1 John Ferrier groaned internally.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET 2 "It is so," answered John Ferrier.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET 3 John Rance appeared to be somewhat irritated at this digression.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL 4 The name of Nauvoo evidently recalled recollections to John Ferrier.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN 5 John Ferrier made no answer, but he played nervously with his riding-whip.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET 6 John Rance sprang to his feet with a frightened face and suspicion in his eyes.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL 7 I guess you are the daughter of John Ferrier," he remarked, "I saw you ride down from his house.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH 8 He called on John Ferrier that night, and many times again, until his face was a familiar one at the farm-house.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH 9 My name is John Ferrier," the wanderer explained; "me and that little un are all that's left o twenty-one people.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN 10 From the great inland sea to the distant Wahsatch Mountains there was no name better known than that of John Ferrier.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH 11 John Ferrier's heart was sore within him when he thought of the young man's return, and of the impending loss of his adopted child.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET 12 John, cooped up in the valley, and absorbed in his work, had had little chance of learning the news of the outside world during the last twelve years.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH 13 On the farm thus acquired John Ferrier built himself a substantial log-house, which received so many additions in succeeding years that it grew into a roomy villa.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH 14 The two castaways, John Ferrier and the little girl who had shared his fortunes and had been adopted as his daughter, accompanied the Mormons to the end of their great pilgrimage.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH 15 One fine morning, John Ferrier was about to set out to his wheatfields, when he heard the click of the latch, and, looking through the window, saw a stout, sandy-haired, middle-aged man coming up the pathway.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET 16 ON the morning which followed his interview with the Mormon Prophet, John Ferrier went in to Salt Lake City, and having found his acquaintance, who was bound for the Nevada Mountains, he entrusted him with his message to Jefferson Hope.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE 17 John Ferrier uttered these consoling remarks in a very confident tone, but she could not help observing that he paid unusual care to the fastening of the doors that night, and that he carefully cleaned and loaded the rusty old shotgun which hung upon the wall of his bedroom.
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