. 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 . ly to overturn my wholelife, and bring me into a new and strange existence. Meanwhile my destiny was working itself out in a way Iknew not, turning my feet into unexplored paths; and Idid not yet see where I was straying, nor what the nearfuture was holding in store for me. CHAPTER XXXVI. BREAKING THE YOKE. —I LEAVE MY HOME. The Workings of Destiny. — A Noble Lawyer. — A Small Stove and aLarge Family. — Last Interview with Brigham
. 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 . ly to overturn my wholelife, and bring me into a new and strange existence. Meanwhile my destiny was working itself out in a way Iknew not, turning my feet into unexplored paths; and Idid not yet see where I was straying, nor what the nearfuture was holding in store for me. CHAPTER XXXVI. BREAKING THE YOKE. —I LEAVE MY HOME. The Workings of Destiny. — A Noble Lawyer. — A Small Stove and aLarge Family. — Last Interview with Brigham. — A Startling Proposal.— Sickness and Gentile Care. — Brighams Police. — A Moral Thun-derbolt.— My Third Baptism. — A Religious Farce,—I Decide toEscape. — A Memorable Day. — Removing in Forty Minutes. — TheWalker House. — Among the Gentiles. — A Perilous Situation. — NewHopes. — Interviewed by Reporters. — Unwelcome Notoriety. — ATouching Letter. — A Visit from my Father. — The Paper War. — Over-shooting the Mark. — Sueing for a Divorce. — A Tempting Offer, $15,000and my Freedom. — The Prophet a person hasup his or her FTERmade mind to take any stepin a new direction, itseems as though everyevent of the life pointsthe same way. It is al-most as if decision hadbeen forced upon him,and the course of ac-tion was inevitable. It was but a very fewdays after my firstmemorable visit toMr. and Mrs. Stratton,when I received in myfamily a gentleman andhis wife by the name of Hagan. Mr. Hagan was alawyer of considerable repute in Salt Lake City, and Ifound both himself and his wife very pleasant inmates ofmy home. My family had increased so, that it was quite impossibleto do the necessary amount of cooking on the very small Alone at the Hotel. MY LAST VISIT TO BRIGHAM. 543 stove which was in my toy kitchen. I made up mymind to ask Brigham for another, since, as I was workinghard to support myself, he ought to be willing
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