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The Mormon Prophet

CHAPTER VII
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He calmly directed her steps into the quiet meadow before he gave himself to the battle.
When her person was no longer there to be protected, the Mormons gave way at once before the gathering strength of the mob.

She saw them beaten down mercilessly; she saw Smith himself beaten and thrown prostrate in the water.

The still, warm air that a few minutes before had seemed instinct with prayer was now vibrating to the howls and taunts and curses of the mob.

Susannah had no doubt that these, who were now her friends, were being killed; their sufferings justified her to herself and produced a fierce exaltation in the step which she had taken.

In her experience of life she thought that the mob would turn upon her next, and stood waiting, every muscle tense, her hands clenched, feeling excitedly that she would rather die than live to see such intolerable wrong.
This tension of nerve relaxed somewhat when her uncle lifted her forcibly into the waggon.


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