The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-13

he had lived. AS he stood by
the desolate fire he felt that the only
one thing which could assuage his grief
would be thorough and complete retri-
button brought by his own hand upon
his enemies His strong will and un-
firing energy should, he determined, be
devoted to that one end. With a grim,
White face he retraced his steps to
where he had dropped the food, and
having stirred up the smoldering fire,
lie cooked enough to last him for a few
days. This he made up into q bundle,
and, tired as he was, he set himself to
walk back through the mountains upon
the track of the Avenging Angels.
For five days he toiled, foot-sore and
weary, through the defles which he
had already traversed on horseback.
At night he flung himself down among
the rocks and snatched a few hours of
sleep; but before daybreak he was well
on his way. On the sixth day ne
reached the Eagle ~ravine, from which
they had commenced their Inflated
fight. Thence he could look down
upon the home of the Saints. Worn
and exhausted, he leaned upon his rife
and shook his gaunt hand fercely at
the silent, widespread city beneath him.
AS he looked at it, he observed that
there were flags in some of the prin-
cipal streets, and other signs Of fes-
tivity. He was still specializing as to
what this might mean, when he heard
the clatter of horses hoofs, and saw n
mounted man riding toward him. As
he approached. he recognized him as a
Mormon named Cowper, to whom he
had rendered services at different
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he got up to him, with the object OF
finding out what Lucy Terriers fate
had been.
Il am Jefferson Hope he sail.
You remember me?"
The Mormon looked at his with un-
disguised Observation-Disclosures it was
difficult to recognize in this tattered,
unkempt %wanderer, with CHASTITY white
face and fierce. wild eyes. the spruce
young hunter of former days. Having,
however, at last satisfied himself as
to his Identity, the mans surprise
changed to CONSERVATION.
You are mad to come here" he
cried. ut Is as much as my own life
is worth to be seen talking with O
There is a warrant against you from
the Holy -Four for assisting the Fer
riers away"
1T don't fear them or their warrant"
Hope said, earnestly. you must know
something of this matter, Cowper. I
c~onjure you by everything you hold
dear to answer a few questions. We
have always been friends. For Gods
sake, don't refuse to answer me-"
What is it?" the Mormon asked.
uneasily. "Be quick. The very rocks
have ears and the trees eyes"
What has become of Lucy Terrier? r.
"She was married yesterday to youlg
Drebber. Hold up, man. hold up, you
have no life left in you.''
Don't mind me- said Hope, faint V.
He was white to the very lips, and had
sunk down on the stone against which
he had been leaning. Married, you
say?'
Married yesterday-that's what
those flags are for on the Endowment
House. There was some words be-
tween young Drebber and young
Stangerson as to which was to have
her. They'd both been in the party
that followed them, and Stangerson
had shot her father, which seemed to
give him the best claim; but when
they argued it out in council, Dreb-
ber's party was the stronger. so tho
prophet gave her over to him. No one
won't have her very long, though, for
] saw death In her face yesterday. She
is more like a ghost than a oma
Are you off, them"
Yes, I'm off" said Jefferson Hope,
who had risen from his seat.
His face might have been chiseied
out of marble, so hard and so set was
it's expression, while his eyes glowed
with a baleful light,
"Where are you going?"
Never mind" he answered; ard,
singing his weapon over his shoulder,
strobe off down the gorge and so away'
into the heart of the mountains to the
haunts of the wild beasts. Among
them all there was none so fierce and
so dangerous as himself.
The prediction of the Mormon was
only too we'll fulfilled. Whether it was
the terrible death of her father or the
effects of the hateful marriage into
which she had been forced. poor Lucy
never held up her head again. but pinei
away and died within a month. Her
scottish husband, who had married her
principally for the sake of John Fer
rier's property. did not affect any great
grief at his bereavement; but his other
wives mourned over her, and sat up
with her the night before the burial,
as is the Mormon custom. They were
grouped round the bier in the early
hours OF the morning, when, to their
ineXpressible fear and establishment,
the door was flung open, and a savage
looking, weather-beaten man in tat
tered garments strobe into the
Without a glance or a word to the
covering women, he walked up to the
white. silent figure which had once
contained the pure soul of Lucy Fer
rier. STOPPING over her, he pressed his
lips reverently to her cold forehead,
and then. snatching up her hand. he
took the wedding-ring from her finger.
"She shall not be buried in that" he
cried. with q fierce snarl, and before an
alarm could be raised sprung down the
stairs and was gone. SO strange and
so brief was the episode that the
watchers might have found 1t hard to
believe it themselves or persuade other
people of it. had it not been for tho
~undeniable fact that the circlet of gold
which marked her as having been a
bride had disappeared.
Fol- some months Jefferson Hope lin
gered among the mountains, leading a
strange, wild life, and nursing In his
heart the fierce desire for vengeance