Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-11

Wltn nerCe snafi, ana DeIor0 an aiafm could be raised sprang down the stairs and was gone. So strange and so brief was tho episode that the watchers might have found it hard to believe it them selves or persuade other people of it had it not been for the undeniable fact that the circlct of gold which marked her as having been bride had disap- peared.
 For somo months Jefferson Hope lin gered among the mountains, leading Q strange, wild life and nursing in his heart the tierco desire for vengeance which possessed him. Tales were told in the city of the weird figure which was seen prowling about the suburbs, and which haunted the lonely mountain gorgeS. Once bullet whiStled through Stangerson's window and flattened itself upon the wall within a foot of l him. On another occasion as Drebber passed under cliff a great bowlder crashed down on him. and he only es- | capped terrible death by throwing him. self upon his face. The two young Mor- mons were not long ill discovering the reason of these attempts upon their lives and led repeated expeditions into the mountains ill the hope of capturing or killing their enemy. but always with out success. Then they adopted tho pre- caution of never going out alone or after nightfall and of having their houses guarded After time they were i able to relax thCSe measurrs. for noth- ing was either heard or seen of their op- ponent, and they hoped that time had | cooled his vindictivCnoss
 Far from doing so, it had. if any thing, augmented it. The hunters | mind was of a hard, unyieldinG nature, and the predominant idea of revenge had taken such complete possession of it that there was no room for any other emotion. He was, however, above all things, practical He soon realized that even his iron constitution could not | stand the inCoSsant strain which ho was putting upon it. Exposure and want of | wholesome food Were wearing him out. 1 If he died like a dog among the noun ! tains, what was 10 become of his re- 1 vengC then: And yet such q death was sure to overtake him if he persisted. He felt that that was to play his enemy's | game, 90 he reluctantly returned to the
 
 health and to amaSs money enough to allow him to pursue his object without | privation.
 His intention had been to be absent n year at the most, but a combination of unforeseen circumstances prevented his | leaving the mines for nearly five At the end of that tiI1". however, his memory of his wrom;:S amt his cravings | for revenge were Quiir k keen as on | that memorable night when he had stood by John Terriers grave, Disguis | cd and under an assumed name, he ro- turned to Salt Lake City, careless what ! bccaCle of his own lite as long ;IS he ob- tainCd what he knew to lu justice There he found evil tidinSs awaiting him. There had been a schiSrl among the chosen pcOpl" few months before, somO uf the younger members having rehellcd against the authority of tho elders, and the result had been the sr- | ceSsiun of d certain nulIbtr of the mal. contents, who had left UtAh and become | gentiles. Among th,:->' had been Drt h. Der and StanScr<on. and no one knew whithcr they had gone. Runner reported | that DrpbbGr had managed to convert largo part of his property into money. and that ho had departed wealthy man. while Stangerson was Compara- lively poor Thure was no clcw at all. however, aS tu tlieir whereabouts
 Many q man, however vindiCtlve, would have abandoned all thought of | revenge in the fACe of such difficulty out Jefferson Hope never faltercd for a 1 moment With tho small competence he possessed, eked out hy such employ mont as he could pick up. he travelled from town to town through the United States in quest of his enemies Year passed into year, his black hair turned grizzlcd, but still he wandered on-a human bloodhound, with his mind wholly set upon the one object upon which ho had devoted his lifo. At last ] his perseverance was rewarded IL was but a glance of face i'll window, but that one glance told him that Cleve, land, ill Ohio, possessed the man whom he was in pursuit Uf.
 He returned to his miserable lodgings with his plan of vengeance all arranged It chanccd. however, that Drebber, looking from his window. had recog. nized the vagrant in the street and had read murder in his eyes. He hurried before n justice of the peace. accompa- nied by Stangerson, who had become his private secretary, and represented to him that they wero in danger of their lives from the jealousy and hatred of an old rival That evening Jefferson Hope was taken into custody, and not being able to find sureticS was detaiIed some weeks. When at last he was liber- ated, it was only to find that Drebber $ house was deserted and that he and his secretary had departed for Europe.
 Again the avenger had been foiled, and again his concentrated hatred urged him to continue the pursuit. Funds were wanting, however, and for some time he had to return to work, saving every dollar for his approaching journey. Al last, having collected enough to keeI life in him. he departed for Europe and tracked his enemies from city to city, working his way ill any menial capaci. ty, but never overtaking tho fugitives. When he reached St. Petersburg, they had departed for Paris, and when he fol lowed them there he learned that they had just set of for Copenhagen At the Danish capital he was again few day> late. for they had journeyed on to Lon. don, where he at last succeeded ill run ming them to earth. As to what occur red there, We cannot do better than quote the old hunters own account, a. duly recorded in Dr. Watson's journal, to which we are already under such ob ligations.
 Milk Famine In Bunalo.
 BUFFALO, Feb. 1.-The great blizzart is passed. but even in death it has sue ceed in making Buffalonians miserable for it has caused a milk famine in tn | city. Owing to all the country roads be