. 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 . t intend to build another house. So he com-menced this plan ; but he found, after a few days, that what-ever it might be in the future, it was far from celestialhere. There was no such thing as peace in the Prophet had often told him that if he could not rulehis earthly kingdom, he never would be fit to be a king inthe world to come; and as he was very ambitious for royalhonors, he was in terrible grief and perplexity. B
. 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 . t intend to build another house. So he com-menced this plan ; but he found, after a few days, that what-ever it might be in the future, it was far from celestialhere. There was no such thing as peace in the Prophet had often told him that if he could not rulehis earthly kingdom, he never would be fit to be a king inthe world to come; and as he was very ambitious for royalhonors, he was in terrible grief and perplexity. But howto govern two unruly women was quite beyond him. His KEY-HOLE SECRETS! 415 first wife was a very independent woman, with a habit ofspeaking her mind quite freely ; and the second had a fierytemper, which she did not hesitate to display when sheconsidered occasion demanded. In a few weeks he found that he must separate them; sohe divided the house, giving each one her apartments — thefirst wife receiving the principal share, as she had severalchildren. But he had not bettered matters, it had intended dividing his time equally between the two;. No Peace within Polygamy. but the first wife was so opposed to this arrangement that heoffered to give her two thirds of his time, which, strange asit may seem, did not satisfy her, and made the second wifevery angry, until, between them both, the poor man wasdriven almost to his wits ends. They had a peculiar way of finding out each otherssecrets ; and when the husband was visiting one, the otherwould apply her ear to the key-hole of her rivals apart-ments. On certain occasions, when the first wife was too 4l6 NANCY C. TELLS A NAUGHTY STORY. much engaged to attend to the key-hole herself, she wouldplace her little daughter—a child not more than six yearsold — there, and bid her tell her what she heard. Imaginethe effect on the child. It seems impossible that any woman,however jealous or curious, would take this mean
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