A Study in Scarlet (Serial Edition Cover) — page 154: what you’re looking at

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146 A STUDY IN SCARLET. The hunter’s mind was of a hard, unyielding nature, and the predominant idea of revenge had taken such com- plete possession of it that there was no room for any other emotion. He was, however, above all things prac- tical, He soon realized that even his iron constitution could not stand the incessant strain which he was put- ting upon it. Exposure and want of wholesome food were wearing him out. If he died like a dog among. the mountains, what was to become of his revenge then? And yet such a death was sure to overtake him if he per- sisted. He felt that that was to play his enemy’s game, so he reluctantly returned to the old Nevada mines, there to recruit his health and te amass money enough to allow him to pursue his object without privation. His intention had been to be absent a year at the most, but a combination of unforeseen circumstances prevented his leaving the mines for nearly five. At the end of that time, however, his memory of his wrongs and his cravings for revenge were quite as keen as or that memorable night when he had stood by John Fer> rier’s grave. Disguised, and under an assumed name, he returned to Salt Lake City, careless what became of his own life, as long as he obtained what he knew to be justice. ‘There he found evil tidings awaiting him. There had been a schism among the Chosen People a few months before, some of the younger members of the Church having rebelled against the authority of the elders, and the result had been the secession of a cer- tain number of the malcontents, who had left Utah and become Gentiles. Among these had been Drebber and Stangerson; and no one knew whither they had gone, — ee eS ee ee a ~_" - GOoOmiiGc JOO cS .G oo ~ oe, ~~ ee ee |