noon
Before two hours were past Halsey had returned . He was bruised and much shaken , but appeared unconscious of injury , and made light of it . The open fight had ended with no decisive victory for either party ; the chief result appeared to be that malice on either side was for the hour exhausted . Whether because of this or because Halsey gave himself to prayer on behalf of his brethren , the polls were opened quietly at noon and the Mormons voted with the other citizens . In the cool of the evening Susannah was sitting beside her husband holding the sleeping child . The window of their humble room was open , not to any broad , fair landscape such as their eyes were accustomed to feast upon , but upon the yard of the small tavern . There is , however , in new countries no crowding ; space , like air and sunshine , is the common heritage .