The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-09-28
Hebe.
From liarper's Magazine for October.

where hardly any one ever looked -:
curse. 1t was sadly battered, and still
retained the impression of Skedadde'
hoof. Skedaddle was Rake Jake's one
eyed mule. The cup lay on her bin,
side, hidden in the tall prairie grass, an,
ilcbes curly head was within the Ions
black ribbon loop attached to the handl,
when Skedaddlc stepped upon it. Rak,
Jake had pried it open with his "Texa
tooth-pick," and tried to hammer it into
shape with the handle of his navy revolv
er, but it had remained very tipsy. look.
ing cup ever since.
Hcbe's history previous to this event
had been briefly this: The youngest chile
III Il Swiss family of Mormon convert:
that filled one of the carts in long emi
grant train .jolting and swaying SLOWLY
across the scorching plains. The mother
had died of cholera on the way Almost
her last act had been to tie her own christ.
ening cup around the child's neck, and
from that moment her mission of cup
bearing began. In the same train was a
wealthy English lady, who had been de-
luded into accompanying the party as the
betrothed wife OF the great Brigham She
was very tastidious; the coarse fare and
tin plates sckened her, and at length she
openly rebe)ed. Going to her plate chest,
she took from it Il small silver salver,
from which she ate her bacon in triumph
But the eyes Of the missionary who had
charge OF the expedition glittered avari-
clously, aud the next day when the Eng
llsh lady's maid went to lay her mistress
plate, it was gone. The high-sprited old
lady produced another and another. each
disappearing as the first had done till,
when they reached Utah, all her chest of
plate was gone, Here she babe the chill
dren kind good-by, and went up the
steps of the Lion House to become the
wife of the arch hypocritc
One day her maid came to Hebe's home,
her rosy cheeks all white, saying that the
missionary had asked for her as his fifth
wife. Brigham had said that she need
| not marry while her mistress lived. but
that after her death he should give her to
the first who asked 1t would be but a
brlet delay, Tor the poor lady was rapidly
talllng. She was out Of her mind at times,
and would not touch her food or drink
| because it was not served upon silver. So
llebe carried her cup in the hope that she
could be induced to take her medicine
from it, and before she died her reason re-
turned She would puzzle out the quaint
inscriptions, and often her thin lips moved
rs in prayer, while from between her
closed eyelids tears trickled down. One
morning Margaret found her mistress
holding the cup in an almost vise-like
grasp, but with a triumphant smile on
her dead face, which told that she had al
so taken 1.-The cup of salvation'
At her grave the missionary gave Mar
garet such a look that she shuddered. and
taking Hebe's hand. hurried home with
hGGfntead'i }hIbRe hGgAafteped l9ok Of poor
not married again, but had lived with his
children as much apart from the other
Mormons as was possible, now pulled his
hat resolutely over his face and left the
house. lie returned presently, and tax
ing the English girls hand in his, said,
earnestly, "Would you like to live here
with my children, Margaret ?" She did
not understand him until he handed her
an open paper - Brighams sanction of
their marriage. She gave a startled look
up into the honest face of the Swiss, and
reading there not pity alone, but Il true,
manly love- she placed her hands trust
ingly and gratefully in his.
The next year was happy one. They
| cultivated little vineyard on the noun
tain slope east OF the city, and Margaret S
face shone brighter than her milk pans.
Then the missionary, ever Il harbinger of
evil, called, with two other elders of the
Church, to inform her husband that it was
! Brigham's wish that he should take an
other wife. Margaret bowed her face
over her baby and rocked backward and
forward in anguish. After the departure
of the missionary the little family, no
longer deluded by any pretense Of mock
religion. divided into two parties tor
| flight. The children, with an OK team,
We're to take the South Pass. while the
parents went on foot by the North At
Fort Laramie these routes converge, and
here they hoped to meet. The band of
little folks got along very nicely. They
had flour, and a gun, with which the eld-
est boy sometimes brought down IL prairie
chicken, and two COWS. which they drove
with them. On the fifth day Of their pill
grmage Il band of men resembling In
,lians appeared in sight. Minna dashed
liebe's cup into the sack Of flour, and
Rupert, to disclaim all warlike intentions
threw his gun into the bottom of the
wagon.
They were more cruel class than In.
uItilS. LHt I>alu VI lIlc btlnlIcS, VI lIt
destroying Anges, s." whom the Nor
mons place upon the track of iugitves
their motto being, Dan shall be ser
pent by the way, an adder in the path
that biteth the horses heels" Through
his disguise of paint and feathers the chill
dren recognized the evil face of the mis-
sionary. Disappointed at not finding the
parents, they held II consultation, decid
ing to leave the oxen. rs they were lniser
able beasts; and, saying that they Idle
not want the children at Utah the coun
try between here and Fot Laramie is ful
Of Indians; they will be taken care of,
they left them to their fate
Minna took Hebe's cup from its hiding
place, where it had lain like Joseph's il
Benjamin's sack and the children trudge.
) bravey on. How slowly the oxen moved
Rupert would tasten them to their wagol
) III the morning, and they would Jog alon!
before any of them We're we'll awake. On
morning lIehe rolled out of the swayin!
cart and lay in the prairie grass still
asleep, while they went on without miss
, ing her, Several hours later, when the
found her gone, Rupert and Victor cam
back, and searched and called n long time
but could not find her. The ground wa
tramped as though herd OF buffalo hat
passed, but there was no Hebe. Off towar
J the south was a cloud of dust, and, look
ing tixedly, they thought they could max
out hOrsemen, but whether advancing 0
retreating they could not tell. Remcm
bering what had been said about Indians
they sorrowtully gave up the search AM
, hurried back to the cart.
} Meanwhile Hebe lay and slept, until
scouting party Of troops in search of In
dians passed that way. 1t was command
; ed by Colonel Armstrong, and led b
the well-known scout and guide, Rak
, Jake, wild, lawless fellow, partly of In
dian blood. The two were riding in ad
vance of the soldiers, when Rake Jake
mule stumbled on some smooth round oh
.Ject and threw him to the ground Tn
shock awakened Hebe, who sat up, an
! rubbing her eyes, gazed TRANQUILITY at tn
astonished men. The colonel raised he
f in his arms and asked her name. Then
nc cha did not raplv aud bo pot;ooJ III