. 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 . seemingly kind, contained a covert threat; and I began tofeel the chains tightening around me already. I felt surethat I could not free myself, but I would struggle to theend. Thus began a year of anguish and torture. I foughtagainst my fate in every possible way. Brigham wasequally persistent, and he tried in every way to win me, awilling bride, before he attempted to coerce me. He toldmy parents, and myself, too, that he had alw
. 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 . seemingly kind, contained a covert threat; and I began tofeel the chains tightening around me already. I felt surethat I could not free myself, but I would struggle to theend. Thus began a year of anguish and torture. I foughtagainst my fate in every possible way. Brigham wasequally persistent, and he tried in every way to win me, awilling bride, before he attempted to coerce me. He toldmy parents, and myself, too, that he had always had greatinterest in me, and had intended to propose for me so soon as I was old enough; thatwhen he sent for me to thetheatre, and proposed mybeing at the Lion House, itwas that I might becomefamiliar with the place andits inmates, and so not feelstrange when he should bringme there as a wife. It hadbeen his intention to have pro-posed for me then; but hehad just married Amelia, andit had made such a hue-and-cry among the Gentiles, es-pecially as he had taken her directly in the face of the latecongressional law against polygamy, that he did not think it. Chauncey G. Webu.[My Patln; MORE INFLUENCES BROUGHT TO BEAR. 445 wise to add another to the list just then ; so he said nothingof his intentions, and before he knew anything of my en-gagement, I was ready to be married. It was a greatshock to him ; but as matters had gone so far, and as hewas in such a questionable position before the government,he thought it best not to interfere, as he most assuredlywould, had he known my intentions earlier. Now I wasfree, and he was at liberty to tell me, what he had wantedto tell me longr before, that he loved me. Finding that this declaration of affection failed to moveme, he tried another tack. He asked my father if a houseand a thousand dollars a year would make me comfortable,as he wished to settle something on me when I marriedhim, taking for granted that I should do so. My m
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