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Far from doing so, it had, if anything, augmented it. The hunter's mind was of a hard, unyielding nature, and the predominant idea of revenge had taken such complete possession of it that there was no room for any other emotion. FAR FROM DOING SO IT HAD IF ANYTHING AUGMENTED IT THE HUNTER'S MIND WAS OF A HARD UNYIELDING NATURE AND THE PREDOMINANT IDEA OF REVENGE HAD TAKEN SUCH COMPLETE POSSESSION OF IT THAT THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR ANY OTHER EMOTION
ge wild life, and nursing in his heart the fierce desire for vengeance which possessed him. Tales were told in the City of the weird figure which was seen prowling about the suburbs, and which haunted the lonely mountain gorges. Once a bullet whistled through Stangerson’s window and flattened itself upon the wall within a foot of him. On another occasion, as Drebber passed under a cliff a great boulder crashed down on him, and he only escaped a terrible death by throwing himself upon his face. The two young Mormons were not long in discovering the reason of these attempts upon their lives, and led repeated expeditions into the mountains in the hope of capturing or killing their enemy, but always without success. Then they adopted the precaution of never going out alone or after nightfall, and of having their houses guarded. After a time they were able to relax these measures, for nothing was either heard or seen of their opponent, and they hoped that time had cooled his vindictiveness.  LEADING A STRANGE WILD LIFE AND NURSING IN HIS HEART THE FIERCE DESIRE FOR VENGEANCE WHICH POSSESSED HIM TALES WERE TOLD IN THE CITY OF THE WEIRD FIGURE WHICH WAS SEEN PROWLING ABOUT THE SUBURBS AND WHICH HAUNTED THE LONELY MOUNTAIN GORGES ONCE A BULLET WHISTLED THROUGH STANGERSON'S WINDOW AND FLATTENED ITSELF UPON THE WALL WITHIN A FOOT OF HIM ON ANOTHER OCCASION AS DREBBER PASSED UNDER A CLIFF A GREAT BOULDER CRASHED DOWN ON HIM AND HE ONLY ESCAPED A TERRIBLE DEATH BY THROWING HIMSELF UPON HIS FACE THE TWO YOUNG MORMONS WERE NOT LONG IN DISCOVERING THE REASON OF THESE ATTEMPTS UPON THEIR LIVES AND LED REPEATED EXPEDITIONS INTO THE MOUNTAINS IN THE HOPE OF CAPTURING OR KILLING THEIR ENEMY BUT ALWAYS WITHOUT SUCCESS THEN THEY ADOPTED THE PRECAUTION OF NEVER GOING OUT ALONE OR AFTER NIGHTFALL AND OF HAVING THEIR HOUSES GUARDED AFTER A TIME THEY WERE ABLE TO RELAX THESE MEASURES FOR NOTHING WAS EITHER HEARD OR SEEN OF THEIR OPPONENT AND THEY HOPED THAT TIME HAD COOLED HIS VINDICTIVENESS
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