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Belated wanderers upon the mountains spoke of gangs of armed men, masked, stealthy, and noiseless, who flitted by them in the darkness. BELATED WANDERERS UPON THE MOUNTAINS SPOKE OF GANGS OF ARMED MEN MASKED STEALTHY AND NOISELESS WHO FLITTED BY THEM IN THE DARKNESS
r returned to tell them how he had fared at the hands of his secret judges. A rash word or a hasty act was followed by annihilation, and yet none knew what the nature might be of this terrible power which was suspended over them. No wonder that men went about in fear and trembling, and that even in the heart of the wilderness they dared not whisper the doubts which oppressed them. At first this vague and terrible power was exercised only upon the recalcitrants who, having embraced the Mormon faith, wished afterwards to pervert or to abandon it. Soon, however, it took a wider range. The supply of adult women was running short, and polygamy without a female population on which to draw was a barren doctrine indeed. Strange rumours began to be bandied about—rumours of murdered immigrants and rifled camps in regions where Indians had never been seen. Fresh women appeared in the harems of the Elders—women who pined and wept, and bore upon their faces the traces of an unextinguishable horror.  BUT NO FATHER EVER RETURNED TO TELL THEM HOW HE HAD FARED AT THE HANDS OF HIS SECRET JUDGES A RASH WORD OR A HASTY ACT WAS FOLLOWED BY ANNIHILATION AND YET NONE KNEW WHAT THE NATURE MIGHT BE OF THIS TERRIBLE POWER WHICH WAS SUSPENDED OVER THEM NO WONDER THAT MEN WENT ABOUT IN FEAR AND TREMBLING AND THAT EVEN IN THE HEART OF THE WILDERNESS THEY DARED NOT WHISPER THE DOUBTS WHICH OPPRESSED THEM AT FIRST THIS VAGUE AND TERRIBLE POWER WAS EXERCISED ONLY UPON THE RECALCITRANTS WHO HAVING EMBRACED THE MORMON FAITH WISHED AFTERWARDS TO PERVERT OR TO ABANDON IT SOON HOWEVER IT TOOK A WIDER RANGE THE SUPPLY OF ADULT WOMEN WAS RUNNING SHORT AND POLYGAMY WITHOUT A FEMALE POPULATION ON WHICH TO DRAW WAS A BARREN DOCTRINE INDEED STRANGE RUMORS BEGAN TO BE BANDED ABOUT RUMOURS OF MURDERED IMMIGRANTS AND RIFLED CAMPS IN REGIONS WHERE INDIANS HAD NEVER BEEN SEEN FRESH WOMEN APPEARED IN THE HAREMS OF THE ELDERS WOMEN WHO PINED AND WEPT AND BORE UPON THEIR FACES THE TRACES OF AN UNEXTINGUISHABLE HORROR
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