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Again, however, his active spirit shook off the lethargy which springs from despair. If there was nothing else left to him, he could at least devote his life to revenge. AGAIN HOWEVER HIS ACTIVE SPIRIT SHOOK OFF THE LETHARGY WHICH SPRINGS FROM DESPAIR IF THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE LEFT TO HIM HE COULD AT LEAST DEVOTE HIS LIFE TO REVENGE
f his body tingle within him. A little way on one side of the camp was a low-lying heap of reddish soil, which had assuredly not been there before. There was no mistaking it for anything but a newly-dug grave. As the young hunter approached it, he perceived that a stick had been planted on it, with a sheet of paper stuck in the cleft fork of it. The inscription upon the paper was brief, but to the point: JOHN FERRIER, FORMERLY OF SALT LAKE CITY, Died August 4th, 1860. The sturdy old man, whom he had left so short a time before, was gone, then, and this was all his epitaph. Jefferson Hope looked wildly round to see if there was a second grave, but there was no sign of one. Lucy had been carried back by their terrible pursuers to fulfil her original destiny, by becoming one of the harem of the Elder’s son. As the young fellow realized the certainty of her fate, and his own powerlessness to prevent it, he wished that he, too, was lying with the old farmer in his last silent resting-place.  EVERY NERVE OF HIS BODY TINGLE WITHIN HIM A LITTLE WAY ON ONE SIDE OF THE CAMP WAS A LOW LYING HEAP OF REDDISH SOIL WHICH HAD ASSUREDLY NOT BEEN THERE BEFORE THERE WAS NO MISTAKING IT FOR ANYTHING BUT A NEWLY DUG GRAVE AS THE YOUNG HUNTER APPROACHED IT HE PERCEIVED THAT A STICK HAD BEEN PLANTED ON IT WITH A SHEET OF PAPER STUCK IN THE CLEFT FORK OF IT THE INSCRIPTION UPON THE PAPER WAS BRIEF BUT TO THE POINT JOHN FERRIER FORMERLY OF SALT LAKE CITY DIED AUGUST FOURTH EIGHTEEN SIXTY THE STURDY OLD MAN WHOM HE HAD LEFT SO SHORT A TIME BEFORE WAS GONE THEN AND THIS WAS ALL HIS EPITAPH JEFFERSON HOPE LOOKED WILDLY ROUND TO SEE IF THERE WAS A SECOND GRAVE BUT THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ONE LUCY HAD BEEN CARRIED BACK BY THEIR TERRIBLE PURSUERS TO FULFIL HER ORIGINAL DESTINY BY BECOMING ONE OF THE HAREM OF THE ELDEST SONS AS THE YOUNG FELLOW REALIZED THE CERTAINTY OF HER FATE AND HIS OWN POWERLESSNESS TO PREVENT IT HE WISHED THAT HE TOO WAS LYING WITH THE OLD FARMER IN HIS LAST SILENT RESTING PLACE
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