four o'clock
It seemed to him to be an awful thing to guide so many wives through all the mazes of life , and to conduct them to the Mormon paradise , with the prospect of meeting the glorious Joe Smith , who no doubt was there a shining light . He felt quite disgusted , and he fancied -- perhaps he was mistaken -- that some of the young ladies gazed at him alarmingly , and in a manner to compromise his liberty . Fortunately his sojourn in the City of the Saints was not of long duration . At four o'clock the travellers took their places in the return train . The whistle sounded , but just as the train began to move a cry was heard , `` Stop , stop ! '' But the train did not stop . The gentleman who uttered these cries was a Mormon too late for the train .