The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-04-03
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onfPfrs WA DAY ~ sUsrkEsk.
II was uuuDtiu. from tue ilfsl how the
mon sent 90 execul" "iudgmeop on tbi.
Door XII woul prooaed Nv they rnio sl0N'
" dOgn the hill ifto camp. lhsre was no
doubt In auyOne's mind Whist they would
doin the end. But how aud by what to-.
tuous roads ~ cruelty ard delay and dh,,
may would they pfoceeCY Nv what cruel
cAt-and-mou,e MEATS would they proceed
20 teach their terrible lesson Oi the ven-
pesnoa and the power of Dan, ~ serpent
by tho way ,""an adder In the path2
When ihs sun shinsa hot and clear, q
photograph Is tsKeD slmoet ihs lantiy,
which will endure long. long tine;
And 80 " ~ IN and with soents like this.
The blood was NJ ievsr heat. The imagins
ton was like flame, Terror of what was 10
happrp fastened all things there nrmly ~
N the world stood Still iofevsr. The heart
alter a little time almost Ceased TO beat.
Before us 10 the s0ulh and lar away
cleaned the great sea nj sat In the mo n
ing sun, A green island OF trees where
thousand cate TED, the property OF The
Mormon church, 10y far away ioward Ihe
other sd-. L. was but dimly vie'hls, yet
beautiful, peaceful IN lis tsr tfsi guilty ~
u picture Of paradise.
Aslpe eyes SRA ned snd sWept ocro,s the
plssm ng sea OF sat and rested on this
b, aut ful island, they seemed 10 want 10
remain there You could not iutn your
head aw " or Withdraw your gszr There
was a H. roe iaonation That kept tho s,ra,h-
ed sy.s looking down aud ont steadily 10.
ward that aim and lis snt lei OF peace and
b auty, v hioh was iIr, ss'itlr. Inc t'Itd
ewes wan ed TO rest there forever 'Or ala
The eI az so desire 10 re III 80 mere, lar away
IN ti-lds OF beauty and OF peace, TO escape
The threatened scene vi blood aud pefii ~
our ieel2
Bey ond the broad and cleaning levels OF
his sea Of salt, still beyond the verdsnt,
restiul lille, auu iignt above aud over tne
few scattered fields ant iarm-hou on the
near shure, shot ths snow topped to"efs u
the Wshsatch. Theee msgn, hctnt mouu-
tame drew an impossible wall ncrerCent
to the east and north, around the inc plent
Mormon city. These mighty towers OF
SNOW, this range, new people, mad ON The
subject of elision Gu led their tower, OF
strength" They likened them 10 the whiie
towers that we're above The mighty Walls oi
Jerusalem OF cd. Every .here, IL all things
around them, they read the iulhlment OF
prophecies, bible traditions and o;b,s PIE
deserts, the balm ofgilead trees, even
the locusts that sometimes devoured the
lland-ln all thees they resd. I'M
seinsd, believed i'm plicitly, that they hao
here, thousands Of miles away from al the
world, found new Jeruselem; that they
were indeed the children of the Lost tribs'---
the children OF Dan indeed, thst should
Judge the people OF the earth as they passed
and be AZ a serpent by the way" ian ad'
der in the path"
To the east OF this rem nnnt OF dried-un
sea, and close upon the salt-white ehore oil
it, there gushed from the rocky hillside
litils river of boiling water wElcn sent 'orth
its steam in tbs cary morning in per-
.nln do han
iiiul white clouds rose TO the mountaln-'op
{ the east and there rested lszily i'll the
sun or Graded to aud FRO above the Mormon
civ.
Beneath these crsdled clouds, far below
them. and vet far above the CITY, ana 10
The east and 10 the north, and above our
own camp there was crasn in u precise
level the detimte and unWis.aksble shore
and surc.lipe OF a great dried-up sea. Hum
tre1s OF feet above tho BLACK end heavy
waters OF Salt Lake you Can gee where
The surf rosred in storm and tempeet when
the world WAS young, tore the ROCKS 10
sp,irters, fashioned Csverns AID washed q
psbbled strand. These marks Will remain
while the mountains remain. All around
high up on the hill top, you pick up sea-
washed pebbles, petrlfied sea-fi h OF q for
gotten age, stones with fea-moss ard sea
shells encssed In them, and endless EVIL
dence tina, tho ships ofSol0mon might have
sailed these mountain tops, seeking the
land OF Ophir.
And yet here was pitiful man, in the he Art
of all this mystery, In the presence OF ever.
patient and industrious nature e she tried
to fashion home for him goriou and
beautiful, cutting his fellow-man's throat
before he had yet fairly sat down to the pos
ST ssion Of it oil. Was there not sorrow
ei OF b here?
!, Why, these Mormons had been riding,
l. .ho,, fOr do u q M n IN
find a single victim to murder. And now
IL ey had found their victim. She must die.
She was already in some sense dead.
Some one had seen the hand OF the giant
shoe, high and straight perpendicular I'D
the air AZ the Danites rOds down from the
h,ll They answered with the same an,
phntic and silent sign. What dld It meahI
preached. He came with heavy. massive,
deliberate tread, rs II he owned the earth
He took possession of the place. They
entered the camp together. TIE men
looked at the giant for their orders. DE
Imotioned them to dismoupt. They did so
and stood little apart, holding their nun
gry and tired horses by long revhide teth
ers as they bent their sleek necks to the
ground, ratified their steel bits in their
teeth and ate OF the green and abundant
prrCs as IL IL never had been or should be
stained with blood.
know you are clutching your hand here
win ferocitv toward the one pa'ty, and
shame and pity for the other. You would
have fought, died then and there, or de.
stroyed these destroying angels, would
you?
Not so. Drawer men never were known
than the pioneers of these days. But there
somehow fell fascination on all and al
ways, from those swift and SILENT fanatcs
the fascination of the serpent when 1t
4 L:.lf hat
worn aud weary pilgrims in these early
DAYS. And YOU search the chronicles in
vain for ane single acc of successful defense.
Not one OF Thousand murders ever met
with any real resistance.
Some believed that this new religion
would cover the earth. Men who abnorred
il had seen its audaclty and power so sud-
denly and wonderfully developed here ia
these mountains OF mexico, that no Won
der Ii ey were appalled, aud silen' before its
| executioue q IL had lis believers, too, In
every Damp, No one dared complain 10 hi,
neis hbor. not even to his own brother, or
build up plans OF escape, punishment or
revenge A man did not rrast, MS own
wife. There was but one course TO take
bear all in silence.
Oar party hid already unyoked their
| oxen: and the large.eyed, pstient cattle,
glad to be let loose once more, were mouth
! ing the swettest grass along ths green
! banks of the willow lined stream. The
weary men gradu-ilv sank down on the
! grass in groupes the children cluDg to the r
fmothers' skirts ia silent awe. No one spoke
| to the terrified girl The large. hollow
eyed lesder Looked at her n moment; their
ewes met Sne knew him then. Hs wss
| her husband. She was an aposiate wire. and
had been judged by Dan. The 1T 'ry OF
the terrible fate oil an apnstate vile was IA
miliar evef to the children who looked on
IN silent terror.
He Iroze her blood with cold stare, and
| then made motion with his large left
| hand in which he still held book to the