The Red Cloud chief., 1894-01-19

virgin acres were 10 be theirs forever
more.
Young speedily proved himself to DO
a skillful administrator as we'll rs .
resolute chief. Maps were drawn and
charts prepared, in which the future
city was sketched out. AL around
farms were apportioned and allotted In
proportion to the standing of each iu-
dividual. The tradesman was put TO
his trade and the artisan to his calling.
In the town streets and squares sprang
up Is II by magic. In the country there
was draining and hedging, planting
and clearing, until the next summer
saw the whole country golden with
the wheat crop. Everything pros.
pered in the strange settlement.
Above all, the great temple which they
had erected in the center Of the city
grew ever taller and taller. From the
first blush Of dawn until the closing
Of the twilight, the !~clatter Of the
hammer and the rasp Of the saw were
absent from the monument
which the immigrants erected TO Him
who had led them safe through many
dangers.
The two castaways, John Terrier and
the little girl who had shared his for
tunes and had been adopted as his
daughter, accompanied tho Mormons
to the end Of their pilgrimage. Little
Lucy Ferrier was borne along pleas
antly enough in Elder Stsngerson's
wagon, q retreat which she shared
with the Mormon's three wives and
with his son, q hesdstrong, forward
boy Of twelve. Having rallied. with
the elasticity Of childhood, from the
shock caused by her mothers death,
she o o became a pet with the women,
and reconciled herself to this new life
In her moving ca~nvas-covered home.
In the meantime, Ferrier, having re-
covered from his privations, distin.
guished himself as q useful guide and
an indefatigable hunter. So rapidly
did he gain the esteem Of his new
companions that when they reached
the end Of their wanderings It was
unanimously agreed that he should DO
provided with as large and as fertile q
tract Of land rs any Of the settlers,
with the exception of Young himself,
and of S~tangerson, Kimball, Johnston
and Drebber, who were the four princi-
pal elders.
On the farm thus acquired John Fer
rier built himself q substantial log
house, which received so many addi-
tions in succeeding years that It grew
into a roomy villa. He was q man of O
practical turn Of mind, keen in his
dealings and skillful with his hands.
His iron constitution enabled him to
work morning and evening at improv.
ing and tilling his lands. Hence IL
came about that his farm and all that
belonged to him prospered exceeding
ly. In three years he was better of
than his neighbors, in six he was we'll
to do. in nine he was rich, and in
twelve there were not half sdozep men
in the whole Of Salt Lake City who
could compare with him. From the
great inland sea to the distant Wah-
satch mountains there was no name
better known than that Of John Fer.
rier.
There was one way, and only one, in
which he offended tho susceptibilities
Of his coreligionists. No argument or
persuasion could ever induce him to
set up q female establishment after
the manner qSnhis companions. He
never gave reasons for this persistent
refusal, but contented himself by reso-
lutely adhering to his determination.
There were some who accused him Of
lukcwarmness in his adopted religion,
and others who put It down to greed Of
wealth and reluctance TO incur ex.
pense. Others, again. spoke Of some
early love affair, and Of . fsir-haired
girl who had pinned away on the shores
Of the Atlantic. Whatever the reason.
Ferrier remained strictly celibate. In
every other respect he conformed to
the religion of the young settlement,
and gained the name Of being an Or
thodox and straight-wslking a
(To be continued.)