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Chapter 2 The Flower of Utah This is not the place to commemorate the trials and privations endured by the immigrant Mormons before they came to their final haven.From the shores of the Mississippi to the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains they had struggled on with a constancy almost unparalleled in history.The savage man,and the savage beast,hunger,thirst,fatigue,and disease-every impediment which Nature could place in the way,had all been overcome with Anglo-Saxon tenacity.Yet the long journey and the accumulated terrors had shaken the hearts of the stoutest among them.There was not one who did not sink upon his knees in heartfelt prayer when they saw the broad valley of Utah bathed in the sunlight beneath them,and learned from the lips of their leader that this was the promised land,and that these virgin acres were to be theirs for evermore. Young speedily proved himself to be a skilful administrator as well as a resolute chief.Maps were drawn and charts prepared,in which the future city was sketched out.All around farms were apportioned and allotted in proportion to the standing of each individual.The tradesman was put to his trade and the artisan to his calling.In the town streets and squares sprang up,as if by magic.In the country there was draining and hedging,planting and clearing,until the next summer saw the whole country golden with the wheat crop.Everything prospered in the strange settlement.Above all,the great temple which they had erected in the ·162· 第二章 花他之花 ①commemorate[ka'mem reit]v.纪念 privation [prai'veifon]n. 迁徙的摩门教徒们历尽了磨难与艰辛，最后到达 艰难 ③haven[heivan)n.安全的 了他们的避难所。关于这一过程的情况，此处不予追 地方 忆。从密西西比河畔到落基山脉的西麓，他们凭着人类 unparalleled[An'para,leld] a.空前的 历史上几乎是无可比拟的坚定意志，一路奋力向前。凶 悍的野蛮人，凶猛的野兽，饥饿干渴，劳累疾病 impediment [im'pedimant] 路上，大自然能够设置的种种障碍，应有尽有一但全 n障得 都被他们以盎格鲁-撒克逊人特有的顽强意志给征服了。 @tenacity【tnsiti]n.顽强 然而，漫长的旅途，积累的恐惧，曾令他们中最坚忍不 拔者都心有动摇，但是，他们看到了自己的下方辽阔的 犹他峡谷沐浴在阳光下，听到他们的头领亲口说出，那 就是上帝赐予的乐土，那片处女地永远属于他们的，这 ⑦virgin[va:d3inla.处女的 时候，所有人都双膝跪地，虔诚祈祷。 杨百翰很快就证明了自己既是个坚毅果敢的头领， 也是个卓越的管理者。他绘制了一张张地图，制作了 国apportion [o'po:fng分 一张张图表，其中勾勒出了未来城市的蓝图。周围的 配 ⑨allot [s'lot]￥摊派 耕地进行了分配，按照每个人的地位不同进行分发。 @artisan['a:tizon]]h.工匠 商人开始经商了，工匠干起了自己的行当。城里的街 道和广场像变魔术似的出现了。乡野里，人们有的挖 水沟，有的扎篱笆，有的种庄稼，有的平土地，到了 ①prosper['praspol兴旺 次年的夏天，整个乡野处处是金黄的麦浪。在这个陌 @erect [i'rekt]v.建立 生的居住地，一切都兴兴向荣起来了。最值得一提的 ·163· Chapter 2 The Flower of utah centre of the city grew ever taller and larger.From the first blush of dawn until the closing of the twilight,the clatter of the hammer and the rasp of the saw was never absent from the monument which the immigrants erected to Him who had led them safe through many dangers. 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.Little Lucy Ferrier was borne along pleasantly enough in Elder Stangerson's waggon,a retreat which she shared with the Mormon's three wives and with his son,a headstrong forward boy of twelve. Having rallied,with the elasticity of childhood,from the shock caused by her mother's death,she soon became a pet with the women,and reconciled herself to this new life in her moving canvas-covered home.In the meantime Ferrier having recovered from his privations,distinguished himself as a useful guide and an indefatigable hunter.So rapidly did he gain the esteem of his new companions,that when they reached the end of their wanderings,it was unanimouslyagreed that he should be provided with as large and as fertile a tract of land as any of the settlers,with the exception of Young himself,and of Stangerson,Kemball,Johnston,and Drebber,who were the four principal Elders. 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.He was a man of a practical turn of mind,keen in his dealings and skilful with his hands.His iron constitution enabled him to work morning and evening at improving and tilling his lands.Hence it came about that his farm and all that belonged to him prospered exceedingly.In three years he was better off than his neighbours,in six he was well-to-do,in nine he was rich,and in twelve there were not half a dozen men in the whole of Salt Lake City who could compare with him.From the great inland sea to the distant Wahsatch Mountains there was no name better known than that of John Ferrier. ·164· 第二章犹他之花 是，人们在城市中心建设的那座大教堂，日益高大， 日益雄伟。黎明的第一缕朝霞刚出现，教堂里便传出 斧头砍木料和锯子锯木材的声音，直到最后一线晚霞 D monument ['monjumant] n纪念碑： 纪念性建筑 逝去才停止。教堂是移民们为上帝建造的一座丰碑， 因为有了上帝的指引，他们才能历尽无数的艰险，安 全抵达这片乐土。 两位迷途者，也就是约翰·费里厄和那位小姑娘， 她与前者同甘共苦，并且做了他的养女，跟随着摩门 ②retreat [ri'tri:t]n.静居处 教徒们到达这次伟大朝圣之旅的终点。一路上，小露 3headstrong ['hed,stro:nl a. 任性的 茜·费里厄一直待在斯坦格森长老的篷车上，挺舒心惬 ④elasticityLelas'tisiti].顺 应性 意的。同车的还有摩门教长老的三位妻子和他那位执拗 reconcile ['rekonsail]v. 任性的十二岁的儿子。儿童的适应性很强，小姑娘从丧 使…和谐 母之痛中恢复过来之后，很快就成了篷车上的女人们的 indefatigable [.indi'faeti 宝贝疙瘩了，同时也适应了在这个帆布覆盖着的移动家 gbla.不屈不挠的 庭中的新生活。与此同时，费里厄也从极度虚弱的身体 unanimously [junanim 状态中恢复了过来，成了一名作用巨大的向导和不知疲 osli]ad..全体一致地 倦的猎手，很快赢得了新伙伴们的尊重。当他们到达 旅途的终点时，大家一致同意，除了杨百翰本人和斯 坦格森、坎博尔、约翰斯顿和德雷伯四位长老外，费 里厄应该同其他任何居民一样，分配同样大小、同样 substantial [sab'staenfall a. 肥沃的土地。 结实的 约翰·费里厄分得土地之后，替自己建造了一幢 结实的木屋。木屋在接下来的岁月中不断扩建，最后 变成了一幢宽敞的别墅。他是个讲求实际的人，处事精 明，手艺高超，还有一副铁打的身子骨。每天起早摸黑 地在地里劳作，因此，辛勤的劳作有了好的回报，农田 里丰收了，一切都兴旺了。三年之后，他日子比其他邻 居过得更加殷实。六年之后，他富有了。九年之后，他 成富人了。十二年之后，整座盐湖城，能与他匹敌的只 有五六个人了。从这片浩瀚的内陆海到遥远的瓦萨奇山 脉，约翰·费里厄的知名度无人可比。 ·165· Chapter 2 The Flower of utah There was one way and only one in which he offended the susceptibilities of his co-religionists.No argument or persuasion could ever induce him to set up a female establishment after the manner of his companions.He never gave reasons for this persistent refusal,but contented himself by resolutely and inflexibly adhering to his determination.There were some who accused him of lukewarmness in his adopted religion,and others who put it down to greed of wealth and reluctance to incur expense.Others,again,spoke of some early love affair,and of a fair-haired girl who had pined away on the shores of the Atlantic. Whatever the reason,Ferrier remained strictly celibate.In every other respect he conformed to the religion of the young settlement,and gained the name of being an orthodox and straight-walking man. Lucy Ferrier grew up within the log-house,and assisted her adopted father in all his undertakings.The keen air of the mountains and the balsamic odour of the pine trees took the place of nurse and mother to the young girl.As year succeeded to year she grew taller and stronger,her cheek more rudy,and her step more elastic.Many a wayfarer upon the high road which ran by Ferrier's farm felt long-forgotten thoughts revive in their mind as they watched her lithe girlish figure tripping through the wheatfields,or met her mounted upon her father's mustang,and managing it with all the ease and grace of a true child of the West.So the bud blossomed into a flower,and the year which saw her father the richest of the farmers left her as fair a specimen of American girlhood as could be found in the whole Pacific slope. It was not the father,however,who first discovered that the child had developed into the woman.It seldom is in such cases.That mysterious change is too subtle and too gradual to be measured by dates.Least of all does the maiden herself know it until the tone of a voice or the touch of a hand sets her heart thrilling within her,and she learns,with a mixture of pride and of fear,that a new and a larger nature has awoken within her.There are few who cannot recall that day and remember the one little incident which heralded the dawn of a new life.In the case of Lucy Ferrier the occasion was serious ·166· 第二章扰他之花 ④susceptibility【so,septo 不过在一件事情上，也唯有在这件事情上，他令教 biliti]m.感情 ②induce [in'dju:劝导 友们在情感上难以接受。无论别人如何劝说，他都不愿 像同伴们那样娶妻成家。关于自己为何固执己见，拒绝 接受他人的劝告，他从不解释原由。只是坚定不移，毫 ③adhere [od'hio]v.坚持 无妥协地坚持自己的决定。有人指责他对自己皈依的宗 教信仰不够坚定。也有人说他贪恋钱财，不舍得花钱。 ④reluctance(ri'lAktens]n.不 情愿 还有人说他先前有过恋情，还说在大西洋的岸边有位他 苦恋着的金发女郎。不管是何种原因，费里厄严格保持 着子然一身的生活。除此之外，他都格守着这片新垦区 ⑤celibate'selibit)n.独身 的宗教教义，人们都知道他是个正派守规矩的人。 者 @orthodox [':0adoks]a. 露茜·费里厄就在木屋中长大成人，帮着养父料 矩的 理一切。山区清新的空气，松树树脂的芬芳代替了保姆 和母亲的位置，抚育着小姑娘成长。年复一年，她的个 balsamic [bo:I'samik]a. 如香脂般的 子越来越高，身体越来越结实，脸颊越来越红润，步态 越来越轻盈。有许多游人从费里厄的农庄旁的大路上走 过。每当他们目睹了姑娘轻盈曼妙的身影款款穿过麦 地，或者遇上她骑在父亲的野马背上，显出西部之女策 马前行时轻松优雅的姿态，他们的心中会有一种久违的 ⑧mustang ['mAstae可]ln.野 马 情怀油然而生。就这样，花蕾绽放了，等到她父亲成为 农民中最富有的人时，她也成了整个太平洋坡地内美国 少女的典范。 9 specimen ['spesiman]n 然而，头一位发现小姑娘已经长大了的人并不是她 典范 父亲。对于这种情况，做父亲的往往极少会注意到。这 种神秘的变化非常微妙，非常缓慢，无法用具体的日期 来标识。最最浑然不觉的是少女自己，直到有一天，某 一种说话的腔调或者某一只手的触碰令她砰然心动时， 她才半是骄傲半是恐惧地意识到，某种崭新而又更加强 烈的天性在自己的体内苏醒了。很少有人会忘记那个日 子，会忘记那件预示着一种新生活开始的小小事件。就 herald[herald]v.预示 露西·费里厄而言，事情本身是够严重的，除了影响到 她自己未来的命运之外，还影响了许多旁人的命运。 ·167· Chapter 2 The Flower of utah enough in itself,apart from its future influence on her destiny and that of many besides. It was a warm June morning,and the Latter Day Saints were as busy as the bees whose hive they have chosen for their emblem.In the fields and in the streets rose the same hum of human industry.Down the dusty high roads defiled long streams of heavily-laden mules,all heading to the west,for the gold fever had broken out in California,and the Overland Route lay through the city of the Elect.There,too,were droves of sheep and bullocks coming in from the outlying pasture lands,and trains of tired immigrants,men and horses equally weary of their interminable journey.Through all this motley assemblage,threading her way with the skill of an accomplished rider,there galloped Lucy Ferrier,her fair face flushed with the exercise and her long chestnut hair floating out behind her.She had a commission from her father in the city,and was dashing in as she had done many a time before,with all the fearlessness of youth,thinking only of her task and how it was to be performed. The travel-stained adventurers gazed after her in astonishment,and even the unemotional Indians,journeying in with their peltries relaxed their accustomed stoicism as they marvelled at the beauty of the pale-faced maiden. She had reached the outskirts of the city when she found the road blocked by a great drove of cattle,driven by a half-dozen wild-looking herdsmen from the plains.In her impatience she endeavoured to pass this obstacle by pushing her horse into what appeared to be a gap.Scarcely had she got fairly into it,however,before the beasts closed in behind her,and she found herself completely imbedded in the moving stream of fierce-eyed,long-horned bullocks.Accustomed as she was to deal with cattle,she was not alarmed at her situation,but took advantage of every opportunity to urge her horse on in the hopes of pushing her way through the cavalcade.Unfortunately the horns of one of the creatures,either by accident or design,came in violent contact with the flank of the mustang,and excited it to madness.In an instant it reared up upon its hind legs with a snort of rage,and pranced and tossed s in a way ·168· 第二章扰他之花 那是6月里的一个温暖的清晨，后期圣徒们像勤劳 ①the Latter Day Saint后期 的蜜蜂一样忙碌着，他们也正是用蜂巢作为自己的图 圣徒，即美国摩门教徒 ②hive [haiv]n.蜂巢 腾。田野里，街道上，到处都是忙碌的景象，像蜜蜂一 ③emblem['emblom]n.标 记 样嘤嘤嗡嗡。尘土飞扬的大路上，长长的骡队载着沉重 ④hum [hAm]m.嗡嗡声 ⑤defile [di'fail]v.纵列行进 的货物，运往西部。因为加利福尼亚出现了淘金热，横 贯大陆的大路穿过这座上帝选民的城市。路上还有从偏 僻牧场赶来的一群群牛羊和一队队倦乏的移民。经过了 ⑥bullock[bulak!n小公牛 ⑦pasture['pa:st]n.牧场 没完没了的长途跋涉，他们已是人困马乏了。就在这混 interminable [in'to:minobl] a.没有尽头的 杂的队伍中，露茜·费里厄凭借着自己高超的骑术，纵 assemblage [a'semblid3]n. 马疾驰。姣美的脸庞因运动而泛出红晕，栗色的长发在 聚集 肩后随风飘扬。父亲让她赶去城里办事。带着年轻人无 畏的劲头，她和以往一样，策马前行，满脑子里只想着 要完成自己的任务。那些风尘仆仆的淘金冒险者无比惊 叹地看着她，甚至连那些运输皮货的木然的印第安人， 见到这么一个美丽白净的姑娘，也松驰下了一贯冷漠的 面孔，惊叹不已。 peltry[peltri]m.生皮： 毛皮 露茜到达城外时，发现道路被一大群牛给堵住了， stoicism ['staui,sizaml n 六个外貌彪悍的平原牧人赶着牛群。她情急之下扬鞭策 淡漠 马，插入一个空隙，企图突破前方的障碍。然而，她刚 outskirts ['autsko:ts]n. 外 一挤进牛群，后面的牛就围了上来，完全陷入了流动的 牛群中，周围全是目光凶狠、牛角高翘的公牛。她经常 与牛打交道，所以落入重围也毫不慌乱，不停地寻找空 隙继续策马向前，想方设法要冲出牛群。不幸的是，不 知是有意还是无意，其中有头牛的角猛地顶在马肚子 上，马受惊了。随即，狂怒地喷着鼻息，高扬起前蹄， 踢踏乱跳。若非骑术精湛，马鞍上的人早被甩到了地 3 cavalcade [ka:volkeid]n. 上。当时情况万分危急。受惊后的马每次跳跃，都会反 队，这里指牛群 复地顶到牛角，这便使马越发地疯狂起来。在这种情况 下，露茜只能紧紧贴在马鞍上。如果不小心掉到地上， ③prance [pra:ns,腾跃 就会被受惊失控的性畜践踏而死。面对这种突如其来的 6toss【tos抛：猛倾：颠 簸 紧急状况，她不知所措，眼前天旋地转，拽着缰绳的手 ·169· Chapter 2 The Flower of utah that would have unseated any but a most skilful rider.The situation was full of peril.Every plunge of the excited horse brought it against the horns again,and goaded it to fresh madness.It was all that the girl could do to keep herself in the saddle,yet a slip would mean a terrible death under the hoofs of the unwieldy and terrified animals.Unaccustomed to sudden emergencies,her head began to swim, and her grip upon the bridle to relax.Choked by the rising cloud of dust and by the steam from the struggling creatures,she might have abandoned her efforts in despair,but for a kindly voice at her elbow which assured her of assistance.At the same moment a sinewy brown hand caught the frightened horse by the curb,and forcing a way through the drove,soon brought her to the outskirts. w“You''re not hurt,I hope,mis,”said her preserver④，respectfully. She looked up at his dark,fierce face,and laughed saucily."I'm awful frightened,"she said,naively;"whoever would have thought that Poncho would have been so scared by a lot of cows?" "Thank God you kept your seat,"the other said earnestly.He was a tall, savage-looking young fellow,mounted on a powerful roan horse,and clad in the rough dress of a hunter,with a long rifle slung over his shoulders."I guess you are the daughter of John Ferrier,"he remarked,"I saw you ride down from his house.When you see him,ask him if he remembers the Jefferson Hopes of St.Louis.If he's the same Ferrier,my father and he were pretty thick." "Hadn't you better come and ask yourself?"she asked,demurely The young fellow seemed pleased at the suggestion,and his dark eyes sparkled with pleasure."I'll do so,"he said,"we've been in the mountains for two months,and are not over and above in visiting condition.He must take us as he finds us.” "He has a good deal to thank you for,and so have I,"she answered,"he's awful fond of me.If those cows had jumped on me he'd have never got over it." “Neither would I,”said her companion. "You!Well,I don't see that it would make much matter to you,anyhow. You ain't even a friend of ours." ·170· 第二章犹他之花 ①peril['peril]n.极大的危 也控制不住了。扬起的尘埃和挤在一起的牲口散发出的 险 ②goad [gaud]v.剌激 恶臭几乎令她室息。她已陷人绝望，几乎支持不住了。 突然，耳畔响起一个亲切的声音，有人来救她了。此 时，一只强壮有力的棕色大手抓住惊马的嚼环，从牛群 中强行挤出一条道，迅速把她带离牛群。 ③bridle ['braidl]n.马笼头 “但愿您没有伤着吧，小姐，”救她的人说，态度毕 恭毕敬。 露茜拾起头看了看他黝黑粗犷的面孔，爽朗地笑了 起来。“可把我给吓坏了，”她说着，语气显得很天真， “骑士面对一大群牛会吓成这个样子，谁想得到啊？” ④preserver [pri'za:vn.保 “感谢上帝，您没有从马鞍上掉下来。”对方语气 护者 ⑤saucily'sosili]ad.调皮地 真诚地说。他是个年轻人，身材高大，相貌粗狂，骑着 一匹沙毛大马，穿着猎人的粗布装，肩上斜挎着一支长 枪。“我猜，您是约翰·费里厄先生的女儿吧，”他说， “我看到您从他家骑马过来，您见到他时问一问，他是 否还记得圣路易斯的杰弗逊·霍普。如果他是同一个约 翰·费里厄的话，我父亲和他过去交往甚密。” “您亲自去问一问不是更好吗？”她说，态度显得 故作严肃。 年轻人听后显得很高兴，黑色的眼睛闪烁着喜悦的 demurely [di'mjuali]ad. 光芒。“我会这样做的，”他说，“我们在山区逗留了两 故作庄重地 个月了，并不大适合于上门做客。他看到我们的样子， 准会把我们给速起来的。” “他谢您都谢不过来呢，我也是一样的，”她回应 说，“他可疼爱我啦，如果那些牛把我给踩踏了，他可 是会受不了的。” “我也会受不了的。”年轻人说。 “您？啊！我不明白，我可看不出，这事同您有什 么关系。您连我们的朋友都算不上。” 年轻的猎人听到这句话之后显得很郁闷，露茜不禁 哈哈大笑起来。 ·171·