Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-02-22

removes my father, 1 shall have his
tanning-yard and his leather factory.
Then l am your elder. and am higher
in the church."
SIT will be for the maiden to decide"
rejoined young Drebber, smirking at
his own reflection in the glass. I'VE
will leave it all to her decision"
During this dialogue, John Terrier
had stood tuning in the doorway,
hardly able to keep his riding-whip
from the backs of his two visitors.
Look here" he said at last. strid-
ing up to them, when my daughter
summons you, you can come; but until
then, l don't want to see your faces
again"
.. The two young Mormons stared at
him in amazement. In their eyes this
competition between them for the
maiden's hand was the highest OF
honors both to her and her father.
"There are two ways out of the
room," cried Terrier: there is the door,
and there is the window. Which do
you care to use?"
His brown face looked so savage, and
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his visitors sprang to their feet and
beat a hurried retreat. The old farmer
followed them to the door.
LET me know when you have
settled which it is to be-" he said
sardonically.
You shall smart for this!' Stanger-
son cried, white with rage. you
have defied the prophet and the coun-
Gil of four. You shall rue it to the end
of your days"
1.-The hand of the Lord shall be
heavy upon you," cried young Dreb-
Der; "He will arise and smite you'll"
"Then I'll start the smiting," ex-
claimed Terrier furiously, and would
have rushed upstairs for his gun had
not Lucy seized him by the arm and
restrained him. Before he could
escape from her, the clatter of horses
hoofs told him that they were beyond
his reach.
1.-THE young canting rascals!" he ex-
claimed, wiping the p~erspiration from
his forehead. Il would sooner see you
in your grave, my girl, than the wife of
either of them"
"And so should I, father" she an
swered, with spirit; but Jefferson
will soon be here"
"Yes. 1t will not be long before he
comes. The sooner the better, for we
do not know what their next move
may be-"
1t was. indeed, high time hat some
capable of giving advice and help
should come to the aid of the sturdy
old farmer and his adopted daughter.
In the whole history of the settlement
there had never been such a Ease OF
rank disobedience TO the authority OF
the elders. If minor errors were pun
ished so sternly, what would be the
fate of this arch rebel? Terrier knew
that his wealth and position would be
of no avail to him. Others as well
known and as rich as himself had been
spirited away before now. and their
goods given over to the church. He
! was a brave man, but he trembled at
the vague, shadowy terrors which
hung Owe him. Any known danger he
could face with a firm lip. but this sus
pense was ~unnerving. lie concealed
his fears from his daughter, however
and affected to make light of the whole
matter, though she, with the keen eye
of love, saw plainly that he was i'll al
ease.
He expected that he would receive
some message or remonstrance from
Young as to his conduct, and he was
not mistaken, though it came il
an unlooked-for Upon rising
next morning he found, to his sur
prise, a small square of paper pinned
on to the eoverlet of his bed, just ove1
his chest. On it was printed in bold
struggling letters:
"TwEyTY-yrNE DAYS ARE GIVEN Yot
FOR AMENDMENT, AND THEN"
The dash vas more fear-inspirina
than any threat could have been
How this warning came into his room
puzzled John Terrier sorely, for hi.
servants slept in an clubhouse, and the
! doors and windows had all been sc,
cured. He crumpled the paper up anG
said nothing to his daughter. but the
incident struck a chill into his heart
The t~wentv-nine days were evidently