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For some months Jefferson Hope lingered among the mountains, 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. FOR SOME MONTHS JEFFERSON HOPE LINGERED AMONG THE MOUNTAINS 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
er, 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. 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. ERWISE 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 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
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