. 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 . ing should be reported to theProphet. But it was ; and, among other things, my un-lucky speech was repeated to him. Most men would havelaughed at it as mere girlish nonsense and folly, and neverhave thought of it again, much less spoken of it; but not soBrigham Young. No affair is too trivial to fail to be ofinterest to him; and, besides, in this speech of mine — girlas I was — his vanity was sorely hurt. If he has one 376 MY FIRS
. 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 . ing should be reported to theProphet. But it was ; and, among other things, my un-lucky speech was repeated to him. Most men would havelaughed at it as mere girlish nonsense and folly, and neverhave thought of it again, much less spoken of it; but not soBrigham Young. No affair is too trivial to fail to be ofinterest to him; and, besides, in this speech of mine — girlas I was — his vanity was sorely hurt. If he has one 376 MY FIRST DRIVE WITH BRIGHAM. weakness above all his other weaknesses, it is his vanityregarding the power he possesses over my sex ; and to havehis fascinations called in question was a sore hurt for hispride. What cowards we all are, to be sure ! I was as brave asyou please in making my declaration of independence to mymates, with whom, at that particular period, I was some-thing of a heroine ; but when called upon to defend that dec-laration, I am ashamed to say, I left it to take care of itself,and employed myself in stammering out excuses for its My First Ride with Brigham. I was going home one day, and was walking leisurelyalong, when the presidential carriage, with the Presidenthimself as the sole occupant, stopped at the edge of the side-walk. Brother Brigham gave me a very kindly greeting,and said, You are some distance from home; get in andride with me ; I will carry you there. YOU SAID YOU WOULDN T MARRY ME. 377 I knew the invitation was equivalent to a command; so Igot reluctantly into the carriage, feeling very small indeed,and hating myself that I did not refuse. As we rode along,he suddenly burst out with, I heard you said you wouldntmarry me if I wanted you to ever so much. I was so surprised that it nearly took away my managed to stammer out a very incoherent, lame reply,and grew every minute more embarrassed. He said nomore to me on the subj
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