The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-06
(which wife did you say.

w l.iCl1 N4lS ulu yOu bay"
The ffth-she that was Mara
Cavan-but, dear me, Brother Rae!
you should not be out so soon, Why,
man, you're weak as a cat! Come,
I'll walk with you as far as your
house, and you must lie abed again
until you are stronger. l a under
stand how you wished to be up as
soon as possible; how proud you must
feel that your preaching has led to
this glorious awakening and made it
possible to ia The souls Of many
sinful ones-but you must be careful
not to overtax yourself"
Four days later, a white.faced young
Elder applied to Brigham for permits.
sion to go to the settlements on the
south. He professed to be sick, to
have suffered a relapse owing to in
cautious arHosure SO soo after his
long illness. lie seemed, indeed, not
only to be weak, but to be much dis
tressed and torn in his Mind.
Brigham was gracious enough to &C.
cord the desired permission, adding
that the young Elder could preach the
revived gospel and rebaptize on his
way south, thus combining work with
recreation. He vas also good enough
to volunteer some advice.
What ails you mostly, Brothe. Joel,
is your single state. What you need
is wives. You've been here ten years
now, and it's high time. You're given
Tn hrco1inr oN,o. %1irr1 %hnf QUO 0thar
peoples to brood on, and then, you're
naturally soul-proud. Now, a few
wives vii: humble you and make you
more reasonable, like the rest Of us.
I don't want to be too downright with
you, like I am with some Of the others,
because I've always had a special kind
of feeling for you, and so I've let you
20 on But you think it over, and
talk to me about it when you come
back. It's high time you vas build
ing up your thrones and dominions in
the Kingdom"
He started south the next day, rid.
ing down between the two mountain
ranges that bordered the valley, stop.
ping at each settlement, breathing
more freely, resting more easily, as
each day took him farther away. Yet
when he closed his eyes, there, like
an echo, was the vision of a woman's
face with shining eyes and lips,-a
washed away by a great a Of
blood.
But after a few days, certain bits
Of news caught up with him that hap
PLY drove this thing from his sigh
for a time by stirring within him al
his old dread of Gentle persecution.
First he heard that Farley Pratt
the Archer Of Paradise and M Of thu
Twelve Apostles, had been foully muir
dered back in Arkansas while seeking
to carry to their mother the children
Of his niIth wife. The father of thes'
children, so his informant reported
had waylaid and shot him.
Then came ulnor of a large wagon
train going south through Utah o.
its way to California. Reports said /
was composed chiefly Of Nissourians
some of whom were said to be boasr
ing that they had helped to expel tn
Saints from Jackson county in tina
state. Also in this train were repor
ed to be several men from Arkansa
who had been implicated in the a;
s~assination Of Apostle Pratt.
But news Of the browning infam
reached him the following day,-new
that had put out all thought of h!
great sin and lis bloody secret, new
Of O thing SO monstrous that he we
unable to give 1t credence until it ha
been confirmed nv other Corners fro,