Chapter 112

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Simms spent his morning sweeping out the sheriff"s office at Glory. Stepping inside, he read again, for the umpteenth time, the telegram the Pinkerton office in Chicago had sent him the previous day. They wanted him to report to headquarters, to discuss suggestions put forward by the new mayor of Glory, Doctor Grove. They also wanted him to bring in the money, something Simms had put off for long enough. The original idea was to secure it at Fort Bridger, under the watchful eye of Colonel Johnstone, but trouble was again brewing in the north of the Territory. With a Mormon splinter group growing more belligerent with every passing day, the army"s orders were clear – suppress any hint of trouble which may impair the negotiated settlement made between Brigham Young, the Mormon leader, and th

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