Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-05-24

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THERE ARE TWO WAYS OUT OF THE
ROOM" CRIED
mov my father, 1 shall have his
t~anning-yard and his leather factory.
hen l am your elder, and am higher
in the church"
sit will be for the maiden to decide"
~rejoined young Drebber, Sinking at
his own reflection in the glass. 1--WE
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, 1 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 tsere is the window. Which dc
you care t6 use"
His brown face looked so savage, and
his gaunt hands SO threatening, that
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 III: s;an..-.
son cried, white with rare. You
have deied the prophet and the coun.
ell of four. You shall rue it to the enc
of your days"
1.-THE hand of the Lord shall be
heavy upon you," cried young Dreb
Der; HE will arise and smite you!"
"Then I'll start the smiting," ex
claimed Terrier furious1y, and would
have rushed upstairs for his gun had
not Lucy seized him by the arm anG
restrained him. Before he could
escape from her, the clatter of horse.
hoofs told him that they were beyond
his reach.
1.-THE young canting ~rascals!" he ex
claimed, wiping the perspiration from
his forehead. ST would sooner see 20,
in your grave, my girl, than the wife o
either of them"
"And so should I, father" she an
swered, with spirit; "but Jeferso,
viii soon be here"
eyes. It will not be long before h
comes. The sooner the better, for W
do not know what their next NOV
may be-"
It was, indeed, high time that som,
one capable of giving advice and he'll
should come to the aid of the sturd.
old farmer and his adopted daughter
In h whole history of the settlement
there had never been such a cas- O
rank disobedience to the authority o
the elders. If minor errors were pun
ished SO sternly, what would be tn
fate of this arch rebel? Terrier kney
that his wealth and position would b
of no avail to him. Others as wei
known and as rich as himself had beel
spirited away before now, and thei
goods given over to the church. H
was a brave man, but he trembled a
the vague, shadowy terrors whic
hung over him. Any known danger h,
could face with a firm lip, but this sus
pense was unnerving. He conceale,
his fears from his daughter, however
and affected to make light of the Who'll
hhOOSA SLOOSA AAC OA4O AO0h W
of love, saw plainly hat he was ill q
ease.
He expected that he would receiv
some message or remonstrance fro1
Young as to his conduct, and he wa
not mistaken, though it came i
an unlooked-for manner. Upon risin
next morning he found, to his SUI
prise, a small square of paper pinne
ON 70 kha o0r,a-la% - htc hoI i,1cf oua
his chest. On it was printed In bolt
struggling letters:
"TwENTY-NINE DAYS ARE GIVEN 70
FOL AMENDMENT, AND THEN"
The dash was more fear-inspirin
than any threat could have beer
How this warning came into his roor
puzzled John Terrier sorely, for h
servants slept In an clubhouse, and tn
doors and windows had all been S.
cured. He crumpled the paper up al
said nothing to his daughter, but th
incident struck a chill into his hear
The twenty-nine days were evidentl
the balance of the month which Youn
had promised. What strength or cou
I age could avail against an enem
armed with such mysterious power
The hand which fastened that pi
might have struck him to the hear
and he could never have known WI
J had slain him.
Still more shaken was he next NOR
ing. They had sat down to the
breakfast when Lucy, with a cry
surprise. pointed upward. In the cel
: ter of the ceiling was scraw1ed, with
/ burned stick, apparently, the numb'
: 2s. To his daughter it was uni
, telligible, and he did not cnlighte
her. That night he sat up with b
3 gun and kept watch and ward. T
; saw and heard nothing, and yet in Il
morning a great o7 had boo. -
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.