. 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 . the mail contract was taken from him. He laidthe entire failure to the United States troops, although itwould puzzle a person of less acute perceptions than he todiscover how the one had anything to do uitli the a reveladon fails, there must be some excuse,some reason for it, and President Young is never at faultfor one ; whether a valid one or not, it seems to make littledifference. THE PROPHET PROFITS BY HIS FAULTS. 3
. 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 . the mail contract was taken from him. He laidthe entire failure to the United States troops, although itwould puzzle a person of less acute perceptions than he todiscover how the one had anything to do uitli the a reveladon fails, there must be some excuse,some reason for it, and President Young is never at faultfor one ; whether a valid one or not, it seems to make littledifference. THE PROPHET PROFITS BY HIS FAULTS. 347 Those who were so fortunate as to see one of those car-riages in its entirety, say that no one could form any ideaof them without seeing them, and that the only way toget an adequate idea of the size would be to take the di-mensions of a Prairie Schooner, and multiply them byfive. The wagons proved a success, as they were loaded withfreight for Salt Lake merchants, for which they paid twen-ty-five cents a pound; and those wagons that came throughwith my father brought no less than five thousand twohundred and fifty dollars worth of freight for the Brighams Folly. — The Prairie Schooner. It is a poor plan that does not enrich him; he seems,in some way or other, to make money out of his veryfailures. After my fathers recovery from his illness he presentedhis accounts for the Prophets inspection, and expected animmediate settlement, and his promised pay; instead ofwhich, he was quietly informed that his services were tobe a gratuity to the church, and at the same time he waspresented by the Prophet with a bill from the express com-pany for bringing his trunk of clothing through. While in Chicago, he had sent two hundred and fiftypounds of freight home for the familys use, and theywould not let my mother have it until she had paid the full 348 MY FATHER MARRIES HIS SIXTH WIFE. freight-charges. The clerks told her that this was Presi-dent Youngs order, and they dared
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