The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-03-01

HH ADVANCED AT ONCE 10 THE TABLE.
Farley looked at It moment, took up pen,
crossed out all the names but one, and hand
ed it to the Prophet That worthy nodded,
sat down and quite filed q page with writ
ing, then handed It to Farley, and said:
"Read this to him in person, then destroy
It." The three then arose, clasped hands in
Q circle, stood Q moment with compressed
lips, and then passed out in silence.
An hour afterward Enoch Arsen, stand
ing by the locust trees near the Bishops
gate, looked up with an evn grin, and in the
same hour Orson Beam, upon his knees
under the peach trees in his mothers garden,
with sweat Of agony upon his brow, was
At midnight, and distraught and struggling
still, but miles away among the ashen sage
brush to the west, the moonlight found
him. But when it had died away over the
mountains, and the grizzled east here and
there began to take fire again, he had re-
turned and was standing far up the mountain
side. above Hartman's house. He was look
ing downward when some strips Of cloud at
the senith began to glow from the great con-
hagration rising in the east, and the cabin
rose slowly out of the shadows.
The same reflection lit upon his face; II
was like the visage Of Q swimmer who,
through whole night, had fought the sea,
and had lain hands thousand times upon
the solid shore only to be drawn struggling
back For long time he stood there, hag-
gard, hollow-cyed and weary, looking down.
Presently thin curl Of smoke began wav-
ering upward from the roof his eyes were
resting upon, then Q human figure emerged
from the porch and passed down into the
little meadow BY the ford. A horse was
tI,o fbov -
ain staggered and turned, about like one
beaten by an invisible tempest.
.He Is going to the mines to-dayi" he
cried. "Oh, Father n Heaven, tell me
what to dol"
What was the nature Of the storm in
which he had been wandering all the night
A tempest Of conflicting forces, Q battle Of in
fuences, which, like clean and unclean
birds, had fought all night over the ruler
ship Of his spirit. He had been commanded
TO commit murder. The man whom he be-
ieved Gods repres entative on earth, whose
voice was the voice Of the God whom he
feared and worshiped, had laid this awful
duty upon him. And the blood he was to
spilli O bitterness perAdyl II ran sweet
and warm with love for the woman he him
self lovedl What propulsion and repulsion
lay in tho thought It seemed to rend him.
But his vowsi Had he. not sworn in the
Endowment House IN etcrnal obedience to
.4Ae-sessesls Of Gods holy Priesthood or
forfeit his own lifei Had he not sworn to
defend tho Institution Of which he was an
ordained member against al encroachment,
even to the shedding Of bloodi Had not this
stranger lifted his hand against iti But
sswrdsH The dismissal Of sweet conscious
ness from another's heart, leaving silence
and blackness and oblivion in its steadi
The putting out Of eyes In which the green
earth and blue sky, and face that he loved,
had been reflected, and had seemed dear
and heantifuli The DETACHMENT and batter
ing down Of living and comely image Of
God, and its burial forever from the eyes
that loved It'll The agony through all that
sensitive, throbbing image itself as death
was inflicted, and Aer suffering, and the an
guish Of mother and weeping father
waiting in the East for one who would never
comet The thorn-like suspense, the mys-
terry, the dissipated plans, the fallen hopes,
the blight, and wrong, and injury Of 1t alli
These and thousand other shades and
aspects Of the deed ct times swept over him
Ike an engulfing wave and well nigh
crushed him to the earth.
But he rose again Was not his duty be-
fore hint Were mot his vows on record both
in sarthand Heaveni Would not the guilt, II
any, rest with God or His Priesthood Might
not shs love him ct lasti love hinsi and after
such deed! This thought was more con-
founding than all the rest; 1t best him
about the mountain side like Q material
weapon, it, every recurrence striking him
an excruciAting blow.
Suddenly he started down the mountain,
and In half IN hour came striding into the
village. Gcarcs motion Of life was there,
and be saddled his horse, vaulted upon It,
and rode up the lane 70 HArtman's. Elch-
ards hocss with saddls on was standing by
the gate, but NO one was visible. The horse
man seemed 70 wsver In his intention .
moment, then rode on. a little further mp
the valley he turned b the saddle and looked
back Two figures among the pines above
the house made his blood leap, then sink
down through Ill it, channels like ice. He
did not turn his head again, but inA moment
the blood came back upon his heart In .
burning food, beads Of sweat broke ont
upon his forehead. his Angers clutched into
themselves about the rein, sand, turning his
ahorss upsn . winding path, he croesed the
valley, entered The undergrowth that
slirted Tie opposite range, found the road
Ieadlng back down tho valley toward Eagle
eanyo1s and rode forward with dark and
Gloony fnce.
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