. 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 . Mv Escape frvim Salt Lake City. my father, I jumped on board the train, with Mrs. Cooke,and we were off. I can never describe my sensations when the train beganto move. With the new sense of freedom came a feelingof such utter loneliness that, for a moment, I was bewil-dered by the situation, and, turning to Mrs. Cooke, I said,helplessly, What shall I do? Keep up a brave heart, and think of the work beforeyou, said she. Her experi
. 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 . Mv Escape frvim Salt Lake City. my father, I jumped on board the train, with Mrs. Cooke,and we were off. I can never describe my sensations when the train beganto move. With the new sense of freedom came a feelingof such utter loneliness that, for a moment, I was bewil-dered by the situation, and, turning to Mrs. Cooke, I said,helplessly, What shall I do? Keep up a brave heart, and think of the work beforeyou, said she. Her experience in Mormonism had been no pleasanterthan mine, and she was as glad to get away from it as I. ^Mirttillllil^^ FRIENDLY CALLS. 571 was. For twenty years she had taught Brighams children,and acted in the Mormon theatre, and had never received acent of remuneration. Her husband, a member of thespecial police force, \yas killed on duty, and after his deaththe prophet, through his counsellor, Daniel H. Wells,swindled her out of the two thousand dollars which the cityhad granted her, and tried to get her house from her. Sheput the matter into a Gentile lawyers hands, and still re-
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