The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28

away from tulS uHhHONu man. Sbiii'u
in a way that must have enraSed him
since he had never won that kind OF
love from her for himself-fOr then he
LET her meet the sacrifice without
further talk. He drew her on to his
knee, kissed her for the last time,
then held her head back-and the
thing was done. How sad it is that
she did not make a full confession.
Then, by her willing sacrifice, she
would have gone direct to the circle Of
the Gods and GOddeSses; but now,
dying as she did, her soul must be
! lost"
(which wife did you say"
THE fifth-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. | can 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 save the souls of many
sinful oneS-but you must be careful
not to overtaX yourself"
Four days later, 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 exposure SO soon after his
long illness. He seemed, indeed, not
only to be weak, but to be much dis.
tressed and torn in his mind.
Brigham was gracious enough to ac-
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 was also good enough
to volunteer some advice.
What ails you mostly, Brother 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
to brooding over things that are othel
peoples to brood on, and then, you're
naturally Soui.prOud. Now, few
wives will humble you and make you
more reasonable, like the rest of us.
| don't want to be too downright with
YOU like am with some of the others
because I've always had a special kind
OF feeling for You, and SO I've let you
go on. But you think it over, and
talk to me about it when you come
back. It's high time you was 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
vision that after a few seconds was
washed away by a great wave OF
blood
But after a few days. certain bits
OF news caught up with him that hap
PLY drove this thing from his sight
for time by stirring within him all
his old dread of Gentle persecution.
First he heard that Farley Pratt
the Archer of Paradisesand one Of the
Twelve Apostles, had been foully muir.
dered back in Arkansas while seeking
to carry to their mother the children
Of his ninth wife, The father of these
children, so his informant reported,
had waylaid and shot him.
Then came rumors of large wagon
train going south through Utah on
its way to California. Reports said il
was composed chiefly of Missourians,
some of whom were said to be boast.
ing that they had helped to expel the
Saints from Jackson county in that
state. Also in this train were report
ed to be several men from Arkansas
l who had been implicated in the as
/ sassination of Apostle Pratt.
D.. But news of the browning infamy
5 reached him the following day,-news
/ that had put out all thought of his
great sin and his bloody secret, news
OF thing so monstrous that he was
l unable to give it credence until it haG
[ been nfirmed by other Corners from
Y the north. President Buchanan, in
r spired by tales that had reached him
, OF various deeds growing out of the
e reformation, and by the treatment
r which various Federal officers were
e said to have received, had decided
t that rebellion existed in the Territor,
d Of Utah. He had appointed a success
: sor to Brigham Young as governor, 81
q the report ran. and ordered an army
!, to march to Salt Lake City for thu
e alleged purpose of installing the new
i executive. ..
r Three days later all doubt of tn,
+ truth of this story was banished
e Word then came that Brigham wa.
n about to declare martial law and tho