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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1894)
f THE WW CLOUD CHIEF, HED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JAN. 26, 1894. 1 i irf M 2 ?! I A iBISMlSS - NUJKV I r aim S otfR f?V ' l iJfllkwLmWrM-- & fflfl hW vNJ3$ vKTi L? J Irticy terrier grew up within tlio lotf home, nnd assisted her adopted father In all hit tindcrtaldiKrs. Tho keen air of tho luountaius und tho liu'lsatnlo odor of the pine trees toolc tlio pluccof nurso and mother to tho yountf girl. An year nuccccdrd to year hIio grow taller and stronger, Iicr cheelc moro ruddy and her btep more clastic. Many a wayfarer upon tho high-rond which ran by Fcrricr'B farm felt long-forgotten thouglits revivo in his mind ns ho watched her lithe, girlish figure trip- I ping through tlio wheat IIcIiIh, or mat her mounted upon her father's mus- tang, nnd managing it with all thu ease and grace of a true child of thu went. So the bud hlosr,oncd into a flower, and tho yeir.i which saw her father tlio richest of fannoru left her an fair a specimen of American .girl hood as could bo found on tho whole 1'aclfic slope. It was not the fattisr, however, who first discovered that tho child Ha.l do reloped Into the woman. It seldom 1 In such caws. That mystorloiri el.ango iatoo bubtlo and loo gradual to bo measured by tlalc3. Ieastof all doat tho maiden hcraolf hnow it until tho tone of a volco or the touch of n hand acta her heart thrilling within her, and bc lcarnn, with a mlxturo of prido and of fear, that a new and larger na tore ban awahencd within her. Thcro arc few who cannot recall that day and remember the ono little incident which heralded the dawn of a new life. In tho caws of Lucy Kcrrlcr the occasion was serious enough In itself, apart from Its futuro Influence on her destiny nnd that of many besides. , It wan a warm Juno morning, nnd tho Lattcrdny Saints were as busy as tbe bcefl whoso hive they havo chosen for their emblem. In tho Holds and in tlio streets rose the .same hum of human industry. Down tho dusty highroads defiled long streams of heavily laden mules, all bending to the west, for thu gold fover hud broken out in Cali fornia, and the overland route lay through thu city of tho elect. There, too, wero drovcn of Hhcep nd bullocks coming in from tho out- IN AN INSTANT IT KKAHKD UPON ITU IIIK1) I.r.OQ. lying pasture lands, and trains of tired Immigrants, men and hordes equally weary of their interminable jmniey Through all thin motley ussombhifc, m threading her way with tho t.lclll of an accomplished rider, thorn galloped Lucy Ferricr, her fair fuee Hushed with tho cxerciso und her ltmg ehi'st'uit holr floating out belilud her. She had a commission from her father In tho city and was dashing In. as hho hu 1 done many n tlino before, with nil the fearlessness of youth, thinking only of her tnsk and how it was to be per formed. Tho travol-btaincd adven turers guzed after her in astonish ment, and even tho unemotional In dians, journeying in with their paltry, relaxed their accustomed stolci- m as they marveled at tho beauty of tho pale-faced maiden. Sho had reached the outskirts of the city, when she found tho road blocked by a great drove of cattle, driven by a half-dozen wild-looking herdsmen from tho plains. In her impatience sho en deavored to pass this obstacle by push ing her liorsu Intowhat appeared to be a gap. Scarcely had she got fairly In to It, however, before tho beasts closed in behind her, und shu found hernlf completely embedded In tho moving stream of liereo-eyod, long-horned bullocks. Accustomed as sho was to deal with cattle, hho was not alarmed nt her situation, but took ad vantage of every opportunity to urge her horso on In the hope of pushing her way through tho cavalcade. Un fortunately, tho horn of ono of tho beasts, either by accident or design, camo in violent contact with the Hank of tho mustang, ami oscltod it to mu I ncsH. In an instant It reared up on lit hind log with u snort of rage, nnd pranced and tossed in a way that would havo unseated any but a most skillful rider. Tho situation was full of peril. Kvory plunge of thu e cited horso brought it against, tho horns again, and guaded it to fresh madness. It was all that tho girl could do to keep heivelf In the saddle, yet a slip would mean a terrible death under tho hoofs of tho unwieldy and terrified animals. Un accustomed to sudden emergencies, her hcud began to swim, and her grip upon tho brldlo to relax. Choked by tho rWng cloud of dust and by tho steam from tho struggling creatures, sho might have abandoned her efforts in despair, but for a kindly voice at her elbow wh lull assured her of assist ance. At the same moment a sinowy brown hand caught tho frightened horso by tho curb, und, forcing a way through tho dune, soon brought her to thcoutsklrl.. ' y, "You'ro not hurt, 1 kopc, in'ifts," buid hor pro: cr vcr r3?..2ctf -.illy. Jilts W.aJ ::;. a; Ida t!av-, (lercj3 face, and lnti'fhcd saucily. 'Tin awful frightened," she w Id mil; cly : "whoever would have lhow'ht that Poncho would have been so scared by a lot of cowaV" "Thank (lod you kept your scat," thu other bald earnestly. lie was a tall, wivagu-looklng young fellow, mounted on a powerful roan liornc, mid clad in the rough dress of a hunter, with a long rlllu slung over his shoulders. "I guess you nro the daughter of Jo'n Kcrrlcr," ho remarkeil. "I aw you ride t'own from his house When you bco him, usl: him f ho remembers tho Jefferson Hopes, of St. Louts. If he's the samo Kcrrlcr, my father ami he were pretty thick." "Hadn't you better como and ask yourself'.'" sho asked, demurolv. The young fellow seemed pleased at tho suggestion, and his dark eyes sparkled with pleasure. "I'll do no." ho said; "wo'vo been In thu mountains for two mouths, und nro not over and above In visiting condition. Ho must take us as ho finds us." "Ho has n good deal to thank you for, nnd so havo I," she answered; "he's awful fond of mo. If those cows had jumped on me he'd haw xjcvci- got over It." "Neither would I," bald her com panion. "You? Well, I don't see that it would mako much mutter to you, anyhow Yon ain't even a friend of ours."" Tho young hunter's dark face grew so gloomy over this remark that Lucy Kcrrlcr laughed aloud. "There, I didn't mean that," kIic said: "of course, you arc a friend now. Yon must come and see us. Now I must push along, or father won't trust mo with his business any more. Oood-by!" "flood-by," ho tinswered. raising his broad sombrero, and bending over her llttlo hand. Sho wheeled her mustang round, gave It a cut with her riding whip, and darted away down tho broad road in a rolling cloud of dust. Young .IclYerson IIopu rodo on with his companions, gloomy and taciturn, lie nnd they had been among the Ne vada mountains prospecting for silver, and were returning to Salt Lulcu City in the hopo of raising capital enough to work some lodes which they had discovered. Ho had bean as keen as any of them upon tho business until this sudden Incident had drawn his thoughts into another channel. Thu sight of the fair young girl, as frank and wholesome as tho Sierra breeies, hud atirrcd his voleunic, untamed heart to Its very depths. When sho had van ished from his sight, lie realized that a crisis had como In his life, and that iiullhor silver speculations nor any other questions could ever bo of such Importance to him as this new and all abstrblng one. The love which had sprung ftp in his heart was not the sud den, changeable fancy of a boy, but rather the wild, fierce passion of a man of strong will and Imperious temper, lie had been accustomeil to succeed Itj all that ho undertook, lie swore in his heart ho would not fail in this if human effort and human porioernnco could render him successful. He called on John Kcrrlcr that night, and many times again until his face was a familiar ono at thu farmhouse, .lohn, cooped up in the valley, nnd ab sorbed In his work, had little chance of learning the news of the outside world during the last twoho years. All this .letl'erson Hope was able to tell him. and in a style which interested Lucy tig well an her fnther Ho had been a pioneer In California, and could nar rate many a strange tale of fortunes madu and fortunes lost in those wild, halcyon days. He had been a toout, n "i am orr, i.uov," in: said. too, and a tr.ipp.jr, n silver explorer and a ranchman. Wherever stirring adventures were to bu had, .lc1Tcr.-mi Ilopo had Iwi-n there iiibcnrchof them. He soon bocai.io a favorite with tho farmer, who spoke eloquently of his virtues. On such occasions l,ucy was silent, but luir blushing cheek und her bright, happy cjci showed only too clearly that her joung heart was no longer her own. Her holiest father mu,v not have observed thooosymptoms, but they wero assuredly not thrown away upon the man who had won her affections. It was a summer evening when ho cama galloping down tho road and pulled up at thu (fate. Shu was at tho doorway, and uamu down to meet him. llo threw thu bridle over tho fencennd strodu up the pathway. "I am off, Lucy," hu said, taking her two hands in his and gazing tenderly down Into her face; "I won't ask you to como with mo now, but will you bo ready to como when I am hero again?" I "And whon will that be?" sho abked, blushing and laughing. i "A couplo of mouths at tho outside I will come and claim you then, my tilt ii i.Ttk ii ...it .j t UE WAS STUX HITTINO WITU HIS EI.- nows on ins k.nkkh. darling. There's no ono who can stand between us." "And how ubout fnther? "He has given his consent, provided we get tneso mines working all right. I have no fear on that head." "Oh, well, of course, if you nnd fa ther havo arranged It, there's no more to be said." sho whispered, with her cheek against his broad breast. "Thank Oodl" ho said, hoarsely, stooping und kissing her. "It Is set tled then. Tho longer I stny, the harder It will be to go. They are wait ing for mo at tho canyon. Oood-by, my own darling- good-by. In two mouths you shall see mo." Ho tore himself from bur us ho spoke, nnd. Hinging himself upon his horso, galloped furiously away, never oven looking round, as though afraid that his resolution might fail him If ho toolc ono glaneo nt what ho was leaving. Sho stood at tho gato, gazing after him until he vanished from her sight. Then sho walked back Into tho house, thu happiest girl In all Utah. CIIAI'TIIll III. jojjn rr.nnmtTU.tts with vnr. raoniET. Three weeks had passed since Jeffer son Hope and hlscomrades had depart ed from Salt Lake City. John Kerrier's heart was boro within him when ho thought of the young man's return, and of tho Impending loss of his adopt ed child. Yet her bright and happy faco reconciled him to lliu arrangement more than any argument could havo done Ho had nl -s determined, deep down in his resolute heart, that nothing would ever induce him to allow his daughter to wed a Jlormon. Such a niarrlngo ho regarded as no marriago at all, but as a shame and a disgrace Whatever ho might think of the .Mormon doctrines, upon that ono point ho was inflexible Ho had to seal his mouth ou tho subject, however, for to express an orthodox opinion was a dangerous matter in thoso days in Land of tho Saints. Yes, a dangerous matter so danger ous that even tho most saintly dared . only whisper their religious opinions ' with bated breath, lest something ' which fell from their lips might bo misconstrued, and bring down n swift retribution upon them. Tho victims of persecution had now turned perse cutors on their own account, and per n"eutors of the moil terrible descrip tion. Not the Inquisition of Seville, nor the (u'rinan Vehmgericht, nor tho secret societies of Italy, wcro cverablo to put a more formidable machinery In motion than that which cast a cloud over the territory of Utah. , Its Invisibility, and tho mystery ! which was attached to It, mado this organization doubly terrible. It ap peared to bo omniscient and omnipo tent, and yet was neither scon nor heard. Tho man who held out against tho church vanished away, ami nono knew whither ho had gone or what had befallen him. His wife and children awaited him at homo, but no father ever returned to tell them how ho had fared at tho hands of his secret judges. A rash word or a hasty act was fol lowed by annihilation, and yet nono know what tho nature might boof this terrible power which was suspended over them. No wonder that men went about In fear and trembling, and that nven In thu heart of tho wilderness they dared not whisper tho doubts which oppressed them. At first this vaguoand tcrrlblo power was exercised only upon tho rcenlcl trnnts, who, having embraced tho Mormon faith, wished afterward to pervert or to abandon It. Soon, how ever, it took a wider range. Tho sup ply of adult women was running short, nnd polygamy, without a fomalo popu lation ou which to draw, was a barren doctrine Indeed. Strange rumors bo gnn to bo bandied about rumors of; murd?rud Immigrants and rilled camps In regions where Indians had never been been. Kresh women appeared In thu harems of tho elders women who plnud and wept, and boro upon thuir faces the traces of uncxtlngulshnblo horror. I'clated wanderers upon tl.o mouututus bpoko of gangs of urmed men, masked, stealthy, und noiseless, who flitted by them in tho durkness. These tales and rumors took substance and shape, and were corroborated and ro-eorroboratcd until they resolved themselves into a definite name. To this day, In tlio lonely ranches of tho west, tho namo of tho Hanlto Hand, or thu Avenging Angels, Is a sinister and ill-omened one. Knllor knowledge of tho organiza tion which produced such terrible re sults served to Increase rather than to lessen tho horror which it iiibpircd in tho minds of men. Nono knew who belonged to this ruthless society. Tho names of tho participators In thu deeds of blood and violence, done under tho name of religion, wero kept profound ly secret.. Tho very friend to whom you communicated your misgivings as to the prophet and his mission might bo ono of those who would como forth tit night with fire und sword to exact a terrible reparation. Hence, every man feared his neighbor, and nono spoke of tho things which wcro nearest his heart. Ono Jlno mornlug, John Kcrrlcr was about to set out to his wheat-fields, when ho heard tho click of the latch, una, looking through tho window, saw . jtout, . samly-Iiaired, . mldulo-oi man coming up i.ic piunwny. us v heart leaped to his mouth,--for this was ' nonu other than the great lirlghatn Young himself. Kull of trepidation for ho know that such a visit boded him llttlo gool-Kerrier ran to tho door to greet tho Mormon chief. The latter, howevjr, received his salutation coldly, anil followed hlrn with a stern face Into the sitting-room. I "lirothor Kerrior," ho said, taking a sent, and eyeing the farmer keenly from under his light-colored eyelashes, "the true believers havo boon good friends to you. Wo picked you up when you wero starving In tho desert, we shared our food with you, led you safe to the chosen valley, gave you a j goodly share of land, and allowed you to wax rich under our protection. Is not this so?" I "It Is so," answered John Kcrrlcr. "In return for all this we asked but ono condition; that was that you should embraco tho true faith, and conform In every way to Its usages. This you promised to do; and this, If common report says truly, you havo neglected." "And how havo I neglected It?" asked Kcrrlcr, throwing out his hands in expostulation. "Havo I not given to tho common fund? Have I not at tended at tho temple? Havo I not--" . "Whero are your wives?" asked Yottng, looking round him. "Call them In. that I may gn:ct them." "It is true that I have not married, " Kcrrlcr unswjred. "Hut women were few, and there were many who had better claims than I. I was not a lone ly man; I had my daughter to attend to my wants." "It Is of that daughter that I would speak to you," sal.l tho lea.lur of the Mormons. "Sho has grown to bo tho flower of Utah and has found favor In tho eyes of many who aro high in tho land." John Kcrrlcr groaned Internally. "There aro stories of her which I would fain dish dievo stories that sho is scaled to some (.entile This must bo the gossip of idle tongues. What Is tho thirteenth rule In tho coJo of tho sainted Joseph Smith? I.et every maid en of the true faitli marry ono of tho elect; for If sho wed a Gentile she com mits a grievous sin.' Tlii-i buing r.o It is impossible that yon, who profess tho holy creed, should suilcr your daughter to violate It." John Kcrrlcr mado no answer, but ho played nervously with his riding whip. "Upon this ono point your wholo faith shall bo tested so it has been decided In the sacred council of four. The girl Is young, and wo would not havo liar wed gray hub's; neither would wo deprive her of all choice. Wc elders havo many heifers Hobcr C. Kimball, in ono of his sermons, alludes to his hundred wives under this endearing epithet), but our children must also bo provided. Stangerson has a son, und Diebbor has a son, nnd either of them would gladly welcome your daughter to their house Let her chooso be tween them." They aro young and rich, and of tho true faith. What say you to that?" Kcrrlcr remained silent for some little time, with his brows knitted. "You will give us time," ho said, &t last. "My daughter is very young shu is scarce of an ago to marry." "Sho shnll havo a month to choose," Raid Young, rising from his beat. "At the end of that time she shall give her answer." 1 He was passing through tho doer, when ho turned, with (lushed faco and Hashing eyes. "It wcro better foryou, John Kerrior," ho thundered, "tlmt you und she wero now lying blanched skel etons upon the Sierra Ulaneo, thr.r. that you should put your weak wills against thu orders of- tho Holy Kourl" With a threatening gesture of his hand ho turned from tho door, und Kcrrlcr heard his heavy step scrunch Ingalong tlm bhlnjrly path. (To be continued ) A. It. IX. 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