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

neglected.
Sand how have l neglected it?"
asked Terrier, throwing out his hands
in expostulation. "Have I not given
to the common fund? Have l not at
tended at the temple? Have I not"
where are your wives?" asked
Yonng, looking round him. "Cal1
them in. that ! may greet them"
'It is true hat I have not married."
Terrier answered. But women were
few, and there were many who had
ly man; I had my daughter to attend
to my wants."
"It is of that daughter that l would
speak to you,' said the leader of the
Mormons. ''She has grown to be the
flower of Utah and has found favor in
the eyes of many who are high in the
land"
JOIN Ferrier groaned internally.
ssThere are stories of her which l
would fain disbelievc-stories that she
is sealed to some GENTLE. This must be
the gossip of idle tongues. What Is
the thirteenth rule in the code of the
sainted Joseph Smith? Let every maid
en- of theitrue faith marry one of the
elect; for if she wed a Gentle she COM
mits a g%rievous SIM This being so it is
impossible that you. who profess the
holy creed, should suffer your daughter
to violate it."
I@r- G---tc- -aoe 20 answer. 5.t
he played ~nervously with his riding
whip.
"Upon this one point your whole
faith shall be tested-so it has been
decided in the sacred council of four.
The girl is young, and we would not
have her wed gray hairs; neither would
we deprive her of all choice. We elders
have many heifers [Heber C. Kimbal1,
in one of his sermons, alludes to his
hundred wives under this endearing
epithet], but our children must also be
provided. sStangerson has a son, and
Drebber has a son, and either of them
would gladly welcome your daughter
to their house. Let her choose be.
tween them. They are young and rich,
and of the true faith. What say you
to that?"
Terrier remained silent for some
little time, with his brows knitted.
"You will give us time" he said, at
last. MY daughter is very young
she is scarce of an age to marry"
"She shall have a month to choose
said Young, rising from his seat. cat
the end of that time she shall give her
answer"
He was passing through the door,
when he turned, with flushed face and
flashing eyes. "It were better for you,
John Ferrier," he Numbered, ''that you
and she were now lying blanched skel.
etons upon the Sierra Blanco, than
that you should put your weak wills
against the orders of the Holy Four!'
With a threatening gesture of his
hand he turned from the door, and
Terrier heard his heavy step scrunch.
ing along the shingly path.
He was still sitting with his elbows
upon his knees, considering how he
should breach the matter to his daugh'
ter, when a soft hand wa laid upon
his, and looking up he saw her stand
ing beside him. One glance at her pale,
frightened face showed him that she
had heard what had passed.
81 could not help it," she said, in an.
swer to his look. His voice rang
through the house. o father, father
what shall we do?"
Don't you scare yourself" he an
swered, drawing her to him, and pass
ing his broad, rough hand caressinglJ
over her chestnut hair. We'll fix il
up somehow or another. You don't hno
your fancy kind O. lessening for this
chap, do you?"
A sob and a squeeze of his hand were
her only answer.
mo; of course not. 1 shouldn't care
to hear you say you did. He's a likely
lad, and he's a Christian, which is more
than these folk here, in spite O. al
their praying and preaching. There;
a party starting for Nevada tomorrow
q I'll manage to send him a message
letting him know the hole we are in
If know anything o that young man,
he'u be back here with a speed that
would whip Acknowledgements"
Lucy laughed through her tears at
her fathers description.
"When he comes. he will slvise us
for the best. But it is for you that
am frightened, dear. One hears-ons
hears such dreadful stories about those
who oppose the prophet; something
terrible always happens to them"
But we haven't opposed him yet
her father answered. sit will be time
to look out for squalls when we do
We have a clear month before us; a
the end of that, I guess we had bes'
shin out of Utah."
"Leave Utah?"
"That's about the size of IT."
But the farm?"
1--WE will raise as much as we can il
money and let the rest go. To tell tn
truth, Lucy, it isn't the first time
have thought of doing it. I don't car,
about k~nuckling under to any man, a
these folk do to their darned prophet
TIM a. frea-bOrn American and it's al
new to me. Guess I'm too old to learn
he might chance to run up against
charge of buckshot travelling in the op
posite direction"
"But they won't let us leave" hi
daugher objected.
"Wait till Jefferson comes, and wei
soon manage that. In the meantime
don't you fret yourself, my dearie, an.
don't get your eyes swe1led up, els
he'll be walking into me when he see
you. There's nothing to be afear'
about, and there's no danger at ALL"
John Terrier uttered these consolin,
!, remarks in a very confident tone, bu
she could not help observing that b
, paid unusual care to the fastening O
, the doors that night, and that he care
fully cleaned and loaded the rusty oil
/ shotgun which hung upon the wall Q
) his bedroom.
II CHAPTER ~.
!, A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
, On the morning which followed hi
: interview with the Mormon prophe1
. John Terrier went into Salt Lake City
and having found his acquaintance