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Chapter 12

           IwaspreparedforIknewnotwhatviolentvisitationfromthisterriblestranger,andIwatchedhimwarilywhileheconsideredmewiththeutmostgravity.

           Atlasthespoke,andhespokesolemnly,withsolemnshakingofthehead,asifdeliveringajudgment.

           “Likefatherslikesons,”hesaid.“Theyounggenerationisasbadastheelder.Thewholebreedisunregenerateanddamned.Thereisnosavingit,theyoungortheold.Thereisnoatonement.NoteventhebloodofChristcanwipeoutitsiniquities.”

           “DamnedMormon!”wasallIcouldsobathim.“DamnedMormon!DamnedMormon!DamnedMormon!”

           AndIcontinuedtodamnhimandtodancearoundthefirebeforemymother’savenginghand,untilhestrodeaway.

           Whenmyfather,andthemenwhohadaccompaniedhim,returned,camp-workceased,whileallcrowdedanxiouslyabouthim.Heshookhishead.

           “Theywillnotsell?”somewomandemanded.

           Againheshookhishead.

           Amanspokeup,ablue-eyed,blond-whiskeredgiantofthirty,whoabruptlypressedhiswayintothecentreofthecrowd.

           “Theysaytheyhaveflourandprovisionsforthreeyears,Captain,”hesaid.

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