Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-09
A STUDY IN SCARLET.
By A. CONAN DOYLE.
CHAPTER IN.t

he intruSttd him with his Ills $s"-o to Jefferson Hope. In it be told tIlr young man of the imminent danger which threatened them and how nCcessary it was that he should return. Having done thus, he felt easier ill .iis mind and re- turned home with q ligEter heart
 As he approached his farm he was sur prised to see a horse pitched to each of the posts of the gate. Still more sur prised was he, on entering, to find two young men i'll possession of his sitting room. One, with long, pale face, was leaning back i'll the rocking chair, with his feet cooked up upon the stove The other, a bull neCkcd youth, with coarse. bloated features, was standing ill front of the window with his hands in his pockets, whiStlir2 a popular hymn. Both of them nodded to Terrier as he entered, and the olir ,.I iii" rocking chair commenced inc CoHv, rS;sticu.
 Maybe you don't know Us, " he said, "This here is the >.li of Elder Drebber, and I'm Joseph S;nGvr>on, who tray eled with you in the desert when the Lord stretched out his hand and gath cred you into the true fold. AS l4t W III tlll t!lt' iltltlbllS III HIS ON l good time. " said thr other ill a nasal voice. He griudeth slowly, but exceed ing small.
 John Terrier bowed coldly. He had guessed who his visitors were. We have come, " continued Stanger | son, at the advice of our fathers, tU : solicit the hand of your daughter fCl ! whichever of uS II@y >rcnl good to you and to her. As l have but four wives l and Brother Drcbh,r here has seven, it appeaE> to me that my claim is the ! stronger one.
 Nay, nay, Brother Stangcrson, cried the other. The question is not 1 how many wives we have, but how many we can keep. My father has now 1 giv,n over his mills 10 me, and am the richer man.
 But my prospects are better, said the u;h,r warmly. When the Lord re- moves nly father shall have his tan ming yard and his leather factory. Then I an yOur elder and am higher in the church. '
 "It will be for the maiden to decide, |" r2jnincd young Drchher. smirking at his own reflection ill the glass I've will leave il all to her decision.
 During this dialogue John Terrier had stood fuming ill tho doorway, hard ly abb to keep his riding whip from the backs of his two visitors.
 Look here, he said at last, striding up to them, "whCn my daughter sum- mons ye, ye can come, but until then l don't want to see yer faces again.
 The two young MOrm0nS stared at him i'll amazrment. In their eyes this competition between them for the maid ems hand Was the highest of hunorS. both to her and her father.
 "Th,re are two ways out of the room" cried F,rrior. There is the door, and there is the window. Which do ye care to uS,.;''
 His brown face looked su savage and his gaunj i1-,,r!> so threatening that his visitor, sIr.u ;to their feet and beat q hurried It tr .t Tho old farmer followed them tn tt:c d,c%
 Ut l." innw WhSn " have ;"ttlcd which it l. tp I,. h, >;,id sardomicallv.
 ''You shall s@iait for this!" Sranger, sun cried. White with rage. You have drtilcd the prophet and the council of four, N~u :hall rue it to the end of your days
 The hand of tine Lid shall be heavy upon yvu'" cried young Drchtrr. He will arise and >mite you!
 Then III start the rmiting!' eX- claimed I,rritr furiou>iy and would have rushed up stairs for his gun had not Lucy seized him by the arm and re- strained him. Before he could escape l. Il ,f told him that they were beyond his reach.
 The young Cauting rascals! he OK claimed. wiping the precipitation from hi< Eor, T al, II w"a'l sooner see ye ir yrr g@"vr, nly si1l, than the wife O eith,r C. them.
 And so should l. father" she an, swcrt q. with spirit, but Jefferson will soon ha here.
 "Y,>; it will not be long before hC comes. The youncr the better, for We dc not know what their next move may be "
 It was inGccd high time that some one capahle of giving advice and hell should come to the aid of the sturdy olC farmer and his adopted daughter. II the whole history of the settlement . there had never been such case O' rank diSnht dicnCe to the authority o tho elders. If minor errors were pun . iShed So stcrnlv. what would hr the fate of this arch rebel: Terrier knew tha his wealth and position would he of nt avail to him. Others as we'll known anl as rich as himself had been spirited away before now and their goods givtI over to the church. He was urav, man. but he trcmbled at the vague shadoTy tcrrors which hung over him Any known danger he could face witt firm lip, but this suspense was un nerving, He concealed his fears iron his daughter, however, and affected t. make light of the whole matter, thOugl ] she. with the keen eye of love, saw plainly that he was i'll at ease.
 He expected that he would receive
 some message or remonStranCe iron
 Young as to his conduct, and he wa ], not mistaken, though it came i'll an un T looked for manner, Upon rising mex i morning he found, to his surprise, 2 small square of paper pinned on to tn coverlet of his bed just over his chest
 On it was printed i'll bold, stragglinl
 letters:
 = Twenty nine days are given you fo amendment, and them The dash was more fear inspiring
 than any threat could have been. Hov
 this warning came into bis room pug a zled John Terrier sorely, for his serv 1t ants slept in an outhouse, and the door
 and windows had all been secured. H
 crumpled the paper up and said nothin
 to his daughter, but the incident struc
 n chill into his heart. The 29 days wer - evidently the balance of the mont which Young had promised. Wha v strength or courage could avail agains
 an enemy armed with such mysteriou