The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-05-03

mountains In the hope of capturing oI
killing their enemy, but always with
out success Then they adopted Oh,
prccaution of never going out alone oI
after nightfall and Of having thcii
houses guarded. After time they
were able To relax these measures, foI
nothing was either heard or seen oi
their opponent, and they hoped that
tune had cooled his vindictivencss.
Far from doing 81, Il had, IL any
thing, augmented It. The hunters mind
was Of hard, unyiclding nature, and
the predominant idea Of revenge had
taken such complete possession of II
that there was NO room for any other
emotion. lie was, however, above all
things practical. lie soon realized that
even his iron constitution could not
stand the inccssant strain which he was
putting upon IL. Exposure and want OF
wholesome food were wearing him out.
II he died like dog among the noun
tains. what was To- become Of his re-
vcngc then? And yet such death
was sure To ovcrtabc him II he per
| sisted. lie felt that that was 10 play
| his cncmy's game, 80 he reluctantly
returned to the old Nevada mines,
there 10 recruit his health and To amaSs
money enough To allow him to pursue
| his object without privation.
His intention had been to bc absent
year AZ 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 rs on
that memorable night when he had
stood by John Terriers grave, Dis
guiScd, and under an assumed name,
he returned To salt Lake city, careless
what became of his own life. rs long
aS he obtained what he knew 20 be
Justice, There he found evil tidings
awaiting him There had been n
schiNm among the Chosen People few
months before, some of the younger
members of the church having rcbcllcd
against the authority Of the elders,
and the result had been the secession
of certain number Of the malcon-
tents, who had left Utah and become
GentilcS. Among these had been
Drcbbcr and Stangcrson and no one
knew whittier they had gone. Rumor
reported that Drebbcr had managed To
convert large part of his property
into money, and that he had departed
"A wealthy man, while his companion,
Stangerson, was comparatively poor
There was no clew at all, however, rs
to their whereabouts.
Many man, however vindictive,
would have abandoned all thought Of
revenge in the face of such difficulty.
but Jefferson Hope never faltcrcd fora
moment With the small competence
he possessed, eked out by such employ
mcnt rs ne 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
gria2lcd, hut still he wandered on,
human bloodhound. with his mind
wholly set upon the one object upon
which he had devoted his life. At last
his perseverance was rewarded. IL was
but one glance of IA face i'm window,
hut that one glance told him that Cleve-
land, in Ohio, possessed the men whom
he was in pursuit Of lie returned To |
his miserable lodgings with his plan of
vengeance all arranged. II CHANGED. /.
however that Drcbber, looking from I
his window, had recognized the VA
grant in the street, and had read muir [
Her I'm his eyes. lie hurried before n /
lu':icc OF the peace, accompanied by |
who had become his pri- /
waite secretary, and represented To him
that they were in danger OF their lives
from the jealousy and hatred of an old
rival That evening Jefferson Hope
was taken into custody, and not being
able to find surcties was detained for
some weeks When at last ne was lib
rated, Il was only Ia find that Dreb.
'cr's house was deserted and that he
md his secretary had departed for Eu-
'opc
again the avengcr had been foiled,
md again his concentrated hatred
lrgcd him To continue the pursuit.
FUNDS were wanting, however, and
or some time he had Ia return To
work. saving every dollar for his APP
'roaching journey. At last, having
collected enough To keep life in him.
Ne departed for Europe and tracked
Ms enemies from city To city. working
lis way in any mental capacity, but
never overwhelming the fugitivcs. When
Ia reached ~. Petersburg they had de.
'artcd for Paris; and when he fol.
owed them there he learned that they
'ad just set off for Copenhagen. At
he Danish capital he was again few
lays late, for they had journeycd ON To
london, whore he at last succeeded i'm
unnipg them 10 earth, As To what
occurred there, we cannot do better
han quote the old hunters own ac-
cunt, n duly recorded In DIR. Watson's
ournal, to which we arc already under
nch obligations
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