Title:  Story of Chester Lawrence

Author:  Nephi Anderson

Release Date:  October 15, 2004 [EBook #13756]

Language:  English

Character set encoding:  ASCII

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Story of Chester Lawrence

Being the Completed Account of One
who Played an Important Part in
“Piney Ridge Cottage”

By Nephi Anderson
Author of “Added Upon,” “The Castle Builder,”
“Piney Ridge Cottage,” etc.

The Deseret news
Salt Like City, Utah
1913

Books by Nephi Anderson.

Added upon, Fifth and Enlarged Edition.  A story illustrating “Mormon” teachings regarding the past, the present, and the future states of existence.

The castle builder.  The scenes and characters are from Norway, the Land of the Midnight Sun.

Marcus King, Mormon, is the story of a convert to “Mormonism” who came to Utah in early pioneer days.

Piney Ridge Cottage, the love story of a “Mormon” country girl.

A young folks’ history of the church.  The story of the “Mormon” Church is told in simple, interesting chapters.

All bound in beautiful cloth, with gold titles, Price, 75 cents each.

Deseret news book store,
Salt Lake City, Utah.

Story of Chester Lawrence.

CHAPTER I.

It was raining when the ship was ready to sail; yet on the pier a large crowd of people stood under dripping umbrellas, waving and shouting farewells to their friends on board.  The departing passengers, most of them protected by an upper deck, pressed four deep against the rail, and waved and shouted in return.

The belated passenger, struggling with heavy hand baggage, scrambled up the gang-plank.  The last visitors were hustled ashore; amid noise and bustle, the plank was drawn away, and the ship was clear.  A tremor ran through the vessel as the propeller began to move, and soon there was a strip of water between the pier and the ship.  Then a tiny tug-boat came alongside, fastened itself to the steamer, and with calm assurance, guided its big brother safely into the harbor and down the bay.  The people on shore merged into one dark object; the greetings became indistinct; the great city itself, back of the pier, melted into a gray mass as seen through the rain.