The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-13

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Nathaniel, putting on his hat land ]
shaii. certainly take advantage Of your
kindness for few hours, AS want
very. much to witness one of your cere-
monies which ! understand is 10 take
place today, Then, II l have discovered
no1hing, l shall return to my y-ship.''
The King smiled his approval. ''That is
one way we have OF furnishing slight
mII,isdemeanors In our kingdom. Captain
Plum. II Is an illustration OF our intol-
denly toward the girl. "Winnsome. my
dear. have you copied the paper / was
tain Plum
He walked slowly toward her and for
the frst time since her warning Ma
,hanlel had an opportunity of observing
the girl without fear OF being perceived
by the prophet. She was very young,
hardly more than a child he would have
guessed al first, and yet at second
and more careful glance he knew that
she could not be under f1fteen-perhaps
| sixteen Her whole attire was one to
add TO her childish appearance. Her
trous dark curls about her face and upon
her neck. She wore a fitted coat like
blouse: and knee skirts which disclosed
a pretty pair OF legs and ankles. AS
Strang was returning with the paper
which she handed TO him the girl turned
her lace TO Captain Plum. Her mouth
she pointed anNiously to where she had
thrown the note. The kings eyes were
on his paper and Nathaniel nodded to
assure her that he understood.
| II am like a gardener who compels
every passing neighbor TO go into his
back yard and admire his first sprouts.
laughed the prophet jovially. I'm other
words ! do a little writing. and 1 take
a kind of childish Joy in making other
people read 1t. But 1 sec this is not In
proper shape. so you have escaped, II
| is a brief history of Beaver island writ
ten at the request of the Smithsonian
Institute, which has already published an
article of mine. II you happen to be on
the Island tomorrow and should you
turn TO this office l shall certainly have
YOU read 1t. II have TO call all OF my
sheriffs into servlcci'
He laughed with such open good hui
NOR that Nathaniel found himself smi
ing despite the varied unpleasant sensa-
tions within him. DO you wrte much?"
,l get out daily paper" said the
prophet / am, the translator of what
word may be handed down TO us from
Heaven for the direction and command. i.
men1 me n Of my PeTPie hold the secret ret
delivered by angels into the hands OF
Joseph. and with it have revealed the
word OF God as It appears In book
which ] have written. All had for
gotten this" From among a mass of
papers and books on the table he drew
forth a bluc-covered pamphlet and passed
copies left. but YOU may have this one.
Captain Plum. II will surely interest
you. In IL I have set forth the trou
bles existing between my own people
and the cyprian-rotte criminals that In
fest Mackinac and the mainland, and
have described our struggle for chastity
and honor against these human vultures.
But conditions arc different today Now
now I am king. and the oppressors In
the filth of their crime have become
the oppressed"
The last words doomed from him in
a slogan Of triumph, and as II In echoing
mockery there came from the open door
the chuckling, mirthless laugh OF Oba-
diah Price.
"Yea-yea-even into the land OF the
Lamanites are you king
Al the sound OF his voice Strang turned
toward him and the sonorous triumph
that rumbled in his throat. faded 10 II
tho little old councillors eyes glittcred
boldly as they met the prophets and
that in their glance was neither fear
nor servitudc, but rather a light as OF
vauced and clasped hands and a few
low words passed between them while
Nathaniel went 10 the door.
"1 will go with you, Captain Nathaniel
Plum" called Obadiah. II Will go with
you and show you the town"
THE councillor Will be your friend"
added strang. To-day he carries with
him that authority from the king
He bowed and Nathaniel passed
through the door. Looking back. he
caught n last warning flash from the
he heard the councillor pause for an in
slant upon the landing and taking ad
vantage Of this opportunity he picked
up the bit Of crumpled paper, and read
these lines:
Hurry to your ship, In another hour
men will be watching for an opportunity
10 kin you. You will never leave the Is
land alive-unless you go now The girl
you saw through the window sends you
this warning"
He thrust the paper into his coat
pocket as Obadiah came up behind him.
"Ho ho Nat, my boy. ] have come
whispered He caught his companion by
! the arm and Nathaniel felt his hand
..rembling violently, Come this IVA way :.
TO say 10 you" His voice was strangely
unnatural and when Captain Plum looked
down into his face the look In the bead
like eyes startled him, Nat, you must
hurry away with the package"
so I understand-if l save my skin.
Obadiah Price, / have a notion TO Kill
you!
They had passed beyond the huge edi-
fce OF logs and as he stopped. hidden
from the view of the kings office, Ma
thaniel caught the councillors arm In a
, grip that crushed 10 the bone.
II have notion 10 Kill you" he re-
pealed
The old man. stood unninching. Not
a muscle OF his face quivered as the
captains fingers sank into his flesh
''At the first sign OF treachery, at the
first sign OF danger TO myself L shall
shoot you dead" he finished.
You may. Nat, you may, From this
moment until you leave the island shall
he at your side, and no harm shall come
tc you. But II there should. Nat. or
II there should come a moment when you
believe that ! am your enemy-shoot
me!'' There was sincerity in his voice
that carried conviction 10 Nathaniel s
heart and he released his hold upon
J the councillors arm. Regardless OF the
mystery that surrounded him, he believed
In Obadiah. But there rose In his breast
n mad desire 10 choke this old man Into
telling him the truth. TO force him 10
reveal the secrets OF this strange plot
into which he had been drawn and OF
which he knew as ittIe as when he first
set foot IN Strang's kingdom, Yet he
realized even as the desire formed Itself
In his brain that such effort would
be useless.
..f you had remained at the cabin.
Nat YOU would have known that l was
your friend" continued Obadiah. "She
would have come to you, but now Is
4 Impossible. You know. You have been
warned ."