The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-02-21

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We're getting the bowery ready
down to the square tonight SOS to
have services out Of DOORS"
"He's coming tomorrow" The
words came both from Prudence and
her father.
"Of course he's coming. Ben Had
ley brought word over. They'll have
a turkey dinner at Bell Ward]e's
house and then services at two"
The flushed little man with the v
elation felt himself grow suddenly
cold. He had thought It would be
easy to launch his new truth in Anna
Ion and let the news be carried to
Brigham. To get up in the very
presence of him, in the full gaze Of
those cold blue eyes, was another
matter.
But it's early for him. He doesn't
usually come until after conference,
after it's got cooler
The bishop took on the air of a man
who does not care to tell quite all
that he knows.
Yes; l suspicion some ones been
sending tales to him about a certain
young woman's carvings on down
here"
He looked sharply at Prudence, who
looked at the ground, and felt CRATE
full for the dusk. Follett looked hard
at them both and was plainly inter-
ested. The bishop spoke again.
Il amt got no license to say so.
but having done that young woman
proud by engaging himself to marry
her, he might "a got annoyed if n
n had "a told him she was being
waited on by a handsome young Gen
tile, gallivantin' off to canyons day
after day-holding hands, too, more
than once. Oh, l amt saying any.
thing. Young blood is young blood;
mine amt always been old, and I
never blamed the young, but, of
course, the needs of the Kingdom is a
different matter. Well, I'll have to
be getting along now. We're going
to put up some of the people at our
house, and I've got to fix to bed moth
er down in the wagon-box again, I
reckon. I'll say you'll be with us to-
morrow, then, Brother Joel?"
The little bent mans voice had lost
much of it's life.
Yes, Brother Seth, if l am able"
We'll, l hope you are" He arose
and looked at the sky. Looks as if
we might have some falling weather.
They say it's been moisting quite a
hit I'm NnIor WOW . Wal rool -:-l,k
ALL"
When he was gone the matter of his
visit was not referred to. With some
constraint they talked a little while
OF other things. But as soon as the
two men were alone for the night,
Follett turned to kim, almost fiercely.
Say, now, what did that old goat.
whiskered loon mean by his hintings
about Prudence?"
The little man was troubled.
We'll, the fact is, Brigham has
meant to marry her"
You don't mean you'd have let
him? Say, I'd hate to feel sorry for
holding off on you like 1 have!"
~ "No, no. don't think that of me-"
a3"Well, what we're you going to
do?" z
II hardly knew"
You better find out"
II know i'll did find out, to-day.
| know, and it will be all right. Trust
me. I lost my faith for a moment just
now when I heard Brother Brigham
was coming tomorrow; but I see how
it is-the Lord has wished to prove
me. Now there is all the more rea-
son why l should not finch. You
will see that I shall make it all right
tomorrow"
We'll, the times about up. I've
been here over two months now, just
because you were so kind of helpless.
And n of our wagon-trains will be
along here about next Monday. Say,
she wouldn't ever have married him,
would she?"
mo, she refused at once; she re.
fused to consider it at ALL"
He was burning again with his
fever, and there was something in
his eagerness that seemed to over
come Fcllett's Indignation.
well, let it go till tomorrow, then.
And you try to get some rest now.
That's what I'm going to do"
But the little bent man, flushed
though he was, felt cold from the
night air, and, piling more logs on
the fire, he drew his chair close in
front of it.
AS often as Follett wakened through
the night he saw him sitting there,
sometimes reading what looked like
a little old Bible, sometimes speaking
aloud as If seeking to memorize a
passage.
The last Follett remembered to
have heard was something he seemed
to be reading from the little book:
"The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not
want. He maketh me to lie down in
green pastures; He leadeth me be-
side the still waters"
He fell asleep again with a feeling
OF pity for the little man.
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