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Book 2 chapter 5 of a study in 
Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan 

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Doyle. 
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Book 2 chapter 5, the avenging 

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angels. 
All night, their course, lay 

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through intricate defiles and 
over irregular and rock-strewn 

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paths more than once, they lost 
their way. 

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But hopes intimate, knowledge of
the mountains and able and to 

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regain the track once more, when
morning, broke a scene of 

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marvelous, those Savage Beauty 
lay before them in every 

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direction, the great snow-capped
Peaks hem them in peeping over 

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each other's shoulders to the 
far Horizon. 

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So steep with a rocky banks on 
either side of But the launch 

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and the Pines seem to be 
suspended over their heads and 

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to need only a gust of wind to 
come hurtling down upon them, 

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nor was the fear entirely an 
illusion for the barren. 

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Valley was thickly strewn with 
trees and boulders, which had 

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fallen in a similar manner, even
as they passed. 

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A great Rock. 
Came sundering down with a horse

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rattle, which woke The Echoes In
The Silent, gorges and startled.

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The weary horses into a gallop. 
As the sun rose slowly above the

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Eastern Horizon, the Caps of the
great mountains lit up. 

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One after the other like lamps 
at a festival until they were 

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already and glowing. 
The Magnificent spectacle 

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cheered, the hearts of the Three
Fugitives and gave them fresh 

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energy at a wild torrent, which 
swept out of a ravine. 

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They called a halt and watered 
their horses while they partook 

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of a hasty breakfast. 
Lucy and her father would Fain 

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have rested longer but Jefferson
Hope was inexorable. 

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They will be upon our Track. 
By this time. 

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He said, everything depends upon
our speed. 

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Once safe in Carson. 
We may rest for the remainder of

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Our Lives. 
During the whole of that day. 

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They struggled on through the 
defiles. 

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And by evening. 
They calculated that they were 

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more than 30 miles from their 
enemies. 

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At night time. 
They chose the base of a 

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beetling Crag where the Rocks, 
offered some protection from the

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chill wind and their huddle 
together for warmth. 

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They enjoyed a few hours sleep 
before Daybreak. 

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However, they were up. 
And on their way, once more. 

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They had seen no signs of any 
pursuers, and Jefferson. 

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Hope began to think that they 
were The Out Of Reach of the 

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terrible organization, whose 
enmity they had incurred. 

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He little knew how far that iron
grass could reach or how soon it

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was to close upon them and crush
them. 

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About the middle of the second 
day of their flight is scanty 

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store of Provisions. 
Began to run out. 

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This gave the hunter little 
uneasiness. 

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However, for there was game to 
be had among the mountains and 

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he had frequently before had to 
depend upon his rifle for the 

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needs of life. 
Choosing a sheltered Nook. 

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He piled together a few dried 
branches and made of blazing 

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fire at which his companions 
might warm themselves for. 

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They were now, nearly 5,000 feet
above sea level and the air was 

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bitter and Keen having tethered 
the horses and bade, Lucy a Jew.

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He threw his gun over his 
shoulder and set out in search 

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of whatever chance might throw 
in his way. 

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Looking back. 
He saw the old man and the young

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girl crouching over the blazing 
fire. 

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While the three animals stood 
Motionless in the background. 

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Then the intervening rocks. 
Hit them from his view. 

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He walked for a couple of Miles 
through one Ravine after 

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another. 
Without success though, from the

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marks upon the bark of the trees
and other indications. 

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He judged that there were 
numerous bears in the vicinity 

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at last after two or three 
hours, fruitless search. 

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He was thinking of turning back 
into Spare when casting his eyes

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upwards. 
He saw a sight which sent a 

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thrill of pleasure through his 
heart on the edge of a jutting, 

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pinnacle three or four hundred 
feet above him. 

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There stood a creature somewhat 
resembling, a sheep in 

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appearance, but armed with a 
pair of gigantic horns the 

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Bighorn for so it is called was 
acting probably as a guardian 

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over A Flock, which were 
invisible to the hunter, but 

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fortunately it was heading in 
the opposite. 

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That direction and had not 
perceived him lying on his face.

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He rested his rifle upon a rock 
and took a long and Steady Aim 

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before drawing the trigger. 
The animal sprang into the air 

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tated for a moment upon the edge
of the precipice, and then came 

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crashing down into the valley 
beneath. 

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The creature was too unwieldy to
lift. 

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So the hunter contented himself 
with cutting away, one haunch 

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and part of the flank with his 
trophy over his shoulder. 

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He hastened to retrace his steps
for the evening was already 

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drawing in. 
He had hardly started. 

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However, before he realized the 
difficulty which faced him in 

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his eagerness. 
He had wandered far past The 

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Ravines which were known to him 
and it was no, easy matter to 

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pick out the path which he had 
taken the valley. 

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Which he found himself divided 
and subdivided into many Gorges,

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which was so like each other, 
that it was impossible to 

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distinguish one from the other. 
He followed one for a mile or 

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more until he came to a mountain
torrent which he was sure that 

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he had never seen before 
convinced. 

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That he had taken the wrong 
turn. 

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He tried another but with the 
same result night was coming on 

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rapidly, and it was almost dark 
before he at last found himself 

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in a defile which was familiar 
to him. 

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Even then it was no easy matter 
to keep to the right track for 

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the moon. 
Had not yet. 

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Risen and the high Cliffs on 
either side. 

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Made the Purity more profound 
weighed down with his burden and

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weary from his exertions. 
He stumbled along keeping up his

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heart by the reflection. 
That every step brought him 

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nearer to Lucy and that he 
carried with him enough to 

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ensure them food for the 
remainder of their Journey. 

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He had now come to the mouth of 
the very defile in which he had 

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left them, even in the darkness.
He could recognize the outline 

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of the cliffs, which bounded it.
They must be reflected, be 

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awaiting him, anxiously for, 
he'd been absent nearly five 

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hours in the gladness of his 
heart. 

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He put his hands to his mouth 
and made the Glen re-echo to a 

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loud halloo as a signal that he 
was coming. 

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He paused and listen for an 
answer. 

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Nan Kane. 
Save his own cry which clattered

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up the dreary silent Ravines and
was born back to his ears in. 

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Countless repetitions again, he 
shouted even louder than before 

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and again, no, whisper. 
Came back from the friends whom 

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he had left such a short time 
ago. 

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A vague nameless dread came over
him and he hurried onwards 

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frantically dropping the 
precious food in his agitation. 

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When he turned the corner, he 
came full in sight of the spot 

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where the fire had been lit. 
There was still a glowing pile 

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of wood ashes there, but it had 
evidently not been tendered 

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since his departure. 
The same Dead Silence still 

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reigned all round, with his 
fears, all change to 

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convictions. 
He hurried on. 

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There was no living creature 
near. 

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The remains of the fire animals,
man. 

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Maiden all were gone. 
It was only too clear, that some

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sudden and terrible disaster. 
Had occurred during his absence.

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I disaster which had embraced 
them all and yet had left no 

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traces behind it. 
Bewildered and stunned by this 

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blow Jefferson. 
Hope felt his head spin round 

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and had to lean upon his rifle 
to save himself from falling. 

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He was essentially a man of 
action, however, and speedily 

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recovered from his temporary 
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Seizing a half consumed piece of
wood from the smoldering fire. 

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He blew it into a flame and 
proceeded with its help to 

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examine the little Camp. 
The ground was all stamped down 

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by the feet of horses. 
Showing that a large party of 

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mounted men had overtaken, the 
fugitives and the direction of 

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their tracks, prove that they 
had afterwards turned back to 

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Salt Lake City. 
Had They Carried back both of 

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his companions with them. 
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Persuaded himself that they must
have done. 

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So when his eye fell upon an 
object which made every nerve of

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his body tingle within him, a 
little way on one side of the 

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camp was a low-lying heap of 
reddish soil, which had assured 

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Lee not been there before. 
There was no mistaking it for 

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anything but a newly dug grave. 
As the young Hunter approached 

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it, he perceived that a stick 
had been planted on it with a 

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sheet of paper. 
Stuck in the cleft Fork of it. 

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The inscription upon the paper 
was brief, but to the point John

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Ferrier formerly of Salt Lake 
City died, August 4th, 1860 the 

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sturdy old man whom he had left.
So short, a time before was gone

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then and this With all his 
epitaph. 

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Jefferson hope looked wildly 
round to see if there was a 

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second grave but there was no 
sign of one. 

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Lucy had been carried back by 
their terrible pursuers to 

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fulfill her original Destiny by 
becoming one of the Harem of the

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elders, son, as the young fellow
realize the certainty of her 

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fate and his own powerlessness 
to prevent it. 

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He wished that he too was lying 
with the old farmer in his last 

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silent resting place. 
Again, however, his active 

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Spirit shook off the Liturgy, 
which Springs from despair. 

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It was nothing else left to him.
He could at least devote his 

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life to Revenge with indomitable
patience and perseverance. 

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Jefferson. 
Hope possessed. 

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Also, a power of sustained 
vindictiveness, which he may 

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have learned from the Indians 
amongst whom he had lived. 

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As he stood by the desolate 
fire, he felt that the only one 

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thing which could assuage his 
grief would be thorough and 

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complete retribution brought by 
his own hand upon his enemies. 

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His strong will and untiring, 
energy should be determined be 

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devoted to that one end with a 
grim white face. 

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He retraced his steps to where 
he had dropped the food and 

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having stirred up the smoldering
fire. 

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He cooked enough to last. 
For a few days this he made up 

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into a bundle and tired as he 
was, he set himself to walk back

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through the mountains upon the 
track of the avenging. 

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Angels. 
For five days, he toiled 

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footsore and weary through the 
defiles, which he had already 

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traversed on Horseback at night.
He flung himself down, among the

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rocks and snatched a few hours 
of sleep. 

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But before Daybreak, he was 
always well on his way. 

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On the sixth day. 
He reached the Eagle Canyon from

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which they had commenced their 
ill-fated flight. 

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Thence. 
He could look down upon the home

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of the Saints, Warren and 
exhausted. 

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He leaned upon his rifle and 
shook, his gaunt hand, fiercely 

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at the silent, widespread City 
Beneath him as he looked at it. 

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He observed that there were 
Flags in some of the principal 

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streets and other signs of 
festivity. 

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He was still speculating as to 
what this might mean when he 

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heard the clatter of horses, 
hooves, and saw a mounted man 

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riding towards him. 
As he approached, he recognized 

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him as a Mormon named Cowper to 
whom he had rendered services at

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different times. 
He therefore accosted him when 

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he got up to him with the object
of finding out what Lucy Ferrier

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has fate had been. 
I am Jefferson. 

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Hope. 
He said, you remember me? 

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The Mormon looked at him with in
undisguised astonishment. 

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Indeed. 
It was difficult to recognize in

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his tattered. 
Unkempt, Wanderer with ghastly 

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white face. 
And fierce wild eyes. 

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The spruce young Hunter of 
former days having however, at 

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last satisfied himself. 
As to his identity, the man 

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surprise change to 
consternation. 

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You are mad to come here. 
He cried. 

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It is as much as my own life is 
worth to be seen talking with 

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you. 
There is a warrant against you 

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from the holy for for assisting.
The farriers away. 

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I don't fear them or their 
warrant. 

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Hope said earnestly. 
You must know. 

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Something of this matter Cowper.
I conjure You by everything. 

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You hold dear to answer a few 
questions. 

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We've always been friends for 
God's sake. 

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Don't refuse to answer me. 
What is it? 

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The Mormon asked uneasily, be 
quick, the very rocks have ears 

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and the trees eyes, what has 
become a Lucy Ferrier. 

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She was married yesterday too 
young driver. 

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Hold up man. 
Hold up. 

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You have no life left in you. 
Don't mind. 

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Me said, hope faintly. 
He was white to the very lips 

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and had sunk down on the stone 
against, which he had been 

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leaning marriage. 
You say, marriage yesterday. 

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That's what those flags are for.
On the endowment house. 

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There was some words between 
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stangerson as to, which was to 
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party that followed them and 
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Had shot her Father, which 
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claim when they argued it out in
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Drivers party was the strongest.
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him. 
No one won't have a very long 

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though for I saw death in her 
face yesterday. 

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She is more like a ghost and a 
woman. 

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Are you off then? 
Yes, I am off. 

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Said Jefferson. 
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seat. 
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chiseled out of marble so hard 
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its eyes glowed with a baleful 
light. 

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Where are you going? 
Never mind. 

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He answered and slinging his 
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Strode off down the gorge and so
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mountains to the haunts of the 
wild beasts. 

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Amongst them all. 
There was none. 

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So Fierce and so dangerous as 
himself. 

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The prediction of the Mormon was
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Whether it was a terrible death 
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the hateful marriage into which 
she had been forced. 

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Poor, Lucy, never held up her 
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died within a month. 
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married her principally for the 
sake of John. 

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Farias property did not affect 
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bereavement but is otherwise 
mourned over her. 

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And sat out with her the night 
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Mormon custom. 
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beer in the early hours of the 
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inexpressible, fear and 
astonishment. 

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The door was flung open and a 
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man. 
In tattered garments strode into

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the room. 
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the cowering women. 
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figure which had once contained,
a pure soul of Lucy, Ferrier 

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stooping over her. 
He pressed his lips reverently 

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to her cold forehead and then 
snatching up her hand. 

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He took the wedding ring from 
her finger. 

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She shall not be buried in that 
he cried with a fierce snarl and

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before an alarm could be raised 
sprang down the stairs and was 

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gone. 
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episode that the Watchers might 
have, found it hard to believe 

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it themselves or persuade other 
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Had it not been for the 
undeniable fact that the circlet

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of gold, which marked her as 
having been a bride had 

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disappeared. 
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Hope lingered among the 
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Life. 
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fierce desire for vengeance, 
which possessed him Tales were 

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told in the city of the weird 
figure, which was seen prowling 

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about the suburbs. 
And which haunted the Lonely 

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Mountain. 
Gorges, once a bullet whistled 

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through Stanga Sands window and 
flattened itself upon the wall 

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within a foot of him. 
On another occasion as driver 

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passed under a cliff a great 
Boulder crashed down on him and 

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he only escaped a terrible death
by throwing himself upon his 

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face. 
The two young Mormons were not 

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long in discovering. 
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upon their lives and led 
repeated Expeditions into the 

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mountains, in the hope of 
capturing or killing their 

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enemy, but always without 
success, Then they adopted the 

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precaution of never going out 
alone or after Nightfall and of 

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having their houses guarded. 
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They were able to relax these 
measures for nothing was either 

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heard or seen of their opponent 
and they hope that time had 

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cooled his vindictiveness. 
Far from doing so it had if 

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anything augmented it. 
The hunters mind was of a hard 

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unyielding nature. 
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Revenge had taken such complete 
possession of it, that there was

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no room for any other emotion. 
He was however, Above All Things

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practical, he soon realized that
even his iron Constitution, 

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could not stand the incessant 
strain, which he was putting 

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upon it. 
Exposure and want of wholesome 

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food were wearing him out if he 
died like a dog. 

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Among the mountains, what was to
become of his revenge then and 

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yet such a death was sure to 
overtake him if he persisted. 

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He felt that that was to play 
his enemies game. 

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So he reluctantly returned to 
the old Nevada mines there, to 

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recruit his health, and to amass
money enough to allow him to 

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pursue his object without 
privation. 

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His intention had been to be 
absent a year at the most, but a

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combination of unforeseen 
circumstances, prevented his 

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leaving, the mines for nearly 
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At the end of that time, 
however, his memory of his 

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wrongs and his craving, for 
Revenge, were quite as Keen as 

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on that memorable night, when he
had stood by John farriers, 

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grave. 
Disguised and under an assumed 

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name he returned to Salt Lake 
City careless. 

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What became of his own life as 
long as he obtained, what he 

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knew to be Justice, there. 
He found evil Tidings awaiting 

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him. 
There had been a Schism among 

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the chosen people a few months 
before, some of the younger 

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members of the church having 
rebelled against the authority 

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of the elders, and the result 
had been, those secession of a 

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certain number of the 
malcontents who had left. 

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Utah and become gentiles. 
Among these have been drebber 

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and stangerson and no one knew 
whither. 

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They had gone. 
Rumor reported, the driver had 

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managed to convert a large part 
of his property into money and 

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that he had departed a wealthy 
man, while His companion 

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stangerson was comparatively, 
poor. 

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There was no clue at all. 
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whereabouts, many a man, 
however, vindictive would have 

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abandoned all thought of Revenge
in the face of such a 

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difficulty. 
But Jefferson hope never 

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faltered for a moment with a 
small competence. 

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He possessed eked out by such 
employment as he could pick up. 

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He traveled from town to town 
through the United States. 

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In quest of his enemies year 
passed into year, his black hair

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turn drizzled, but still, he 
wondered on a human Bloodhound 

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with his mind. 
Holy set upon the one object 

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upon, which he had devoted. 
His life at last. 

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His perseverance was rewarded. 
it was, but a glance of a face 

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in a window, but that one glance
told him that Cleveland in Ohio 

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possessed, the men whom he was 
in pursuit of, He returned to 

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his miserable lodgings with his 
plan of Vengeance, all arranged 

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it chanced. 
However, that driver looking 

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from his window had recognized 
the vagrant in the street and 

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had red murder in his eyes. 
He heard before a Justice of the

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Peace accompanied by stangerson 
who had become his private 

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secretary and represented to him
that they were in danger of 

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their lives from the jealousy 
and hatred of an old rival. 

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That evening Jefferson Hope was 
taken into custody and not being

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able to find sureties was 
detained for some weeks. 

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When at last he was liberated, 
it was only to find that drivers

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house was deserted and that he 
and his secretary had departed 

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for Europe. 
Again. 

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The Avenger had been foiled and 
again, his concentrated hatred 

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urged him to continue. 
The pursuit funds were wanting. 

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However, and for some time, he 
had to return to work saving 

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every dollar for his approaching
Journey. 

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I lost having collected enough 
to keep life in him. 

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He departed for Europe and 
tracked, his enemies from City 

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to City, working his way in any 
menial capacity, but never 

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overtaking the fugitives. 
When he reached st. 

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Petersburg, they had departed 
for Paris and when he followed 

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them there he learned that they 
had just set off for Copenhagen 

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at the Danish Capital. 
He was again a few days late for

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they had journeyed on to London,
where he at last succeeded in 

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running them to Earth as to what
occurred there. 

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We cannot do better than quote. 
The old Hunters own account as 

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duly recorded in dr. 
Watson's To which we are already

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under. 
Such obligations. 

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End of book. 2 chapter 5.