The Mormon wife; a life story of the sacrifices, sorrows and sufferings of woman A narrative of many years' personal experience . ee. Presently a third came in, looking stillyounger, but apparently in an interesting situation, and was presented again. Mrs. Slocomb began to conclude, bythis time, that the good brother was demented, or herself in adream, it might be difficult to decide which. One by one, other ladies to the number of fifteen made theirappearance, who were severally introduced to the astonishedguest as Mrs. Bee. Too polite to make any inquiries, she satin a maze of doubt
The Mormon wife; a life story of the sacrifices, sorrows and sufferings of woman A narrative of many years' personal experience . ee. Presently a third came in, looking stillyounger, but apparently in an interesting situation, and was presented again. Mrs. Slocomb began to conclude, bythis time, that the good brother was demented, or herself in adream, it might be difficult to decide which. One by one, other ladies to the number of fifteen made theirappearance, who were severally introduced to the astonishedguest as Mrs. Bee. Too polite to make any inquiries, she satin a maze of doubt and perplexity; It was impossible that allthese females could be the sisters or da aghters of their host, andthat she had mistaken the title Miss for Mrs. It was equallyimpossible that he could have so many brothers whose wiveswere domiciled in his house. As the dinner-hour approached,and the multitude of children came thronging in, her curiositygrew intensely painful. She observed that most of the childrenwere evidently neglected, with faces and hands that seemednever to have known the vicinity of water, and hair that hung. A Mormon Dinner-Table. 3S7 in matted elf-locks around their ears. Many of the boys, eightor nine years old, still wore frocks, while the girls seemed tohave dressed in anything that came to hand. Though address-ing the different women as mother, she noticed that they allcalled Mr. Bee father that, however, might be by seemed little cordiality or sociality among the womenand it struck her that the whole party were laboring undeiunnatural restraint. At length she found a solution of the difficulty, according toher mind. These were doubtless orphan children, whom , in his benevolence, had undertaken to keep till they wouldbe supplied with suitable places. Of course their mothers werepoor widows, and the names—she might be mistaken in forebore remark until after dinner, when the gentlemenwalked out, and though all the various fac
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