By Order of the Prophet a Tale of Utah

n Mormonism. It is simply a story, dealing with certain admitted conditions, and making some small use of the dramatic materials, which the unimpeachable history of the times has furnished. It has no slighting word to speak in disparagement of the sturdy strength, untiring energy and singular devotion that marked the lives of the men and women who did pioneer work in the midst of incredible difficulties, and whose sons and daughters are rising to a better understanding and, it maybe, to a purer faith. CHAPTER CONTENTS PAQB I. Carissa Graham 9 II. Whitmonday at Gwennap Pit . . . .18 III. Mr. Brand s Lodgings Are Changed... 28 IV. Thomas Batt s Testimony V. Mr. Brand Declares His Mission ... 44 VI. The Course of Events 52 VII. A Veiled Courtship VIII. Mr. Busby Asks a Few Questions A Mormon Service 71 IX. Carissa Acts on Her Convictions ... 83 X. Ambitious Projects XI. First Principles XII. A Cry in the Night XIII. The Cat Out of the Bag XIV. A Glimpse of Winter . Quarters . . . 144 XV. The Start Overland 154 XVI. Bits of Color by the Way 164 XVII. Breaking Ground. . . . . . .176 XVIII. A Dance at Fort Laramie 187 XIX. Love and Scruples 197 XX. The Disclosure 202 XXI. Introduction to the Valley 214 XXII. The Lion of the Lord 222 XXIII. Reception at the Beehive 231 XXIV. Obedience to Counsel 242 XXV. Extracts from Carissa s Journal . . . .251 7 37 62 93 105 121 128 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.