If I know 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 description.
"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 answered.

"It will be time to look out for squalls when we do.

We have a 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.