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I rtiwmWffd that iaJ anylhirg lo m About lb guanMg mmtnmvMs ovrf tl cttluikL That unuuL "Maybe lh guard a on Ih rtfirf f of lb building whet 0 can't them," I WffHlnl, doubt-i- n that I lift Any truth In th 1 A felt Lilt Mr. chagrined lhal AC on of the regular guard. An obvbnt wtnidil In duty alignment had lo b brought to my attention by a pertly School trar Mr. A walked back to it cabin I couldn't help but wonder why Caro line would be ao aware of the guard Aituation at the temple. She was no b4 fKl w Grab. d pu li ewIJg I r is tea fj Mg it j lfM ?W ya w wr la aWt M-r- n hJ u ordinary woman. "Well?" said Tat to Caroline in a cheery voice a we entered the cabin. "Don't you agree that the knoll b the wrong place to build a cabin?" "I like the knoll, ahe responded without hesitation. The view of the temple and river ia breathtaking. Thata where 1 would build, it it were up to me." I liked the decisive nature of the statement, leaving no room for in terpretation. Tat was beaten fair and square. The cabin would be built on the knolL Caroline didn't allow me any time to relish my victory. "Dont you think you should do something about the guards not be ing on duty?" she asked in a serious tone. Again I found myself wondering why a pretty schoolteacher would be so concerned about guard assign ments at the temple. Youre right, I said, Need to check it out. Then to Pat, Did you llM tiyMxd, Inf mS tiy I :. t ) a i4 4 M at ,4--4 .ag itwii lll ty I5.it" I a I - a, t 111 I-- -I b( Ml It c,( f cf Mf la be act a Mib Ml lt itUtfHl rnail, j4t 114 nlnlr Hi!, ft.A4, a at b y i sy w4 la if I (haftntJafg 4 gwa m Ly lh M w w ftfirf4, walking 14 by Car alia aid tp lh ivJ, Aln) if th lUnait Alt JCMtif n-v- by Ar lh itarctcxm taught m On jcit didn't talk about Auch lhinr In Nautoo. Sure, the turncoat 44a IkAintt, and at her. Aide Aclling containing all kinds of bra about the Mormon and the naa ailed practice of a pint ual wifcry. Itut nothing bad ever Urn led from lh pulpit, Sm of th young women wet refuting to ac young uitort for reaiont no on could undefAtand. Itut young women often did trang thing, pit. bV anyway. I don't know anything about polygamy," t maJ, and I wa telling th truth, "t Auppm that If lh Lord commanded it. the Mormons would haven't beard of any that." "Are you sure you're not hiding do it, but Mt A 1 commandments Lke aomrthtng from me hrcaue lm not a Mormon?" she akrd directly. You're not a Mormon?" I akrd in Aurpn. You didn't know?" Of course not, 1 said. Why would anyone want to come to Nau voo if they weren't Mormon?" She walked along for a moment, gathering her thoughts, then re sponded in what appeared to be a very honest manner. "1 was writing for a newspaper in Philadelphia and just got tired of it. 1 wanted a change, and having heard so much about Nauvoo the last few years, how your people cleared an unwanted swamp to build the second largest city in the state, and all that stuff about the mobs and persecutions, the extermination order by Governor Boggs. . . Nauvoo sounded like a very exciting place, so I just decided to come here. No kidding! I said. "Just like that! No wonder you are so different. No wonder you have so many questions about everything. Do you know much about the Church, the doctrine, I mean? hW ra iw Mayi A tn h tuffted btatak-- aa Uy l a aMcI mud a few Iws4ll4 evt ta th tft; a yard a ay, I wcSrf4 aMul Crw M Icgut, 44 certainly wi d4?f ??, yt rr cut than any wma I Ml mt. At (be Mk tf U aly wur attrrt lion w attracted by three hot, two My and a teaming Wm wm Mill They jwl catching their a Icnda from what mat have hard, fat talk tl w tinmuat that they were tml bt th back cd th at ley. Anyone patroniemg the atotr would have tad iMvf bawl bt front where rdm could dmnuet direct ly onto th ww!m walkway, TMn it orvumd to me that th store war ctocd, a were all th buinear bt town, to cetcbcal th setting of th cap ice. To make matter even more curious, the horse were tied very lonely to the rad, no knots, juat a few loops of the rein. No one would tie a hors so looaely unM he intended to return soon, yet the tn store were clawed. Determined to satisfy my curiosity, 1 walked closer to the horse, confident the muddy ground would tell me where the riders had gone. To my surprise, the boot marks didn't lead to one of the nearby buildings, but along a hedge of small trees towards the temple. Caroline and I followed, not for any particular reason other than that we were already headed in that direction. Soon the tracks were lost in the thousands of tracks left behind by those attending the capstone ceremony. I had just begun to climb the ladder to the scaffold where Pats tool box was resting, Caroline waiting at the foot of the ladder, when I smelled coal oil. The fact that the temple had not been guarded for several hours, the memory of the three steaming horses, the tracks leading to the temple, and now the unmistakable smell of coal oil led me to an undeniable conclusion that gave me a very sickening feel- - v, ,f fc 1 f i-- Ml 4 li-- HUiltj I IN .v.t l4 k is )tc 1 y,v.L a t Ww 6- LI I -f tVlc'-- i wU, 34 tSW fa l J b 4lv mViul a M 4 t.l4 g .i4M I 1 If t nM 11 a 11 15 (! Ml, ivpi alg aon ll t4 a I Lumv, ActJil M iil 5 . 15 V I Mai lira IV-- JS4 (A1 H tfcf ! g M'-I- g 4 'd iKni I Hull ti uiIkI'vC f H t na,fct4 u 1)1 J4 it I tc4 15 l I wl (S p.i ?,4 .! Mg fitMi-- I N I tl .! iM 1 si 1 w g m. kiw g l i IS 1 m !4tt at A, f'tis.Ml mint t cjc Hcil, no t P-- M wbo,t (kfeaftt, a a4!m4 n4 Sarah, lt a wry that tt4 yt4 jut jsi (ia. 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M4Jrcw trying to lurti tl ltn I turns'g th Mow up At fall a "MU4t th Net at at th Intijbr I shouted lot alt to j!r ibuH Mr. TMn t CoroLn. 14 wa at th temple, loo cornered with th bt tk Btdien, I mnd th Mne th cLmtun of th temple, utr-r- f it to run evm fater. llUtk amok wa billowing from Mhtnd th tempi, but even mor alarming, th thre mobber wer climbing the scaffold, dragging Caroline atong with them. They climbed onto th first scaffold, pushed th Ladder away, and hud- dled behind son surplus hmrslock blocks for protection. AH thrr car rird revolver. Hundred of men were racing toward the temple, many of them armed. Some raced to the back to help put out the fi re, while other formed a semi-circl- e around the cornered arsonists. "Don't shoot," I shouted. "They have a hostage." How could I have been stupid enough to leave Caroline behind? She was a prisoner and it was my fault The Mormons around me were discussing whether or not they should try to pick off the mobbers with their rifles. They didnt seem overly concerned with Caroline's safety, their biggest concern being to get the arsonists. Soon the fire was out Apparently they didn't poured out very much coal oil when I sounded the alarm. That, combined with the wetness from the morning rains, saved the temple lumber. Those who had been fighting the fire gathered to e the to witness the fate of the mobbers. semi-circl- |