The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-09
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At first this vague and terrible power
was exercised only upon the recalci-
trants. who, having embraced the Nor
faith, wished afterward to pervert
or to abandon it. Soon, however, 1t
took a wider range. The supply or
adult women was running short, and
polygamy, without a female popula-
ton on which to draw, was a barren
indeed. Strange rumors be-
gan to be banded about-rumors of
murdered immigrants and rifed camps
in regions where Indians had never
been seen. Fresh women appeared In
the harems of the elders-women who
pinned and wept, and bore upon then
faces the traces of an unextinguishable
horror. Belated wanderers upon the
mountains spoke of gangs of armed
men, masked, stealthy and noiseless,
who fitted by them In the darkness.
These tales and rumors took substance
and shape, and were corroborated and
recorroborated, until they resolved
themselves into a definite name. To
this day, In the lonely ranches of the
West, the name Of tho DANTE Band.
or the Ayenging Ange6, Is a sinister
and an ill-omened one.
Fuller knowledge of the organization
which produced such terrible results
served to increase rather than to lessen
the horror which 1t inspired In the
minds of men. None knew who be-
longed to this ruthless society. The
names of the participators In the deeds
of blood and violence, done under the
name of religion, were kept profoundly
secret. The very friend to whom you
communicated your misgivings as to
the prophet and his mission might be
one of those who would come forth at
night with fire and sword to exact a
terrible reparation. Hence every mar
feared his neighbor, and none spoke Of
the things which were nearest his
heart.
One nns morning. John Ferrier was
about to set out to his wheat fields,
when he heard the click of the latch,
and, looking through the window, saw
a stout, sandy-haired, middle-aged ma
coming up the pathway. His heart
leaped to his mouth, for this was none
other than the great Brigham Young
himself. Full of trepidation-for he
knew that such a visit BODIED him little
good-Ferrier ran to the door to greet
the Norman chief. The latter, how
ever, received his salutation coldly. and
followed him with q stern face into the
sitting-room.
Brother Ferrier," he said, taking a
seat, and cycling the farmer keenly
from under his lig~ht-eolored eyelashes,
"the true believers have been good
frt1pIo IN xynYs Mo pialxad UniJ I'M
when you were starving in the desert,
safe to the Chosen Valley. gave you
a goodly share of land. and allowed you
to wax rich under our protection. Is
not this so?"
"It Is so,'' answered John Ferrier.
"In return for all this. we asked but
n condition.; that was. that you
embrace the true faith, and con-
form in every way to Its usages. This
you promised to do: and this. II COM
mon report says truly, you have neg
lected."
"And how have I neglected it?"
asked Terrier, throwing out his hands
in expostulation. "Have / not given
to the common fund.- Have I not at
tended at the temple? Have I mott"
"Where are YOU wiyes?" asked
Young, looking round him. Call them
in, that | may greet them"
at is true that I have not married"
Terrier answered. "But women were
few. and there were many who had
better claims than l. ] was not a lone
ly man; ! had my daughter to attend
to my wants"
1T is of that daughter that / would
speak to YOU" said the leader OF the
Mormons. "She has grown to be the
flower of Utah. and has found favor in
the eyes of many who are high In the
land"
John Terrier groaned internally.
There are stories of her which 1
would fain disbelieve-stories that she
Is sealed to some Gentle. This must
the gossip of Idle tongues. What Is
the thirteenth rule In the code of the
Joseph Smith? Let every mali
den of the true faith marry one of the
elect; for II she wed a Gentle, she COM
mits a grievous SIM This being SO. it
Is impossible that you who profess the
holy creed, should suffer your daughter
to violate it,"
John Ferrier made no answer, but no
nervously with his riding whip.
Upon this one point your whole faith
shall be tested-so it has been decided
in the Sacred Council of Four. The
girl is young, and we would not have
her wed gray hairs, neither would we
deprive her of all choice. We elders
many heifers.t but u children
must also be provided. Stangerson has
a son, and Drebber has a son., and
of them would gladly welcome
your daughter to their house. Let her
choose between them. They are young
and rich, and of the true faith. What
say o to that?"
Terrier remained silent for some lit
tie time with his brows knitted.
you will give us time he said, at
last. my daughter is very young
she Is scarce of an age to marry"
sHerbert G. Kimbail, In one of his SER
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