. 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 . mlllilllP AMELIA DEMOLISHES A SEWING-MACHINE. 499 Of course she yielded ; what else was she to do ? It wasa foregone conclusion when the courtship was married to him the 23d of January, 1863, morethan six months after the anti-polygamy law had beenpassed by Congress, and the marriage was celebratedopenly, and in defiance of the law. Since the marriage, Amelia has ruled with a hand ofiron, and she has her lord in pret
. 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 . mlllilllP AMELIA DEMOLISHES A SEWING-MACHINE. 499 Of course she yielded ; what else was she to do ? It wasa foregone conclusion when the courtship was married to him the 23d of January, 1863, morethan six months after the anti-polygamy law had beenpassed by Congress, and the marriage was celebratedopenly, and in defiance of the law. Since the marriage, Amelia has ruled with a hand ofiron, and she has her lord in pretty good subjection. Shehas a terrible temper, and he has the benefit of it. On oneoccasion he sent her a sewing-machine, thinking to pleaseher; it did not happen to be the kind of a one which shewanted; so she kicked it down stairs, saying, What didyou get this old thing for? You knew I wanted a * Singer. She had a Singer at once. I was once present when she wanted her husband to dosomething for her; he objected, and she repeated her de-mand, threatening to thrash him, if he did not is, perhaps, unnecessary to say that she was not obligedto ask him
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