The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-29

IN his heart the fierce desire for ven
were told in the city of the weird
figure which was seen providing about
the suburbs, and which haunted the
lonely mountain gorges. Once bull
let whistled through Stangerson's
window and fiattened itself upon the
wall within foot of him. On another
occasion, as Drebber passed under a
cliff, great bowlder crashed down on
him. and he only escaped terrible
death by throwing himself upon his
face. The two young Mormons were
not long in discovering the reason of
these attempts upon their lives. and
led repeated expeditions into the
mountains in the hope OF capturing or
killing their enemy, but always with
out success Then they adopted the
precaution of never going out alone or
= after nightfan, and of having their
houses guarded. After a time they
were able to relax these measures, for
nothing was either heard or seen of
their opponent, and they hoped that
time had cooled his vindictiveness.
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thing, augmented it The hunters mind
was of hard, unyielding nature, AID
the predominant idea of revenge had
taken such complete possession of it
that there was no room for any other
81 emotion He was. however, above all
things practical He soon realized that
q even his iron constitution could rot
stand the incessant strain which he was
putting upon it. Exposure and want OF
wholesome food were wearing him out
If he died like dog among the noun
tains, what was to become Of his re-
venge then? And yet such death
was sure to overtal1e him if he per-
= sisted He felt that that was to play
his eneny's game, so he reluctantly
returned to the old Nevada mines,
there to recruit his health and to amass
money enough to allow him to pursue
his object without privation-
His intention had been to be absent
year at the most, but combination
of unforeseen circumstances prevented
his leaving the mines for nearly FIVE
At the end of that time, however, his
memory Of his wrongs and his cravings
for revenge were quite as keen as on
that memorable night when he had
stood by John Terriers grave. Dis
guisej. and under an assumed name,
he returned to Salt Lake City. careless
what became of his own life, as long
=zs he obtained what he knew to be
Justice. There he found evil tidings
awaiting him There had been q
: schism among the Chosen People few
months before, some Of the younger
members of the church having rebelled
against the authority Of the elders,
and the result had been the secession
of Z certain number Of the 1aalcon-
tents, who had left Utah and become
Gentiles- Among these had been
Dre5ber and Stangerson; and no one
knew whittier they had gone Rumor
reported that Drebber had managed to
convert a large part OF his property
into money, and that Ae had departed
q wealthy man, while his companion,
-Stangerson. was comparatively poor.
to their whereabouts
Many a man, however vindictiEe,
would have abandoned all thought of
revenge N the face OF such oI1ncu1ty.
but Jefferson Hope never faltered fora
moment With the small competence
he possessed, eked out by such employ
rment as he could pick up, he Travelled
from town TO town through the United
States in quest of his enemies Year
passed into year, his black hair turned
-yrizzled, but still he wandered on, a
human bloodhound. with his mind
wholly set upon the one object upon
which he had devoted his life At last
his perseverance was rewarded 1t was
but one glance of face IN window,
but that one glance told him that Cleve-
land, IN Ohio, possessed the men whom
he WAS n pursuit of. He returned to
his miserable lodgings with his plan CO ,
vengeance all arranged II CHANGED,