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Stooping over her, he pressed his lips reverently to her cold forehead, and then, snatching up her hand, he took the wedding ring from her finger. "She shall not be buried in that," he cried with a fierce snarl, and before an alarm could be raised sprang down the stairs and was gone. So strange and so brief was the episode, that the watchers might have found it hard to believe it themselves or persuade other people of it, had it not been for the undeniable fact that the circlet of gold which marked her as having been a bride had disappeared. STOOPING OVER HER HE PRESSED HIS LIPS REVERENTLY TO HER COLD FOREHEAD AND THEN SNATCHING UP HER HAND HE TOOK THE WEDDING RING FROM HER FINGER SHE SHALL NOT BE BURIED IN THAT HE CRIED WITH A FIERCE SNARL AND BEFORE AN ALARM COULD BE RAISED SPRANG DOWN THE STAIRS AND WAS GONE SO STRANGE AND SO BRIEF WAS THE EPISODE THAT THE WATCHERS MIGHT HAVE FOUND IT HARD TO BELIEVE IT THEMSELVES OR PERSUADE OTHER PEOPLE OF IT HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE UNDENIABLE FACT THAT THE CIRCLET OF GOLD WHICH MARKED HER AS HAVING BEEN A BRIDE HAD DISAPPEARED
ntains to the haunts of the wild beasts. Amongst them all there was none so fierce and so dangerous as himself. The prediction of the Mormon was only too well fulfilled. Whether it was the terrible death of her father or the effects of the hateful marriage into which she had been forced, poor Lucy never held up her head again, but pined away and died within a month. Her sottish husband, who had married her principally for the sake of John Ferrier’s property, did not affect any great grief at his bereavement; but his other wives mourned over her, and sat up with her the night before the burial, as is the Mormon custom. They were grouped round the bier in the early hours of the morning, when, to their inexpressible fear and astonishment, the door was flung open, and a savage-looking, weather-beaten man in tattered garments strode into the room. Without a glance or a word to the cowering women, he walked up to the white silent figure which had once contained the pure soul of Lucy Ferrier. E HEART OF THE MOUNTAINS TO THE HAUNTS OF THE WILD BEASTS AMONGST THEM ALL THERE WERE NONE SO FIERCE AND SO DANGEROUS AS HIMSELF THE PREDICTION OF THE MORMON WAS ONLY TOO WELL FULFILLED WHETHER IT WAS THE TERRIBLE DEATH OF HER FATHER OR THE EFFECTS OF THE HATEFUL MARRIAGE INTO WHICH SHE HAD BEEN FORCED POOR LUCY NEVER HELD UP HER HEAD AGAIN BUT PINED AWAY AND DIED WITHIN A MONTH HER SOTTISH HUSBAND WHO HAD MARRIED HER PRINCIPALLY FOR THE SAKE OF JOHN FERRIER'S PROPERTY DID NOT AFFECT ANY GREAT GRIEF AT HIS BEREAVEMENT BUT HIS OTHERWISE MOURNED OVER HER AND SAT UP WITH HER IN THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BURIAL AS IS THE MORMON CUSTOM THEY WERE GROUPED ROUND THE BIER IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING WHEN TO THEIR INEXPRESSIBLE FEAR AND ASTONISHMENT THE DOOR WAS FLUNG OPEN AND A SAVAGE LOOKING WEATHER BEATEN MAN IN TATTERED GARMENTS STRODE INTO THE ROOM WITHOUT A GLANCE OR A WORD TO THE COWERING WOMEN HE WALKED UP TO THE WHITE SILENT FIGURE WHICH HAD ONCE CONTAINED THE PURE SOUL OF LUCY FERRIER
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