. 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 . y of tone, — All right- I have given it to you, you know. Youshall make what disposition you please of it. Thank you, said she, with equal graciousness of man-ner ; I should like Elizabeth to have it. She deserves it,and needs it, too, and would be very grateful for it; andthen, too, you see, she, being next to me, would claim it byright of seniority. Wisely said, was my fathers rejoinder, delighted tohave it settled so amicably.
. 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 . y of tone, — All right- I have given it to you, you know. Youshall make what disposition you please of it. Thank you, said she, with equal graciousness of man-ner ; I should like Elizabeth to have it. She deserves it,and needs it, too, and would be very grateful for it; andthen, too, you see, she, being next to me, would claim it byright of seniority. Wisely said, was my fathers rejoinder, delighted tohave it settled so amicably. So he carried the turkey to 422 CHICKENS, BUT NO TURKEY. Elizabeth as his Christmas offering, and she received it, asmy mother thought she would, gladly and thankfully. Our Christmas dinner, with the chickens, and my moth-ers delectable puddings and pies, was a success, and wedidnt even miss the turkey, though we did have a goodlaugh over it, and my mother was jubilant, because shehad kept it from gracing the tables of the younger wives,since, according to her ideas of justice, if any partialitywas to be shown, it should be given in the order of^senior- _ J. Old Farm-House at Cottonwooix ity. I have no doubt that the other tables were well set,in some way or other, but we none of us saw the bills offare. Fathers turkey was for a long time the standingjest at home. During this time at South Cottonwood, while I wasteaching my children, helping my mother, and getting allthese peeps into the inside experiences of polygam}^ myown life running along in the smoothest channels it hadever known, a great change was preparing for me. I had EASE AND CONTENTMENT. 423 no thought nor premonition of it, as I went blithely about mydaily duties, happy and content in the quiet life which Iwas leading in my mothers companionship, and in my dar-ling childrens love. I dreamed of nothing beyond thispeaceful life; I wished for nothing else. Such a sweetrestfulness had taken possession of me, and I
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