. Wife no. 19, or, The story of a life in bondage : being a complete exposé of Mormonism, and revealing the sorrows, sacrifices and sufferings of women in polygamy . ything was moving on harmoni-ously, when another Mormon elder, named Brown, arrivedfrom America, telling some hard stories about Josephs con-duct while in St. Louis. Mr. Brown circulated the reports that Joseph had drankimmoderately, several times had been beastly drunk, andhad constantly and habitually visited most disreputable re-sorts ; in fact, that his conduct while in that city had beenmarked by the most profligate excesses,
. Wife no. 19, or, The story of a life in bondage : being a complete exposé of Mormonism, and revealing the sorrows, sacrifices and sufferings of women in polygamy . ything was moving on harmoni-ously, when another Mormon elder, named Brown, arrivedfrom America, telling some hard stories about Josephs con-duct while in St. Louis. Mr. Brown circulated the reports that Joseph had drankimmoderately, several times had been beastly drunk, andhad constantly and habitually visited most disreputable re-sorts ; in fact, that his conduct while in that city had beenmarked by the most profligate excesses, and that it had also MY FATHER MAKES IT RIGHT FOR JOE ! 171 been notoriously open, very little attempt being made on hispart to hide it. He seemed to fancy that his personality wassufficient protection from scandal, and that the gossips wouldnot wag their tongues over the misconduct of a son of Brig-ham Young. These reports shocked the English Saints very much, andmany of them were on- the point of apostasy on account ofit. My father did not doubt that there was some foundationfor these stories, although he did not think the fellow could ^^?1-i^/5 -111 i/,. Joseph A. Young Preparing for Missionary Work. be so bad as he was represented; and he considered it hisduty to take immediate steps to suppress the scandal, sinceit was doing very great injury to the cause of accordingly represented this view of the case to , who listened earnestly, and seemed quite convincedof the truth and justice of what my father had said. Hetook his leave, agreeing to make it all right for Joe. 172 YOUNG BRIGGY GETS INTO A FIX ! The following Sabbath, at the close of the services, myfather said, Mr. Brown will now have the opportunityto retract the scandal which he has put in circulation con-cerning Joseph A. Young. Mr. Brown arose before the thousands of people assem-bled there, and acknowledged that he had misrepresentedthe character of the Prophets beloved son, and, in theblan
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