Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-01


everything was then,-to the church.
The majority Of this body. and un
fortunately the pastor with them,
preferred Allen.
lhis was unaccountablc 10 Eames
who had fancied himself secure in
the affections Of tho minister M he
was IN those Of tho minister's niece.
Eanes had made complaint 20 th,
magistrates. who had met in Boston
and issued warrants against five per
sons who had been said 20 make
willlul Misrepresentation against
lanes, aud had caused him TO b.
threatened with excommunication
from the church a punishment
which, a. have hintod. was thought
IN those days to DO nearly equivalent
TO being turned away from tho gates
Of heaven.
Dorothoa was bewildercd with this
terrible nows That il should have
progressed thus far, and that she
should never have heard It until now,
seemed incredible. Her uncle. usual
ly 80 communicative, had been por
fcctly silent upon tho matter. rs in.
decd he well might be. when he was
voluntarily helping to in1uro tho best
beloved Of his dead sisters child.
Tho more Dorothca thought Of It
tho stranger It seemed. Allen. she
know, had considerable influence
upon her uncle. but hardly. shc con.
ceiycd, sufficient TO warrant him in
thus throwing Eamos out OF the pale
Of Christian love and charity. Be.
sides, what had her lover ever donoi
He had merely accepted a trust i'm
posed upon him by the loving hearts
of his soldiers, who had desired him
to hold the best rank He had &c.
ccptcd it and was naturally averso.
us any noble man would have been,
10 b. displaced by caprice or envy
Then the affair with tho church
had bowed him 10 tho dust, notwith.
standing hih conscious Innocence;
and, snddcst Of all. when Mr. Hobart
had Joined the ranks Of the enemy,
the measure seemed too full OF dis.
trcss. Yet no was "a bravo man. and
he knew that after the FIRST surprise
and bitterness was past no could ral.
ly from despair and become himself
once moro. Besides this Lieutenant
Eamcs was a deeply religious man,
and IL II was Gods will that he
should DO brought down in The hour
Of his pride he would bow bumbly
before t.
All these things passed in rcyiew
before the lovers rs they sat watch.
ing tho long. shining CLEAN upon
the waves. Dorothca, though deeply
moved ut tho unexpected course Of
her uncle, was still firm TO sustain
tho courage and resolution Of hex
lover.
"Bo Of good cheer Anthony
Eamcs, she said, IN the quaint Ian.
guagc OF tho day "If God IL on thy
side. what can man do TO thccp My
uncle is n good man. hut he is still
nockcd, and II seems TO mo that at
present no good can come Of enter
ing into controversy with him. Il;
us rather wait until the Lord secs fl.
TO bring thee out Of this affection"
you arc wiser than | am, Doro
thea, answered tho young man. -
must leave 1t TO time 20 settle this
question. You win not, | am sure,
believe that tho trouble feel come,
from any regret for tho loss Of n dis
tinction which ! mover coveted, and
am not certain that | moritcd There
are far deeper things than these that
Cypress me"
You do mo justice, Anthony. !
know that any morp earthly honor
however pleasant In itself, would not
weigh feather with you when honor
and truth were put in the scale agains;
It. And 1t IL that worry consideration
that makes mo wonder how my un,
Gle can desert you at this crisis.
well, don't grioyc too much, Doro
thea. believe II will como right at
last, although confess that know
not how
Tho lovers parted that night with
more tender farewell than over DO
fore. Lot the scorners laugh as they
win at true love. 1t grows brighter
and purer when bathed in the waters
Of ailliction. Lot us thank God that
this one spark of divine fro is left 10
cheer us whom tho ashes on our
hoarthstone lie cold and darkl
All the next day Dorothea looked
wistfully Mt her uncle as he went In
and out-now converting in u low
voice with Allen, who hung around,
evidently uneasy. She longed 10
step forward and vindicate the cause
Of her lover.
She knew that Anthony had never
uttered the expressions attributed to
him and for which his cnomics were
trying to have him cXcommunicated
from tho church. She would have
stakcd worlds had sho owned them
upon his good faith
In the afternoon tho military com.
pany again paraded under command
of Allen. Anthony Eamos took hia
place rs lieutenant, but tho next
morning he went to Boston 20 repre-.
sent his case 10 tho general court, as
has been stated Governor Winthrop
stood his friend and arrested tho OF.
fondcrs who had spoken against him.
Asan Offset, Mr. Hobart and ninety
others prcforred q petition, in which
fhntr gbussfrfI ANtptI sos. - a., a. o.,