It occurred to her that this was Joseph Smith's mother, who had the reputation of being a speywife.

The sky-gazer did not look at her.
"Are you Lucy Smith ?" The woman clapped her hands suddenly together and laughed aloud.

Then she rose, but, only glancing a moment at the visitor, she turned her smiling face again toward the sky.
Into Susannah's still defiant mood darted the thought of a new adventure.

"Will you tell my fortune ?" "Who am I to tell fortunes when my son Joseph has come home ?" Again came the excited laugh.

"It's the grace of God that's fallen on this house, and Lucy Smith, like Elizabeth, the wife of Zacharias, is the mother of a prophet." "He isn't a prophet," said Susannah, taking a step backward.
"Seven years ago was his first vision, and all the people trampling upon him since to make him gainsay it, but he stood steadfast.