. 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 . ho was able to do it, she would not do it, andshe did not. She is a decided contrast to poor little English Maggie,his second wife, who is in delicate health, unable to take care of herself and her cliild,and who is fretting herselfinto her grave for the husbandwhom she loved so dearly,but who was so utterly unwor-thy of such devotion. Slieand her child live in a poorlittle room, shabbily furnish-ed, and her husband nevervisited h
. 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 . ho was able to do it, she would not do it, andshe did not. She is a decided contrast to poor little English Maggie,his second wife, who is in delicate health, unable to take care of herself and her cliild,and who is fretting herselfinto her grave for the husbandwhom she loved so dearly,but who was so utterly unwor-thy of such devotion. Slieand her child live in a poorlittle room, shabbily furnish-ed, and her husband nevervisited her. She is allowedthe merest pittance on whichto live, but the sum is so pit-ifully small that it does notsupply even the needs of life,and the little woman suffers for them sometimes. She isa patient creature, never complaining of her lot; used neverto reproach her husband ; just living on and bearing herburdens as best she might; hoping for nothing in thisworld, but trusting that somehow the things that are sowrong here may be put straight hereafter. Dear, patient, gentle, loving Maggie Joe! My heartgoes out to her with a pitying tenderness, and I only wish. Maggie Young.[Joseph Discarded Wife.] CLARA STENIIOUSE YOUNG. 473 it was in my power to put some happiness into her desolatelife. I suppose she thinks of me as pityingly as I do of her,thinking that my feet have strayed into dangerous places,and that my soul is lost for ever by my action. She is oneof the many martyrs to polygamy and a false merry-eyed, round-faced, gay-hearted girl, that cameamong the Saints so few years ago, and was won by theattractive young elder, is little like the sad-eyed, haggardwoman, the broken-hearted, deserted wife. I wonder ifJoe Youngs heart ever smote him as he looked at her, andsaw the wreck that he had made. His third wife, ThaliaGrant, he neglected so entirely, that she left him in dis-gust. His fourth wife, Clara Stenhouse, was so fortunate as tobe the favorite. He was
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