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We shall have no wolves in our fold. Better far that your bones should bleach in this wilderness than that you should prove to be that little speck of decay which in time corrupts the whole fruit. Will you come with us on these terms?" WE SHALL HAVE NO WOLVES IN OUR FOLD BETTER FAR THAT YOUR BONES SHOULD BLEACH IN THIS WILDERNESS THAN THAT YOU SHOULD PROVE TO BE THAT LITTLE SPECK OF DECAY WHICH IN TIME CORRUPTS THE WHOLE FRUIT WILL YOU COME WITH US ON THESE TERMS
le-faced meek-looking women, strong laughing children, and anxious earnest-eyed men. Many were the cries of astonishment and of commiseration which arose from them when they perceived the youth of one of the strangers and the destitution of the other. Their escort did not halt, however, but pushed on, followed by a great crowd of Mormons, until they reached a waggon, which was conspicuous for its great size and for the gaudiness and smartness of its appearance. Six horses were yoked to it, whereas the others were furnished with two, or, at most, four a-piece. Beside the driver there sat a man who could not have been more than thirty years of age, but whose massive head and resolute expression marked him as a leader. He was reading a brown-backed volume, but as the crowd approached he laid it aside, and listened attentively to an account of the episode. Then he turned to the two castaways. “If we take you with us,” he said, in solemn words, “it can only be as believers in our own creed. RROUNDED BY CROWDS OF THE PILGRIMS PALE FACED MEEK LOOKING WOMEN STRONG LAUGHING CHILDREN AND ANXIOUS EARNEST EYED MEN MANY WERE THE CRIES OF ASTONISHMENT AND OF COMMISERATION WHICH AROSE FROM THEM WHEN THEY PERCEIVED THE YOUTH OF ONE OF THE STRANGERS AND THE DESTITUTION OF THE OTHER THEIR ESCORT DID NOT HALT HOWEVER BUT PUSHED ON FOLLOWED BY A GREAT CROWD OF MORMONS UNTIL THEY REACHED A WAGON WHICH WAS CONSPICUOUS FOR ITS GREAT SIZE AND FOR THE GAUDINESS AND SMARTNESS OF ITS APPEARANCE SIX HORSES WERE YOKED TO IT WHEREAS THE OTHERS WERE FURNISHED WITH TWO OR AT MOST FOUR APIECE BESIDE THE DRIVER THERE SAT A MAN WHO COULD NOT BE MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS OF AGE BUT WHOSE MASSIVE HEAD AND RESOLUTE EXPRESSION MARKED HIM AS A LEADER HE WAS READING A BROWN BACKED VOLUME BUT AS THE CROWD APPROACHED HE LAID IT ASIDE AND LISTENED ATTENTIVELY TO AN ACCOUNT OF THE EPISODE THEN HE TURNED TO THE TWO CASTAWAYS IF WE TAKE YOU WITH US HE SAID IN SOLEMN WORDS IT CAN ONLY BE AS BELIEVERS IN OUR OWN CREED
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