The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-07

and the accumulated terrors had
the hearts of the stoutest
among them. There was not one who
did not sink upon his knees In heart
felt prayer when they saw the broad
valley Of Utah bathed in the sunlight
beneath them. and learned from the
lips of their leader that this was the
promised land. and that these virgin
acres were to be theirs forevernlore.
Young speedily proved himself to be-
a skilful administrator as well as ~
~resolute chief. Maps were drawn and
charts prepared, in which the future
city was stretched out. All around
farms were apportioned and allotted m
proportion to the stand of each In
dividua1. The tradesman vas put to
his rad and the artisan to his cali
ing. In the town streets and squares
sprang up as if by magic. In tina
country there was draining n hedg-S
ing, planting and clearing, until the
next summer saw the whole country
golden with the wheat crop. Every
thing ~prospered in the strange settle
ment. Above all, the great temple
which they had erected in the centre
of the city grew ever taller and larger.
From the first flush of dawn until the
closing Of the twilight. the clatter of
the hammer and the rasp of the saw
was never absent from the
which the emigrants erected to Him
who had led them safe through many
dangers.
The two castaways, John Ferrier and
the little girl who had shared his for
tunes and had been adopted as his
daughter, accompanied the Mormons to
the end OF their great pilgrimage. Lit
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antly enough in Elder Stangerson's
wagon, a retreat which she shared with
the Mormon's three wives and with
his son, a headstrong, forward boy of
twelve. Having rallied. with the elas-
ITCHY of childhood, from the shock
caused by her mothers death, h soon
became a pet with the women, and
~reconciled herself to this new life In her
moving canvas-covered home. In the
meantime, Ferrier, having recovered
from his priyations, distinguished HIM
self as a useful guide and an inde-
fatigable hunter. So rapidly did he
gain the esteem Of his new companions.
that when they cache the end OF their
wanderings, 1t was unanimously agreed
that he should be provided with a.
large and as fertile a tract of land a
any of the settlers, with the exception
of Young himself. and of l.tangersony
Kimball, Johnston and Drebber, who
We're the four principal elders.
On the &arm thus acquired John Fer
rier built himself a substantial logs
house, which received so many addi~
lions in succeeding years hat 1t grew
into q roomy villa. He was a man of q
practical turn of mind, keen In his
dealings and skilful with his hands.
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work morning and evening at improv-
ing and filling his lands. Hence it
came about that his farm and all
that belonged to him prospered
exceedingly. In three years he was
better off than his neighbors, in
six he was well-to-do, in nine he was
rich, and in twelve there was not a
a dozen men In the whole of Salt Lake
City who could compare with him.
From the great inland sea to the dis
tant Wasatch Mountains there was
no name better known than that of
John Ferrier.
There was one way, and only one, in
which he offended the susceptibilities of
his coreligionists. No argument or
persuasion could ever induce him to
set up q female establishment after the
manner of his. companions. He never
gave reasons for this persistent REFUSAL
but contented himself by resolutely and
inhexibly adhering. to his determine
tion. There were some who accused
him of lukewarmness In his adopted
religion, and others who put 1t down
to greed OF wealth and reluctance to
incur expense. Others, again, spoke OF
some early love affair, and of a fair
haired girl who had pinned away on h
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reason, Terrier remained strictly cell
bate. In every other respect he cons
formed to the religion OF the young
settlement, and gained the name Of
being an orthodox and straight-walking
man.
Lucy Terrier grew up within the log
house. and assisted her adopted
father in all his undertakings. The
keen air Of the mountains and the ball
sanic odor of the pine trees took the
place of nurse and mother to the young
girl. AS year succeeded to year She
grew taller and stronger, her cheek
more rudy, and her step more elastic.
Many a wayfarer upon the righ-road
which ran by Terriers farm felt long
forgotten thoughts revive In his mind
as he watched her 1.-THE, girlish figure
tripping through the wheat fields, or
met her noun ed upon her fathers
mustang, and managing it with all the
ease and grace of a true child of the
West. So the bud blossomed into a
flower, and TIE year which sew her
father the richest of the farmers left
her as fair a specimen Of American
girlaood as could be found in the
whole Pacific slope.
1t was not the father, however. who
first discovered that the child had de-
veloped into the woman. 1t seldom Is
in such cases. That mysterious change
is too subtle and too gradual to be
measured by dates. Least of all does
the maiden herself know it until the
tone of a voice or the touch of a hand
sets her heart thrilling within Ter, and
she learns. with a mixture of pride and
of fear. that a new and a larger nature
has awakened within her. There are
few who cannot recall that day and re-
member the one little incident which
heralded the dawn of q new life. In
the case of Lucy Terrier the occasion
was serious enough in itself, apart
from its future influence on her des-
tiny and that of many besides.