. 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 . m he defrauds to obtain it. At the time he was sealed to Lucy Biglow, he had hersister sealed at the same time. She was very pretty, andhe had seemed very fond of her. But suddenly his fond-ness cooled, and he treated her in the most shameful man-ner. He heaped every indignity upon her, and finally senther back to her parents, saying she had been untrue to protested her innocence; but all in vain. He wouldnot, or professed
. 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 . m he defrauds to obtain it. At the time he was sealed to Lucy Biglow, he had hersister sealed at the same time. She was very pretty, andhe had seemed very fond of her. But suddenly his fond-ness cooled, and he treated her in the most shameful man-ner. He heaped every indignity upon her, and finally senther back to her parents, saying she had been untrue to protested her innocence; but all in vain. He wouldnot, or professed not, to believe her, and talked harshly andcruelly to her when she attempted to vindicate herself. Her parents were very much grieved, and were tossedabout with conflicting doubts. They wanted to believe their THE DISGRACED WIFE. 515 daughter, and, in their hearts, I believe they did; yet theydared not dispute Brigham. They took the poor, heart-broken girl home, and she fairly pined to death under thedisgrace that her husband tried to attach to her name. Besides those wives whom I have already mentioned,there have been very many more who have been married to. The Discracbd Wife. him for eternity. I should be sorry even to guess theirnumbers. There was also one wife, who, during Reforma-tion times, was said to have run away to California [athousand miles away through an uninhabited country, andbefore the era of railways in the West] ; but it was whispered $l6 HE NEVER SHED A TEAR ! among wicked Gentiles that really she paid the full penaltyof the Endowment-Oaths, and in the Endowment-House, too,her throat being cut from ear to ear, and the other horribleperformances gone through, on account of some indiscretion,or want of faith. Of course, I do not vouch for the truth ofthis statement. I simply give it in common with much elsefor what it is worth. I have heard Brigham say, in speaking of the numberof wives and children that he had buried, that he nevershed a tear at anyones de
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