Chapter 27

           Duringthenightofthe5thofDecember,thetrainransouth-easterlyforaboutfiftymiles;thenroseanequaldistanceinanorth-easterlydirection,towardstheGreatSaltLake.

           Passepartout,aboutnineo’clock,wentoutupontheplatformtotaketheair.Theweatherwascold,theheavensgrey,butitwasnotsnowing.Thesun’sdisc,enlargedbythemist,seemedanenormousringofgold,andPassepartoutwasamusinghimselfbycalculatingitsvalueinpoundssterling,whenhewasdivertedfromthisinterestingstudybyastrange-lookingpersonagewhomadehisappearanceontheplatform.

           Thispersonage,whohadtakenthetrainatElko,wastallanddark,withblackmoustache,blackstockings,ablacksilkhat,ablackwaistcoat,blacktrousers,awhitecravat,anddogskingloves.Hemighthavebeentakenforaclergyman.Hewentfromoneendofthetraintotheother,andaffixedtothedoorofeachcaranoticewritteninmanuscript.

           Passepartoutapproachedandreadoneofthesenotices,whichstatedthatElderWilliamHitch,Mormonmissionary,takingadvantageofhispresenceontrainNo.48,woulddeliveralectureonMormonismincarNo.117,fromeleventotwelveo’clock;andthatheinvitedallwhoweredesirousofbeinginstructedconcerningthemysteriesofthereligionofthe"LatterDaySaints"toattend.

           "I’llgo,"saidPassepartouttohimself.HeknewnothingofMormonismexceptthecustomofpolygamy,whichisitsfoundation.

           Thenewsquicklyspreadthroughthetrain,whichcontainedaboutonehundredpassengers,thirtyofwhom,atmost,attractedbythenotice,ensconcedthemselvesincarNo.117.Passepartouttookoneofthefrontseats.NeitherMr.FoggnorFixcaredtoattend.

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