Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
at the railroad Hotel and the next morning took steamboat
propeller Hercules for Chicago.
This was Sunday. I spent a part of
the day in writing. We had good state rooms and was
comfortable. We spoke much of our famlies and the death
of Joseph and Hyrum, and we felt anxious to get home
President Young expressed his feelings to
me upon a variety of subjects and among other things he said
he wished me to keep an account of things as he should
look to me for his Journal some day. I had an
interesting time with Lyman Wight talking over old times
and looking forward to new ones
Joseph`s Presentiment that he would not see the Age of Forty.
During our conversation Lyman Whight informed me
that Joseph told him while they were in Jaol [jail] together ^in^ that he
Missouri that he should not live to see his fortieth year
of age but bid him not to reveal it until he was dead.
Two nights before our arrival in Nauvoo
Elder Kimball had a dream which he related to us. He
