The Mormon wife; a life story of the sacrifices, sorrows and sufferings of woman A narrative of many years' personal experience . ould have been wrought, as well inthe physical features of the country as in the condition of ourpeople. One, from an uncultivated desert, has become a regionof great capabilities, budding and blossoming like the rose ;while the other, for poverty have found riches, for weaknesshave acquired strength, are no longer despised, but feared. Did we think of such a consummation, as we sat that rightby the camp-fires, and meditated over the dangers we hadpassed or escaped
The Mormon wife; a life story of the sacrifices, sorrows and sufferings of woman A narrative of many years' personal experience . ould have been wrought, as well inthe physical features of the country as in the condition of ourpeople. One, from an uncultivated desert, has become a regionof great capabilities, budding and blossoming like the rose ;while the other, for poverty have found riches, for weaknesshave acquired strength, are no longer despised, but feared. Did we think of such a consummation, as we sat that rightby the camp-fires, and meditated over the dangers we hadpassed or escaped ? I, for one, did not. Blind and ignorant,indeed, we are, and incapable of perceiving what may be theresult of our own actions. I had never been in Mor-monism, yet I loved my husband, and for his sake was willing toabide anywhere. Time, and the participation of danger and dif-ficulty together, had wonderfully increased my affection forhim. lie was kind, considerate, and gentle, in his deportmenttowards me, and, though fully aware of the deceit that had beenpractised upon me in the beginning of our acquaintance, 1. The New City. 291 feadily forgave him that, and would have forgiven him tc n timesmore, in consideration of my happiness, in loving and beingbeloved. For many days after our arrival in Utah valley, the camppresented a busy spectacle. The site of the city, which was tobe the centre of Mormonism, was first to be chosen ; then thelots to be measured off, subsequent to building houses. Butthe work progressed bravely, for all went at it with a heartygood will, and, in much less time than had been anticipated, wehad comfortable homes. At first, two or three families weredomiciled in one house, then the houses were increased to thenumber of the families, and fiually, as the system of polygamycame into practice, the houses required to be multiplied to analmost indefinite extent. These houses were generally built ofthe adobe materials, though some were of logs, and
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