The time was when I shunned even the thoughts of my earthly origin and my childhood days, but I have gotten over that.

I have learned to face the world and all the truth it has for me.
"When I was but a child, my mother married Hugh Elston.

Shortly after, they both heard the gospel preached by a 'Mormon' elder, and they accepted it.

I had been placed in the care of some of my relatives, and when my mother now wished to take me, they would not give me up.

They were, of course, fearful that I, too, would become a 'Mormon.' Mr.
Elston and my mother went west to Utah.