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Title: Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902
Year: 1902 (1900s)
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Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
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ather, mother,and child; then the order, To the Tower—forward! Then the Colonel marchedforth from the house with military stepand bearing, the file following; then thedoor closed. Oh, mamma, didnt it come out beau-tiful! I told you it would; and theyregoing to the Tower, and hell see them!He— Oh, come to my arms, you poor inno-cent thing! II The next morning the stricken motherwas not able to leave her bed; doctorsand nurses were watching by her, andwhispering together now and then; Abbycould not be allowed in the room; shewas told to run and play—mamma wasvery ill. The child, muffled in winterwraps, went out and played in the streetawhile; then it struck her as strange,and also wrong, that her papa should beallowed to stay at the Tower in ignoranceat such a time as this. This must be rem-edied; she would attend to it in person. An hour later the military court wereushered into the presence of the LordGeneral. He stood grim and erect, withhis knuckles resting upon the table, and
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24 HAKPEKS MONTHLY MAGAZINE. indicated that he was ready to listen.The spokesman said: We have urgedthem to reconsider; we have imploredthem; but they persist. They will notcast lots. They are willing to die, butnot to defile their religion. The Protectors face darkened, Dut hesaid nothing. He remained a time inthought, then he said: They shall notall die; the lots shall be cast for them.Gratitude shone in the faces of the court. Send for them. Place them in thatroom there. Stand them side by sidewith their faces to the wall and theirwrists crossed behind them. Let mehave notice when they are there. When he was alone he sat down, andpresently gave this order to an attend-ant : Go, bring me the first little childthat passes by. The man was hardly out at the doorbefore he was back again—leading Abbyby the hand, her garments lightly pow-dered with snow. She went straight tothe Head of the State, that formidablepersonage at the mention of whose namethe principalities and powers of the e

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