The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-03-08
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In fsw moments he came to the foot Of
the mountain. He felt sick sud dizzy; he
would look at his Wound-well, let IL
bleed; perhape God would have Justice
done now. He caught hold Of the sage
brush and pulled himself up the mountain
side . few rods, and sank down Just below
hugo upshooting splinter Of stone and
tried 10 pray. But though be essaysd with
Ill his strength, he could not His tongue
seemed thick and refused to articulste,
while objects about him had strange and
haxy aspect Was he dying. or was II the
reaction after 20 long . period Of strife
end dNnotionl Ho turned and looked at the
7 valley he 1oved; there was tho distant viii
1Age, kiS mother'B little house smong the
trees on the hither aide, Burl Hartmsn's
cabin beyond Il near tho pines, the helds
and meadows divided BY the creek % by
road Of phosphor, but all seeming to rock
and glimmer togetAer % in dream.
Suddenly some moving object upon the
left challenged his eyes; he reused himself
and turned toward It; i'asl Elchard, droop-
ing ovv his horss's seek, soas riding tsto the
1sow'A Of Eaai. oisyonl and with cry his
would-be slayer fell forward in the chapar-
raj and was silent. It was dead faint; the
long struggle with his heart, the tragedy
that closed the strife, its swift reversal, and
the sudden change Of his whole relation to
life, swept away his failing consciousness.
Even the ox-lilre Orson Beam could no long
er stand h the task; when the invisible
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he lay quietly In his darkness, resting It
seemed, then started, opened his eyes,
sprang up, and looked about him. Was It
truei Had he not fallen asleep last night
here among the chaparral and just awak-
enedi No, It was not O dream, for here was
( his wound softly oozing! But was the horse
man who had ridden into the canyon real or
but Hgment Of his fancyi He threw on
his coat, tore away his shirtsleeve and twist
ing It into knot thrust 1t into his wound,
then went crashing downward through the
bramble.
Soon he was near the little plot Of green
which opened upon the road, but as he
pushed into It with eager foot the gnawing
question at his heart melted into great fear.
When he lifted his eyes would not their
sweet capacity be blotted out3 their ability
to ever again present him with the delights
Of happy vision be destroyedl Would not
that form which Trean loved, and which
had yielded him such gentle greeting, be
lying there beside the road ready to blast
hint
No, q sssx not fherei A great thrill Of re-
Lief swept through him; he flung his arms
the revolver was lying before him; he
crushed 1t into the soft earth with his foot,
crashed back through the tangle to his
horse, vaulted into the saddle, forgetful Of
his wound, and rode away free man.
A free manf All, no. For an hour the
sense that delighted him was not unlike
I the gladness Of one coming from an impris-
oning cave Of horrors into the clear air and
quiet sunshine. But it did not remain;
darkness followed, distrust Of himself,
doubt Of his acceptance, after such an at
tempt, by the Great Father to whom he
had 20 often opened o clean and tender
heart. The intent, the motivei All, was he
not after all murdereri No; the injury
to the other, which would in large part have
made him criminal, had been escaped. Yet
his soul was blackened; he felt It heavy and
lotahsome within him. Like thousands
more among those mountains, his was an
honest nature, scrupulous in word and
deed, and in the beginning drawn to this
system by its seeming nearness to the Al
mighty, TO become in the end bemuddled
and befooled by: priestly tricks, until the
brutally material and the spiritually fine
were blended and confused into one. God
had become to this people not the Eternal
Spirit, creating, informing, sustaining and
pervading all things, but man Of body,
parts and passions; one who had risen to
sovereignty through animal increase; one
who was at the head Of creation through
fathership. Adam, through the same proc
ess, became God Of this sphere under the
Almighty, and afterwards came as Christ
to redeem hls fallen offsprings that they,
too, might become gods rising in exaltation
In the ratio Of their progeny.
women to the priestly win and yoking her
with indescribable servitude. That such Q
doctrine, and others quite a. revolving,
: should have passed into practice, IL only
explainable by the fact that an oath-bound
priesthood, comprising one-fourth Of the
people and including the shrewdest and
most wealthy, utterly dominated every
phase Of life. In discourse, delivered in
the great Tabernacle ct the center Of this
theocracy, the Prophet Young, but little
prior TO the period with which this chronicle
has to do, averred - follows:
'sThe Priesthood Of the Son Of God is from
everlasting to everlasting; It is without be-
ginning Of days or end Of years. It Il Writ
were created, and the power by which they
are now held In existence, and by which all
that are to come will be organized, gov
erned, controlled and sustained. This
Priesthood must come to the children Of
men, In order for them to understand the
Modxs opsrandi Of establishing the Kingdom
Of God upon earth. This Priesthood must
govern and control the people who under
take to build mp this Kingdom; and the rule
Of tho Priesthood Of the Bon Of God win ex-
tend TO every avenue, and viii control every
department Of the labor OF those who are
engaged n this greet work. This Priest
hood must govern and control, or else the
psopb viii mot become perfect"
90 tho people tolled forward under the
yoke; the Priesthood was the State and
! every soul > slave. That many decent peo-
pie among them, and even men who we'll
nigh balanced life wjh liberty, should bow
70 such insu6erAble assumptions seems ~
tonishing. But the student who runs his
eye over this crass snd lefs ~ fact that In
large degree this peopas believed them-
selves bettsred BY II escepe him has missed
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