CHAPTER LXIII.

Pontius Pilate Ford's Entrance upon the Scene at Carthage--The Old Cry of "Crucify!"--Joseph's Final Effort to Avert Danger from Nauvoo--Lack of Faith and Suspicions of Cowardice--A Fatal Blindness--Like a Lamb to the Slaughter--The Arms Demanded--Farewell to Nauvoo--At Carthage