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The travel stained adventurers gazed after her in astonishment, and even the unemotional Indians, journeying in with their pelties, relaxed their accustomed stoicism as they marvelled at the beauty of the pale faced maiden. THE TRAVEL STAINED ADVENTURERS GAZED AFTER HER IN ASTONISHMENT AND EVEN THE UNEMOTIONAL INDIANS JOURNEYING IN WITH THEIR PELTIES RELAXED THEIR ACCUSTOMED STOICISM AS THEY MARVELLED AT THE BEAUTY OF THE PALE FACED MAIDEN
sides. It was a warm June morning, and the Latter Day Saints were as busy as the bees whose hive they have chosen for their emblem. In the fields and in the streets rose the same hum of human industry. Down the dusty high roads defiled long streams of heavily-laden mules, all heading to the west, for the gold fever had broken out in California, and the Overland Route lay through the City of the Elect. There, too, were droves of sheep and bullocks coming in from the outlying pasture lands, and trains of tired immigrants, men and horses equally weary of their interminable journey. Through all this motley assemblage, threading her way with the skill of an accomplished rider, there galloped Lucy Ferrier, her fair face flushed with the exercise and her long chestnut hair floating out behind her. She had a commission from her father in the City, and was dashing in as she had done many a time before, with all the fearlessness of youth, thinking only of her task and how it was to be performed.  AND THAT OF MANY BESIDES IT WAS A WARM JUNE MORNING AND THE LATTER DAY SAINTS WERE AS BUSY AS THE BEES WHOSE HIVE THEY HAVE CHOSEN FOR THEIR EMBLEM IN THE FIELDS AND IN THE STREETS ROSE THE SAME HUM OF HUMAN INDUSTRY DOWN THE DUSTY HIGH ROADS DEFILED LONG STREAMS OF HEAVILY LADEN MULES ALL HEADING TO THE WEST FOR THE GOLD FEVER HAD BROKEN OUT IN CALIFORNIA AND THE OVERLAND ROUTE LAY THROUGH THE CITY OF THE ELELECT THERE TOO WERE DROVES OF SHEEP AND BULLOCKS COMING IN FROM THE OUTLYING PASTURE LANDS AND TRAINS OF TIRED IMMIGRANTS MEN AND HORSES EQUALLY WEARY OF THEIR INTERMINABLE JOURNEY THROUGH ALL THIS MOTLEY ASSEMBLAGE THREADING HER WAY WITH THE SKILL OF AN ACCOMPLISHED RIDER THERE GALLOPED LUCIFERRIER HER FAIR FACE FLUSHED WITH THE EXERCISE AND HER LONG CHESTNUT HAIR FLOATING OUT BEHIND HER SHE HAD A COMMISSION FROM HER FATHER IN THE CITY AND WAS DASHING IN AS SHE HAD DONE MANY A TIME BEFORE WITH ALL THE FEARLESSNESS OF YOUTH THINKING ONLY OF HER TASK AND HOW IT WAS TO BE PERFORMED
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