Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-01

We Yesterday met young and interest
;ur girl at the house Of ~ scqnaiQLaoce,
mo told ~ tale offwrong ard suffering
that would furnish q material for good
sind novel.
One wear ago this young lady left her
home in i'ennsylvsnia-A home where all
tho Injuries of life were at her command
Her parents were indulgent, and she, an
onlv child was loved by them with all the
Gndness Of true parental affection. No
wish Of hers remained unqualified, for she
was the nlol of those parents, and the light
of the home made desolate by an act which
will forever cast its shadow upon her heart.
In Febnmry, 1894, che became aequaint-
ed with Mormon prcacher who painted
to her in glowing terms the glories ct
Utah and the Mormon religion He told
her of the beautiful valleys Of Utah, fofti-
fed On all sides BY giant mountains, whose
peska FURNISHED by eternal snows. i0okelil
down upon the valleys Of perpetual green,
pcopied by Gods own chosen kindred, who
were free as the mountain torrents that
leap the rocks Of the lofty Timpanagos
range He told of the content and peace
rcigning among the saints. and assured her
that the Mormons were Gods own peculiar
poplc and 50 worked upon her imagina-
ton that she finally consented to leave
friends, family and all the endearments OF
home and 90 with him to the Valley Of the
Saints
Arriving at Chicago lac forced her to
marry him, the ceremony being performed
by a mock priest. without record or license.
ON last April she left Wyoming, Nebraska,
with a Mormon train. for the land of prom
Use. and finally arrived in the city Of the
saints. Here she found that her husband
had four other wives. who regarded her
with no tender emotions but hcaped abuse
and contumey upon her.
After few months her liege lord ibid
her he had conc GUIDED To seal her to anoth-
or. who had taken a great fancy to her
that his other wives were jealous and de-
clared his last wife should live with him no
longer.
She declared she would die before she
would thus Ike put away and forced to live
rs tn wife Of a man with whom she lad
no acquaintance, and had seen bat once in
her life. Her husband told her it was
Brighams order, and she must do 81 or
lose her life Determined not TO he thus
sacrificed she started to run away with the
lit, ntlon Of making her way to Camp
br, cknridgc, in Ce,i',r Valley. then gar
ri,oncd by United States troops aud claim
protection there. She started on foot and
after travelling about ten miles, was caught
and b. ought back placed in dungeon or
rather cellar, and was thus kept for
month. with just enough food To sustain
life. The man whom She refused to 1--we
with frequently visit, d her and b.soueht
her to charge her res luton in or,l,r to
save her life.
Through force of circumstances she at
last Yielded and WAS duly installed in his
family. as the sixth wife. Here she found
rs before. the jcaousncss and quarrols
All. z were intoerable. and she again d.
Il m.n 4 To Scapr or die in the attempt
This time she succeeded in reaching the
h alqGarters of Gen. Conner, to whom She
told her tale Of suffering The General
sent her through to the States with Gov
crnment train bound for Fort ktarnty,
which place she reached carly last week
She leaves this city tonight a repentant.
sorrowtul child Tor her home in Pennsylva-
ni,,-that home which she was persuaded
to desert through the Misrepresentation
ard wilcs of n crafty scoundrel What Joy
and gladness will swell! up from the hearts
of those parent, when they again b. hold
thc one tbs, Y believe lost to them forever.
We drop the veil Reader, this is not an
isolated case. but is an every day occur
renee in this busy, sinful world.-.st. Joseph
Hraft