. 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 . nt away toearn a living for herself and him. She went out to ser-vice ; she did washing and cleaning; indeed, she left nostone unturned to obtain an honest livelihood, and bring upher child properly. After a time her first husband presented himself, and toldher that as he had married her for time and for eternity,he should hold her to the first marriage contract; that hecould do so, since her second husband was no higher inthe pri
. 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 . nt away toearn a living for herself and him. She went out to ser-vice ; she did washing and cleaning; indeed, she left nostone unturned to obtain an honest livelihood, and bring upher child properly. After a time her first husband presented himself, and toldher that as he had married her for time and for eternity,he should hold her to the first marriage contract; that hecould do so, since her second husband was no higher inthe priesthood than he. He insisted on her returning tohim; and the poor woman, seeing no way of escape, was INSANE ! 3^3 sealed again to him, and was taken to his home, a misera--ble, comfortless place, where he had five wives alreadyliving in poverty and the most terrible degradation. Hud-died together like so many animals, they respected neitherthe laws of decency nor morality. Hannah was there buta short time before she became hopelessly insane. She isliving still, but the light of reason has gone out for ever,quenched by the horrors of a system which she always. The Happy Home of a Polygamist. loathed. Her sister, Margaret, sdll drags on a miserable,hopeless existence, not much better off than the poor, un-fortunate maniac. She is a moral and physical wreck, andowes her depraved condition to the cause that made hersister a mental ruin. Life opened brightly enough for these girls in their homeamong the Scottish hills, but the curse of Mormonismfound them out, and then there was nothing but wretch-edness and despair for them. Incidents like these have multiplied from the beginning 314 CLAUDE SPENCER DOES THE DEVILs WORK. until new; and yet, in the face of all this misery, the worldis assured that Mormon women are comfortable and con-tent ; that they find no fault with polygamy ; indeed, thatthey prefer the system rather than dislike it; and the world,against all reason and common
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