Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-05-24
GOLDsBoRo, N. c., MAY "A, 1891
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The two castaways, John Terrier and
the little girl who had shared his for
tunes and had been adopted as his
daughter, accompanied the Mormons
to the end of their pilgrimage. Little
Lucy Terrier was borne along pleas
antly enough in Elder S~tangerson's
wagon, a retreat which she shared
with the Mormon's three wives and
with his son, a headstrong, forward
boy of twelve. Having rallied, with
the elasticity OF childhood, from the
shock caused by her mothers death.
she soon became a pet with the women.
and reconci1ed herself to this new life
in her moving canvas-covered home.
In the meantime, Ferrier, having re-
covered from his privations, distin-
guished himself as a 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 be
provided with as large and as fertile a
tract of land as any of the settlers,
with the exception of Young himself,
and of ~Stangerson, Kimball, Johnston
and Drebber, who were the four princi-
pal elders.
On the farm thus acquired John-Fer-
rier built himself a substantial log
house, which received SO many addi-
tions in succeeding years that it grew
into a roomyv villa. He was a man of a
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-
inr ord 4i11inn hic lands Havoc II
came about that his farm and all that
belonged to him prospered exceeding
1y. In three years he was better of
than his Reighbors, in six he was well
to DIS, in nine he vas rich, and in
twelve there were not half dozen 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 the susceptibilities
of his core1igionists. No argument OF
persuasion could ever induce him to
set up a female establishment after
the manner af his companions. He
never gave reasons for this persistent
refusal, but contented himself by reso-
1utely adhering to his determination.
There were some who accused him OF
lukewarmness 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 a fair-haired
girl who had pined away on the shores
of the Atlantic. Whatever the reason
Terrier remained strictly celibate. Ii
every other respect lie conformed tc
the religion of the young settlement
and gained the name of being an or
thodox and straight-walking man.
Lucy Terrier grew up within the log
house, and assisted her adopted father
in all his undertakings. The keen all
of the mountains and the balsamic
cdor of the pine trees took the place o:
ndree and mother to the young girl
AS year succeeded to year she grow
taller and stronger, her cheek more
ruddy and her step moro elastic. Many
a wayfarer upon the high-road which
ran by Terriers farm felt long-forgot
ten thoughts revive in his mind as b.
watched her 1.-THE, girlish figure trip
ping through the wheat fields, OF me
her mounted upon her fathers mus
tang, and managing 1t with all tn,
ease and grace of a true child of tn,
west. So the bud blossomed into
flower, and the years which saw he
father the richest of farmers left he
as fair a specimen of American girl
hood as could be found on the who'll
Pacific slope.
It was not the father, however, VIII
first discovered that the child had de
veloped into the 1t seldom j
in such cases. That mysterious chang
is too subtle and too gradual to b
measured by dates. Least of all doe
the maiden herself know it until tn
tone of a voice or the touch of a han
sets her heart thrilling within her, an
she learns, with a mixture of prid
and of fear, that a new and larger IA
ture has awakened within her. Their
are few who cannot recall that day an
remember the one little incident whic
heralded the dawn Of a new life. 1
the case of Lucy Terrier the occasio
was serious enough initself, apart fro1
its future influence on her destiny an
that of many besides.
It was q warm June morning, an
the Latterday Saints were as busy q
the bees whose hive they have chose
for their emblem. In the fields and i
the streets rose the same hum of huma
industry. Down the dusty highroao
def1ed long streams of heavily 1ade
mules, all heading to the west, for til
gold fever had broken out in Cal
4ornia, and the overland rout
lay through the city of the cleo
There, too, were droves of shee
and bu1locks coming in from the on