. 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 . ewas our near neighbor, and the nearest approach to con->fidences which she ever made was given to my we did not know for a long time how very much shehad to bear. One cold day, in the midst of a dreary storm, the poorwoman came rushing into our house, with her babe in herarms, crying bitterly. She sank into a chair, which mymother placed for her near the fire ; and in answer to theanxious inquiries, she sobbed out,
. 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 . ewas our near neighbor, and the nearest approach to con->fidences which she ever made was given to my we did not know for a long time how very much shehad to bear. One cold day, in the midst of a dreary storm, the poorwoman came rushing into our house, with her babe in herarms, crying bitterly. She sank into a chair, which mymother placed for her near the fire ; and in answer to theanxious inquiries, she sobbed out, O, sister Webb, I have38 594 HOMELESS. left my home and my husband. I have been compelled todo it. I can endure no more. If you knew all, I am sureyou would not blame me ! Mother inquired what it was that had occasioned thisnew rupture, and brought her to this final decision. The poor, distressed creature replied, that her husbandhad taken Emma, the* second wife, and gone on a visit ofseveral days to some relatives, leaving her and the childrenutterly unprovided either with food or fire, and they werenearly perishing with cold and hunger. She had sent the ,1^. Driven from Home. other children to another neighbors to get warm, and sheand the younger ones had taken refuge with us. In two or three days the husband returned, and findingwhere his wife was, compelled her to come back to him,by threats of taking the children from her unless she a few years he died, and what little property therewas the young wife claimed. The first wife appealed to IMITATING ABRAHAM. 595 the church authorities, but they upheld the last wifesclaims, and she was driven penniless away with her chil-dren. She had to support herself and them ; but she usedfrankly to say, that she was happier than she had been foryears, and that her husbands death was a positive relief toher. I knew this woman well, and I knew that no moreworthy woman lived than she. Polygamy blighted herlife, and made a miserabl
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