & her mother would help me. Sister Farr made dresses while I did her housework.
At Emily Patterson's when I was working for her, Moroni often came to see Emily, she was a favorite sister of his so we were well acquainted. He took me to a dance, as we were going in he put his arm around my waist. I took it away & took his arm. It was a very pleasant dance & after we went home he came into the dining room. We talked & before he left we were engaged.
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