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a large and prosperous business. When I first left B~rmingham 1850, he predicted that I would return in in rags and tatters like the prodigal son, but in this he found himselfvery much mistaken. When I entered his place of business, as soon as he saw me, he took me by the hand and was so overcome by emotion that he could not speak; however, he soon sent the porter for a cab and accompanied me to his fine residence, some three miles distance, and he and his wife and children were exceedingly glad to see me and they treated me very kind. The next morning I accompanied my brother in an omnibus to his mercantile establishment in town. From my appearance, being so well dressed and having a handsome trunk, which Brother Walters of Philadelphia kindly made me a present of, and wearing a neat little finger r n that was given to me in ig Saint Louis, I think my brother had an idea that I had been to the gold mines in California and had become rich and had seen the error of my ways in joining the Mormons and had come back to stay. Just as we were about to enter his store, my brother said to me, 'Well, Henry, what are you going to do now you have come back?' I said, 'I have returned as a missionafy Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to preach the Gospel without purse or script.' 'Why,' said he, 'have you got no money?' I said, 'I have a few shillings in my pocket, that's all.' He then went into the counting house and opened the safe and took a new five pound Bank of England note and ten new half sovereigns and put into my hand. I thanked him and put them in my pocket. I had no sooner done so when a very different spirit took possessions of him, and he made use of very bad language about the Mormons. I wished him good morning and thought I would call again when he would feel to be himself again. I went to the post
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| Title | Henry Lunt: biography and history of the development of Southern Utah and settling of Colonia Pacheco, Mexico |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Subject | Lunt, Henry, 1824-1902; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Biography of Henry Lunt, including the early settlement of Cedar City, Utah and establishment of the Iron Works. |
| Source | Henry Lunt |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1996 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Contributors | Researched by: Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Publisher | Published by the author: Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lunt.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1072.cpd |
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