But The Place Was
Ghostly - Lonesome Beyond Everything - And When The Wind Moaned And
Sighed Through The Rooms One Could Fancy It Was The Wailing Of The
Spirits Of Those Seven Wretched Wives.
When we returned at night to
the dark, unoccupied building, it seemed more spooky than ever, after
the music and light at Garfield Beach.
Our meals were served to us at
the restaurant at the pavilion. I made some very good sketches of the
lake, Antelope Island, and a number of the wonderful Black Rock that
is out in the lake opposite the Brigham Young house.
About two miles from the city, and upon the side of the Wasatch
Mountains, is Camp Douglas, an army post, which the new department
commander came to inspect. The inspection was in the morning, and we
all went to see it, and were driven in the post with the booming of
cannon - the salute always given a brigadier general when he enters a
post officially. It was pretty to see the general's wife partly cover
her ears, and pretend that she did not like the noise, when all the
time her eyes were sparkling, and we knew that every roar of the big
guns added to her pride. If all those guns had been for Faye I could
never have stayed in the ambulance.
It is charming up there - in the post - and the view is magnificent. We
sat out on a vine-covered porch during the inspection, and watched the
troops and the review. It made me so happy, and yet so homesick, too,
to see Faye once more in his uniform. The inspection was all too
short, and after it was over, many officers and their wives came to
call upon us, when wine and delicious cake was served. We were at the
quarters of the colonel and post commander. That was the second post
we had taken Mrs. Ord to, and she is suddenly enthusiastic over army
people, forgetting that Omaha has a post of its own. But with us she
has been in the tail of the comet - which made things more interesting.
Army people are nice, though, particularly in their own little
garrison homes.
There is only one mormon store here, and that is very large and
cooperative. Every mormon who has anything whatever to sell is
compelled to take it to that store to be appraised, and a percentage
taken from it. There are a few nice gentile shops, but mormons cannot
enter them; they can purchase only at the mormon store, where the
gentiles are ever cordially welcomed also. Splendid fruit and
vegetables are grown in this valley - especially the fruit, which is
superior to any we ever saw. The grapes are of many varieties, each
one large and rich with flavor, and the peaches and big yellow pears
are most luscious. Upon our table down in the dining room there is
always an immense glass bowl of selected fruit - peaches, pears, and
grapes, and each time we go down it seems to look more attractive.
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