The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-02-20
Extract from . private Letter from Lady.
The Norm Ou,s Wife.

would not produce The effect il did upon me.
/ heard IL after weeks Of anxiety had weaken.
ed my system, when my long snd wesrisoms
journey had left me but the strength Of 4
child, aad my restless s0d excited mind seized
upon it in all itsreslity, without the meliOra.
ton always lent to q subject BY our own
Indifference TO, and personal discussion with
it. A wrong done to another becomes an
outrage when practiced up,n ourselves. ]
had. though watching fasting, become
SO etheseaIxed ss to lose sight Of this selish
difference, and to see my neighbW as myself.
felt that all womankind had been insulted
and sacrificed in the person Of "Msrgaret."
II was my du'y not less than hers to avenge
il. could hay sent the sggressor tumbling
into The gorge VI one Of those mountain tor
rents. and considered il but retribuiive jus.
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"The Mormon elder came into our earn,
the foot Of the mountains, aud sat near Us.
He would have been good-looking il he had
looked good. He had q peculiar manner-it
| indicated such perfect satisfaction with him
sell and The wJrid. / heard him say he had
gone to Salt Lake City before the first furrow
had been turned in the ground. ! listened;
for who 10 not curious concerning that won.
dertul exodus! heard him te II Of their
| great temple, end how il went on, stone by
stone. end with each the power Of the devil
grew less and less, how new proselytes came
pouring in to swell The host that was waiting
'to receive the Christ when he should come
to reign . thousand years uron the earth
| He was man VI no reading. His knowl.
edge was (iike NJ. Grsdarind's) confined &c
'facts;' but he had q natural gift for CONVEX.
sstion, and gave rapid and skillful outline
Of his subject in way that interested you At
once. When the night grew dark he came
and set behind ~. He had fallen into the
hands Of q gentleman whose dexterity in
questioning led him on to speak freely Of
himself, and %, gradually, they came to the
peculiar institution go iest no
! he said the woman seldom cared to marry
men Of their own age. that their affections
inclined toward the priest and elders. This
convinced me that il the men are hypccrites.
the women are not wholly 50, but that they
do this for the exaltslion Of their souls. Ny
lawyer. (for 50 shall cell the questioner,)
asked whether the woman were not jealous
of each other, especially the younger ones.
The Saint answered, "No." "Some few" he
continued, "werr little dfEcult; il was most
y confined to the young. To be sure his
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time; the rest had never cared" "Did she
care 90 very much." continued the lawyer.
l"Oh, yes, thought at first it would have
killed her. You see when became convert,
I did not understan that part OF il, because
my vile and had been so happy together.
We married early, and had scarcely been a
day apart. When wanted to 60 TO Salt
Lake she did not incline to 90, because she
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great religion-but the idea OF my marrying
was no hiudrsnce. I, did not occur TO her
as possible, and il was not for long time
after got there that thought OF il myself"
Margaret did no mix with the people
She retained her old Eastern ways and was
always at home. had neya let her do
much work, Cher hards were top small for
that.) She was stately in her form, aud she
had queer way OF twisting her long, hair
round her head, so il looked like CROWN
The folks said she was proud, and one or
two who had daughters asked me why did
not take wife. ana i'll were not AFRAID
So it came upon me gradually, while upon
her. you see, il fell like stroke"
"You must have found ii difficult to break
such thing to her.
eyes, II was hard to do. But at last
said will do it on Thursday, and on Thurs.
day evening when I came home she was
my arms around her. and told her how il had
been revealed 10 me that ! must marry
again" rriss s9s.lt.t kH
"What did she esy!"
"NOthing. Net one word. She just gave
one scream. Ideclsre I shall never get that
screen out Of my ears. l believe I should
hoa a n h. nd 81 IL
heard il q minute ago."
"The sleet ratified against the windows 81
our car, and the bleak midnight wind swept
down the mountains, and thought I heard
il too"
:, 'The Mormon nd then she
fell like one dead. ! thought sne. was dead.
but she came to after while and, q ould you
believe il. she never mentioned the subject
to me. Icould not 6nd II in my hesrt to
say thing about il sRain for more than Eve
months. Meantime she hsd tsken cold,
and did not get strong again. / saw she
was wearing the thought OF It about her like
. mourning weed, md so, when she seemed .
little better, / talked 10 her about The great
prin eiples Of our Faith. and how those to
whom the spirit revealed itse II must follow
I it's dictates, or be forever cast into hell
And told her she need not tear my sffection
for her would be divided. fer ] had had Q
vision, in which il was told me that should
love her forever, and that we ssould never
|, die. but live together end see the thousand
years Of Chiist's reign upon the earth. and be
by him rewarded :or our obedenre and vii.
lingness now to cast aside our selfish human
will and sacrifice TO him."
margaret was always true believer.
But had always been wandering in search
of rock Of Faith until anchored here.
had heard from pulpit to pulpit such conflict.
. ing doctrine. could lay my hand on nothing