The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-28
One 81 Sherlock Holmes Adventures
by A CONAN DOYLE.
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CHAPTER 11--contlnued. 'sf
Il II q called 5on John Fcrrier that night
ana many times again until his face was
q familiar one at the fhrnf ouse. y ol,il,f
cooped up, III the valley, and ~, IN
Ibis work, hra little chance OF lea 3, rhi u
outs,de ,i wor,n as1f Ho e
was able to tell him, and In a styl " icl,i
interested Lucy us we'll as her Their.
He Il had been 4 a pioneer In Callfor
| and could tlarratc many stran Sc ta W
Tor fortunes made and fortunes lost III
those wild llalcyon days He hnd bee bee Il
a scout, too, land q trapper. a. silver se ca.
plorer and rnnchman;, W VI SUI,
| ring adventures were to be had Il encrson
Hope had been there In search, y for them.
He soon became favorlte with the old
Iffarfner, WHO spoke clouucntly Of his vlr-
tues. On such occasions Lucy Was 81 lent,
but her blushlng check and her brlg ~.
| happy cyeB showed only too clearly that
her young heart was no longe rs her Q VIII
Her honest fnthcr may not have observed
IsthescI symptoms. but they were 3nssu rcdly
not thrown a way upon. the man who had
lSWon llerS affections. ~
It was summer evening when he came
Eallopingi down the road and pulled up
mt the gate. She was q t4S tlieSt d conway.
and came downsto meet him. He threw
1.-The bride over thu fence and strode&u
| Il tic pa tiiway. St S ~ tf r
i am of, Lucy. he said taking her
ltwe hands In his. and gaziug tenderlyl
ls6own Into her face 80 I WONT ask you
to- come with me now, but viii so,, sbe
ready to come whensI am here again r. RI
And when Will that be she asked
Isbiushing and laughing. M IN Al NJ I
|s;59.sAa couple Of months a t lie outside. n
will come and 8cln'llf yon$then, ms dar-
ling heres no one Who can stand be-
Tween U.s. Xxx 81 s4 s.s,&
And how a bout father? u, she a skcd.
He has given his consent. provided we
l!get sthese mines wording nlisri ght. al ;linre
| no fear on that head,
Oh well, of course. 4 f you and father
| have arranged tall, there no more to
be said :, - she whispered, with her check
AGAINST Ills broad breast 81 ri
;Siy''T ha nix rs God - he said. hoarsely,
stoop ping and kissing her. ~ T. Isl settled.
then The longer q stay tie llardcra5it,
VIII III be- to 80. They areBwaiting for me
tGt he co nm non Good by. my wn darling
good by. W nS two months you slia Ii sec
WI
Ilsa tore himsel from her as lie snoke,s
and .flinging himself upon his morse. gil-s
loped uriousl y IA wa never even looking
round. q as though afraid that his reso-8
luton might fail him if.k he took one
glance al wllat he was leaving She stood
81, the gate. gazing after him until he
vanished from her light Then she wa TX
ed back into the house. the shappiest sirl,
tn8a al ;E Gu %
CHAPTER III
JOHN FERR1ER TALKS WITH = r11E
PROPHET.
11ree weeks had passed Il since j Il 4
iersons Hope and his comrades had de-
parted from Salt LAX City. John Fer.
rler's heart was gore within him when
ne hought5 Of the young mans return
and Of the impending loss OF his a dopted
Child. Yet y her bright and happy faco
rec nclled him to the arrangement more
lSthan any argument could have dore He
had always determined. deep down in
his .resoute heart that nothing would
lever induce him to allow his daughter
to! wed IN 4 rormon. Such q ma rriase he
Regarded as. mo marriage at call, but as
| q shame and a. disgra CO. NYhateYcr5lle
Knight think III OF ~ the M orn1on doctrines
upon that one point he was inflexible.
! Ite had to- seal his mouth &on5 the sub
ject, however. for to express an unor-
l4thodox opinion was la dangerous matter!
| In those days In the La nd OF the Sa ints.
Yes, a dangerous ma tter--so dangerous
that even he most sanity dared only,
whisper their elglous opinions with
| &bated breath. lest hing which fell
from their lips might be misconstrned..
and bring down n swift retribution upon.
Them. The victims Of persecution had
now turned prosecutors on their own IA c-
count, and prosecutors OF the most ter
J. ~1<1 Ies,~ ~tokl< ~
of Seville, nor the German yehmgercht..
lsnor the Secret Societies Of Italy. 4 were
lever able to- plltia m ore formidable ma q
|Schinery In motion that that which cast
la cloud over the Territory OF Utah
It's visibility. a nd 3 the mystery which
was attached TO i; made this orga MIA
lftion doubly terrible. It ppeared to be
omniscents and omnipot en- II and yet vas
neither seen nor heard !. N The ma n who;
liheld out against tho church vanished
IsaWay, and none ii knew whittier he had
|3gone aorswhat had %befallen him. His wife
| and children awaited him at3hone, but
lsno father ever returned to tell them
| how he had Jared at the hands OF his
secret Judges. s99s Is rash word or a hastyi
|aact4iwas folloWed 3byEannihilation, and yet,
none knew what the y ma tures might be
Of this terrible power + winch was s,,s- \
I5pend ed ~ over hem .s N o. wonder that
| men went about In fear and trembling
and that even In the heart Of the wilder
ness they. dared not whisper the doubts
(which oppressed them, issEE al
AT first this vague and terrible power
wa 4 exercised only 8 upon the recalci-
l5trants who, having embraced the Nor Tor
mon faith, wished a terward to peryertt
or to abandon 7, Soon, l,o Viewer, ~ took
a wilder range The supply OF adult
women was running short, md fpoly gamy,.
without female popula ton on which
Ia d raw, was a rren ctrinef1 indeed
strange rurnors began 70 be banded
about -r,imors Of murdered Iinlrnig alI
and rifed camps In reg ons where Indians indian
had meyer been seen. Fresh, women ap-
9peared In the harems of the elders
women. who pined d and }Wept, ana pore
upon their faces the traces8lof an E " y.
extinguishable horror. Bella ted wanderers
upon the mountains spoke OF gangs q
armed men, masked, stealthy, and noise q,
less who fitted by them IN the dark-
mess, These tales and rurlors took
5substance and shape. and were corrobo.3