The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-09
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4 story Of the Early Days OF Msrmon-
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hiLLrs. AUTHOR ~ "soses or rnE ,iEs
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Toe Hook ~ Mormon ~ at r'oniyiuu'
slgs and I,mpl'd stiffness, One mar
wis that sns one ,vsr had the - PERSISTENCE
10 write dawn q end ess round OF r,peii
tions OF biblical words aud phrs'e' Pc
fesslsg 20 give, Ia the s'yle and l,ngusre o
the hihls, the history ~ the tribes irun
the time ~ 'h,ir di,rif ciion I'll they pos
ssssed America sud brcsme the mound
buiidsrs, IL II simrlv iniol.fSb's ~ = piso.
Of nr isiio work Y'tns II vas found IN o
mining -oAmps. whrr, In The snowy is,,
nes'ss Ne ofsn had nothing elss IL
lot to read Il ih,oueh not n tsouenti,
From title-pspe to onlophon there 10 moi
ore lofty Or ,rsp'red or Inspiring thouR' I
Ike ,hnse filling the vnlume IL tffsois ~ iol
loo. A d'ssry. ~esry hook " IL. Ardv't
u answers the Moinor's puIpnse In thi,!
That where he csrno' tiud Nh creme To- hi'
actions IN tho re,l bDok he can surely dad
| II In the forged ore.
After this huge msn with tho book and
| the dep hollow eyes bad 'xhoried snd
preached srd read tor hours and hours,
h-ltirg now sud then So hn read, DIV iur
inr The WIN 10 camp ard all thAt circle
ahont him With his hungry eyes. the cir
drnen even nearest of,ll, and right under
10 ewes a. q right by the side of her igno-
rant and ians'ical ex'cuh 'ners, he o'nl'
and with earnest ,Ihor's'inn bsggnd 10
hap, 70 h's listeners In The faith OF the Lat
ter.D.y Sa nt.
NJ ore an.wsred or moved Msnv n lone
h'esth wss drnur, many deem ,iPh VIZ
smo,hersd, Int no nre spoke The mission
nry a. he nov announced himself. look a
.t-ni hi. and bard and earnestly u IN Rri.
Sh- litsd her wsrrv black eves Tn h once
more sud tried hard /, ,e.d II ih,re was
any hello or sny hopp u ~ IN then. m
shs did n II sneak. The man arse, wen
iowa 10 the hank, dfank n oupful n ws'e',
came hsck and hegin IN read ard exhori
and sxrl,in. and eude vNr 10 prose'v'e
~ CO more. And 20 this orange man KEEP
or ill tho d.y was sren',
" one had spoken save himsfl' No one
hnd 's,tsd food. Some ~ the children had
slept their hends In their weary mothers
isrs 80 they sst in cifG'e srd listened and
liatsned IN silsrcs TINT l'rg. long dsv, I'M
der the vest h're shy, by the dark and dss-
q ate lake NJ derth.
And now mari when that man v's
done reading and tn" sun was going down,
there was not weNrv and overcome man
or woman there who wss not Awed or trri-
He'd or fascinated into come sort OF hall be
lisil
Again the man rose M and p'eaded Tor
converts TO hia singular faith. He s'retoh-
cd Ills hands over the darken nc lake - the
sun went dow; he lifted his long arms tn
tho mountains OF snow beyond the vouns
ciiv; he appealed IN po'hirg low. n nothing
bad, bat to much thct vas noble in man
and snhlima In nsturs. His lips were d,y,
his ewes were deem and hollow ard VII,
but he Kept on til the sun had fallen be-
bird the sieep Hill that rosa in our rosd be-
fore u. Surely the man wac mad And vet
as typical, as true n Mormon elder ives
ma. ~ pilot ,2rnph oou'd print. He made u
last appeal 10 tho weak and now PROSTATE
pi'l. Some one of tho parry, wiser than
the rest perhspl SecEoned her silently to
comply.
Sss mt out her two bands hslplss'lv,
and ha lad her tn tNe water, the men with
tho horses rising Il their places and uno,v-
ering their heads o hers did tho sans.
Whether the Mormon missionary imrro-
vised his bri-' ceremony and oc'ion or f,l.
lowed tive prescribed forma, T. 10 not impor-
tant IN cay. Blu, he led hrr back soon ~
where Ill stood waiting, respectful, silent
"a hsf,re.
The Girl seemed BIT rofreshpd, hoppfn'
What had y" said tn he'3 What would lie
do now? Hand her over ~ one ofths
bloody mer there aa bid Keep her for
hmaelf7 No. not this last. There vas not
a shadow at interest IN ber In snv one Of
the hsrd md very deem lines NJ that mss
sive ard monk-hka fsce. He stopped still
a moment and PRAYED.
How rev, strange. aufni, weird oil THE
was IN the din, Twilight nv the darkening
lake o. death Some birds flew into camp
from the hill,. It was n strs' ge thing. sna
The frat time IN thousand year., 'hst man
bsd come to pitch tent in their resting
plaza.
The NOON, round faced and fnl', lonnpd
ont ~ heaven and looked straight down,
close down, calra and p''ying, Ike tie sor-
rowtrl lace OF q nun at prayer.
Surely In 3 scene like this now at last,
sitter all this suffering, this snsp.nse-sure
", surely after prsyer and hap'ism In the
name ~ the Most High God-she would he
saved saved in body and in mind: saved In
all her purity and peac. nj mind, and love.
and sympathy. and sad memories OF her
dear dead who lay buried out youder in..tae
lake In chains.
Thu horsemen st,od awaiting orders
They had not tasted food or water oil that
time they waited there In the grass. These
moor. delud-d men believed they were
men who could not read their names Never
mad Mahomst suoh blind, faithful. devoted
allowing as these bloody men here waiting
10 do the work Of death.
II In notable that all ftlsa religions, oil
yel,gions save the one religion If Chris,
have had their correr-stores laid and
csm ented down in blood. They hsvs bscn
hri't IN bv ignorance and maintained in
impuritv.
The giart missionary came forward mn
ire bs-k leading the ri nv the hand. He
was evidently worn snd weak, but he was
% fnll NJ mad al for his work % ever BE-.
fore. He again apres'ei for rrnselg'es.
No one came forward Then his furro r.
brow grew dark and reveng.tnl.
Ha bpckoned for hia followers t. ct
ready. In . moment more they were rsaiy
to spring int, the saddle. In the mean.
time he had motioned to our party to lay in
4 keg Of water. rouse no the rest'ng cattle.
yoke them and climb the hill on our jour.
nev Ia the west. O lr partv obeved this LAST
Injunction with sl.c,iiy Thov c,rld hardly
corcesl their pleasure. Y,ta nights per.
sistent travel and DAVIS dreadful anxiety
following on iis heels are hardly cs'onls'ef
tn charge any one with o superabuudance
In n lie time the cattle were once more
IN lire under the yoke and standing with
nose liftad tn the hill before them. The
hor.emsn held tig1 " 10 their horses, one
foot In the etirrnp. The Door hor.es paved
The ground in impatierce 10 reach the water
tha. glrgled and talked o, ne IL elided to
10 the SOS in the iul'.fsced moon.
Suddenly some wolves howled rom Tho
hill little wav mn The stream, and In epi'e
Il all their anquil ty the men were saar-
tied a little, and fell 10 jerking ard
'rsiting their impatient horses. They knew
what those wolves meant. II WAS the
smell Of blood from the ecene Of murder on
this ssue liitis stream only q few rode
svsy. The memory OF ~ was not q pleas
ant one to these men. The wolves were
too eloquent entirely. They annoyed the
old missionary a's,, who still stood there
holding The girls hand. still hoping for
ma more convert possibly, before there
G.nt,les should leave his presenoe and pass
away in peace.
The wolvss redoub'ei their cries and
-ame nearer eash momsnt. This seemed m
hasten matters Tanning hts deem. hol.
~ eyes IN the Rirl. and inclining bis head
. u tie for her answer, he asked her II she
believed.
The girl he',is'ed; l,oted up. dropped