A Study in Scarlet (Serial Edition Cover) — page 129: what you’re looking at

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A STUDY IN SCARLET, 13% anything o’ that young man, he’ll be back here with a speed that would whip electro-telegraphs.” Lucy laughed through her tears at her father’s descrip- tion. ““When he comes, he will advise us for the best. But it is for you that I am frightened, dear. One hears— one hears such dreadful stories about those who oppose the prophet; something terrible always happens to them.” ‘““But we haven’t opposed him yet,” her father an- swered. “It will be time to look out for squalls when we do. We have a2 clear month before us; at the end of that, I guess we had best shin out of Utah.” “Leave Utah ?” “'That’s about the size of it.” “But the farm? ” “We will raise as much as we can in money, and let the rest go. To tell the truth, Lucy, it isn’t the first time I have thought of doing it. I don’t care about knuckling under to any man, as these folk do to their darned prophet. I’m a free-born American, and it’s all new tome. Guess I’m too old to learn. If he comes browsing about this farm, he might chance to run up against a charge of buckshot traveling in the opposite direction.” “ But they won’t let us leave,” his daughter objected. “Wait till Jefferson comes, and we'll soon manage that. In the meantime, don’t you fret yourself, my dearie, and don’t get your eyes swelled up, else he'll be _walking into me when he sees you. ‘There’s nothing to be afeard about, and there’s no danger at all,” (C(O) nn) (C 6)(0)()