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The Flower of Utah.

           YoungJeffersonHoperodeonwithhiscompanions,gloomyandtaciturn. HeandtheyhadbeenamongtheNevadaMountainsprospectingforsilver,andwerereturningtoSaltLakeCityinthehopeofraisingcapitalenoughtoworksomelodeswhichtheyhaddiscovered. Hehadbeenaskeenasanyofthemuponthebusinessuntilthissuddenincidenthaddrawnhisthoughtsintoanotherchannel. Thesightofthefairyounggirl,asfrankandwholesomeastheSierrabreezes,hadstirredhisvolcanic,untamedhearttoitsverydepths. Whenshehadvanishedfromhissight,herealizedthatacrisishadcomeinhislife,andthatneithersilverspeculationsnoranyotherquestionscouldeverbeofsuchimportancetohimasthisnewandall-absorbingone. Thelovewhichhadsprungupinhisheartwasnotthesudden,changeablefancyofaboy,butratherthewild,fiercepassionofamanofstrongwillandimperioustemper. Hehadbeenaccustomedtosucceedinallthatheundertook. Hesworeinhisheartthathewouldnotfailinthisifhumaneffortandhumanperseverancecouldrenderhimsuccessful. 

           HecalledonJohnFerrierthatnight,andmanytimesagain,untilhisfacewasafamiliaroneatthefarm-house. John,coopedupinthevalley,andabsorbedinhiswork,hadhadlittlechanceoflearningthenewsoftheoutsideworldduringthelasttwelveyears. AllthisJeffersonHopewasabletotellhim,andinastylewhichinterestedLucyaswellasherfather. 

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