Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-05-06

In the same hour another forehead was
pushed out from among the lilac leaves and
another face followed it, looking upon tho
overs, but with q scowl. Was 1t the face
Of Orsen Beam or Enoch ARISEN. A mask
of shadows was over it, but through these
walls that swung softly as the branches
moved in the slow breeze, it seemed to
writhe and scowI afresh, then fade back
into deeper shadows and pass away. Per-
haps it was only one of those fantastic SEM
blances Of the human face fashioned by
moonlight among tree branches and nod
ding leaves; but, whatever its character,
Trean, though unconscious Of it's presence,
had shuddered and risen up, and he who
stood beside her had folded her close and
kissed and led her in, leaving the lilacs nod
ding at the moon and the light winds Cos
siping in whispers among the branches.
At the sunset hour the Prophet, too, was
pacing to and fro, but with a smarting
heart. The blows dealt by Elchard had
aroused all his hard and cruel nature or
larger and stronger growth even than APP
petite in this man were greed for gold and
power and passion for revenge. Where he
hated he was savage, and he hated what
ever lifted hand, or voice, or law, or even
love, in question Of the system he had IN
great part erected, and whose honors and
opportunities for gain were like perpetual
and intoxicating incense to his soul.
Reared meagerly In every way, unschooled
save by crude hardship into a gnawing
avarice for ease and adulation, it could not
perhaps be held unreasonable that the
place he had achieved should seem exceed
ing sweet. But alas, tho manner OF his
coming to it, and the infamy Of the thing
achieved! A noble nature would have
spurned them away as il they were attack
ing fires, but to this man treading to and
fro in Parley's tithing office they were, per-
haps, not as dear as life, but dearer at least
than Heaven.
Farley was near at hand Sitting with
his chin upon his chest by table on which
rested q bottle and some empty glasses, he
looked dark and heavy, and now and then
lifted a venomous, blood-shot eye to note the
workings of his masters face. Presently
there came low rap at the door; the
Prophet said: HGome in" without pausing,
and DR.. Dubette entered. He advanced at
once to the table, wrote q number Of names
upon paper, and handed it to his superior.
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 a page with writ
ing, then handed it to Farley, and said
''Read this tc bin in person, then destroy
it," The three then arose, elesped hands in
q circle, stood o moment with compressed
lips, and then passed out in silence.
An hour afterward Enoch Arsen, stand.
ing by the locust trees near the Bishop's
gate, looked up with an evil 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
praying and wrestling before his maker.
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-