The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-11-08

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ing acted before him.
The Bishop and Keaton came up.
They brought with them the make.
shift coffin. They had cut a log, split
it, and stripped off its bark in two
half-cylinders. They led him to the
other side of the wagon, out of sight.
Then they placed the strips of bark
around the body, bound them with
hickory withes, and over the rough
surface the women made a little show
of black cloth.
For the burial they could do no
more than consign the body to one
of the wave in the great billowy land
sea about them. They had no tomb.
stone, nor were there even rocks to
make a simple cairn. He saw them
bury her, and thought there was little
to choose between hers and the grave
of his father, whose body was being
now carried noiselessly down in the
bed of the river. The general locality
would be kept by landmarks, by the
the fork and angles of constant
streams. But the spot itself would
in a few weeks be lost.
When the last Office had been per.
formed, the prayer said, a psalm sung,
and the black dirt thrown in, they
waited by him in sympathy. His feel
ing was that they had done a mon.
strous thing; that the mother he had
known was somewhere alive and we'll.
He stood a moment so, watching the
sun sink below the far rim of the
prairie while the white moon swung
into sight in the east. Then the Bish-
op led him gently by the arm to his
own camp.
There cheer %abounded. They had a
huge camp fire tended by the Bishops
numerous children. Near by was a
smaller fire over which the good
mans four wives, ~able-bodied, glow
ing and cordial, cooled the supper.
his sorrow or to put his mind away
from it.
He talked long with the Bishop
when the women had climbed into
their wagon for the night. He amazed
that good mar by asking him if the
Lord would not be pleased to have
them, now, as they were, go back to
Nauvoo and descend upon the Gentiles
to smite them. The Bishop counselled
him to have patience.
what could we do now with these
few old fusees and cheap arms that
we managed to smuggle across-to
say nothing Of halt of us being down
sick?"
"But we are Israel, and surely Is.
rael's Cod"
"The Lord had his chance the other
day If he'd wanted it, when they took
the town. No, Joel, he means us to
gether out and become strong enough
to beat 'em in our own might. But
you wait; our day will come, and all
the more credit to us then for dom
it ourselves. Then We'll consecrate
the herds and flocks of the Gentle
and his store and basket, his gold
and silver, and his myrrh and franklin
cense. But for the present-well, we
got to be polite and kind of modest
oDOuL QUILL OO14& o. AC O16 l. all, Liz
Sons of Dan. done good work in Mis-
souri, and better in Nauvoo, and it'll
do still better where we're goin', But
we must be patient. Only next time
we'll get to work quicker. If the
Gentiles had been seen to quicker in
Nauvoo, Joseph would be with us now.
We learned our lesson there. Now
the Lord has unfurled a Standard Of
! Zion for the gathering of Israel,
and this time We'll fix the Gentiles
early"
Amen! Brother Seth"
A look Of deep hatred had clouded
the older mans face as he spoke.
He continued:
Let the wrath of God abide upon
'em, and remember that wee bein'
tried and proved for a purpose. And
we got to be more practical. You
been too theoretical yourself and too
high-fyin' in your notions. The king
dom amt to be set up on earth by
faith alone. The Lord has got to have
works, like / told you about the other
day."
"You were right, Bishop, I need to be
more practical. The olive branch and
not the sword would Ephraim extend
to Japheth, but If"
IF Japheth don't toe the mark the
Lords will must be worked upon
him!"
$50 be 1t, Brother Seth! am
ready now to be a Son of DAN"
The Bishop rose from in front Of
their fire and looked about. No one
was near Here and there a fire
blazed, and the embers of many more
could be seer dying out in the dis
tance. The nearest camp vas that
of the fever-stricken man who had
fed on to the boat that morning with
his child in his arms. They could see
his shaver head in the freight, and
a woman lowering over him as he lay
on the ground with a tattered quilt
fixed over him in lieu of a tent. From
another group came the strains Of
an accordion and the chorus of a
hymn.
That's right" said the Bishop. 81