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"

In

return

for

all

this

we

asked

but

one

condition

:

that

was

,

that

you

should

embrace

the

true

faith

,

and

conform

in

every

way

to

its

usages

.

This

you

promised

to

do

,

and

this

,

if

common

report

says

truly

,

you

have

neglected

.

"

"

And

how

have

I

neglected

it

?

"

asked

Ferrier

,

throwing

out

his

hands

in

expostulation

.

"

Have

I

not

given

to

the

common

fund

?

Have

I

not

attended

at

the

Temple

?

Have

I

not

--

--

?

"

"

Where

are

your

wives

?

"

asked

Young

,

looking

round

him

.

"

Call

them

in

,

that

I

may

greet

them

.

"

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"

It

is

true

that

I

have

not

married

,

"

Ferrier

answered

.

"

But

women

were

few

,

and

there

were

many

who

had

better

claims

than

I.

I

was

not

a

lonely

man

:

I

had

my

daughter

to

attend

to

my

wants

.

"

"

It

is

of

that

daughter

that

I

would

speak

to

you

,

"

said

the

leader

of

the

Mormons

.

"

She

has

grown

to

be

the

flower

of

Utah

,

and

has

found

favour

in

the

eyes

of

many

who

are

high

in

the

land

.

"

John

Ferrier

groaned

internally

.

"

There

are

stories

of

her

which

I

would

fain

disbelieve

--

stories

that

she

is

sealed

to

some

Gentile

.

This

must

be

the

gossip

of

idle

tongues

.

What

is

the

thirteenth

rule

in

the

code

of

the

sainted

Joseph

Smith

?

'

Let

every

maiden

of

the

true

faith

marry

one

of

the

elect

;

for

if

she

wed

a

Gentile

,

she

commits

a

grievous

sin

.

'

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This

being

so

,

it

is

impossible

that

you

,

who

profess

the

holy

creed

,

should

suffer

your

daughter

to

violate

it

.

"

John

Ferrier

made

no

answer

,

but

he

played

nervously

with

his

riding-whip

.

"

Upon

this

one

point

your

whole

faith

shall

be

tested

--

so

it

has

been

decided

in

the

Sacred

Council

of

Four

.

The

girl

is

young

,

and

we

would

not

have

her

wed

grey

hairs

,

neither

would

we

deprive

her

of

all

choice

.

We

Elders

have

many

heifers

,

29

but

our

children

must

also

be

provided

.

Stangerson

has

a

son

,

and

Drebber

has

a

son

,

and

either

of

them

would

gladly

welcome

your

daughter

to

their

house

.

Let

her

choose

between

them

.

They

are

young

and

rich

,

and

of

the

true

faith

.

What

say

you

to

that

?

"

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