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Entered accordtnalo Act of Oongrcn. :7; the year 1575, by Dacia it Eluernon. in the Ofce of the Librarian of Congress mt Washing,-ton.
VOL. XIII.
THE
BEAUTIFULIMORMON;
imoni lhetidn Indiana!
A sromr or The MOUNTAIN MEADOW
MASSACRE.
BI MAJOR ALFRED ROCHEFOBT.
CHAPTER I.
A ruouou-r or rmnmox. .
“You must marry him! Not nnother Word! 116
will be here tonight, and the wedding cannot. bo
postponed beyond the morning." ' u
Isaac Henderson, the Mormon Elder, grew very
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PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER I6, I875. ' NO. 5.
rod in the face as he spoke. and his little red eyes tears on the. long lashes increasing tho sizo nml
suemod ready to pop under his bushy eyebrows as brilliuucy of her glorious eyes.
he glanced at his daughter. Isaac llemlcrson was about to leave the room ;
“ But I cannot love this man, Saul Griscoru. Ho ho had gone as mras tlmdoor, which he held partly
in old enough to be my father, and has children open, when. looking back, he saw Lucy standing
- married, besides other wives. Why should ho j with bowod head, the picture of dcjcctlon, on the
want me 1" said Lucy Henderson. an appealing I spot she had occupied for the last ten minutes.
look in her beautiful black eyes, as she turned lie was ll lie.-ivy-set, coarscviooking nun. with
them on her father. l not the slightest rcsemblanco to the beautiful girl
Her red lips trembled, 1md’wit,11 0I.lIS[l‘C'.CI'ICil g bcfom him.
arms she made a hcsitnting step toward him. ‘ Ilcr npponrnnco may have touched his heart. or
“Can't love him! What. does he‘ care for your “ he may have been prompted by a generous feeling
love? SaulG1'iscom ain't u mllksop oi‘ :1 boy! Do i to explain his cruel conduct. No mutter what the
you hear me 1" ‘ motive, he come back, and said :
“ I doll do 2'’ she sobhud.
“ Thou hear me further. When you urc his wife. 4 morrow ho couldjusily claim everything I lmvc in
you must obey him. But do you know who you tho world. He will free mo tho moment you are
uro now 1" his wife. You can see my moiivcsi"
" Your dnughtc , I believe." [Io had walked back, and now uitcmpted. as ho
“Yes, my daughter; and until you me mnrrlcd ‘spoke. to lay his hand in a consoling way on her
you must obey me. Do you understand 1" shoulder.
- “ I understand but too well," she answered. the , Lucy shrunk from the touch, and trembled visi-
‘ “Lucy, Elder Griscom has me in his poubf. -" u-g
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