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"The hand of the Lord shall be heavy upon you," cried young Drebber; "He will arise and smite you!" "Then I'll start the smiting," exclaimed Ferrier furiously, and would have rushed upstairs for his gun had not Lucy seized him by the arm and restrained him. THE HAND OF THE LORD SHALL BE HEAVY UPON YOU CRIED YOUNG DREBBER HE WILL ARISE AND SMITE YOU THEN I'LL START THE SMITING EXCLAIMED FERRIER FURIOUSLY AND WOULD HAVE RUSHED UPSTAIRS FOR HIS GUN HAD NOT LUCY SEIZED HIM BY THE ARM AND RESTRAINED HIM
uring this dialogue, John Ferrier had stood fuming in the doorway, hardly able to keep his riding-whip from the backs of his two visitors. “Look here,” he said at last, striding up to them, “when my daughter summons you, you can come, but until then I don’t want to see your faces again.” The two young Mormons stared at him in amazement. In their eyes this competition between them for the maiden’s hand was the highest of honours both to her and her father. “There are two ways out of the room,” cried Ferrier; “there is the door, and there is the window. Which do you care to use?” His brown face looked so savage, and his gaunt hands so threatening, that his visitors sprang to their feet and beat a hurried retreat. The old farmer followed them to the door. “Let me know when you have settled which it is to be,” he said, sardonically. “You shall smart for this!” Stangerson cried, white with rage. “You have defied the Prophet and the Council of Four. You shall rue it to the end of your days.” HE GLASS WE WILL LEAVE IT ALL TO HER DECISION DURING THIS DIALOGUE JOHN FERRIER HAD STOOD FUMING IN THE DOORWAY HARDLY ABLE TO KEEP HIS RIDING WHIP FROM THE BACKS OF HIS TWO VISITORS LOOK HERE HE SAID AT LAST STRIDING UP TO THEM WHEN MY DAUGHTER SUMMONS YOU YOU CAN COME BUT UNTIL THEN I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR FACES AGAIN THE TWO YOUNG MOMENTS STARED AT HIM IN AMAZEMENT IN THEIR EYES THIS COMPETITION BETWEEN THEM FOR THE MAIDEN'S HAND WAS THE HIGHEST OF HONORS BOTH TO HER AND HER FATHER THERE ARE TWO WAYS OUT OF THE ROOM CRIED FERRIER THERE IS A DOOR AND THERE IS A WINDOW WHICH DO YOU CARE TO USE HIS BROWN FACE LOOKED SO SAVAGE AND HIS GAUNT HANDS SO THREATENING THAT HIS VISITORS SPRANG TO THEIR FEET AND BEAT A HURRIED RETREAT THE OLD FARMER FOLLOWED THEM TO THE DOOR LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE SETTLED WHICH IT IS TO BE HE SAID SARDONICALLY YOU SHALL SMART FOR THIS STANGERSON CRIED WHITE WITH RAGE YOU HAVE DEFIED THE PROPHET AND THE COUNCIL OF FOUR YOU SHALL RUE IT TO THE END OF YOUR DAYS
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