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Year passed into year, his black hair turned grizzled, but still he wandered on, a human bloodhound, with his mind wholly set upon the one object upon which he had devoted his life. At last his perseverance was rewarded. It was but a glance of a face in a window, but that one glance told him that Cleveland in Ohio possessed the men whom he was in pursuit of. YEAR PASSED INTO YEAR HIS BLACK HAIR TURNED GRIZZLED BUT STILL HE WANDERED ON A HUMAN BLOODHOUND WITH HIS MIND WHOLLY SET UPON THE ONE OBJECT UPON WHICH HE HAD DEVOTED HIS LIFE AT LAST HIS PERSEVERANCE WAS REWARDED IT WAS BUT A GLANCE OF A FACE IN A WINDOW BUT THAT ONE GLANCE TOLD HIM THAT CLEVELAND IN OHIO POSSESSED THE MEN WHOM HE WAS IN PURSUIT OF
to be justice. There he found evil tidings awaiting him. There had been a schism among the Chosen People a few months before, some of the younger members of the Church having rebelled against the authority of the Elders, and the result had been the secession of a certain number of the malcontents, who had left Utah and become Gentiles. Among these had been Drebber and Stangerson; and no one knew whither they had gone. Rumour reported that Drebber had managed to convert a large part of his property into money, and that he had departed a wealthy man, while his companion, Stangerson, was comparatively poor. There was no clue at all, however, as to their whereabouts. Many a man, however vindictive, would have abandoned all thought of revenge in the face of such a difficulty, but Jefferson Hope never faltered for a moment. With the small competence he possessed, eked out by such employment as he could pick up, he travelled from town to town through the United States in quest of his enemies. HE OBTAINED WHAT HE KNEW TO BE JUSTICE THERE HE FOUND EVIL TIDINGS AWAITING HIM THERE HAD BEEN A SCHISM AMONG THE CHOSEN PEOPLE A FEW MONTHS BEFORE SOME OF THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH HAVING REBELLED AGAINST THE AUTHORITY OF THE ELDERS AND THE RESULT HAD BEEN THE CESSATION OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THE MALCONTENTS WHO HAD LEFT UTAH AND BECOME GENTILES AMONG THESE HAD BEEN DREBBER AND STANGERSON AND NO ONE KNEW WHITHER THEY HAD GONE RUMOUR REPORTED THAT DREBBER HAD MANAGED TO COVER A LARGE PART OF HIS PROPERTY INTO MONEY AND THAT HE HAD DEPARTED A WEALTHY MAN WHILE HIS COMPANION STANGERSON WAS COMPARATIVELY POOR THERE WAS NO CLUE AT ALL HOWEVER AS TO THEIR WHEREABOUTS MANY A MAN HOWEVER VINDICTIVE WOULD HAVE ABANDONED ALL THOUGHT OF REVENGE IN THE FACE OF SUCH A DIFFICULTY BUT JEFFERSON HOPE NEVER FALTERED FOR A MOMENT WITH THE SMALL COMPETENCE HE POSSESSED EKED OUT BY SUCH EMPLOYMENT AS HE COULD PICK UP HE TRAVELLED FROM TOWN TO TOWN THROUGH THE UNITED STATES IN QUEST OF HIS ENEMIES
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