. 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 . ago. She then turned and left the room, leaving him petrifiedwith amazement. A few hours after a set of furs was sentto her room. She quietly took them, and the subject wasnever referred to again. The winter after my marriage with the Prophet, I myselfpreferred a similar request, and was met by a similar torrentof abuse. Not knowings that this was his usual manner ofmeeting a request from his wives, and not having ClaraDeckers exp
. 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 . ago. She then turned and left the room, leaving him petrifiedwith amazement. A few hours after a set of furs was sentto her room. She quietly took them, and the subject wasnever referred to again. The winter after my marriage with the Prophet, I myselfpreferred a similar request, and was met by a similar torrentof abuse. Not knowings that this was his usual manner ofmeeting a request from his wives, and not having ClaraDeckers experience, I was perfectly overcome, and felt asthough I had committed the unpardonable sin in daring even CLARA DECKER SPEAKS HER MIND. 133 to think of a set of furs, which, by the way, are actual neces-sities in a Utah winter. I burst into tears, and sobbed out, — O, dont. Brother Young ! I left the office and went home, puzzled and astonishedat this new revelation of my Prophet-husbands meannessand coarseness. The next time he came to see me hebrought me my furs. I used them two seasons, when themuff needed re-lining, and I ventured to ask him for silk for. Brigham refuses my Request. the purpose, thinking, of course, he could find no faultwith so modest a request as that. But it seems I had noteven then tested his full capacity for fault-finding. Hetreated me to a tirade, longer and more abusive than had got my furs for me, and yet I was not satisfied, but Imust come bothering him again. I knew that he had severaltrunks full of silks, velvets, and laces, that he was keepingfor some purpose or other, and consequently the material 134 ELIZA SNOW IS SHOCKED I for re-lining my muff would cost him nothing; so I didnot feel that I merited the lecture I was receiving. I saidnothing, however, beyond making my request, and when hehad finished he cut off a quarter of a yard of narrow silkfrom an entire piece which he had in one of the trunks, andgave it to me with as many ai
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